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Love Is Red

by David Poe

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Love Is Red 02:41
LOVE IS RED By David Poe © 2005 Charming Marytr Music/BMI I'LL DRINK WHISKEY FROM THE BOTTLE I'LL DRINK SHERRY OR MOONSHINE BUT MY LOVE IS LIKE A RARE, RED WINE: A SACRAMENT, EXQUISITE, HARD TO FIND THE GLADIOLAS IN SLOW MOTION SCAR OF TULIPS IN THE SNOW BUT MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED, RED ROSE: COVETED, EXPENSIVE, HARD TO GROW IS SHE SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER? IS SHE THROWN ACROSS THE BED? MY LOVE IS RED AS ANY CRIME SCENE FROM THE CURTAINS TO THE CARPET, MAN IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN THERE IS NO OTHER COLOR SCHEME MY LOVE IS RED AS RED AS RED CAN BE THERE ARE FIREWORKS OVER THE SKYLINE FIRE ENGINE DOWN THE STREET BUT MY LOVE IS RED AS SUNSET ON THE SEA MY LOVE IS RED TOO VIVID TO BE BELIEVED MY LOVE IS RED
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Doxology 03:58
DOXOLOGY By David Poe © 2006 Charming Martyr/BMI. I went home for Christmas I went home for Christmas I saw it from the highway Home for the holidays I went home for Christmas and tried to mend some fences One of all my old girlfriends and all of her children And for a second I saw it all again I saw it all again World without end I went home for Christmas But it was not so bad Driving with my mother Talking about my dad Why don't I get married So I start driving faster 'Cause every love I've ever had Has ended in disaster I am not so green I'm changing like the scenery I went home for Christmas And for a second I saw it all again I saw it all again World without end
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So Beautiful 03:12
SO BEAUTIFUL By David Poe © 2005 Charming Martyr/BMI When you are traveling far from home You think about it everywhere you go You'll find love again You'll find love again You'll find love When you are lonely in your bed Nothing but memories in your head You'll find love again You'll find love again You'll find love 'Cause you're so beautiful You're so beautiful and i'm so sorry When you are tired of being true and the eyes of a stranger set on you You'll find love again You'll find love 'Cause you're so beautiful You're so beautiful You're so beautiful and i'm so sorry You're so beautiful You're so beautiful and i'm so sorry You're so beautiful You're so beautiful and i'm so sorry
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YOU'RE THE BOMB By David Poe © 2003 Charming Martyr/BMI. THEY MADE YOU UP IN SECRET YOU'RE THE BOMB YOU'RE MY MANHATTAN PROJECT WITHOUT WARNING, WITHOUT A SOUND YOU HIT THE GROUND YOU'RE THE BOMB A FLASH OF BLINDING LIGHT AND THEN YOU'RE GONE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT WE'LL LET HISTORY DECIDE IF WE'RE RIGHT OR WRONG YOU AND I SET THE TOWN ON FIRE BRIGHTER AND HOTTER THAN THE RISING SUN FLYING HIGH THE CITY LIGHTS WERE SHINING RIGHT BELOW I LET YOU GO WHAT HAVE I DONE? YOU'RE THE BOMB YOU CAME DOWN FROM ABOVE AND BROKE THE CALM MY TERRIFYING LOVE BUT YOU SEEMED WORTH FIGHTING FOR AT THE TIME YOU WERE MY WORLD, WAR, CRIME
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WILDERNESS By David Poe © 2005 Charming Martyr/BMI DEAD EVERGREEN STILL WHISPERING THE WARMER BIRDS ALREADY FLOWN WET WITH RAIN, A STRETCH OF TWINE LAIN BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE DIRTY ROAD DON'T YOU CRY WE CAN HIDE HERE DISAPPEAR INTO THE WEST YOU ARE CLEAN QUIET AS SNOW DARKER THAN A FOREST YOU ARE MY WILDERNESS UNDERGROUND TRAIN UPTOWN TAKES THE TIME THAT IT TAKES SO MANY FACES THE HUMAN RACES WHEELS OF PROGRESS, AND THE BRAKES IF THE TREES ARE THE LUNGS OF THE WORLD THE CITY IS HER CIGARETTE YOU'RE A MYSTERY DEEPER THAN THE SEA AND FRAGILE AS A STARLING'S NECK YOU ARE MY WILDERNESS HISTORY'S WHORE WILL WIN THE WAR AND TELL THE STORY TO HER CHILD THE NATIONAL JONES WILL KICK THE STONES AND EAT ITS WAY INTO THE WILD DON'T YOU CRY FOR THE HOLE IN THE SKY LAY ME DOWN YOUR RIVERBED YOU ARE CLEAN QUIET AS THE SNOW DARKER THAN A FOREST YOU ARE MY WILDERNESS

credits

released June 21, 2005

David Poe, voice and guitar
Sim Cain, drums
John Abbey, bass


Recorded at Monogo Studios, Berlin by Jim Voxx
Mixed at The Maid's Room, New York by Brad Jones

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David Poe Los Angeles, California

"DAVID POE gives the singer-songwriter genre a much-needed jolt"
- Rolling Stone 

"The make-out record of the year”
-Harp magazine

"The major domo of songwriters"
-Village Voice

"The perfect man"
-Time Out! New York

"[Songs] like miniature novels."
- The London Independent

Composer fellow
- Sundance Institute 2009

Winner
- Lunas del Auditorio award 2011

Sundance Film Festival 2008 - 11
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