Consolations and Desolations

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I sang Hosannah to stale beer and weeknight crowds
The big skies of Montana gave way to raincoast clouds
Through the lowlands, a weight upon my head
Like a ghost’s plan, echoes of the dead

All my life I’ve looked for love
All my life I’ve cried for my desolations

In the salt flats there was meaning in the flames
In the black coyotes called to me by name
In the dawn I saw a sun dog and its twin
In their song they told me where I should begin

They sang “All those times you looked for love
All those times you cried were your consolations”

On the road all the days had broken wings
Back at home they were strong enough to sing
I fell asleep to the music of my heart
In its beat was all I needed from the start

And all my life when I looked for love
All those times I cried were my consolations

And all my life when I looked for love
All those times I cried were my consolations

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from Consolations and Desolations, released October 27, 2023
Joe Goodkin: Vocals, guitar, piano
Ken Coomer: drums, percussion
Dave Jacques: bass

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Joe Goodkin Chicago, Illinois

Chicago-based singer/songwriter Joe Goodkin has released albums as both a solo artist and under the name Paper Arrows. He tours the country performing one-man folk opera retellings of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad.

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