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1. |
How Can I Love You So?
03:23
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How Can I Love You So?
Walkin' down South Street
My heart's feelin' heavy
My head's feelin' empty
And I've got no place to go
No shoes on my feet
A childhood memory
I'm loving that feeling
Of the sand between my toes
There are whole worlds
Within and without us
How can I love you so?
How can I love you so?
When I just don't know?
You said to me
We're all born free
The cage door is open
And I don't know how to fly
At 17 I burnt you onto me
I still feel the scar and
I know it's always there
Chorus
Flames and tears and fear won't keep me
They won't keep me from lovin' you
There are whole worlds
Within and without us
How can I love you so?
How can I love you so?
When I just don't know?
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2. |
The Deep Blue Sky
04:51
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The Deep Blue Sky (aka Jeff Tweedy’s 54th Beard)
You grabbed me and held me tight
Said ‘Don’t leave, don’t go outside tonight’
I said ‘What about your wife and your kids?’
You gave me a kiss and said
‘You’re way too good for this’.
Dry clean my best black dress,
Put it on and wrap those pearls around my neck
Meet in an out of the way place
Where we’re sure no one will recognize your face.
Chorus
I can’t hide the loneliness inside
Can’t fill it with a million stars
Can’t fill it with that deep blue sky
I can’t hide the lonely fool inside
Still falling for the wrong lover
Still dying each time
Dusty motels and cold sheets
Text messages sent while she sleeps
Never wake in the same bed
Count the hours that you spend with her instead
Chorus
Meet me tonight at 10 o’clock at the Café Delight
Leave your ring on the dressing table
Don’t even say a thing
Shhh…..don’t even say a thing
Shhh…..don’t even say a thing
I can’t hide the loneliness inside
Can’t fill it with a million stars
Can’t fill it with that deep blue sky
I can’t hide the lonely fool inside
Still falling for the wrong lover
Still dying each time
Still falling for the wrong lover
Die a little more each night…
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3. |
The Well Song
03:26
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The Well Song
You can lead a horse to water
But you cannot make it think
That it’s anything but a horse
That’s being lead to drink
You can take a woman to a well
You can ask her why it’s dry
But do not make her cry
No, do not make her cry
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you hurt yourself to help me in my need?
If I needed you would you find me
Even if all I wanted to do was hide?
Don’t need to own a watch
To see time fly by
The lines beside your eyes
The new creases in your smile
Oh baby can you tell me
When we missed the boat
The price of love’s worth more than gold
And a free ride home
If I needed you would you bleed for me?
Would you open up your heart to find out where it leads?
If I needed you would you find me
Even if all I wanted to do was hide?
I can wait and I can think
I can wait and think and fast
I can wait until those mountains turn
From rocks into sand
When my time is up
Will we drink from the same cup?
Will we find out about love
When it’s all been given up?
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With the Speed of Love (Memories Become Traces of Tears)
Everything fades, love fades,
The pain of betrayal
Crippling fear and the bitterness of loss,
The tug and pull of lust
Nothing is permanent all things fade with time
How cruel is time
To make us forget joy
How kind she is to ease our pain
I’m as quiet as a cup
That’s about to overflow
What’s a kiss worth if it’s stolen
Count 5 seconds let the fear in
What do you fear, all things fade with time
How cruel is time
To make us forget joy
How kind she is to ease our pain
My shadow looks like the age-rings on tree
There’s an invisible line that separates you from me
Oh I’m so tired
Won’t you pick me and lay me down
And help me forget,
Help me forget about time……
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5. |
Leaving Me Dry
04:09
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Leaving Me Dry
You’re leaving me dry
I’m not gonna talk about how many times I’ve cried
Like walking through the desert with bare feet
I’m torn up, bruised, battered and beat
I’ve been a refugee from my own company
I gave up everything I had
For this chance
When I find my way back home
I’m gonna mark it in blood and stone (stone…stone…stone)
While the ravens circle round my head
Gonna pull up the sheets and stay in bed
The smell of forgiveness is sweet
As I crush the petals beneath my feet
Beneath my feet
You’re leaving me dry
Through the valleys, the mountains and the mire
With lips so dry I cannot even speak
Or see the treasures that lay at my feet
I’ve been a refugee from my own company
I gave up everything I had
For this chance
I’ve been everything to everyone
And nothing to me
Now I wanna be knee deep
I wanna be knee deep
I wanna be knee deep
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6. |
Leave a Light On
04:42
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Leave a Light On
Just another night I turn out the light
Without you by my side
Just another day that I wake up
The sheets soaked wet, my head tongue-tied
Leave a light on so I can find my way
Out of this mess I got into
Full of hope and fear and doubt -
The things you can't hold onto
And we can't keep on hiding
Behind the past and what went wrong
And we can't keep on fighting
The stuff that hearts are made of
Build a boat so you can sail away and
Find forgiveness in that wood
Sing a song so you can find the place
Where your heart once stood
La, LA LA LA, La La La, LA
Leave a light on so I can find my way
Out of this mess I got into
Full of hope and fear and doubt -
All the things that you can't hold onto
La, LA LA LA, La La La, LA
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7. |
Remember to Breathe
05:05
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Remember to Breathe
Got a tattoo of a broken heart
To remind me of how much I hurt you
Like a crack in the windshield
You’ll never know which direction I will go.
Alice you’re dreaming again,
Don’t forget to breathe.
(A voice in my head said…)
Remember to breathe
Remember to hear, remember to feel,
Remember to see –
I don’t know, which way to go.
This life is suffocating me
Like an alien trapped inside a tree
Screaming, screaming let me out
‘Cause I can’t breathe
Alice you’re dreaming again
Don’t forget to breathe.
(A voice in my head said…)
Remember to breathe
Remember to hear, remember to feel,
Remember to see –
I don’t know, which way to go.
Five feet down and one foot to go
Spread my roots deep
I don’t need your air to breathe
I don’t need your air…
Remember to breathe
Remember to hear, remember to feel,
Remember to see –
I don’t know, which way to go.
Remember
to
breathe.
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8. |
The Birds and the Trees
04:07
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The Birds and The Trees
The crops in the field
Keep staring at me
As if I could help them grow again
The birds and the trees
Keep whistling at me
As if they know it’s my sad song
The babes crying in their beds
They want their Daddy home
But I can’t tell them that he’s gone
All I want to do
Is sit here on this porch and sing
Baby come home, baby come home
Baby come home, ‘cause I know that you’re lost
Now the bank’s foreclosed
Taken everything I own
Even my pride they now possess
The fortune teller says
Pack your bags and go
The wheel has turned on its end
All I want to do
Is sit here on this porch and sing
Baby come home, baby come home
Baby come home, ‘cause I know that you’re lost
Baby come home,
You won’t hear me cry again or complain about
Your boots left in the rain,
Your boots left in the rain,
Your boots left in the rain
All I want to do
Is sit here on this porch and sing
Baby come home, baby come home
Baby come home, baby come home
Baby come home, ‘cause I know that you’re lost
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9. |
Don't be Scared
03:30
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Don't Be Scared
Woke up in the middle of the night
Got a vice on my head and I'm feelin' uptight
Can't stop thinking about me and you.
In West Hollywood held onto our dreams
As hard as we could
And we ended up walkin' on stars.
Don't be scared of me,
'Cause I won't let you go and
We're not going down
Found Hank's Lost Highway
Then lost my head again in LA
On the 101 from Santa Barbara
Silence and the flame couldn't keep me
From calling your name
When I'm ten thousand miles from home
Chorus
My desire is like a circle
It leads me to dark places
I'm gonna follow it 'round
I'm gonna follow it 'round
I'm gonna follow it 'round
'Til it leads me back to you
Chorus
Don't be scared of me,
'Cause I won't let you go and
We're not going down.
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10. |
so brand new
03:15
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so brand new
Watching the sun rise over South Beach
Is where I wanna be
Watching the sun rise after the party
From the night before
Feet make circles in the sand,
No need to hold hands, anymore.
Watching the sun rise
Watching the sun rise
Watching the sun rise over South Beach
Is where I wanna be
Watching the sun rise, the wind blows
The smoke out of my hair
At the party I heard The Pixies
For the first time
Watching the sun rise
Watching the sun rise
Watching the sun rise over South Beach
Is where I wanna be
Watching the sun rise after the gig at
The Chelsea Hotel
Can we ever go back to that place
Where it was so brand new?
Watching the sun rise,
Watching the sun rise,
Watching the sun rise.
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11. |
The Road
03:08
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The Road
I’ve travelled a long way
Along this dark and twisted road
With only my headlights and my shoulders
To carry this heavy load
I was looking for forgiveness
Hoping that it would come to me
Like a shooting star in the night sky
Lighting up the road before me
But I keep driving
Looking for something I can’t find
I think that I lost it
Somewhere near Serpentine
I know that God is holy
And I know that I am not yet whole
Trying to search for those pieces
That will help me find my way back home
My way back home
My way back home
My way back home
Find my way back home
I’ve travelled a long way
Along this dark and twisted road
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Natalie D-Napoleon Santa Barbara, California
Natalie D-Napoleon is an Australian-American singer-songwriter and poet who formed a US-based trio with Kenny Edwards (Linda Ronstadt) and Dan Phillips. Natalie’s latest album, You Wanted to Be the Shore But Instead You Were the Sea, was recorded with one mic in a hundred year old chapel and features Phillips along with James Connolly (Van Dyke Parkes) and Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams). ... more
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