RACHEL
Green tractor at an old red barn. A dog barks from a
pickup truck.
The crick chubbles beneath my feet. I’ve got a body
tied up in a sack.
Pawprints in the racoon mud. Wet nettles on my
gooseflesh skin.
Dirty water to my cold, dry lips. I’ve got my Rachel in
my arms again.
Bye bye, baby. Baby, bye bye.
This time I really mean it.
Bye bye, baby. Baby, bye bye.
I told you all about me when we met. I said, “Listen,
darlin’ can’t you see...
I don’t know how to stop the things I feel. I got
something burning up inside of me.”
Bye bye, baby. Baby, bye bye.
This time I really mean it.
Bye bye, baby. Baby, bye bye.
I love you baby more than heaven knows.
I love you more than all these words can say.
That’s why I’m burying your Sunday clothes. We’ll be
together in a better place.
I float my Sugar down the river’s joints. I watch it carry
her and lay her down.
The sun rises on her sinking nails. She’s going under
now, without a sound.
Bye bye, baby. Baby, bye bye.
This time I really mean it.
Bye bye, baby. Baby, bye bye.
Terminal Saints:
JVA - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Percussion
Here Comes The Blood Man:
Jim Walker - Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals
CB Rock - Ambient Instigations
(Vocal and acoustic guitar track recorded live on the banks
of the Multnomah Channel...in February...33 degrees. Can
you hear me shaking? I can. CB Rock and his mad ideas. It started raining in the middle of this take. You can hear it at
the end.)
Body Of Water:
Lead vocals - Aaron Slipper
Will Kast - Guitar
Jim Walker - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards,
Drum Programming
Violin - Curtis Wu
Terminal Saints 30:
Jim Walker - Guitars, Vx