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Distance is Distance
03:01
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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.
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2. |
Forever You
03:44
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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.
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3. |
Letter to Tim Baker
03:50
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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
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4. |
Corsage
04:39
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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
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Horses
04:08
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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.
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6. |
Billy and Me
03:23
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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
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7. |
Dangers of Winter
04:40
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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.
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8. |
Earthquake
03:05
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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.
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9. |
Waves
04:40
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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.
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10. |
No Trees
03:00
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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.
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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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