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The Sad Steve Song
03:20
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It's ok I won't fall in love with you
it's ok, I'm not going to bother you - after this-
please believe me when I tell you that its true
I fell for someone after you
if we use each other
in the dark
I won't see you face
if we stay together
for a moment then part
we can forget this place
I'm just a little lonely now
You're looking pretty lonesome too my friend
I won't go farther than you'll allow
It's not like we're together right now
If we use each other
in the dark
I won't see your face
if we stay together
for a moment then part
we can forget this place
But if I slip into a past
Shake it from me oh so fast
A secret hope to remember this
when you and I, when we had our first kiss
if we use each other
in the dark
I won't see you face
if we stay together
for a moment then part
we can forget this place
You won't get hurt; neither will I
Let's keep spinning out this lie
wait another moment--for love to die
if we use each other
in the dark
I won't see you face
if we stay together
for a moment then part
we can forget this place
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2. |
Twitch of the Thread
04:14
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My heart is a ship in a bottle
I come to life when you pull the string
and my soul is a kite on the breezes
I fly to earth at the twitch of the thread
Maybe I can't help but think of you
maybe you've been caught in my mind
maybe to you my thoughts have fastened
like a ram caught in thorns by the horns, caught in thorns by the horns
if you were to ask me
I would answer you- honestly
but I cannot promise
that I would speak at all
But if you wait long enough
I will walk home
you might laugh to consider me
writing out my heart in clear ink
but invisible ink will appear
in the presence of heat, in the presence of heat, that is you
if you were to ask me
I would answer you- honestly
but I cannot promise
that I would speak at all
But if you wait long enough
I will walk home
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you called me six times
when I was all bored
at that basement show in the suburbs
you made sure I knew where to go
to your bandmate's place
where you sat, tasting some of my words
you only remembered the simple tune
you only pretended not to lose your cool
and I was all flattered
that it didn’t even matter
that you caught hold of my hand
while your friend made an omelet
or a sandwich in the kitchen
in the middle of the night
(I think it was a Tuesday)
I quoted you the wasteland
beneath the blanket of your body
and you couldn't know
that I wouldn't get over you
But I pretend it all the time
and later that summer
I followed you to the ocean
I wanted to hear the water think
but you flirted with the breezes
and reckoned with the sand
and ripped my patience from my ribcage
you only remembered the simple tune
I only pretended not to lose my cool
and I was all flattered
that it didn’t even matter
that you caught hold of my hand
while your friend made an omelet
or a sandwich in the kitchen
in the middle of the night
(I think it was a Tuesday)
I quoted you the wasteland
beneath the blanket of your body
and you couldn't know
that I wouldn't get over you
But I pretend it all the time
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4. |
Broadway
03:18
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broadway is not far from here
so take your time, dear
wander a little bit at home
then take your time, go on the road
you'll see your name in lights
you'll see my name just not as bright
you've always turned on the lights
broadway is not far from here
so take your time, dear
wander a little bit at home
then take your time, go on the road
you've given me words, you're my muse
you've given the awards, here's the truth
you deserve every happiness
lights and stars
broadway is not far from here
so take your time, dear
wander a little bit at home
then take your time, go on the road
we'll take our time up town
the dinosaurs can wait this time around
get lost in the art and the perfume of
a dozen daffodils
on the window sills
broadway is not far from here
so take your time, dear
wander a little bit at home
then take your time, go on the road
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5. |
Folk Tale War
07:28
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I've been sleeping in the backseat of your car
I hardly want to wake to see where we are
the hum & the chatter of the radio
lure me to sleep
At seventy miles an hour, or so
the graffitied walls of mountains know
the secret of who painted them, they know
more than you and me
Blisters under calluses, I feel raw,
I wandered awake then I dreamed again
in the backseat of your car
blisters under calluses, I could roar
with a lions strength or
the terror of a folk tale war
Impressionistic in the dark
I am rendered in street light
But you haven't looked back to look at me,
so you haven't seen these tears tonight
Blisters under calluses, I feel raw,
I wandered awake then I dreamed again
in the backseat of your car
blisters under calluses, I could roar
with a lions strength or
the terror of a folk tale war
but when we reach the city, I will tell the truth
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Anna O'Connell Los Angeles, California
Anna O'Connell is a classically trained harpist and singer who has melted her talents down into indie gold in her first EP
entitled Folk Tale War.
Follow Anna on facebook (Anna and her Mini Harp), twitter and youtube (aoconnellharp).
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