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Bring Figs
03:43
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Bring figs, he adores the taste
Seeds in his teeth, I’ll brush them out later
Singing along to old 78s
Drop the needle, wind the crank
His mother ran naked through the living room
She slammed through the screen door
where her clothes were drying on the front porch
Tomorrow she’ll lay smoking in bed all day
but most days she’s up with the sun
she works like a farmer and her work’s never done
His Bolshevik grandma
a fox in her day
Trembling, arthritic hands fill my plate
her daughters dye their hair in the sink
and crouch in the grass reading politics
and next week their father will try to boss them around
What once was his kingdom is now their land
Grout the chimney, gut the basement, chuck the lamps
Tend to the things you love
stop the spreading cracks
A paint-splattered shirt, a bra in her purse
if she goes to town
Lift him up out of his chair into their green sedan
and the first thing he does is find the crank to roll the window down
with the wind rushing in round his head
he adores the sound
he adores the sound
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Richard
03:54
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Richard
I heard your story today
You took a plane and taxiied out on the runway
Out of line, you lifted off into the sky
With your sights on the Olympics
Richard
I heard your voice on the recording
Talking to air traffic control
Out of line, you still wanted company
Flying over Puget Sound
And you weren’t ready to come down
I know the feeling
Richard
You knew the fuel was running low
But you wanted to pull off that barrel roll
Out of line, like in a lucid dream
Everything was possible
And you weren’t ready to come down
I know the feeling
You weren’t ready to come down
Some said
What an irresponsible man!
He could have hurt so many others with his shenanigans
Some said
What a champion!
He did what most would only dream of
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Gettin' Away with It
02:51
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I came home with alcohol in my blood again
Like a stain on a new shirt, it didn't last long
But so far so good
No significant damage done in a while
Oooh I'm gettin' away with, oooh I'm gettin' away with it
Oooh I'm gettin' away
I came home riding my bike hummin' a tune
I'd just been at the bar, I was in a fine mood
But so far so good
No significant damage done in a while
Oooh I'm gettin' away with it, oooh I'm gettin' away with it
Oooh I'm gettin' away
I'm gettin' away with it, oooh I'm gettin' away with it
Oooh I'm gettin' away
If you don't ask then I won't tell
I'll let you think you know me well
I've got no reason to change
'Cause I'm gettin' away with it, oooh I'm gettin' away with it
Oooh I'm gettin' away
I'm gettin' away with it, oooh I'm gettin' away with it
Oooh I'm gettin' away
credits
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Change of Season
04:29
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6am, I swing my legs over the edge of the bed
The blanket's on the floor, I got too warm last night
Kitchen tiles are cold beneath my feet, I put the kettle on
and watch the gasoline burn blue and gold
Opening the curtain to the world I find, to my surprise
the sky is loose and falling to the ground
Oh, a change of season brings a change of heart
what was gettin' me so down I do not know
January hides the dirty parts
Underneath the snow
All the way up Rugby Road, the pretty painted houses show
their colours through the bright newfallen snow
Past the soccer field and through the fence I walk
by the skating rink, under a bridge into the trees
Oh, a change of season brings a change of heart
what was gettin' me so down I do not know
January hides the dirty parts
Underneath the snow
Swans and mallards swim through channels
in the halfway frozen lake
and grey on white, a heron passes overhead
The snow is like a dampening felt like music after dark through bedroom walls
I hear it passing on the street
Oh, a change of season brings a change of heart
what was gettin' me so down I do not know
January hides the dirty parts
Underneath the snow
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Shoreward
02:22
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Shoreward
lyrics by Taylor Ashton
Once the sea was teeming and we easily filled our nets
I knew the feast was fleeting but I let myself forget
when it's gone it takes your voice too
did you say to follow you?
Now the ocean's angry as a tangled unmade bed
Clouds as dark and looming as words best left unsaid
It's hard to hear over the raging blue
Did you say to go with you?
Do we push forward?
Or do we wait out the storm that forced our boats shoreward?
I stand at the water, though for now it's not my place
Maybe just to feel the salt spray on my face
Close my eyes and listen to the sea
Hear it whisper, Wait for me
Do we push forward?
Or do we wait out the storm that forced our boats shoreward?
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Never That Close
03:17
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We were waiting at at table for Tibetan food
we were solving Friday's crossword, the last couple clues
Heads turned when we cried out our victory
We always loved each other's company
But we were never that close
Though we talked every day for years
We never trusted each other, never spoke our minds
So there you go
We chose a campsite in a tricky place
Had to wade across the river up to our waists
We made a fire, sat on a log and then
tucked in together in a one-man tent
But we were never that close
Though we talked every day for years
We never trusted each other, never spoke our minds
So there you go
I thought that he was right
I thought our love was so vast, you couldn't get there overnight
I thought the pangs of doubt
were just glitches in the system that I could tune out
But we were never that close
Though we talked every day for years
We never trusted each other, never spoke our minds
So there you go
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7. |
Like Your Words
03:09
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I saw the sky sucked slowly down behind a desert ridge
Crying out with every colour it knew
but it didn't shake me like your words did
I saw the layers of history in river-eaten rock
Colorado canyon cutting deep
but it didn't shake me like your words did
it didn't shake me like your words did
Don't overexplain
I heard you the first time
I get what you're saying
I saw the blackest night becoming white in a silent storm
Zeus's fever dreams danced in my head
But it didn't shake me like your words did
My heavy head against the glass
Your letter sitting heavy in my lap
I barely notice all the miles going past
and I don't know the state I'm in
My heavy head against the glass
Your letter sitting heavy in my lap
I could have watched the world collapse
But it wouldn't shake me like your words did
It couldn't move me like that news
And I'm happy for the both of you
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8. |
Firefly
03:05
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Firefly caught in a spider's web
half dead
Chipmunk running on a low stone wall
don't fall
Easy as you go
Easy as you go
Driving much too fast in pouring rain
Stay in your lane
Baby's in the kitchen cooking rice
Don't slice your hand
Easy as you go
Easy as you go
After dinner we sat out in the long grass
where the beetles blink and glow
You were set on catching one for me
but you caught poison ivy
Back to city life, you're off to work
your legs hurt
Pushing through the aching pain all day
Working late
Easy as you go
I remember sitting out in the long grass
watching beetles blink and glow
Like a little boy you tried to catch one
Tried to be my hero
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9. |
Tangled Yarn
02:47
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Tangled Yarn
lyrics by Taylor Ashton, Zoe Guigueno & Alec Spiegelman
Tangled yarn caught up in the branches
sway in the wind and rearrange
Fold into strange and different shapes
and the lengths may tighten and break
Where did you get those beautiful eyes
and where did you get the love behind?
Who really knows you, who do you go to?
what are you hoping to find?
Here are the diamonds, here is the cradle
How did you get from one to the next?
Tangled yarn let go from the hands
to catch on a different branch
Whether or not our blood is the same
and whether we share a house or a name
You really know me, know how to hold me
Bring me into the frame
Show me once more
How you made the babe-being-born
Letting go of tangled yarn
(sway in the wind...)
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Call Me Back
03:54
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I’m in my pajamas, heating up soup
and I feel like talking to you
I call your phone, are you home or are you out on the road
Quinoa cooks up so fast, remember when you lived up on Lenox Ave
You were rarely there
but when you were you were in your kitchen too
But sometimes we’d hang out in the park
we’d bring a picnic and a guitar
Funny being self-employed we think we’re playing hooky
when we’re taking it easy
well, call me back when you get my message
Call me back when you can
Call me back when you get my message
Call me back when you can
I know you’re at least as nostalgic as me
doesn’t it just drive you crazy
It’s so hard to stop wrestling with time
you know I think it’s in our nature
There’s just so many books to read
So many songs, we’ll never know them all
people to love, places to walk
this is what we live for
so call me back when you get my message
Call me back when you can
Call me back when you get my message
Call me back when you can
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11. |
In the Water
02:31
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Driftwood fire
Secret admirer
Cedar branch
Steep dark path to the water
In the water in all my clothes
I was a part of the whole
Blurry lines
Changing tides with the day
From the house keep an eye on the bay
In the water in all my clothes
I was a part of the whole
Summer night
Red moon low in the sky
Glowing sand under bare feet
In the water without my clothes
I was a little bit older
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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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