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Cowgirland

by Zach Wood, Hollan

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1.
Rare as Gold 04:45
I came back from California By way of Arizona I spent ten long days looking for a place to hide I saw the mountains rolling And I saw the cactus growing And I saw storms running on the desert sky And back there on the West Coast I always wore a rain coat And my feet never were quite staying dry But I heard there was a fortune And if you bet your hand to find it You'd be a richer man for the rest of your life And I, I've walked forever By every mountain, redwood and pine And I know I've been gone forever But honey I'm coming back for you this time And usually I do as I'm told But I'm telling you and I are as Rare as gold Hold my hand in Appalachia You know that I won't blame ya If you search me out to see what's inside Now I'm home in Pennsylvania Heaven knows that I can't save ya But I'd love to be the wind that helps you fly And I, I've walked forever By every mountain, every white birch and pine And I know I've been gone forever But honey, I'm coming back for you this time And usually I do as I'm told But I'm telling you and I Are as rare And I coulda' settled down in Santa Fe But I know we got somethin' And I just wanna call it's name And I could've messed around on those northern plains But that big sky country Got nothin' on this summer rain And I, I've walked forever By every mountain, hollow and pine And I know I've been gone forever But honey I'm coming back for you this time And usually I do as I'm told But I'm telling you and I are as Rare as gold
2.
Water 04:52
I went weightless Into the water last summer Baptized in youth The ocean 'round my waist I have always been this way I was always meant to I've always had these thoughts I've always told them not Not to you But I had something to offer When I went weightless Into the water So I flew away Into a sea cloud Landed in grasses that looked familiar I was never told how And I don't belong here But do I belong there Do I belong to a place or a name or an old love affair Cause I had something to offer When I went tainted Into new water And all these people In the crowds I walk through They act like they're full on love Don't worry, it'll never reach you Cause I feel they're empty But they don't listen to twenty And I have something to offer Aren't you somebody's daughter Cause I was pushed down by angels Under the water Under the water And someday I will find a place where I can breath again Someday I will find a place where I can breath again Someday I will find a place where I can breath again And I will find it without maps and without oxygen Cause I'd have nothing to offer If I went nameless Into somebody's waters And I could poison the water If I went nameless Into somebody's offers I want to drive now Go 'till the sky changes color I'll change with it, I'll learn how To add and subtract it's wonders I could move to Seattle I heard it rains there A good cleanse from my travels But what about Maine I have always been this way I have always been this way I have always been this way
3.
Fire Escape 04:12
Ohh Ohh Ohh I don't need a fire escape to Tell me all the little things You walk all over anyway I can't believe it's happening Again I wanna go to sleep But silence is so crippling I used to want to have to say The words nobody pushed me to I used to have to bum a ride But now I just get up and drive Myself off into something else Where at least I know I know myself Ohh Ohh Ohh In days where I could talk just fine I'd say whatever's on my mind But now I stutter all the time It seems I'm getting used to it I'll get the words out of my mouth Just takes some work to spit it out What do we even talk about What do we make it out to be I swear I almost had it It slipped right through my fingers I swear we almost had it I watched you slip right through me I guess I'll se ya when I see ya I guess I'll see ya when you wanna Watch all of our Ghosts pass by Together It doesn't really matter Cause nothin' ever happens Don't think I'll ever grasp it Don't think I'll ever see it I
4.
Milk & Honey 05:15
In my dreams I am a dancer Telling stories without these stubborn words They sail from my mouth like ships out of harbors They're so damn heavy and most times Never heard In my dreams it's after midnight And I'm running by the sea The very birds that tease me in real life Well they, they pick me up this time and they carry me They carry me In my dreams I am a cowgirl I ride my horse with no hands She just knows which way we're heading If she lays down then I, I understand So we ride into the mountains And we find the highest peak I look up to meet my Maker But he, well he comes down this time And he is talkin' with me, he talks with me I often wonder If I had No scrapes on my shoulder If I had Never gotten older who would I be I often wonder If I had Always gotten closure If my glass Always runneth over Would it taste like milk and honey In my dreams I'm in Connemara And I'm rowing on the lake All my friend's are sitting on the shoreline Just having a picnic On this cloudy day And for the first time in forever They all see what I have seen No need to tell them about the outside Cause they, they already know what I mean I often wonder If I had No scrapes on my shoulder If I had Never gotten older who would I be I often wonder If I had Always gotten closure If my glass Always runneth over Would it taste like milk and honey In my dreams we're all whole again And my mom is walking fine And my dad sleeps well at night And we're all taking our time
5.
West Coast 02:35
Got me thinkin' bout the West Coast right now And how I'm gonna get there Got me thinking bout the West Coast right now And how I'm gonna get there You know I really wanna meet ya But it's gonna be a minute It's gonna be a couple Got me thinkin bout the process right now And how you gonna make it And usually, I do as I'm told But that doesn't matter now Yeah usually I do as I'm told But that doesn't matter now Got me thinkin bout my brother right now And when I'm gonna see him Got me thinkin' bout my brother right now And when I'm gonna see him We're gonna get it trouble And usually I do as I'm told But that doesn't matter now Yeah usually I do as I'm told But that doesn't matter now

about

Zach and I were hanging out one time last summer and he said "I guess we should probably record these songs"

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released August 6, 2021

All vocals and guitar by Hollan & Zach Wood
Tracks 1,2,4 written by Hollan (Anna Manotti)
Tracks 3, 5 written by Zach Wood
Pedal steel and pads on tracks 1 & 2 by Jason Goforth
Recorded and produced by Zach Wood and Hollan
Mixed by Izzi Oaks
Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering
Cowgirland graphic by Silent Land Design
Photography by Anna Manotti

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Anna Manotti
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