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redwoods
03:17
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could use some green and gray
a full night’s sleep, some time away
never met a canyon
in a park or at a bar
can’t see the leaves these days
can’t see far
but I wouldn’t believe you
if you wanted to stay
it’s not in your nature
it’s not your way
keeping myself awake
telling stories in the dark,
you pushed my hand away
still here you are
wouldn’t mind picking you up
along the way
to see the redwoods
spend time in the bay
but I wouldn’t believe you
if you wanted to stay
it’s not in your nature
it’s not your way
what’s the good in knowing
what hasn’t left but is already gone
tell you what I believe in
you say I’m playing god
could use some green and gray
a full night’s sleep, some time away
never seen the redwoods
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2. |
southeast
04:13
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thought you’d come around
come over to my side of town
thought I wouldn’t have to lose you now
thought we got somewhere
you don’t reach for me like you used to
sitting next to you in the living room
hot and heavy when I’m home alone
felt closer to you through the telephone
I think I might be at my end
not your girl and not your friend
such a fool for thinking you’d give in
and let me love you
I’ve only got myself to blame
for betting on a losing game
now you’re blooming with a thing for
the girl you met at the grocery store
I can’t close my hand around you love
I can’t close my hand around you love
watching you sleeping with your back to me
told myself to hold the memory
and I hoped the morning would never come
I can’t close my hands around you love
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3. |
oh well
04:07
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you said I shouldn’t think of myself that way
I think you shouldn’t take love and walk away
now I can’t go to the grocery store
without seeing the girl you want to be better for
oh well
I didn’t come here for you
but I would have stayed
if loving me was a bet that you could have made
but there’s something about being too close
that makes it easier to just let it go
oh well, oh well, oh well
I said your name was every third word that came out of my mouth for almost three years
told I loved you for the first time the last time I saw you
said I loved you too hard, no I just didn’t do it for you
now I can’t go to the grocery store
without seeing the girl you want to be better for
oh well, oh well
maybe I never felt like I had you
because you never gave me a reason to trust that I did
what a shame, I’m always losing your games
you said it’s fine if my friends all hate you
said you don’t mind if I move back to brooklyn
maybe you’d be all right if you never see me again
but I’m not fine, you held me as I cried
and now I can’t go to the grocery store
without seeing the girl you want to be better for
what a shame, I’m always losing your games
oh well, oh well, oh well
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4. |
winding gear
06:05
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woke up feeling like myself again
further from who I was in the night when I turned in
outside that old tree is glowing gold
I’ve been stoking my own heart to burn
so I don’t get too cold
told you that I thought I’d drive east in november
you said you’d known that I would since july
but you should never doubt my will
to do exactly what you thought I wouldn’t
I had this dream that I couldn’t take the picture
that the film was catching in it’s winding gear
I had this feeling that you wouldn’t stay
if I couldn’t figure out how to prove you were here
you took all those photos of me
and I only have a handful of you
that one, we were walking near wiscassett
I just wish you didn’t look so blue
I don’t hope you’re happy yet
I don’t hope you’re happy yet
I meant to walk away before you
beat me to it, if only I’d had the courage to
I had the mind to know that you’d do it the minute you met someone new
if I had something to tell her
you know what I’d say
you’ll know he’s lost his love
when he starts pointing his camera another way
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5. |
counting song
04:26
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I’m always sweet with my endings
kissed your hand on the street
wonder what you’re doing with your
soft new mornings
wonder who I’d be
if I could have made it easy on you
go and love someone new
but I don’t think you would have liked that much, honey
you wouldn’t of liked me if I didn’t love you
I know how you love that new love feeling
she’s so sweet and blue
I’d know cause I saw her through your eyes
saw myself get old to you
but I’m young and I’m angry
for the first time in my life
I’d had enough before you met me
to last until I die
I won’t have another lesson
I won’t open another door
I was right, what a mess you made me
honey what was it all for?
honey, oh, honey
how are your soft new mornings?
do they make you as happy as you wanted them to?
you came back
one, two, three
you came back
one, two, three
but I’m not counting on you any more
honey
one, two
one, two, three
one, two
one, two, three
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Emma Bowers Portland, Oregon
is a folk-rock musician based in portland, oregon.
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