Ane Brun - To Let Myself Go https://youtu.be/_qk-LnXTRRw ">https://youtu.be/_qk-LnXTR...

“there’s no use taking a step back/ a step back from me”

Gillian Welch - Elvis Presley Blues https://youtu.be/x2yg5uIDfU4 

“just">https://youtu.be/x2yg5uIDf... a country boy who combed his hair/put on a shirt his mother made and he went on the air/and he shook like a chorus girl/he shook it like a Harlem queen/he shook it like a midnight rambler baby/like he never seen”

Marian Call - Hope https://mariancall.bandcamp.com/track/hope-2 

“because">https://mariancall.bandcamp.com/track/hop... my hope/it is not light/it is not frail/it is the anchor anchor”

The Detroit Cobras - I Wanna Holler https://youtu.be/jxaaR8oJN1k 

“I">https://youtu.be/jxaaR8oJN... wanna holler/but the town’s too small!”

Shawn Colvin - The Facts About Jimmy https://youtu.be/OPhPM7pwags 

“Jimmy’s">https://youtu.be/OPhPM7pwa... married and he lives down south/his wife lives somewhere colder”

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