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Cup of Mud
02:32
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I saw your face in the bottom of my cup of mud
I’d swear it wasn’t you except for the taste
I knew it from the first, my thirst had nothing to do with it
So then I drained it, yet you remained
But I wasn’t sure anymore if it was you or
I heard your name in the song of something far away
I’d known it from the first note, I could tell by the tone
But then it changed, yet you remained
But I wasn’t sure, didn’t sound the same as before
I heard your name
I caught your grin in the Cheshire crescent as it set
Got me thinking of when our days weren’t numbered yet
And I knew your scent in the strangest place you never went
But it went away yet you remained
But I wasn’t sure anymore if it was you or me
Who went away to the other shore?
Well, I can’t go there anymore
But I wish I’d stayed, I wish I’d stayed
Cause I see your face in the bottom of my cup of mud
Yeah I see your face, it’s everyplace
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Maters
02:21
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What am I supposed to do when they call for you?
I’m not surprised to find I have no clue when you left or when you’re coming back
What am I supposed to say to my loneliness?
She knows my tune, she feels it too
What am I gonna do with all these maters that I grew
I had intended them for you
I admit I think of you, I admit that I want you
What am I supposed to do with all these eggs up in the coop?
Now that you’re gone whose shoes am I here to fill? mmm
Well I admit I think of you, I admit that I want you
I admit I dream of you and I often drink to you, I do
I’ll admit I think of you, I admit that I want you, I do, I do, ah ooo
Now what am I gonna do with all these maters that I grew
I had intended them for you, I tended them for you
I want you, I do, I, I admit it, I admit it
I think of you, I admit that I want you
I admit I dream of you and I always sing about you
I’ll admit I think of you, I admit that I want you, I do
I think of you, I do, I do, I do
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Old LA
02:29
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Yesterday in old LA I left my love for you
I’d do well to remember you have always been there
So you know it’s easy to forget
I took a drive, I-5 all night
Finally you arrived, for all of my life you’ve been under the light
Til yesterday in old LA when I gave my love to you
Yes, yesterday in old LA I gave my love to you
But for now I hear the sound of the change in my pocket
Every step I take I’m talking about what thoughts can do
We sleep in peace and patterns as the day became electric
And the breath inside our bodies formed a space that’s somehow holy
And hour after hour
Yesterday in old LA time sped up on us when you said you’d stay
But you took a ride, some rural drive
You arrived in some hard-to-find, take-some-time
Plurally-strange-named town I’d do well to remember
Yesterday in old LA when I left my love for you
Yes, yesterday in old LA I left my love for you
I’d do well to remember you have always been there
So you know it’s easy to forget you
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How You Leave a Bedroom
02:59
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How you leave a bedroom says a lot about you
Do you leave a little thing behind for me to find to let me know you’ll be back by?
How you leave a bedroom says a lot about you
Do you leave a little thing behind for me to find to let me know you’ll be back by?
I got flowers from your wedding drying upside down
On either side of the upright bass in the corner
And a datura growing in a gallon pot
How you leave a bedroom says a lot about you
Do you leave a little thing behind for me to find to let me know you’ll be back by?
It was showers on your wedding, every downer you were dreading
Hanging outside with our mouths all open wide
And you smiled as the sun arrived
How you leave says a lot about you
Flowers from your wedding hanging upside down
On either side of the upright bass in the corner
And a datura growing in a gallon pot by the door
You leave
It says a lot about you for me to find to let me know you’ll be back
Let me know you’ll be back by
How you leave a bedroom says a lot about you
Do you leave a little thing for me to find to let me know you’ll be back by?
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Blood Red Rose
02:15
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I went searching for something I could never see
But my heart it burned and my body shook when I got closer to you
It was a night with nothing but the end in sight
It was a morning of missed flights
And my blood red rose with what my bones could not resist
It was a morning of songs beside the pier
And then the afternoon of refusing to be photographed
And I don’t have a clue what I’m doing here with you
So I kept the night between us
And you treated me with gratitude
And I sent you on your way
You’re not the one to stand by me
You’re not the one to stand by me
It was a night with nothing but the end in sight
And my blood red rose, my body froze
For what my bones could not resist
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I Saw Us
02:37
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I saw us making love in the clouds of a stark blue sky
It’d been 100 all day and our hearts ablaze
But we left as soon as we came, no shade
I’m making love in my mind without even trying
Well who can convince the fire to become reasonable?
She’ll rise and fall as she please, she’s free
But my body wants you on this blanket making my cloudy dream real
But you are beyond me love, like light, like light
I saw us making love in the night when I closed my eyes
Is it because it must die or because it must carry on?
I’ve seen ashes turn to flame with no shame
I'm making love in my mind without even trying
So is this continual breaking the order or the pattern
Or the battle?
Cause my body still wants you making my starry dream real
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Is there a Santa Ana blowing in?
Tell me, what is this burning through the hills?
I don’t know what it’s like
I’ve never felt it before
So tell me, is there a Santa Ana blowing in?
I don’t know what it’s like
I’ve never felt this before
I don’t know if it’s true or if it’s you
Burning through the hills
I don’t know what to do
When you give your love, give it all away
When you give your love away, you know it’s blowing in
Now I don’t know what to do I’ve never felt this before
So help me
What is this burning through the hills?
I don’t know what it’s like
I’ve never felt this before
So tell me, is this a Santa Ana blowing in?
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8. |
Mojave Desert
02:53
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Standing in the heart of the Mojave Desert
Dreaming of the pound when my hand’s on your cheek
Singing in the middle of no man’s land
Breathing in the song of the wind in my hair
Here is the horizon, it’s nothing but mirages
And heat waves and hot air in my bed
It’s clear from a distance, I see you
You’re truly just someone I believe in
Yes I believe, it’s plain to see
Here in the heart of the Mojave Desert
This riddle has no answer, just the same pitter-patter
Of me dreaming of the pound when my hand’s on your cheek
And I know that love just makes you strong
Can’t make you weak, except in the knees
I believe the horizon is nothing but surviving the deep end
And hot air in my head and oh, when I go
And I’m leaving here someday or so
I hope it’s here in the heart of the Mojave Desert
Just dreaming of your lips on my fingertips
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Helyn Rain Austin, Texas
deep solitude
+
active longing
=
the night between us
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