Chasing Marfa Lights

from Buried in Wicked Light by Lily Maase & the Reckoning

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Today an old lover passed me by
I was waiting on the train
I can still feel his hand along my thigh
But I can't recall his namep

He said girl, I haven't seen you in a while
Are you at the same old game?
I said boy, you couldn't catch me if you tried
But I'm running all the same

They'll only tell you
They'll only tell you
They'll only tell you
Throw your money on the ground

I ran out to my papa 
He said girl, you got to make it on your own
For I awoke an old man
And now it's been a lifetime since you've grown

If you insist on running down these roads
That take you far from home
Don't you come a knocking when you wake up
And find yourself alone

They'll only tell you
They'll only tell you
They'll only tell you
Throw your money on the ground

I ran out to the desert
To see if I could find my own way home
When I got there, the mountains were on fire
And the fields were made of stone

Out of the ashes came a man
Stumbling and alone
And he said, what a sight for my sore eyes
I've just lost the only home I've ever known

In I said, even when these walls fall down
At least you have a place to call your home
Even when these walls fall down
At least you have a place to call your own
Even when these walls fall down
At least you have a place to lay your bones

They'll only tell you
They'll only tell you
They'll only tell you
Throw your money on the ground

credits

from Buried in Wicked Light, released July 11, 2022
Andrey 'Cheggi' Chegodaev - lead vocals
Lily Maase - composition, backing vocals, all guitars
Don W Berger - electric bass
Curt Garey - drums

Commissioned by Spark & Echo Arts
Produced by Lily Maase with Jeff Cook for Handmaid Music.
Recorded by Jeff Cook at Linden Underground in Brooklyn NY, 2017
Additional recording by Lily Maase, 2020.
Mixed by Jeff Cook at Linden Underground.
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk NYC

Copyright 2022 Handmaid Music

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Lily Guarneros Maase Los Angeles, California

Lily Guarneros Maase is a Mexican-American guitarist, composer and pedagogue exploring the relationships between genre, gender and cultural identity through the lens of improvisation and popular music. She was hatched in Corrales, New Mexico, educated in Texas, grew wings in New York and finally settled in
Los Angeles where she teaches at CalArts and LACM. ... more

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