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Little Bird
01:44
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little bird, little bird, tell me what you've seen
what's out there in the great wide world, tell me where you've been
mama, oh mama, I've been traveling far
I've been wandering over the ocean, under the moon and starts
little bird, little bird, what do the people say
did they greet you tenderly as you went on your way
mama, oh mama, some of them were kind
but some were carrying too much pain to give me any mind
oh, my sweet little bird, tell me about your heart
how did it fare on the winding road did you leave behind a part
mama, oh mama, my heart is sad and worn
it's all in pieces out in the world, left me here alone
little bird, little bird, what will you do now
will you take what you have learned and write your story down
mama, oh mama, I’ll take these things I know
I will tell them over again, they’re with me as I go
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Appalachia
04:14
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I went down to Carolina and I swam in foggy mountains
the blue-eyed peaks they were watching as I knelt down to the ground
and I sought resolution so I wandered through the weeds
and I wondered where your feet had carried you to lately
and I drove that blue-grey road and I kept the wheel straight and true
though my shoulders shook and my knees did quake I kept my hands steady and still
Appalachia show me home
I went down to Carolina and I swam in foggy mountains
the blue-eyed peaks they were watching as I knelt down to the ground
Appalachia show me home
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Spun Open
04:30
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my arms grew like trees into your sky
tangled branches, the fire touch of skin on skin
with eyes closed under the starry night
you crept into my bed and my sight is blind with the scent of your smile
and all the while we didn’t know we were spinning
spinning, spinning
do you want that too
time lays on my chest so comfortably
I missed you terribly, your breath in my dreams, ever pulsing seams
with eyes closed under the starry night
you crept into my bed and my sight is blind with the scent of your smile
and all the while we didn’t know we were spinning
spinning, spinning
do you want that too
you grabbed my hand
a shift in sands
and all the while we didn’t know we were spinning
spinning, spinning
and I want that too
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She Belongs To Me
02:50
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she’s got everything she needs, she’s an artist, she don’t look back
she can take the dark out of the nighttime and paint the daytime black
you will start out standing proud to steal her anything she sees
but you will wind up peeking through her keyhole down upon your knees
she never stumbles, she’s got no place to fall
she’s nobody’s child and the law can’t touch her at all
she wears an Egyptian ring that sparkles before she speaks
she’s a hypnotist collector and you're a walking antique
bow down to her on Sunday and salute her when her birthday comes
for Halloween give her a trumpet, and for Christmas give her big drums
she's got everything she needs, she’s an artist, she don’t look back
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Salt
04:07
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in your dreams of the salt and waves
do you see me there
in your poems and your beach glass home
do you see me there
in the harbor, wooden boats
crystallize and crash
they break together on their own
murmurs of the past
wild abandoned rituals
burning high in the wind
where the ocean takes it all
to the ash, to the sand
waterfalls on silent skin
in the cloudy cove
build a driftwood castle hall
memories unfold
in the fires of cliffs and bones
bear the stirring truth
glowing coals and black blood stones
on the open shoreline
wild abandoned rituals
burning high in the wind
where the ocean takes it all
to the ash, to the sand
in your dreams of the salt and waves
do you see me there
in your poems and your beach glass home
do you see me there
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Shadow
03:56
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at the end of the day you're too tired for trying
feelings dissipate when your weary body breaks
what's another woman if you're just another woman
yesterday you cared but today it's nothing new
after all you're living in a world that wastes its wonder
they said baby, understand how passion pardons lying
from the doorway they apologize for falling
but they never stick around and you're left to clean alone
working bones that bear the weight of broken trust
wipe your tears so you don't let your muscles rust
what’s another woman if you’re just another woman
take yourself away from the lies you tell each other
spend the end of the day without his shadow in your sheets
don't worry about forgiving don't worry about comparing
another blazing fire burns better far away
what's another woman if you're just another woman
yesterday you cared but today it’s nothing new
after all you’re living in a world that wastes its wonder
at the end of the day you’re too tired for trying
feelings dissipate when your weary body breaks
what's another woman if you're just another woman
what’s another woman if you’re just another woman
take yourself away from the lies you tell each other
spend the end of a day without his shadow in your sheets
on your own you're not another
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Borderline
03:50
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my love lives by the river, far across the town
I go out late to meet him, to the water we go down
hand in hand we swim a steady line
my lover sings to me across the borderline
my lover is a handsome man, he's dark and he is wild
the girls all watch him sweetly and they pull him with their guile
but oh, his eyes are always locked in mine
my lover sings to me across the borderline
oh my lover is not steady, no courting man is he
while others call more constantly, he never chases me
he pays no mind to passing marks of time
but he still sings to me across the borderline
my lover is a rambler, I cannot keep him here
but though he’s on the highway, his heart is always near
late at night he's drinking blood red wine
and singing soft to me across the borderline
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Goldenrod
02:36
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goldenrod, growing tall, will you stand beside me
as the winds roll in and the waters rise, will you keep my heart afloat
sun pours over us, in fields of what we think we know
I walk in strength my love, with the spirit of what we'll always hold
goldenrod, growing tall, are you here beside me
as the winds sing high, and the waters roar, I will keep my head above
sun pours over us, in fields of what we think we know
I walk in strength my love, with the spirit of what we'll always hold
goldenrod, growing tall, will you remain beside me
as the light falls low in the changing sky, will I know my home again
I will know my home again
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The Parting Glass
02:38
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oh all the money that e'er I spent, I spent it in good company
and all the harm that e'er I've done, alas, it was to none but me
and all I've done for want of wit to memory now I can't recall
so fill to me the parting glass, good night and joy be with you all
oh all the comrades that e'er I've had are sorry for my going away
and all the sweethearts that e'er I've had would wish me one more day to stay
but since it falls unto my lot that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call: good night and joy be with you all
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Hawthorn, created by Heather Scott and Taylor Holland, “digs into its folk roots while also reminding us that tradition is about tending to the flame, not the ashes” (NPR). “When they harmonize, the edges of their voices bleed together like watercolors on paper” (WBUR). Their LP Maggie Willow was named to WBUR and Sound of Boston’s top albums of 2019. ... more
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