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Can't Not
03:40
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Can’t Not
The dark skies, the crow flies
Never too far away
The light’s gone and the wrong song
Playing over again
I can’t make the wild winds blow
I can’t make the seasons slow
All the ties I just can’t undo
And I can’t not love you
I try to forget you
Let live and lie low
But I hear you and I taste you
Everywhere that I go
I can’t travel back in time
Can’t turn water into wine
I can lie, but I can’t make it true
And I can’t not love you
Say you never see my eyes
Tell me that you never break down and cry
Show me when you’ve found a way
To put all this away
I’ll call it a day
You tell me you’re happy
And I could be happy too
But I read signs in between lines
And I don’t know if that’s true
I can’t make the wild winds blow
I can’t make the seasons slow
Tell me why, no matter what I do
I can’t not love you
No, I can’t not love you
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Bluebirds And Rye
03:19
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Bluebirds And Rye
Hey little girl are you looking
Are you looking for me?
Hey little girl ‘cos you’re looking
Like a picture that I used to be
The waters around you are rising
And you don’t know if you’ve got the fight
Just stop holding your breath
And find a soft place to rest
There’s nothing but bluebirds and rye
Hey baby girl, see I know the drill
Wearing your secrets and lies
Sometimes you feel like a shadow of me
Looking out through a new pair of eyes
The waters around you are rising
And you don’t know if you’ve got the fight
Just stop holding your breath
And find a soft place to rest
There’s nothing but bluebirds and rye
You build a world and the cracks show up everywhere
You fall in love and you find out they never cared
How much worse if you gave up and never dared to love
Hey little girl, it’s not far away
You will have your day to shine
Trust me now, it’s too hard to live
When really you’re just scared to die
The waters around you are rising
And you don’t know if you’ve got the fight
Just stop holding your breath
And come lay down your head
There’ll always be bluebirds
Always be bluebirds and rye
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3. |
Another Way
04:33
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Another Way
A little boy he was loved but not quite good enough
Her kisses sweet but his father’s touch was a little rough
Love always made him want to pull away
And that’s what he did
‘Cos he couldn’t see another way
Father’s angry words playing on repeat
He never looked too deep inside for fear of what he’d see
And as soon as he’d get home he’d want to run away
So he left them
‘Cos he couldn’t see another way
I don't want to see everything you see
Even though your darkness stays a little piece of me
But now I know why you’d always turn away
Despite trying every day
You couldn’t see another way
Keeping tabs on who’s naughty and who’s nice
He keeps his southern whiskey and his bitterness on ice
And he railed at the injustice every day
And he never stopped
‘Cos he couldn’t see another way
I don't want to see everything you see
Even though your darkness stays a little piece of me
But now I know why you’d always turn away
Despite trying every day
You couldn’t see another way
He met a woman who loved him just as he was
But nothing she could do to prove that he would be enough
So he told her that he was poorly made
And he left her
‘Cos he couldn’t see another way
I don't want to see everything you see
Even though your darkness stays a little piece of me
But now I know why you’d always turn away
Despite trying every day
You couldn’t see another way
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4. |
Wonderland
03:19
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Wonderland
My heart’s aching
Every inch of me is shaking
To see the beauty that we’re breaking
Our wonderland
A willow weeps into her cup
And sees her fields turn to dust
The trees that stalk me from all sides
With eyes of a hundred fireflies
A dead oak frozen like a lightning strike
Autumn colour like God’s own bonfire light
And a crown of leaves
Weighing down on me
My heart’s aching
Every inch of me is shaking
To see the beauty that we’re breaking
Our wonderland
I see the knot set in the bark
Like a bullet in its heart
Lava flowing down the trunk
And we’re all going up in smoke
A dead oak frozen like a lightning strike
Autumn colour like God’s own bonfire light
And a crown of leaves
Weighing down on me
My heart’s aching
Every inch of me is shaking
To see the beauty that we’re breaking
Our wonderland
Our wonderland
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5. |
Scars
03:06
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Scars
I hate the way your fingers
Brush the hair from my face
When you’re feeling nervous
And things seem out of place
I hate the way you kiss me baby
Since you ask
With your alligator skin
And your crocodile heart
I’m crawling on the ceilings
Make me walk up the walls
I’m chewing off my nails
Pacing up and down the floor
I’m begging for the question
And I’m looking for clues
Why my life’s so sweet
When your passion is so cruel
I got scars
Drive your nails through my heart
I got blood on my hands
From emotional demands
I got scars
Heaven has no rage like
Love to hatred turned
But after four bourbons, three scotches
two shots and a chaser
I was ready to forgive him again
Well we eat like pigs
And we drink like fish
And we live like rats or some
Low-down reptile kings
If we crawl like snakes
Making crooked tracks
Rest your copperhead
On my diamondback baby
Shed some skin maybe
Grow some wings or a heart
I got scars
Drive your nails through my heart
I got blood on my hands
From emotional demands
I know you’re keeping score
But I come back for more
I guess this must be love
‘Cos we can’t get enough
I got scars
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Wolf
03:33
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Wolf
She looks out through a glass
As the happy people pass
And she will never know
The secret to their lives
Why everything seems right
Is it just a roll of dice
Sitting quietly and still
Legs hanging from the sill
Looking at the ground
Saying why can’t I see
The wolf in front of me
Until I’m caught inside his mouth
No I see him coming ‘round
No don’t let him come around
No don’t let him come around again
Maybe I’ll find somewhere
Far from his lonely stare
But what would I do
Without the devil I knew?
Well I wouldn’t know
Now I see him everywhere
I’ve got used to his dark hair
Sleeping at my feet
‘Cos you find what you look for
And the wolf that you feed more
Will always win the war
No I see him coming ‘round
No don’t let him come around
No don’t let him come around again
But what would I do
Without the devil I knew?
Well I wouldn’t know
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7. |
Other Side Of The Street
03:39
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Other Side Of The Street
Right from the start he was
Into my heart
Leaving a mark on me
I thought I was hard
Unemotionally scarred
In control of my destiny
He had heavenly eyes
And they took me by surprise
I instantly fell under his spell
He took me to heaven
And left me in hell
He's on the other side of the street
Walking away now
Kicking the dust up under his feet
Walking away now
Love is a loyal friend
That just won't leave you till the end
Although you try to struggle free
There was a time when I didn't mind
Wasting my life away
It was alright, I was never uptight
Happy to be that way
He opened up my eyes
And I really came alive
Now I can see it's killing me
There's nothing where he used to be
He's on the other side of the street
Walking away now
Kicking the dust up under his feet
Walking away now
Love is a loyal friend
That just won't leave you till the end
Although you try to struggle free
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8. |
Spirals
02:56
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Spirals
I’ve been walking for a while
I’ve been walking mile on mile
While my thinking spirals and spirals
Still I keep on walking
I’ve been thinking overtime
And I’ve been going crazy
Now I’m walking out on my mind
Memories getting hazy
I’ve been walking for a while
Walking down my crumbling town
Now I don’t know where I am
But still I’ll keep on walking
I’ve been thinking overtime
And I’ve been going crazy
Now I’m walking out on my mind
Memories getting hazy
I’ve been walking for a while
I’ve been walking mile on mile
And now, I think I know this place
I think I loved it dearly
I’ve been thinking overtime
And I’ve been going crazy
Now I’m walking out on my mind
Memories getting hazy
I’ve been walking for a while
Now I’ve found this place somehow
But there’s so much more unfound
So still I’ll keep on walking
I’ve been thinking overtime
And I’ve been going crazy
Now I’m walking out on my mind
Memories getting hazy
Yes, I think I know this place
I think I loved it dearly
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9. |
I Am The Tree
03:26
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I Am The Tree
Winter's calling
And the leaves begin to change
They're falling down around my feet
Like children as they play
As they play, as they play
Another game
Winter's calling
And my arms begin to shake
Shadows getting longer
As generations fade away
Fade away, fade away
But here I stay
Ooh… With the falling of the leaves
Ooh… As the ground begins to freeze
That's how it's meant to be
I am the tree
Light around my head
Wind between my leaves
Nothing but the sky to hear me grieve
And so the branch becomes the tree
Lean your head and let my hair fall down your face
Love me still as we grow old, remind me of this day
Of this day, of this day
Come what may
Ooh, with the falling of the leaves
Ooh, as the ground begins to freeze
Ooh, let it sink in by degrees
Ooh, what my mother passed to me
Ooh, seasons come and they will leave
That's how it's meant to be
I am the tree
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The Story You’ve Been Told
I don’t know what you’ve been told
Every time I ask you always turn to go
Why you’re standing in the cold
I don’t know what you’ve been told
I don’t know what hurt the most
When you were left alone or held far too close
Now you’re hiding in your hole
From everyone you know
I don’t know what you’ve been told
So throw your ghosts away
They’re not real anyway
Keep your head held strong and low
And when you feel you’re breaking
It’s just your past unmaking
You’re perfect, you are whole
I don’t know what you’ve been told
When you were on your mother’s knee
She couldn’t see beyond her suffering you see
And you were more than she could hold
And we don’t know what she was told
Now only you can know
But have you ever thought of simply letting go
Of the lies that you’ve been sold
The dreams you cannot hold
And the story you’ve been told
So throw your ghosts away
They’re not real anyway
Keep your head held strong and low
And when you feel you’re breaking
It’s just your past unmaking
You’re perfect, you are whole
I don’t know what you’ve been told
I don’t know what you can see
Everything you are looks beautiful to me
I see your heart, I see your soul
And that’s all I need to know
Don’t let it weigh you down
There’s nothing to be found
In the story you’ve been told
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Kate Ellis London, UK
Kate Ellis is a Louisiana-born singer-songwriter who uses melancholy Americana and
Folk to conduct fearless soul-
searching.
An Observer newspaper journalist described ”hauntingly beautiful songs", while Americana UK gave her second album ‘Spirals’ 9/10 calling it “An irrefutable, unquestionable joy” and Folk Radio UK called it, “Beguilingly sung, melodic, warm, tender, open and insightful.”
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