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No Business Mountain

by Jacob and the Ghost Train

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1.
Last Man Standing in Monroe, VA 04:13
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Turn my dust to mud Soon gonna be a flood And they're gone Long, long gone The summer of '59 Seemed driest of all time Well, that's gone Long, long gone To think of how I slaved to crack the soil to plant some seed And now it's just a gooshy mix of pond scum and weeds What happens when the world decides you have something you need? If ever you wonder, look under your jet ski... Well, it took about 40 years To make a whole town disappear But it's gone Long, long gone An Appalachian Power rep Hands out a big ol' check And they're gone Long, long gone My father's father raised a barn with help from all his friends They'd weep to see the wall up at the Pittsylvania end What haunts your summer home and cries out angry on the wind? If ever you wonder, they're under your boat house Noah heard the rain would come So he made a plan to run He made gone Long, long gone Those I saw do the same I called some nasty name Well, they're gone Long, long gone I cursed and shook my fist at all I saw pack up and go So fierce I was, I don't suppose they ever cared to know What happened to that farming boy from north of old Monroe If ever you wonder, I might be under you!
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The Ought To Do's 02:55
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3.
Brenda 03:32
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4.
Giants on the Mountain 05:18
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5.
Flies 04:47
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6.
Girl in Green 02:40
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7.
Dandelions 04:06
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8.
Moment of Weakness 04:32
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9.
Mortar & Stone 05:03
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10.
No Business Mountain 04:39
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11.
Green Gobs 03:53
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12.
Summer Day 04:16
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about

A note from Jacob:
I grew up at the foot of No Business Mountain — a peak in rural Virginia named for the disappearance of a revenue man. Now its sides are streaked with logging roads, and its summit topped with radio towers that shine red over the hollow at night. Summers we sometimes picnicked at the lake across the county, where I’d swim and imagine the flooded countryside below. In my daydreams, I still explore the ridges and valleys of my boyhood. I keep kinship with other ghosts there, scrambling to find footing on the shifting landscape.

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released October 14, 2017

Jacob and the Ghost Train consists of: Jacob Martin, vocals and guitar. Joshua "Bobcat" Stacy, cello. Emilie Lygren, piano. Maranda Duval, vocals and percussion. This project features Gawain Matthews on mandolin, percussion, and bass. John Bartron plays guitar on tracks 4, 6, and 12. Aaron Drake plays percussion on track 10. All songs were written by Jacob Martin.

Recorded & mixed by Gawain Matthews at Gawain Matthews Music Studio.
Produced by Jacob and the Ghost Train, Gawain Matthews, & Non C'e Male Records.
mastered by Justin Weis, Trakworx. Copyright 2017 Jacob and the Ghost Train.

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