1. |
When I Leave ohio
02:35
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you light a cigarette
and get in to your maverick
and drive into the parking lot
and put on your blue eye shadow
you light another cigarette
and think about your box of yets
that live under your sisters bed
you go into your job
and punch the clock
your boss he tells you what to do
he says your needed on register four
*
don’t you worry children
mary’s gonna care for you
all you have to do is cover your eyes
all you have to do is cover your eyes
while i leave ohio
leave ohio
leave
ohio
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2. |
Mama Bird
05:34
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what’s in that tree
is that a mama bird i see
is she laying on her eggs
is she worried about the breaks
is she acting like a wild thing
doing whatever it takes
so we don’t get too close
who is driving in that car
i see a lady going far
away from her home
she’s expecting a storm
the last time he broke in
her windows and the kids
had the coldest winter
yeah she takes care of her babies
and all this love
i don’t know what to make of
another life she is saving
and all this hope
oh we’ve got to help her stay afloat
down by in the subway
i see a girl
who is holding
the weight of the world
on her soft, strong back
and oceans of feelings come over me
and i watch her closer
as the silence holds her
as she combs their hair
singing there there there there there
it’s a dangerous night
but its going to be allright
yeah she takes care of her babies
and all this love
i don’t know what to make of
another life she is saving
and all this hope
oh we’ve got to help her stay afloat
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3. |
I quit ~ { prelude }
01:05
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4. |
I quit
06:29
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as she tears her dress into a thousand pieces
she says
this life is too unbearable. it’s terrible.
i quit.
i’m tired of all this searching and rehearsing
for sin.
can’t make sense of what it means to be a lady
i quit
and everywhere she goes
she finds the coldest stone
and puts it in her purse
should things get much worse
she’ll have this heavy thing
and maybe make a ring
wear it to the party
that celebrates the end
of everything
so she calls him to her bedroom
says come soon
and fix
this light
it’s killing my eyes
any my lies need a hit
chorus
she says she’s as reliable
as this old bible on her bed
if only he’d open up to her
like the holy word
she’d give in
but some things can’t be trusted
and you’re one of them
and so she hits
herself with all his anger
but the danger is when she quits
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5. |
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they’re waiting for you
to walk through the door
to give you an award
for teaching us what
love was for
but on the kitchen table
lie your cigarettes and keys
you might need to leave
to properly bereave
all your wants may never be
all that could have set you free
is fading out in this late hour
but i can still feel your power
broken dishes and
scattered wishes and
unmet goals and
designs
this are the things that fill your mind
chorus
you’re not to blame
for any of this
if it’s all the same
to your soul i send a kiss
i forgive you
i forgive you
you’re fading out in this late hour
but i can still feel your power
and all your wants may never be
and all that could’ve set you free
is here now in this late hour
and i can still feel your power.
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6. |
{ Lynn's interlude }
00:59
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7. |
Clothesline
06:56
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you came up the stairs
with a basket of cares
that i mistook for the wash
you said you were busy
just doing household things
that i never knew
what kind of sadness these things could bring
you seemed so sure of yourself
you seemed short on time
and i never knew there were more than
chores on your mind
you hung the sheets on the clothesline
to let them dry in the sunshine
just like the tears that dry off my face
in the september breeze that god has made
for days like these
when i can’t stop thinking of you
weary is the mind
that occupies it’s time
trying to form a good impression
on someone elses life
i saw you knelt beneath the trees
investigating the weeds
that forced themselves upon
what might have been a lovely scene
as i prepared to drive away
i thought i heard you say
oh my baby don’t you go
so i turned right around
but all i saw was your frown
that i misread for saying
you let me down
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8. |
Caroline Says II
04:42
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caroline says
as she gets up off the floor
why is it that you beat me
it isn’t any fun
caroline says
as she makes up her eyes
you ought to learn more about yourself
think more than just i
but she’s not afraid to die
all her friends call her “Alaska”
when she takes speed, they laugh and ask her
what is in her mind
what is in her mind
caroline says
as she gets up from the floor
you can hit me all you want to
but I don’t love you anymore
caroline says
while biting her lip
life is meant to be more than this
and this is a bum trip
but she’s not afraid to die
all her friends call her alaska
when she takes speed, they laugh and ask her
what is in her mind
what is in her mind
she put her fist through the window pane
it was such a funny feeling
it’s so cold in Alaska
it’s so cold in Alaska
It’s so cold in Alaska
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9. |
Terri
03:10
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the operator on the line
she didn’t recognize the signs
that we were sending
a bloody lip awash of sound
became the message underground
there were no words
terri
i see you
tangled in ivy
while searching for gold
if i promise
i won’t let them hurt you
will you come with me
can i carry you home
and as the snow falls on your face
you start to realize this place
it lived inside you
but did we not dream long ago
that we would one day play a show
and change the world
terri
i see you
sketching her portrait
in the ruins of rome
if i promise
i won’t let them hurt you
will you come with me
can i carry you home
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10. |
Autopsy
03:53
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i just wanted to tell you all about
the autopsy
that we performed on you this morning
and the tragic results revealed
that this illness that took you
could’ve been
should’ve been
healed
way down we go
when we we took
back your skin
your sadness rushed like hydrogen
your grief there in solid form
attached itself to your very core
your bones were all inscribed
with promises all left inside
for a fine life
for those you love
but oh how could you when
no one showed you
how could you
when no one showed you
how
now here you are
with all you need to know
from afar
you can just
let go
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11. |
Wake me
05:15
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what was on your mind
when you went away
you must have been terrified
of your own decay
who were you talking to
when your eyes were closed
could’ve been the fragrance
of her first prize rose
now will you wake me
now will you wake me
oh you’ll wake me
i want to see you go
now will you wake me
now will you wake me
oh you’ll wake me
i want to see you go
i’ve been asleep since seventeen
do you know do you know do you know
what i mean
cause oh you took so long
and now i’m all used up
and i can’t find the means
to feel not much not much
anything
and i miss you still
probably always will
did you have to go away
for me to fall to fall
from grace
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sandy bell Woodstock, New York
Sandy Bell is a musician who currently calls Woodstock, NY home. She has moved through a vibrant and textured musical constellation, playing most notably with the eternally brilliant Jeff Buckley, and contributed vocals on the Mercury Prize nominated ‘Bat for Lashes’ album, The Bride. Sandy is currently finishing her new full length release and will hopefully be performing live sometime in 2021! ... more
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