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New York's Arms
03:34
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New York’s Arms
when I awoke in new york’s arms
I didn’t think of you
I opened up the window wide
Im falling for a skyline view
when I awoke in new york’s arms
I didn’t feel a trace
the way you held me has lost it’s charm
I’m falling for a new embrace
Cause I saw the east river
shining like the promise of
a new love I'll probably miss, on down the line
And I may falter before the stone and steel altar
but I know
It's gonna be easier to move on
the further that I go
When I was young my mama said
“Don't you fall, don't be a fool
For those that don't deserve your love
And places you've never been to”
And I have done the first of these
And you’ve shown me the cost
But I can't say it’s done me wrong
all this wanderlust and getting lost
Cause I saw the east river
shining like the promise of
a new love I'll probably miss, on down the line
And I may falter before the stone and steel altar
but I know
It's gonna be easier to move on
the further that I go
You hurt me, there's no doubt about it
I've tried and tried and I can't find a single way around it
And I could go back to Boston
but it wouldn't be the same
Cause now I've seen the east river shining bright
And I saw you in the arms
Of another that night
And I may fail, setting sail
but I know
It's gonna be easier to move on,
The further that I go
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2. |
Wishing Well
03:38
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I could never tell
I could never tell you
but I’m in debt to
the wishin’ well
cause I see your face on every bright penny
confided in the stars,
the secrets of my heart
and in the dandelion weeds in my yard
wasted so many wishes
and so much breath
I’m surprised I’ve got any left
for you, when they don’t come true
everybody’s got their way to cope,
and be strong
me, I just hold onto that quiet hope
that you haven’t moved on
like a weight I’ll bear it
terrified to share it
and if my heart is on my sleeve- I didn’t want to wear it
but our friends ask how I’ve been
and just one question does me in
I don’t know
but I won’t let it show
Everybody’s got their way to cope,
and be strong
me, I just hold onto that quiet hope
its bout time I tell
bout time I tell, you
I’m still in debt to
the wishin well
cause I see your face on every bright penny
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3. |
Off My Mind
04:07
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I’ve been closing windows
darling I’ve been locking doors
I’ve been shutting curtains
won’t see you anymore
I won’t see your face in every stranger on the street
no and I won’t hear your name
whispered in the breeze
see I found myself a new lover
Who, is good and kind
No he never makes me wonder, if
We’ll have our time
So I do not think about you
oh when I am with him
I guess tonight’s just an exception
Im wondering,
where are you
I don’t wanna be there
I’m just hopin’ that its nice
I still care about you
but I don’t want you
I just want you off my mind
every time you come around
its like I’m caving in
Like a sandcastle to a wave
And a sinner to a sin
and it’s not fair to either of us
all this fallin
without a place to land
so I stay away, stay away
these things take time
And until then I'll weave these olive branches
through the grapevine
I’m just hoping that they’ll get to you
And maybe in time
all this bad blood between will turn to wine
where are you
I don’t wanna be there
I’m just hopin’ that its nice
I still care about you
but I don’t want you
I just want you off my mind
I don’t want you
I just want you off my mind
but I don’t want you
I just want you off my mind
I don’t want you
I just want you sometimes
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4. |
Independence
03:26
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INDEPENDENCE
independence
i thought i meant it
when i was just a kid
and i said that’s all i wanted
a river running muddy, tied to nobody
i’d fall in loves with places
and easily forget faces
but then i met you
now everywhere i go i can’t forget you
now I’m up in Frisco, honey
I’m up in Colorado
and I cannot bare
this thin mountain air
even though i used to dream
of these mountains and these streams
now my tears fly as free
as the birds from the trees
oh guess i miss you
my vision was so clear before i kissed you
ooh i was dreaming of the road
before i found you
now I just wanna be around you
ooh, was always looking for the door
but I’m not running anymore
now my map has fallen
off the wall when
when I’ve got no pins to place
beneath that picture of your face
cause now Boston’s shining
brighter than any diamond
any city like a pearl
anywhere in the world
and before you know it
like a moth to your flame I am devoted
CHORUS
independence
i thought i meant it
when i was just a kid
and i said that’s all i wanted
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5. |
Morning Song
01:05
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You know I want to show you how the light falls right into place
Every morning on your face
But I don't want to wake you
You know I want to tell you how I am feeling when you hold me close
Though I'm sure you already know
I’m terrified I’ll shake you
But it’s alright,
you know I'll be leaving ‘fore the morning breaks her light
It's alright, I'll find another time to tell you
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6. |
Wayside
04:04
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Take another look,
and open up the book
you're writing on how to break a heart
step two out of five,
keep the love alive
just long enough to make the ending hard
and I believe that I was clear with my intentions,
never heard you mention yours were different
so as you turn the knife, as you bring the page to life
remember how you sketched me in the margins
way back on the way, way back on the wayside
I used to believe, I used to believe
that there was no reason
we couldn't save these seeds
and wait upon a breeze
to take us to a warmer season, til I
saw you in the garden as the summer was departing
putting all the blankets on the branches
leaving bare exposed all of our beds of roses
we had planted early on just hoping
way back on the way, way back on the wayside
so go and find another who will be your lover
she will keep you busy for a season
til you get bored so quick, you'll try and trim the wick
but in your mind you'll find a flame still burning
from way back on the way,
way back on the way
way back on the way,
way back on the wayside
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7. |
Gone
03:29
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I know there's more pretty girls than one
and I understand if you wanna have fun
so honey I don't mind you cheatin
long as you don't mind me leaving
oh I guess I'm just a ball and chain
and I should've read it in the lipstick stains
but honey I don't mind you cheatin
long as you don't mind me leavin
CHORUS
ooh and I can see it in the rearview
of the car I stole from you
but I don't feel bad, cause it's so sad
ooh honey you know told you all along
said that I don't mind you cheatin
long as you don't mind me gone
thinking back to when we started out
you had me thinking you'd be so devout
keeping one hand tight
the other out of sight
it wasn't long before i figured it out
oh but now I've got the highway to hold
and as I'm riding on a ribbon of gold
I hope that you don't mind me
going where you'll never find me
with the money from your shit I sold
CHORUS
solo
CHORUS
ooh and I can see it in the rearview
the life I would've had with you and I don't feel bad
cause it's so sad
ooh, you know I told you all along
when I said that I don't mind you cheatin
long as you don't mind me gone
I said that I don't mind you mistreating
long as you don't mind me gone
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8. |
Take Me To The Station
04:20
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Take me to the station
Put me on a train
I don’t need no reason
Except things just ain’t the same
Shower me in sunlight
Wrap me up in rain
Just give me a little time
To be alone for a couple days
CHORUS
I don’t have to tell you
That you don’t have the time
I’ve just gotta get back to my life before you were mine
Cause people have gotta move on
Birds have to fly south
And I have got to sing one song
Where your name does not come out
I could use one right now
To keep me awake and out if this blue
Cause when I fall asleep I’m dreaming
And when I dream it’s always you
CHORUS
I don’t have to tell you,
That you don’t have the time
I’ve just gotta get back to my life before you were mine
I think I really loved you
Think I always will
But I don’t think that matters now;
Mine is not your heart to fill.
So take me to the station
Put me on a train
In my imagination
Things don’t have to change
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9. |
Brandy Hill
03:18
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When I went up on brandy hill
I was whispering to the rain
Another sad refrain
I was wondering about you all the way
When I went up on Brandy Hill
I guess that's just where you go
when you want to be alone
where the birds are wingin low
Could I be
could I be a bird could I be a crow
and what am I to you I just don't know
When I went up on brandy hill
I was looking for a sign
Just another point of light
And I saw you up on Brandy Hill
In every corner every cloud every seagull wingin down
Yeah I saw you all around
Could I be
could I be a bird could I be a crow
and what am I to you I just don't know
could i be could i be a swallow
could i be a dove
and of all these things could i be your love
Lately it's like I'm flying blind
And flying all alone
could you find me
maybe remind me where to go
when I went up on brandy hill
I was whispering to the rain
another sad refrain about how I
saw you up on brandy hill
I guess that's just where you go
when you want to be alone
do you want to be alone
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10. |
Where You Need Me
03:41
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Honey I see you're thirsty
Bereft and so unwell
and so I offer up my raincloud and my wishing well
then honey I find you drowning
and I just cannot tell
If you need me as your sunshine or your rain
Honey I hear you shouting and yet it's just not clear
If I should be your megaphone or a listenin’ ear
If I should be the chaos if I should be the clear
or if i should just be here to hear you out
It’s just that I don't know how to be right
I don't know how to be right
I don't know how to be right
Where you need me
Oh I want to be your shovel I want to dig you out
Wanna be your sanctuary to hide from all the doubt
want to scare away the nightmares and keep you on the mend
i want to help you but I can’t pretend
Oh because I don't know how to be right
I don't know how to be right
I don't know how to be right
Where you need me
I don't know how to be right
I don't know how to be right
I don't know how to be right
Where you need me
but ill be right here til the morning
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11. |
The Best Way Out
03:06
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VERSE 1
I found you on a long road miles to go before resting
“Hello old friend it’s been too long”
and we’re covering the bases- the shows, the towns, the faces
and I realize there's something going on
You said the waters are rising
behind your eyes and
The levee's broken in your heart
And I know just what you’re thinking
Swimmin seems harder than sinking
When you’re terrified to even start
CHORUS
but you, you know better my dear
That the best way out is a little past the doubt in your mind
You, know the path isn’t ever quite clear
and no one’s gonna to find it for you
VERSE 2
So we stop a while to bring that smile back-
yeah we go to get a drink
at the show of a friend
And I’m looking at a barsinger
who’s a soul-bell ringer,
yeah she’s the queen of this establishment
As I’m looking around at her neon gown
I see you frown and I know well the feeling that you’ve got
Cause I’m putting the pieces together, dear, and I fear
all you’re seeing is everything you think you’re not, and
CHORUS
you, you know better my dear
That the best way out is to move on past the doubt in your mind
You, know the path isn’t ever quite clear
But no one’s gonna find it for you
But no one’s gonna find it for you
if the best way out is through
no one’s gonna find it for you
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Liv Greene Nashville, Tennessee
queer americana singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN
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