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New Rays From an Old Sun

by Turn Turn Turn

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Ian Black
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Ian Black looking forward to the album release. Well done for hitting the fundraiser target. followed you from Making a Scene. glad I did.
Good luck and best wishes for 2023.
Ian. England.
kevinhandran
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kevinhandran Happy Days! Turn Turn Turns new album, New Rays From an Old Sun, dropped a day early & that makes for a good day. I believe it's better than their first, Can't Go Back, and that one was really good. Every song is unique & enjoyable. My desert Island collection starts with Adam Levy's Naubinway, has everything from The Honeydogs, and in the T section, let there be Turn Turn Turn. Thanks for the Music, guys, (and gals), from Austin, Tx.
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1.
You went down to the water Cold-blooded daughter You went down to the river to sink or float In black holes without ladders As if it really matters ‘Cause you’re in heavy water in a paper boat Don’t run for cover everyone has got to learn You’re lost and you misread the signs You’re a stranger in a strange land At the strangest time What’s your game hot blue star? Burning hot but you’re too far You’re lost in the Pleiades or in a shot in a dive bar Don’t run for cover everyone has got to learn You’re lost and you misread the signs You’re a stranger in a strange land At the strangest time Should you leave or will you stay? You can’t wish it all away When you’re stuck on the Matterhorn without a rope You went down to the water Cold-blooded daughter You went down to the river to sink or float You’re a stranger In a strange land You’re a stranger In a strange land
2.
Powder 03:32
Careless Leah walks around She’s lost among her thoughts and found Gambling tables & streets of ill repute She descends a spiral staircase Into the abyss she tries to face Her fears and find peace & gratitude Small distractions and accolades Love affairs and debts to pay Anything but looking in the mirror Keep your powder dry, dear The moment is at hand Be careful not wait to long It passes like the hourglass’s sand Charlie is a man who’s made At least it seems his future's great 90,000 hours he’s paid are done Now he stares at catalogs Soaks up talk radio ideologues Imagining golden eras in the sun His children never wish him happy birthday So he listens to the voices with a mission from the past Keep your powder dry dear The moment is at hand Be careful not wait to long It passes like the hour glass’s sand Sarah sews her pain away The needlepoint finds its prey A vein in bruised alabaster clay There’s a raven in her eyes that sees All the possibilities Of emptiness and suffocating needs And the moon in cool subcontinents Inexorable course of events Are gifted to her like fire from the gods. Keep your powder dry dear The moment is at hand Be careful not wait to long It passes like the hourglass’s sand
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It’s just another Friday night in Boise Since the paper factory closed no one can sleep There’s a plastic bag blowing in the winds of change A drunken man is stumbling down an empty street I’ve seen them in the papers And I’ve heard them at the gates They’re camouflaged in glory They’re prisoners of fate They think they’re sober as a judge but they’re just drunk on hate They think they’re sober as a judge but they’re just drunk on hate Try to stick the pin back in the bomb they’re tossin’ Think they’re flush with coin but they’re just showing losses Seeds of contempt they sow are starting now to blossom They think they’re nailed to But they’re just burning crosses I’ve seen them in the papers And I’ve heard them at the gates They’re camouflaged in glory They’re prisoners of fate They think they’re sober as a judge but they’re just drunk on hate They think they’re sober as a judge but they’re just drunk on hate The truth ain’t blind now I’ve got no time for fairy tales and cheats Blood on the streets The truth ain’t blind now I got no time for fairy tales and sheets Blood on the streets It’s just another Sunday night in Mobile Since the boat factory closed no one can eat There’s a plastic bag That’s blowing with the winds of change A drunken woman crying on the street I’ve seen them in the papers And I’ve heard them at the gates They’re camouflaged in glory They’re prisoners of fate They think they’re sober as a judge but they’re just drunk on hate They think they’re sober as a judge but they’re just drunk on hate The truth ain’t blind now I’ve got no time for fairy tales and cheats Blood on the streets The truth ain’t blind now I got no time for fairy tales and cheats Blood on the streets Listen to the sound of love now children Stop diggin’ the graves that the blood spilled in... They think they’re nailed to but they’re just burnin’ crosses…
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I can’t stop thinking about you Life still goes on without you Why dear do you stay on my mind? I fear I’m losing mine again There’s nothing that doesn’t remind me Memory lane's where you’ll find me I’m stuck the tape keeps looping Time’s up, who’s been duping me? Every time I try to remember bad times I can depend on you to Gimme a heartthrob And those hazy dopamine blues Darlin’ am I on your mind? Fallin’ for someone’s cheap lines Why do I seem to be the one who Lives in a dreamland fooled You still have the keys to My heart so please just give them back I just wanna stop thinking about you And living a heart attack Darlin am I on your mind? Fallin' for someone’s cheap lines Why do I seem to be the one who Lives in a dreamland fooled Every time I try to remember bad times I can depend on you to Gimme a heartthrob And those hazy dopamine blues There’s no gettin’ around it You’ll never leave it like you found it You just gotta get through it There’s nothing you can do but do it
5.
7 Kids 04:35
7 kids on a railroad track South of San Diego Their world on their backs And their parents hope they’ll be safe A white van comes and picks ‘em up Promises ‘em water and a meal And a place to stay I can see smoke and I can see fire They say stay calm we know the situation is dire Good thing the bodega is full At least we won’t go hungry & it won’t get dull When the city burns We’re losing our touch & we’re losing our way Am I losing grip guess I’d rather not say One thing’s true everything is gonna change It feels so familiar but damn it feels strange My neighbor has cancer but she’s alright She goes to the tabernacle Saturday night And prays Someone knows more than the doctors I’m sure If you have enough faith there’s always a cure We’re losing our touch & we’re losing our way Am I losing grip guess I’d rather not say One thing’s true everything is gonna change It feels so familiar but damn it feels strange Goodnight baby Can I see you tomorrow? Can I see you tomorrow? Will there be a tomorrow? Will there be a tomorrow? We’re losing our touch & we’re losing our way Am I losing grip guess I’d rather not say One thing’s true everything is gonna change It feels so familiar but damn it feels strange 7 kids on a railroad track South of San Diego Their world on their backs And their parents hope they’ll be safe
6.
If you’re gonna leave me for somebody Please don’t leave me alone tonight We forget all the things we want to remember And we remember all the things we’d rather forget I thought I had hidden my heart, kept it so well-concealed I can’t help the way that you feel If you’re gonna leave me for somebody Please don’t leave me alone If you’re gonna leave me for somebody Please don’t leave me alone tonight If you’re gonna leave me for somebody Please don’t leave me alone If you’re gonna leave me for somebody Please don't leave me alone tonight Please don’t leave me Please don’t leave me tonight…
7.
My eyelids weigh mountains My mind is a door My heart is carbon I can’t find the floor My eyelids weigh mountains My arms aren’t in sync but... I’ve been looking for you More than a few lifetimes My eyelids weigh mountains My dreams hide in cars They drive across continents And toward dying stars My eyelids weigh mountains My tears hide in graves I’ve mourned for the lost And there’s no cure for the pain My eyelids weigh mountains and I can’t breathe but I’ve been looking for you More than a few lifetimes
8.
There in the valley was a beast Her children were deceased As the new rays were increased Only water for a priest Who paid good coin for police The Beast she had learned to be alone Making gems from stone She made herself a throne And a castle from her children’s bones There are new rays from an old sun There are oceans in your eyes There are giant buildings empty And a rusty can full of surprise One day The Priest got word About The Beast he heard Whose wealth it seemed absurd She should share it The Priest thought he deserved The Beast saw armies on the march The Priest and weapons large The valley rumbled with the charge And The Beast had a plan though she was parched There are new rays from an old sun There are oceans in your eyes There are giant buildings empty And a rusty can full of surprise When The Priest arrived with force The Beast opened the doors When The Priest came with his hoards The Beast set traps in floors And The Beast was gone, of course There in the valley was a Beast Her children were deceased Now she headed east To find some who wanted peace Locked In the castle was The Priest There are new rays from an old sun There are oceans in your eyes There are giant buildings empty And a rusty can full of surprise
9.
Shisandra 03:21
Can you feel the light Schisandra bathing you? From another time Schisandra crystalline truths Violet, goldenrod & umber, celadon blue Do your eyes see something Schisandra? Mine do too Can you feel the pain Schisandra surrounding you? The stories of billions Schisandra across galaxies in ruins Violet, goldenrod & umber, celadon blue Do your eyes see something Schisandra? Mine do too Will we survive, Schisandra? Feels like a fall Time evaporates Schisandra the spirits call Violet, goldenrod & umber, celadon blue Do your eyes see something Schisandra? Mine do too
10.
They were young they had time on their side They had fun they knew snakes couldn’t hide No guns but their words made angry men cry Then the boys from the fathomless depths And their toys with their bench-pressing reps Don’t be coy—intercept all the codes that they hide Mama who’s that man in the black and white photograph? Mama who’s that man in the black and white photograph? Were you just having a laugh? It was dark, couldn’t see through my camera Lightning sparks Sherman’s March through Atlanta They worked hard Destroyed everything in their path Mama who’s that man In the black and white photograph? Mama who’s that man In the black and white photograph? Were you just having a laugh? Nobody knows where the first breath comes from and where does the last one go They wanna kiss you without debating They wanna sleep with you in the grass They wanna exit in a quick fade and watch you bill pay too It was time for the girls to raise hell on the line When the factory closed they were wise To the tricks of the Triangle Fire Mandy was hot they were playin' all the slots on the strip there Smokin like a chimney, Singin Sunday hymns while they draw pairs Mama who’s that man In the black and white photograph? Mama who’s that man In the black and white photograph? Were you just having a laugh? Nobody knows where the first breath comes from and where does the last one go Let 'em think they’re right. We’re throwing green shoots towards the light. (In the middle of the night)
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The doctor has arrived she’s keeping you alive Machines and apple juice Acceleration dreams The Medication seems to work A warrant for your search surviving your scorched earth I’m grateful for your schemes Acceleration dreams information gleaned is gold Girl cried roses boy cried wolf Baby in the bath water pennies in the dirt Glad you had your fun but it’s time to go You’re taking out guard rails like cautionary tails Consequences reaped Acceleration dreams Reading magazines in jail Girl cried roses boy cried wolf Baby in the bath water pennies in the dirt Glad you had your fun but it’s time to go I saw you in the church the gods had left you in a lurch You had a million streams Acceleration dreams Karma’s catching up with you A warrant for your search surviving your scorched earth I’m grateful for your schemes Acceleration dreams information gleaned is gold

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Record label: Simon Recordings
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All songs written by Adam Levy except Stranger in a Strange Land, written by Barb Brynstad and Adam Levy

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released January 27, 2023

Tracked by Adam Levy
Mixed by John Fields
Mastered by Greg Reierson at Rare Form Mastering
CD cover photo: Darin Back
Vinyl cover photo: Tom Smouse
Interior CD photo: Tony Nelson
CD and album design: Matthew Pfahlert

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Turn Turn Turn Minneapolis, Minnesota

Turn Turn Turn is a trio who bonded over their mutual love of close harmony 60s and 70s country, folk and pop music and formed an original Americana band. Members Adam Levy (guitar, vocals), Savannah Smith (guitar, vocals) and Barb Brynstad (bass, vocals) are all mainstays of the Minnesota music scene and together craft an infectious, Laurel Canyon-inspired sound. ... more

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