1. |
Fidalgo
03:47
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I’ve never been a woman of tradition, no,
I never saw myself living in the wilderness,
So let it teach me something good
Like the art of letting go.
And I’d become accustomed to my life back home
But my folks and my friends, well,
They tell me I’ve grown.
They say 'Life’s better lived
When you don’t know what’s ahead.'
I should make my own way for once,
And if I feel low,
I guess I would rather feel it here
on Fidalgo.
And I’m no good with change,
But you’ve gotta play the cards you’re given,
Nothin’ ever stays the same
And I’ve spent all my life
Pushing back on concrete walls.
And I do think it’s time I start believing
I can come out of my corner,
I’m so tired of being afraid.
And I should make my own way for once,
And if I feel low,
I guess I would rather feel it here
on Fidalgo.
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2. |
Blood Meridian
04:11
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I won’t tell you how to live,
If I tell you what to think,
I could wake up in the morning with a pistol at my cheek
You ride with a priest,
A captain, and a judge,
Spilling native blood,
justice will be done,
When you don’t think to run
Young man, your God is waking
War is madmen’s making
If you ride with crooked men through the western land
You best shut your eyes when you meet the blood meridian
And live your life like you don’t care if it ends
You are not your father, boy
And battle only beats the soul
With nothing left, you’ll come to know
Load your weapon and hold tight your whiskey
How do you go on to live with no remorse
So desensitized to using deadly force
Who are you fighting for
Young man, your God is waking
War is madmen’s making
If you ride with crooked men through the western land
You best shut your eyes when you meet the blood meridian
And live your life like you don’t care
live your life like you don't care
live your life like you don't care
if it ends
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3. |
The Big One
04:39
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Lately, I've been feelin'
like I'm living in a bubble, does it show
I do love the west
I've become much more curious
Still I'm somehow disillusioned like before
Drink like a fish to drown out the others
keep that up, you're dead in the water, I
I can't depend on someone else to survive
But all I've got is the right side of my mind
I came down from a high and
I caught myself inside a low
They say the big one's comin
and I know I mustn't become satisfied to
live like I don't know
Drink like a fish to drown out the others
keep that up, you're dead in the water, I
I can't depend on someone else to survive
But all I've got is the right side of my mind
I can't keep turning tables out of spite, I
can't be bitter in my bed every night
Lately,
you think you know,
Do you realize you cannot be alone?
Drink like a fish to drown out the others,
keep that up, you're dead in the water, I,
I can't depend on someone else to survive
Do you realize you cannot be alone
(the big one's comin')
Do you realize you cannot be alone
(the big one's comin')
Do you realize you cannot be alone
(the big one's comin')
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4. |
Space
06:12
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Are you there?
I wanna hear all about your day,
I wanna know what it’s like up there
In your outer space
What I wouldn’t give to come up there and kiss your face
Follow shooting stars instead of cars and aero- planes
Can you hear me, babe?
The trouble with your livin’ in some outer space
Is I can’t reach you when I need you so bad, babe
And every time I drive these winding country roads
All I can think about is how I wish you were home
Are you there?
I wanna talk to you about my day
I’m broke again, I’m lonely, here’s the same shit I always say
See, you’re the only one who knows my self-defeating ways
But you’re not here to tell me when I’m not thinking straight
And I know you’re tired, babe
The trouble with your livin’ in some outer space
Is I can’t reach you when I need you so bad, babe
And every time I drive these winding country roads
All I can think about is how I wish you were home
And I’d like to think that in between can’t touch us, no That you
and me, we’re better free together, not alone, no no no,
So come on back home
Come back home,
Come back home, yeah
The trouble with your livin in some outer space, yeah,
Is I can’t reach you when I need you so bad, baby And
every time I drive these winding country roads
All I can think about is how I wish you were home
I wish you were home
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5. |
Make Me Wise
03:53
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I get that I’m still learning,
The game of life is far from easy
Is there any one kind of victory?
I used to think it could be
A few more friends, a little more money
I didn’t know what would dignify my life
And I hoped my mother could straighten me out
She said no lover could fill me up
Don’t play that game
It will not make you whole
Well, I wish I knew then
What I know now
I would show my old self right from wrong
And I can’t help but look back
And leave one foot in the past
Onward now, so help me God
Maybe I’m too proud,
Much too hard on my old self
Maybe I’m too proud
But I must be some wiser now
(make me wise)
I must be wiser now
(make me wise)
I must be wiser now
(make me wise)
Make me wiser now
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6. |
Be Your Love
04:50
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Your skin, so warm in the coldest wind I have found
I’d follow you to any land, to any little town
Hold me like you do. Tell me you want to,
go to bed each night with me beside you,
Hearts full as the moon.
And I don’t ever wanna, don’t ever wanna see you down.
I wanna make you feel like you do when you leave the ground.
I’ll be your love, ‘till the end of time.
Your eyes, those bright lights leave my mind and body bare.
I’m opened up and now I’m hopeful, love, and this life feels less unfair.
As the years go on, we’ll take it as it comes and wake up
Every morning skin to skin and kiss under the sun.
And I don’t ever wanna, don’t ever wanna see you down.
I wanna make you feel like you do when you leave the ground.
I’ll be your love, ‘till the end of time.
No I don’t ever wanna, don’t ever wanna see you down.
I wanna make you feel like you do when you leave the ground.
I’ll be your love, ‘till the end of time.
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7. |
No Harbor
04:53
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Strangely,
something's taken hold of me.
And I wish my skin was thick
so that I could fight this,
and look into the eye of the storm.
But I must not be a harbor
for the sorrows
or lower my chin to my plight,
and when I suffer, I will recover,
I mustn't lose my will
or let go of my pride.
Carry on,
convince yourself to move along,
and say goodbye to what's been done.
I'm not alone,
my father told me that I should know
what stopped me once, I must let go.
I must let go.
And I must not be a harbor
for the sorrows
or lower my chin to my plight,
and when I suffer, I will recover,
I mustn't lose my will
or let go of my pride.
I will not be a harbor
for the sorrows
or lower my chin to my plight,
and when I suffer, I will recover,
I mustn't lose my will,
I mustn't lose my will,
I mustn't lose my will
or let go of my pride.
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8. |
Yours and Mine
06:18
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I sit up here in the attic
Troubled this time by what I did
You know, I didn’t mean to say that
You know me, you know me
I lost my head
I must be insane
To show ungratefulness
Damn this creature in my chest
Telling me I am second best
What’s that on the TV
Are you there ‘cause
you are scared you might trouble me
I can hear it up here where I sit
I can see you
I can see you there in front of it
And what have I to gain
By hiding here instead?
And to push on your good heart,
Damn that look on your face..
‘Enough, my love’
Forgive me,
And remind me again
I am not unkind
I am not jealous
And love is not selfish
Love is not selfish
Love is not selfish
I sit up here in the attic,
Yours and mine...
Love is not selfish,
Love is not selfish
Love is not selfish
Love is not selfish
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Lizzie Weber St. Louis, Missouri
Songcrafter. Tendercore. Currently based in St. Louis, MO.
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