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Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater

by Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange)

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Just like an old friend Kinder than expected That Cadillac came and gave our girl a ride Loss has no end It binds to our connection And we don’t speak of it, we don’t even try If you could help me to share the trouble that you’ve got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night I miss the old hymns when she used to sing The sparrows spread their mortal wings Now they’ve all lighted with the silence of strings Like notes on the pages, she breathed life into all things chorus Just like an old friend Reach out to me Bathe me in the light of understanding And try to help me to share the trouble that you’ve got burning in you, then you can help me And in our time together Her memory will ever shine like golden embers in the night
2.
At my gate I’ll always greet you At my door you’re welcome in There can be no transgression as a means to an end On the wind the wolves are howling, open arms are closed in fear Helping hands are clenched in anger, broken hearts beyond repair Everything’s so great, it can’t get better Makes me want to cry But I’ll go out howling at the moon tonight There she stands so tall and mighty with her keen and watchful eye And the heart of a mother, holding out her guiding light It’s a hard road to travel, this old rock from end to end The sun it rises on her brow and sets upon the great expanse chorus There she stands so tall and mighty Her gaze facing the east At her back our doors are closing, as we grin and bare our teeth On the wind the wolves are howling She cries ‘they’re drawing near’ Turn around, turn around, my darling, no, the wolves are here chorus
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She only holds me in her arms when she's feeling blue My baby only holds me in her arms when she's feeling blue She sparkles like a diamond and she shines like gold She tends to avoid me when her heart is full And you can find her roaming from dusk till dawn With her tricks and her treasures and her dancing shoes on She only holds me in her arms when she's feeling blue My baby only holds me in her arms when she's feeling blue She calls me up and tells me 'Honey, I need you' And I come a’running like I always do She only holds me in her arms when she's feeling blue My baby only holds me in her arms when she's feeling blue There was a time we rambled ‘neath that neon moon Her tricks and her treasures were all that I knew Now she calls and tells me 'Honey, I need you' And I come a’running like I always do
4.
If I showed up to your wedding wearing black and blue and red Wouldn’t it seem fitting, ‘cause I’m as blue and angry as I’ve ever been There was a time when I called you There was a time when I called you mine This old house is cold and empty Even these old walls have bent I lay down, you’re not with me Waking up just sinks it in There’s no gold on either side of the Mississippi no silver in this world left to find Precious metal and precious memories slip away, slip away from your finger and your mind
5.
Every little thing you do is a small reminder, now all I see is you upon the mountain peak falling down on me But looking out over all of Shenandoah The rocks below could never understand, little darling, all they stole from me Now every little thought of you is a small reminder of my regrets If only you’d known true happiness maybe one less ghost would be just a lost kid roaming these hills of Rockbridge County But round and round you go mountain high and valley low And you know i’ll never lose these old Jump Mountain blues Round and round you go mountain high and valley low Round and round you go mountain high and valley low (you know i’ll never lose these old Jump Mountain blues) (you know i’ll never lose)
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My blinded heart and these binding chains Are gonna make a loner traveling onward out of me Just a rambler calling for constant change As constant sorrow follows me all of my days I’m a careless lover reeling over all the aches And the hearts I can’t unbreak And it’s breaking mine Cause if the tides should turn, and I learn all they know Could I let you go, if it should ever come time My blinded heart and these binding chains Are gonna make a loner traveling onward out of me When did all the good times turn to hard lines on my face And lead me so far from my place right by your side And when did all the sad songs that we used to know Come to haunt me so, each lonely night My blinded heart and these binding chains Are gonna make a loner traveling onward out of me Just a rambler calling for constant change As constant sorrow follows me all of my days
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Though gently she flows, her depths hold no secrets and that’s where you'll find my rage Where the loss and the tears, tucked away through the years, Rise and fall in waves It's time we made time just for talking It's time we made time to heal But I know she'll be there when I'm lonesome And tell me just how I feel Softly, tenderly, using delicate voices She'll lean in close and draw me near And once I have heard it's all I can hear You may ramble my darling but I'll always be there Though gently she flows, she'll drag you along to a place just around the bend Where the riotous roam and nothing is sacred Where broken hearts never mend How wonderful it is... How wonderful... How wonderful it is... How wonderful... It's time we made time just for talking It's time we made time to heal But I know she'll be there when I'm lonesome And tell me just how I feel Softly, tenderly, using delicate voices
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I’ve carried the world on my back with no more to obtain the fire in the sky, a dim light in my eye that’s long faded And I’ve stood where heroes have fallen, their names turned to stone Yet I remain nameless, the best friend a hero has known Now I’m saving my strength for runnin’ these days I’m saving my strength for runnin’ From the age of kings when pride decided all fate long before war machines took charge and I was to wait it was blind hope and blinders with young men to carry between all the death and the glory, believing they’re one in the same yes I’ve carried the world on my back with no more to obtain the sword and the shield, perched upon saddles and reins but the stampedes of thunder, the cavalry’s charge leave me now for your last war will come and I cannot follow you down
9.
Echo (Live) 03:43
I try to close my eyes, clear my mind And just listen to the wildflowers growing But such whispers on the breeze don’t come easy now, over all this noise I spent my youth among the pines They used to sing a tune so fine And the wind moved like an echo carrying their voices But I saw it in a dream, monuments of trees As the air we breathed turned our lungs to dust And the redwoods so tall, in all their awe, began to rust With no bend and sway at all, that ancient dance was lost And the wind moved like an echo, with a sigh in every gust Someday I hope to find that land of honey wine Where the coffee grows on the white oak trees And those sugar-coated mountains in the spring begin to melt into the sweetest streams Where each night the starlight and the sea together form eternity And the wind moves like an echo as the world drops off to sleep
10.
Some set their heads to swimming, nothing to lose And drift about the good times with slippers in their boots Some walk the straight and narrow, only passing through Trading this world over for a pair of gospel shoes Gospel shoes are laced with shackles and chains Fitted for the poor, the runners of the race Now every hand is folded to the shape of a gun The target’s ever changing but the war, it rages on So the armies march onward for the mother and the son As this world of screaming color is bleached in the blood Freedom was a simple word, so reverent and true A long time ago, it meant the right to choose who you love and how to live, but now it’s so misused and twisted by the politics of men in gospel shoes So the armies march onward for the mother and the son As this world of screaming color is bleached in the blood Our mother she is crying, her broken heart is blue Cause we’re too busy dying to love this life we lose She’s grown weary of the lying She’s tired of all this fighting in the name of gospel shoes
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Ain’t I got a fortune buried so deep In a lifetime of memory and the love I keep Turning within me while the sake of my name Pours forth the only fortune I’ve gained And calls me onward Into the sun Onward Into the sun Just a bird with a broken wing, longing to fly They’ve stretched every highway this poor boy could drive At home with the grounded I found a way Across the plains and o’er the mountains, and back again chorus Ain’t I got a fortune in nearing my end When I think of my family and all of my friends But the highway has ended, my keys handed in I’ve mended my broken wing, my soul it begins to call me onward chorus
15.
Brave men fall with a battlecry Tears fill the eyes of their loved ones and their brothers in arms And so it went for Joseph Warren It should have been different, it could have been easy His rank could’ve saved him but a country unborn needs bravery And it spread like wildfire From the ashes grew sweet liberty Like the seeds of the pines when the forest burns They open up to grow and burn again And it should’ve been different, it could have been easy But too much money rolled in to ever end slavery And the cry for war spread like wildfire Civil war came and civil war went Brother fought brother, the south was spent But its true demise was hatred passed down through the years And it should have been different, it could have been easy But pride has a way of holding too firm to history Then it burns like wildfire I was born a southern son In a small southern town where the rebels run wild they beat their chests and they swear “we’re gonna rise again” And it should have been different, it could have been easy The day that old Warren died, hate should’ve gone with him But here we are caught in a wildfire
16.
Hey stranger, there’s danger down the line You’ll find heartache and trouble in all your good timin’ rowdy ways I tell you no lies There’s no burden greater in life As soon as you pick yourself up just to say Hey to your loved ones they’ll all turn away Don’t go living with trouble in mind There’s no burden greater in life Hey stranger, if ever you decide Giving in to the bottom will ease your worried mind and heavy heart You’ll see in time There’s no burden greater in life As soon as you pick yourself up just to go Home to your loved ones you’ll find a locked door Don’t go making mistakes like mine There’s no burden greater in life Don’t go living with trouble in mind There’s no burden greater in life
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Once the getting was good, but now the getting’s got gone so i’m going downtown just to tie one on I’m oak aged and sour, going down by the hour and I’m as blue as the night is long So won’t someone dance with me to a waltz about whiskey and turn my sad songs to lullabies? I don’t need much of nothing except for all your loving and a waltz about whiskey on ice One quarter should do, number A32 a little truth from the jukebox should make it alright and as the booze sets in I’m getting high again to a waltz about whiskey on ice I remember the night she sat down beside me, she cried love was a ring that won’t end well i was handed a lie now the only thing I know of a ring is the circle my glass leaves behind

about

Back in the beginnings, we didn’t think we would ever release a live album. This didn’t make sense for a band that loves to tour and play. Sounds silly now, but we couldn’t figure out the point of it when we had album recordings, crafted with a heap of intention and total sonic and creative control. Over the last few years we’ve been warming up to the idea as we realized so many of the albums we love and return to the most are live albums.

The upending of the touring world solidified to us just what a vital art form the live show is for us personally—the interaction with the crowd, the improvisation, the eye contact, the luck of catching a performance of a tune that outdoes its album version. The night we loaded this show into protools and started listening, we were maybe three weeks into stay-at-home orders. Spirits weren’t exactly high, but we found ourselves suddenly grinning and dancing around the basement, transported to a time of purpose and connection and inspiration.

Back in Austin in January, we were just on tour. We hadn’t the slightest notion of making a live album out of this show, we were just focusing on overcoming the toddler puke we had spent the day in, not knowing it would come for the rest of our crew in 24 hours. It was an average day on a really fun, sunny, and rewarding tour.

We are so excited to share the joy with you this week.

Thank you for creating a world in which we could play this show. Now close your eyes, grab a beverage and take a trip back (or forward?) in time with us.

xoxo
Emily + Andrew

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released January 12, 2024

CREDITS:
Recorded at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX
Engineered by Mark Alspaugh
Mixed by Sean Sullivan
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Aerial Sound
Artwork by Ishaq Fahim
Cover photos by Kendall Bailey

All songs written by Andrew Marlin

Andrew Marlin - mandolin, acoustic guitar, vocal
Emily Frantz - acoustic guitar, fiddle, vocal
Josh Oliver - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal
Clint Mullican - bass
Joe Westerlund - drums, percussion
Kate Rhudy - fiddle on Hawk is a Mule, background vocals on Into the Sun


This show wouldn’t have happened without the hard work and commitment from Alan Morgan, Sean Flynn, Mamie Branham, Rebecca Ottman, Jimmy Rhine, Josh Brinkman, Kate Begani and everyone mentioned above. Deep thanks go to Mark Alspaugh for running powerhouse sound and indulging our every instrument mic-ing whim, and to Sean Flynn, for doing the same in monitor land with a smile every step of the way. We hope this show brings you a little live music relief during the world’s hiatus from touring. We can’t wait to play for you soon.

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Watchhouse is Andrew Marlin & Emily Frantz (formerly Mandolin Orange). The self-titled new album is available now!

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