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Paper Boats
01:39
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2. |
An Endless Blue
04:36
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Wide eyed, a diamond sky
Shimmering, a shining night
And in the arms of giants, I dream of you
Slow breath, cold and clean
Whispering of the unseen
A song inside a dream, I’d sing to you
Of an endless blue
Wide eyed, and in between
Unstitch the silver seam
That binds the sky to wing and me to you
What if so without, within,
And underneath our temporary skin
We’re stretching on and on into
An endless blue
Wide eyed, the coming sun
Goodbye, the long night done
And when the stars return, I’ll be with you
Call it God, or call it love
From within, or from above
Everything is woven into
An endless blue
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3. |
Go On Ahead
04:52
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Black crow, diving low, swimmin in the wind
Swing high into sky and back down again
It’s warm on the valley floor, frozen at the peak
I climb behind you but my knees are getting weak
Was I a fool to think
I could follow wherever you lead ?
Go on ahead, go on ahead
I’m gonna stay behind and rest for a while
Go on ahead, go on ahead
And I’ll dream of you while you roam
And find my own way home
Dark cloud, breathing out
Turn the bright sky black
The crows they cry for me cuz they
know you’re never coming back
Rain come pourin down
Flood the mountain side
Black mud from solid ground
Down the mountain slides
I was a fool to think
These roses would always be red
Go on ahead, go on ahead
I’m gonna stay behind and rest for a while
Go on ahead, go on ahead
And I’ll dream of you while you roam
And find my own way home
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4. |
Paloma
04:53
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Paloma, paloma, mourning dove
Sing your song for me, for my love, lost at sea
Out in the endless blue
Teach me your melody so I can sing with you
Paloma, paloma, was it yesterday
We sat on the balcony
Watching the palm trees sway in the wind
While the white waves battered the shore
I begged him not to go off in search of the end of the world
My lonely mother, she warned me
Never give your heart to a man who’s married to the sea
They’re fine for drinking and dancing and kissing on the shore
But a man who’s wed to the water is never truly yours
Paloma, paloma, mourning dove
Sing your song for me, for my love, gone for good
And I’d run if I just knew where
I’d lock him up tight in a prison made of my skin and my hair
My lonely mother, she warned me
Never give your heart to a man who’s married to the sea
They’re fine for drinking and dancing and kissing on the shore
But a man who’s wed to the water might
Give you sons and give you daughters and
Pleasure and passion and laughter and action and more
But he’s never truly yours
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5. |
Waiting
01:07
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6. |
Sister Sylvia
05:30
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Sister Sylvia
Somebody said to me
That you’re a lock that lacks a key
And I’ve been wondering if I could be so silver
Sister Sylvia
Will you walk with me ?
Winter’s breath is round the bend
And I could use a friend
I’m headed out to where the highway ends
To see the shore before it gets too cold
Sylvia, will you hear me when I call ?
Sylvia, when I call your name
All I want is everything, and I’m offering the same
So darlin please, take everything you need from me
Golden grace, the late day sun
Stretch yourself across the mountain’s back
And paint the oceans black as blindness, so we might see
Sister Sylvia, loose your orange braids
Let’s leave our clothes on the sand
Slip out far from this dull land and
Let me see you, dressed in stars and nothing more
The new moon swoons away
And leaves you crashing down upon me, like the waves
Sylvia, will you hear me when I call ?
Sylvia, when I call your name
All I want is everything, and I’m offering the same
So darlin please, take everything you need from m
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7. |
Back To Tucson
04:23
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Wide eyed on an overnighter
Thunderin into the black
Wires crossin from that truck stop coffee and a
Seat that probably never leaned back
6 more hours to Roseville
And two until the eastern sun
I’ve known men that sleep easy
But I ain’t one
Wishin we could go back to Tucson baby
Back when we were 17
Back before you cut all that pretty hair off
Back when drinkin didn’t make you mean
You and I, sippin on a bottle of wine all night, just carryin on
Wishin we could just go back, back to Tucson
Red eyes in a broken mirror
Hangin from a tile wall
Lights buzzin and somebody’s cousin is
Sleepin it off in a stall
30 bucks’ll get me to Reno
I’ll call up my sister’s son
I’ve known men with somethin planned
But I ain’t one
Wishin we could go back to Tucson baby
Back when we were 17
Back when you’d still take me out to the movies
Back when you were still chasin your dreams
You and I, sippin on a bottle of wine all night, just carryin on
Wishin we could just go back, back to Tucson
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8. |
Two Windows Down
03:33
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Two windows down and ten years later
At the courthouse, getting my papers signed
Two young lovers, rings still shinin’
Signing her maiden name again, for the last time
I was raised to only say forever once
But surely I’m not meant to be alone
Two windows down and ten years later
Signing my maiden again, on my own
Two windows down and tens years later
My heart as broken as your word
Will you use the same ring I gave back when I left
when you make the same promises to her ?
I was raised to only say forever once
But surely I’m not meant to be alone
Two windows down and ten years later
I’m signing my maiden name again on my own
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9. |
Revenant
03:07
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10. |
Crusher
01:53
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11. |
Things We Can't Unsay
04:37
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In a storm of angry words
All that we have made is blown away
Fickle is the wind, and the calm will come again
But not all wreckage is remade
No fire burns as bright
As one who feels betrayed by a friend
Those wounds are easy bled
But glacier slow to mend
And they always cut both ways
Who are we ?
Casting all these stones
So righteous on the thrones that we have made
Who are we ?
So cold and so alone
Living with the echos of things we can’t unsay
I’ve heard it said
That everything you love will someday end
Family, lovers, and friends
Every garden that you tend
Is that why you lock the gate ?
You’ll never know
What someone else is carrying around
They’d rather just put down
Or bury in the ground
If only they could break the chains
Who are we ?
Casting all these stone
So righteous on the thrones that we have made
Who are we ?
So cold and so alone
Living with the echos of things we can’t unsay
I think it’s true
These chains are only chains because we choose
And often just refuse
To shed our skins anew and let the old scars fade
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12. |
Turn It All Off
03:53
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Can’t we just turn it all off for a while
Those little screens
The endless parade that swallows the day
And follows us into our dreams
Has it been so long
Since we made love without hurry
Since we slept without worry
Since we slept all through the night
Can’t we just turn it all off for a while
Let it all go unread
Who said what about who said what
About something that somebody said
Has it been so long
Since we just sat on the porch
And let it all blow by
What were we waiting for ?
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Sweet Ghosts Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, AZ based Sweet Ghosts is a collaboration between Ryan Alfred and Katherine Byrnes.
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