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Ariel Bui

by Ariel Bui

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grace makes me feel like a cool cowboy Favorite track: Appraisal.
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Duke Norman Ariel Bui is amazing! Great Sunday mood album!
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Michelle Stone Wow, love it. Thank you for doing this.
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1.
“To All the Cowboys” To all the cowboys that I ever loved I hope the open road Kisses your feet sweet as you did me Before you had to go To all the sailors that I ever loved I hope the ocean blue Finds you sailin’ in a gentle breeze Bringin’ you home to me To all the dreamers that I ever loved I hope the stars above Find you awakin’ to the song of a whippoorwill Remindin’ you I love you still
2.
Jump the Gun 04:54
“Jump the Gun” Step back, take a look at that All the pretty pictures of All the piggies on the farm Drew blood Step back, take a look at that All the shootin’ you could do Only took you to True love So ain’t no use To jump the gun When you know The bullet’s comin’ No ain’t no use To jump the gun When you know The bullet’s comin’ Why me? So the sayin’ goes You’d be as pleased If I was a ghost But in my dreams There in the dark You were a secret A secret in my heart Will you remember when I’m gone When the harvest comes along Of my flesh and of my bones Of my heart and of my soul I’ve wallowed in the mud And taken scraps I ate your love And you ate it back I’ve walled in the mud And taken scraps I ate your love and you ate it back So ain’t no use To jump the gun When you know The bullet’s comin No ain’t no use To jump the gun When you know The bullet’s comin
3.
Appraisal 02:25
“Appraisal” Never think she loves him wholly, Or believe her love is blind, All his faults are locked securely In a closet of her mind; All his indecisions folded Like old flags that time has faded, Limp and streaked with rain, And his cautiousness like garments Frayed and thin, with many a stain - Let them be, oh, let them be, There is treasure to outweigh them, His proud will that sharply stirred, Climbs as surely as the tide, Senses strained too taut to sleep, Gentleness to beast and bird, Humor flickering hushed and wide As the moon on moving water, And a tenderness too deep To be gathered in a word. But never think she loves him wholly, Or believe her love is blind, All his faults are locked securely In a closet of her mind; All his indecisions folded Like old flags that time has faded, Limp and streaked with rain, And his cautiousness like garments Frayed and thin, with many a stain - Let them be, oh, let them be, There is treasure to outweigh them
4.
“Sycamore Tree” Beneath the sycamore tree We are not us no more, just you and me And if I could call you my button ball This hand would reach to you But that won’t do Beneath the sycamore tree I’ll eavesdrop on birds while you read poetry And if we’d have done these things all along We might have not gone wrong Yet, here we are Beneath the sycamore tree We are not us no no, just you and me And if I could call you my button ball This hand would reach to you But that won’t do
5.
“Moon Over Kentucky” Oh, the moon over Kentucky It brings me to my knees Like the one I almost married To be Canadian Oh, the moon over Kentucky Is like a setting sun For your wife I will never be And a husband I have none Chorus: Where the grass is blue I am too While the moon over Kentucky Has a yellow belly hue Oh the moon o’er Lou’siana It found me awful low In its glow nothing consoled me But a distant radio In a moon over the bayou I fell in love with you Broken-hearted Cajun sweetheart Come a’court me in Nashville Chorus Oh, the full moon over Nashville Is why I write this song Music City’s got me workin’ To pay off my student loans From the highway I can see you Oh my ‘most forgotten moon Music City’s got me cravin’ Oh that ol’ Kentucky moon Chorus 2x
6.
"Since You Went Away" I heard you were comin’ home real soon So I sat right down to write you a tune About all the things I couldn’t say Since you went away Why did you not write or call Like you never knew me at all You told me you could not respond So I did my best to movin’ on I heard you were comin’ home real soon So I sat right down to write you a tune About all the things I couldn’t say Since you went away I wondered if you had had another And if you consider me a friend or lover I miss you but I don’t know if I oughtta Only to find you at the bottom of another bottle But I can’t brush you away Though I know my heart may break But you been on my mind Since you went away I heard you were comin’ home real soon So I sat right down to write you a tune About all the things I couldn’t say Since you went away
7.
“How It Should Be” Time, you are a ghost Tomorrow's just as close as here As far as years Time, you've got no corpse No skeleton that begins Or ends When I think of all the people I've become All of a sudden They all are one When I think of all the people that I'll be I will remember They all are me We all follow a line That we think of as time But it's all in our minds In our minds All your life has been set Infinite determinants determine it But don't fret or forget To live it All our lives we spend afraid Of the futures we have made Living our lives day by day Without god Without faith I just wish that we could see Everything's how it should be See and then really believe Everything's how it should be Everything's how it should be Everything's how it should be How it should be How it should be
8.
Empty Casket 03:34
“Empty Casket” Life is just an empty casket Life is just an empty casket I bet my eggs all on one basket I bet my eggs all on one basket Now life is just an empty casket Life is just an empty casket Domesticated animals Don’t mate, they watch the teleporn So life is just an empty casket Life is just an empty casket You know what you did And you’ll pay for it Can’t hide from yourself Or your suffering Until you realize…. That life is just an empty casket Life is just an empty casket Life is just an empty casket Life is just an empty casket
9.
Open Arms 03:27
“Open Arms” Silenced through the day Silenced, too afraid to say Why? Silenced through the night What man would touch a child? Denial is such a fright Open arms on the truth Open arms on you Hold your tongue, hold your place Open arms on human race Silenced by the white noise Silenced by some white boys With their money and their toys Open arms on the truth Open arms on you Hold your tongue, hold your place Open arms on human race
10.
Summer Love 04:40
“Summer Love” Sun shinin’ down Out through the clouds While strawberry flowers Are turnin’ Cool summer breeze Caressin’ the trees In a Birdsong Symphony Rail road cars Viscious dogs And dew drops In the alleys Midnight walks Were those fireworks Or gunshots In the dark Sweat and skin I was in Summer love Sun shinin’ down Out through the clouds While strawberry flowers Are turnin’ Cool summer breeze Caressin’ the trees In a Birdsong Symphony Sweat and skin I was in Summer love 3x
11.
Honey, Moon 03:21
“Honey, Moon” Open my heart Too soon When I should know ‘Bout you Honey, Moon Wanes so soon Into the dark Of something new Hopelessly Please be my dream Dry my tears Soothe my fears Come when I call Soften the fall And let me be Your Devotee Open my heart Too soon When I should know ‘Bout you Honey, Moon Wanes so soon Into the dark Of something new

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released September 30, 2016

Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Andrija Tokic at The Bomb Shelter, East Nashville, TN
Mastered by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering, Brooklyn, NY

All songs written & performed by Ariel Bui
Guitar & Vocals: Ariel Bui
Backup vocals: Emma Berkey & Lizzie Wright
Drums & Percussion: Dave Racine
Multi-Instrumentation: Jon Estes

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Ariel Bui is a Nashville-based musical artist, activist & educator.

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