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The Alchemist

from The Chief Mourner by Jon Ransom

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    The brand new sophomore full-length LP Jon Ransom plays "The Chief Mourner" on limited edition, hand numbered screen-printed sleeves and pressed on gold colored vinyl - limited to only 300 copies. Includes free digital download, 12" lyric sheet insert, Chief Mourner and Gorbie International Records stickers, and 4-Button Exclusive pack.

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lyrics

If I were an alchemist, I'd purify your dirty heart,
Fuse your mind with your soul, use this science as an art
If I were an alchemist, I'd burn out your impurities
Separate all the bad, separate all the bad and good properties

Individuation is my inspiration
This transmutation is an aberration
A debased amalgamation, your final spiritualization

The great work is you
The triumph of the work is you

It's our chemical, chemical, chemical
Chemical, chemical, chemical wedding

If I were an alchemist, I'd cure us of our diseases
No more corruption, no more corruption please!
If I were an alchemist, I'd recombinate your doubt
Turn it wild against itself, joyously we will shout!

Heart of yours, heart of mine
May they never be corrupted!
Two souls into one cannot be wrested

It's our chemical, chemical, chemical
Chemical, chemical, chemical
Chemical, chemical, chemical wedding

credits

from The Chief Mourner, released February 19, 2015
Jon Ransom - banjo, acoustic guitar, vocals
Barry Brusseau - electric bass
Emily Dalsfoist - cello
Dao Strom, Jeff Ortman, Steve Hefter, Cait Olds - backing vocals

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Jon Ransom Portland, Oregon

Jon Ransom started playing guitar and writing songs at age 18, and over the course of a decade, has amassed an arsenal of songs ranging from quiet, contemplative tunes to anthemic folk rock ballads. No-frills, heart-on-your-sleeve, pure, unadulterated honest music. It's personal, intense yet fragile, and prone to bouts of incendiary cacophonies of melody and harmony. ... more

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