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Get Go
05:06
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saliva caught in the back of my throat.
only if i could choke down what you said to me today.
i ain't got no season to reinforce your reason
on why you think my love would just waste you away.
my life- right now- is like smokin' an empty pipe.
let the light burn your lips as you inhale what don't exist.
can my life get much more hopeless than this?
i don't know. maybe i should wait til tomorrow.
and so now what you gonna do when she don't come for you?
i know that i'm not going to save you.
i just wish that i had something better to do
than to sit around thinking about where i went wrong with you.
oh what a scene when life can be so clean.
it brings you to the right spot at the right time.
but only when you're not searching for it.
i threw out my rope. it produced no hope.
you just- you just choked my hope!
and when i pulled back- you let go, you let go
from the grip you didn't have from the get go
i'm so glad that i- i'm so glad that i let go.
and so now what you gonna do when she don't come for you?
lord knows no kind of love is going to save you.
i just wish that i had something better to do
than to sit around thinking about where i went wrong with you.
it must have been wrong from the get-go.
from the get-go.
round in circles. round in. round in. round in circle.
round in circles.
and so now what you gonna do when i don't come for you?
i don't know how i thought my love would save you.
just glad that i had nothing better to do
than to sit around writing this little old song for you.
saliva caught in the back of my throat.
only if i could choke down what you said to me today.
i ain't got no season to reinforce your reason
on why you think my love would just waste you away.
it won't.
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Head Strong
08:06
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it's one thing to be clear
and quite another to be headstrong.
there's nothing you won't do
to change direction when your path is wrong.
well take hold harness.
make the best, get the best with what your given.
it wont make no sense now but soon it will.
i have fallen then i just got up.
i kept on walkin', couldn't see how i was still so caught up.
i thought that i was fine. didn't wanna read between my lines.
where black blurs with white and day makes love tonight.
and this road it will be long if you are headstrong.
what is it that you're afraid of?
is it what you dot know about yourself
or is it that you know all about it?
too proud to put your pride back upon the shelf.
it wont make no sense now but soon it will.
i have fallen then i just got up.
i kept on walkin', couldn't see how i was still so caught up.
i thought that i was fine. didn't wanna read between my lines.
where black blurs with white and day makes love tonight.
and this road it will be long if you are headstrong.
roll with what life gives you.
there's no reason or realization when you try and fight it.
go cuz you'll pull through.
face your fears- face it all and move on despite it.
it wont make no sense now but soon it will.
it wont make no sense now but i'm hoping it will.
and this road will be long if you are headstrong
and this road it will be long if you choose
to be headstrong through all of this.
you're the only one that holds you back, you see.
reverence- responsibility.
can't be so headstrong if what you want is for your mind to breathe.
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Once Upon a Time
05:49
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once upon a time there was this little girl
whose time was mostly consumed with watching the world
and she seen people come and shes seen people go
and she never quite understood why they never flew as one
and that made me question my brain
and i always want my thoughts to maintain
well the shades are open but i cant see out side
and words have been broken babe but i learn to survive
that's the reason why i keep moving on
cuz if i don't well babe the world will quickly forget i was ever gone
and that almost makes me cry and slowly start to wonder why
oh well once upon a time there lived a little bit of confidence
and nature took its course and inside there was a war
well here we go round but i don't know how to turn
i'm stumbling while i'm wondering why
my pace is so god damn absurd
i wont bother running babe
cuz there ain't no where to hide
because the grass i always going to be so much greener on the other mother fucking side
and that makes me wonder- am i ever going to understand?
am i?
oh well once upon a time there lived a little bit of confidence
and nature took its course and inside there was a war!
oh once upon a time my life lefts swollen spots of emptiness
but i washed them all away!
i washed them all away!
la da di da da~ la da di da da
once upon a time there was this woman to be
whose mind it mostly consisted of a world for all to see
and she still sees people come and she still watches them all go
and she laughs to herself because inside
well she understands that they will never know
never questioned my brain again
and my sanity was maintained in the end.
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4. |
The Rain Song
05:30
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I wish the wind wouldn’t blow like it seems to be blowing
I’d rather proceed keep up keep moving without knowing
Your mouth is full empty words
Yea I can already hear what you are going to say
Better get out my umbrella cuz it looks like it’s going to rain
Well there’s this man who lurks inside the sense of me
He’s broken the courtyard fence and yeah
He weaves throughout the keepers tree
The cloud is full and we are just a hollow name
Mama bring in your sheets cuz it looks like it’s going to rain
Life could be so plain to see it just all depends on how you choose to be
Ain’t nobody gonna do
What you came to be about
I don’t have this time to waste I’m heading for an outer space
Maybe this was fates way of providing me with an out
An altitude so high my nose will bleed if I don’t come down
It’s like heaven or hell but who’s gonna tell
I know I’m safer on the ground
It sounds unconvincing babe you put my faith on a window pane
Run baby Run seek some shelter cuz it’s going to rain
Yea it looks like it’s going to rain
It’s gonna rain on down on down on down
It’s going to rain
And he said I would’nt mind dying right now
With your arms around me
But don’t put your faith in a pillow stain
Because the fabric in never going to change
And yea it looks like it’s going to rain
Yea it looks like it’s going to rain
Yea it looks like it’s going to rain
It’s gonna rain on down on down on down
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5. |
Water Rushing
04:28
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Get this weight lifted off of me
I can’t take the fact that it’s breaking my shoes in
Tangled all up in the midst of it
Just to hard sometimes to not resist
And so get this break and just give it to me
What ponders in keeps on wandering out
And it won’t hold my seams in
No no no no
I’m stressing cuz I want unlatch myself and just float away
Just float away
And I’m trying to convince myself
I must need this
Cuz why would it
Suck such dick like this
And so get this or not I guess
My boat just stuck on top of a tidal waves crest
And there’s water rushing under me
And crashing crashing over top of me
Constantly and I just can’t breathe
And I’m trying to convince myself
I must need this
Cuz why would it
Suck such dick like this
And I’m trying to convince myself
I must need this
Cuz why would it
Suck such dick like this
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Whispering in Castillian
05:59
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Bring me back to that place where I was about a month ago
Lying on the beach thinking to myself
Where did that thing called time go
New faces and place that would shake
At times I didn’t know how to swallow
I’d watch the children play down below
Watching from so high up off the ground
I wanna wrap myself up in sand again
And drink all my sorrows away
I wanna walk on down those cobblestone streets
Sun rising to the word to that the oceans saying
Whispering in Castilian
Oh send in the band
Make this settle in my hand
And the open oceans smoking
And the rhythm of the feet hit the sand
Slipped right out from under me
Cannot do it again
Slipped right out from under me
I don’t know where I could have held on
And now I find myself in a place where I can’t decide
If I should stay or if I should move on
Where is my book she thought to herself
I had something to write down
And this is nothing unusual
Just another thing that I have yet to come around to
I wanna wrap myself up in sand again
And drink all my sorrows away
I wanna walk on down those cobblestone streets
Sun rising to the word to that the oceans said
Whispering in Castilian
Where is my book she thought to herself
I had something to write down
And this is nothing unusual
Just another thing that I have yet to come around to
And she wrote….
Bring me back to that place where I was about a month ago
Lying on the beach thinking to myself
Where did that thing called time go
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7. |
Breeze
03:21
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Do you have what is called a selfless concern
I watch in disgrace as you knelt down
You’re on your knees gathering the pieces
Of my crushed esteem and so forth
I proceed to live on through my days
It’s really not hard
I’ve gotten the hang of it
My wrists may bleed realizing that life is
Not what all it seems
And so forth
Watch out the bird’s flown out of its nest
Well I’m afraid the twining twigs now hold no warmth
It’s over or maybe it’s always been
My sunken soul has now unfolded
Onto better things
Creep upon my shoulder
Show me there’s hope
Prove that there’s hope
I realize that I am not alone
But what do I do while I’m on my own
Say what do I do while I’m on my own
I think its time now that we all found ourselves
I mean where you are and not what you wear
My blue gray eyes have always seen much deeper than the skin
I’m thankful
And I’m tired and I’m ready to rest
I cannot what to see what fate my dreams hold
It’s over or maybe it’s always been
My sunken soul has now unfolded onto better things
Breeze on through my body
Show me there hope prove that there’s hope
I realize that I am not alone
But what do I do while I’m on my own
Say what do I do while I’m on my own
Breeze on through my body
Show me there hope prove that there’s hope
I realize that I am not alone
But what do I do while I’m on my own
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MAMA CROW California
Born Carmen Marie Gutierrez, this musical messenger and modern witch caws it like she sees it. Her music exhibits her love of multi-genre sound and displays her personal mythos through lyrical storytelling. From 808 to acoustic folk, she falls not short in variety. Yet her sultry spoken word, velvety vocal timber and undeniable booming belts- always reminds you of who you are listening to. ... more
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