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Smiles and Polaroids
03:38
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I got a whole world inside this suitcase
Filled with smiles and polaroids
I take it everywhere I go so I'll never feel alone
Every road I’ve ever walked
Every corner I have stalked
Stay light when the shadows fall
Cause all it takes is wind and sun to make this paper feel
Smile for me one more time and
Let me know its real
Let me know its real
Last night out on the balcony
Oh how the echoes raged
Like a chorus down at Carnegie Hall bouncing round a white stone cage
Every voice I ever met
Every sound I can’t forget
Like chains to a circus parade
Cause all it takes is wind and sun to make this paper feel
Smile for me one more time and
Let me know its real
Let me know its real
Old man daddy walker was my father’s name
He had a heavy drink hand, turned out a pawn in his own game
A captive now of time and wear
I look for kindness everywhere
My suitcase filled with photo prayers
2x
Cause all it takes is wind and sun to make this paper feel
Smile for me one more time and
Let me know its real
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2. |
Juliette
02:50
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Your hand to mine is sparks to the spine
So many now its got me half blind, thinkin
Maybe its time that we let go
Got mud in my chest and clouds in the brain
I’m stuck in the spring, drinkin down rain
Maybe its time that we let go
Juliette wakes at the break of dawn
She’s 80 years old and her husbands gone
Juliette says child move along
The wonderbread aint sposed to last this long
So much of you for so many years
The reddest of roses, bluest of tears
Maybe its time that we let go
This candy cane lovin spun me up tight it’s
Got me twistin right outa sight
Baby its time we let go
Juliette wakes at the break of dawn
She’s 80 years old and her husbands gone
Juliette says child move along
Juliette wakes at the break of dawn
She’s 80 years old and her husbands gone
Juliette says child move along
The wonderbread aint sposed to last this long
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3. |
Nobody Knows
03:17
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Three months ago my three months turned upside down
I was having a very nice time on my merry-go-round
Nobody knows whats comin now
Nobody knows whats comin now
I’m moving inch by inch
I’m watching daisy’s dry up
Things don’t feel the same in my hands anymore
Nobody knows whats comin now
Nobody knows whats comin now
Everyday is a new switch on a circuit breaker
We’re fighting for change that wont break us
Nobody knows whats comin now
Nobody knows whats comin now
Nobody knows whats comin
Nobody nobody nobody nobody knows
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4. |
Magic Here
03:20
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Street dancing junkies, rosary queens
All share a dusk on a quiet green
Notes paint the air with a sundress flair
Later that night, a boy and a girl
Sandbox lovers in a grown up world
Their ribcages filled with lightning storms
In the cracks, in the walls, hiding in shadows
Theres magic here
Magic here
Sore poet hands, red wandering feet jig and jive on a midnight street
They unpacked their bags long ago
Sky wont stop coughing
It’s rained for days
Blue is a dream, they know only grey
But man that thunder smells nice
In the cracks, in the walls, hiding in shadows
Theres magic here
Theres magic here
In the cracks, in the walls, hiding in shadows
Theres magic here
Theres magic here
Theres magic here
Magic here
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5. |
Pennies
03:16
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Her napkin song is five trees long
Her feet wanna run
Maybe when she’s ready
She’ll drop her pennies, drop her pennies
She’ll drop her pennies, drop her pennies
She’s got a skin colored cage
And a job that pays
She’s a plant seeking sun
In a dark maze
Tonight by the star light
She drops her pennies, drops her pennies
She drops her pennies, drops her pennies
She holds a child in her deepest corners
Still knows a smile when there’s nothing for her
Hallelujah
She dropped her pennies, dropped her pennies
She dropped her her pennies, dropped her pennies,
We drop our pennies, drop our pennies
Until it all makes sense
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6. |
Corner and Stone
02:53
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I woke up to the sound of Rhode Island
I went out just like yesterday
Ears still searching for a bird that would sing Sweet Caroline over my way
Oh I’m looking for home
I’ve searched every corner and every stone
But the rocks keep on shifting and I am just drifting
All of these faces and all of these rooms
Working hard on their grand debut
And I try to clap loud to assure the whole crowd
That my heart is in it too
Oh I’m looking for home
I’ve searched every corner and every stone
But the rocks keep on shifting and I am just drifting
Without a landing what type of wings would agree to fly
I feel a bit nervous, a bit empty inside
Cause it takes more than a moon, however old however bright
To make a room feel warm at night
3x
Oh I’m looking for home
I’ve searched every corner and every stone
But the rocks keep on shifting and I am just drifting
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7. |
Shoeshine Brothers
03:09
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Brother and brother, hand in hand
Tip-toed away to the willow lands
Coconut trees swayed in the breeze
Blue dragon eyes as big as the sky
Blue dragon eyes as big as the sky
Out on a string our kite went to sing
A story of birds with golden wings
Brother lets leave here, brother lets play
We’ll fight the impossible just for today
Fight the impossible just for today
And I wont forget you
We’re shoeshine brothers through and through
Shoeshine brothers through and through
Stumblin on stones I let the kite go
And bloodied my knees right down to the bone
Hitting the sand I cried at the pain
You carried me home right through the rain
Carried me home right through the rain
And I wont forget you
We’re shoeshine brothers through and through
Shoeshine brothers through and through
Shoeshine brothers through and through
We’re shoeshine brothers through and through
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8. |
Two Suns
04:32
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Charlie’s down by the shore
He couldn’t ask for much more
There is sand between his toes
He wished that everyone could know that sea-smell glee
Ohh he’s one son
On the other side of the bay
David’s skipping rocks on a cold, cold day
There’s a tear inside his town
And it’s takin’ him down
Ohh two sons
Chorus
But with this great divide
There is a spark inside that burns the same
Cause Charlie and David see the same world that’s in front of me
Under different suns
Charlie’s out on the swings
Every push from dad gives him stronger wings
David’s home alone
He only sees the sky from a cracked window
Ohh two sons
Chorus
But with this great divide
There is a spark inside that burns the same
Cause Charlie and David see the same world that’s in front of me
Under different suns
Bridge
A child’s eyes are born so wide
Every baby has ready hands
But walls start to grow right up to the sky
And dreams start to go on one of two sides
While Dave lives in shadows and Charles takes the light
Ohh two sons
Ohh two suns
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9. |
Moon
03:03
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Theres nobody watching but the moon
Sure is quiet in this here room
Nobody watching, nobody watchin but the moon
Really old man with a real young soul is
Just trying to play his rock n’roll
And nobodys watchin, nobodys watching but the moon
The moooooon
The moooooon
Words come from dust they’re gone with the wind
They’re faraway bombs whistlin
And nobodys watchin, nobody’s watchin but the moon
So he pulls out the plug, he turns off the mic
Just so people hear him tonight
And nobody’s watchin, nobody’s watchin but the moon
The moooooon
The moooooon
3x:
I’m listenin
I’m listenin
I’m listenin
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10. |
Winding Roots
02:42
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Off the square now
Gravity pulls down
Winding roots
Crumbling of the shoots
Patient pear tree
Gives up all its leaves
Hold your breath now
So you feel it be
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Kayla Ringelheim New York, New York
Kayla Ringelheim is a singer, songwriter, and pianist based in New York City.
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