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1.
Home 04:01
I hope you like our home I wanna build you up high like these walls We can make it our own Hammering nails so that the roof doesn't fall It can be hard to start over Pulling up roots in gardens so far away It's okay to not know, dear Sprinkle these seeds and they will blossom someday And the snow will fall, it will freeze the ground But this house is warm, and safe and sound And I know when I'm home, I'm right where I'm supposed to be With you, and not alone, making all these memories I hope you like our home We'll fill it up with the light from our love The trees out back will all grow Slowly but surely as if they were us And the floors will creak, showing signs of age But they'll hold us up each and every day Chorus-- Somedays will feel harder than the rest- one thing fixed and two things wrecked. In all this work we do our best, we do our best...
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We're all scared, we don't know how to act today But maybe therein lies the rub, why do we put on this play? This ain't a stage, we're all real, we need to keep it that way Your president ain't bringin' your change Ain't bringin' your change Let's talk about walls- who are you keeping out? Have you listened yet to hear just what they're all about? And how 'bout honor? Why do we sabotage each other? You don't have to hide your mail from me. You ain't bringin' us change. We've grown a lot in little time Important things were left behind We must reach back, we must press rewind Erase the moment we all went blind Here's what I'm saying: no one person is the fix We've got a lot of healing left, now remember this We must put down our phones, look each other in the eyes There's no reason not to love. We are bringing this change.
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Tell everyone you meet "I love ya, I love ya." Try it now, tongue to teeth and teeth to lips Say it to yourself Then try again, but aim it at a friend And watch it as it swells Don't ever wait to see if it's okay You hesitate and it might go away... Tell your dad, your brother, sister, and your mom But don't leave it at home Tell the postman and the stranger on the bus Spread it where you roam We're told to hold these words for someone great Well everyone deserves to feel embraced
4.
Fly me down to waters warm, and to sunsets long To escape the winter woes, and to find a song Slip my skin, dress myself in the shining sun Embrace the here and now to which I belong Every time I touch down, the palms are a surprise I’m spending the new year in Florida See my dad, shoot the bull, smile a thousand smiles With my brother on this southbound pull, we could stay awhile Sent a message to moon on New Years Eve this year With a flame and a balloon, up in the atmosphere Every time I get here, the Gulf is a surprise I'm spending the new year in Florida
5.
I'm still inside my own head These quicksand struggles haven't done me any good I'd like to think I want change I'd like to think I would if I could I feel like I have no influence on my actions I'm told that I do but there's no way it's true I operate on what happened Living in the present isn't something that I do All I know is that I don't know anything. Maybe I'm done pretending that I do. Socrates was right so long ago. It took me 23 years to see the truth. These next lines will be positive After reading back the first half I sound like I'm sad That isn't quite the case though I'm just transitioning; uncovering some things that I have had So I'll move forward every day now Trying hard not to look back at my perplexing history What more can I say now? Silence would be fine but I have choruses to sing I wanna do it for my legacy When my kids are alive I want them loving everything They don't need to be like me Not entirely at least, I'll only give them what they need I'm excited for that future A nucleus where we can share and never fear scared [That's] not exactly what I'm used to I love alot about my youth but we were never perfect there
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Stardust 03:16
When you can't seem to rest your mind Your eyes pull hard but you can't unwind Just look into your soul, see your heart unfold If you're sad, alone, and full of hurt Breathe in deep and then convert the painful air to dust, watch it all combust And you will find dreams behind your eyes You'll redefine the way you feel inside Some folks might stand right in your way You'll swear they want you feeling grey But they don't mean the harm Their hearts are just disarmed Remind yourself from time to time, we all breathe from the same old sky But some can't stand the rain, their pain is on display Let's help them find dreams behind their eyes We'll redefine the way they feel inside We're stardust, just stardust So what's the fuss? Remember we're all stardust.
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The night arrives so fast, and the cars appear in glass with headlights pressing on the pavement. The air it gets so cold so quick my fingers frozen like a wick without a flame to fire encase it. The winter’s got a hold on me, a Christmas tree infinity, a snowflake lands right on my rosy cheek and I begin to feel less cold. Hang up the lights in the yard, cut down a tree but don’t go far because soon we will be snowbound. Go to church and listen up, pretend the words are cutting tough claim that it’s Jesus that you have found. Sing the carols of our past, “Santa Bring My Baby Back,” let it ring throughout the city. Hear that musak in your head- songs up ‘til now you thought were dead- they’ll resurrect their beauty. Less cold in the winter is important you know, you could lose all of your sanity inside this hole. And when the cabin fever sets in, I'll be here to see that you win.

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released March 11, 2016

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Singer-songwriter & pianist making music out of Madison, WI.

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