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2017 New Releases

by Summer Russell

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1.
Dawn Song 05:17
Oh the night she is blue as the candles that you Hide behind your eyes, peacefully sleeping, And the candles that died hours ago at the bedside Were likewise too brief for my keeping But the moon is alive, and the stars she has cried Light your face with the trails of her weeping. Not for all the gold and riches in the world, my love Would I leave you ere the rising of the morning sun For the dawn will hurry in to carry me away But it's in your arms another hour I fain would lay. For grim is the road, and uncaring the load I will bear when the sun takes me riding Many miles and more, too far from your door Where the warmth of your love is abiding And if heaven were mine, I would drive away time To stay here and hold you beside me. Not for all the gold and riches I have ever known Would I leave you if the choice were mine to stay or go And the dawn would never come at all, had I my way, For it's in the shelter of your arms I fain would stay. But the first leaves of light chase the shadows of night From your face as the morning comes calling And you wake with a kiss and a whisper That carries me on whither I must be going But I swear by my soul I could never be whole Without you to await my returning. And some other night will bring me swiftly to your arms again Will there ever be a night that brings me home and has no end? When the sun will rise and find us sleeping through the early light, And no dawn that ever comes again will take me from your side? The night she is blue as the candles that you Hide behind your eyes, peacefully sleeping, But the moon is alive, and the stars in the sky Light your face with the look of my dreaming.
2.
I got up this morning, drunk with the dawn, And worn as the floor I was lying upon Been in this town for I don't know how long Courting my fate with the lady of song Once I was starving and sang for my bread I have gone hungry a few times since then. Yesterday's gone, and tomorrow's unseen And home is someplace on the road in between Home again, home again, far from this place, With no past to escape and no phantoms to chase, Home again, home again, that's where I'll be Somewhere the lady of song can find me. Fortune would follow, or so I was told, Here where they pay you your sorrows in gold And you sleep by a fire, but you wake in the cold, And the sound of your voice in your head grows so old You can sing for your supper with princes and kings, And they wrap you in satins and velvets and rings, And they'll give you a place to put all of your things And a ransom in diamonds to weigh down your wings And those pretty young lads, they will lean in your ear And they'll sing to you sweetly when no one is near But whenever the morning comes, finding them gone, I will turn to the arms of my lady of song For she sighs to the strings of my harp when I weep And she cradles me close on the stones where I sleep She carries the secrets too heavy to keep And she'll meet me out there on the road in between Home again, home again, that's where I'll go To a hearth made of stars and a floor made of snow Home again, home again, where I belong Where nobody lives but the lady of song. Home again, home again, where I belong Walking the road with the lady of song.
3.
As I awaken in the morning There is a magic in the air I know the voices of my people Humming gently everywhere And there is laughter from the hallway Friendly faces come alive As if we'd gathered in this place for always Although we've only just arrived. Now put on all your pretty ribbons, dear And ring the bells and all draw near So we may make our music bright And paint the sky with sound and light And sing in our imperfect harmony. In the clasp of our reunion Within the circle of our song We are joined in absolution We have found where we belong. And so our memories will bind us Though we may scatter with the wind Home and family will find us If we keep them close within. So pack up all your pretty ribbons, dear We'll bring them out again next year And if we keep our music bright, The time will fly until the night We sing in our imperfect harmony. We are waiting for the moment We are holding to our someday dreams When love will spill beyond the broken borders And fill the spaces in between When all our fretting and rehearsal Set the stage for something new Something more when we're together Something wonderful and true. Bring out all your pretty ribbons, dear And ring the bells and all draw near So we may make our music bright And paint the sky with sound and light And sing in our imperfect harmony Put on all your pretty ribbons, dear And ring the bells and all draw near So we may make our music bright And paint the sky with sound and light And sing in our imperfect harmony In harmony.
4.
My love he lived in a land so fair, the star of three blue seas And here I dwelt in a land so far that kept my love from me. And the waves rolled on With a mournful song And I cast three stones into the sea To bring my love back to me. And when the waves gave no reply, I spun a golden thread And wove a net of golden knots from the hair upon my head. And the waves rolled on With a mournful song And I cast my net into the sea To bring my love back to me. And as I stood beside the stones, so battered by the wind, I swore that if I lost my love, I'd never sing again. And the waves rolled on With a mournful song And I cast my voice into the sea To call my love back to me. When all my treasures I had spent, I sat and wept to see That nothing I could sacrifice would bring my love to me. And the waves rolled on With a mournful song And I cast my heart into the sea-- What use was it now to me? And then I watched the tide retreat, and bid my love goodbye And sat beside the rocky shore 'til all my tears had dried. And the waves rolled on With a quiet song And I stood and smiled beside the sea My heart returned, whole and free.

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released July 21, 2017

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