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1.
Nobody Has To Know 02:49
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The house is in flames Let it burn You can use your maiden name But we can never return Driving in whichever way The wind won’t carry the smoke Nobody has to know We can fake our deaths And leave town Find fresh air to catch our breath And live on hand-me-downs Driving to the west Until we see the afterglow Nobody has to know Are we too proud To say it out loud And live looking over our shoulders? Are we allowed To feel it now And start over?
2.
Stubborn Blood 04:13
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You were born a ghost Floating in dated clothes With skin too gossamer And though no walls could keep you back Could only say you felt trapped I was born on fire A body of tin wire With veins of stubborn blood Couldn’t clear the ash from my throat So every exhale is cynical and arduous Yes our hearts are beating But when is the last time we felt alive? And we can refuse to feel it But it’s getting too easy to lie We renew like water With stories of our grandfathers And how they killed the time Heirlooms tracing lines across our palms Some are sadly gone too soon Some go on too long And it comes in waves Written all over your face with time I’ll forgive you when you say The choice is made Patterns repeat until we die
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Cruelty 04:10
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If I’m being honest It’s hard to be impressed When you’re tangled in my bones Convinced we’re better off alone Always holding back Waiting for what you thought you had Before every stepping stone Proved we’re better off alone Who are you lying to? What are you trying to to prove? When there’s no one better than you At ignoring your cruelty Staring into the void After the fire a still small voice Crying out a sirens song Convincing you to scream along Always holding back Waiting for what you thought you had Before every stepping stone Proved we’re better off alone
4.
Demons 03:44
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In a dream last night You were John and I was Paul And I wept for your untimely death And wandered through The rooms of our old haunts And laid my hands on what we left I felt my guilty soul Move within my chest Searching for some kind of proof But in the end we both knew When all is said and done There’s only one simple truth That we can make it out of here alive But we’ll have to fight Or be sacrificed But no one makes it out of her alive Without their demons close behind I woke paralyzed With a shadow in the room Inching nearer to side where you sleep I couldn’t catch my breath And couldn’t bear to see it’s face So I prayed to drift back into the dream But I felt its touch And felt it breathing on our necks And its hands pressed over our mouths And as I tried to scream I saw you peaceful at my side And all at once I had no doubt
5.
That's No Way To Let You Go 03:43
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I remember how you’d look at me Before the years of doubt and fear And ours or theirs Had brought us to our knees Now I dream of who we used to be Before some spell made me A fool enough to set you free And now I’m conjuring a ghost Putting too much faith in the unknown And that’s no way to let you go Summoning your form from deep in the shadows I remember when you said to me The hardest part of a broken heart Are the fits and starts with nothing guaranteed Now I truly know just what that means It might stop its bleeding But who knows if it will beat I think I can hear your voice Hiding in the static of my broken radio So maybe the truth is That I don’t have a choice I’m resigned to see your traits inside the face of everyone I know
6.
I'm a Liar 03:25
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When I’m not holding back You trust me But when you cautiously ask I have the audacity to blame you I can see it in your eyes You can’t pretend to be surprised What good am I if you think I’m a liar? When I hide from myself You know me But when I can’t help but dwell I point my anxiety at you I can see it in your eyes You can’t pretend to be surprised And if the truth is in disguise Why would you ever compromise? What good am I if you think I’m a liar?
7.
Ruby Honeymoon 04:20
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Castles will turn to dust No matter how true the stone Stars will burn themselves out No matter how brilliant the glow But you can’t keep writing fiction When your wit can’t charm And our ruby honeymoon Is all but gone Kings will sit on their throne No matter how heavy the crown Killers aren’t made to atone Until the bodies are found But you can’t claiming humor When the jokes go too far And our ruby honeymoon Is all but gone Nothing is really true If nothing is ever a lie How can it mean anything Without the chance it could die But you can’t claiming humor When the jokes go too far And the timing of the punchline Brings nervous laughter You can’t keep writing fiction When your wit can’t charm And our ruby honeymoon Is all but gone
8.
Won't Save Us Both 03:48
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Too old to start over Too young to let it go We can make whatever excuses we want It won’t save us both And nothing will change If nothing will change But if you want to put words in my mouth What do you want me to say? If it sounds so cliche What do you want me to say? Before we get carried away What do you want me to say? Too tired to put up a fight Too tense to fall asleep At least we’re not lying to ourselves If we don’t even speak And right on time We forgot our lines So if you’d rather write the script for me What do you want me to say? If it sounds so cliche What do you want me to say? Before we get carried away What do you want me to say? Don’t hold back, don’t hesitate What do you want me to say? Before we throw it all away What do you want me to say?
9.
Doldrums 03:51
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Holding on Through waters cold and dark Arm in arm Until we drift apart Seas change and oscillate And drown before you acclimate Cut and run Eyes on the horizon In the doldrums A lighthouse or the sun Sinking Gasping for a breath Reaching for the shore Gasping for a breath Floating to the shore
10.
A Great Cascade 03:26
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No I’ll never be the kind to talk to God Always believed that once you’re gone, you’re gone And there’s no use in praying All we are is a vessel full of stars Skin and bone made of haggard cells decaying Until one day they all give way In a great cascade I’m not alone without all your ghosts around me And a lack of faith doesn’t make me feel less loved Or less afraid It’s just the thought that something new might find me Off in the void of laying in a grave With so much left to say and contemplate A new voice in a great cascade So hold me up Hold me up Let me go Hold me down Hold me down Hold onto hope No I’ll never be the kind to talk to God Always believed that once you’re gone, you’re gone And there’s no use complaining

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Produced by Dave Buker and the Historians

Music written and arranged by Dave Buker, Leanna Buker, Daniel Ita, Brogan Reilly, Joe Spurlock, except:
“Stubborn Blood” by Dave Buker, Leanna Buker, Daniel Ita, Timothy, Jennings, Brogan Reilly, Joe Spurlock
"Doldrums" by Dave Buker, Leanna Buker, Daniel Ita, Timothy, Jennings, Brogan Reilly, Joe Spurlock, Tyler Theofilos

Lyrics by Dave Buker (BMI), expect:
“Stubborn Blood” by Dave Buker and Leanna Buker
“Ruby Honeymoon” by Dave Buker, Leanna Buker, and Daniel Ita
“Doldrums” by Dave Buker, Leanna Buker, and Tyler Theofilos

Recorded by Tony Rice at Oranjudio and Dave Buker at Maple Catacombs
Additional recording by James Harker at Moonlight Audio

Mixed by James Harker
Mastered by Jamie Vitullo


Created with support from the Greater Columbus Arts Council

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released June 2, 2023

Dave Buker - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, electric piano, keyboard, mandolin, hand claps
Leanna Buker - vocals, keyboard, hand claps
Daniel Ita - bass
Brogan Reilly - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, trumpet, hand claps
Joe Spurlock - drums, percussion, hand claps

Additional musicians:
Liz Fisher - violin
Tim Harker - baritone saxophone

Cover artwork by Bernarda Nibera Conič
Photography by Tierra Suggs
Artwork layout by Dave Buker

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Dave Buker and the Historians Columbus, Ohio

Based in Columbus, OH, Dave Buker and the Historians have been spreading their brand of Americana since 2010. As was true for many musicians, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the band’s momentum, and they chose to focus on writing and recording new music. The result is Heirlooms, the band’s first album of original music since 2019’s It Moves in the Dark. ... more

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