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01. Twilight

Music and lyrics by Alice Howe and Freebo
© 2018 Know Howe Music (BMI) and Bassline Music (BMI)

Alice Howe: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Freebo: fretless bass, harmony vocals
John ‘JT’ Thomas: electric piano
Fuzzbee Morse: electric guitar (left channel)
Jeff Fielder: electric guitar (right channel)
John Molo: drums
Augie Howe: harmony vocals

I know a dirt road in the late afternoon
Where the shade and the sunlight gather in pools
There are trees to the right, twisted and wild
To my left is the sea like a glimmering eye

I’m not the first one and I won’t be the last
Who has come to this crossroads and breezed on past
With my destination my only concern
One foot on the gas as the yellow light turns

Chorus
There’s nothing like being alone at twilight
The ocean and I each approaching high tide
Held aloft on the waves of my pride
I’m better off walking alone at twilight

My lover is steady and he tells me be still
And take a deep breath – he’s hoping I will
But my mind keeps on racing till I’m far out of sight
At the end of the road on the threshold of night

Chorus

Bridge
Well the sun’s gone down and the twilight has passed
That magic hour it never lasts
It’s a long strand of pearls, one that I’ll never own
And the answers I seek are the smallest of stones

So I work till I’m tired then I lay down to rest
And that takes just a bit of this weight off my chest
But the years stretch before me, I admit that it’s true
This restless pursuit is what I’m called to do

Chorus

02. Lovin’ In My Baby’s Eyes

Music and lyrics by Taj Mahal
© 1996 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC obo Prankee Music (BMI)

Alice Howe: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Freebo: fretless bass
John ‘JT’ Thomas: electric piano
Fuzzbee Morse: electric guitar
John Molo: drums
Al Keith: congas 

Look here baby now you know I can be the one to be your man 
Baby now you know I knew I'd do anything in the world for you 

Refrain
To have lovin' from my baby's eyes, oh lovin' from my baby's eyes 
See that lovin' in my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's eyes 

Look here baby now you know darn well I love you better than another man could tell 
Love you baby now you know I'd do anything in the world for you 

Refrain

Late at night when I take my rest, oh I hold your pictures to my breast 
Love you baby now you know I'd do, anything in the world for you 

Refrain

Bridge
Love ya baby, love ya baby, mama now you know I do 
Love ya baby, love ya baby, do anything for you 

I said late at night when I take my rest, oh I hold your pictures to my breast 
Love you mama now you know I'd do anything in the world for you 

Refrain x2

03. Still On My Mind

Music and lyrics by Alice Howe and Freebo
© 2018 Know Howe Music (BMI) and Bassline Music (BMI)

Alice Howe: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Freebo: fretless bass, harmony vocals
John ‘JT’ Thomas: electric piano, organ
Fuzzbee Morse: electric guitar (left channel)
Jeff Fielder: electric slide guitar (right channel)
John Molo: drums
Al Keith: congas

Rain falling across the water
Mist is rising on the mountainside
Leaves are blooming in the ash tree
Robin’s looking for something sweet
Where I’m sitting beneath the eaves
Not one drop will find me
A little seedling is breaking through
Persistent as the thought of you

Chorus
Looking out into a sea of green
Thinking on the years and miles that lie between
It seems so long ago
But you’re still on my mind you know

I go walking through the trees
The water dances over stones
The April morning is clean and new
But a breeze has brought the thought of you

Chorus

Bridge
I sat down by the riverside
Fearing I could drink it dry
And still not be satisfied…satisfied

The banks are full with all this rain
If they’ll overflow I can’t say
Crickets calling in the firelight
And a long and gentle sleep tonight

Chorus

04. What We Got Is Gold

Music and lyrics by Alice Howe
© 2018 Know Howe Music (BMI)

Alice Howe: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Freebo: fretless bass, harmony vocals
John ‘JT’ Thomas: accordion
John Molo: drums

The night is louder than it’s been before
I hear it knocking on my walls and doors
Saying soon enough it’s time to go
But these precious hours I keep you close
Of all the nights in recent memory
There were so many you were far from me
And I just heard my heart keeping lonely time
Wishing yours was there to echo mine

Chorus
If the papers would all print old news
They’d say I’m still in love with you
Let the years go by, it remains the same
What we got is gold, and what’s its worth won’t change

Well I fear I turned you upside down
When I tore you from your hometown
Just to make you wait at home for me
And keep this fire alive tirelessly
But if your patience ever reached an end
Tell me baby what would I do then
Say that it’s all right to ease my mind
Though you told me so a thousand times

Chorus

Bridge
All along the road these faces seem to come and go
But yours, my love, will never fade

Chorus

05. Bring It On Home To Me

Music and lyrics by Sam Cooke
© 1962 ABKCO Music, Inc.

Alice Howe: lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Freebo: fretless bass
John ‘JT’ Thomas: electric piano
Fuzzbee Morse: electric guitar
John Molo: drums
Lee Thornburg: horn arrangement, trumpet
Paul Perez: tenor saxophone 

If you ever change your mind
About leavin,’ leavin’ me behind
Oh, oh, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin’
Bring it on home to me…Yeah, yeah, etc.         

I know I laughed when you left
But now I know I only hurt myself
Oh, oh, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin’
Bring it on home to me…Yeah, yeah, etc.

I’ll bring you jewel’ry and money too
That ain’t all, that ain’t all I’ll do for you
Oh won't you bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin’
Bring it on home to me…Yeah, yeah, etc.

You know I’ll always be your slave
Till I'm buried, buried in my grave
Oh honey bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin’
Bring it on home to me…Yeah, yeah, etc.

One more thing – I tried to treat you right
But you stayed out, stayed out late at night
But I forgive you – bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin’
Bring it on home to me…Yeah, yeah, etc.

06. Too Long At The Fair

Music and lyrics by Joel Zoss
© 1971 Catalan Publishing Company (ASCAP)

Alice Howe: lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Freebo: fretless bass
John ‘JT’ Thomas: organ
Fuzzbee Morse: electric guitar (left channel)
Jeff Fielder: electric slide guitar (right channel)
John Molo: drums

Jesus cried, wept and died
I guess he went up to heaven
I've been downtown such a long, long time
I'll never make it home by seven
Won't you come and take me home
I've been too long at the fair
And Lord I just can't stand it anymore

I went down to Jason's
Walked till my feet were sore
But I never knew what laughing was
Till you walked out the door
Won't you come and take me home
I've been too long at the fair
And Lord I just can't stand it anymore

You can give my soul to Abraham
You can give my soul to Saul
And give my bones to Canada
My teeth they don't hurt at all
I don't know who made the highway
But I guess that's just my pride
And I have heard the Prince of Darkness
On his charger ride

The silver blade is gleaming
The scales are in his hand
I swear the night is falling
Don't you lose another man
Won't you come and take me home
I've been too long at the fair
And Lord I just can't stand it anymore
And Lord I just can't stand it anymore

07. Honey Bee

Music and lyrics by McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)
© 1951 BMG Bumblebee obo Watertoons Music (BMI)
© 2018 Arranged by Freebo 

Alice Howe: lead vocal
Freebo: fretless bass
John ‘JT’ Thomas: electric piano
Fuzzbee Morse: electric guitar
John Molo: drums

Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
You gonna keep on sailing till you lose your happy home

Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
I don't mind you sailing but please don't sail so long

I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee
I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee
She been all around the world making honey
But now she is coming back home to me

08. Getaway Car

Music and lyrics by Alice Howe and Freebo
© 2018 Know Howe Music (BMI) and Bassline Music (BMI)

Alice Howe: lead vocal
Freebo: fretless bass
John ‘JT’ Thomas: Hammond B-3 organ
Fuzzbee Morse: electric guitar
John Molo: drums
Lee Thornburg: horn arrangement, trumpet, trombone
Paul Perez: tenor and baritone saxophones

I’ve been working so hard with nothing to show
It’s time for a change, why don’t we get up and go?
I’m making a break, won’t you be my partner in crime?

Chorus
We’ll get away fast, we’ll get away far
We’ll get away clean in my getaway car

My motor is moanin’ so come on inside
Buckle up baby I’m ready to ride
It’s cozy and warm in my five-speed shiny machine

Chorus
If we get a flat tire I still got a plan
I’ll jack it up slow you can give me a hand
And it ain’t no hurry, I don’t mind taking my time

Chorus

Bridge
We’ll listen to Muddy, we’ll listen to Taj
Stereo blasting while we get out of Dodge
If you don’t like it, baby, you got me to blame
But I guarantee you’ll be so glad you came

Well there’s no destination, it’s all about the ride
Whatever you need you know I’ll provide
Keep an eye on the road and keep the other eye on me

Chorus

09. You Just Never Know

Music and lyrics by Alice Howe and Freebo
© 2018 Know Howe Music (BMI) and Bassline Music (BMI)

Alice Howe: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Freebo: fretless bass, harmony vocals
Jeff Fielder: dobro
Geoff Goodhue: mandolin
John Molo: drums
Augie Howe: harmony vocals

I’m westward bound on the turnpike
And the sky is looking like rain
And the farther I go the more sure I grow
I can’t go back the way that I came
I pass the exit that led to my first love
I can’t say where he’s living now
But a lifetime ago I’d have taken that road
Just as fast as those turns would allow

Chorus
Am I covering ground or just spinning my wheels?
Have I got farther to go?
Right around the next bend it may all be revealed
But the truth is you just never know
You just never know

Well I looked to this road for my freedom
And I drove it from end to end
And it dumped me into the ocean
Then it sent me right back again

Chorus

Bridge
I take it one mile at a time
As I get up to speed along these white lines
I’m alone in the gathering night
Adrift on a sea of little red lights

Well I’ve left in a hurry and I’ve taken my time
Driven blinded by love and by the tears in my eyes
Broken down on the shoulder with no place to go
And I’ve breezed through the night as I made my way home

Chorus

10. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Music and lyrics by Bob Dylan
© 1963 Warner Brothers Inc renewed © 1991 by Special Rider Music (SESAC)

Alice Howe: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Freebo: fretless bass, harmony vocals

It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter anyhow 
It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why babe
If you don't know by now
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm traveling on
And don't think twice, it's all right

Ain't no use in turning on your light babe
It's a light I've never known
There ain't no use in turning on your light baby
I'm on the dark side of the road
I wish there was something you could do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talking anyway
And don't think twice, it's all right

Ain't no use in calling out my name now
Like you've never done before
Ain't no use in calling out my name now
I can't hear you anymore
Thinking and wondering all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child, I'm told
I gave her my heart, she wanted my soul
And don't think twice, it's all right

I'm going down that long lonesome road babe
Where I'm bound I can't tell
But goodbye is too good a word babe
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't saying you treated me unkind
Coulda done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
And don't think twice, it's all right
And don't think twice, it's all right

Album Credits:

© 2019 Know Howe Music (BMI)
Produced by FREEBO

Engineered, recorded, and mixed by Brian Boozer
Aum Studio Productions, Bakersfield, CA

Mastered by Joe Gastwirt
Joe Gastwirt Mastering, Oak Park, CA

Additional recording and engineering by:
Moe Provencher, The Duplex, Seattle, WA
Jeff Fielder, his home studio, Seattle, WA
John ‘JT’ Thomas, Johnny’s Room, Reseda, CA
Michael Stern, Rock Cellar Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Cover photo by Robert M. Ring
Design and art direction by Pat Broadgate

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Alice Howe: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Freebo: fretless bass, harmony vocals
John ‘JT’ Thomas: electric piano, accordion, Hammond B3 organ
Fuzzbee Morse: electric guitar (left channel)
Jeff Fielder: electric guitar (right channel)
John Molo: drums
Augie Howe: harmony vocals
Al Keith: congas
Lee Thornburg: trumpet, trombone, horn arrangement
Paul Perez: tenor and baritone saxophones

released May 17, 2019