Black Russian Blunt Cake
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Batch No. 1

First Proof

1979 · Mapleton Avenue Records · 5 tracks

Recorded in Dale and Connie's kitchen and the basement of a church on Canyon Boulevard. The oven was running during tracking. 200 copies pressed on vinyl. The cover is a photograph of a rising bundt cake shot from above.

  1. 01The Recipe Calls for Patience
  2. 02Kahlúa Morning
    Wren's words
    The sun came up behind the Flatirons
    Coffee dark and thick and sweet
    Connie had the kitchen going early
    The whole house smelled like something you can't keep
    
    Nobody asked what was in it
    Nobody needed to know
    Some things taste like Colorado morning
    Some things just warm you as you go
    
    Kahlúa morning
    Thick and slow and warm
    Kahlúa morning
    Nobody's in a hurry here
    Kahlúa morning
    The day can wait outside
    Kahlúa morning
    Stay a little while
    
    Martin brought the chocolate from the market
    Phil was at the counter with the bowl
    Teddy had the Hammond barely breathing
    Wren was at the table with her notebook and her soul
    
    Nobody asked what was in it
    Nobody needed to know
    Some things taste like Colorado morning
    Some things just warm you as you go
    
    Kahlúa morning
    Thick and slow and warm
    Kahlúa morning
    Nobody's in a hurry here
    Kahlúa morning
    The day can wait outside
    Kahlúa morning
    Stay a little while
    
    Seven people in a kitchen in Boulder
    Nobody famous, nobody's name on a sign
    But the morning was ours and the music was rising
    And some days that's everything, some days that's fine
    
    Kahlúa morning
    Thick and slow and warm
    Kahlúa morning
    Nobody's in a hurry here
    Kahlúa morning
    The day can wait outside
    Kahlúa morning
    Stay a little while
    
    Stay a little while
    Stay a little while
    The morning was ours
    The morning was ours
  3. 03Parking Lot (Boulder)
  4. 04Folding Table
  5. 05First Proof