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Talk To The Paw

by Richie Reinholdt

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1.
Ready To Fly 04:09
She’s going home Ready to fly Free at last Wave good bye Softly whispering on the air the sound of feathers from afar Climbing in behind the sky to write her name among the stars And waiting for her there He’s paved the way A long time ago she had to let him go Now she’s going home Ready to fly Spread her wings into the sky Christmas cards and calenders and pictures to remember when Horses running on the beach and sisters smiling once again Memories marking time packed into a shed Thanks to Walmart super sale packed them up so tight Reaching way back through the years to finally erase the slate Wipe away the tears from debts she thought she had to pay For so long yeah they’re finally gone no more holding on She’s found a way to let them go She’s realized that she don’t need them anymore Coats and shoes she’ll never wear possessions from a memory time Clocks with faces silent now daylight saving time is spent And waiting for her there is that old house The one that she’s visualized in her mind the one she could never find The brown dog and the maple tree Oh she’s found them now She’s going home Ready to fly Wave goodbye
2.
Words 03:45
Give me sight give me vision just enough to see The way out of this prision that some call destiny Let me run with the wind let go where it blows Let me hear words nobody knows Cover me with a cloud a blanket of eternity Return my invitation to the party of humanity Carry me away to that place far and near Let me understand those words no one can hear After a night of empty dreams there’s a day of similar sun And I’m spinning around away from everyone With a sign of the times whispering in my ear Shouting words I cannot hear Empty pages filled with verse concrete intangibles Retro-fitted masks that are nicely uncomfortable Make it bright make it clean make it loud and clear Secret words I cannot hear
3.
Tuff Girl 04:30
She’s a tuff girl tougher than you and she’ll prove it everyday She’s a tuff girl does what she wants just don’t get in her way She’ll tell you she’s to blame if it all goes wrong She does what pleases her most But when the moment’s gone and she’s moved on Oh you might as well be a ghost ‘Cause she’s a tuff girl tough as can be you’ll never break through her shell Likes it rough girl oh oh can’t you see tuff girls never kiss and tell She’s a million lives away from where you want her to be A place that changes every day And she can see for miles and miles and miles behind All the loser’s along the way You can scream her name a thousand different ways But she’ll never answer your call “Cause she’s the one that keeps her answers in a drawer Locked up in a room down the hall ‘Cause she’s a tuff girl with her own set of rules just don’t follow her around Had enough girl she’s already made fools of all the boys downtown She could have been a model in a lacy negligee Daring you to look her in the eye ‘Cause the camera loves her smile but deep behind the mask Is a heart that’s forbidden to cry ‘Cause she’s a tuff girl out on the run running away from herself ‘Cause tuff girls hey just wanna have fun no one’s gonna put her on no shelf No one’s gonna put her on no shelf
4.
Do you see the heart impaled on my arm I only wear it for a few Leaving a stain like a badge on regret it’s not like this wound is brand new Turn around slam the door just walk away I don’t wanna see you hanging ‘round Get out of my head leave me alone Your empty eyes cannot hide the empty heart inside Thirsty for a smile I saw a mirage Shining through the smokey light But when I tried to drink my cup was filled with dust And your reflection vanished in the night Turn around slam the door just walk away I don’t wanna see you hanging ‘round Get out of my head leave me alone Your empty eyes just a disguise for a heart of stone Safe behind the walls of my emotional redoubt I don’t wanna feel any more But you stormed my battlements with your pepsident smile Shattering my armor to the floor Turn around slam the door just walk away I don’t wanna see you hanging ‘round Get out of my head leave me alone Your empty eyes filled with lies your vacant smiles never hide With starvation thoughts I was hungry for a dream To explore my need for decay And when I foundered at the taste of destruction in your smile Oh I knew I’d found the way Turn around slam the door just walk away I don’t wanna see you hanging ‘round Get out of my head leave me alone Your empty eyes cannot hide the empty heart inside Oh your empty eyes can never hide the empty heart inside
5.
Walk On 02:51
There’s a stain on the wind there’s a tear on the vine There’s a definite intent leaving vacant lives behind Sweeping all the days to come away Vengeance always need to repay So many cries remain never heard by the crowd From those swept away and were never allowed To grow old living on through their dreams Using all the days that they need Turn your collar to the wind Talk to the Paw Turn on your light once and for all And we who remain untrampled by the wind Continue on our path ‘til we fall asleep again And walk on through our days awake ’Til the final act is played
6.
Reality Show 04:38
Sellers of souls take aim Fame is in your sights Another chance for contention See your name up in lights Survivor-hungry TV American Idol awaits Get in line for the buffet And pile the greed high on your plate Subscribers to the current idea Someone’s waiting for you With a mask of wealth and fame But there’s horns poking through Hands stained with lies From sleeping in the devil’s bed Secerts behind the eyes And the sheets are painted red Believers of love in vain Vanity‘s your prize Pretenders to the throne Stars on the rise If you swim too long in the gene pool You’ll never wash off the stain While you’re polishing the family jewels A diamond slides down the drain Soul traders in line For your just rewards It’s only a matter of time And a crossing of swords You’re riding on a carousel All the tribes in the game Reaching for the golden ring Your fifteen minutes of fame yeah Sellers of souls Believers of love in vain Soul Traders in line
7.
March 06:04
Like pugilistic fists, her words strike out at the night It’s holiday time again Like one more drink of water feed to a drowning man She’ll gladly fill the glass to the brim When the fever gets this high water freezes to the touch Drenching down the ruin of the night Like a crack in the world, the reservoir lets go There’s a fine line between wrong and right I cannot follow all these winding broken paths of regret It just flushes me down the drain so fast Because the shores of my own dreams are all littered with debris Washed up from the wreckage of my past The stifled snores of souls asleep in their lives Is the sound of emotions on the run No expectations of success when failure is the choice Transgressions ignored one by one She never takes the time for false apologies Denial is an easier way out But scores are only promises whispered to the dark Debits to an overdrawn account All this talk of release but the change never comes Still waiting for signs from above A shifting of regrets that always takes it’s toll Offerings at the altar of love She only wants me for display in her collection of mistakes Mounted securely to a board And all the things I have to say are lessons in rejection My uselessness is her one reward When the fever climbs this high water freezes to the touch Drenching down the ruin of my life Like a crack in the world the reservoir lets go It’s a fine line between day and night Like a crack in the world the reservoir lets go There’s a fine line between wrong and right
8.
People worship love like some holy dream But secrets in the night are never what they seem Whispered promises vows that are said Leave you feeling like you’re in way over your head But when you’re in her arms again Protected by her love so fine Then you forget the wages of love Are pleasure and pain at the same time Then you awake and find you’re on your own Whispered promises chill you to the bone And love seems like a lie pledged in the night By desperate hearts holding on with all their might When love is new and she‘s the only one It burns with a fire hotter then the sun But when the flame is gone only ashes remain And you need another match to catch afire again
9.
Only A Dream 03:31
Only a dream you remember the next day And you wonder will she ever want you that way What seemed so real in the night You think it could have been a sign And you wonder right or wrong Is it really only in your mind The fear of rejection can be Strong as the need to posess Dreams can bring to the surface A passion you need to confess You can’t touch but you feel it The heart must believe it’s true Hidden somewhere there’s a feeling Taking hold of you In the morning when you awake You don’t wanna see the light You wanna fall back and find her there ‘Cause she can make everything alright But it’s only a dream you remember the next day And you wonder will she ever want you that way But it’s only a Dream
10.
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americana / alt country inspired by Buddy Miller and Robbie Fulks
dedicated to The Gom

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released July 25, 2005

guitars, mandolin, bass and vocals - Richie Reinholdt
Hammond organ - Jim Rogers
drums - Bruce Threlkeld
drums and harmony vocals - Roger Moquin
drums - Marc Clarke
mandolin - Chad Fadely
accordion - Dan Funsch
fiddle - Ellie Nuno
clarinet and background vocals - Nicole Reinholdt
acoustic guitar solo - Ian Fleming
harmonica - Charlie Hopkins

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Richie Reinholdt Missoula, montana

BIO: "I played with a buncha bands.....I recorded a buncha albums..."
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