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Ratboys – Black Earth, WI (2023) | Track profile | Dork

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Ratboys
The Window
Black Earth, WI

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Black Earth, WI

Release date: 24th August 2023

From The WindowTrack 98:34

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About This Track

"Black Earth, WI" is a single by Ratboys, from the album The Window, released 24th August 2023. The track is 8:34 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Ratboys.

About the Artist

Ratboys

Ratboys

Lyrics

Black Earth, WI

How'd I ever know you
Quite like I was told to?
Make sure you love each other nice now

Oh, I was hypnotized
Caught up in the northern lights
Driving around in circles

Singin' hey now
What was that sound?
Lighting a match
Just to f-freak you out

Oo, then on the other side
I saw fifty yellow lines
Pushing up against the window

And with one almighty lightning strike
The great lake rose up behind
Said, "Baby, you best turn around"

So I went back
I went back to the shore
To follow her pathway
Forevermore

Crushing the blades, great freight train
Make the wind go away
And if that mockingbird don't sing
Watch her do the twist again

And if she's twisted up too tight
Let the dawn cut through the night
And if that day do slowly break
Make your way down to the lake

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Track details

From The Window

8:342023Single

Listen

Album

25th August 2023

Track number

9

Release year

2023

1Making Noise for the Ones You Love
4:04
2Morning Zoo
3:11
3Crossed that Line
2:06
4It's Alive!

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Ratboys — Know You Then (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [3:12]
Ratboys — What’s Right? (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [5:15]
Ratboys — The World, So Madly (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [3:11]
Ratboys — Light Night Mountains All That (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [5:58]
Ratboys — Burn It Down (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [7:06]
Ratboys — At Peace in the Hundred Acre Wood (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [3:16]
Ratboys — Strange Love (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [2:24]
Ratboys — Penny in the Lake (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [3:52]
Ratboys — Just Want You to Know the Truth (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [8:29]
Ratboys — Open Up (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [5:05]
Ratboys — Anywhere (from Singin’ to an Empty Chair) [3:03]
Ratboys — The New Maria
Ratboys — Morning Zoo (from The Window) [3:11]
Ratboys — It's Alive! (from The Window) [3:24]
Ratboys — Empty (from The Window) [3:52]
Ratboys — Making Noise for the Ones You Love (from The Window) [4:04]
Ratboys — Crossed that Line (from The Window) [2:06]
Ratboys — Break (from The Window) [4:38]
Ratboys — No Way (from The Window) [5:37]
Ratboys — The Window (from The Window) [4:15]
Ratboys — I Want You (Fall 2010) (from The Window) [3:49]
Ratboys — Bad Reaction (from The Window) [4:15]
Ratboys — X‐Games Mode
Ratboys — It’s Alive!
Ratboys — 88 Fingers Edward (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [3:46]
Ratboys — The Stanza (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [3:29]
Ratboys — Intense Judgment (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [5:04]
Ratboys — Cacao to Cacao (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [2:17]
Ratboys — Down the River (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [2:34]
Ratboys — Key (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [3:37]
Ratboys — Collected (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [4:16]
Ratboys — Have a Heart (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [3:36]
Ratboys — At 39 Is Annie the Oldest Cat? (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [4:17]
Ratboys — Space Blows (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [1:46]
Ratboys — Go Outside (from Happy Birthday, Ratboy) [2:49]
Ratboys — Audiotree Far Out
Ratboys — Tying Airplanes to the Ground
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Ratboys — Clever Hans (from Printer's Devil) [5:31]
Ratboys — Printer's Devil (from Printer's Devil) [4:32]
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Ratboys — Anj (from Printer's Devil) [3:25]
Ratboys — I Go Out at Night (from Printer's Devil) [3:08]
Ratboys — My Hands Grow (from Printer's Devil) [3:53]
Ratboys — Listening (from Printer's Devil) [3:25]
Ratboys — Alien with a Sleep Mask On (from Printer's Devil) [3:50]
Ratboys — Victorian Slumhouse (from Printer's Devil) [4:20]
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Credits

Writer: Dave Sagan, Julia Steiner, Marcus Nuccio, Sean Neumann
Composer: Ratboys
Producer: Chris Walla
Bass: Sean Neumann
Drums: Marcus Nuccio
Guitar: Dave Sagan, Julia Steiner, Sean Neumann
Vocals: Julia Steiner
Artwork: Ratboys
Background Vocals: Dave Sagan, Marcus Nuccio, Sean Neumann
Credited: Topshelf Records
Mastering Engineer: Heba Kadry - هبة قدري
Mixing Engineer: Chris Walla, Mike Vernon Davis
Percussion: Marcus Nuccio
Photography: Manda Specht
Piano: Chris Walla, Marcus Nuccio
Produced At: Hall of Justice Recording Studio
Recording Engineer: Chris Walla
Talk Box: Dave Sagan
Video Director: Ratboys