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1.
Pretty thing, I've got you Right where I used to be We ride across this city Starting fires recklessly And everything is closing But tonight, we'll stay awhile And if this darkness lingers I'll fall to you just like a child Pretty thing, I've got you Right where this trouble ends With reckless burning I have been charged again Pretty thing, I've got you Right where I used to be We ride across this city Starting fires recklessly Goodnight, Irene
2.
Doralee 04:10
Doralee, there's water in the basement. Saturday, you'll be sleeping in the tree. Gone are the weeds that you tended to like children. Gone are the days, and the distance between. Doralee, there's gravel in your bathtub. The fish swim free, looking for their ocean moon. You once loved a man whose heart was big & open. He said he could see, the beauty in us all. Doralee, there are flies among the dead now. The fiish swim free, looking for their ocean moon. You once loved a man whose heart was big & open. He said he could see, the beauty in us all. He said he could see the beauty in us all.
3.
Lonely Still 04:46
This is where my ship has run aground, stuck in the mud on the Puget Sound. I came from The Great Lakes, and I watched them turn dry. The sky turned black & I cried. I never thought heartbreak would follow me 'round. Well, I'm lonely, I'm lonely still. Hammered hearts, so tired of being young, If it wasn't you, it could have been anyone. I came from The Great Lakes, and I saw them turn dry, the sky turned black and I cried. I never thought heartbreak would follow me 'round, cuz, I'm lonely, yes, I'm lonely still.
4.
How am I to believe when I've lost myself in you? Afraid to ask for what I need, so I give it to you. I'm on your side now, Well, I'm on your side now I'm on your side now I'm on your side now And if I sleep beside the river will it flood over me? Well, I'm as far away from my life, as I could be But I'm on your side now Well, I'm on your side now I'm on your side now I'm on your side now If faith is all we ever need then I can't compete. I think on those who care for me, who care for me. I'm on your side now Well, I'm on your side now I'm on your side now I'm on your side now
5.
Keep me, don't let me go When I'm losing my head If the angels won't have me, well, meet me at the bar-room instead. Keep me, don't let me go Keep me, don't you let me go I like to go to the places, where the lights are all down, and all those beautiful faces, but yours, ain't around. Keep me, don't let me go. Keep me, don't you let me go Nighttime spent waiting Well, in the dark we all are fools This love makes me impatient and morning takes me too soon Keep me, don't let me go Keep me, don't you let me go
6.
Drinking with strangers, For the last time, and you fell asleep, With the smoke in your eyes. Hot flashes burning, The dust on the blind, gin-soaked and lonely, You're fuel for this fire. You threw it all away, These days You threw it all away, these days. The Salvation Army, Has called out its choir, but blankets, and water can't fix your flat tire. ahhh....
7.
Made of Wood 05:01
He said "I think you know my name" He said, "I think you know what I came here for." And if you don't really like it You can walk out that door If you don't really like it You don't have to keep asking for more Right here on this floor He said That I was the 'only one' He said, that we would 'have so much fun.' Well, I tried and I tried To get back on my feet the lines on my face tell me that I need sleep again, so I just pretend. He said "I think you know my name" He said "I think you know what I came here for" "And if you don't really like it You walk out that door" "If you don't really like it. you don't have to keep begging for more Right here on this floor." Alice in Wonderland Put out your hand If you were made out of stone I'd know that you'd catch me Oh, if you could 'Cause I'm made of wood
8.
Love me someday I'll be here, as long as the night, The moon so bright, Well, love me someday, and I will be here. There's snow on the road, The parkway's closed, if the weather was right, you'd leave tonight. The danger's within, and all will be forgiven. Love me someday I'll be here, as long as the night, the moon so bright. Well, love me someday, I will be here.
9.
Lullaby 04:44
You picked me up, dried me off, you were hopelessly devoted, to my darkest hour. I knew I'd broke, every rule, just so I'd be close to you. And I was just your passenger, hoping you wouldn't see the sign, 'Funeral Parking Only' And if the rain would settle down, maybe we will catch a glimpse, of this troubled town. Well, it's not hard to forgive, When you're holding back a river of drowned men, Well, it's not hard to forgive....

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released January 22, 2003

Produced,Recorded and Mixed by Tucker Martine at Flora, Seattle,WA
Mastered by Roger Siebel, SAE
Album design-Rhonda Pelikan
Cover photograph-Lisa Haglund

Jesse Sykes-vocals, acoustic guitar
Phil Wandscher- guitars, harmonium, piano, organ , vocals
Bill Herzog- upright bass, vocals
Kevin Warner -Drums
Anne Marie Ruljancich- viola, vocals

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Tucker Martine- field sounds, percussion
Steve Moore- mellotron, piano, organ, keyboards
Bruce Wirth- organ, lap steel, banjo

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Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter Seattle, Washington

"Spellbound music, rapt in fatalism and sorrow"-Jon Pareles, The New York Times.

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