"June Star" Lyrics & Liner Notes
all lyrics copyright 2025 Matthew Borr Music
Break of Day
MB – A. Guitar, Solo E. Guitar, E. Bass, Vox
Erik Sebastian – Rhy. E. Guitar, Percussion
Laurie Laing – Harmony Vox
Patrick Sebastian – Hammond B3
Mike Shimmin – Drums
I was feelin inconsequential
Whiskey on my mind, I had to drink at the well
Hangin on the edge of frustration
Standing all alone, I had to think to myself
Then I saw heaven sittin on a barstool
Drinkin next to me, content wasting her time
I think I might stay for another
Holding down the line so my eyes could see
I’m outside
I’m far away
I’m so far away
But I’m close enough to see that
You’re an angel
You’re so beautiful
As the break of day
Hung up in this moment for hours
Drunk in her eyes, I had to give up a smile
Now the junkies on the downtown corner
Never made it so high as this sweet September night
I’m outside
I’m far away
I’m so far away
But I’m close enough to see that
You’re an angel
You’re so beautiful
As the break of day
At the end of the season
I look to the sky for no rain and my shoulders stay dry
She ain’t give me any reason
but you made me high for this moment
Now time passes by
I want to thank you, thank you
For showin me, showin me
That I’m outside
Won’t you open up?
Won’t you let me in?
Show me those blue skies up above
Cause I’m feelin pretty down
Cause I’m outside
I’m far away
I see sunshine
But I’m close enough to see that
You’re an angel
You’re so beautiful
As the break of day
Windows Down
MB – A. Guitar, E. Bass, Vox
John Campos – Violin
Patrick Sebastian – Hammond B3
Mike Shimmin – Drums
Got my windows down, on the open road
Engines wound, burning like a coal
Radios loud, static on high
They're playing our song but the bottles gone dry
Windows down, on the open road
She's a Tennessee dream, bluebirds in disguise
A whiskey queen, cold wildfire in her eyes
When I see her face the rain's coming down
Waging black war in this borderland town
Whiskey queen. cold wildfire in her eyes
I feel dead inside I'm dying
Holding onto words I never sent
Knowing that your heart's out there on fire
The silence never ends
Got my windows down, on the open road
Just the highway sound, singing to my soul
Traded all the sleep, we drank all the wine
Broken down Freight Train tearing through my mind
Just the highway sound, singing to my soul
I feel dead inside been dying
Writing all those songs I never sang
Wild horses ride on through the night
The highway never ends
Dreamed a River
MB – A. Guitar, Harmony Vox, Vox
Traci Seuss – Lead Harmony Vox
Erik Sebastian – Harmony Vox
Laurie Laing – Harmony Vox
Carolyn Koebel – Percussion
Patrick Sebastian – Piano
Dreamed a river ran through my heart
Restless in the night
Pulled my love from the northern sea
Broken cold and bright
River roll on across this land
Songs sung deep and high
Water prays for Hell’s wild rain
Thunder in the sky
Valley grey and Hemlock green
Branching to the sun
Bending waves of water pure
Thousand turn to one
Mountain gives the sacred way
Cuts through stone like a knife
Pull my love back from the sea
River save my life
The Road
MB – Solo E. Guitar, E. Guitar, Vox
Erik Sebastian – Rhy. Electric Guitar
Abe Savas – E. Bass
Steve Borr – Drums
The road crashed down
To the fires that we found
How long did it take?
When we craft it so pure
All you feel is insecure
In the sunrise we ache and wait
To sail away
The ghost of the sound
Love buried in the ground
And the whiskey ran slow a while
So I walked right through the rain
Nothing lost, something gained
While the hellhounds howled out through the road
Many miles
Now the road’s flown and
The seas crashing and the waves
Fear the mountains lie down
Lie down
And if the stone you roll sometimes
Crumbles on the way
Don’t dare back down
And if you find yourself unwound
Miles below the sun
Don’t you dare make a sound
Make a sound
And when the stone you roll sometimes
Crumbles on the way
Don’t dare back down
And if you choose to live some life
With what you’re into now
Don't dare turn around
The past is gone today
Now the old’s done and
The spring crashes in its way
Hear the wind gather ‘round
Gather ‘round
To sail away
Riversong
MB – A. Guitar, E. Bass, Lead Vox
Jen Sygit – Lead Vox, Harmony Vox
Erik Sebastian – Lead E. Guitar, Rhythm E. Guitar, Percussion
Jim Beebe – Lead E. Slide Guitar, Rhythm E. Slide Guitar
Patrick Sebastian – Hammond B3, Piano
Mike Shimmin – Drums
Runnin down the river
Listen to the sound of her new song
Summer’s in the water
Waiting on the day, won’t be long
Dancing in the sunlight
Harvest all the smiles of a moonrise
Dreaming of a woman
Pictures of the stars in her brown eyes
Hold me on the water
Fly me through the fields of the blue sky
Run me down the river
Wind gets in my soul and I get by
Sailin on the valley
Winding like the wheel of a slow train
Her Mother’s of the mountain
Father’s of the sky and the cool rain
Hold me on the water
Fly me through the fields of the blue sky
Run me down that river
Carry all the love and I feel high
A sign of life
My secrets kept in the waves below
A love divine, she shines
I’ll never let her go
Runnin down the river
Listen to the sound of her new song
Summer’s in the water
Waiting on the day, won’t be long
Hold me on the water
Fly me through the fields of the blue sky
Run me down that river
Carry all the love and I feel high
Bloodstains
MB – A. Guitar, Lead Vox
John Campos – Violin
Noah Nigg – Piano
Ian Gorman – A. Bass
Erik Sebastian – Drums
​Bloodstains on my fingertips
Songs that linger on her lips
Back and forth I chase the greener day
Blinded by some city lights
She's beautiful as a summer night
I'll see it through, so I won't feel the pain
Even though I knew your name
Didn't I scratch that on your wall
The writing clear and painted gold
Sometimes things don't seem the same
That you counted on all along
You'll be standing in your station
To ride that train back home again
Highways reach up to the sky
Shooting stars upon her eyes
Carolina holds us like a child
Seabirds sing an endless tune
The ocean waves beneath the moon
My heart just breaks now everytime she smiles
Even though I knew your name
Didn't I scratch that on your wall
The writing clear and painted gold
Sometimes things don't seem the same
That you counted on all along
You'll be standing in your station
To ride that train back home again
And it's alright, alright
My soul is strong
My blue eyes can see
That the road we travel's hard and too long
I'd not rather be walking with anyone else
Bloodstains on my fingertips
Songs that linger on her lips
Back and forth I chase the greener day
Branches on the old Oak tree
Winding rivers reach the sea
Even though the waters go astray
Even though the waters go astray
Startled
MB – A. Guitar, Pad Synth Lead Vox
Susie Parr – Harmony Vox
Noah Nigg – Piano
Kyra Jewett – Cello
Startled by your laughter when I see you crying
Whisper through the night
Autumn harvest in the sunlight
Your imagination running wild
Feel the slivers in my mind
Running on the frozen ground and falling down
Suddenly
Winter snow
Drift away
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In the dead of winter, things change
And the coldness makes you think you're not at homw
Lost my sense of direction, I know
All the things that make you fly can be your fall
Like the leaves that fall all around me
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Seasons change fast with the burning heart
Some things don't last, always be torn apart
I know you're tired, and so am I
I see your fire, never could say goodbye
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Shallow loves are racing through my heart
Detour through my brain
Push away all of the warmness somewhere
Winter sunset paints uncaring smiles
When I lose a friend to her
Taking all the blame for all my falling down
In the night
Vagrant eyes
Stare ahead
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Maybe I will find you someday
Playing in the sun where I knew you once before
The road I walk eludes me, It seems
Drunken as I am, I'll see it once again
Like the leaves that fall all around me
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Where have you gone, my burning friend?
I see the flames, knowing that it's the end
Please wait for me, I know I'm late
I'm trying to see what it love and hate.
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Hey Ho Virginia
MB – A. Guitar, Lead Vox
Ryan Gladding – E. Guitar
Jacob Rollins – E. Slide Guitar
Tom Duffield – Piano
Erik Sebastian –Percussion
Hey ho Virginia, riding from my Kentucky home
Hey ho Virginia, riding from my Kentucky home
Aim to ramble in the Southland, rest my heels, dig my bones
Lord, I run from Detroit City, Shenandoah called my name
Lord, I run from Detroit City, Shenandoah called my name
Lost my rider by the bayside, now I'll never feel the same
Lord, I ride the pines at night, I drink my whiskey in the day
Lord, I ride the pines at night, I drink my whiskey in the day
When I ramble down the Southland, down in North Cackalacky way
Hey ho Virginia, riding from my Kentucky home
Hey ho Virginia, riding from my Kentucky home
Aim to ramble in the Southland, rest my heels, dig my bones