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As Long As You Come Home
01:48
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I don’t care where you go, as long as you come home
Take the long way, go by the river
Take the wrong way, go by the sea
Like the birds, it gets cold, so they fly south
Like the birds, they come home, sing for me so happily
I don’t care where you go, as long as you come home
Go climb a mountain, go see your mother
Go see your friend on the other side of town
Like the birds, in my tree, when they're here they're singing
Like the birds, it gets cold, they fly south and then they fly back home
I don’t care where you go, just come on home
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2. |
Please Come Out
03:02
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PLEASE COME OUT
It's the time of year when doors don't fit well
Windows won't close, beaches fill with empty shells
You're tying ribbons all around your little finger
To remind you of all you have to do today, but...
Please won't you come out
Please won't you come out
There are stars and there are fireflies
Chase me down through the old town
I once called you the girl with the tiger inside her
Everybody's got to have a secret name
So if you feel you're coming apart at the seams
Maybe you weren't meant to be suited that way, anyway...
Please won't you come out
Please won't you come out
There are stars and there are fireflies
Chase me down through the old town
How did we get so derailed and distracted?
How long have we been sitting by the side of the road?
Do you think the wind stops to think about the pressure
As she makes a run from high to low?
oh no, so...
Please won't you come out
Please won't you come out
There are stars and there are fireflies
Chase me down through the old town
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3. |
We Fall Out
03:19
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WE FALL OUT
Learn to sleep standing
Walk in waking dreams
The strangers we see around town
Become your family
One by one we fall out
from their cold grey lines
One by one we fall out
from their grand designs
Living in a dreamstate
Learn to meet their gaze
Learn to hold your head high
Don't drive while you are crying
Soft shoulder rest a while
One by one we fall out
from the cold grey lines
One by one we fall out
from their grand designs
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4. |
Less Seriously
02:57
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LESS SERIOUSLY
6 spoons of honey in my tea
Life is short
Treats you brutally
If we took ourselves less seriously
If I take leave of my sanity
Could you still love me?
Could you still love me?
If the flowers I gave you
Stayed living on the vine
I could give you flowers,
All the time
So how can you sit there?
Rooted in your seat
When outer space starts beneath your feet
If we took ourselves less seriously
If I take leave of my sanity
Could you still love me?
Could you still love me?
I'll speak only in rhymes in your company
Diving for pearls in your very blue sea
Could you still love me?
Unconditionally, eternally
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5. |
House A Home
03:22
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HOUSE A HOME
If I open the curtains, would you open your eyes?
Let the sun treat you nice
Open the window, all the boxes
Open our minds to the possibility of
Now, it's time
Gonna make this house a home
When the wind blows through the room
It reminds me of that old tune
That was playing in your car on the day that I met you
On that day I knew, that we were driving home.
Because you make this house a home.
When all you got is rain and snow
And all our friends are off in Mexico,
I got you and you got me,
I'm about as happy as a man could ever be
And we'll stay right here,
because I finally feel like I'm home
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6. |
Owl Creek
02:02
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OWL CREEK
From the bridge he took his leap
Felt the water, cool and deep
Took a breath and the let the current
Carry him downstream
His eyes opened wide
As the noise was he left behind
No one can keep your thoughts from getting home
The trees have all shed their leaves
Which laugh beneath his blistered feet
Insects scream their symphony
One more hill and he's home
Where his love waits
Their arms are opened wide
As the rope pulls tight....
No one can keep our thoughts from going home
Darling you know I am coming home
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7. |
Love After All
03:10
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LOVE AFTER ALL
What were you scared of?
Why won't you let go?
Ain't no devil down there
It's just love after all
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8. |
Green River Serenade
03:35
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GREEN RIVER SERENADE
Green River, can she float you down, can she ride you?
Just a clear green soul, in a clouded silty world,
Trying to leave Utah, but mama I'm a wanted girl
Yes mama, I'm a wanted girl
Trying to make it to the sea, my junked up friends and me
And I hope there's something left, of this green-eyed girl if I reach her
Green River, can she float you down, can she ride you?
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9. |
Hadn't Met You Yet
05:15
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HADN'T MET YOU YET
Pray to no one, talk to someone
so I won’t feel alone
My fears were photos, my hopes Miros
Hanging in my room
I met so many people
All shadows and silhouettes..
But I hadn’t, I hadn’t met you yet
Like a red bird sputtering in the snow
How’d I forget to leave?
Ice was forming while I‘d been dreaming
Southward-bound dreams
In the stillness of that winter, my ways were firmly set
Still I held on, I hadn’t met you yet.
Clouds are gathering, over my head
No time for sleeping, no time to rest
Birds are swarming, skies are turning red
No time for sleeping, no time to rest
I hadn’t met you yet
Spring came silently, crept in quietly
Found me where I lay
From leaves soggy, steam rose groggy
Sunlight warmed the day
So I never got to meet you, never made from the net
I drank my fill of water, but my mouth was never wet
Gladly took the blindfold and the cigarette
I hadn’t met you yet
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10. |
I Think They Mean Well
02:54
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I THINK THEY MEAN WELL
Well I think they mean well
I really think
They’ve the best intentions,
But they cant keep you and me from being friends
I will leap their good intentions
And forgo their bad directions
And pity the one, who can’t remember first love
But oh love
They can’t keep you and me from being friends
Under the porch, I'll wait for you
Wait for your plans to all fall through
The splintered sunlight shines on first love
I was a wheel, but you were the chain,
You're the reason I'm turning again
But have you ever looked up and saw you were so far from home
But oh love
They can’t keep you and me from being friends
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11. |
Day At The Sea
04:29
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DAY AT THE SEA
For Hunter Zen Thawley (2006-2010)
Do you remember?
How the sun tried in vain
To warm the day
Or how the salt wind
Put a tangle in your hair?
Your jet black hair
We were the only ones there
But as sure as gulls dance in the sky
We saw your toothy smile and your laughing eyes
It was your day at the sea
And your love was a wave
Come crashing through our memory
Do you remember?
The shape of wind-filled sails
Castles made of pails
Do you remember?
The wind on the saw grass hill
And how the world refused to stay sad
Or stay still
But as sure as gulls dance in the sky
We saw your toothy smile and your laughing eyes
It was your day at the sea
And your love was a wave
Come crashing through our memory
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12. |
5 Inch Wall
05:13
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5 INCH WALL
There’s a five inch wall between the bed and the world
There's a wide awake guy, there’s one sleeping girl
The whisper of the trees ain't soothing to me
It scares me to the core
Under pale white paint, lies plaster and lathe
A lonely air space where insulation was never placed
Tar paper once black, faded with time
Ship lap redwood nailed to the outside
Can this be all that keeps us safe and dry?
Can a 5-inch wall keep the midnight on the outside
No it's you, like a pillow 'neath my mind
Keeps the midnight on the outside
If thieves came fast, with eyes of slate
Would this old dead bolt hold back their weight
Bubbled glass now sagging with age
Would laugh as it shattered, and welcome in the rain
Over our heads, there’s tar and gravel
But don’t you know things tend to unravel
The night birds calling ain't soothing to me
They scare me to the core
We walk on planks, we balance on beams
That once stood as the tallest trees
Rip them out of the deepest loam
Stack 'em back up and call it a home
It's a five inch wall between the bed and the world
There's one sleeping guy, there’s one sleeping girl
But the nightbirds crying ain't soothing to me
They come calling, calling in my dreams
Can this be all that keeps us safe and dry?
Can a 5-inch wall keep the midnight on the outside?
No it's you, like a pillow 'neath my mind
Keeps the midnight on the outside
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13. |
Things That Matter
01:24
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THINGS THAT MATTER
A heart that beats
A voice that speaks
Feet that fly me down the street
I just want the things that matter
Don't ever keep your voice down
Don't let em turn you around
Don't let em keep you
From the things that matter
Hands that fit the curves
That fit the lines
And you’re the poem I wrote
And that's what really matters
Don't ever keep your voice down
Don't let em turn you around
Don't let em keep you
From the things that matter
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Alexis Harte San Francisco, California
Alexis Harte is a Peabody and Annie Awards-winning singer-songwriter and composer.
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