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River on Your Right 3:510:00/3:51
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Brighter In The Dark 3:300:00/3:30
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Gospel Truth 3:040:00/3:04
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Beehive 3:100:00/3:10
Lyrics
ALBUM: World Brand New
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2023
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1. WORLD BRAND NEW © 2023 Ty Greenstein
I wanna read a magazine
I wanna put an old record on
I wanna sit on the stoop with a beer
And the sun sinking down on the neighbor’s lawn
I wanna play you a brand new song
I wrote it just for you
I wanna get in the car and drive
Like we’ve got nothing else to do
And make the world brand new
I wanna take a walk alone
I wanna lose track of space and time
Wanna cross the railroad tracks
Hit the dirt road back where the kids get high
I wanna find a lucky dime
Skip it out on the lake
I wanna think about better times
And how much love it takes
To make the world brand new
I wanna sit with a guitar in a room
Just me and you
And forget everything
We’re supposed to do
And play every song
We’ve known all along
That’s what we long to do
I wanna kiss your honey lips
In the garden with the sugar plums
I wanna lie on the grass with my face
Flushing red from the wine in the midday sun
I want to feel your body rise
Like the bread I baked by hand
I want to feel it all come true
Baby like we used to do
When the world was new
I wanna lay my body down
After a day of playing hard
I wanna feel it sinking deep
Slip into a restful sleep
Wake from a brilliant dream
Of flying over fields
I want feel the love I want
I wanna want the love I feel...
I wanna read a magazine
I wanna put an old record on
I wanna sit on the stoop with a beer
And the dogs running wild on the neighbor’s lawn
I wanna watch them howling free under a sky so blue
Baby that was you and me
Baby that was me and you
When the world was new
Let’s make the world brand new
2. I DO © 2023 Ingrid Elizabeth
Hey you
Is all that I could say
It’s true
First time you flashed that smile my way
Despite degrees framed on the wall
Like the trembling leaves I was born to fall
Feathered heart and a tongue of lead
This is what I wish I’d said
Of all the letters that I wrote to you
In my heart’s steaming cup of alphabet soup
Of all the words that Webster ever knew
If I could only pick two: I do.
When I look at you I hear
Wedding bell alarm clocks in my head
I wanna chase you around the bed
Spread my jam on your homemade bread
We’ll stitch each and every day together
Wrap it around us it in the roughest weather
And stay tongue-tied forever
Of all the letters that I wrote to you
In my heart’s steaming cup of alphabet soup
Of all the words that Webster ever knew
If I could only pick two
When I look at you… I do.
3. ONE FOR ME © 2023 Ty Greenstein
I’ve had violent dreams, sometimes it seems there’s no peace now to be found
Like the country’s sailed, but the maps have failed and the ship is sinking down
Well I’ve studied art, and the human heart, and I’ve studied history
And I’ve tried to learn how pain can turn your restless spirit free
But the only thing I’ve learned is you’re the one for me
Well the earth swings round without a sound, knows its way around the sun
But my path’s been wild like a drunken child crashing into everyone
Still I’ve traveled far in this beat up car and I’m glad for all I’ve done
And I’ve tried to find a light down every dark abandoned street
But the only thing I’ve found is you’re the one for me
And when I met you, it just felt true, like rain that’s finally here
After fires burned the countryside, and the sky had disappeared
There will be those days when crime it pays, you lose track of who you are
And there will be those years of a million tears, crying into your guitar
And when I was young I learned to run, but I never got that far
And I don’t know if we’re souls and stardust, or just biology
Seems the one thing that I know is you’re the one for me
4. SET YOU FREE © 2023 Ingrid Elizabeth
Tell me, how did it come to this?
Stranded in a bottle out at sea
They all loved me best they could
Though my best was seldom good
There was never another way for me
Oh my babies, I beseech you
Do as I say and not as I do
Of my blood, I wish to set you free
And may this sickness die with me
Shouting at the starless sky above
Gravel and broken glass beneath my feet
Once the train begins to roll
I lose all self-control
Even through their tears to please let it be
Oh my babies, I beseech you
Do as I say and not as I do
Of my sins, I wish to wash you clean
And may this sickness die with me
I don’t know who I’m praying to
Ain’t no God would have let it go this far
May you never know this bottomless fear
May you never do the damage I have done
May you never feel estranged
Held hostage by your rage
With your every move on both sides of the gun
Oh my babies, I beseech you
Do as I say and not as I do
Of my blood, I wish to set you free
And may this sickness die with me
Of my fate, I wish to set you free
So, may this sickness die with me
5. PICTURES OF YOU © 2023 Ty Greenstein
I open the front door
The neighbor's kids are out
Drawing lines in chalk
Today I'll stay inside
Hoarding all my doubts
My secret pain is out
So what do I do with these pictures of you
And of us by the millions, in cars and in canyons
And what do you say to a ghost anyway?
Now, silent as a storm
Way out in the field
I am newly born to this world
Just like I was once
In my mother's arms
Made of flesh and trust
So what do I do with these pictures of you
And of us by the millions, in cars and in canyons
And what do I say when it's you in my dreams
And you're still like a statue ignoring my pain
And how do I answer the voice in my head
When it tells me I must have deserved what you said
And what do you say to a ghost anyway?
I'll take this time to think
Walk my dog again
Up to where the land bows down to the sea
On its soiled knees, on the chance that we…
To the hope that all of this was somehow meant to be
And I am still alive
Even with you gone
Here now is a song
So what do I do with these pictures of you
And of us by the millions, in cars and in canyons
And what do I say when it's you in my dreams
And you're still like a statue ignoring my pain
And how do I answer the voice in my head
When it tells me I must have deserved what you said
And what do you say to a ghost anyway?
6. JUBILEE © 2023 Ty Greenstein / Ingrid Elizabeth
With a little bit of hindsight
I probably would’ve been all right
With a little bit of self-respect
And a little more time
But nothing really went my way
Every day was like judgment day
Every night was like a big mistake
In the fabric of time
But this is how the hero’s journey goes
No one ever really knows
Who they’re gonna have to be
Jubilee, jubilee
You’ve gotta listen for the sound
Jubilee, jubilee
It’s coming back around
So just wait long enough and you’ll be free
In the jubilee
Way down in Mobile Bay
In the middle of the worst heat wave
All the fish swim up one day
Throw themselves out of the sea
The whole town gets a free buffet
Bells ring and the bands all play
Party goes on for days
It’s called the Jubilee
Some things you don’t have to earn
Sometimes the world just turns
Delivers everything you need
Jubilee, jubilee
You’ve gotta listen for the sound
Jubilee, jubilee
It’s coming back around
So just wait long enough and you’ll be free
In the jubilee
You were Machiavellian
How you refused to let me in
Or maybe just a real bad friend
With too much history
And maybe now you’re worn and tired
And life has left you uninspired
As lost as any used up tire in the middle of the heap
Or maybe your heart’s been found
Metal bars have melted down
Maybe every single soul can be redeemed
Jubilee, jubilee
You’ve gotta listen for the sound
Jubilee, jubilee
It’s coming back around
It’s not always up to you and me
So just wait long enough and you’ll be free
In the jubilee
Just wait long enough and you’ll be free
In the jubilee
7. EXCEPT FOR THE LOVE © 2023 Ty Greenstein
That was my life
And that beauty in the picture frame
That was my wife
Til the day her maker came
That was my heart
It had to break a thousand times
That was my art
Though it never made a dime
I've had my share of anger
I've picked my share of fights
But now I'm trying to remember
How anything can matter
Except for the love we gave each other
The love we gave each other
Except for the love
That was my youth
Thought it would never end
That was my truth
And those were my best friends
Those were our kids
Guess I won't see those faces again
I stand by all I did
Still I wish I'd been more like them
I've made my share of messes
Out of other people's lives
But now I'm trying to remember
How anything can matter
Except for the love we gave each other
The love we gave each other
Except for the love
I knew this day was gonna come
But it came faster than a bullet from a gun
Where did the years go?
Damned if I know
That was my chance
I gave it all I had
These were my hands
I tried to do more good than bad
That was my life
Strange how it felt so real
I guess this is my time
Like the end of a movie reel
In a dark empty theater
When the last credit's gone
But now I'm trying to remember
How anything can matter
Except for the love we gave each other
The love we gave each other
Except for the love we gave, for the love we gave
Except for the love
Except for the love
8. SUMMERTIME © 2023 Ingrid Elizabeth
I was a watercolor girl in a tintype town
The locals looked me up and down
Love to watch their heads spin when we come around
Me and my sweet baby
She was a tall glass of lemonade
Always had me sweating in the shade
Stole my first kiss from me in the first grade
Lord, I knew she was the one
Berries in the bucket, baby's on a blanket
Tomatoes hanging heavy on the vine
The underwear is dancing to a Patsy Cline song
Out on the laundry line
In a field of lightning bugs that put the country stars to shame
We're gonna get higher than the corn tonight
'Cause boys like her
Bring me some some some of that summertime
With watermelon chins and sunscreen hands
Mosquito bites and farmer tans
She slipped a dandelion ring on my left hand
'Cause she knew I was the one
The days get hotter, we go down to the water
Past the city limit sign, leave the locals behind
Skipping stones, digging toes in the sand
We left our bathing suits on dry land
When the sun goes down, we get to rolling around
And fogging up the windows with (uh uh uh)
I left my heart in the glove compartment
Of a dusty old baby blue pick-up truck
Berries in the bucket, baby's on a blanket
Tomatoes hanging heavy on the vine
The underwear is dancing to a Bonnie Raitt song
Out on the laundry line
We made fireworks that put the city park to shame
The neighbors must’ve thought it was the 4th of July
'Cause boys like her
Bring me some some some of that summertime
Now happiness is a front porch swing
Forever is a dandelion ring
This barefoot queen and her flatbed king
We know every song the radio sings
In perfect three-part harmony
And Thank God…
That boys like her like the girls like me
Boys like her
Like the girls like me
9. MY COUNTRY © 2023 Ty Greenstein
My country tis of thee
Deadbeat and divorcee
Of thee I want to sing
And mean everything
Is it unkind to say
You’ve seen much better days?
And if I tell the truth
I hardly recognize you
Oh but I knew you when
Your dreams waved in the wind
With stars shining in your eyes
Dying to show your stripes
Oh, you were wild and bold
At least that’s the tale you told
And we all believed it too
We believed in you
Cause way back when you were born
Someone said this one’s for
Toppling tyranny
Lifting a lamp to sea
So people could look and say
Hey, there’s another way
And they pinned every dream they had
On your new little head
Then life came in fits and starts
The booze and the broken hearts
You fell asleep on the job
And slept your way to the top
But oh what a grand decline
And then you ran out of time
And everyone gathered round
To see you go down
I know each one of us
Has lost somebody’s trust
Despite all we thought we’d be
Sweet lands of liberty
With poems etched on our sides
Of healing the great divides
And opening every door
To the tired and the poor
And now we may not be friends
But the long arc of character bends
Always towards the rising sun
So put down your 300 million guns
The enemy you fear
Is staring back in the mirror
And the battles still left to fight
Are the ones deep inside
So don’t you give up just yet
Go on now, get some rest
Wipe the centuries from your face
I’ll help you clean up the place
If you can’t be a superstar
Just be more perfect than you are
Ain’t it worth one last shot to be
The land of the free?
10. I AM WILLING
(Written by Holly Near © Hereford Music / ASCAP)
I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change
There is hurting in my family
There is sorrow in my town
There is panic in the nation
There is wailing the whole world round
I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change
May the children see more clearly
May the elders be more wise
May the winds of change caress us
Even though they burn our eyes
I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change
Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusion
Give me a desert to hold my fears
Give me a sunset to hold my wonder
Give me an ocean to hold my tears
I am open and I am willing
To be hopeless would seem so strange
It dishonors those who go before us
So lift me up to the light of change
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ALBUM: Brighter In The Dark
RELEASE DATE: January 27, 2017
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1. Lock & Key (Ingrid Elizabeth)
Alarm clock, wake up/ Head scratch, where the hell am I? / Birmingham, Boston / Amsterdam, Austin / Stranger in a strange town / Yet again, but I don't really mind / ‘Cause everyday it’s honey drizzle, hot tea / Orange slice, heavy cream / Your face, smiling back at me / In the morning light, I wake to the sweetest dream / All I know is that happy is another sunrise / Be it rain or shine / Home is your pillow next to mine / You know you'll be sitting shotgun / Anywhere I roam / You and me are the lock and key to a happy home / Bird song, trash truck / Thank God to wake up in my bed / Dirty dishes, dog walks / Pulling weeds, pillow talk / Everyday the same thing / Ain't no place I’d rather be instead / ‘Cause everyday it’s honey drizzle, hot tea / Orange slice, heavy cream / Your face, smiling back at me / In the morning light, I wake to the sweetest dream / All I know is that happy is another sunrise / Be it rain or shine / Home is your slippers next to mine / You know how to tend my fire / To warm your bones / You and me are the lock and key to a happy home / All I know is that / Happy is another sunrise / Be it rain or shine / Home is your suitcase next to mine / You know you'll be sitting shotgun / Anywhere I roam / You and me are the lock and key to a happy home / To a happy home / We make a happy home
2. Brighter In The Dark (Tylan Greenstein)
Oh my friend, was it quiet at the end / Was your voice sore from trying, were your bones bent from crying / Cause I know how the dark makes its way into your heart / And whispers in your ear, that it’s better over here / Oh your heart was an aching open part / Growing outside with the weeds, like a mouth you could not feed / And every waking day was another debt to pay / From an empty penny jar, on the backseat of a car / Now I guess you know / What it’s like to lead yourself back home / What it’s like to face it all alone / Now you’re with the moon and with the stars / So tell me is it brighter in the dark? / Oh this world is an empty handed girl / With a mouth too full of words and a sky too full of birds / And the silent strings on her lonesome violin / Will always feel her hands, though the years had other plans / Now I guess you see / What it’s like to set your body free / What it’s like to have a place to be / Now you’re in the night sky with the stars / So tell me is it brighter in the dark?
3. Beehive (Quoted text from The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. Music & all other lyrics by Ingrid Elizabeth)
“Place a beehive on my grave / And let the honey soak through / When I'm dead and gone / That's what I want from you / The streets of heaven are gold & sunny / But I'll stick with my plot and a pot of honey / Place a beehive on my grave / And let the honey soak through” / Shed no teardrops on my grave / Don't you cry for me / When I'm dead and gone / I'll be in good company / The King of Heaven is a real nice mister / But I'll stick with my Queen and ten thousand sisters / Shed no teardrops on my grave / Don't you cry for me / Dance a hambone on my grave / And pass the jug around / When I'm dead and gone / I said I wanna see you gettin' down / The harps in heaven are mighty sweet / But I'll take a / stomp and clap to a funky beat / Dance a hambone on my grave / And pass the jug around / “Place a beehive on my grave / And let the honey soak through”
4. Blue Collar Blues (Ingrid Elizabeth)
Silver spoon or pitchfork, baby / Tell me what's it gonna be / (Tell me what’s it gonna be, tell me what’s it gonna be?) / Do you want her oyster bar and caviar / Or do you want my mustard greens / (Do you want her, do you want her?) / Silver spoon or pitchfork, baby / Who's gonna give you what you need / Perrier or moonshine, baby / What you want to fill your glass / Do you want to play it safe and pump the brakes / Or slam down on the gas / Perrier or Moonshine, baby / Who's gonna knock you on your ass / Jesus Christ or Elvis, baby / Who you want to save your soul / Do you want her crown of thorns and Sunday scorn / Or do you want my rock 'n roll / Jesus Christ or Elvis, baby / I really gotta know / Silver spoon or pitchfork, baby / Tell me what's it gonna be / Do you want my dirty homegrown loving / Or her lap of luxury / Silver spoon or pitchfork, baby / Tell me what’s it gonna be / Who’s gonna give you what you need / Is it her or is it me?
5. If I Had Known (Tylan Greenstein)
If I had known, I would have not been so hard / If I had known, I would have fixed up the car / If I had known, I would have come to the door / When you came in from the store / Never said that you were wrong / If I had known that you’d be gone / If I had known, our life would have been just like / A magic show where birds appear and then fly / Like the old days, in all the films when they’d kiss / And you’d say ‘Love’s not like this’ / I would have held you for so long / If I had known that you’d be gone / I’m not one to hang on to regret / But I can’t stand that there are moments I forget / And I don’t envy other people’s lives / But now I envy that guy / Who had you there by my side / If I had known, I would have walked right back in / When things got rough / Seemed so important to win / I left you there and went out drinking all night / Kept up my end of the fight / I thought that that made me strong / If I had known that you’d be gone / No regrets / ‘Cause there are things that you can’t plan / But yeah, I guess I could have been a better man / Now I don’t envy other people as a rule / But now I envy that fool / Who had you there in my hands / If I had known, I would’ve taken the time / Put down the phone / Opened that bottle of wine / We bought in France and saved for some perfect day / And then the time slipped away / The perfect day has come and gone / If I had known that you’d be gone / (I could have held you for so long if I had known)
6. Spring (Ingrid Elizabeth)
Make a joyful noise unto the world / Be you gentle boy or big strong girl / Break the silence with your song, it's the only cure / Make a joyful noise unto the sun / The wind chime orchestra has just begun / Daffodil trumpets proclaim Old Man Winter dead and gone / Life is lived, spring is sprung / Make a joyful noise unto the rain / Bullfrog choirs join in the refrain / Thunder is just a belly laugh at our silly human pain / Make a joyful noise unto the field / Every blade of grass a Zorba, kicking up his heels / The lowing of the calf baptized / By mother's patient tongue / Life is lived, spring is sprung / Make a joyful noise unto the moon / Crying of coyote, howling of the loon / Call out to the one you love, hurry up, it's almost June / Make a joyful noise unto your heart / Whisper secrets to the evening star / Do the best to twinkle in the eye of everyone / Know that every ending makes a space for new life to come / As tiny sticky fingers wrap around my giant calloused thumb / Life is lived, spring is sprung
7. Two If By Sea (Tylan Greenstein)
The mountains or the city, I'd go anywhere with you / As long as you tell me what you want me to do / It's one if by land and two if by sea / And for you, I'll be on my knees / My heart is an acre with an open sky above / The stars hang in their vapor, blinking in and out of love / But some things are constant, like the river to the sea / And for you, my love, I'll be on my knees / I don't care who's on the witness stand / My place in the world is right in the palm of your hand / Your wish is my command / So tell me, is it cherry, is it caramel or salt? / What is your craving, tell me what do you want? / To love you and to serve you, well that makes me feel free / So for you, my love, I'll be on my knees / Yes for you, my love, I'll be on my knees
8. Black Tea, Red Wine (Ingrid Elizabeth)
Oh, the sun shines / Through the dusty blinds / I wipe last night's regrets from my eyes / Clouds in my cup / Clouds in my head / A single girl in a double bed / Black tea and red wine / Don't worry, I'm doing fine / I tell the morning from the night / With my black tea and red wine / Oh, the phone rings / The kettle screams / I play nothing by Ray all damn day to drown out everything / Lists on my hand / Mail on the floor / Just the same as the day before / Black tea and red wine / Don't worry, I'm doing fine / Double-fisting to pass the time / With my black tea and red wine / Oh, stained teeth / Flaming cheeks / Another popcorn dinner and Cabernet to keep me company / The moon rolls her eyes / And shakes her head / At a single girl in a double bed / Black tea and red wine / Don't worry, I'm doing fine / Trying to keep you off my mind / With my black tea and red wine
9. Red Balloon (Tylan Greenstein)
I don't think I've ever told you this before / When I was a child I dreamed that I had found an old forgotten door / Guess that I was lonely, guess that I made up a lot of worlds / Guess that I knew pretty early that I was not like the other girls / Standing in the field / I told her how I feel / Guess that it was much too soon / Cause I went home with just a red balloon / Now I look up from my coffee, you are like a beacon in this room / That called to me so loud and strongly, I could not see anything but you / Now I watch you move / In and out of view / Just like in an old French movie / My heart floats just like a red balloon / Seems like you were never broken, like you sailed right through the wonder years / Life gave you a subway token, you took the line until you made it here / And not a day too soon / You flew around the moon / Someone let you go and you came to me, my red balloon
10. Take Me Dancing (feat. Birds of Chicago) (Ingrid Elizabeth)
Well, I am sick of laundry lists and laundry lines / And I am so tired of early to bed and early to rise / Sick of maybe laters, sick of tailgaters / Sick of all the haters with their pamphlets & signs / Sick of rush hour, of never getting flowers / Of staring at screens instead of into your eyes / I'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired / Goddammit, take me dancing / Whirl me across the floor / Out of my head, oh yeah / Until my feet are sore / Oh, buy me a drink / Sway me real slow / Until you see that girl / You fell in love with / A long, long time ago / Take me dancing / I am sick of house slippers and dishwater hands / And I am so tired of those Saturday night sweatpants / The shorter the dress, the higher the heels / The redder my lips, the better I feel / I’m so sick and tired of being no big deal / CHORUS / Slick back your hair / Shine up your shoes / It’s time we shake this bad, bad case of the ball and chain blues / CHORUS
11. Any Other Day (Tylan Greenstein)
There’s a black man in the White House / They say everything’s OK / They say a long time ago, it was real bad, you know / But not today / But when the shots rang out in the middle of the heartland, no one had to try / It was just like any other day a black man woke up and died / So sing a song of six bullets, a pocket full of lies / And cut me off another piece of that American pie / There’s a black man in my neighborhood / He always seems to be good, or at least OK / When I see him on his front porch / He says, “Have a beautiful day” / But when the shots rang out in the city of Oakland, no one had to try / It was just like any other day a black man woke up and died / So sing a song of six bullets, a pocket full of lies / And cut me off another piece of that American pie / When the pie is opened the birds will sing and fly / And when I see them coming I’m gonna laugh, I’m gonna cry / Now Oprah, she’s on TV again / She’s everybody’s friend, yeah, it’s all OK / Back in ‘64 they passed a law / To be sure it would be this way / But when shots rang out on a Cleveland playground, no one had to try / It was just like any other day a black boy woke up and died / So sing a song of six bullets, a pocket full of lies / And cut me off another piece of that American pie / Yeah, cut me off another piece of the American pie
12. Red Carpet (Tylan Greenstein)
I loved you in London, baby, I loved you in Rome / I loved you in New York City, a long way from home / We had our share of spoils, we tore up every town / Everyone said it’s time we settled down / I think that we should fly away / Over the hills into the woods / Over the place that no one said we could / I think that we should stay up late / Like we are young and unafraid / Like the red carpet's just been laid out for us / Out here in California, everything's dry / Fire sears the earth and water stays up in the sky / Feels like the whole world's waiting, feels like the way I've been / Feels like the rain will never come again / I think that we should fly away / Over the hills into the woods / Over the place that no one said we could / I think that we should come undone / Like we have only just begun / Like the red carpet's just been laid out for us / So I’ll go out and watch the stars tonight / I know they only show their previous life / They sent a message back when this was all holy ground / So I could see them shining on me now
BONUS SONG - Good For You (Ingrid Elizabeth)
Oh hi there, Mr. Jerk Face in the Whole Foods parking lot / It must be nice to slide right in to the very last parking spot / Never mind that I circled ten times just to buy overpriced health food / But you know what, Mr. Prius? / Good for you! / Well, in the South they say ‘Bless your heart!’ / In New York, they’d flip you the bird / But in the Midwest, the passive aggressive will get you the last word / Out in the Bay, they say ‘namaste’ / But I’m getting back to my roots / Instead of saying ‘Go fuck yourself!’ I say, ‘Good for you’/ Oh hi there, little Miss Overnight Millionaire Pop Star In The News / It must be nice to sing pointless words with every note auto-tuned / Never mind the decades I spent writing heartfelt songs for less than minimum wage / When I’m just as pretty, I’m twice as smart / And I’m probably three times your age / CHORUS / Tell me, what’s it like? / Oh well, that must be nice / Good for you
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ALBUM: Faith & Fumes EP
RELEASE DATE: December 2014
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1. Thing With Feathers (Tylan Greenstein)
Well they don't give you much to hold onto / You look for the sun, it's behind you / You wonder how they're gonna find you, out at sea / Cause we sailed through Gibraltar together / Through lashing of wind and of weather / And we hoped somehow it would just get better / If hope is a thing with feathers, fly to me / Now cesium came and it leaked out / From Daiichi Basin, it's here now / And no one is free of the fear now, in our sleep / So I pray to the God and the Father / But I wonder if they'll really bother / We had many chances to make it better / If hope is a thing with feathers, fly to me / Fly to me, I've been waiting for so long / Fly to me, come and give me your best song / And do what you do to make it better / Now some things are important to get right / And some things you can leave by the curbside / And some people will fade like the daylight, easily / Cause you can't stop a train or a snowplow / And I can't change the person you are now / You can't change the past, the time, or the weather / But if you've loved, then you've already made things better / If hope is a thing with feathers, fly to me / If hope is a thing with feathers, fly to me
2. Gospel Truth (Ingrid Elizabeth)
Everybody got pain aching in their heart / They got pain aching in their heart / Don't hold back, cry out loud / Share it with a neighbor when you feel low down / The truth shall set you free / Set you free, set you free / Glory Hallelujah, you'll be free / Everybody got fear troubling their heart / They got fear troubling their heart / Don't hold back, whisper in my ear / Share it with a neighbor watch it disappear / The truth shall set you free / Set you free, set you free / Glory Hallelujah, you'll be free / Everybody got joy shining in their heart / They got joy shining in their heart / Don't hold back, smile real wide / Share it with a neighbor all the light inside / The truth shall set you free / Set you free, set you free / Glory Hallelujah, you'll be free / Everybody got love warming up their heart / They got love warming up their heart / Don't hold back, reach out a hand / Share it with a neighbor help them understand / The truth shall set you free / Set you free, set you free / Glory Hallelujah, you'll be free / Everybody got change jangling in their heart / They got change jangling in their heart / Don't hold back, throw your two cents in / Share it with a neighbor and you both gonna win / The truth shall set you free / Set you free, set you free / Glory Hallelujah, you'll be free
3. What Is Gold (Tylan Greenstein)
The clock is ticking loud / On the mantle / Right next to the photograph / Of us at the altar / Twenty years ago / You would never know / You'd never guess / I don't let it show / I've been a mess / Twenty years went by / Down the ridge it goes / And disappears in shades of blue and rose / Oh, and if this day is gone forever / Please just say, what is gold will stay / You were never wrong / You killed with kindness / Silent and strong with only / Peripheral blindness / Twenty years with you / Down the ridge it goes / And disappears in shades of blue and rose / Oh, and if this world is gone forever / Please just say, what is gold will stay / So maybe in a day / Or maybe sooner / You won't know my face / As it grows truer / Down the ridge it goes / And disappears in shades of blue and rose / Oh, and if my world must change forever / Please just say, what is gold will stay
4. Faith & Fumes (Ingrid Elizabeth)
I'm just a line through a square / On the wall hanging there / Counting favors, counting pennies, counting prayers / It's all my mama taught me how to do / You gotta get by on faith & fumes / I make a living it's been said / From living in the red / 'Til I'm famous, 'til i'm sober, 'til i'm dead / It’s the price you pay for loving what you do / Sometimes you get by on faith & fumes / Faith & fumes / When you got nothing / You got nothing to lose / They say you can't go through life with the gas light on, girl / But I swear if I hold out a little longer / That big old ship gonna sail my way / And I'll sleep soundly in this bed I've made / When the van is parked, the bills are paid / And ancient history are the days / Of hands at ten and two with both eyes closed / Always praying for a downhill to coast / I know i said I'd call today / But please believe me when I say / That I can taste your tears three thousand miles away / This picture on the nightstand just won't do / Someday I swear I'm gonna make it up to you / 'Til then, we'll get by on faith & fumes / I'm just a line through a square / On the wall hanging there / Counting favors, counting pennies, counting prayers
5. River On Your Right (Tylan Greenstein)
This is how it’s always been / Sun comes up, the day begins / People come and then they go / I’ve been around long enough to know / That if you have a single seed / That’s enough, that’s all you need / And if you’re lost in the night / Keep the river on your right / I've been wrangled, I've been wronged / I’ve been strangled til I’m gone / And some nights, you know I pray / That I won’t live another day / But if you give a dog a bone / That’s enough to make it home / And if you’re lost in the night / Keep the river on your right / I don’t know but I suspect / What you give is what you get / I don’t know but I believe / What you get is what you need / So if you have a single dime / Well we’re only buying time / And if you’re lonely in the night / Keep the river on your right / If you’ve fallen down a well / Ain’t no one can hear you yell / Ain’t no one can hear you call / Well the river hears it all / Baby come and be my friend / Just the way that we began / Baby come sit next to me / Cause you’re the one thing I believe / So if you have a single seed / Give it love, that’s all it need / And if you’re lost in the night / Keep the river on your right / If you have a single seed / Give it love, that’s all it need / And if you’re lonely in the night / Keep the river on your right