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Casting the Bones

by Roma di Luna

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1.
First we were friends Then every thought was you and me Such strong love for such young things Under the covers/ after school You made me happy like no other could do And the sprits told me what love could do Please the lips and calm the mood The spirits told me what I should do to you Wrap you in wood and stone and make you into my home Just one fight/ I still remember why Just two fights that are gonna make me cry You left for the city/ I left for the sea Every moment between us/ Made it harder and harder to breathe Come home, to me Come back across the sea The silly flings that past the time Are cursing love like yours and mine You are still silent/ and I am still afraid All these trials and troubles bind us more and more each day
2.
Tamar 04:13
Dont be afraid of the night The stars are true and brave Like a lover who will follow you in darkness And wont fear to need you in the day I bite my tongue in the silence Searching for grace and memories Of the pain I carried at your age And the confusion that kept me in the fight But I’m so glad to see you Forgive me for what Ive done It was wrong of me to take you as my own And then leave you with no one to hold I know I aint right Pushing you into my fight I would run if I could I dont give like I should Tamar was my blind reflection Hiding my summer tragedy Comparing her tears to my confession I wanted her story to be mine Tommorow I will follow the sparrow Lay down all my sorrow Im not fooling you or me I do still believe
3.
Down on my good knee/ hands folded tight I pray upon the stars that burn so bright That you’ll hit trouble down the road and just ride on Yeah, you’ll hit trouble down the road and just ride on Between high water and deadly drought Between the northshore and canyons in the south Oh, you’ll hit trouble down the road and just ride on Yeah, you’ve hit trouble down the road and just rode on You’ll hit trouble Oh, you’ll hit trouble You’ll hit trouble down the road and just ride on Oh yes I know you/ don’t know your name Well, you could tell me/ I could guess, its all the same ‘Cause you’ve hit trouble down the road and just rode on Yeah you’ll hit trouble down the road and just ride on Your hands are tremblin’/ your face is pale You ain’t the first, you ain’t the last that’s bound to fail Boy, you’ll hit trouble down the road and just ride on Yeah, you’ve hit trouble down the road and just rode on You told your story/ didn’t say a word I took one look your history was all I heard ‘Cause you’ve seen trouble down the road and just rode on Yeah, you’ve seen trouble down the road and just rode on
4.
Red Walls 03:27
Well, there’s no snow And the wind never blows And people don’t know what It feels like to have cold bones They don’t know At least that’s what I’ve been told Red walls, red walls And blue flowers Your fortunes been painted and carved The maid has packed her bags And moved to Dallas Spends all your fancy funds while we starve A meeting of endings/ Undo all my leaving I am a lonely feeling Resisting my belonging to anyone I know you know That I am so very hard to hold The month is your mother She knit you a sweater It don’t fit the weather But you don’t hold it against her Because you know That Summer always brings the snow/(‘cold’ 2nd time)
5.
Wildfire 06:10
We met when we were children Young hearts with old woven souls He took to me like a wildfire And encrypted his love into my bones They took my husband late last night Past the pyramids and the Caspian Sea He’ll be buried under a starless sky I’ll hold the shape of him till I die Send him this message for me Shadows are all I believe in Tell him I’m ready to meet him in Heaven ‘Cause without you beside me here, I am not breathin’ Momma, come to me/ I’ll stay with you tonight My sweet-hearted companion He has left to join the fight Fire burns where the snow once fell Blood spills near the oil well I join the line of a million tears ‘Cause no one knows my name or my family here
6.
On the day I was born it was prophesied That the earth would bang and blast away On the day i first stepped on the ground Oh the earth trembled in a quake it ain't a story to summon my greatness Or a plea for a little pity Just a sign of trouble to come That I wear on my hip like a gun Its gone, it's gone its the goodness That I had as a little one Oh I pass behind my father 'Cause now I'm as good as done such a heavy load for such a little girl To see the changing lights We don't know how to please them But they push and they pull into our fight Well single, girl oh single girl She always dresses so fine Married girl, oh married girl She wears whatever she can find Single girl goes where ever she please Married girl's at home on her knees Oh you know i love my man But my feet gotta travel this land
7.
I can’t afford to be broke anymore I can’t afford to be poor I can’t afford to be broke anymore I can’t afford to be poor Ain’t nothing free/ they’ll charge you just to breathe They’ll charge you for the heavens and the shore Every day has a price you must sacrifice It’ll cost you everything you got and more
8.
Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother She's sleeping here right by my side And in her right hand a silver dagger, She says that I can't be your bride. All men are false, says my mother, They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies. The very next evening, they'll court another, Leave you alone to pine and sigh. My daddy is a handsome devil He's got a chain five miles long, And on every link a heart does dangle Of another maid he's loved and wronged. Go court another tender maiden, And hope that she will be your wife, For I've been warned, and I've decided To sleep alone all of my life.
9.
Theres nothing worse/ than sleeping on bad words Its so hard to tell you/ why Im so blue Cuz you make me happy/ most of the time These tears that I cry, babe/ They aint even mine Some days I wake up/ not ready to live All selfish and torn up/ with nothing to give But you should know/ you’re the love of my life These tears that I cry/ they ain’t even mine. I’ll sing you this song/ all day and all night I’ll write you a love letter/ tell you you’re all right 'Cause you make me happy / most of the time These tears that I cry, babe They ain't even mine I said Im sorry/ I said I was wrong I’ll beg your forgiveness/ in a thousand songs So you will know/ youre the love of my life And these tears that I cry/ aint even mine
10.
I'm Gone 04:42
Look at these people they're praying to billboards that Tell them all who they should fight with and kill for They swear that our country’s united as one while they Board up their doorways and load up their guns singing If you can find me come Find me, if not then I’m Gone The people I learn from, I've studied and trusted Are usually like me all hung up and busted And sometimes you’re cornered whatever you do You ain't lookin' for trouble it's lookin' for you and so My woman's the best thing that's happened since bread She makes me fruit smoothies and rubs on my head "I'll give you the world!" I said with a nod "But first I think I'll need to go get a job. We’re all getting’ older with tattoos and babies Car payments, grey hairs, dead friends and late fees So here’s to the hearts and the hands of the men That have come with the dust and have gone with the wind I promise to look you all up right before I go blind If I don't go crazy soon I swear I might lose my mind You can find me where we first made love underneath that neon sign I promise not to do nothing too dumb if you just come back home in time In time, in time
11.
You can’t steal the pearls from my eyes Though the pigs squeal in their cage What's been given to me, what's been chosen for my life Has been payed in full price There’s a danger that hangs circles ‘round my feet See that man over there’s trying to steal away the good I keep Pull your words out of wire tap phones Even to my mother I speak in signs and codes Baby, take me away from this place Look at me hiding from every familiar face Put me in a dress and make believe I’m new But my face reveals all the bad I used to do. You can’t steal the pearls from my eyes Thou the pigs squeal in their cage Whats been given to me, whats been chosen for my life Has been payed in full price

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released June 3, 2008

Channy Moon Casselle- lead vocals,violin, viola, acoustic guitar, songwriter
Alexei Moon Casselle- lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, songwriter
Ben Durrant- electric guitar, Portuguese viola, Rhodes
James Everest- bass guitar, harmony vocals
Ryan Lovan- drums/percussion
Jessie Prusha- harmony vocals
Michael Rossetto- banjo
Chris Thomson- saxophone
David Olson- trumpet

Recorded & Mixed by Ben Durrant at Crazy Beast Studio
Mastered by Dave Gardener at Magneto Mastering
Produced by Roma di Luna and Ben Durrant
Original artwork and design by Anna Kulzick and Travis Hetman of Hot Muffin

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Roma di Luna Minneapolis, Minnesota

Roma di Luna are proud to announce our 7th release - "We Were Made to Forgive."It has been quite a long time since our last one, and we certainly have a history- a quick Google search will enlighten you. But here we are, all the original members, releasing nine new songs into the world and for the first time on vinyl. ... more

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