1. |
Not to Say
03:49
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I missed you this morning
I thought of you all day long
You're far away now with baby--
Your home's not my home.
I dreamed of our mother
I dreamed of our father too--
We're singing on opposite shores now,
But I'm singing for you.
I'll sing for our childhood
I'll sing for my own damn good
Sing to find the road I'll pave--
It's the only way
Which is not to say
That nothing here ever changes
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2. |
Take Apart the Winter
05:14
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We'll take apart the winter,
Divide it by what joys we know
We'll say goodbye to wanting--
To open roads we'll say hello
I've known a few to go too early
I've known a few to leave us all behind
Wander our dreams now
They scatter our dreams
Far from the earth now
But never far from mind
These hands are yours to hold
We're dreaming side by side
I'll know you when we're old
If life let's us decide
So hold me through this cold
We're young and we are wild
Sweet dreamer dream with me
I'll be a dreamer's bride
So take apart the winter
Divide it by what joys we know
We'll say goodbye to wanting--
To open roads, we'll say hello
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3. |
California
04:22
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California under pale grey skies
It's a winter's day and sun is in your eyes
Your eyes that hold the spark of day
Your mind just like a sieve
You always had the words to say
But not the love to give
I have let you walk the line with me
And with your eyes so bright
Oh still you cannot see
That I have walked five miles for you
And I would walk ten more
If you were just to tell me dear
That you want me through your door
And a friendship that's based on the sea
Let's the waves crash on and on and on and on
And the sea is the center but you are not centered
So we cannot go on
And the waves crash on and on and on and on
I can't stay that mad for long at you
And with your eyes so sad
I cave before I'm through
But if I let you by my love
then who is gonna pay?
It won't be you-- I'll say that much
Cuz you'll be on your way
And the waves crash, the waves crash, the waves crash
the waves
And the waves crash, the waves crash, the waves.
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4. |
Body Secrets
04:33
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Your body's got secrets to hold
Held in the deeps of its curves and its bones
Your body's got secrets to keep
But ask in the night it might tell while you sleep
While you sleep
Your body feels weak but it's strong
The home of your soul where your heartstrings belong
Give it time give it time to tell what has gone wrong
Ask in the night you might not wait too long
Wait too long
Your body's your body's your own
Your body your body's your only home
Home of your soul
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5. |
The Colors Now
04:04
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Wander these rooms in search of an answer to a quest of mine
I cried and I tried to find what to do with all this open time
But I'm slurring my personal words so let's talk about the weather now--
Not even March and it's looking like spring
Ground thawing out and birds starting to sing their morning songs
Heart aches abound though they've got no reason
to dwell in this house of ours--
I love you with all of the self I possess and the rest of me loves you more
But I'm slurring my personal words so let's talk about the colors now--
It's white and it's blue and it's green and it's grey
The harbor changes its light and its hue every hour of the day
And the wilds are open in all our minds
We've been caught in a cycle of concrete and steel but we still have time
City grey can make way
For verdant light
The colors now are full, the colors now are full
The colors now are fuller than they were
Before you my love
Yours are the hands that I wait for
Yours are the eyes that steady my soul
And your heart was the one mine cried out for
All of those nights when I was alone
But I'm slurring my personal words so let's talk about
Oh anything now
The colors are full
Oh all of the light is wild, it's bright
The colors now are full
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6. |
It's Not Forever
03:10
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Morning came slow-- I was still dreaming
It was the dream, not the day, that tasted real
The shock of return here has me reeling
I'm on a hill, in a car without a wheel
Everyone and their mother says it'll be hell to pay
Oh I know-- I knew it all along
So why do we stay, why do we pay
Months turn to years while our minds slip away
Oh it's not forever, baby, but it's home
All of my friends are on the G train--
Except for Fox and Chris-- they're at my house.
They're looking for faster ways to get there
And for better ways to live than hand to mouth
Everyone and their mother says it'll be hell to pay
Oh I know-- I knew it all along
So why do we stay, why do we pay
Months turn to years while our minds slip away
Oh it's not forever, baby, but it's home
It's not forever, baby, but it's home
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7. |
London Streets
04:13
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Slatish grey the sky
And underfoot the stones,
Which wore your boots down to their bones
You walked for fear of slowing down
Enough to hear the question--
Leaves fell brown
Crisp October air
You were there clean clothes clean hair
Without a purpose or a plan
But fresh losses in the pockets
Where you planted your cold hands
Walk pretty
Don't you hope to capture
Don't you hope to catch a stranger's eyes
Be wise-- don't be quick to fall
for the kind disguise
Walk pretty, walk pretty
Walk pretty, walk pretty
Those London streets--
You didn't know the lonely stand apart
You read meaning music art
in passing glances, catching eyes--
You fancied yourself wise
When you among the prowling wolves of every foggy street
Dressed the sheep
Oh you didn't know the pain of the elite
And how it turns the spirit mean
Oh you didn't know
Oh you didn't know
Slatish grey the sky
And underfoot the stones,
Which wore your boots down to their bones
You walked for fear of slowing down
Enough to hear the question
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8. |
Lullaby
03:19
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Stay awake,
Stay awake,
While the day dissolves, the fire fades
In a while,
The night will hold
Her weary arms around the world
And you'll lift your head to meet her gaze
While she spins you in a dark blue haze
She'll whisper you need only wait
For life to sweetly hold
Stay awake,
Stay awake--
Don't let the darkness take the day
But if you do,
You'll be held safe
By the lady in her velvet cape
And you'll lift your head to meet her gaze,
While she spins you in a soft blue haze
She'll whisper you need only wait
For life
to sweetly
hold
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Rose Hips & Ships found their feet somewhere between the coast of Maine and Red Hook, Brooklyn. Led by Katherine Perkins, they make songs to move you. It's a family affair.
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