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Desert Car Album

by Ac Sapphire

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1.
Well I went to the Atlantic Chasing gigantic emotions Though I didn't catch any I already had plenty So I guess I'll find another ocean Now I'm on the Pacific coastline Nothing specific on my mind Just looking at the water Thinking love is a blunder A wave Or a spell Or a swell I'm stuck under And the stick and poke tattoo bled blue How’s the one that I gave to you? It was a straight line To measure the time That you've been alive, And now you cannot take the time back And I cannot take the line back Now I'm in California And I couldn't warn ya Of its beauty In the wild west Filling up a treasure chest And getting dirty And it's so dry It makes me want to cry Just for moisture Oh Little girl If you want to find your pearl First find your oyster And the stick and poke tattoo bled blue How’s the one that I gave to you? It was a straight line To measure the time That you've been alive, And now you cannot take the time back And I cannot take the line back Well I went to the Atlantic Chasing gigantic emotions Though I didn't catch any I already had plenty So I guess I'll find another ocean
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Desert Car 03:54
Babe do you wanna take a ride In my desert car? I will take you far away It's a 1992 where were you? I was in Pennsylvania I was seven years old It's a master of the road I'll treat you like gold All the places we could go I will take you into the night sky We could drive as far as you like In the right direction No cell reception Just you and me in my desert car I'll keep you safe from scorpions and rattlesnakes Oh baby stay in my desert car It's a Buick roadmaster It don't go faster It's a slow ride It's a station wagon And it's been lagging Like I said babe it's a slow ride We'll take Highway 62 To some Desert view We can sit up on the hood Oh the back seats fold-down I'll show you around We could really do some good I will take you into the night sky We could drive as far as you like In the right direction No cell reception Just you and me in my desert car I'll keep you safe from scorpions and rattlesnakes Oh baby stay in my desert car Babe do you wanna take a ride in my desert car? I will take you far away.
4.
Bag of Bones 03:16
I am a skeleton Everywhere I go I bring along my bag of bones I am at Thunderbird I am an open road See how I fly Look where I go And I'm constantly changing directions In no hurry to get there Cause my feet are where my home is It's the mystery that keeps me interested I am an airplane flying over your head Out of sight, above the clouds And I'm looking down on the lights below They look like a bed of gold There's a volcano underneath my soul Look how it Rocks, see how it rolls There's a tornado at the window See how it turns, look where it goes And It's constantly changing directions In no hurry to get there Cause my feet are where my home is It's the mystery that keeps me interested I am a skeleton
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Bonsai 03:39 video
You grew out of me like a splinter You grew on me like an East Coast winter And I grew too tall to see you below I hit the ceiling and had no place to go. Tie me up like a bonsai You can shape my mind’s eye I want to see the Crystal light I want to know what love is like Want to know what love is like I tossed a coin that has been falling for years Down a well made up of tears Wishing for a cool wind To turn me around To find the treasure Laying out on the ground Tie me up like a bonsai You can shape my mind’s eye I want to see the Crystal light I want to know what love is like Want to know what love is like I want to know what love is like.
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Mood Ring 04:23
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Words are iron steel Iron out how I feel and smooth it over I tried you on It left me inside out Put me back on the shelf for someone else We’re not sure what we’re looking for but we hope we know once we see it And if it feels too good to be true honey Just go ahead and believe it I want to score at the thrift store Get a good find Clear my mind Blue tags are half off It only cost $.50 I got you a lava lamp It’s the best feeling in the world This could be cool I’ll take out the shoulder pads Reminds me of my favorite shirt that I gave to my best friend Who wore it before me? I wonder if it’s clean? Smells like a stranger on a rainy day in a magazine I get lost in your isles Rainbow miles in my heart Telling strangers stories hidden stains Growing pains I don’t even know where to start? I want to score at the thrift store Get a good find Clear my mind Yellow tags are half off It only cost $.50 I can’t believe it fits It’s the best feeling in the world Everything that we lost along the way Everything we hoped would stay I keep things that I should give away I remember everything I lost along the way I want to score at the thrift store Get a good find Clear my mind I want to score at the thrift store
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Cut the Line 04:01
You are a fish unable to be caught Am I wasting all my nets and worms? Just to see you swimming by Admire your beauty Your beady eyes Fish-belly Your beady eyes I've been waiting on the river so long It's become a desert I want to put the hook in your lips And draw you in, Cut The Line Drop you back And watch you swim I just want to see the sun Shining on your skin Cut The Line Drop you back And watch you swim So let love sling wild hearts Come together to fall apart You are what you are not Cause love is a mirage A sleight-of-hand A jokers art And I know you'll disappear I've been waiting on the river so long It's become a desert. I want to put the hook in your lips and draw you in, Cut The Line Drop you back And watch you swim I just want to see the sun Shining on your skin Cut The Line Drop you back And watch you swim Getting advice from stale fortune cookies It's no surprise I read the same one twice It says be wise And shoot off all of your buttons Cause you fall only to get a concussion You fall only to get a concussion You fall only to get a concussion
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I saw written on the wall in the bathroom stall You were here dear I couldn’t make out the year But it was faded so I know it was a long time ago Back when you were on my trail When I hold my breath I see a picture of you in my head Dancing in the rain smoking a cigarette You’d said you’d take what you could get before it’s soaking wet Back when I was on your trail Time is taking us for a ride Time is on nobody side Now I’m looking for you in old photographs That remain timeless When we heard the shutter snap You’re thirty five millimeter camera That time was so precious We had her own era Now you’re taking moonlight swims In the great lakes of my memory Shimmering in the light of what used to be And you dive down so deep I get worried you won’t come up for another breath You were wild and so free you changed me You gave me magic powers I could stay awake all hours Turning trash into art We always were streetsmart When we were on each other‘s trail Time is taking us for a ride Time is on nobody side Now I’m looking for you in old photographs That remain timeless when we heard the shutter snap You’re thirty five millimeter camera That time was so precious We had her own era
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Sitting behind a desk Trying to win a contest It don't really make sense But I'm playing the game baby Well I put in my quarters and I'm turning the wheel Just trying to make you feel Can you feel it I feel baby I'm watching the particles of dust In the sunlight, I'm collecting rest I'm walking the desert all alone Can you feel what I feel baby? Is it every man and woman out for themselves? Trying to get their story off of the shelves And on the radio And in the magazine Is this living your dream baby? Can you feel it I feel baby What is a song and what is it for? It is a truth trying to unlock your door What is a song and what does it do? It is a ghost trying to get through Can you feel it I feel baby?
11.
Full Moon 03:48
Full moon above me You'll drive me crazy I feel you in my stomach Pulling like a magnet And I will rise with the rising tide Pull the water up through my eyes Who are you to make a fool Expose us in your light Full moon above me Will your light drown me I hear the werewolf crying you break me without trying And I will rise with a rising tide Pull the water up through my eyes Full moon you know me You know that I adore thee See me through these changes As you go through your phases And I will rise with the rising tide Pull the water up through my eyes

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released July 16, 2022

Produced Engineered and mixed by Tim Sonnenfeld
Co-produced by AC Sapphire
Mastered by Mike Bardzik

Stick And Poke Tattoo
Bag Of Bones
Bonsai
Can You Feel What I Feel

Guitar, Vocals: AC Sapphire
Drums, Vocals: Ryan Erskine
Pedal Steel: Luke Dawson
Backup Vox: Victoria Williams
Photography Carly Valentine
Cover Design Adam Bulgasem

Desert Car:
- co-written by Tim Sonnenfeld and AC Sapphire

Full Moon:
- produced, mixed, engineered by Johnny Hanson at The Nest Studios
-Co-written by Johnny Hanson

Cut The Line:
-co-written by Tim Sonnefeld, AC Sapphire, Victoria Williams

35mm Camera:
- produced, mixed, mastered by Harlan Steinberger at Hen House Studios in Venice, CA.
- drums by Harlan Steinberger
- bass Aroyn Davis
- Organ Harlan Steinberger
-Violin Nikita Sorokin
-Electric Guitar Milo Gonzalez
-Vocals AC Sapphire

Thrift Store Score:
-produced mixed and mastered by Harlan Steiberger at Hen House Studios in Venice, CA
-Drums by Harlan Steinberger
-Bass Aroyn Davis
-Lead Vocal / Electric Guitar AC Sapphire
-Additional Vocals / Electric Guitar Micah Nelson aka Particle Kid

Jesus, Are You There?:
-produced and engineered by Lynx DeMuth
- piano Lynx DeMuth

Mood Ring:
-engineered and produced by Howard Billerman
-Mixed and harmonies with Lynx DeMuth

Special thanks to Victoria Williams for her studio

And my mother and father Dennis and Cindy

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Ac Sapphire Portland, Oregon

December 32nd, Ac Sapphire's decadent new record is filled with songs that honor Sapphire at her best: guitar, and vocals front and center; celebrations of the songwriter, the shredder, that she is. Sapphire sits serenely among the songwriting class that is our generation's Laurel Canyon sound. Listen if you like Courtney Marie Andrews, Mikaela Davis, Madison Cunningham, or Kassi Valazza. ... more

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