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The Blue Hour

by Chris Lambert

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1.
Cool Hand 04:30
2.
Gasoline 03:54
3.
Hold Me Back 04:56
I was a river when we first met You drank the water like medicine I could deliver a line like a jet, boy Now I’m a little repetitive I was expecting to grow up to be A teacher, or maybe the President The only degree in my whole family tree I was always a little bit delicate Crooked and broken, my teeth and my back But a sober head Older and slower, I guess, but the dream’s not over yet I won’t let me hold me back I made peace when no one asked for it I got a bicycle when I was three But I didn’t know how to pedal it The carpet was soft and the wheels were rough And I found the stillness unsettling "You know it will go when you take it outside, boy Easy fix... Life is a series of tests for your pride, boy Don’t you quit..." I won’t let me hold me back I make peace when no one asks for it I’ve got a father who’s down on the bayou For years, I have only commended him Saw him in May, didn’t know what to say I guess he could tell I resented him "I’m never more than a few states away, boy Don’t forget... Know that your life was a brilliant mistake, don’t gamble it..." I won’t let me hold me back I’ll make peace when no one asks Come and get me, hold me back I'll make peace when no one asks for it
4.
The Woodshed 04:09
It’s been a year or two, I left it high and dry Figured out my feet, it’s a confusing time I spent a month or more without a single coil Under a shady tree, it’s drying up my soil I am breaking down myself and breaking down I’m breaking my own rules and I am breaking ground Am I talking loud? Feels like I’m talking loud But I am talking now, I better settle down I will take me to the woodshed I will take me to the woodshed Beat myself in the woodshed It’s been a steady slope, I let it slide and slide I set aside my woes so I could have a life I spent a year or more without a single file In a quiet space, it’s turning down my dial I am breaking down myself and breaking down I’m breaking my own rules and now I’m breaking ground Am I walking fast? Seems like I’m walking fast But I am walking past where I was walking last I will take me to the woodshed I will take me to the woodshed Beat myself in the woodshed Get up and get get better (Better) You gotta get better (Better) Beat myself in the woodshed
5.
Doña Ana 04:34
6.
I'm A Wolf 04:06
7.
Gregory 03:52
8.
So Quiet 05:23
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10.
Cage 11:11

about

Recorded entirely in the dawn hours of a closed music shop, The Blue Hour is Chris Lambert's 10th full-length release.

Lambert plays every instrument on the album, which mostly consists of acoustic guitar, piano, and resourceful percussion: scissors, wooden boxes, leg pats and foot stomps, which all aptly support the confessional voice on top. Often sung just above a whisper, every word is left out in the open, vulnerable but unforgiving.

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released February 16, 2016

Written and performed by Chris Lambert
Additional vocals: Wesley Hill (8)
Tracked and mixed at Certain Sparks Music, Lompoc, CA
Produced by Chris Lambert

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