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Three Muses

by Benjamin Miller

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1.
Three Muses 03:05
Three muses come to me in the spring One by water One by land And one every time you sing I don’t try to seek them out I just sit down and wait for the spark they bring Three muses come to me in the spring Three notions come to me in the fall One on life One on love And one on nothing at all It’s not that they’re so mighty But to reach that air you’ve got to be tall Three notions come to me in the fall Three cynics came to me in the sun Sayin’ “Drive all night, Forget your life, And don’t trust anyone.” Maybe they’re just cautious Or maybe they’re something more like a loaded gun Three cynics came to me in the sun Three roses came to me in the snow No-one called No-one signed their name They just expected me to know That the mystery of unsung things Is more exciting than your dreams of home Three roses came to me in the snow
2.
Cottonwood 04:05
They say simple beginnings don’t forebode So treat this one like the beginning of the end A phone call in the morning, an offer without warning And off you go on down the road Semi stages and county fairs Twelve long miles away from a good idea Still those bar band rules and Music City blues Keep on echoin’ in my ears (And) I didn't think too much at the time ‘Cause nobody told me that I should But those years long ago were worth everything I know Down in Cottonwood Rivers jump their banks every day To change the landscape of twentysomething lust They could tell us all the dreams we had were foolish But they couldn’t take our foolish dreams away (And) I didn't think too much at the time ‘Cause nobody told me that I should But those years long ago were worth everything I know Down in Cottonwood Maybe we picked the right time to die Or maybe we just never knew the way the story ends Faultless and too critical don’t go too well with dying love You’ve gotta know just when and how to bend (And) I didn't think too much at the time ‘Cause nobody told me that I should But those years long ago were worth everything I know Down in Cottonwood
3.
Wanted, 1975 03:57
Wanted dead or alive Since 1975 Sleepin’ under the desert sky Way out west Chokin’ down dirt and dust Every time you have to run And you’ll never see that promised land Half-assed loneliness Ain’t solved one-a yer problems yet Just left you dying from regret And tequila fumes Made a million and a half Lose it just like that And lose the only ones who ever loved you Now the daylight’s too bright for your tired eyes But at night you’re all alone with your mind If you make it back town with a story to tell Will anyone still want to shake your hand? Maybe you gave it all you had And gave up when things turned bad Maybe when you turned and ran We turned on you 10 years of riding high 10 years of bitter lies Maybe that’s the price you pay to sing the blues
4.
El Roble 02:27
5.
Call me up every night Searching for a new look at life I can’t give you hope, my dear I won’t whisper promises in your ear Don’t make trouble, don’t explain Just let our picture yellow in its frame And when the morning comes for you Ain’t no time For the last, long blues She said, “It’s not hard to understand, I’m just looking for your kind of man A lifetime away from this You’ll look back and regret everything you missed Like nights together and mornings-of Hiding from the storm, falling in love” But when the morning comes for you Ain’t no time For the last, long blues Sometimes words just won’t do Especially when it comes to me and you Like skeletons and world affairs Time reveals most of what wasn’t there Days go by, these things don’t last Roll along and leave it in the past And when the morning comes for you Ain’t no time For the last, long blues When the morning comes for you Ain’t no time For the last, long blues
6.

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Benjamin Miller writes and sings honky tonk numbers and sad songs for Minneapolis country band The Federales. He wrangled a few brilliant musical friends (including some Federales) to help record the new Three Muses EP — six songs inspired by coast-to-coast adventures, rock ’n’ roll mythology, and modern life as a semi-professional musician.

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released January 25, 2019

Benjamin Miller: vocals, guitars, bass, harmonica, percussion
Kari Arnett: vocals
Joe Cimarelli: pedal steel guitar
Ben Cook-Feltz: percussion
Richard Dworsky: B3 organ
Rachel Hanson: vocals
Richard Kriehn: fiddle
Jason Roberts: guitar, ukulele
Andy Schuster: bass
Karl Wahoske: vocals

All Songs by Benjamin Miller / Flowers Brothers Music (BMI), except “East Virginia Blues,” by A.P. Carter
Produced by Benjamin Miller and Noah Smith
Recorded by Noah Smith, Miles Hanson, and Benjamin Miller
Mastered by Sam Hudson
Photography and design by Benjamin Miller
Thanks to Joey Ryan
Dedicated to The Twelvemile Band

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Benjamin Miller sings honky-tonk numbers and sad songs for Minneapolis country band The Federales and sings psychedelic folk and 1960s California rock ’n’ roll for himself.

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