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The Crossing

by Andrés Miguel Cervantes

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Debut album by Andrés Miguel Cervantes. First pressing of 500. Black vinyl with cover designed by Kira Lynn Cain. Includes Lyric sheet and recording sessions photo collage insert.

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1.
Awoken on a shore Amongst the waves of din I don’t see the worth in going on Forsaking what I’ve been The sun was on the high Trees twisting in the wind From the darkness I was running It somehow dragged me in Days and days are gone Ive been sitting here mumbling The drinking coffee song Visions casting wide All across the bend I caught glimpses of a humming bird Its wings a flutterin’ Somewhere in a dream Oh so long ago Hand prints were placed in cinder blocks Marked with names I’ve known Days and days are gone Ive been sitting here mumbling The drinking coffee song Whispers all around Sundown brings some rain Each drop a distant memory Bound for some storm drain Days and day are gone Ive been sitting here just mumbling The drinking coffee song
2.
It was all for the song What we said from the start No matter what end Time always mends Least that what we thought I took my time driving down To catch all of the sights You can say that I’m wrong That nothing lasts long And you might be right All these years Have been unkind My dreams and my loves And all I thought was It’s all been denied And it was all for the song Feeling low down and out I’m just watching the days Gather neath the suns rays And still having doubts And we all just move on In spite of the pain You can say that I’m wrong That nothing lasts long That don’t make it change All these years Have been unkind My dreams and my loves And all I thought was It’s all been denied It was all for the song I hope you find what its worth When everything’s gone No, nothing lasts last Those were your words All these years Have been unkind My dreams and my loves And all I thought was Its all been denied It was all for the song
3.
The Crossing 03:45
That morning sun brings a new day I think hard on the reasons for decisions Ive made I’m moving along with the things that I’ve carried And I’m singing songs about all that I’ve buried I’m not certain how it all came to be One day then the next, and the days the kept coming One day then the next, and the days they kept running I left my hometown when I was fifteen Picking berries for pesos was nobodies dream So I made that crossing to some border town Just me and my brother and a coyote he found I’m not certain how it all came to be One day then the next and the days they kept coming One day then the next and the days the kept running Hard work and hard living and just getting by Till your hopes become dreams you let sleeping dogs lie And I think of them berries and how sweet they now seem My home, my family, and that damn crossing I’m not certain how it all came to be One day then the next and the days they kept coming One day then the next and the days they kept running Away from me That morning sun brings a new day I think hard on the reasons for decisions Ive made I’m moving along with the things that I’ve carried And I’m singing songs about all that I’ve buried I’m not certain how it all came to be One day then the next and the days they kept coming One day then the next and the days they kept running Away from me
4.
You chase the serpents tale Fell into its spell You went round and round And never found Anything but hell You opened up your eyes Tore apart your skies You say you fell I wished you well The tales you tell are all lies You rose again to see The oceans lamenting How the cliffs do call The storms mist falls Its all fools gold The tales you tell The golden words you spoke Were just an inside joke You went round and round And never found Anything but hell You went round and round And never found Anything but hell You went round and round And never found Anything But Hell
5.
Theres a white horse grazing as we head down the highway The oak trees are seasoned and grey The skyline is held by high clouds and horizons They’re dreaming of the colors their down on the plains They say that its gone but it goes on forever If not you surely someone feels the pain It’s better we know that the truth ain’t no diamond Its hard and it cuts but the shine ain’t the same I’m somewhere between heartache and the heartland Both seem distant in some kind of way I don’t mind forgetting it spares me the trouble It’s all that remembrin’ that brings back the pain They say that its gone but it goes on forever If not you surely someone feels the pain Its better we know that the truth ain’t no diamond Its hard and it cuts but the shine ain’t the same I’m just passing through to look up an old friend To find that she’s gone away I hope that she knows that I still remember Her kind morning eyes when we would wake She’d say that its gone but it goes on forever If not her surely someone feels the pain Its better we know that the truth ain’t no diamond Its hard and it cuts but the shine ain’t the same Oh that white horse, its grazing, as we head down that highway The oak trees are seasoned and grey The skyline is held by high clouds and horizons They’re dreaming of the colors their down on the plains
6.
I'm heading down that 805 and off that 52 heading down to Clairemont to them Barstow Street blues yeah, I'm heading on back home I ain't been there in a few I heard mamas cooking pozole and Chuy's got his guitar tuned It's been close to ten years but somethings never change down through Clairemont things always seem this strange yeah, theres something in the air feels like 1950 too I hope mamas cooking pozole and Chuy's got his guitar tuned Well, I'm halfway down and I had to stop to pray this god forsaken town sitting by that highway its gonna drive you insane cause there ain't much there to do we're all trying to make a living down here with them Barstow Street Blues so I walk through the door and I say howdy folks little Bleu's grown up and Joey cracked a joke and my sisters got the car she'll be gone a day or two Oh but mamas cooking pozole and Chuy's got his guitar tuned I've been trying to live a clean a clean and better way gotta get my self a job or get back up in that game theres only so many hours one can sleep throughout the day thank got mamas cooking pozole and Chuy cant wait to start playing yeah I'm heading down that 805 and off that 52 yeah I'm heading down to Clairemont to them Barstow Street Blues I'm heading on back home, gonna be here for a few I'm gonna try to make a living down here with them Barstow Street Blues It's hard to make a living down here with them Barstow Street Blues Thank god mamas cooking pozole and Chuy's got his guitar tuned
7.
Would you give me a coal for caring light it up and watch it burn would you dance with me in the clearing til every last word til ever last word would care to know how I'm fairing the nights have not much to offer but a watering hole and laughter and that chill that chill the morning after did you know I'd see your face again in the snow that fell like your pale skin upon my own and you spoke of your favorite author as we stepped along these remote roads that memory strains to offer that too much time did decompose did you know whats befallen this man don't you go a smiling when you find out that he's been suffering did you know that Id see your face again in the snow that fell like your pale skin upon my own would you give me a coal for caring light it up and watch it burn would you dance with me in the clearing til every last word til every last word Did you know I'd see your face again in the snow that fell like your pale skin upon my own
8.
Holding Out 03:50
Theres a place in your heart you hold onto in the dark it always brings you back to recalling when the day does dawn you're still holding on to that old you and those long departed a mans heart does tend to ache now and then Holding out for the one that started it all they're brittle it seems these high and lofty dreams they rise and they fall like all things when they're calm you cant see when they're crashing you flee theres something to learn there I believe a mans heart does tend to ache now and then holding out for the one that started it all a mans heart does tend to ache now and then holding out for the one that started it all That place in your heart you hold onto when its dark it always brings you back to recalling when the day does dawn you're still holding on to that old you and those long departed
9.
The Trail 04:48
I saw the moonlight dancing on the rivers in your hair far past the rivers crossing I stopped to pose and stare haunted by the beauty timeless in my mind Ive watched as all thing blend to blue and vanish in the sky I never let you go I never let you go I listen for that old song it never sounds the same I ain't been back home in so long I know that I'm to blame haunted shadows moving timeless in my mind Ive watched as all things blend to blue and vanish in the night I never let you go I never let you go the moonlit night is searching its turning every stone its drifting into dark rooms and waking all the ghosts im haunted by the beauty its timeless in my mind I've watched as all things blend to you and vanish from this life I never let you go I never let you go I saw the moonlight dancing through the rivers in your hair far past the rivers crossing I stopped to pose and stare
10.
Wait for Me 02:09
would you wait for me I know it's been a long long while] I just want to see you smile and hear you sing would you wait for me would you call out my name say you love me that I'm back again why did you ever leave I'd wait for you I'd stay up all night drinkin laughing till our love was right just like we used to I'd wait for you through snow and the springtime blooms through the daydreams and the afternoons til it all comes true] did you wait for me I'm sorry that I never came I'm sorry that you learned my name that your so blue did you wait for me I know I should of probably wrote I've been so busy doing nothing at all Ive been waiting too would you wait for me I'll be back it might be awhile its best to keep that lovely smile and always sing always sing

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Andrés Miguel Cervantes releases his much anticipated debut album "The Crossing." This is also the first release for label Speakeasy Studios SF, founded by musician, producer and engineer Alicia Vanden Heuvel (The Aislers Set - Still Flyin’, Magic Trick, The Ladybug Transistor, Brigid Dawson & the Mothers Network, Dirty Ghosts).

Andrés Miguel Cervantes is a folk/ country singer songwriter based in San Francisco and San Diego, California. Known to fans and fellow musicians primarily for his live acoustic performances, "The Crossing" was recorded with friends and fellow musicians Alicia Vanden Heuvel (Aislers Set), Jacob Aranda (Tarnation), Noelle Fiore (Magic Trick, Shannon Shaw Band), James Kim (Fresh & Onlys, The Court & Spark), Conor Riley (Astra, Birth) and others, bringing the songs into a dramatic sonic landscape.

Influenced by songwriters Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Fred Neil, and Vicente Fernadez, Andrés' lyrics are distinctly his own, with beautiful, haunting images of landscapes both internal and external; stories of traveling, searching, rambling, and experiencing the impermanence of life and love. Suffused with a dreamlike, mysterious atmosphere, his complex songs are grounded in an honesty and simplicity that make them timeless and deeply relevant.

The album was Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Alicia Vanden Heuvel on Otari 8 track at Speakeasy Studios SF and is characterized by both a 60’s classic country & folk sound (a la Fred Neil, Lee Hazelwood, Dylan’s album Desire), and a Western Noir sound (Mexican Ranchera & the film soundtracks of Ennio Morricone) The title track The Crossing is dedicated to Andrés father, telling the story of his father’s border crossing and life after. This release brings a new voice to the folk- Americana- country scene from this incredibly talented Mexican- American singer songwriter.

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released March 4, 2022

All Songs Written by Andrés Miguel Cervantes
Produced, Engineered, & Mixed by Alicia Vanden Heuvel
on Otari 8 track at Speakeasy Studios SF
Mastered by Mikey Young

Andrés Miguel Cervantes (Martin acoustic guitar)
Alicia Vanden Heuvel (bass, percussion, vocals, organ)
Jacob Aranda (pedal steel, mandolin, violin)
Noelle Fiore (vocals)
Conor Riley (piano, bass)
James Kim (percussion, drums)
Nick Castro (lead guitar)
Anna Hillburg (trumpet)
Ed Ivey (stand-up bass, tuba)
Raphi Gottesman (drums on track 6)

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Andrés Miguel Cervantes is a folk/ country singer songwriter based in San Francisco and San Diego, California.

Influenced by songwriters Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Fred Neil, and Vicente Fernadez, Andrés' lyrics are distinctly his own, with beautiful, haunting images of landscapes both internal and external
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