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Gotta Tell (intro)
00:56
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You gotta thing you gotta tell
you gotta tell
you gotta time you gotta tell by
you tell yourself you're never gonna lie
won't even have to try
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Benefit of the Doubt
03:11
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I am the type that gives the benefit of the doubt
maybe still, but I'm way more cautious now
my adult life has been the product roadkill of it
I was close to my parents
and we lived in a bubble for many years
We were happy and I was swimming in love
The years of crazy started when I found my dad dead
of a heart attack
on our family farm
and mother died four years later
I was young when I married
and we tried to have kids for many years
I miscarried every time, and the marriage fell apart
After a time I met another man
I was head over heels for him
I didn't know you could be so broke that you would lie and steal
to get a fix
you never fix the past
you can't outrun the bad breaks
I believed
everything he told me
He drug me through the mud till I had nothing
I came home from the office
I had worked at the same place for many years
He was hanging in the hall
and I never saw such a peaceful look
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3. |
Light Under the Door
03:54
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Light under the door
Yellow strip along the floor
I don’t hear anything
But I don’t linger long
Clink in the kitchen
And the sound of water running
I know you’re not gonna knock
And I’m not risking sayin hi
Cause I wanna kiss you, it’s all I think about
Climb up to the roof
With a sketchbook and a pen
The bodega is close
I’ll be up in a few
Talk while you’re drawing
Skip ahead a couple songs
You get some smoke in your eye
Make a face, wave the smoke away
'n I wanna kiss you it’s all I think about
Standing at the fridge
in a white tshirt
paint on your hands
and your hair tied back
and the sun on your neck
'n I wanna kiss you it's all i think about
I wanna kiss you
I wanna kiss you, it’s all I think about
I wanna kiss you
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Queen of My Domain
02:45
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I was born an old soul
I was never a girl
I was cast in the wrong role
Never had my own room
we would put up a screen
call the doctor when need be
I met someone who was
not as mean as the rest
went and got me a white dress
but I see now
it never felt like home
never was my own
now I am the queen of my domain
nobody's taking that away
nobody's sweet talkin' me
I go to the movies on my own
paddle the Harrison on my days off
Got a job at the wheel
up each day before dawn
load the trailer and tarp on
pull a nine percent grade
to the crest of the hill
grab a half shift and gear down
used to haul way up north
now I do shorter runs
go to sleep in my own bed
cause I see now
what I needed most
was a real home
'n I am the queen of my domain
nobody's taking that away
nobody's sweet talkin' me
I go to the movies with a friend
paddle the Harrison on my days off
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December
02:55
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Canadians
don't make such a big deal
of Thanksgiving
no one's traveling far
but Christmas
doesn't bring my family together anymore
it's easy to say
it's just another day
and we're not that religious anyway
other folks
really go all out
and it's easy to make fun of them
oh but you know why we make fun of people
we can't do Christmas anymore because
something is wrong
one of us is gone
and gathering without him wouldn't feel right
well I don't know how other people deal
with things that are so awful they're not real
every night I see his face
run to him with wide embrace
a safe place
it's easy to say
it's just another day
and Christmas is for children anyway
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Stingray
03:01
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Stingray in the swimming pool
someone broke a window
disapproving from our barstools
I'm feeling critical
truckin down a dirt road
I invited you
but you did not wanna go
stingray in the swimming pool
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Gotta Tell (interlude)
01:15
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And then the moment comes and you chicken out
you put it off and put if off and put it off until it's too late
it's never ever worth it and you know it well
You gotta tell
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Firefighter
04:00
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When he was six years old
he saw a firetruck
he knew that that's what he would be when he grew up
A prairie boy, he used to drink and drive
Second generation, middle child
when he was 22, he knocked his girlfriend up
they had a little boy, but then they soon broke up
so he cut his hair,
and he joined the department
As the years went by, he took it all in stride
His partner laughed it off
when he was stabbed three times
scraping mangled kids off of frozen roads
responding to the same person's overdose
cut a crumpled man from a deep freezer
pulled a bloated boy out of the Red River
so he took to drink
and he isolated
these are things that most of us never see
these are things that most of us never see
these are things that most of us never see
every day he's the first one at the scene
he couldn't get to sleep
no matter what he tried
no way to turn it off, nowhere to hide
it festered in his mind
but no one wants to know
if you wanna be a man, then don't let it show
so he tied his shoes, hit the pavement running
running, running,
running, running, running, running, running .....
these are things that most of us never see
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Jenna
03:25
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Jenna it's so good to hear from you, checking in on me
I been in the mountains these past weeks, staying with a friend, don't know if you know him
He's teaching me the Lindy Hop
we spin ‘round the kitchen in our socks
and every day we go for a walk
tryin' to name the leafless trees
oh and Jenna, I never felt better
I never felt so full of life
oh Jenna, I never felt better
I just wanted to write and write and write and write and write and write
Jenna can you tell me what to do, I'm confused
Every word he said made me get dark and I got mean
and I didn't wanna be like that
I told him I was going west
that he and I weren't meant to last
He took his glasses off and closed his book, and he didn't ask me why
Oh and Jenna,
well then I felt better
'n he never looked more beautiful to me
Oh Jenna,
not only did I feel better – but I no longer wanted to leave.
I don't like taking things back – I wanna stay on track.
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10. |
Radar Stations
03:30
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We don't remember the details
we remember how we felt
we felt the fog wrap around us
we couldn't see beyond our hands
Is it not real, if we can't describe it?
No one knows what we meant
We took our shoes and socks off
and listened with closed eyes
we were radar stations
angled toward the light
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11. |
When You Love Someone
04:10
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I went to the place where he last said he was
I guess that's where he was
What did I think I'd find there
I think I thought I'd feel him in the wind
is that a car comin', should I put out my thumb?
Or is it just the wind comin' round the bend?
I talked to the people living in the town
working in the town
What did I think they'd tell me?
I knew there'd be nothing that they could say
isn't that just the way, with a thing like this
even the sheriff shrugged and shook his head
When you love someone they become a part of you
So as long as he's missing, part of me is missing too
I saw a woodpecker at work on a tree
And the sun came through the branches and it formed a dome of light around me
I lay down to sleep and see him in my dreams
He's always in my dreams
and if I am lucid this time
Then I can ask him where the hell he's been
Why has it been so long, when's he coming home
When you love someone they become a part of you
So as long as he's missing a part of me is missing too
I saw a woodpecker at work on a tree
And the sun came through the branches
and it formed a dome of light around me
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12. |
Gotta Tell
03:01
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You gotta thing you gotta tell
you gotta tell
you gotta time you gotta tell by
you tell yourself you're never gonna lie
won't even have to try
And then the moment comes and you chicken out
you put it off and put if off and put it off until it's too late
it's never ever worth it and you know it well
You gotta tell
Playing God's not as fun as it sounds
it's a heavy crown to walk around in
Once you put it on, you can't put it down
Until you put it down
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Zoe Guigueno New York, New York
Zoe is a Canadian songwriter and bass player living in Queens, NY.
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