DEEP BENEATH THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS NEAR PELHAM TENNESSEE LIES ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST MAGICAL MUSICAL ADVENTURES. IT'S BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND. THREE MILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING. PURE ACOUSTICS OFFER MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. CENTER STAGE AND DEEP INSIDE THE MOUNTAIN THIS WEEK WELCOMING GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV. WERE WE THIRSTY, THORNED WITH WILD EYES A LITTLE BIT BLUEGRASS, A LITTLE BIT UNDERGROUND. IT'S BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND, COMING UP NEXT.
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O MY DRUNKEN SOUTHERN STAR HOW YOU TRIED TO HIDE IN DARKNESS SLIPPED FROM ORBIT NOW YOU'RE DANGEROUSLY CLOSE OHHH OHH OH COME OUT, COME OUT FROM ALL YOUR HIDING OUT WE'LL DIG IN OUR HEELS SALUTE THE BATTLEFIELDS WHERE OUR BROKEN HEARTS WERE BORN OHHH OHH OH AND THE STORM CLOUDS ARE THIRSTY I CAN SEE THEM BURSTING, WATCH THEM GATHERING LIGHT AND THE WALLS IN THE BEDROOM NOW ARE POUNDING OUT WERE WE BROKEN OPEN BABY, MAYBE JUST A CRACK SWORE I HEARD YOU WHISPER THAT YOU PREFERRED US LIKE THAT OHHH OHH OH
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OHHH OHH OH MY BROKEN OPEN CHILD WERE WE THIRSTY, THORNED WITH WILD EYES STILL, WE ARE SLAVES TO THE SIRENS OF THE SALTY SEA OHHH OHH OH OHHH OHH OH...
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MARIA'S ON THE HILL SHE WAS ALL "SIDE OF HER EYES" A FIVE-DOLLAR WINE AS A BLANKET INSIDE LAY UP THE PAGES ON A TRAVELING BED WATCH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST MOUNTAINS, OH THEY ALL TURN RED HOWL AT THE HALF MOON, RADIO QUEEN SHE'S ALL SMOKE, SHE'S ALL NICOTINE THE SONGS IN MY POCKET JUST CRUMBLE APART WON'T YOU SING ME SOMETHING FOR THE DARK MARIA'S GOT WINGS, SHE'S GOT LEGS FOR THE SEA A CAPTAIN'S COAT AND A NOTE FOR ME WAKE UP MARIE, BEFORE THE SEASON TURNS SET YOUR DASH FOR THE COAST, WATCH THE SANGRES BURN HOWL AT THE HALF MOON, RADIO QUEEN SHE'S ALL SMOKE, SHE'S ALL NICOTINE THE SONGS IN MY POCKET JUST CRUMBLE APART WON'T YOU SING ME SOMETHING FOR THE DARK
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WON'T YOU SING ME SOMETHING FOR THE DARK, DARK, DARK? WON'T YOU SING ME SOMETHING FOR THE DARK, DARK, DARK? WON'T YOU SING ME SOMETHING FOR THE DARK, DARK, DARK? WON'T YOU SING ME SOMETHING FOR THE DARK? WON'T YOU SING ME SOMETHING FOR THE DARK, DARK, DARK?
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REMEMBER WHEN OUR SONGS WERE JUST LIKE PRAYERS. LIKE GOSPEL HYMNS THAT YOU CALLED IN THE AIR. COME DOWN, COME DOWN SWEET REVERENCE, UNTO MY SIMPLE HOUSE AND RING... AND RING.
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RING LIKE SILVER, RING LIKE GOLD RING OUT THOSE GHOSTS ON THE OHIO RING LIKE CLEAR DAY WEDDING BELLS WERE WE THE BELLY OF THE BEAST OR THE SWORD THAT FELL... WE'LL NEVER TELL.
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COME TO ME CLEAR AND COLD ON SOME SEA
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WATCH THE WORLD SPINNING WAVES.. LIKE SOME MACHINE
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NOW I'VE BEEN CRAZY COULDN'T YOU TELL I THREW STONES AT THE STARS, BUT THE WHOLE SKY FELL NOW I'M COVERED UP IN STRAW, BELLY UP ON THE TABLE WELL I LAUGHED AND SANG, AND PASSED IN THE STABLE. AWWW, AWWW...
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THAT TALL GRASS GROWS HIGH AND BROWN, WELL I DRAGGED YOU STRAIGHT IN THE MUDDY GROUND AND YOU SENT ME BACK TO WHERE I ROAM WELL I CURSED AND I CRIED, BUT NOW I KNOW... NOW I KNOW
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AND I RAN BACK TO THAT HOLLOW AGAIN THE MOON WAS JUST A SLIVER BACK THEN AND I ACHED FOR MY HEART LIKE SOME TIN MAN WHEN IT CAME OH IT BEAT AND IT BOILED AND IT RANG...
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AND IT'S RINGING AGAIN.
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IT'S RINGING RING LIKE CRAZY, RING LIKE HELL TURN ME BACK INTO THAT WILD HAIRED GALE RING LIKE SILVER, RING LIKE GOLD TURN THESE DIAMONDS STRAIGHT BACK INTO COAL. TURN THESE DIAMONDS STRAIGHT BACK INTO COAL. TURN THESE DIAMONDS STRAIGHT BACK, MMM..
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OLD TIME RADIO PLAYING
OLD TIME RADIO PLAYING
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DID YOU EVER FIND THE GARDEN WHERE THE DOVES GO TO BATHE DID YOU OPEN UP YOUR HEART THERE OR WERE YOU QUIET AND AFRAID DID YOU LIGHT UP EVERY LANTERN YOUR FLAME WHIPPING AGAINST THE WIND OR DID YOU FALL BACK TO THE ALLEYS WITH ALL YOUR SECRETS TO DEFEND BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE TEMPLE BETWEEN THE JURY AND THE JUDGE GAVEL POUNDS DOWN LIKE THUNDER THAT'S INSIDE OF ALL OF US WERE WE KIDS OUT IN THE DESERT OR BIRDS RUNNING CROSS THE SUN DID I STUMBLE THROUGH YOUR DARKNESS OR WAS I JUST ANOTHER ONE
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YEAH EHHHHH... AHHHHHH... YEAH... OOOOHOOO YEAH... OOOOHOOO
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COFFEE BURNS, THE STOMACH CHURNS CHEMICALS AND CAFFEINE YOU SAW HER BATHING IN THE CREEK NOW YOU'RE JEALOUS OF THE WATER NOW YOU'RE JEALOUS OF THE WATER BABE, IF IT'S ALRIGHT I CALL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN RUNNING SOLO, BUT IT AIN'T ALL THAT THEY SAY IT'S THE TAKE AND GIVE BUT EMPTINESS KNOWS JUST WHERE I LIVE AND EMPTINESS KNOWS ME WAS IT JUST CHEMICALS IN MY HEAD CHEMICALS IN MY HEAD.
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TELL ME WHY ALL THESE PAGES ARE FLYING ROUND IN THE YARD HOW MY HANDS CAN'T SEEM TO FIND YOUR HANDS IN THE DARK TELL ME, TELL ME HOW THE HELL DID WE GET ALL THE WAY UP HERE HOW GRAVITY'S GONE
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GRAVITY'S GONE. HOW GRAVITY'S GONE.
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TURNING IN THE GRAIN AGAIN THE BELLS BEGIN TO CHIME TIME, SHE SAYS, "THERE'S NO TURNING BACK, KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE TRACKS" AND THROUGH THE FIELDS, SOMEHOW THERE'S BLUE TIME WILL TELL, SHE'LL SEE US THROUGH
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HOWLING OUT, THE WINDY HILLS AND ALL THE TIME WE TOOK AND YOU SHOULD KNOW JUST HOW IT STEALS KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL AND THROUGH IT ALL, SOMEHOW WE KNEW TIME WILL TELL, IT ALWAYS KNOWS.
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AND ALL FIRE AND FLAMES TOOK ALL WE TRUST WE'RE KICKING UP DUST STATIONS FADE JUST LIKE THEY DO TIME WILL TELL, WE ALWAYS KNOW
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HMMMMMM... MMMMM.
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