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Play Their Songs

by The John Whites

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1.
Still in Love (free) 03:27
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I've been on your rain porch For a while Well I'm still in love with you I'm still in love I ain't seen your face now For a while Well I'm still in love with you I'm still in love
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I'm Sure Hank Didn't Done It This Way (free) 04:38
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Well I'm not gonna play the harmonica There will be no pedal steel on this song I will live alone, I'll live on this pond I'll sing this song out and I'll steal what he sung I will listen close for the wind chimes It's my picture now, I see it every day You took the rest but you forgot the best one I hope that last line rhymes in some way I throw my bottle in the back yard river I hope the water understands my love for it I'll play the flute but I will not on this song I hope my daughter understands when the time comes I throw the pillow and the blanket follows I pray for rain, I pray for rain, I pray for rain I'm cutting now into my left arm wristwatch 'Cause my arm is fragile, and I don't want to bleed Take from the inside what you lack in progress I'll bake a cake so you can hold your candle I will press play but I will not play this song I need an army that can hold my hand all day
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Action (free) 02:57
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Action I'm asking I allow myself to go Passion I'm breaking I allow myself to go Who cast me? How come we stare at the unknown? Who took his life? Who came inside and called it home? Partly I'm hardly Thinking of the times we had before Around the survivors A parameter create So I can go Who cast me? How come we stare at the unknown? Who took his life? Who came inside and called it home?
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Song For Rory (free) 03:32
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Here's my song for Rory and I hope that he enjoys it and I hope we get together On the weekend or whenever and I hope my bond will grow With this girl I used to know and I know know know know know That she knows knows knows knows I, I don't have a soul and I was maybe thinking that I could borrow yours 'Cause I don't like the cold Yeah I was maybe thinking I was maybe thinking I could borrow your coat Here's another letter that We add into our paper basket I've not seen to figure out yet That you aren't the safest bet But I don't really care Because my love for you is never ending If we had a puppy we would name him after Schindler's listings I, I don't have a soul and I was maybe thinking that I could borrow yours 'Cause I don't like the cold Yeah I was maybe thinking I was maybe thinking I could borrow your coat
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Phantasmagoria (free) 04:13
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Ariel, I don't know How or why or when or who I will grow all I can I will sew all I can I'll Bailo all I can En la case I can I will fake all I can I will take all I can I will break all I can That you make if I can I'll save face all I can If brown masks are what's in I will give up my hair If you grow somewhere near I will sit all I can If you want me to stand I will vote for the horse If you support the man Ariel, I don't know How or why or when or who I will sell all I can I will sell all I can I will sell all I can I will sell all I can I'll save face all I can No pro bono, I can I will vote for the horse If you support the man Take this love if you can You're enough if you stand Shed your gloves if you can't Hide your head in the sand You can fake all you can You can take all you can I will break all I can That you make if I can
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Amused 03:08
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You are so amused the planet waves won't cut or bruise you If you had to choose You would be the one to pull the trigger, wouldn't you? When I begged for truth Common knowledge was provided courtesy of you You are so amused the planet waves won't cut or bruise you
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Ballad of the Cattle Farmer (free) 03:39
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These days are getting so bad These animal rights activists Are bringing me down To the ground I'll shave whatever I please I will behave if I feel the need It's bringing me down To the ground I hear that Alaska can get cold I hear that those who don't die young grow old It's bringing me down To the ground
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My Dead Soldiers (free) 03:08
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Nobody knows what we've been through Nobody knows except for me and you and My dead soldiers My dead soldiers We've seen it all my love And then some more my love We walked the beach my love Back when you had feet my love To Hollywood my love Movie star my love And all my dead soldiers My dead soldiers My dead soldiers
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Pick Up Your Own (free) 04:26
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Pick up your own You'll never be You'll never be Waiting for me You tell me I'm cold You tell me I bleed You tell me I bleed Out in the street And the Calvary will come To rescue everyone Until these days are gone Until this war is won You tell me I know Know where to be Know where to be When you're waiting for me Baby I don't Know what to see Know what to see When you're waiting for me And the Calvary will come To rescue everyone Until these days are gone Until this war is won Because I'm in You And I don't know where I'm going to Where are my handcuffs Where is my raincoat I'll give you nothing if you stay alive Where are my bodyguards Where are my candy hearts I'll give you nothing That you stay alive I'll give you nothing If you stay alive
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Song About Swords (free) 03:30
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It's not as easy as you think It's not like we just sit and drink alone We hog the while we heil we hog The things that always make our smiles know We crashed our swords before We drove fords that we can't afford anymore We crashed our words before We played chords so the ground would shake to the lord We crashed our words before It was so beautiful to think The speakers made the noise that I wanted them to But it is easier to sing Than think about what music means to you We crashed our swords before We drove fords that we can't afford anymore We crashed our words before We played chords so the ground would shake to the lord We crashed our words before

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The John Whites
Play Their Songs
Cave Paint Vol. II

Words and Songs by John White
Arranged and performed by
John White, Josh Brown, Jenny Guerra and Ben Alvarez
Produced by John White and Maht Paulos
Engineered by Maht Paulos
With additional engineering on:
“Action”, “Song For Rory”, “Amused” and “Song about Swords”
by John White
Photography by Leo Patrone
Mixed by Alex Korostinsky
Mastered by Dean White
Recorded in Provo, UT

© & P 2006, 2011 Here Here Records -
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Thank you to all of our friends and families for their support and to the bands that inspired us to be in bands too.

This album is dedicated to all the fans that have been there from the start.

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released November 25, 2006

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A hurricane of restless songwriting energy, John White is quietly one of America’s best and most prolific songwriters and the namesake of the ever-amorphous Reno rock band The John Whites. ... more

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