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Own Way Home

by Sonia Tetlow

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1.
Own Way Home 03:03
Rolling along and it feels so good knowing I gave it all I could I'm gonna find my own way home And every day will be different now no more wondering why or how I'm gonna find my own way home And those lonely times I'm gonna leave them far behind I'm gonna watch them burn Lay it all down upon a bed of flame til only ashes of the past remain and I find my own way home And those lonely times I'm gonna leave them far behind I'm gonna watch them burn sweep and turn with open arms and fearless heart to what may come to what may go Growing older I find I can breath more boldly now that I can live within my skin forgiven freedom I have found From those lonely times those lonely times I'm gonna watch them burn I'm gonna watch them burn
2.
What good is it baby worrying so when you know we’ll be fine It’s making me crazy winding me up when I want to get Down to the living soul of something better I’m tired of working til my bones feel brittle And I’ve no time for teasing no need for benediction Throw some hip in your lip and tell me once now what you want to do Cuz silence ain’t easy and sometimes its sound breaks wide as the sun In a halo of meaning burning me up on the heat coming Down to the living soul of something better I’m tired of working til my bones feel brittle And I’ve no time for teasing no need for benediction Throw some hip in your lip and tell me once now what you want to do And it’s been a lonely long row down this road and I got a feeling we’re heading towards a funeral hole going down going down So I’ve been stacking up stones building all my bridges home wondering if you’d ever make the leap take a deep breath and let it go Cuz don’t worry baby flying ain’t hard it’s just the will of the ground spun out of phase and lifting you up before pulling you Down to the living soul of something better I’m tired of working til my bones feel brittle And I’ve no time for teasing no need for benediction Throw some hip in your lip and tell me once now what you want to do
3.
They come out at night switching the signs around So you can’t find which way to be found and I’ve grown so tired I can’t believe where I’ve been I feel only light fading within and Something’s holding me down and I can’t breathe And when I look around I can’t see Oh how my heart aches for what this world takes As it separates us from our dreams Cold as the souless Silent as snow falling Still as a barren Bough in silhouette Wistful as time’s passage Deep as the well of sorrow Long as the hours Lost to regret Something’s holding me down and I can’t breathe And when I look around I can’t see Oh how my heart aches for what this world takes As it separates us from our dreams But there are a thousand doors opening wide Revealing a million stars ready to guide you So when you make that leap you’re certain to find That you are surrounded, surrounded by light
4.
Hook, Line 04:33
Don’t you know I’ll be done before you go and don’t you dare vanish into air I was running through the backyard slipping in the mud hiding from the eyes that ever followed from above and wondering at the sight if they saw what they saw do we ever get free from the things that we are I said come on baby lay back, come on baby shine come on let me do all the things that I know that you want me to do that I want you to do with your hands mouth hook, line Fall fall fall and if you saw me would you know what to say and if I saw you would I just run away cuz I am a stranger in a strange land wondering how I got here I am a stranger in a strange land wondering who I am, who I am Fraud fraud fraud Give me some cover baby Unearth these secrets for a sign Cuz I can’t remember how we came to be Lost children laden with desire Running through the backyard slipping in the mud hiding from the eyes that ever followed from above and wondering at the sight if they saw what they saw do we ever get free from the things that we are I said come on baby lay back, come on baby shine come on let me do all the things that I know that you want me to do that I want you to do with your hands mouth hook, line Running through the backyard slipping in the mud hiding from the eyes that ever followed from above and wondering at the sight if they saw what they saw if they saw what they saw I said come on baby lay back, come on baby shine come on let me do all the things that I know that you want me to do that I want you to do that you want me to do that I want you to do
5.
If you took my heart and stowed it away I still could not keep this sweet tempest at bay the touch of your gaze as your eyes seemed to say I will love you wreck you teach you to stay my love cuz it don’t take no eyes to see what’s going on here It don’t take no mind to know what’s in store down this road and it don’t make no difference woman cuz I want you to know that my heart can’t hold this heat much longer and all of my instincts could not help me ignore this wordless warning, this longing for more so the grace of my days became the grapple of war but find me a beauty that’s more worth fighting for than my love cuz it don’t take no eyes to see what’s going on here It don’t take no mind to know what’s in store down this road and it don’t make no difference woman cuz I want you to know that my heart can’t hold this heat much longer so put your hand in my hand, pull me quietly close give this moment a chance then take my love as your own for this lifetime that comes so quickly may go but you will forever be my heart and my home my love cuz it don’t take no eyes to see what’s going on here It don’t take no mind to know what’s in store down this road and it don’t make no difference woman cuz I want you to know that my heart can’t hold this heat much longer
6.
2005, August time the heat is getting hotter and a storm is on the rise so batten down the hatches and abandon the ship a change is a-coming and it’s blowing on the wind say goodbye to New Orleans The wind is whipping hard, the trees are bent and broken the water is churning and the cameras are rolling looks like the big one prophesized for years it’s the oldest of stories but we never did believe it could fly in New Orleans I said hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way Come Tuesday morning and the skies are clear but the levees done blown there ain’t no getting out of here mother and father, little sister too I told you leave no what am I gonna do I don’t know how to get you out of New Orleans I said hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way A million calls dropped every time cuz there ain’t no cell service, not a dry land line and I want to believe that help is on the way but it’s been 5 days long of watching people dehydrate dying on the streets of New Orleans (That’s in the United States of America) so good job Brownie, way to go the CNN news knows more than you know and good job Georgie, your daddy’s son but could you drop down some water from your Airforce One I said hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way I want to thank you Dietmar for getting the canoe and floating my family to the entrance of the school Thank you Coast Guard for picking them up and flying them safely to the Causeway Exit drop and I want to thank you Tania for sneaking through the lines 5,000 in the airport she found them just in time hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way
7.
Almost There 03:02
Empty like an open book left unread upon the shelf I don’t have the words to say I just want to be here by myself And I don’t know where I’m going But I think I’m almost there And if I should find tomorrow I hope I see you there I’d like to win the lottery just so I can give it all away Drop down like the heroine and play the part of saving grace And I don’t know where I’m going But I think I’m almost there And if I should find tomorrow I hope I see you there I don’t think I’ll ever change but I don’t seem to stay the same I want more than I’ll ever need, need more than I ever say And I don’t know where I’m going But I think I’m almost there And if I should find tomorrow I hope I see you there And if I should find tomorrow I hope I see you there
8.
It’s been a long hot summer a real slow lumbering of blank day after day and though you couldn’t have been any colder and my bones are fast getting older I’m still sweatin’ it out for parcels of pay I don’t know no way but to speak about it simple and plain It’s such a shame to say what you’ll do when you don’t so what you don’t do sullies what you say well you can really play the charmer, spinning wheels of spinning yarns but I just see you as a preacher on the stage selling a better world, a brighter new, whatever sounds the best to you is true til your words rot hollow in their graves I don’t know no way but to speak about it simple and plain It’s such a shame to say what you’ll do when you don’t so what you don’t do sullies what you say don’t let my conscience get in your way I’m just a pawn inside your game so I gotta keep myself together, gotta keep it in the road keep my eyes on the prize, don’t let the ghosts choke out my soul I gotta keep myself in motion, even if I gotta run Cuz if I stop long enough to think I break down for no reason I don’t know no way but to speak about it simple and plain It’s such a shame to say what you’ll do when you don’t so what you don’t do sullies what you say
9.
Somewhere long ago in a place I don’t ever want to go again I lost what little sense I had Stubborn as a stone fragile as a home broken by pain a pill popping shame and if you find me walking down lonely street would you stop and remind me hey! what you doing in this place? I was just a kid and everything everyone else did seemed so much better than my own half-hidden heart Silent as a still picture fading over time ticking away like my invisible face, oh yeah and if you find me walking down lonely street would you stop and remind me hey! what you doing in this place? what you doing in this place? what you doing in this place? what you doing in this place child? Cuz in the morning it all looks so different and the marks upon your arms become the scars that you’ll overcome so stop put down the razor blade flush all your shame away just give yourself the break you’d offer anyone else and if you find me walking down lonely street would you stop and remind me hey! quit staring down at your feet cuz all around you are the dreams that will set you free and you’ll be fine so just don’t f*** it up this time
10.
Easy 02:55
She takes the road down low hikes her skirt up high with her wanting way of loving She will cut you if you try cuz it’s Easy She don’t blow no smoke never cracks a smile she straps 6 inch spikes to the back of her heels and a colt 45 inside of her thigh strutting down the street like a bitch in heat she will bend your will in the blink of an eye Easy Cuz mama never liked the way she walked and daddy said, baby come on over here mama never like the way she talked but her daddy said we’re not talking here, come on come on But she don’t mind, she don’t mind she don’t mind, she don’t mind no she don’t mind, she don’t mind she don’t mind, she’s got her pis--tol now And there’s no burning out like this burning in Ain’t no conscious choice it just sucks you in Consequently she can’t change Consequently she just takes Every little thing anything she wants Every little thing anything she wants Every little thing anything she wants Every little thing anything she wants Every little thing anything she wants Every little thing anything she wants Every little thing anything she wants Every little thing any little thing cuz it’s Easy
11.
I’m curled in the window of a coffee shop watching the world whip by Sometimes I want to make it stop but sometimes I want a ride I try to figure out how everyone gets by Me, I’ve just been treading water all of my life Everyone’s got their laptops to disappear into I count my crosses while thinking of you I know you’re trying to figure out how to say goodbye Me, I’ll just keep treading water Can we find our way when I don’t know what you’re looking for And every mistake I makes hurts you worse than the one before I just thought I’d know better by now Emma makes the coffee like she does most every day William checks the stoop for a half-smoked butt to blaze And I, I bide my time watching the rain
12.
Rodeo 03:42
I feel the full moon rising up flexing through the light of sun and all my naked dreams grow cold something’s gotta give or go the secret silence of your selfish rodeo I got no time for your sleight of hand no wish to suffer in your one-man’s-band all I gave was free the secret silence of your selfish rodeo and all you say is a lie and all you don’t is by design well I can’t watch anymore so take your silver and go one step for the deeds you’ve stolen one step for the lines one step for the hearts you’ve broken used up and denied one step for the calculation one step for the plan one step for manipulating everything you can and I feel the full moon rising up flexing through the light of sun and all my naked dreams grow cold someone’s gotta give or go the secret silence of your selfish rodeo the secret silence of your selfish rodeo the secret silence of your selfish rodeo
13.
Holding On 03:29
I heard your voice today clear as an autumn sky and I hope that when I pray You can hear my heart reply Did I ever tell you how much it meant that night by the chapel when you came and found me Cuz I need you to know that I would not be here now If you hadn’t held me close through that lost dark hour and I’m holding on, I’m holding on to you I’m holding on, I’m still holding on to you

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released November 13, 2012

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Piety Studios (New Orleans)
Engineered by Wes Fontenot
Mixed by Wes Fontenot and Sonia Tetlow
Produced by Sonia Tetlow

All songs by Sonia Tetlow except where indicated.
©2012 SonicGrrl Music, BMI

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Sonia Tetlow Atlanta, Georgia

Sonia Tetlow is musician who studies the craft of song, a songwriter who performs with abandon, giving herself freely to the moment of live music making. Her music blends Atlanta indie and hints of punk rock with the New Orleans rhythms of her roots. She has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with artists such as Patti Smith, Indigo Girls, and Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show. ... more

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