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One-Eared Boy and the Orphan Train Riders

by One-Eared Boy

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1.
We Know 02:55
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From the east side they’re coming cunningly From the west side they’re coming cunningly We know In the end time won’t heal anything They’ll walk past and just forget Then we’ll edge away Out in the winter How come, brother ? How can you do ? Sad dark waters Smothered my guilt, I won’t let it come through Deep in my own heart, I know I’m unworthy There ain’t no such sorrow than having memories We know In the end time won’t heal anything They’ll walk past and just forget We know
2.
The Bells 04:55
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Howling And crawling into my hole Because everybody Wants me to put the lights out I Guess they’re gonna find out where my hideout is And knock down the door Prowling And struggling, no they won’t back down Ain’t no sound nor light to lead you Only doubt and dark and dust too It’s coming in your ears and your eyes Til you shiver when fear comes through There ain’t any way, any way, any way out But you’ll get soon used to moving through The valley of doom Where there’s only rain Only rain by your side Hard to get through Waving And flapping on the other side A shattered flag Stands as my only light Make my shackles sing out the gloom It’s beginning I suppose all I can do Is stand by the bells and pray that something May happen out of the blue But I’m losing, losing, losing, losing hope they will release me So I bend to pick up the hammer They urge me to get down on my knees « Now strike it the louder, The louder you can » Oh I give all I’ve got and take a look upward I see them drawing back, drawing back from me I’m out cold Liars They left me caught in the tide Now that everybody Feel way better tonight My hands are tied No I won’t push my pride aside Even if it should cost my life They say ain’t no freedom for me They say ain’t no freedom for me No I won’t push my pride aside Even if it should cost my life
3.
Ballad of Unsung Heroes 04:01
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4.
Daddy Long Legs 03:05
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Honey I must go Honey I must go And all your crying won’t make me stay I don’t even hear it no more Walking out the door Dragging all my woes Dragging all my woes I will complain to those who care Feel bad for me, I’m all alone What a cruel bore Everywhere I go I let the coward inside of me Take all control Take all control Even if I’m no more free than a water lake In the morning I follow my long long shadow A daddy long legs that can’t do anything but hit the road Nowhere to be seen Nowhere to be seen Singing a sad song I heard when I was young May you never be alone like me Adrift in the sea Everywhere I go I let the coward inside of me Take all control Take all control Even if I’m no more free than a water lake In the morning I follow my long long shadow A daddy long legs that can’t do anything but hit the road Honey I must go Honey I must go And all your crying won’t make me stay I don’t even hear it no more Walking out the door
5.
The Orphan Train Riders 03:01
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All our grief is gone And our time is done Oh here we are Oh here we are, locked in these cars Driver take us home Where the sun hasn’t shone For many months Or even years, we just don’t know No outcry, no sound When we’re getting down The train we rode Thousands of hands to be bought and sold We the thieves of gold Roaming by your door Already far away Please let us slave our lives away Now now now now now Now now now now now Here we are Eager to slave our lives away
6.
(Death don't have no mercy) In This Land 05:56
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Death don’t have no mercy in this land Death don’t have no mercy in this land He’ll come to your house, well he won’t stay long You’ll look in your bed and somebody will be gone Death don’t have no mercy in this land Well death will go in any family in this land Well death will go in every family in this land He’ll come to your house, well he won’t stay long You’ll look in your bed and one of your family will be gone Death will go in any family in this land Well he never takes a vacation in this land Well old death never takes a vacation in this land Well he’ll come to your house and he won’t stay long You’ll look in your bed and your mother will be gone Death never takes a vacation in this land Death will leave you standing and crying in this land Oh death will leave you standing and crying in this land Well he’ll come to your house and he won’t stay long You’ll look in your bed and somebody will be gone Death will leave you standing and crying Death will leave you standing and crying Death will leave you standing and crying Death will leave you standing and crying

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released March 20, 2026

Words&music by ONE-EARED BOY. Except track 6 written by Rev. Gary Davis.
All tracks mixed by Jérôme Henry. Except track 3 mixed by Jérôme Henry & One-Eared Boy, and track 6 mixed by One-Eared Boy.
Mastered by Adrien Pallot at Chab Mastering.

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