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We Rise and Dance We Sleep and Dream

by Twintwa

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1.
We come from downtown gonna take that city from you We come from small towns gonna take that city from you We come from al'round gonna take that city form you Were takin downtown Squatters Rights it's our turn now and were lookin good in our black drawn hoods and were lookin good in the neighbourhood and were looking good just like I knew we would and we cut the power to the boys in power now there stuck inside their tall tall tower We come from downtown takin back that city from you We come from small towns takin back that city from you We come from al'round takin back that city form you Were takin downtown Squatters Rights it's our turn now and were lookin good in our black drawn hoods and were lookin good in the neighbourhood and were looking good just like I knew we would and we cut the power to the boys in power now there stuck inside their tall tall tower We come from downtown We come from small towns we come from al'round were takin downtown
2.
Went out looking for love Just because it felt like that's enough Got pretty roughed up by the tough until I had enough Jumped right back in the game getting laid the new rule feel no shame young dumb and full of cum doing drugs drinking rum and all that stuff Killed a few on the way but what can I say that's how we role these days Got checked out for that aids and on that day I prayed and oh I prayed tried to run all away moved to L.A then on up to the bay Looking for that freeway between the roads and waves most everyday Ask myself what is home and why I need to roam for my soul Went out looking for love Just because it felt like that's enough
3.
and as the towns slip away with the movement of grain to the city they go and I'm playin a show and I hope you'll sing with me and I hope you'll find someone so good to meet and as the sadness sets in with all my good friends I just bear it and grin cuz it's not a sin to smile when your poor to keep and open door Here's a ghost town story Freeway leaving Ghost town leaving Ghost town sleeping under the overpass Ghost town leaving Freeway leaving Ghost town sleeping Stories over
4.
Fine Print 03:42
and the bibles no good and the president's corrupt and the sewers backed up and the service it sucks and everything is fucked and the bibles no good I caught you talking to yourself I'm always talking to myself
5.
There's a brand new dance kind of freaky pants Called the centipede How you do it now Fall down on the ground Move your body now Move it all around Do the centipede building falling down falling all around Duck and cover now Move your body now Move it all around Do the centipede S.O.S emergency !!!
6.
Hung Jury 04:00
7.
Love I got to town so broken down I wore a frown I wore a frown I wandered up and I wandered down I wandered all around this town The sky was grey most everyday and I had nothing good to say I drove the car as far as far as far away to the coves and the bays The boats are docked and the doors are locked and people don't talk that much anymore Like they did once before We dig and dig for shiny stones but no one knows but no one knows All it takes for the ice to break sun through the clouds on my face I crack a smile I like to go where the sorrows strong and the broken souls all sing along Love I like to know what's on your mind I think it might be something kind The Sun came out the other day I walked up to the cove's and bays The ice it runs with the sun I sit atop of everyone I sent a prayer to all of those with broken bones, broken homes, broken goals, broken souls and a broken nose I sent a prayer across the Sea I hope it finds someone like me I sent a prayer through the Trees deep in the roots I asked for peace I sent a prayer into the Wind I hope it finds all my kin I sent a prayer up to the Moon I hope it comes and finds you soon I sent a prayer into the Sun I hope is shines on everyone I sent a prayer just for You I hope you share it with someone to I sent a prayer to everyone up to the Stars the great beyond I sent a prayer just for Love I hope it comes I hope it comes Love Love Love Love Love Love Love
8.
Hippy Hollow 03:25
I know a little place that we can go It's down by the river oh the river river Colorado Deep in the heart of Texas at the Hippy Hollow You take your lover or you come down by your lone Jump in the river and you wash that dirty soul Swim little fishy oh swim little fishy I oh A big storm come and a lighting crash down low All the little fishies swim right back to the shore Come back tomorrow to the hippy hippy hollow Hippy I ya ya hippy I ah ya oh ippy I ya ya ippy I ah ya oh I know a little place that we can go It's down by the river oh the river river Colorado Deep in the heart of Texas at the Hippy Hollow Hippy I ya ya hippy I ah ya oh ippy I ya ya ippy I ah ya oh I know a little place that we can go
9.
Start upstream oh TWIN Cities Dirty River Jump right in 'er Cold and Shiver She'll suck ya down drag ya down pull ya down Jump out the river get back on the ground Down town oh walking around Downtown oh got a fever oh got a fever oh got a fever Poor man oh shakin that change poor man shakin that change Rich man oh lookin away Rich man oh walking away You and me lower side middle you and me oh hey diddle diddle you and you just rockin that fiddle Law man oh walkin the beat Law man oh keepin the peace Law man says back on your feet Ran out of town Back down the river Downstream oh New Orleans Dirty River Jump right in 'er Cold and Shiver Get dirty with me get dirty with me get dirty with me Don't trust no one if there clean I don't trust no one if there clean Don't trust no one if there clean I don't trust no one if there clean Working man oh elbow grease Soldier oh bullet holes Young man ain't got no plan Lady friend gettin back to the land Strong minds oh left behind Old Rust well boom and bust Now stomp your feet get dirty with me Stomp yr feet get dirty with he Stomp yr feet get dirty with she Stomp yr feet get dirty with we oh dirty with she oh dirty with he oh dirty with me oh dirty with we ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
10.
Blue Jean Warrior you go Blue Stream Warrior you go Blue Dream Warrior you go No more room down at Siloam So I wander and I roam And the winter's moving slow And the cop's are donut Joe's And the kids are huffin blow I'm out pinching for a smoke Down by the river when it flows I can hear the Buffalo Feel the thunder in my toes Blue Jean Warrior you go Letting all the people know Blue Stream Warrior you go with the running Buffalo Blue Dream Warrior you Letting all the people Let all the people know with the running Buffalo Let all the people know Let all the people know Let all the people know Let all the people know Yeah were taking back home Yeah were taking back home Yeah were taking back home Yeah were taking back home Yeah were taking back home Yeah were taking back home Yeah were taking back home Yeah were taking back home Blue Jean Warrior you go Blue Stream Warrior you go Blue Dream Warrior you go

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We Rise and Dance We Sleep and Dream songscape swings from sweet to savage, with a heaviness that is hard to shake but still cathartic.

This record continues to stretch Twintwa's genre defining craft featuring banjo, flute, accordion, guitar, cello, samples and integrated harmonies. Tracks 5 and 6 mark the greatest departure with heavy drums, distortion/wah bass assaults and an amped up looping violin that will leave you short of breath!

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released December 25, 2018

We acknowledge this album was created within Anishinabe territory
All songs written and performed by Twintwa
David Fort - Guitar, Vocals Tracks 1-10 Rhythm Track 9
Brooklyn Samson - Banjo Tracks 1,4,7 Violin Tracks 2,3,5,6,9,10
Vocals Tracks 1,3,4 6-10 Rhythm/Drum Track 9 Flute Track 8
Jo Seenie - Intro to album Voice,Flute Tracks 1,10
Michelle Lecnik - Drums Tracks 5,6 Vocals Track 6
Nathan Krahn - Cello Track 7
David Enns - Vocals Track 8
Nadine Fort - Trumpet Track 9
Tracks 1-4, 7-10 Recorded and Mixed by David Fort
Mastered by J. Riley Hill
Tracks 5,6 Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by J. Riley Hill

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