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January Song
03:15
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It’s the new year, it’s a new day
The sun is rising but the words are just the same
Am I the same?
All the work, all the time
And I’m still learning how to fly
Can I fly?
I once thought that it would always glow
But in this up and down how will I know
The wind to ride home
The one to sing for
How?
It’s the new year, and it’s a new day
With one step forward everything’s changed
I’ve changed.
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The sage, the sailor and me
A cunning rope I weave
Strand over strand, again and again
‘til my fingers bleed
With words that spun inside his head
The sage would weave a silver web
The wisdom drops of dew on every thread
I drank it in, I sucked him dry
I left him young and wondering why
The stories of his heart were filled with dread
And oh the rope I weave
The sailor he was the one
To set his sights upon the sun
Let fly the sails make for the horizon
He taught me how to feel the wind
To follow stars, to follow him
But left me for the burn of salt on skin
And oh the rope I weave.
The sage, the sailor and me
A cunning rope I weave
Strand over strand, again and again
‘til my fingers bleed
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3. |
And I Glow (studio)
04:18
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I am the moon and I glow, glow
I am your blood I will fill you up
Tremble the sound when my heat strikes ground
Bend in the trees, I am the storm that buckles your knees
But am I too bright for you?
Am I too big for you to hold on to?
Remember my mouth on your mouth, mouth
I bare the teeth that make you bleed
But am I too bright for you?
Am I too big for you to hold on to?
For I am the moon and I glow...
Glow
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4. |
Little Bullet
04:20
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Empty hands wont make a mark
Covered eyes still find a heart
I have climbed over these walls
Only to find you were never here at all
A little bullet got a hold of my heart
The shot runs wild
No man’s land can be so loud
How did the end sneak by the crowd?
A little bullet got a hold of my heart
The shot runs wild
I feel so young, startled, but old
You’re not here, there’s nowhere to go
Am I even standing anymore?
A hollow gift, the lead I left
Beside the walls you built so tall
You’ll find the pieces if ever you come back
Of that little bullet, deadened metal
Blackened heart, I shot that pistol
A little bullet got a hold of my heart
The shot runs wild
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5. |
The Waves
04:12
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Put me in the waves and baby I’m gone, gone
That rising tide will call me home
To the endless sea
My edges bleed
Lost in me
Lost at sea
The rising
I’ll rage and I’ll storm like oceans do
I want to be still and I need to move
Am I still for you?
Will you hold
This boundless soul
At your shore
Though the waves they push and pull
How I pull…
If you let go
I’ll succumb to the undertow
Pulled far from land
Too free for any hands to hold
I’m alone again
Put me in the waves
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6. |
Epilogue
03:39
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I’ve been here before
Far from any shore
Down deep
Deep down down down
I wont hold my breath
As I sink to the bottom again
Down deep
Deep down down down
Eyes forget the sun
Arms be still, it’s done
Down deep
Deep down down down
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7. |
Follow The Stars
04:37
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Oh sailor, oh sailor
The glow of the moon and the swell of the sea
If you follow the stars where will they lead?
Oh sailor, oh sailor
I know well the pull of the tide
The high and the low and the thrill of the ride
Oh sailor
Oh mother, oh mother
I’m so different from you I fear
My heart on an ocean so far from here
And oh father, oh father
If I brave the waters will you be the shore?
A light in the tower, a port in the storm?
Oh father…
Could I sail away
With breath and wind to guide me?
Could I sail away home?
Oh love, oh love
Will I ever anchor, will I ever stay?
Or could you be the sails, could that be my way?
Oh love…
Could I sail away
With breath and wind to guide me?
Could I sail away home?
Oh sailor, oh sailor
The glow of the moon and the swell of the sea
If I follow the stars where will they lead me?
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8. |
White Dress
04:01
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She wore a white dress only for an hour
She never left the store, she just stared into the mirror
She saw the other life that was only in her mind
It wasn’t real, not real, she could feel
The tears, oh the tears as she fell
She walked along the road, dragging lace through the snow
Trading white for soaked sad tatters
Her seams ripped and edges began to fray
As she stumbled home through her daze
The tears oh the tears, they fell
And there were men to pass the time
And there were men to ease the mind
But the white dress, the white dress had lied
You can find her down in the reeds
With her whiskey, on bended knee
In a white dress that would not let her breathe
The tears, oh the tears they fell
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9. |
Ashes & Feathers
03:25
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I pull my dress over my head
Put it on the pyre with the rest
I stand in my skin beside it all
I light a match and watch it fall
I watch it fall.
The flames climb higher, they crackle and scream
Your words burn away with my lingering dreams
I step my body into the blaze
The heat of the burn
The fury of the flame.
The fury of the flame
After I die, then I’ll rise
I’ll be clean of heart and clear, clear of eyes
I’ll spread my wings, I’ll spread them wide
And take to the sky.
And on that day when finally you return
All you’ll find left of me here
Are ashes and feathers
And embers that burn
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10. |
And I Glow (Basement)
05:56
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I am the moon and I glow
I am your blood I will fill you up
Tremble the sound when my heat strikes ground
Bend in the trees, I am the storm that buckles your knees
But am I too bright for you?
Am I too big for you to hold on to?
Remember my mouth on your mouth
I bare the teeth that make you bleed
But am I too bright for you?
Am I too big for you to hold on to?
For I am the moon and I glow…
Glow
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11. |
Empty House
03:10
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I know I was in love, but I’ve forgotten you’re touch
You’re so far away from me now
Once I was the sea calling you home to me
You’re so far away from me now.
Well I traveled the world, held fire and pearl
You’re so far away from me now
I made love to God, felt her wings in my arms
You’re so far away from me now.
So far away
So I sit in the empty house alone
All the dust, all the ashes now long gone
I just sit with my empty heart to hold
I don’t know you anymore.
I know I was in love, but I’ve forgotten your touch
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12. |
Scars
06:08
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I carved out my skin with a blade that wasn’t mine
In a box where we soaked in a world gone by
A burn on the littlest of my fingers
Lullaby, tearful choke
My welcome confession, I couldn’t the smoke
Scars, a permanent shelf
I should learn
But I still make a fool of myself
My once upon a time
Your get out of jail free line
You spent yours and I lost
I lost mine
So now I’m empty and full
I’m full to burst
There’s nothing for me here, only thirst
Only thirst
Familiar sound
Lost and found
Is it gone, the solid ground?
Sleight of hand
A loaded glance
The clearest glass
Another chance
It’s not healing, just trying hard to forget
It’s not moving, just faking it ‘til you don’t regret
You can be so blunt
I am blind
Putting up a front, well...
I’m pretty far behind
I didn’t know I’d fallen behind
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13. |
Lonely
03:48
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Are you lonely?
I see it in your eyes, I see it in your eyes
Are you lonely?
The weight of your smile, the weight of your smile
You sit alone in your empty home
A neon box to keep you warm
I know the road that you chose
To follow on your own
It’s all you’ve ever known
All you've ever known
Are there songs still?
I see them in your eyes, I see them in your eyes
Are there songs still?
Are there any words to write, any words to write?
Mine begin so new
but I can’t follow through
They all seem to circle back to you
Though I cut the line
Of our space and time
I see it in your eyes
We both know we’re far beyond the end
And you will search until you’re dead
I was not the one to make you stay
So why do you now look at me that way?
You loved me
I see it in your eyes, I see it in your eyes
And I’m lonely
With too many words to write
Too many words to write.
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14. |
And I Glow (Live)
05:27
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I am the moon and I glow
I am your blood I will fill you up
Tremble the sound when my heat strikes ground
Bend in the trees, I am the storm that buckles your knees
But am I too bright for you?
Am I too big for you to hold on to?
Remember my mouth on your mouth
I bare the teeth that make you bleed
But am I too bright for you?
Am I too big for you to hold on to?
For I am the moon and I glow...
Glow
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Oh I sing to the moon
And hope she’s listening to me
I keep wandering off
Into the night
My heart gets so lost
So I sing to the moon, to the moon
Are you listening?
Up there so high
Is the melody you’re light?
‘Cause oh its mine
Oh I sing to the moon
I know she’s listening to me
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16. |
Simple Now
04:55
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All is simple now
Her body in the ground
The fog is rising high
A still and slow goodbye
Carmen, how you loved
My father, your son
He taught me how to sing
And now my heart has wings
It has your wings
Some day life will end
And I’ll be ready then
For I will sing and love
It’s so simple now, that’s enough
Snow is falling down
Breath moves in and out
The sun is sinking low
Carmen, now I know
That all is simple now
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17. |
Keys
04:42
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In the days when
We were in between
I thought that you would come back
To me
You held on to the only thing
That bound you to me
You cowered in your distance
Just dangling my keys
In front of me
When we moved so fast
I told you I was afraid
But you wouldn’t let me turn my back
And run away...
You said “Oh, I will hold
all of your soul”
So I let go
And fell farther than
You could go
You will never know
So you kept my keys there
Just sitting on your shelf
Gathering cobwebs
While I cried in Boston
By myself
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18. |
I Am Wide As A Wall
05:11
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I am wide as a wall
Stone by stone
I can’t hold anything
and I am wide as wall
I am high as a bird
On the wing
I will sing anywhere
and I am high as bird
Will you come and bring me back home?
I am loud as the sun
Flame by flame
I can’t hear anyone
I am loud as the sun
Will you come and bring me back home?
All that I am, all of the unknown
I am bright as the sea
Wave by wave
I will change endlessly
I am bright as the sea
I am wide as a wall
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Mally Smith Somerville, Massachusetts
Mally Smith is a singer-songwriter who divides her time between Boston and Edinburgh. Reminiscent of Shawn Colvin or a young Joni Mitchell, Mally combines tasteful guitar playing and poetic lyrics with a voice that will melt your heart.
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