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Shawn Mullins — Santa Fe
Album: Beneath The Velvet Sun
Avg rating:
6.6

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Total ratings: 501









Released: 2000
Length: 3:49
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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She was sittin' in the corner of a cafe
In the burnin' heart of downtown Sante Fe
Pickin' on a Gibson
and singin' "baby, can't you see"

She was buzzin' like a battlefield tracer
She was grindin' the gears on a pacer
I said, "Sister Bloody Mary,
Won't you do a little number for me?"

She said I'll sing you any song that you wanna hear
Just pull up a barstool and buy me another beer
Take me away, take me away from here
Take me far away, Sante Fe

He was livin' with some hippies in a school bus
They had puddered here from Boulder, covered in dust
He said I know a little lady livin' 30 miles up the road

I got a feelin' that my ride ain't gonna take me
If I don't see that little lady it will break me
Another 24 hours here
I think i just might explode

I've been doin' everything I know to try to stay free
Workin' for the man just ain't no kind of plan for me
So take me away, take me where i wanna be
Take me far away, Sante Fe

Sante Fe

I'll sing you any song that you wanna hear
It'll sound a lot better if you have yourself another beer
Take me away, take me away from here
Take me far away, Santa Fe

Santa Fe
Take me away
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Shoot the covercreator on the moon
and take photoshop away from him/her, please.
Posted 3 years ago by sunnyS    [ Reply ]
First listen bordering on 8.
Posted 3 years ago by SRAY    [ Reply ]
 xnavy wrote:
I thought it was Tom Petty at first
 

I was thinking John Prine
Posted 3 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
I'm diggin the NM theme you got going, Bill. Are you going to follow with something by the Shins (originally an Albuquerque band)?
Posted 7 years ago by fauxtoejoe    [ Reply ]
 xnavy wrote:
I thought it was Tom Petty at first

 
Not quite, but it sure could've been.
Posted 7 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
I thought it was Tom Petty at first
Posted 8 years ago by xnavy    [ Reply ]
Shawn Mullins = a personal fave. This one very good! Thank  you!


Posted 9 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
 LPCity wrote:

Tough crowd indeed.  I don't know much of Shawn's work but I like this one.  Good imagery and the mood perceptibly builds a little bit throughout the journey.

An 8 from the non-Nottingham jury.

 
The Nottingham jury concurs with that rating. I can't help thinking of songs like this in my head as part of a vague 'US-road-diner-convertible-drifter' genre.
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

Tough crowd indeed.  I don't know much of Shawn's work but I like this one.  Good imagery and the mood perceptibly builds a little bit throughout the journey.

An 8 from the non-Nottingham jury. 


Posted 9 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
Really? 
logic wrote:
Love to see a song played where the last comments are from 2003 and 2008.

 


Posted 9 years ago by blkstd    [ Reply ]
toe tapper{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 9 years ago by xnavy    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny}
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Love to see a song played where the last comments are from 2003 and 2008.
Posted 10 years ago by logic    [ Reply ]
Man ... tough crowd.  I give it a 7.
Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Desert drivel. I can't get the stinky beer smell off my Pendleton.
Posted 15 years ago by veloceleste    [ Reply ]
{#Bounce}
Posted 15 years ago by SantaFeGrace    [ Reply ]
Way back up in the hills among the evergreens, there stood an old house made of earth and wood.
Posted 20 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
I hadn't heard anything like this from Shawn Mullins - I only knew what I'd heard on regular radio a few years ago (Lullaby, et al.) This one is a nice, kind of laid-back bluesy groove.
Posted 20 years ago by istanbulbaby    [ Reply ]
Typesbad wrote:
"She was grinding like the gears in a Pacer" Gotta love any song with a line like that!
Well, um, no I don't.
Posted 20 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
"She was grinding like the gears in a Pacer" Gotta love any song with a line like that!
Posted 20 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
lily33 wrote:
haven't liked anything he's done, until i heard this song. this one isn't so bad. different than the others i've heard on npr & rp. still...not fabulous.
Yeah, this is the most palatable song I've heard from him, too. I'll give it a 3.
Posted 20 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
Shawn is the man. He makes me want to jump in the truck and take a long road trip with just his music for company. A perfect example of why I continue to listen to RP.
Posted 20 years ago by dsrtfalcon    [ Reply ]
I love the story in the lyrics, the mock-seriousness of this song always makes me smile. :D
Posted 22 years ago by Cy    [ Reply ]