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A Family Light

by Buxton

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1.
Mane of Gold 03:21
You’re dark like the horse is From my dreams But I find myself a worthy steed With black diamond eyes a black velvet soul Black silver shoes, and a mane of gold So Lord I’ve come I’ve left my sins behind Like whiskey and wine Make that stallion mine I sneer at Charlotte Ben’s old horse But I’ve made my peace with him of course For soon, I’ll be riding Bareback for years Ride up that mountain Until heaven appears
2.
Westward 04:00
Well i was born in love Raised in hatred My father left and my mother blamed him She said life and love And peace and hope are luxuries we can't afford But I know i don't belong In this life it seems so wrong And there can't be nothing right With leaving your loved ones behind It’s a shame but I’ve made up my mind So I packed my things and headed westward Took my strat my boots and best shirt And I left a note upon my mothers dresser Explaining how I wished i missed her
3.
Flame 06:18
You’re a flame and I can feel the burn Cause I touched you But I can’t let you go It was March, April, May and June And no one saw us We hid inside your room With nothing left to do but burn Some might say that this is where it ends Where the magic turns to science And lovers turn to friends And yes it's sad It ends this way But this is true And I can’t make you stay I wouldn’t anyway But if you want to stay awhile I won’t make you go and leave tonight Though my heart may beat in double time Still I think it will be alright And that flame you were Now it's only smoke and it's begun to hurt my eyes But no, there’s nothing wrong with love If you got enough The only soul here that's left to save Is my own, cause I gave it away The only words, here left to speak Are the same three words We know but can’t repeat, we can never speak
4.
Bones 03:57
Bones in your car Lover won’t you stay where you are Sirens seem so far Traveling through the dark Six candlelights Casting seven shadows in a line They burn throughout the night And on into the light My mothers song The one she hasn't sung in so long I always got it wrong And so I won’t try again Curse these words Cause I can’t sing At all Fire and flame Have finally caught up to you They know all the things you do And who you do them to All of my life I’ve been afraid to cry And I’ve been so afraid to die I just never knew why Curse these words Cause I can’t sing Curse these lungs Cause I can’t breathe At all
5.
Hide, hide beneath your sheets Promises to keep Siren whistle blows And in case you don’t know I’ve fallen in love Blind, blinding like the sun This war has just begun Between my heart And the thousands of miles That keep us apart Si-, silent like the thought As black and white they cross A carousel to blame Each horse with a name Each horse just the same
6.
I will go down to the river I will quench my thirst Drink from this dirty water Drink until it hurts And I will wash my hands in the sea Til these wet walls fall all over me I will give my heart to someone I will give my soul Giving up so much of myself Think I’ve lost control But I will take that chance For her grace Til this love falls into place, falls right into place I will go home to my mother Find her in the rain Beg her for forgiveness I was young, I’m not the same And I will wash away all her pain Then I’ll never talk to her again
7.
There’s blood on the street And in my hair And on my hands and on my feet Must I repeat the gravity And there’s no point in coming clean And shedding light It benefits you to claim that you were right I hope you know I’m taking notes oOOOoooooooOooOOOOOoooo There’s only death up ahead It’s all I see From the prayers made in my bed Or am i asleep and is this a dream And are these things not what they seem? Could I be wrong An honest man Persecuted all along But no. This is the truth? It’s breaking news Our poor mother oOOOoooooooOooOOOOOoooo Lay me with my mother So that she would know I loved her We don’t have to blame each other We are underground Ghosts, white collared ghosts With their white ties And their white coats Will lie right to our eyes And say they tried For our fathers
8.
Mothers 03:22
There’s too many mothers Naming their daughters After towns and names of streets There’s too many fathers That name their sons after heroes on TV But that’s a big mistake If that's the choice you choose to make Cause heroes die and the buildings in the sky won’t remain There’s too many whispers Too many secrets In the town of Cypress Creek Cause all my lovers there Have found another And have forgotten how to speak But that’s a big mistake If that’s the route you choose to take Cause all those lies, they never could disguise Now they fake And all the mountains And all the oceans have fallen and dried up And all that we’re left with Six billion people finally ready to be loved But if we call it quits Saying this is life and that was it Then all your days That you had slaved away Just to say We gave up?
9.
And so the Collins stood For a portrait in the woods But Joseph their youngest son Who’d felt, did not belong Begun to run with such great stride Into the woods to hide And years went by, seemed Joseph died Along the riverside Alone, and horrified And so the Collins grieved Bound by disbelief And the fact that all he needs Is to be mourned in peace So they sang with voices wild “Lord protect our child” And they laid him down to rest Using a rocking horse instead And time passed by, as hope subsides That Joseph might Return in the night And so the Collins grew Mark excelled in school And wrote a book at 65 Called ‘Brides Turned into Wives’ And Sister Anne she married young Packed up and moved to Lexington And had a son, his name was Tom He later died in Vietnam And Mother Martha sleeps at night She dreams of Joseph on a boat But she is standing riverside She waves goodbye and lets him go But she awoke one night To Joseph’s cries He stood outside And said ‘Ma, embrace your son. He’s home’ He’s home!
10.
Lead Skin 05:06
Diamonds wrapped in lead Once was my skin And I just can't take, when you're with him And I just can't take, you with him I’ve looked in others eyes None shine as bright As the way, yours did that night It was always you, what can I do
11.
I’m all I’ve got Just me and my mom Burning up the sheets That you slept upon Oh I know you’ve got the kindest heart Would kill me if I knew that you had changed But how can I love you darlin If I can’t speak your name Try and fall asleep inside this room That I shared with you in August afternoon I know you’ve got a lot to say To try and put things back in their place But how can I love you darlin If I can’t look you in the face Tomorrow never came And I stayed here the same Illuminate the words That come right off the page I know you’ve done a lot to stay And trust me it was more than I could stand But how can I love you darlin If I can’t shake your hand My one demand, is once you find your man Spend some time with him Don’t build your walls so deep Cause you’ll get over me
12.
Living Room 05:59
Well darling I regret I hadn’t called you yet See I’m dealing with this mess And I must get things off my chest What this son’s son believes His 3 sisters won’t agree But their poor fathers death Is only one less life to grieve Well how can I respect this man Whose eyes I can never meet And in those eyes a bastard’s made a bastard out of me Well how can I respect someone Who would look upon his only son As only a failure for the things he'd never done Well I’m standing in the dark In this living room That my father threw me out when I was 22 Now I must pay my dues to the father that I never knew Well darling I regret That i ain’t coming home just yet I’m up to my neck in this great deal of debt And my mothers tries to explain How he loved me just the same Well I think that's awful strange When all I felt was pain And how can I respect him who Who thought of me as no more than a seed And now this seed must bury him and tend his dying need And once he is laid to rest And I’ve paid off all his debt I will pay my last respect Explaining dad ‘Your son has set’ Through the night, all that shone That heavy hearts, they sink like stone And I’m scared that I’ll wind up alone So please my love, stay on the phone Shined upon a family light Where everything is dark inside I swear my love I’ll make it home If it takes all night

about

Houston - TX based band, Buxton, has released multiple albums through New West over the years but back in 2008, the guys released one of their first albums, 'A Family Light,' that never really saw the light of day. At the time, the band briefly distributed it on CD only, so not many folks were ever able to hear it. Flash forward to this September 15th - Strolling Bones Records will be releasing a completely remastered version on CD, vinyl, and DSPs to celebrate the album's 15 year anniversary.

The album appeared suddenly. Within about a week, 'A Family Light' was pretty much fully written.

“Despite the old cliché, the inspiration for this album stemmed from heartbreak,” describes band member Sergio Trevino. “Fresh out of a failed relationship, I took to writing, resisting the temptation to create bitter or angsty love songs. I tried to channel my emotions into something larger. Looking back, with the benefit of time and distance from the album, I realize that it kinda became a response to my observations of the family dynamics, and how strange and complicated those predetermined roles are.”

credits

released September 15, 2023

Buxton: Sergio Trevino, Jason Willis, Chris Wise

Additional Musicians: Josh Ello, Eileen Guthrie, Brett Taylor, Jeoaf Johnson, Daniel Hawkins, Justin Terrell, Kellen Humphrey, Reggie O’Farrell, Shane Patrick

Produced by Buxton and Reggie O’Farrell

Recorded by Reggio O’Farrell at The Mia Kat House in Houston, TX except for “Feathers” and “Flint” which was recorded by John Griffin at Sugar Hill Studios in Houston, TX

Mastered by Hank Hamberg at Magellan Sound Studio except for “Feathers” and “Flint” which was mastered by Heba Kadry

Remastered by Chris Longwood

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