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I Believe in Us
05:10
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Come, show me love, I believe in us
Come, show me love, I believe in us
Lonely trumpet and drunken jazz and the waves on my skin
Cobble stone and the ancient bone and the ghost was flying in
Say you love me, so how about you love me it’s so easy to pretend
Man, I wish we were strangers now, so I could meet you again
Come, show me love, I believe in us
Come, show me love, I believe in us
Found the chorus inside my forrest and the creatures in my head
The conversation is changing now, but the words have all been said
The sun made me sleep and the moon made me weep and the sky was turning red
Found your glory inside your story, but it’s nothing but a god damn mess
Come, show me love, I believe in us
Come, show me love, I believe in us
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2. |
Take it Easy
04:00
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You came in blazing on your satellite
The LA traffic my lullaby
You sang my praises I’m too cold to hear
Your denim collar wrapped around my ears
You said take it easy my dear
I’m watching your knuckles
They were wrapped around my hand
They were covering the wind from my cigarette
And we’re awake too early
Cause were up all night
And the drug ran away form the morning light
You said take it easy
Make it easy my dear
You said lets take it easy tonight
We’re looking through their window
All the disco lights
I said it looks like for now we’re doing something right
You said my face was changing
I said what do you mean
You said things looked brighter in yesterday’s dream
I said take it easy
Make it easy my dear
I said let’s take it easy on me
I heard a sound like love
He made like love
We made a sound like love
With the parachute above
I said let’s take it easy my love
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For Al and Lee
05:16
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Came out a little wiser
From the garden that you made
Moon hangs higher
On the path to guide the way
Oh light the way
Oh guide the way
May the road that you find be the right one and
May your songs be sung
May the road that you walk down lead you to
All the things that you love
Wrote a song for your sweetheart
And you meant every word that you said
Believe what you sing
Oh you’re living what you sing
May the road that you walk down lead you to
All the things that you love
May the road that find be the right one and
May your songs be sung
Follow the golden moon
Golden moon
May the road that you find be the right one and
May your songs be sung
May the road that you walk down lead you to
All the things that you love
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4. |
Company
04:24
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Company is easy
But take time to keep mine
I’m safe to kiss, but dangerous
To love and miss and god forbid
You fall again, or lose a friend
Or take down your safety net
Don’t be sad
I won’t be too bad
I felt your breath behind my neck
I held it in under my skin
Your sleepy head
Inside my bed
The wind it blew
And carried you
I’m waiting for your open door
To let me in
Begin again
Don’t be sad
I won’t feel too bad
Don’t feel sad
I won’t be too bad
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Ash in the Jar
03:44
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We were drunk in the bathtub
Beer on the carpet
Ash in the jar
Floating, knocked down the table
we were not able to get very far
Counting lines down my face where
I like to hold you
when we're apart
We were running from the sunrise
we were following the moon tides
coffee tasted like September
I cannot remember
how you're tasting now
I was crying from laughter
does it really matter
cause I do both somehow
we were running from the sunrise
we were following the moon tides
Inst. break
we were running from the sunrise
we were following the moon tides
That was the California summer
I could not recover
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6. |
Born Wild
04:28
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Silence your siren
And pull in your line
My heart is not broken
It’s on fire
They told you
You’re different
Your life was inspired
But now you are aching inside
And I was born wild
I was born wild
We sang to the ocean
With our bodies entwined
Your skin found my fingers
That night
And I was born wild
I was born wild
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7. |
Fly Like an Eagle
04:21
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Well, I wanted to soar like an eagle
And I wanted the mind of a dove
And I wanted to smother the evil
And just float around up above
Well, I wanted the strength of a lion
Mm, and I wanted the peace of a king
And I wanted the truth without dyin'
Without learnin' about anything
How I wanted the sky to enfold me
But I needed the earth when I fell
Yes I did, just like everyone told me
Yeah, they all advise me so well
Well, I know what I want as I need it
And I know what I need is all here
And with the courage to reach out and take it
I can fly for the rest of my years
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Dekalb Ave.
03:24
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City lights through my bedroom window
Hung a halo on you
But I could not find the courage
To do what I wanted to do
We dance beside my dusty table
Swung in the light of the moon
Sleepy gaze too close to notice
That I was dancing too
So give me peace or give me pleasure
My heart can handle the two
I cannot dream without you
And I don’t want to
We climbed upon our backlit mountain
Spun our own cocoon
Sideways hands they understand
Tomorrow is coming soon
So give me pain or give me pleasure
My heart can handle the two
But I cannot dream without you
And I don’t want to
I won’t try to
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The Carnival
04:05
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We were standing by the road
You took my hand and said
Oh, what a breaking world it is
Quietly I noticed you
The moonlight on your head
Oh, what a lovely world it is
We would walk in unison
The rhythm of your breath
Oh, what a graceful song it is
Everyone’s in magazines
Smiling back at me
And oh, what strange world it is
Someday they will melt away
Ink between their eyes
And oh, what a funny thing it is
Put them in a picture frame
Hung it on my chest
With gold and silver thread
We would keep the little songs
They sung to us at night
Quiet lullaby’s
Once upon a time there was
A notion of a man
With yellow dreams in his hands
But we were at the carnival
We were stuck inside the tent
Shivering and cold and we were wet
And when the bears have done their dance
And they disappear again
Oh, what a way to end
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10. |
Just Begun
03:43
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We were shining
Before the light
No one wrong
No one right
We were love
Before the moon
No one old
No one new
We were golden
Before the sun
No one frightened
We’d just begun
We’d just begun
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"Like folk-era Sharon Van Etten, Meg Baird and Rosali; check Schottland building 1988 and Love Liked You to the most elegant
crescendos." - MOJO Magazine
"Lush, Laurel Canyon scenes given a 21st century makeover" - Clash Magazine
“...an all-around winner” - Aquarium Drunkard
"a lush, mid-’70s California vibe" - Brooklyn Vegan
“..hypnotic new voice in the world of alt-folk” - Folk Radio UK
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