Alva Blues

from Singles Collection by The Waxwings

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Written by Kurt Weist
Lead vocal by Matt Marchyok

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Mason make me a bottle
Fill it to the top
Filled with old cask bourbon
I won't spill a drop

Lend me a new pair of boots
Find a rag to make them shine
Let me have two more dollars
That hat, you know, is mine
I think that hat is mine

Just one more chance for proving
How big the loss can feel
It's a way to cure your blindness
Take a try at what is real

Clear me a road up to Marlowe's
Tell the the ladies that I'm fine
Tonights the night I will come callin'
Put to rest a troubled mind
Yeah, rest my weary mind

Just one more chance for proving
How big the loss can feel
It's a way to cure your blindness
Take a try at what is real

Mary don't you bring in the doctor
Believe the man has heard my claim
He can't sell me a bottle
For puttin' out this blaze of flame
Yeah dousin' out my flame

Just one more chance for proving
How big the loss can feel
It's a way to cure your blindness
Take a try at what is real
Open up to what is real

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from Singles Collection, released February 24, 2017

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The Waxwings Portland, Oregon

The Waxwings is a band of friends from Portland, OR. We take our diverse musical influences (classical, rock, folk, what have you) and channel them through acoustic instruments to unearth themes of love, loss and the pursuit of soul-searching redemption. ... more

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