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Wyoming
02:58
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You spoke of grand journeys and the high peaks of Wyoming
But who will take me there when you’re down and feeling lonely
I’ve only got my skin and my mind to be your friend
Oh darling let’s not let all of this end
I know you think the tall pines will contain all of the answers
But what about when the storms come and distinguish your bright lantern
You know I’m standing in the plains, my arms wide like the land
Oh darling, can’t you try and understand
Oh, oh, you left me there at the rodeo
Oh, oh if you let me in, I won’t let go
So if I’m just a woman who holds little but her charms
Tell me darling should I find another shoulder
upon which to place my arm?
I can be out of line a minute or two
But darling, don’t you think that’s just a little cruel?
Oh, oh you left me there at the rodeo
Oh, oh if you let me in, I won’t let go
If you let me in, I won’t let go
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Belong Here
03:07
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Like a fork in the road my mind splits in two
A path for myself and a path that adds you
And to venture one way means I forgo the other
With no certain measure my heart will recover
Oh, oh
I met you in Charlotte and right then you kissed me
And the world of the North becomes one of old remedies
And the diner off the interstate is our sanctuary
And I know I belong, but I don’t belong here
And the calendar beckons cold January
But we’re warm in your bed and the air smells like spring
Yet I know I can’t trick the winds that will carry me
And I know I belong, but I don’t belong here
With a weary kind of style we learn ourselves anew
As we comb through the streets for all our common truths
And like the fog the questions start to hover
Do we go back to being friends or stay lovers?
Oh, oh
And the calendar beckons cold January
But we’re warm in your bed and the air smells like spring
Yet I know I can’t trick the winds that will carry me
And I know I belong, but I don’t belong here
The tides between our minds start to recede
And we filter the wounds right from our memories
Yet we drive backwards through the scene in your old beat up Cherokee
And I know I belong, but I don’t belong here
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Glacier
03:29
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There was blue in the sky before you took me down
Before you took me down and let me melt away
There was blue in the sky before you took me down
And watched me melt away
I moved slowly but I was strong
And you knew the stones I carried
Traces of a life unearthed
But you've forgotten what I've buried
Fossils of a former time
A flag for you to carry
To redeem the rising tide
There was blue in the sky before you took me down
Before you took me down and let me melt away
There was blue in the sky before you took me down
And watched me melt away
A bold traveler on my own
Yet my weaknesses you studied
You charted out my fate
But you did nothing to protect me
And you sit inside your homes
Your screen projecting my tragedy
A million years of life overthrown
There was blue in the sky before you took me down
Before you took me down and let me melt away
There was blue in the sky before you took me down
And watched me, and watched me, and watched me, and watched me,
And oh
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Lullaby
03:11
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Candlelight, you are the soft glow of night
And here you are with me and stars in your eyes
Rest your head, and I’ll conjure spirits of sleep
Magic is just spells of two souls meant to be
Ride your way back down on a lone satellite
Let constellations guide you through each pin of light
The soft glow of night
You are I are bound by the deep universe
And all is dust between you and the earth
So rest for now, and orbit beyond onyx seas
And turn back ‘round when you want to return to me
Ride your way back down on a lone satellite
Let constellations guide you through each pin of light
Candlelight, you are the soft glow of night
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5. |
Forest Song
02:56
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And the rising of the moon set the world on fire
It dances through the land and trees straight to your own pyre
That you built in the cold night while I was away
And you gave up before you saw the light of day
And the muddy tracks I’ve made show that I’ve wandered from your love
But the constellations turn me so I crave you in my blood
And I run through the velvet darkness that surrounds
To the place where you’ve lain your tired body down
How you look into my eyes with a staleness in your gaze
But the time is now to resurrect the love we’ve made
So come take my hand and we’ll run straight through the pines
And we’ll dance in the flames ‘til once again you’ll become,
Once again you’ll become mine
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Border
04:25
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The desert has no mercy for those
With well-intentioned souls
And what you’ll find on the other side
Are just tales of old
The sun was strong, her bones were weak
She couldn’t find a thing to eat
But she carried on despite the hurt
Across the sand she dragged her feet
The coyotes threw her in a truck
And told her with a little luck she’d reach the state line soon
But she fell ill along the way, and they abandoned her without delay
And left her to the moon
How many have we never found?
We’ll never know, we’ll never count
The true cost is a damning one
Our hitman is the desert sun
She lay next to a dried sage bush
And closed her eyes to let the night take her through
Her body stayed many days clouded by the dusty haze
Her family never knew
How many have we never found?
We’ll never know, we’ll never count
The true cost is a damning one
Our hitman is the desert sun
What would you do for a starving child?
What would you do after looking in his eyes?
March through the sand in the blinding light?
What would you do after looking in his eyes?
Tell me as a mother you wouldn’t risk
The ultimate sacrifice
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Colorado Rain
03:37
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The night that you drove out there were black clouds in the sky
And the back roads seemed to shimmer like the soft look in your eye
Before the rain, oh before the rain
There was nothing but to ride home on a long train from New York
And the bolts of lightning tried to cage me in as the earth shook
Before the rain, oh before the rain
But my mind was already crossing the state border in your car
And we were singin’ with the west wind as it moved in
towards the mountains
Oh, why do I always seem to sway
When the calling of my heart’s like the rumbling of a train
Oh, why does it always seem to happen this way
That my dreams get flooded in the Colorado rain
Was the night when I realized that I gave away my heart
To a boy who couldn’t keep it from a million miles apart
Before the rain, oh before the rain
But the land doesn’t know the difference between right and fair
And any love new like the dew will soon return to air
Before the rain, oh before the rain
But the skies didn’t know that I would fight the great dark clouds
Until they silenced my claims to make it to the mountains
Oh why do I always seem to sway
When the calling of my heart’s like the rumbling of a train
Oh why does it always seem to happen this way
That my dreams get flooded in the Colorado rain
Oh, oh
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8. |
Right In Time
03:00
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I walked outside to smoke in the air
Saw fire on the mountainside reflected in the glass
Thought I should run before this place burns down
In the hazy afternoons you were somewhere in my dreams
Between dusk and the soft mirage of the morning
But you didn’t have a face or mouth to speak out of
You were waiting for me on the brim of a song I couldn’t yet sing
If I’d only seen your eyes
The dryness of the land cracked like the lines in my hands in the sunlight
Fingertips outstretched one towards the east
The other towards the Rockies
But the spires and spines of rocks were signaling another direction
And crooked like me I couldn’t see that they were channeled towards you
Sayin', darling you’re my kind
You're my kind
You came right in time
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Tessa Paige Providence, Rhode Island
Tessa Paige is a Providence-based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who aims to compose within the singer-songwriter
tradition of decades past while exploring themes of present day.
Her sound is nostalgic, warm, and introspective, and her lyrics often tell stories featuring landscapes that influence the narratives of her songs.
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