1. |
Am I
04:30
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Am I written in the river or told in the tides
Am I molded in the mountains or a song in the sky
Am I hardwired or do I get to choose
And are these rigid walls serving me any use
Everything that is I found myself in
And the stone was thrown and the waves began
And I’m tracing this tale step by step
and it’s taking me back
to the stars again
I once drifted on the ocean floor
then I took the sea inside my soul
I went looking for more
Am I how I spend my time
And if I want to be a mountain climber
well I better start my climb
Everything that is I found myself in
And the stone was thrown and the waves began
And I’m tracing this tale step by step
and it’s taking me back
to the stars again
Everything that is I found myself in
And the stone was thrown and the waves began
And I’m tracing this tale step by step
and it’s taking me back
to the stars again
Am I a dancer just twirling around the sun
And it’s been 24 times
but I feel like I’ve just begun
yeah I’ve only just begun
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2. |
Treasure Maps
04:14
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Take off that suit and put on the shirt I gave you
Who are you trying to be
Your pockets are full at the cost of all your dreaming
You left them all here with me
And that map that you hung above your bed
you took it down folded on the floor
But don’t you remember me marking all the place
we’d never been to before
Oh the fireflies in my jar the strings on your guitar
oh the simple things
With a song I can sing and a light so we both can see
I got all I need
And remember you’d tell me that I was like your sun
you like to watch me rise
And you’d lay there hoping my eyes would open
bringing light to everyone
Our hands our hands
they are meant to draw
treasure maps in the sand
Our feet our feet
they are meant to dance
until we both can’t stand
Our eyes our eyes
they are meant to see
by the lanterns at night
So hey hey oh come on babe
when you gonna start living it right
We’d stay up scheming adventures
most don’t believe in
wrote them in a book
And you’d tell me babe that
when we were feeling lost
we’d know where to look
Now you’re always trying to change the waters
but the tides they hold the sea
And maybe if you slowed down
turned that car around and
come on back to me you’d see that
Our hands our hands
they are meant to draw
treasure maps in the sand
Our feet our feet
they are meant to dance
until we both can’t stand
Our eyes our eyes
they are meant to see
by the lanterns at night
so hey hey oh come on babe
when you gonna start living it right
Our hands our hands
they are meant to draw
treasure maps in the sand
Our feet our feet
they are meant to dance
until we both can’t stand
Our eyes our eyes
they are meant to see
by the lanterns at night
so hey hey oh come on babe
when you gonna start living it right
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3. |
Cypress
04:32
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Fog, fog rolls slow
and I’m falling for you
Coastline disappearing
under the shade
of a cypress for two
Sunsets are finer
when we share the show
paints in the sky come down and color
oh they color our clothes
and maybe it’s simple
but baby it’s true
I really like
I really like
I really like
I like the things we like to do
I’m stringing up the lights
wherever we roam
because baby with you
the unknown
oh it feels like home
and maybe it’s simple
but baby it’s true
I really like
I really like
I really like
I like the things we like to do
and maybe it’s simple
but baby it’s true
I really like
I really like
I really like
I like the things we like to do
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4. |
Never Know
03:40
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A caravan and your coffee pot
raindrops on my woolen socks
oh yes I recall a time
When I’d wake to the honeybee
not the alarm clock yelling at me
oh yes these foolish things
remind me of when
So forget my address
and take my party dress
I’d like to trade it for days worth living
rid myself of any permanent condition
adventure comes in when I just let it
and I’m learning as I go
yes I’m learning as I go
If I never tried, I’d never know
And simplicity is swinging in between
a eucalyptus tree
and underneath I’d fall asleep
Because there is something so very healing
in the way the winds whisper in
like they’re singing a song
mmm I’d hum along
So forget my address
and take my party dress
I’d like to trade it for days worth living
rid myself of any permanent condition
adventure comes in when I just let it
and I’m learning as I go
yes I’m learning as I go
If I never tried, I’d never know
So forget my address
and take my party dress
I’d like to trade it for days worth living
rid myself of any permanent condition
adventure comes in when I just let it
and I’m learning as I go
yes I’m learning as I go
yes I’m learning as I go
If I never tried, I’d never know
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5. |
Ellwood
04:07
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Surrender
lift my hands up
palms to the sky
let the sun come in and
kiss my cheek
I grow weak
it always tickles me
to find that I don’t have to
fight anymore
what were we really fighting for
I don’t know but one thing
here I am and here I stand
I’m laughing
trying to
understand
understand
understand
the majesty
the mystery
of a place
so much bigger than me
So I run
kick off my shoes and
I dash to the sea
I can hear her
singing out to me
Come and play
leave your plans
they don’t matter anyways
if you don’t take time to appreciate
So I’m giving my thanks
I count them up
on my hand
because now I
understand
understand
understand
the majesty
the mystery
of a place
so much bigger than me
the majesty
the mystery
of a place
so much bigger than me
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6. |
Redwoods
04:13
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I found a rhythm in the redwoods
I heard the humming of the birds
there’s a symphony when we’re silent
and I’m wondering if you’ve heard
Heard the water rushing down
after hours of heat
and we promised ourselves
when we’d get down to it
we’d jump in and we’d never leave
Well I don’t have all the answers
but questions I surely do
because I’m a creature of curiosity
the unknown is a pretty view
I felt the western winds a blowing
I felt them stirring in my bones
but when the sunlight hits the valley
oh I swear that I’ll be gone
I found a rhythm in the redwoods
I heard the humming of the birds
there’s a symphony when we’re silent
and I’m wondering if you’ve heard
yeah I’m wondering if you’ve heard
yeah I’m wondering if you’ve heard
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7. |
Sunrise
03:35
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How many times
have we watched the sunrise
Stumbling through the dark
through sleepy eyes
but we said
Limestone is like gold in the morning
and the water feels warmer than the air
And the sun is coming
I can hear it humming
from the birds in the trees everywhere
But seldom do they see
That the wildness of the earth
Is the wildness in me
How many times
have we stopped just to dance
Shuffling through the dirt
like it was our only change
But we said
Reflections on the surface
they distort our purpose
and if fish want to fly well I don't care
We’re tracing shapes
out of silhouette of mountains
pinnacles like ponytails
But seldom do they see
That the wildness of the earth
Is the wildness in me
And seldom do they see
But I know one day we’ll make them see
that the wildness of the earth
is the wildness in me
The wildness of the earth
Is the wildness in me
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8. |
November Nights
03:32
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November nights
Tennessee
Boots by the back door
so quietly
I could sneak
Enchanted were the times
I’d wait for your call
both a little shy
but the moon
said it all
And I know that I don’t know better than
to fall in over my head
Because the more that I’m with you
oh the more I can’t pretend
We’d climb the water tower in the wee hours of the night and following your footsteps
I forgot my fear, my fear of heights
And magic are the moments just before daylight you stole me from my slumber
to show me secrets of the sky
And I know that I don’t know better than
to fall in over my head
Because the more that I’m with you
oh the more I can’t pretend
And I know that I don’t know better than
to fall in over my head
Because the more that I’m with you
oh the more I can’t pretend
November nights
Tennessee
Boots by the back door
so quietly
so quietly
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9. |
Light
04:02
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From the little that I know
and all there is to learn
I found it’s how I shape my mind
molds my world
and in the time
we will see
these moments as our memories
and only I come in between
my thoughts and my dreams
that’s why I owe it to my brain
to unravel any refrain
that binds me to a page
with no room to rearrange
ain’t it strange
all the constraints
we build then beg they break
I know I am so much more that my fear
of my mistakes
and fear is right here my dear
I’d be lying if I told you otherwise
but don’t you fear my dear
It’s up to you to decide
who will drive
through the night
don’t let your worries be your guide
I know it’s cold and dark outside
but you are made of light
because it’s a fact that you are you
and that I am me
let us seek the truth
above all other things
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10. |
Couldn't It Be Easy
03:37
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Shall we
couldn’t it be easy
just you and me
on a quiet street
oh strolling
lazy sunlight
falling foolishly
in your company
and time seems
like a distant thing
a far off melody
we keep forgetting
won’t you
forget what’s been told
all those dos and don’ts
won’t fit within our mold
come on and just be
get lost in simplicity
get lost with me
come on baby let’s get lost
and sunrise wake us up
bringing something new
I got the day to fill
with only thoughts of you
and we’ve got the time
to find a little peace of mind
or take a piece of mine
I’ll spare it all for you
but people will talk
always this and that
always wrong and right
well it’s black and white
but if you open up your mind
to the changing tides
you will surely find
you’ve got the time
oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
shall we couldn’t it be easy
just you and me on a quiet street
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11. |
Changing Shape
04:13
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I always thought
that I think too much
Overanalyzing
out of touch
with how the water
feels on my skin
And I’m sure it ain’t as cold
If I just ran and jumped in
And I wish my thoughts
were more like dandelions
free to roam around my head
then take off flying
What am I but a changing shape
And it’s my life it’s up to me what I create
I can be silly and soft
or serious and straight
Or swirling uncontrollably
into someone else fate
Imagine a place built by stars
constellations collide
so you can hold me in your arms
And it’s wonderful and strange and
devastating all the same
To live with so much love and
to live with so much pain
What am I but a changing shape
And it’s my life it’s up to me what I create
I can be silly and soft
or serious and straight
Or swirling uncontrollably
into someone else fate
Growing up is a state of mind
my sense of wonder
expanding every time I
draw a little outside the lines
every time I don’t let
fear decide
What am I but a moment in time
a chemical reaction multiplied
And I ain’t sure if there’s any
reason or rhyme
we’re all just sorting out
what it means to be alive
we’re all just sorting out
what it means to be alive
means to be alive
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Erisy Watt Los Angeles, California
Erisy Watt is a Nashville-raised folk artist based in Los Angeles. Consistently referred to as “the next-in-line to the likes of Joni Mitchell and Norah Jones, her music is an exercise in what contemporary folk today sounds like at its peak.” (No Depression) ... more
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