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Swan in the Meadowlands
03:18
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Swan in the Meadowlands, which aren’t meadow at all
The only one who thinks you belong there is you
They’ve got you by the feet, in a strange gravity
Thick brown waters, someone else’s profit scheme
You can fly but you just can’t go
Just can’t leave this putrid sort of home
Well you know, your tambourine man sows the hope
Of some future go
‘Cause all you need is go
Don’t you know
Swan in the Meadowlands, which aren’t meadow at all
This life, this water, tangled ‘neath a bridge of concrete
Gather your feet, your heart, your wings -- sun shines, oh it sings.
The time and place for sorrow’s past,
It’s no time to be last
Don’t blink it’s go
All you need is go
Don’t you know
Go to the place that calls your name
Go, don’t you finish - go in the rain.
Go, it’s like a wind that carries you
Blinding your eyes
You won’t know how or why
All you need is go
Don’t you know
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2. |
Me And My Cowboy Boots
03:57
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Don’t make me wait in the dark
When your love like a spark
Lies awake, lights the way
Oh my love, what can I say?
But to lead this heart on
Giving hope some new dawn
If you don’t mean to stay
If you just mean to say
It’s all play, well then hey
Me and my cowboy boots
Are running away
Gone yesterday
I’ve spent my days doing fine
Without fear, without wine
Don’t need pain, don’t need lies
Now just look me in the eyes
Let me see what your made of
If love’s in your smile
If you can’t walk the miles
Then me and my cowboy boots
Are running away
Gone yesterday
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3. |
The Real Thing
03:29
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Lyrics:
I want to be something simple
Want to say something simple
Want to make people cry
Like you did to me
Patiently
And yeah I guess I’ve got no right
To be in your light
‘Cause your superstar glow
Keeps the whole world on its toes
And I want the real thing
Yeah, the real thing.
I wanna know how it goes
When you glow
I want it slow
I want to let go
I don’t think your cat eyes tell lies
Well, mine don’t disguise
Only sometimes when I just can’t say goodbye
Yeah it’s some kind of power
Desire for the hours
What if it’s better left on hold?
To unfold in the ways of the future but
I want the real thing
Yeah, the real thing
I wanna know how it goes
When you glow
I want it slow
I want to let go
They say you’ve gotta know yourself
Before you can know someone else
But darlin’, I’ve seen your eyes
In the crystal blue oceans the sounds of the tides and I
(CHORUS)
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4. |
Hey Stranger
03:09
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Hey stranger don’t call me a tiger
When I see your lion hide
And leopard tongue
You look like cats but run with guns
Your beat like drums
Just sounds like warpath summons
And I can’t help but thinkin’
I’ve found my way
Into the wrong nursery rhyme
Into the long stitch in time
That brings me to some wormhole in your mind
Where everything is fine
Except everything that’s mine
And everything theirs
Cause yours is gold
And hey stranger
Where’s danger?
Hey stranger there’s danger you know
In your claws
When they outta control
So do me a favor
And savor some wagers on a plot
Just a little less cruel
Cause I’m not your fool
If you really want to see
Some rock ‘n’ roll shootout
There’s westerns and mud
And there’s carnage somewhere now, too
But maybe, see, somewhere there’s stars with your name on them
And they’re begging you, loving you, wishing and seeing you through
Your coat, it is beautiful
We’ve all got claws
Keep your cool.
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6. |
Wayward Shoulder Soul
02:27
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May all beings
On golden throne
Lifted skyward soon be shown
Though it seems what separates
Cannot be mended
Oh, but hate
Is just a wave of thoughts
And love is what we ought to feel
Twists and turns,
This tangled body
Longs to see
The word “peace”
On the face, written neat.
The only way to get where you’re going
Is the long way and the hard way.
All that we can hope for
Is shining colors deep
Though we weep
Your dance,
I know
It is written on your
Wayward shoulder soul.
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7. |
Gypsy Heart
04:01
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Lyrics:
If I had the strength to ask
I’d know our moment’s past
All of the joy I’ve known
Comfort be dead and gone
Cause how can you say you choose
Life in another’s shoes
I’d gladly walk away
But for this game we play
‘Cause perfect ain’t perfect till it’s done
And somewhere in between
I forgot where we came from
Now, I don’t mind losing this one
Cause this gypsy heart’s
Gotta travel on
Now I know the life I lead
May not be diamonds and tweed
I have no 9-to-5,
Can’t offer but love alive
And if all your dreams
Take more than my little schemes
If all my apologies
Just leave you empty at the scene
Maybe someday you’ll see
Just this joy you had with me
Though we’re circling round the same sun
I can’t tell where you go
When darkness comes
[CHORUS]
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8. |
Coronation Song
03:41
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In the jungle
I found all things were new
And in the shadow of the cool
I sailed my way right through that school
And past
And out the outer door
Into a life of golden floors
It’s a coronation song
I’ve come home to days so long
Blessings, open sky and throne
I’ve come home
I said yes to the cake
And no to the snake
And why to the liar
How to the trier
Turned potholes to portholes
Eyes on the wire
Room spun flew higher
Landed my jumps
Keep your eyes shut, won’t see a thing
It’s a beautiful word when you don’t need a ring
[CHORUS]
It’s a beautiful world when you don’t need a ring
Or a cape or a cavern
A complex of havin’s
Punch a clock stamp time
I stamp over it, mine
Don’t ask others to do for you what you would not do yourself
Be careful what you sell
Made mountains from vices
It all so entices
No ring but a crown, take that down
Yeah
[CHORUS]
And in memory
Maya Angelou, maybe sing this song to you
Or Chopin, Vedder, Madonna, Jay-Z and Dre
What’s better
For in the shadow of the cool
I was not alone
For I had all of you
Now I have all of you
[CHORUS]
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10. |
Waves Don't Lie
04:53
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Lyrics:
What if the next wave is bigger than this
I’ve had times
Well you push and you pull and you promise to win
I’ve had times
I’ve had times, I’ve had times
What do you do when the grass turns to stone
And the reef is a’ risin’ and nowhere calls home
I’ve had times
I’ve had times
But into the blue
Where no one will find me
I speed into lightning dreams, tiptoe behind
See the door where there’s no floor at all
‘Cause the waves don’t lie
Waves don’t lie.
What if the next wave is better than this
I’ve had times
And what if it fills me with oceans of bliss
I’ve had times
I’ve had times
You get on a board with a fire in your soul
And the arrows in arms, and a perfect heart hole
I’ve had times
I’ve had times
Into the blue where no one will find me
I tiptoe through lightning, leave thunder behind
Find a friend in a watery wall
‘Cause the waves don’t lie
Waves don’t lie
I’m a wandering wavering wanting soul
I’ve had times.
Knowin’ a thing sure ain’t showin’ a thing
I’ve had times, I’ve had times
Do they love you when you’re winnin
Will they love you when you’re losin
Maybe true love lies in the friends that you’re choosin’
Does true love rise at all?
Well the waves don’t lie
Waves don’t lie.
Steal what you want from me
Take it for free
I’ve had times
And I’ll love you in spades
But it’s me and the sea
I’ve had times
I’ve had times, I’ve had times
Into the blue where no one will find me
I tiptoe through lightning, leave thunder behind
Find a friend in a watery wall
Cause the waves don’t lie
Waves don’t lie.
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11. |
Market Boys
03:26
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Lyrics:
It’s a 3 o’clock morning when the wrecking ball begins
There’s a quiet, cranking silence at the pier
And the Brooklyn Bridge it does not seem to mind
Just a few ripped-up faces writing time
Fighting time
Oh they ate all your glory on resplendent plates of steel
Some delicious fishy mechany, with fries
And they would not, did not, could not seem to mind
They left only trails of lobster peel behind
A world behind
But who knows your blue?
Market boys,
Market boys
You impressed with ability to get the job done
Slinging, hauling, dancing catwalks family waits
And they did not, would not, could not seem to mind
Oh they’d rifle through your bins till they were blind
How they were blind
But who knows your blue?
Market boys,
Market boys
It’s a song that drifts lightly from the sea
Just a pair of hands that hoped to work, to free
Oh we fought with everything we had to bleed
But we learned to take exactly what we’d need
Trusted need
Now, who knows your blue
Market boys,
Market boys
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Heloise New York, New York
photo & cover art by J.Heloise. See www.jheloise.com for more info.
Heloise was
raised on classical music (piano, french horn, trumpet, voice), & musical theater. Folk music & harmonies were also cultivated at summer camp. She picked up guitar at age 21& began writing songs in her 30s. She is a graduate of Parsons & has created art for 12+ yrs (incl. cover art). She currently lives in NYC area.
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