1. |
Own Way Home
03:03
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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
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2. |
What Good Is It?
04:45
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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
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3. |
A Thousand Doors
03:52
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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
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4. |
Hook, Line
04:33
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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
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5. |
If You Took My Heart
06:50
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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
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6. |
K Flood Blues
03:45
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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
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7. |
Almost There
03:02
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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
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8. |
Simple + Plain
02:58
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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
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9. |
Lonely Street
03:10
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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
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10. |
Easy
02:55
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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
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11. |
Treading Water
03:24
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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
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12. |
Rodeo
03:42
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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
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13. |
Holding On
03:29
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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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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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