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Cowboy Junkies — Brand New World
Album: At The End Of Paths Taken
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Released: 2007
Length: 5:24
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Mouths to feed, shoes to buy
Rent to pay, tears to dry
Brand new world
I can't relate
Let us choose
To not participate

Open up
Let me wander in
Your heart is not
Such a tender thing
Brand new world
I contend
Only love


Will stop the withering

Oh, to lie in wait
As the shadows and the shapes
Spill across the walls
Like a river
Deep
In spate

Four am
Dark reality
Brand new world
And my heart
Is missing
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 xkolibuul wrote:

Unlike the rest of rock n roll? 


He'd probably have a problem with "a bustle in your hedgerow".
Posted 4 months ago by roadie    [ Reply ]
Bumping it to 9 because i love the cowboy junkies
Posted 1 year ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Heartbreaking tune.  One of their best works.  The string section elevates it to heavenly proportions.
 
Sibling excellence.
Posted 1 year ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
Margo, vocals drip like honey from her tongue. The caution horses is a must hear while here in this life.
Posted 2 years ago by L2000    [ Reply ]
 mmartinwhite1938 wrote:
sounds is pretty good but the lyrics make zero sense, especially the ending
 
Unlike the rest of rock n roll? 
Posted 3 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Violin/viola melodic bridge was borrowed from DC group Getaway Car who may have borrowed it themselves.  CDGA, like an artists pallet is open to anyone for exploration.  
Likely just coincidence but used to great effect.  So heartening to hear again.  
Posted 3 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:
No. Seriously, this is terrible. PSD. 
 
Thanks for letting me know.  I was under the impression that I like this quite a bit, until you set me straight.
Posted 3 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Maybe a tad bit overproduced compared to their other body of work but nice .
Posted 3 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Kashmiris!!
Posted 4 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
 excellent tune rate it 7
Posted 4 years ago by sonymagellan    [ Reply ]
 DrCyKosis wrote:
I love the cover art...a heart tied in a knot. Pretty cool.
 
It is a neat picture, though the knot pictured is a simple overhand knot - perhaps the simplest knot of all, but no less visually engaging for it.
Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
The strings on this take it up to a whole other level. Lovely.
Posted 4 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Marvellous!!
Posted 4 years ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
sounds is pretty good but the lyrics make zero sense, especially the ending
Posted 5 years ago by mmartinwhite1938    [ Reply ]
Great drum track!
Posted 5 years ago by Jackalope1    [ Reply ]
I wouldn't even know about Cowboy Junkies if not for RP, like 9 years ago.  Late to the game as I am, I love everything they do.
Posted 5 years ago by Salamus    [ Reply ]
Great segue from Running to Stand Still Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
I saw them live (if you can call it that). I thought Margot was going to fall over. She stood there swaying with her eyes closed for the entire show. I damn near did - out of boredom.
Posted 6 years ago by jinxie1266    [ Reply ]
ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 6 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Great album art.
 
I don't think you could make that knot. 
Posted 7 years ago by ojibwe    [ Reply ]
Wow, I think I actually noted a bit of life in this one, at the very end.
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 mbolch30307 wrote:
I can't for the life of me understand Bill's fascination with the Cowboy Junkies. All of their songs sound exactly the same!

PSD, please...

 
6.8 on ratings, your in minoirty, YOU PSD lol move on spare us your drivel 
Posted 7 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 mbolch30307 wrote:
I can't for the life of me understand Bill's fascination with the Cowboy Junkies. All of their songs sound exactly the same!

PSD, please...

 
Not really just Bill, right?
Posted 7 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Great album art.

 
yep
and along with the title of the album one starts to ponder the what ifs 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Has a very unusual ending.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 mbolch30307 wrote:
I can't for the life of me understand Bill's fascination with the Cowboy Junkies. All of their songs sound exactly the same!

PSD, please...

 
I have to agree...her voice just makes me sleepy.

 
Posted 8 years ago by kylieh    [ Reply ]
I can't for the life of me understand Bill's fascination with the Cowboy Junkies. All of their songs sound exactly the same!

PSD, please...
Posted 8 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]
Finally! Another Junkies song! Thanks Bill!
Posted 9 years ago by akdavey    [ Reply ]
like it - wish I would have thought of this album cover concept
Posted 9 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
I'm beginning to see some analogy with a few other songs, like Stairway to Heaven or Free Bird, and this almost comes close, a slow build-up and then a change of tempo to an exhilarating climax, but I'm not convinced it quite makes it. Perhaps 'twas not the aim.
Posted 9 years ago by 2020sk    [ Reply ]
Not a big fan, but this one is great.  8
Posted 9 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 citizenkeith wrote:
I hear tons of CJ every day. Are they really that good?

 
Yes.  But where do you hear "tons" of Cowboy Junkies every day?


Posted 10 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 citizenkeith wrote:
I hear tons of CJ every day. Are they really that good?

 
no
Posted 10 years ago by stephw    [ Reply ]
Great album art.
Posted 10 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
I hear tons of CJ every day. Are they really that good?
Posted 10 years ago by citizenkeith    [ Reply ]

Two days until summer!  This song puts a spring in my step...  love it...
 
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

Seems like you have missed a season.
 

I can't wait for summer to arrive here this year in the Northern Hemisphere!

Love this song...  it is from a marvelous album...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:

This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this autumn night...
 
 
Seems like you have missed a season.
Posted 11 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring night...

 
 

@romeotuma: I have a pretty good idea of what your next comment will be. Don´t disappoint me.
Posted 11 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...this song sounds so much more peppy and uptempo after a glass of scotch...
 
blended?
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
...this song sounds so much more peppy and uptempo after a glass of scotch...
Posted 12 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
She loves me knot.
Posted 12 years ago by modemhead    [ Reply ]
love it !!
 
Posted 12 years ago by kayumann    [ Reply ]
oh delicious
Posted 12 years ago by Nadine    [ Reply ]
One of my least favorite voices in all of songdom. Worse then Bjork!{#Stop}
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Ears to feed, work to do, awake to remain, mute to hit {#Sleep}
 

Yoda, is that you?
Posted 12 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
8->9 like the change of rythm, uplifting!
Posted 12 years ago by claire_k    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Ears to feed, work to do, awake to remain, mute to hit {#Sleep}
 

Her voice should be dispensed by doctors in lieu of sleeping pills for those that suffer from insomnia!{#Lol}
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
A figure eight knot, which is what sailors use rather than an overhand knot because it is easier to loosen.  Overhand knots can get impossibly tight, and are the hallmark of landlubbers.
 

Well, um... I just like it 'cause it looks like a heart - a simple but powerful image.
Posted 12 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
 SinisterDexter wrote:
One of my favorite album covers.
 

A figure eight knot, which is what sailors use rather than an overhand knot because it is easier to loosen.  Overhand knots can get impossibly tight, and are the hallmark of landlubbers.

Posted 12 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite album covers.
Posted 12 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
I just dig it.
So many cool parts I think.
But the playlist is making me snooze.
Posted 13 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Ears to feed, work to do, awake to remain, mute to hit {#Sleep}
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
Something about the strings just adds something magical to this song.  I love the Junkies anyway, but this song is excellent.{#Sunny}
 
agreed! - works so well with this tune.

Posted 13 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
I just love this song............ what a voice!!!
Posted 13 years ago by moon15116    [ Reply ]
Something about the strings just adds something magical to this song.  I love the Junkies anyway, but this song is excellent.{#Sunny}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
There aren't a lot of songs about being a parent, or even just referring to being a parent, but in addition to this one, there's also My Little Basquiat. 
Posted 13 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
skipping the obvious.. this Band has been good for a long time....
Posted 14 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
Very nice. Not usually into this band.
Posted 14 years ago by posworld    [ Reply ]
 isayhoomhom wrote:
A good song, but we just heard the Cowboy Junkies three hours ago!
 
Wow - picky aren't we!  {#Rolleyes}
Posted 14 years ago by ejsamuel    [ Reply ]
 DigitalJer wrote:
The cellos / strings RULE.
 
Reminds me of a Television song with the build up at the end.

Posted 14 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 isayhoomhom wrote:
A good song, but we just heard the Cowboy Junkies three hours ago!
 
They're good for ya.  Take at least 1 a day with everything else.  It's like taking a nap while you're awake, and I like 'em too.

Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
it gets better!


Posted 14 years ago by marca17    [ Reply ]
A good song, but we just heard the Cowboy Junkies three hours ago!
Posted 14 years ago by isayhoomhom    [ Reply ]
The cellos / strings RULE.
Posted 14 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is good for the ears...
 
I agree.  It's sooo coool . . .

Posted 14 years ago by handsomened    [ Reply ]
...bit of an i grieve thing in this song, i just realised, not sure which one came first...

Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
It must take enormous discipline to make such consistly passionless music.  3

Posted 14 years ago by iscoot4peace    [ Reply ]
 govna wrote:
right, as if margo doesn't have one of the most coma-inducing voices in the history of voices.  1.
 
But sometimes a coma is a good thing... {#Lol}

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
brings me out of my Shawn Colvin coma
 
right, as if margo doesn't have one of the most coma-inducing voices in the history of voices.  1.

Posted 14 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
 Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
brings me out of my Shawn Colvin coma
 
I hope, me too!!

Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
brings me out of my Shawn Colvin coma
Posted 14 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
f***ing great! As expected from this awfully good band.{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by stino    [ Reply ]
Sweet.
Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 wenatchee wrote:


Agreed, such a departure and would be nice to see them diversify their portfolio ;-)
 
You have no clue about their portfolio.
Posted 14 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
Wow.  I've been out of touch w/ the Cowboy Junkies for a few years, but this is amazing.  {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by Middleton    [ Reply ]
there is a lot of the Cowboy Junkies that I don't care for, but I like this one.
Posted 14 years ago by rabaak    [ Reply ]
 heberman wrote:
Cool album art.
 
I like the cover too—
song is also 8 for me
Posted 14 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Cool album art.
Posted 14 years ago by heberman    [ Reply ]
I like the graphic simplicity of the album cover.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
This is quite a departure from their usual meandering and contemplative musings. In other words: less boring. A 7 for now.
Posted 14 years ago by MM13    [ Reply ]
 Living_By_Design wrote:
Liked this song and wonder if their other music is like it? Like the strings and the sultry-ness of the song.
 I'm usually a one song guy ... rarely do I listen to an entire album.  "Lay It Down" from many years ago is a go-to album for some good, hunker-down listening.  Or when I'm cranking something out in the kitchen.  Check it out.


Posted 14 years ago by wsgarvey    [ Reply ]
Liked this song and wonder if their other music is like it? Like the strings and the sultry-ness of the song.
Posted 14 years ago by Living_By_Design    [ Reply ]
 topherg87 wrote:
you know, im usually annoyed by Cowboy Junkies, but I think i actually enjoyed this. I definitely didnt turn it off. Liked the strings toward the end
 

Agreed, such a departure and would be nice to see them diversify their portfolio ;-)
Posted 14 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
Are we speaking about your writing?

 thewiseking wrote:
i suppose there was a moment when sounding amateurish and as if you don't give a shit was interpreted as "arty".
that moment has passed.
 

Posted 15 years ago by Frawg    [ Reply ]
Wow. Rockin' it Kate Bush-style here at the end ...
Posted 15 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]

GREAT!{#Meditate}


Posted 15 years ago by Foreverfree    [ Reply ]
Very nice, grows on me a little more each time I hear it. 8
Posted 15 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
Very nice . . . would like to see more of this tangent from CJ
Posted 15 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
CJ's do this tune oh so very right.  Love it.
Posted 15 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Great song
Posted 15 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Nice. I think they sound really good with the strings backing them on this one.
Posted 15 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
 ronniegirl wrote:
I really love this!   NO MATTER what they say below.
 
yeah. looks like excelsior opened himself (herself?) a few more accounts here.

Posted 15 years ago by dunno    [ Reply ]
I really love this!   NO MATTER what they say below.
Posted 15 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:

Margo couldn't sing up tempo if she received electroshock therapy. Imagine her trying to cover Helter Skelter.

If only Margo lived in hyperspace—or at least got hyper once in a while. I reckon her orgasms sound like sad sighs.
 
Funny stuff!

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 laroue wrote:
 better CJ songs out there {#Wall}

 

Yep. This gets a resounding "meh," although I do like the second, instrumental bit.

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 ppak wrote:


No English major but I
appreciate the perfect use of
the word Spate

 

innit?!  i agree.  {#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by driver8    [ Reply ]
 driver8 wrote:
I love the instrumentation at the end.....

Oh, to lie in wait
As the shadows and the shapes
Spill across the walls
Like a river
Deep
In spate

 

No English major but I
appreciate the perfect use of
the word Spate

Posted 15 years ago by ppak    [ Reply ]
 laroue wrote:
 better CJ songs out there {#Wall}

 

wish there was.

Posted 15 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
I love the instrumentation at the end.....

Oh, to lie in wait
As the shadows and the shapes
Spill across the walls
Like a river
Deep
In spate

Posted 15 years ago by driver8    [ Reply ]
i suppose there was a moment when sounding amateurish and as if you don't give a shit was interpreted as "arty".
that moment has passed.
Posted 15 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 better CJ songs out there {#Wall}

Posted 15 years ago by laroue    [ Reply ]
Your problem, not theirs. They left mediocre way WAY behind with their very first album. joshfm wrote:
Why can't Cowboy Junkies ever reach the point beyond mediocre? I want to like them, but I'm always left needing more.
Posted 15 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
I reckon her orgasms sound like sad sighs.
That's the funniest thing I've read today.
Posted 15 years ago by bizon    [ Reply ]
Why can't Cowboy Junkies ever reach the point beyond mediocre? I want to like them, but I'm always left needing more.
Posted 15 years ago by joshfm    [ Reply ]
you know, im usually annoyed by Cowboy Junkies, but I think i actually enjoyed this. I definitely didnt turn it off. Liked the strings toward the end
Posted 15 years ago by topherg87    [ Reply ]
I was a little slow. I just caught the "knot" reference below. Duh.....
Posted 15 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
hasn't the whole affectless affect thing worn a bit thin?
Posted 15 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Frawg wrote:
This is "slow and melancholy"?!? Are you living in hyperspace or what? s
Let me translate: All their songs are slow, which means not fast, and melancholy, which means not happy---more or less. Margo couldn't sing up tempo if she received electroshock therapy. Imagine her trying to cover Helter Skelter. If only Margo lived in hyperspace--or at least got hyper once in a while. I reckon her orgasms sound like sad sighs.
Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I really, really like this. It resonates so well with me at the moment. ...and I love the arrangement of the instruments. off to my Amazon wish-list.....
Posted 16 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]
Only having heard this a few times, I already give it a 7. I have a feeling it's going to go up, this one is growing on me fast.
Posted 16 years ago by wilcogirl11    [ Reply ]
i love the path they have taken...couldn't get Lay It Down out of player for months, then started buying copies for my friends
Posted 16 years ago by Mike_S    [ Reply ]
Excellent!
Posted 16 years ago by joanie    [ Reply ]
Very nice indeed. Particularly nice lyrics.
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Dave_Mack wrote:
I wonder if Beck had something to do with this track. Sounds like his work.
I'm hearing Sufjan Stevens influences here, at least in the middle of the song.
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
EssexTex wrote:
knot bad
Posted 16 years ago by sunny_day    [ Reply ]
knot bad
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 16 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
I wonder if Beck had something to do with this track. Sounds like his work.
Posted 16 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
This is really good!
Posted 16 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]