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Switchboard

from God the Radio by James Tristan Redding

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Originally written to be performed by the group Union Pulse, this song never made it onto any of their albums. There are two or three live recordings floating around somewhere, but this is the only studio recording of Switchboard to date.

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Every morning she wakes with the sunrise
The grace of an angel deep in her dark eyes
Hours ago she taught him to smile today
Now he's unconscious hundreds of miles away

Every shade of blood and inspiration

I'm tired of the switchboard, imperfect connections
It's all interference and mostly rejection
The desperate phone calls without any warning
From broken receivers at four in the morning

Running on empty slowly the days die
Singing the same sun under the same sky
I'm looking westward to curse all the states between
Damn the Dakotas, I envy the skies they've seen

Every shade of blood and inspiration

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from God the Radio, track released April 11, 2005
Engineered and mixed by Ricky Orta, Jr.

Words and music copyright 2016 by James Tristan Redding. Registered with BMI. All rights reserved.

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
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