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© 2011 W.A. Kostelec
(The Devil is Beating His Wife)
Standing in the White Angel Breadline, a brick mason in a ragged coat
Calloused hands stuck deep in his pockets, finding only lint no copper no gold
A Model A parked in the shade of a fruit tree, children look hopeful but the fruit’s all but gone, just a couple wormy ones up high in the branches
On the road to Oregon.
There’s a woman digging potatoes in her garden, her boys are down at the railroad looking for coal, Man’s been gone 3 months on a job in Wisconsin; be back in November when the Winter gets cold.
Down the hill the Steel mill is silent, Smokestacks ain’t smoking and the conveyors won’t roll, a couple old workers looking through the fences all padlocked and bolted, With nowhere to go.
In that Great Depression, in our black and white dreams, some left without nothing, others living on lean.
Hoboes with their bindles, chasing rumors of work, and families all broke up, by hunger and hurt.
In a beat up jalopy, a rough and long hard ride, but they came through that desert, out to the other side. When things get shaky, when things all go wrong, will we stand the testing, Will we come out strong?
In that Great Depression, in our black and white dreams, some left without nothing, others living on lean. In a beat up jalopy, a rough and long hard ride, they came through that desert, out to the other side.
They came through that desert, out to the other side.
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Fire and Ice
03:16
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Why do You Stay?
03:23
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Rolling River
03:25
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Before the Fire
02:40
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You Broke My Heart but You Eased My Mind
© 2007 Kathy Kostelec
You broke my heart but you eased my mind
You broke my heart but you eased my mind
An honest man is hard to find
An honest man is so hard to find
You ain’t wrong and I ain’t right
You ain’t wrong and I ain’t right
But what we feel we just can’t hide
What we feel we just can’t hide
You broke my heart but you eased my mind
You broke my heart but you eased my mind
We ain’t got time for living lies
And you know trust don’t live with lies
A woman knows when something ain’t right
She can see it in your eyes
But you can’t heal a broken heart with lies
You can’t heal a broken heart with lies
You broke my heart but you eased my mind
You broke my heart but you eased my mind
An honest man is hard to find
An honest man is so hard to find.
credits
Song by Kathy Kostelec
Vocals, Fiddle, Bass: Kathy Kostelec
Guitar: Bill Kostelec
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Children of War
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Children of War
© February 18, 2006 Kathy Kostelec
The leaves they are falling, they’re spinning around
The trees they are swaying they’re touching the ground
The sky it is flashing and thunder’s the sound
The spirits are crying no peace to be found
Someone is praying for victory’s in sight
Someone is cheering as war planes take flight
Someone is laughing as bombs cut the sky
Who will be listening to screams in the night
Where are you now all you children of war
Where will you hide when the rains start to pour
Where are the angles that sheltered your door
Sleeping in ashes to wake oh no more
Who are these warriors that shattered your home
What will you call those who left you alone
Will they be heroes so righteous and bold
Or will they be demons with hearts made of stone
What will you fear when the storms break the sky
What will you fear when the winds start to cry
Will you hear thunder and lightening at night
Or will you hear spirits and war planes in flight
The leaves they are falling they’re spinning around
The trees they are swaying, they’re touching the ground
The sky it is flashing and thunder’s the sound
The children are crying no home to be found.
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Who will Break the Chain
04:19
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I Killed Adolf Hitler
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Dreamland
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Betty Jane
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Rainy Song
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Blue Ribbon Tea Company Spokane, Washington
"evocative" "unconventional" "Woody-Guthrie-esque"
Illinois factory towns, Kentucky
heartache, Spokane history...
Singing their stories at festivals, venues, on Public Radio, and on the front porch.
Bill & Kathy Kostelec are "a welcomed flashback to the original American Folk music movement..the real deal." musician and radio host/producer Bob Rice
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