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Porch Stories

by Mark Edward Duvall

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1.
Porch Light 04:54
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Porch Light If just a little rain should fall upon us now If some rain should fall We’ll get wet, but we won’t crumble… no no no It’s just a little rain after all It’s just a little rain after all Burn that porch light – keep it shining Help me find my way back home You’re my shelter when the winter storms descend I have wandered in the darkness on my own too many times Burn that porch light… once again Burn that light for me my friend You know my pride can keep my eyes from seeing If some pride should make me blind Baby be the one to love me enough to set me right (that’s right) Before that pride leads to a fall Before my pride leads to my fall Burn that porch light – keep it shining’ Help me find my way back home You’re my shelter when the winter storms descend I have wandered in the darkness on my own too many times Burn that porch light… once again Burn that porch light – keep it shining’ Help me find my way back home now darling’ You’re my shelter – you’re my truest friend I have wandered in the darkness on my own too many times Burn that porch light… once again Burn that light for me my friend Burn that porch light… once again Burn that light for me my truest friend …my truest friend © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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Josephine 04:43
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Josephine Josephine, carry on best as you can Josephine, the mountain just swallowed your man Was it just yesterday that he first felt the baby move in you? Was it early this mornin’ he kissed you goodbye in your sleep? Was it real or a dream, when they called you to say, “His crew’s trapped inside, could take hours maybe days, Josephine” Josephine, carry on best as you can Josephine, the mountain just swallowed your man The supper you fixed him just sits there ice cold on the table Your ma and your sister both pray through their tears in the dark Will he get out alive, will the earth have its fill? The next time the phone rings – then, time will stand still, Josephine Josephine, carry on best as you can Josephine, the mountain just swallowed your man Josephine, this ain’t at all what you planned Josephine, what will you do without him? © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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Folks (Don’t Drop By to Visit No More) 04:39
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Folks (Don’t Drop By to Visit No More) Used to be there’d be a knock on my door There you would stand and say, “Hey, whacha ya doin’?” I’d fix some coffee, We’d sit on the porch Watch children and time fly by… Children and time fly by Since you’ve been gone There’s seldom a knock on my door Since you’ve been gone Folks don’t drop by to visit no more I’d bend your ear for an hour or two You’d always laugh at my marginal jokes I always’ figured we’d have time to spend But time is no longer my friend… No longer my friend I think your favorite time of day Was the spur of the moment Now my favorite times were the one’s When I’d drop what I was doing’ When you came along… You came along © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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Without You 03:44
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Without You I face the clock on the wall It don’t say nothing at all But it’s louder than atom bombs tonight Like that train rollin’ by High and lonesome it cries I can’t sleep in this house alone… Without you, without you Must be that same mockingbird Outside our window I heard He sings his heart out to win her love tonight It’s not so easy to do To say I’m sorry to you But talk is cheap and I’m flat broke now Without you, without you… I lie awake in our bed Remember somethin’ you said Then hear you sleep in the dead calm still of the night Almost can swallow my lies If I don’t open my eyes Believe you’re here, but I’m foolin’ myself Without you, without you… I’m just no good at this Where are your laugh and your kiss? There’s no more tenderness Without you, without you… . © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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Paradise Valley 04:54
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Paradise Valley The hard life was our life and the only life that we knew In Paradise Valley, the big evening sky cobalt blue So many mouths left to feed and harsh country to tame No matter how hard you work it, it fights back the same … It fights back the same Down from Alberta, it’s richer in Montana soil So pick up and start over, a new homestead waits for our toil We won’t leave our sadness behind, but neither our joy We still have four lovely daughters and seven strong boys …Seven strong boys Hi dee o lay ee… Well maybe this autumn the harvest will not be so lean ‘Cuz hope’s hard to come by to live this American dream Lord we know you will provide everything that we need Just wish I could pray for some extra and it not sound like greed … And it not sound like greed I can find work in the coke mine We’ll build our house on the hill We’ll watch the morning light rise over Emigrant Down through the valley, to the river it spills They say in America out in the West, don’t you know Is a place to start over, a place where a family can grow If you can work hard and your back is as strong as your will Opportunity’s waiting, along with the cold winter’s chill … With the cold winter’s chill Hi dee o lay ee… © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleeve music group
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Leaving California 05:49
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Leaving California All my friends are leaving California They’re packin’ up the furniture, heading to Tennessee Or maybe up North where the grass is greener And the air is cleaner, but you seldom see the sun All my friends are leaving California I can’t help but feel they’re leavin’ me Sure, there’s smog and traffic and congestion, Crime and high priced houses, and those vain celebrities Well maybe one day If we can’t beat ‘em we can join ‘em And leave you California, some day Baby, leave the West Coast behind us And adios the golden state All my friends are leaving California They’re packin’ up the minivan, heading down the interstate Like the Grapes of Wrath, but through the rear view mirror Outside the L.A. basin things is looking clearer, so they say So baby take me down to Texas, they’ll love my stuff in Austin We got people up and down the eastern coast, Maybe Philly or straight to Boston We got friends all over the great big south, South Carolina down to shut your mouth! Even Tallahassee where the gators are mean, I’ll play in Alabama, banjo on my knee I would miss my avocados if I lived in Colorado, And honey we would miss the sun If we moved to Portland, Oregon Arizona’s just a beach without an ocean My friends who moved to Vegas, Where’d they get the notion Seattle is pretty, but the sky is grey, And I’ll probably live in Cali ‘til my dyin’ day! Keep on driving and they never look back… © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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She Drove Away 03:35
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She Drove Away She drove away without a sound But the work of the engine Now she’s gone The taillights have faded from view I guess I should have seen this comin’ Now she’s gone What’ll I do now Lord now What’ll I do What’ll I do now Lord now What’ll I do I stand alone in a house that’s half empty With half of a will To go on Broken and beat like a blow from a hammer A tool that can’t fix What is wrong What’ll I do now Lord now… Is this what it takes For me to recognize my need? Is this what it takes To get me back on my knees? Then I say whatever it takes Whatever it takes… © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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395 04:25
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395 That day in September we stopped on the road I picked up some souvenir stones You laughed at me and said, “Babe in your head You got enough of your own” Now it’s rocks on the table, and rocks on my shelf Got rocks in the bed of my truck But I’m all outta luck Three ninety five It’s a long, lone - some drive The new sun on the mountains is making me drowsy But I don’t wanna sleep without you You fell asleep on the passenger side Your pretty bare feet on the dash Willie was singing a song, I remember I wanted that moment to last So I held a picture of you in that moment As bright moonlight shined in your hair And I can still feel you there It was here that I lost you, so here I’ll remember And I’ll just keep driving all night Until I make it right © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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Today 03:15
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Today I see the world much different now And it’s a world of possibility And if it turns me upside-down I’ve got a brand new way to look at things Today … A new pair of glasses on my nose I’m seeing beauty unexpectedly Between the lines, behind a rose Depth and shapes and colors I had never seen (before) Today… I hold my fingers in a frame To capture images of you and me The lighting’s perfect here today And I got my camera focused on eternity Today… © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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This Time Last Year (We Were In Paris) 03:43
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This Time Last Year (We Were in Paris) This time last year We were in Paris We walked among strangers On the Champs-Élysées This time last year We sang with the minstrel You can say I'm a dreamer This time... This time last year Tired and hungry Our best tour in a taxi We held on for dear life This time last year Strike a pose with a statue And we kissed by the Eiffel About this time This time last year This time last year Mademoiselle I did love you At this time last year This time last year This time last year But I love you more deeply… this time This time last year We strolled in the gardens We posed with the statues And we walked through the rain This time last year So lost in the station Racing for the last Metro Our last day was just insane his time last year This time last year Mademoiselle I did love you At this time last year This time last year This time last year But I love you more deeply…this time We walked down the river at night, I remember The light in your eyes Sparkling like jewels. Arm in arm two more fools In the city of lights This time last year This time last year Mademoiselle I did love you At this time last year This time last year This time last year But I love you more deeply… (And even more sweetly…) This time © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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What's Mine Is Yours 03:16
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What’s Mine Is Yours There is nothin’ that you need from me Nothin’ that is not already yours Yet the one thing I can bring The only thing that’s mine That’s my offering I’ve held it back, locked it away Under lock and key I’ve kept it safe With a pocket knife I carved real straight Initials in what’s yours But I called it mine Here’s the one thing I can bring to you A broken heart, it’s not worth much it’s true But what’s mine is yours So here I sit and write a simple tune Before the one who made the ocean blue And hung the stars that sing your name Creation declares everything What is left to sing Here’s the one thing I can bring to you A broken heart, it’s not worth much it’s true I lay it here, do with it what you will It’s broken, bleeding, but it’s beating still But what’s mine is yours © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup
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Stars 01:03
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Stars I see more stars in the sky Than there are bumps in the road I guess I got a sweet life… © Mark Edward Duvall/shirtsleevemusicgroup

credits

released February 1, 2018

Mark Edward Duvall | vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, resophonic guitars, ukulele, mandolin, harmonica, alley organ

Andrew Bacon | upright bass, electric bass
Laurie Driskill | violin 2, 5
Gibson Duvall | bass guitar 6, 10
Tim Edmondson | drums, percussion
Fred Flentye | additional guitars 1, 3, 10
Lance Newhart | additional guitar 7
Eileen O'Neall | cellos (lots of them) 4, 7
Gary Potter | organ 1, 6
Tony Prior | pedal steel guitar 3, 6, 8

additional vocals:
Ray Allen 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9
Casie Duvall 3, 5, 6
Haley Duvall 11
Peter Fuqua 6, 8
Ariana Manassero 6
Bill Manassero 7
Sawyer 3

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