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There's an Echo Now

by Pretty Taken

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1.
You left the picture I gave you on the table I lost your number, lost your number I’ll call when I am able You moved 1-2-9 hours away And distance is distance And you know that I won’t come and stay I think it’s time that I changed my own strings We can tune it, it won’t break I just need to sort out some things She said you’re nervous when it’s your turn to call But it’s my birthday I’m your first born and it’s the first day of fall I know it’s not easy to be an adult I’ll try forgiveness or something else Thought we’d spend some time and see the result I think it’s time that I changed my own strings We can tune it, it won’t break I just need to sort out some things You left the picture I gave you on the table I lost your number, lost your number I’ll call when I am able.
2.
Forever You 03:44
In the garden the roses were dead I climbed the mountain to look for you instead It was cruel, unkind when you changed your mind you saved some truths, for me to find I painted you the way that I wanted you to stay I painted you the way that I wanted you to stay That day, that night, In a good light That night that day, I knew you no other way I search your eyes, your voice, your breathing And your touch You’re there, but you’re not there And I don’t ask for much I hold tight, I hold tight though nothing feels right It’s not fair to say, we’ll be ok I painted you the way that I wanted you to stay I painted you the way that I wanted you to stay That day, that night, In a good light That night that day, I knew you no other way Memories of you Haunt me through My memories of you Forever you.
3.
When I met you for the first time You were tender after your show I saw your heart, it was showing through your shirt I had a story about my sister And if I tell you about my sister My own heart, it will show Even though they say I am the brave one I’m scared to go first The spring brings her the babies and I know they got it reversed She’ll take you in like a crooked necked lamb Better to die in her arms, with her love If we could all die in arms filled with love I wanted to say something Because I felt tender after your show My heart, it still is showing and I wanted you to know. Corsage
4.
Corsage 04:39
You nearly hit my heart When you pinned it to my chest A simple single rose Pinned to my favourite dress Your words so heady I didn’t understand Actions held the meaning Like where you placed your hand Let me know when you’re ok to go My eyes are covered over I cannot see and do not know You pull up, I hurry out and get in Friends are waiting in the lobby Life’s about to begin But there’s heartbreak in the landscape Sometimes you need to pull over You might need the shoulder Let me know when you’re ok to go My eyes have watered over I cannot see and do not know There’s snow in your beard and wine on my lips We’re closer to meaning I can feel it in my hips Save the last dance for me So I can see what you mean Save the last dance for me I see what you mean
5.
Horses 04:08
Dear Friend you’ve got your heart broke I saw the blood on your boots I know you like the cowboys But they pull you in and let you loose Hidden between the mattresses of the bedroom of your heart You’ve got your secret That’ll get you through this part You always dream of horses You’re not afraid of death When you waltz into a room They’re always givin’ you respect I believed it all along But you swore you never did You’re a blood relation of Billy the Kid I can help you sew your heart up With the sweet strings of a guitar But as sure as the constellations You won’t have to look that far You can search the skies for funnel clouds and be sure to watch your back You’re free to walk and take your time You’re a legend that’s a fact You always dream of horses You’re not afraid of death When you waltz into a room They’re always givin’ you respect I believed it all along But you swore you never did You’re a blood relation of Billy the Kid Everything is going to be all right Everything is going to be all right You won’t go down without a fight Everything is going to be all right It’s always of horses Always of horses.
6.
Billy and Me 03:23
We were kids from the country and we all met to dance Spoke the same language he was my one chance He was handsome and smart and played music too He loved violin looked like your dad and you Don’t be a fool Life’s better with two And if you don’t marry now They’ll steal him from you Through the blizzards and storms You’ll make it you’ll see Dancing through your days Like Billy and Me They were tough times from the start We looked after his folks With the babies and the boys Ran the farm with high hopes We played cards and songs And outgrew the old house Marked years with family and Friends that were close Don’t be a fool Life’s better with two And if you don’t marry now They’ll steal him from you Through the blizzards and storms You’ll make it you’ll see Dancing through your days Like Billy and Me Now it’s just me here waving Standing out on the deck The wind hits me hard as your car becomes a speck He seems like a keeper I don’t know where he stands Life’s long and hard so you better hold hands Don’t be a fool Life’s better with two And if you don’t marry now They’ll steal him from you Through the blizzards and storms You’ll make it you’ll see Dancing through your days Like Billy and Me
7.
I asked you how does it end And you told me it was more of a break than a bend Two years in that house with you The cracks so big that the wind blew through The walls whispered in the night All of our fears from all of our fights With snow in the forecast and noise on tv Under blankets and low light, did you still see me The holes in our souls were wearing out I patched mine up and covered my doubt We were buried deep in a drift of snow We could wait for spring or just let go The dangers of winter is that all you can take Like pipes filled with water they freeze and then they break And at thirty below There was nowhere to go I’ll sing you one last song and say goodbye We can walk away from here or try To step in winter and feel the cold Beautifully bitter and brutally bold Cold’s come, it’s here to stay It steals my breath away The dangers of winter is that all you can take Like pipes filled with water they freeze and then they break And at thirty below There was nowhere to go.
8.
Earthquake 03:05
I slept through the earthquake It was my fatal theme You dressed up in patience I unraveled you at the seam You left me a skeleton of our dreams and words A rough sketch erased of A sky full of birds When you were around I could have never been warned That there’s an echo now Now I’m bathed in weakness And you’re showered in light Through revelations of others I see I lost sight Too afraid to take action Too afraid to care Too afraid to meet your eyes Your worn-out heavy stare When you were around I could have never been warned That there’s an echo now.
9.
Waves 04:40
With the clarity of a mountain lake I saw right to the bottom And I saw what we were afraid to see I saw right to the bottom Nature and its finity Nothing can be the same you see I saw right to the bottom These waves on lakes I just got pulled under You know you sink me like a stone And I can’t help but wonder If we break to see, break to see, Will you see what I see Happiness won’t come easily And it’s clear that you Don’t know what you mean to me And I may miss the fighting Because what matters to you It matters to me These waves on lakes I just got pulled under You know you sink me like a stone And I can’t help but wonder If we break to see, break to see Will you see what I see It’s on the tip of my fingers The tip of my tongue But I won’t say the words To undo what I have done If we break to see, if we break to see Will you see what I see.
10.
No Trees 03:00
You are a willow tree You snap back into place But I break more easily I need more to grow I need places to go When there is no trees just branches And no soil just sand When the train came to a sudden stop Did you mean to touch my hand? I see a dangerous bounce to your step And where you’re walking I can’t go yet And there’s a life I can see There’s a life pulling me There’s a life I can see There’s a life pulling me apart When there is no trees just branches And no soil just sand When the train came to a sudden stop Did you mean to touch my hand? And we sway like wave like Sway like wave like Like branches in the wind Like branches in the wind And we sway like brave like Sway like brave like Like branches in the wind Like branches in the wind.

credits

released September 9, 2014

All songs written by Jodi Tychkowsky
Produced by Nicholas Popowich and Jodi Tychkowsky
Recorded at TurnKey Studios
Sound Engineering by Randor Lin
Mixed by Nathan Seatter
Mastered at Joao Carvalho Studios
Jodi Tychkowsky vocals, guitar, banjo
Nicholas Popowich vocals, guitar, bass, piano, organ, clarinet
Caitlin Sian Richards viola for Horses,
No Trees, Distance is Distance
Kyle Smith drums for Waves, Dangers of Winter, Letter to Tim Baker
Photographs and Artwork by Jodi Tychkowsky

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Pretty Taken Edmonton, Alberta

Thoughtfully written, melancholic songs, sung with plenty of vocal harmonies and vintage and classical guitars.

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