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Hope & Truth & Dare

by Two Crows Joy

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    Debut album featuring 12 original songs by Russell James Hosley. Mixed and mastered at Coast Recording, Nehalem, Oregon. Cover art by Betsy Niederer as inspired by Rudi Hurzlmeier.

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1.
Angelina 03:38
I met her in a cafe there on the other side of town sittin' in a corner booth all alone, no one else around sippin' on a bottle of beer, tequila on the side I got up and I started to leave when she asked me for a ride I took her to her destination, she asked me to come on in I smiled, shrugged my shoulders, figured either way I win Never counted on those big brown eyes cut me to my soul Never counted on el Corazon on a downward spiral roll Angelina, your eyes set me on fire Angelina, your voice is like a choir Angelina, so young and soft and sweet Angelina, I thought we were meant to be Been lookin' for her everywhere, well she vanished without a trace sometimes in the dead of the night I see her smiling face Keep hearing that haunting voice whisper in my ear Keep spending those lonely nights in that cafe hoping to hear Angelina, your eyes set me on fire Angelina, your voice is like a choir Angelina, so young and soft and sweet Angelina, I thought we were meant to be
2.
I can chase after dreams I can stand up. I can scream. I can hold out a little longer if I try. There's a reason when you weep there's a valley, and it's deep there's a mountain, and it's oh so high I wanna see you there shining in the morning sun. I wanna be there with you, baby, after the race is run I don't wanna be sorry for the things I say and do. I just wanna spend the rest of my days in love with you. I've seen roses. I've seen thorns. I've seen halos, I've seen horns. I've been waiting seems like forever for you to show. Now I've found you, and you're mine, and we're taking our sweet time, and the honey from the rock of our love will continue to flow. I wanna see you there shining in the morning sun. I wanna be there with you, baby, after the race is run I don't wanna be sorry for the things I say and do. I just wanna spend the rest of my days in love with you.
3.
The Artist 04:05
There's a mountain on the side of the moon I've been contemplating moving there soon Figure if I gotta be alone then I might as well have a good view There's a street somewhere I hear is made of gold We'll be walking on it there someday I'm told Well I know it's quite a story but deep inside I know that it is true I'm an artist but I keep it deep inside sometimes I color outside the lines and I paint a pretty picture of a girl and she looks like you There was a letter in the mail today said send me fifty dollars and I'll pray and all your indiscretions and little bitty sins will fade away There was a tower and they built it to the sky and God he looked down with a sigh said I guess you're never really gonna get it and he changed the way we speak there's a woman drawing water at a well comes man he had a story there to tell He said I see that you are thirsty if you listen you won't have to drink again He's an artist but he keeps it down inside sometimes he colors outside the lines and he paints some pretty pictures of the girls and they look like you He sent a letter in the mail today said you don't have to listen what they say cause I'm always gonna love you and I'm always gonna make your day
4.
500 Miles 03:51
500 miles to drive so I can look into my baby's eyes It's sad cause she's gone away it's hard because I had to stay 400 more to go eyes strain from the headlights' glow rain pours and the windshield wipes like tears falling left and right and I miss you girl never let you go and I miss you girl more and more and more and I miss you girl I'm gonna go on record now and say I'm gonna love you, now, until my dying day 300 and I'm falling asleep Texaco coffee won't you fill it up, please Static coming on the radio Mexican music from the town up the road 200 and it all seems the same twilight's come and gone and so has the rain mountains loom in the distant light stomach growls, I better stop for a bite and I miss you girl never let you go and I miss you girl more and more and more and I miss you girl I'm gonna go on record now and say I'm gonna love you, now, until my dying day 100 miles I'm almost there could make it now on a wing and a prayer palms are sweaty and my throat is dry trying hard not to break down and cry and I miss you girl never let you go and I miss you girl more and more and more and I miss you girl I'm gonna go on record now and say I'm gonna love you, now, until my dying day
5.
Eerily 03:47
I left the tavern late that night too many ales, too many fights I took the path by the river's edge and I saw her there by the bramble hedge and she cried... eerily She was kneeling there by the bitter stream when I heard a gasp, I heard a scream I stumbled forth whence came the sound and the light went out as I hit the ground and I fell... into a dream I seen awoke to a wicked laugh and I prayed I had not breathed my last I glanced around, the lass was gone and in her place a peculiar song and it rang ... eerily I wandered out of the gloaming wood and there the red-haired beauty stood she beckoned me with her steely eyes and I followed 'fore I realized that she gleamed ... eerily Twas at that moment I awoke the misty morn, the dawn had broke and staring down was the red-haired girl the bar wench there at the Black Heart Pearl and she smiled ... eerily
6.
Faded Stains 03:43
There she goes Here I stay I found out just yesterday Now you know that it ain't good I can see I wish you could Well you open up your heart like a razor cutting deep and it's falling to the ground like something you don't wanna keep it's broken and it's bruised and it's bleeding left and right but they're sitting in the stands yelling get up, go, fight fight I found out just yesterday the man I was didn't cut the pay I can hear them talking low like what a fool and where' he gonna go? Well you open up your heart like a razor cutting deep and it's falling to the ground like something you don't wanna keep it's broken and it's bruised and it's bleeding left and right but they're sitting in the stands yelling get up, go, fight fight Time will tell like a bitter man hands will point to the hourglass sands you draw the line in those tiny grains as they wash away leaving faded stains. Well you open up your heart like a razor cutting deep and it's falling to the ground like something you don't wanna keep it's broken and it's bruised and it's bleeding left and right but they're sitting in the stands yelling get up, go, fight fight
7.
Done anticipating I been tired of waiting and wondering how the story's gonna end You may be sweet as honey, but I don't think it's funny, I guess it's just the messages you send I can't think of nothing witty to say like it would matter to you anyway well I thought it might be different this time but I'm slowly going outta my mind Loose the cords that found us release the fates that bound us toss them loaded dice up in the air caught a glimpse of broken it wasn't really spoken a foolish game of hope and truth and dare I can't think of nothing witty to say like it would matter to you anyway well I thought it might be different this time but I'm slowly going outta my mind What are you afraid of? what are you waiting for? where are you going? where did it all go wrong? why are you hurting? why's it gone on so long? who are you blaming? who is the one that's gone? I can't think of nothing witty to say like it would matter to you anyway well I thought it might be different this time but I'm slowly going outta my mind What are you afraid of? what are you waiting for? where are you going? where did it all go wrong? why are you hurting? why's it gone on so long? who are you blaming? who is the one that's gone?
8.
Blue 03:09
Well all of the winters and all of the splinters and all of the hurt, pain and strife and all of the dreamers and all of the schemers and all of the wonders of life and blue is the color of skies tainted and broken with gray and blue is the melody spoken when you find that there's nothing to say Crashing and breaking, the waters are taking all of our troubles to sea still we grow bolder and yes we grow older as all of it was meant to be and blue is the color of skies tainted and broken with gray and blue is the melody spoken when you find that there's nothing to say Binding and blinding and all of the winding roads that we've traveled to date falling and stalling, it's all so appalling and leaves us all in such a state and blue is the color of skies tainted and broken with gray and blue is the melody spoken when you find that there's nothing to say
9.
you been waitin' such a long long time you can't seem to read between the lines you been holdin' on to something blue well, I'll tell you what I'm gonna do I wanna kiss you when you don't feel right I'm gonna hold you on those cold cold nights well, I guess that I'm just trying to show I don't ever wanna let you go maybe we can hold on for a while maybe we can step out in style could be things are gonna come our way I hear every dog has his day I wanna kiss you when you don't feel right I'm gonna hold you on those col cold nights well, I guess that I'm just trying to show I don't ever wanna let you go so some day when you close your eyes and you're headed out beyond the skies maybe just before you leave you'll hear that sweet whisperin' in your ear that he'd kissed you when you didn't feel right and he held you on those cold cold nights he was probably just trying to show he didn't ever wanna let you go
10.
Judy 03:09
I guess life ain't fair Most of us wrestle the bear but sometimes he takes a big bite She was a beauty then dark hair and a smile that would win when something went terribly wrong Judy, you're in a better place and life won't let you down anymore Judy, I see your smiling face I wish that I had known you long before The birthday card you sent to me with a five dollar bill was fine but I would rather have seen you shine Judy, you're in a better place and life won't let you down anymore Judy, I see your smiling face I wish that I had known you long before When we look back at the photographs from the days when you were young the melody of a song unsung Judy, you're in a better place and life won't let you down anymore Judy, I see your smiling face I wish that I had known you long before
11.
Wedding Song 04:52
There's a little gold band for a sweet little hand She got flowers in her hair There's a man at her side, He's true and tried Fills her with love and hope and care There's a man with a book, great nations it shook written by men from ancient times there's family there, children everywhere laughin' and runnin' and singing their rhymes Always together, forever and ever No matter what, come what may they'll be together, cause love lasts forever and I know they'll find a way There's a song in the air there's dreams that they share and there's memories to make There's a nice little town where they'll settle down to promises they won't break There's love all around and I'm sure that they've found something they'll never ever lose when they say those vows those where, whys and hows they won't have to stop or think to choose Always together, forever and ever No matter what, come what may they'll be together, cause love lasts forever and I know they'll find a way
12.
Thought I had a lid on it, handle on it thought I had it all worked out wasn't really plannin' on it, wasn't really worki'n on it never had a doubt Never say never, cause you never know what you're never bound to do Neverland seems like a fairytale 'til it comes down on you I don't wanna waste another minute and I ain't gonna burn another day The bells done ringin' for the first half still got time to play Tired of sittin' on the sidelines wonderin' if the coach'll put me in gonna stand up, yell at the top of my lungs hey, we're gonna win runnin' round, goin' down, losin' ground someday roll away the stone take away, change the day, gotta pay with my tattered flesh and bone Callin on the telephone in the zone I don't wanna know the cost talkin' to some slick young fella from who knows where or what I don't wanna waste another minute and I ain't gonna burn another day The bells done ringin' for the first half still got time to play Tired of sittin' on the sidelines wonderin' if the coach'll put me in gonna stand up, yell at the top o' my lungs hey, we're gonna win Tracing down the wrong turns, bad burns all the roads where I was lost someone told me don't look back you might turn into a pillar of salt Maybe there's a rhyme to the reason but I still can't find my way maybe there were too many maybes that's maybe how I went astray I don't wanna waste another minute and I ain't gonna burn another day The bells done ringin' for the first half still got time to play Tired of sittin' on the sidelines wonderin' if the coach'll put me in gonna stand up, yell at the top o' my lungs hey, we're gonna win

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Hope & Truth & Dare is the debut album of this north Oregon coast duo featuring original songs and music by Russell James Hosley.

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released January 15, 2015

All songs written and arranged by Russell James Hosley.
Guitars and lead vocals: Russ Hosley
Fiddle, bohdran, vocals: Jane Dunkin
Mandolin: Russ Hosley
Drums: Dave Gager
Bass: Karen Purdom and Russ Hosley and Jane Dunkin
Piano: Larry Schaeffer
Recorded in Dunkin's livingroom studio and at Coast Recording, Nehalem OR..
Mixed and mastered by Larry Schaeffer, Coast Recording, Nehalem OR.
Album cover art by Betsy Niederer as inspired by Rudi Hurzlmeier.

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Two Crows Joy Nehalem, Oregon

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Russ Hosley and fiddle player Jane Dunkin met in the summer of 2013 and started playing music together. Two Crows Joy focuses on Russ's original compositions with elements from diverse genres including rock, blues and Celtic. Their first album also features the talents of drummer, Dave Gager, bass player, Karen Purdom, and Larry Schaeffer on piano. ... more

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