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Songs From the Bohemian Highway

by Jen Tucker

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1.
Political Beer 03:59
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Political Beer I was on my way to I don’t know Traveling light and traveling low When I caught a wave I had to go Ended up in Mexico Now I been moving too fast gotta take it slow Gonna keep on floating down the coast Eat a taco on the beach Forget about the political scene I don’t subscribe to fear I don’t subscribe to fear I don’t subscribe Just let me drink my political beer Won’t be controlled by a tv show Or get my knowledge from a talk-show host Gonna reconnect as I float Pray for peace and pray for hope How can I understand The fear that poisons my country’s land I don’t subscribe to fear I don’t subscribe to fear I don’t subscribe Just let me drink my political beer What is conservative? Afraid to live Conservative When all that you have is this life You gotta live Now I gotta make my way back home Got to have a voice and cast my vote And if we can’t make that change I’m gonna float on back to Mexico Eat that taco on the beach Forget about the American dream I don’t subscribe to fear I don’t subscribe to fear I don’t subscribe Just let me drink my political beer
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Humboldt Fog 04:18
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Humboldt Fog You're gonna miss that train You'll be thinkin 'bout that girl All night long You're gonna miss that train You'll be thinkin 'bout that girl When she's gone Poor Boy When she's gone When you're riding through the Humboldt Fog You'll remember the pain And if you can't forget there's Pliny for that So buy your ticket and get on the train, or You're gonna miss that train You'll be thinkin 'bout that girl All night long You're gonna miss that train You'll be thinkin 'bout that girl When she's gone Poor Boy When she's gone When you're riding through the Humboldt Fog You remember the train You'll change your mind boy every time She's the one you make stand in line What will she do for you On the Humboldt train? Take your ticket and twist your brain You're gonna miss that train You'll be thinkin 'bout that girl All night long You're gonna miss that train You'll be thinkin 'bout that girl When she's gone Poor Boy When she's gone When they play you songs on the Krush-Radio You'll remember the pain And if you can't forget Then there's Pliny for that So buy your ticket And get on that train, or You're gonna miss that train You'll be thinkin 'bout that girl All night long You're gonna miss that train You'll be thinkin 'bout that girl When she's gone Poor Boy When she's gone
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Huffy Bike 05:02
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Huffy Bike Sometimes the road is moving too slow And you gotta take that turn when you find it in the road And when you find your road Where you gonna go? I’m gonna ride into the desert On my Huffy bike to find mystic mountain I’m gonna ride into the desert On my Huffy bike to find mystic mountain And the road never takes you where you want to go And the wind is never on your side Baby all the miles you ride Will never hide, never hide All the time gone by I’m gonna ride into the desert On my Huffy bike to find mystic mountain I’m gonna ride into the desert On my Huffy bike to find mystic mountain Oh baby don’t ya know There is no mountain It was from a tv show Or old movie on tv It was before video Baby... Where you gonna Go? And when you get there You find another soul Haunted by the future Only wanting to get home Does anyone know How long this’ll last Cause I got several lifetimes behind me baby Can’t keep up with the past Do you wanna ride into the future? I’m gonna ride into the desert On my Huffy bike to find mystic mountain I’m gonna ride into the desert On my Huffy bike to find mystic mountain
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Old Man Range 04:25
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Old Man Range Up on Harrison Grade A man died today Old Man Range He caught the last train He's headed for old glory Singing his songs to me Psalms of the redwood trees The psalms of the redwood trees We're riding out to Monte Rio He's quoting words to me He don't like acronyms Like the CIA Ah but that was just a giggle Don't be so political They're just redwood tress They're not so political Old Man Range He sang to me Psalms of the redwood trees The psalms of the redwood trees We're riding out to Guerneville To see his old place And down by the river We danced to the good old days Down by the river Those were the good old days Old Man Range He sang to me Psalms of the redwood trees The psalms of the redwood trees Old Man Range Up on Harrison Grade He caught the last train And Howard Station Will never be the same Without Old Man Range Singing psalms of the redwood trees Psalms of the redwood trees Psalms of the redwood trees
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Bohemian Highway 04:06
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The Bohemian Highway I left a cold, foggy city Headed north for the river I'm riding back to some lonely lonesome mountain That highway leads you to the coast I'm riding back to the Russian River I'm riding the highway to my soul The Bohemian Highway is a windy road The trees will tell you where to go The trees will tell you where to go We've been down river to the coast Those signs wrote our names in gold And as we came back on that lonely lonesome road That highway drove us to our home We're riding back to the Russian River We're riding the highway to our soul The Bohemian Highway is a windy road The trees will tell you where to go The trees will tell you where to go I've been down river and I found a home The goddess gave me all I own She's looking down from that lonely lonesome mountain That highway leads you to your soul We're riding back to the Russian River We're riding the highway to our soul The Bohemian Highway is a windy road The trees will tell you where to go The trees will tell you where to go
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End of Now 04:21
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End of Now I heard someone say This could be the end All the markets are failing baby Which one are you in? If this could be the end then I wanna dance my best Got on a plane for Austin To the City Limits Fest The world’s greatest musical fest If this is the end of now I wanna dance until it falls Dance until it falls Dance until it falls Got off the plane in Austin Took a cab to ACL Just then the markets were failing I had no way to tell With all the deception baby We are not safe from it all We’re spiraling into a recession And we can’t escape the fall No we can’t escape it all If this is the end of now I wanna dance until it falls Dance until it falls Dance until it falls And all the musicians Gave a dedication To the man responsible For bringing down our new world For bringing down our world But the music is moving baby It’s got that rock-n-roll It’s a got a new message And it’s gonna save your soul We better dance to save our souls If this is the end of now I wanna dance until it falls Dance until it falls Dance until it falls
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Deep Ellum Blues 04:51
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Deep Ellum Blues I wanna be rollin' Down the road I got a song to sing It's from Deep Ellum Deep Ellum Blues, Deep Ellum Blues Back in the day I played in Deep Ellum And I lost my way and I lost my song Without a song to sing I left Texas and headed out to California And I was on my way I wanna be rollin' Down the road I got a song to sing It's from Deep Ellum Deep Ellum Blues, Deep Ellum Blues It was 1985, the scene in Deep Ellum was coming alive Punk rock music at the Twilight Room Flaming Lips in the month of June We heard the songs they sang One day they closed the door Punk rock music wasn't hip anymore All the kids from Deep Ellum Well they were on they're on their way I wanna be rollin' Down the road I got a song to sing It's from Deep Ellum Deep Ellum Blues, Deep Ellum Blues Who are you Who are you The Deep Ellum Blues Twenty years later and you haven't been back But the times are hard so the blues are back We're not sure what the old songs meant But we elected Obama as president We got a song to sing I wanna be rollin Back to Deep Ellum To sing the songs they sang In a recession When the money's all spent Yah the money's all spent That's the Deep Ellum Blues Deep Ellum Blues Who are you Who are you When the money's all spent Yah the money's all spent Who are you Who are you Deep Ellum Blues Deep Ellum Blues
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Greatest Genius 02:50
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Greatest Genius And the greatest genius you thought you knew was you You’re just as blind as all of us Gotta pay fare before you board the bus, and Breathe the same air as the rest of us And all the things you thought you knew They were untrue All the things you thought you knew Thought you knew And the greatest trust you’ve ever had is gone It disappeared like a shooting star It took your soul and then your heart It took you somewhere awfully far And all the things you thought you knew They were untrue All the things you thought you knew Thought you knew And the finest thing you’ve ever had is here You can go on questioning Or put yourself down for not knowing You are still learning You are still learning All the things you thought you knew Thought you knew Thought you knew So the greatest genius You thought you knew was you
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Been There 04:06
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Been There I can see it all is not the same And I felt it before in another game The things you don’t say Have a way of hurting I can’t explain If you love me then don’t leave me alone I could run away Cause I don’t really know Don’t really know where I’m going I don’t really know, no I don’t really know where I’m going And I thought I was close to a sign But I fell in a hole in time The lessons you learn along the way protect you Don’t you leave me alone when I need your love I could run away Cause I don’t really know Don’t really know where I’m going I don’t really know, no I don’t really know where I’m going I had been there before Now I can’t find the door I am roll’in Been there before our war Now I'm roll’in And I thought that the goddess had talked to me Cause she sent me on a really long journey The things you pick up along the way protect you And the things you let go heal you Don’t you leave me alone when I need your love I could run away Cause I don’t really know Don’t really know where I’m going I don’t really know, no I don’t really know where I’m going I had been there before Now I can’t find the door I am roll’in Been there before our war Now I'm roll’in
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Tellin You 02:45
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Tellin You There is a voice inside you It is coming from the mountain It is talking to you Telling you things straight from the moon inside You better get yourself together There’s a universe inside your world around you Oh baby it's tellin you Oh baby it’s tellin There is a river around the mountain She is flowing right to you Moving through Pointing to an archetype inside You better get your ends together There’s a universe inside your world around you Oh baby it's tellin you Oh baby it’s tellin Ohhh – Ohhh

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released October 7, 2021

Written & composed by Jennifer Tucker
Jen Tucker: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Kyle Martin: Bass, lead guitar,
fender rhodes keyboard, vocal harmonies
Kevin Cole: Drums
Dobro: Lane Tietgen
Violin: Moira Farrell
Engineer: Doug Jayne
Recorded at Jackalope Records in Santa Rosa, CA
Copyright 2012 Jennifer Tucker

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Jen Tucker Portland, Oregon

Jen Tucker is an American folk singer-songwriter who crafts musical stories of adventure, good times, wisdom, and magic. She draws inspiration from a diverse range of artists including Joan Baez, Roky Erickson, Joni Mitchell, Robert Hunter, John Denver among others. Jen's fifth album release “Cold Moonlight” was recorded at Grammy Award-winning Prairie Sun Recording Studios. ... more

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