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Big Oak

by Big Oak

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Nights like these I struggle in ways to describe Don’t care to look with these bloodshot eyes How many papers must one file to make their pay? How many lies must one hear to think they’re okay? What’s the point of growing when all your flowers wilt? Rivers washed away all of his silt Rusting wire and bleeding hands along the plain Spiraling circles in the clouds that turn me insane Though it’s growing late If I concentrate Maybe someday This sleeping bear will wake Left alone again in this room Nothing but a harp and a crooked old loom Now to envy the rabbits and the coast Both take what little they have and make the most
2.
Ice and Snow 07:57
When the ground is ice and snow Father Sun his face don't show Oh my dear, please let me know When you are ice and snow
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Mary, do you see your babe? Give you a holy name Jesus Christ will someday Rise from his grave Joseph the carpenter Build us a brand new church Build it strong, build it firm The savior is near Mary, with your tears in your hair Pick yourself up, just don't care No use for cryin' When the savior is here Some say for The Lord's sake Is but our own mistake Heathens, well, they hide their face Scared as they may You lot are falling deep Way beyond The Lord's keep For every sin you sow So shall you reap Peter, with your love so strong Hear me when I sing this song Show me from right or wrong Just point the way Lordy, see your head hung low You fill me from head to toe Grace flowing in my bones Join in the fray Sinners, you foul men Builders of the serpent's den Your time has come to end Repent while you can
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When the waves have grown too high On this coast where I lie And all that comes out is a sigh The sun is fading in his grace He's still here to make a place All I can see is your face Many a man have been called by the sea But many more have died in her company In her company Our souls are all we've ever been We're just a big machine Or maybe it's life that is a dream Hopeful that I won't drown And your waves won't bring me down To your arms you know I am bound Many a man have been called by the sea But many more have died in her company In her company
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O Verum 03:17
O Iesu culpis O Iesu pie Fili Mariae
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Orange and red runs down the hill Like a painting standing still Just as a pretty young sweet girl Whom I care for and always will Now she's here and then she's gone 'Cause her will is much too strong Any asshole can write a poem Or a drunkard sing a song As the willow starts to mourn Coats and scarves to keep us warm Relate the soul to the sight On this cold autumn night Her hair is black don't you know And skin as pale as a ghost Haunts my dreams now and then Those are the ones I like most Wooden doors open the way To a place we would go everyday Now we're older and wearing suits Our day jobs always seem so gray As the willow starts to mourn Coats and scarves to keep us warm Relate the soul to the sight On this cold autumn night Moonlight shines in the night Man makes his own light But my phantom girl looks best When she's in my own dark sight
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Mount Shroud 08:31
If I was a picture in a frame Who would count the echoes? Who to blame? Help the foggy swoon to remain But how can I so weak keep contained Oh I know all is not black and white But the world is dangerous and you'll be cold at night If there's something that you want, but you can't have You can always have the mountain And if there's a dirge to sing but can't be sung Then listen to my bluebird cry Looks may warm where eyes grow pale They're heavy made of glass, mind so frail If the key were ever to be found Then paws would swift across the rocky ground So let me go, ain't no sin in my mind Though intentions be so fit, first may seem unkind If there's something that you want, but you can't have You can always have...
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Untitled 02:05

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This is our first album. We'd like to give a huge thanks to Kylie Buddin at United Action for Youth for teaching us about recording and letting us use the studio. We couldn't have made this without his help and the rest of the UAY crew.

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released August 12, 2016

Cover Art Drawing by Leah Dusterhoft

Recorded at United Action for Youth by Kylie Buddin, Thomas Gumpper, and Joe Feldmann
Mixed by Thomas Gumpper and Joe Feldmann

Joe Feldmann
Vocals: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Banjo: (1, 2, 3, 6)
Mandolin: (1, 5, 6)
Recorder: (1, 3)
Harmonium: (1, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Tambourine: (1, 2)
Shaker: (1, 7, 9)
Cabasa: (7)
Piano: (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
Cowbell: (2)
Harmonica: (2)
Djembe: (2)
Accordion: (2, 3, 6, 7)
Applause: (2)
Toy Piano: (3)
Acoustic Guitar: (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Stylophone: (3)
Jaw Harp: (3)
Moog: (5, 7, 8)
Didgeridoo: (6, 7)
Harpsichord Synth: (6)
Singing Bowl: (7)
Melodica: (7)
Bowed Cymbal: (7)
Electric Bass: (9)
Xylophone: (9)
Erhu: (9)

Thomas Gumpper
Vocals: (1, 2, 3, 5, 9)
Trumpet: (1)
12 String Acoustic: (1, 2, 4)
Applause: (2)
Electric Guitar: (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Djembe: (5, 9)
Drumset: (9)


Daniel Szmyrgala
Vocals: (1, 2)
Acoustic Guitar: (1)
Tambourine: (2, 9)
Electric Guitar: (3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
12 String Acoustic: (4)

Louis Ho
Violin: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Joel Tansey
Double Bass: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8)
Electric Bass: (6)
Maniacal Laughter: (3)

Ricardo Rodriguez
Drumset: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

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Big Oak Iowa City, Iowa

Big Oak is an experimental folk band started in 2014. After playing a handful of shows at their high school, they began recording material in the studio. In 2016, they released their eponymous debut album. They are now on intermittent hiatus due to attending different colleges and universities.

Members:
Joe Feldmann
Thomas Gumpper
Louis Ho
Daniel Szmyrgala
Joel Tansey
Ricky Rodriguez
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