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Spark

by Carl Cacho

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Bordertown 04:27
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Bordertown, by Carl Cacho The smoke rolls in from Mexico Where the fires burn sweet and slow Must seem like hell down there below Below this bordertown The dust swirls up around my feet The streets are silent in the heat But there’s a steady, strong heartbeat To this bordertown I’m just a rambler passing through But towns like this are nothing new I’m from East, by the endless blue Waiting for the sound of a train rolling down the track The ticket in my hand, the sun beating on my back Where lazy boys drink lone star beer And feign machismo to hide their fear That they’ve been marked like branded steer Marked by this bordertown Like snakes by day they hang around But at night they’ll be southland bound To where that easy love is found South of this bordertown I know that longing and the strain As muscles work to break the chain But freedom’s difficult to gain Waiting for the sound of a train rolling down the tracks The ticket in my hand, the sun beating on my back The tired sun starts sinking slow I hear that lonesome whistle blow My signal that it’s time to go Go from this bordertown I grab my bag and my guitar Climb aboard the third class car My cigarette a shooting star Across this bordertown I love the sound of a train rolling down the track The town that lies ahead, the never looking back
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Slip It Into Drive 04:33
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Slip It Into Drive by Carl Cacho The money’s gone That we saved last year We spent the last of it On birth control and beer And February was the saddest story told When you got this Spanish blood That just can’t take the cold We came up North With just our knapsacks and our thumbs You know I loved you best When we were always on the run You’ve got to slip it into drive, Take it out of park If you need a jump I’ll be your spark ‘Cause I ain’t afraid of the highway signs That old road, she’s a friend of mine She’s a friend of mine Now if I’m not moving I feel I’m wasting time I told you when we met I was born the restless kind I’ll hock my CD player And my Grandpa’s ring On the way downtown I’ll teach you A travelling song to sing Then we’ll fill the tank With the credit card Then hitch our wagon To the nearest runaway star We can find some blues in Memphis Some Dixieland in New Orleans San Antoine is like a sweet kiss To anyone that’s running free So lock the door On the Johnson’s shack I called them up and asked For our last month’s rent back And give sad Josephine Our last goodbye We’re leaving when the sun comes up To kick the moon out of the sky
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Save Me A Seat 04:36
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Save Me A Seat - by Carl Cacho You were just another child On God’s highway Trying to be true In this troubled world of sin Rambling down the road Before my day I’ll tell you brother I know the places that you’ve been So up in heaven Save me a seat at the bar You bring your mandolin And I’ll bring my guitar We’ll sing gospel Until they close that place down Until that Blue Kentucky Moon Comes back around When I was just a girl I heard the echo of your footsteps I listened to your songs ‘Cause my eyes were full of doubt And I never did forget When I was searching for salvation Sometimes being lost is what living’s all about Above the Blue Ridge Mountains Your voice is calling like the wind Whispering through the pines Like a long lost friend Just like you I’ve been cursed to roam But all stray children They get called back home
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The Devil In Me 02:07
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The Devil In Me – Carl Cacho-Negrete I won’t know forgiveness In this life at all All I’ve found is trouble Since I learned to crawl I need an exorcism to set me free I was born With the Devil in me The Devil in Me The Devil in Me Seems like all I’ve got Is the Devil in me When I was a little boy I couldn’t do no right Every rule there was I’d try and fight Don’t know how many times I was on my father’s knee As he took the belt To the Devil in me Some women give it all If you treat them nice And it’s got me in trouble Once or twice I wear this band of gold For everyone to see But it don’t mean much To the devil in me
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That Belongs To You 03:22
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That Belongs To You – Carl Cacho-Negrete I left the town that I was born in I left my room above the mill I left my clothes to the orphans I left my shadow to the hills I left the red moon burning I left the black night turning blue I left it all, with this heart That belongs to you That belongs to you I took the road where the diesels whine I took my battered traveling case I took the dawn’s light as a good sign I took the old man’s younger face I took my hope from the morning I took the only name I knew I took it all, with this heart That belongs to you That belongs to you I searched from Port Jeff to Monterey I searched the desert cottonwood I searched until I faded away Like any pilgrim would You’ll find me dancing in the river You’ll find me whistling through the trees You’ll find me every time you shiver You’ll find me laughing with the breeze You’ll find me in a dream forgotten You’ll find me singing in the pew You’ll find me, with this heart That belongs to you That belongs to you
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Home (Is Where they Have to Let You In) 03:57
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Home Is Where They Have To Let You In - Carl Cacho-Negrete Another steamy August night Another heated family fight I slammed out the door yelling a curse Down the street my father hollard You won't get far on that twenty dollars That you stole from your mothers purse I had just turned fifteen Didn't know the world turns mean When you try to take it on alone Three days on the streets I tried Then picked up all my busted pride Swallowed it all the way back home My father sweeping off the front steps Smiled and asked me how I had been Then he didn't say nothing more He just opened up the door home is where they have to let you in Now I'm the one who pays the rent I share my dark apartment With a mutt I rescued from the pound He doesn't have his pedigree He doesn't want too much from me He's the best friend that I've ever found We both sleep throughout the day At night we go our seperate ways Meet up when the morning's back again Sometimes I'm back from the bar Lonesome as the old north star Other times I'm bringing back a friend He comes back stinking like the alley The way a wino stinks of gin But he's learned his lesson well No matter how you smell Home is where they have to let you in Now I don't want no big brass bands No people crying in their hands When it finally comes my time to die Just forgive my IOU's And sing for me my unplayed blues As my soul lifts into the sky Where Saint Peter will be waiting To slowly count on up all my sins He'll say these don't mean a thing And hand me angel wings Home is where they have to let you in
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The Bluest Of Things 03:13
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The Bluest Of Things by Carl Cacho There’s blue that’s as sweet as my sister’s eyes There’s blue that’s as free as the wide-open sky There’s blue deep as the ocean where the tall ships fly There’s blue that’s as lonesome as a coyote’s cry There’s blue that’s as pure as a church bell’s ring But the blue in my heart is the bluest of things There’s blue that’s as dark as the moon going down There’s blue that’s as hard as the steel rails through town There’s blue soft as the ashes of the old house burned down There’s blue that’s as steady as the world spinning round There’s blue that’s as bright as a new diamond ring But the blue in my heart is the bluest of things There’s blue that’s as long as the path that you choose There’s blue that’s as gone as the true love you lose There’s blue sad as the mud on a gravedigger’s shoes There’s blue that’s as desperate as a man that’s accused There’s blue that’s as rough as the bad news you bring But the blue in my heart is the bluest of things
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One Step Too Far 03:26
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One Step Too Far – Carl Cacho-Negrete The lights were dim The band was loud We yelled for drinks Above the crowd We didn’t have Any secrets then Like we do now I held your hand There in the bar Kissed your mouth Out by the car We both knew then It was a step too far One step too far Put the lid back on that jar That night in the parking lot We took a step too far I know there ain’t no way no how You would ever want to break your vow But I wonder if you want me The way I want you now But I think of you As the day unfurls When night shines like A string of pearls Leaving me to dream about Your soft red curls I got a fire In my soul Where my demons Shovel coal Making sure that my heart don’t freeze Freeze like the old south pole I can’t help but Fan that flame Every time that I say your name ‘Til it goes on and fills my head And makes me blush with shame
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Looking for Your Heart 03:52
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Looking For Your Heart by Carl Cacho-Negrete The rain rusted the road signs The wooden bridge can’t be crossed The lines on the map mislead me But I won’t admit I’m lost There’s more than one destination I couldn’t choose from the start And I know wherever I go I’ll be looking for your heart I tried to follow the footsteps Of those who had been there before I want what they wanted Only I want it more All the trains at the station Cry when they depart And I know wherever they go They’ll be looking for your heart I stop to rest in a diner Where the menus smell like smoke The same song plays over and over Because the jukebox broke The waitress asks what I’m wanting I don’t know where to start When I know that wherever I go I’ll be looking for your heart
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Too Hot To Touch 03:14
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Too Hot to Touch by Carl Cacho-Negrete It was the start of sixth grade September of 79 We were over Glen’s house I think Though it could have been mine The Sky was orange and hot The leaves were brown and dry I lit a match, stood back And like a fool I let it fly When the fire trucks came screaming we ran like hell I made Glen promise that he would never tell (and he never) Some Things You Do You Don’t Think about too much Till they’re right in front of you And they’re too hot to touch I was waiting tables at a bar on Salisbury beach I had a crush on the owner’s daughter Though she thought she was out of my reach I wrote her a hundred songs Sang them for her one by one Till she agreed to meet me At closing time when my work was done She walked into the dining room Wearing nothing but the moonlight We settled down to learn about love Till her father came in and lit up the night You can paint over your mistakes Glue together a heart that breaks These are lessons that I’ve learned Like don’t handle a loaded gun Or stare into the Texas Sun Still you wind up getting burned, burned, burned
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Stay With Me Tonight 04:02
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Stay With Me Tonight – by Carl Cacho-Negrete/Kevin So Close your eyes, say goodnight My arm around you, don’t it feel all right Texas moon, prairie sky Ask if you want me Darling don’t you lie The summer wind it sighs Soft as a lullaby That the moon sings for your troubled mind Darling stay with me tonight I don’t know what we’ll find We’ll take this loving One dance at a time Come lay down, go to sleep I won’t ask you for A promise you can’t keep Close your eyes, say goodnight And I will bring you All the mornings’ light
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November, 2000 02:29
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released January 16, 2016

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Carl Cacho Boston, Massachusetts

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"Blessed with a poet's insight and a soothing, expressive voice, Cacho touches on elements of country-blues and Harry Chapin style story-telling. Honest, emotive and finely crafted."
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