Farthest Field
With Joan Shelley
Release Date: May 8, 2012
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1. First of August
oh the first of august
lying on the cold leaf ground
pullin out of focus
colors slowly breaking down
down the road
you've been drawing
pictures of
pray you go with the sweet wind
there'll be trees there that you know
so careful not to harden
sure to make a letter home
down the road
where you shining
were last seen at the fork
mama knows you gotta go, son
sister's gonna miss you when you go
down the road
you've been drawing
line by line
and the poet
has been writing you
writing you down
if it wears harder
still steps in a winding dark
there is music
that you're raising
and your own
little baby
is waiting
and don't you think that you were right
and don't you think that you were right
mama knows you gotta go, son
sister's gonna miss you when you go
see the sun on the other side
on the first of august
(js)
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2. The Lengths
the lengths that hastened you to me
the sand & stone that toughened up our feet
they'll mark this down, and so must we
gone to the folds & to the leaves
our means when we have no means
you'll take my love, and all my sympathies
(dmm)
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3. Cedar & Ash
the shore & the sea
the longing
the sights that i see
the sights that i see
a good house
the fearless way
i wish for you
i wish for you
cedar & ash
winter's clear cold, knotted & curled
into the sky
into the sky
(dmm)
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4. Hollow Heart
as if i were the first one to hurt you
as if i were the first one to lie
as if i had raised a hand to harm you
as if i broke a knot that i tied
and you looked at me, set the sky aflame
and you looked like you needed a home
as if i never had the hands that calmed you
as if i never mended, well i tried
as if i never climbed those mountains with you
and wrote our names so big in the sky
and you looked at me, set the sky aflame
and you looked like you needed a home
like the rain would pull down the sky
like the mountain would crumble
with a hollow heart
and you looked at me, set the sky aflame
and you looked like you needed a home
(js)
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5. To Be Lost Again
to be lost again
in the grey-green hills again
to be home again
nevermore to roam again
to steal away again
mind the lantern that leads you, love
through spirit and through clay
your footsteps will always find you
no matter how you've strayed
you can always steal away
your lamplight heart
at the mercy of your tear-dimmed eyes
time has forgiven us this
the price of our redemption paid
there's only to steal away
(dmm)
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6. Bright Water
(dmm)
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7. Farthest Field
from our home to the farthest field
a good & fruitful year
now to see your sweet face
as you come to meet us here
la da dum...
into the tuneful night
'neath stars and rain alike
through frost & through the snow
to the hearth & the fire's glow
la da dum...
we sing to the friends who've gone
to the ones we can still draw near
to our loves across the sea
to the ones are with us here
the solace of my heart
grown with the passing year
as the joy in our eyes
at the sight of companions dear
la da dum...
from our home to the farthest field
a good & fruitful year
(dmm)
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8. Sweetly By
lover come sweet and slowly
lover come sweetly by
lover come sweet and slowly by my side
you make me feel like honey
you make me sing like wine
you send me off so hungry
for the wild
wild
rain falls and i don't care
i'm running home to you
curl me up in your hair
let me dry
dry
dry
but when the cold moon has come
we will still have the moonlight, the moonlight
so, lover come sweet and slowly
lover come gently by
lover come here and give me a little time
follow the lines of your chin
trace your brow to your mouth
secrets found on your skin
make you cry out
cry out
rain leads me to water
i follow it down to you
autumn wind keeps on whispering
it's open
it's open
it's open
but when our memories are gone
and our bodies are fading, fading
my lover come sweet and slowly
lover come sweetly by
lover come here and hold me
for a while
while
while
(js)
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9. We Two
the moment is here
for every true detail
that we can spare
to come to bear
describe to me
all the things you hold most dearly
bring down your harp
from high atop the willow tree
the light renewed
as our motion is by resting deep
it's all of a piece, my love
it's all of a piece
we two have known
these endless hills to roam...
(dmm)
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10. Would You Tell Me Your Dreams
would you tell me your dreams
would you let me see
the light that shines in your heart
practically glows in the dark
the moon rises over the trees
lighting the night and the breeze
that means it's time for sleep
time for restful sleep
(dmm)
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In the Cool of the Day
Release Date: January 18, 2011
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1. All Ye Tenderhearted
2. Dark Road
3. O My Soul
4. In the Garden
5. Closer Walk with Thee
6. Up Above My Head
7. Softly & Tenderly
8. In the Cool of the Day
9. It Is Well with My Soul
10. Lay Down Your Lonesome Burden
11. Set Things Aright
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Dear Companion
With Ben Sollee
Release Date: February 16, 2010
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1. Something, Somewhere, Sometime
2. My Wealth Comes To Me
3. Needn't Say A Thing
4. Wilson Creek
5. Only A Song
6. Dear Companion
7. Flyrock Blues
8. Try
9. Flyrock #2
10. Sweet Marie
11. It Won't Be Long
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Produced by
Yim Yames
Recorded & Mixed by
Duane Lundy
Assistant Engineers: Mike Burris &
Justin Craig
Mastered by
Trevor Sadler
Designed by
Dusty Summers
Photos by
Guy Mendes & DMM
Ben Sollee: cello, guitar, percussion, vocals
DMM: guitar, piano, vocals
Yim Yames: banjo, bass, mellotron, organ, percussion, vocals
Justin Craig: guitar, organ, slide guitar, drums, banjo, keyboards
Robby Casenza: drums
Emily Hagihara: percussion
Jeffrey Keith: banjo
Scott Moore: violin
Chris Phillips: clarinet
Brandon Johnson: tuba
Andrew McGranahan: flugelhorn
Todd Hildreth: accordion
In Every Craft And Line
Vinyl 7" Release Date: February 14, 2009
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1. Every Color and Kind (Band Version)
2. Not a Step Behind
3. Flyrock Blues
4. Tu Dors Bien
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The cover at left was made by
Russell Ihrig. There are a total of five covers for the EP, all hand-made in limited editions of 140. The other artists who contributed covers: Anh Tran,
Andrew Loughnane, Beth Graves &
Aaron Delamatre
- Every Color and Kind (Band Version)
Produced by
Joe Chiccarelli & DMM
Recorded and Mixed by
Joe Chiccarelli
DMM: guitar, vocals
Earl D. Moore, Jr.: piano
Justin Meldal-Johnsen: upright bass
Matt Sherrod: drums
- Not a Step Behind (Home Recording)
DMM: guitar, vocals
- Flyrock Blues (Home Recording)
DMM: guitar, vocals
Joel Runyan: mandolin
- Tu Dors Bien (Home Recording)
DMM: guitar, vocals
Sweetheart '09
Starbucks Valentine Compilation
Release Date: January 31, 2009
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iTunes
12. I Hear Music
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Stray Age
Release Date: October 7, 2008
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CD or
Vinyl
1. Stray Age
so much of what i pushed out once
has returned after all these months
to go where you have been
to be where you are again
come be close and be rested
lines from a stray age
news comes 'round from another day's page
to go where you have been
to be where you are again
come be close and be rested
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2. It's You
are you not that sycamored place
where my thoughts journey and cling
a familiar voice in the flutter of silver leaves
and the swell of strings
is it not you who seeks me out
sews goodness and holds me dear
who draws me out with pen in hand again
with my heart laid bare
it's you oh my darling it's you
a gentle greeting in the morning
let the exodus begin
we've left this place nigh on a thousand times
and we'll leave it again
in the evening that makes you so lovely
we'll find a place to be
in the swirling music the flurry of castanets
you are there with me
it's you oh my darling it's you
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3. That'll Be The Plan
the words i write
the lines i draw
the people i assure
the rest of them too
i got no fortune
i hold no sway
but i do what i am able
for them and for you
we'll hold on the best we can
that'll be the plan
stand tall my dear
you spent most of your year
in the highest and truest
way you knew how
knowledge is nice
but knowledge can kill us
and we should have died
a thousand deaths by now
but we'll hold on the best we can
that'll be the plan
we'll wish and imagine
for what could have been
and quietly miss
what never came to be
lend me your voice
lift up these stones
and cast your nets anew
into the deep blue sea
and we'll hold on the best we can
that'll be the plan
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4. In These Hearts
shake away the dust
your faith has made you well
come evenin' when our lives are ours
we'll have plenty more to tell
bring your gift
and go your way
the duties of the heart
belong to another day
couldn't say what you kept
couldn't say what you deserve
but a hymn for the sunrise
is all we ever heard
we stand at the waters
we stand in need
in these hearts there sleeps a song
as quiet as the shadows at our feet
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5. Who Knows Where the Time Goes (written by
Sandy Denny)
6. Carby's Tune (vinyl only)
7. The Old Measure
as a sigh comes finally
at the end of a regret
some things are just impossible
to forget
my affections and reflections
the many irons in a lasting burn
and each extracts its due
in its own turn
our small measure, the old measure
our muscle our mettle our nerve
may temper but can't change
what we deserve
i have read by my own dim light
and of these matters at hand
i recount to you
what truths i can
our small measure, the old measure
our muscle our mettle our nerve
may temper but can't change
what we deserve
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8. By Dream
i will go by dream to you
who cannot come to me
neath the pines i'll sing to you
who cannot come to me
oh how i long for you
right for you and wrong for you
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9. Where We Belong
i sat there some weeks before
you walked up those steps and through the door
and it's a hell of a thing
to be considering
if i had my bendin' bow
my string and my arrow
there wouldn't be a thing
between you and my meaning
i'll remember your quiet way
revisit it one quiet day
the tug and pull of you
just might see me through
lay your hand in mine
remember what you promised we would find
i'll take you to where the green grasses grow
to a place where that we could go
that's where we belong
where the trails meet the lines
out among the gusty winds
and the ponderosa pines
in the hallowed halls and circling hills
a man will do what he wills
scratch those words right off your slate
you've had the time to recuperate
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10. Restoration Sketches
11. Every Color and Kind
so you gone where the winds have carried you
o'er ocean and home to me
twilight in the hills, the day is through
with a tale of the beckoning sea
you read to me
i steep leaves for you
the like the cure for the like
an ear for the word
a sky for the bird
a song for the time movin' by
so you gone where the winds have carried you
your mark in every craft and line
twilight settles in, the day is through
with a song of every color and kind
you read to me
i steep leaves for you
the like the cure for the like
an ear for the word
a sky for the bird
a song for the time movin' by
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12. The Hour of Sleep
the hour of sleep
is upon us now
come rest your eyes
my darling one
your work today is done
in quarters close
the four winds far away
where your life and land
you selflessly wage
this is your reward each day
the hour of sleep
the hour of sleep
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DMM EP
Limited Run of 60 handmade EPs. Release Date: September, 2008
1. Stray Age
2. It's You
3. That'll Be The Plan
4. Flyrock Blues
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