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about

The original 'production model' for this song was Nick Cave's 'Red Right Hand' and the Spaghetti Western soundtracks of Ennio Morricone. This explains the nod to the harmonica at the beginning of the track and the sonorous bell that rings twice. The sensuous lyric for the song is inspired by McGee's travels in the Mojave desert.

lyrics

Mesquite Honey

Like the low voice of a bell
like the poison in the well
like a game you thought you’d win
the needle’s sharper than the pin
Peerless angel, reckless blue
Tearing up the ozone, coming on through
Jumping trains, my hair like flames
My blood buzzing like a subway train

I wear my heart outside my bones
A breathless fire so poignant bright
Sweet love like heaven, blazing wild
there’s such a rage in me tonight
You’re meant for me like fire to a blizzard
cactus spines to the skin of a lizard
air to feathers thin and fine
Heart jumping trains on the Liberty Line

Blind creosote in a smoke tree fire
Mojave drunk on hot desire
Dust clouds rising from the desert floor
Dust clouds shooting from the spinning tyre
like the game you play and thought you’d win
that needle’s sharper than any pin
I wear my heart outside my bones
I wear my skin inside my skin
Mesquite honey with a taste like blood
Staring at the angel on the hood
Hummingbird feather, wildfire wine
Racing the trains
on the Liberty Line

We’re only waiting for the train to come
Hailstones falling fast as big as my thumb
Hail sweet angel of the Southern night
Flying steady as a nighthawk’s flight
Blind creosote on a cotton tree fire
Buzzing like bees up and down the wire
Mesquite honey, wildfire wine
Racing the trains
on the Liberty Line

credits

from The Deafening Sound of Stars, released October 11, 2019
Mesquite Honey
Kirsty McGee - voice, guitar
Phill Howley - drums
Sam Quintana - double bass
Nick Walters - trumpet
Anton Hunter - electric guitar / baritone guitar, effects
Biff Roxby - tenor trombone
Howard Jacobs - percussion
Clive Mellor - harmonica

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Kirsty McGee Manchester

A wandering maverick and spellbinding live performer with a voice that has been described as having the texture of smoke & velvet, McGee defies categorisation, to make 'hobopop' –“music of no fixed genre”. Her continuously evolving musical personality is proof that a freedom from artistic restraints can sometimes produce a unique, enthralling and original voice with a rare honesty. ... more

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