1. |
Watching the Willow Burn
02:06
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The willow fell on the well
One night while I lay sleeping
No storm or wind
With a crash, the willow quit weeping
Chorus
It took me away
From my dreams
The only place
Where I can feel...
The willow lay on the well
Sleep just wouldn't have me
Nor storm or wind
Stopped my axe in hand through the tree
Willow on the well
Cut in pieces where it had stood
Saving lichen and moss as I
Release the sun trapped in the wood
It took me away
To the dreams
I know there's a place
I can see it
While the embers
Laugh and take flight
Sweet smoke lay me down
By the willow light
For Charles and Marion
2012
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2. |
If I Might Fail
03:06
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What do you want from me?
Get outta my head
The things whispered to me
Are still being said
What do you want from me?
Get outta my head
Please, honey
Don't push me over the edge
Chorus:
If i might fail...at making a beautiful moment
I'm pretty sure I will
But I'm pretty sure I won't
If the heavens would just hold my hands
While they have me by the throat
Conquerors, composers, poets and thieves
All end up mingling
After this death
As dust with the leaves
Chorus:
If i might fail...at making a beautiful moment
When it comes the time
Will I be strong?
Or, with guilt as guide
Will life keep dragging on?
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3. |
Nothing Can Do
03:07
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Conjure up
The sweetest one
Forbidden fruit
Are lust and love
Come to me
Save yourself
When the devil steals your soul
He keeps your shadow
Losses and babies
Lovers and ladies
Got my attention
Eat every word
Crosses and babies
Lovers and ladies
Create a diversion
To forget what I heard
Take it all
You know you can
Hissing the hymns
Of a promised land
Taste the lies
Hear what your tongues say
The spells we cast
Repeating them every day
Losses and babies
Lovers and ladies
Got my attention
Eat every word
Crosses and babies
Lovers and ladies
Create a diversion
To forget what I heard
But... Nothing can do
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4. |
the dog waz me
05:34
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i never broke free
of winter's freeze
23 days
from the first sign of spring
the river broke free
of winter's freeze
left her leash on the dock
carved these words with a rock
the dog waz me
tried hard not to love her
kept my distance from others
she carried my home
kept me from myself
she was always restless
paced when she could sleep
always swam the river
where it raced too deep
the dog waz me
we had to go together
there's no way she could stay
the animal inside us
breaks free one day
took the paddle to the water
rode our boat away from shore
took the rifle and the bullets
we don't exist no more
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Laura Kelsey British Columbia
Laura writes and sings.
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