Name: Photographs
Duration: P00H04M25S
Description: In 1901 when stagecoach robber Bill Miner was released from San Quentin, the railway had made its way to the west coast and was now carrying all the valuables from the mines. On the run once again, he crossed the Canadian border to learn how to rob trains while evading the law who now had his photograph.

Photographs

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In 1901 when stagecoach robber Bill Miner was released from San Quentin, the railway had made its way to the west coast and was now carrying all the valuables from the mines. On the run once again, he crossed the Canadian border to learn how to rob trains while evading the law who now had his photograph.

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Photographs
In the hands of the agents
Photographs
In the hands of the agents

With a short and swarthy poet at home in the outdoors
And a teacher from Ontario with bad tuberculosis
Casually you travelled in the country south of Kamloops
To the cowboys and the families you were prospecting for gold

Well dressed and generous, these people call you George
Well mannered with the ladies and meticulous with horses
Recently departing some unpleasantries in Portland
The Pinkertons had gone and put your face upon a poster

(pre-Chorus)
Times had changed.
Corporations owned the mines and the gold was moved on trains
And the Trains had spread the homesteads into all the hiding places
Telegraphs in every town and people reading papers

Photographs
In the hands of the agents
Photographs
In the hands of the agents

Harshman had survived, his blood was on your coat
You'd left some things behind when they arrested Charlie Hoehn
Branded as a bandit you headed for the border
The oyster beds would have to go and find another foreman

30 years in prison, you’d never lost your focus
You learned a little patience when others would've broken
You had to change your name again to live out in the open
And had to find a better way to halt the locomotive

(pre-Chorus)
Times had changed.
Corporations owned the mines and the gold was moved on trains
Trains had spread the homesteads into all the hiding places
Telegraphs in every town, people reading papers

Photographs
In the hands of the agents
Photographs
In the hands of the agents

(Bridge)
Very inconvenient in the hour of escape
They'll never know what hit ‘em, I know the car they keep the safe in.

(pre-Chorus)
Times had changed.
Corporations owned the mines and the gold was moved on trains
And the Trains had spread the homesteads into all the hiding places
Telegraphs in every town and people reading papers

Photographs
In the hands of the agents
Photographs
In the hands of the agents

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released February 14, 2020
Written by Patrick Spencer (lead vocals, acoustic guitar) with Charles Wesley (lead guitar, vocals), Max Kashetsky (keys, vocals) and Stephanie Hodgins (bass, vocals). Recorded by Stephanie Hodgins and mixed by Charles Wesley (FriendshipFactory). Mastered by Railtown Mastering.

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Coldwater Road Vancouver, British Columbia

Founded by Patrick Spencer in 2012, CwRoad gives folk music a reason to dance. Waltzing between love songs and foot-stomping murder ballads, there's a story for everyone. Their style reaches across Folk, Americana, Rock, and Country; like Don McLean sitting in with the Lumineers. Coldwater Road is a five-piece folk/rock group with rich harmonies and driving rhythm. ... more

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