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Tidal Waves
02:57
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Who are you
Coming in so close
So close you might scare me away
I think I know
Your face, your smell
The beat
Of your heart against mine
But oh, there’s no escape
Guess you’re here to stay
Goodbye to the day
I’ll hide in my dreams
Wrapped up in tidal waves
Oh, the night
Is your favorite time
All’s dark
And I’m breathing quiet
Then here you come
With your snake’s tongue
And on whatever you prey,
I got some
But oh,
Maybe I’m damned
To be sad
With monsters and men
‘Cause the places I’ve been
My dreams are awful bad
(La da da…)
So, tonight
I’ll take my leave
Strike this bleeding heart from my sleeve
Drown me on
The ocean floor
When I choke on salt,
I’ll beg for more
‘Cause oh,
There’s no escape
Guess you’re here to stay
Goodbye to the day
I’ll hide in my dreams
Wrapped up in tidal waves
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2. |
Louisiana Rain
02:42
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Well I wanna run
For the woods
Wanna get
While the gettin’s good
Want you to come
Take me
Get on out of the city
‘Cause all those things
I said I’d do
In the end,
They were all for you
All this time
All my life
All my plans
Just to be your wife
Baby, let’s take
A couple breaths
While we still got ‘em left
There’s blood on my hands
And I know what I’ve done
And if all of it’s mine,
I got nowhere to run
Can we go back
To that day
To Louisiana in the rain
So in love
And in our place
Through it all
Just see your face
What happened to Texas
And NYC
‘Cause those places,
They called to me
Oh, make me forget
Make me a home
‘Cause anywhere else,
I’ll be alone
‘Cause my shoes filled up
With Louisiana rain
And I didn’t ever
Wanna go home again
Running with you
Fast as a hurricane
I want you
In that Louisiana rain
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3. |
American News
03:18
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The sea met the sunset
In the shades of a bruise
Burnt out from another day
Of American news
I took your hand
As we walked into the dark
Left those big waves crashing
By Golden Gate Park
Another twelve kids shot
At another grade school
All their lives were abandoned
In the hands of a fool
In the land of milk and honey
All those daughters and sons
Walked to class down the barrel
Of a gun
Ooh…
Who do you want to be?
What do you want to do?
‘Cause most people got debt
They just can’t see through
Sickness is expensive
And work is cheap
The only dreams we dream
Are in our sleep
Haven’t felt okay
For a long time now
If the U.S. is the best
Man I don’t see how
Wanna run away
But to where I don’t know
‘Cause when the whole world’s on fire
Where the hell do you go?
Ooh…
Let’s get on a plane
We’ve paid our dues
And honey I’m sick to death
Of this American news
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Loved You So Long
03:21
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She comes to bed
At 4am
Every night
I’m scared that I lost her again
Never sleeping
Too much drinking
Got a hole in her heart
I can’t fill
Darlin’ don’t you know
I’ve loved you so long
The children are grown
And our parents are gone
Now can’t you take
Some time and move on
‘Cause darlin’,
I’ve loved you so long
Our son he looks like her
Daughter, she cooks like her
One babe we gave away
Nights she remembers
She staggers, and lingers
Mornings, she’s miles away
Darlin’ don’t you know
I’ve loved you so long
The children are grown
And our parents are gone
Now can’t you take
Some care and move on
‘Cause darlin’,
I’ve loved you so long
Someday she’ll speak up
We’ll get her all cleaned up
I’ll take her out on the bay
And drown all her sorrows
In all our tomorrows
The alarm’s far away
Darlin’ don’t you know
I’ve loved you so long
The children are grown
And our parents are gone
Now can’t we take
Some time and move on
‘Cause darlin’,
I’ve loved you so long
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Hammer + Nail
03:18
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Tonight I can hear you crying
From six thousand miles away
I think you knew why you loved me
But darling you could never say
There’s a bruise on your chest
Where my head used to rest
In the only room where you wanted me close
And your beard cut like splinters
The last time I touched your face
As the walls were closing in
On that lonely place
So baby you hold the nail
And I’ll swing the hammer
And together we’ll start the split
That will shatter our forever
Now you’re packing the last of your things
As the end of the world arrives
And I’m just dust between the floorboards
I’m the red in your eyes
I’m the silence
So in our hands we hold the pieces
Of all those years together
Built our dreams on broken beams
We didn’t stand a chance ever
But honey don’t get me wrong,
‘Cause I will love you forever.
So baby you hold the nail
And I’ll swing the hammer
And together we’ll start the split
That will shatter our forever
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6. |
A Start
02:53
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All the stars
Are falling down around me
Burning out so quick
I can’t catch a single one
My car’s broken down
My money’s all gone
And all I can do
Is write you songs
All I can do
Is write you songs
All this time away
Is killing me
And in your town
Nobody knows my name
You unchained my melody
And broke my heart
And I’m fucked up and mad
And that’s a start
Fucked up and mad
And that’s a start
Well I’m hot and sticky
Southern summer
You’re cold and blue
Night in the desert
How could we ever
Be together
How could we ever be together?
You put my heart
Through a taffy pull
Now my heartstrings,
They stretch across the bay
And they may not be songs
You wanna hear
But they’re playing
For you dear
Here’s another one
For you dear
All this drinking
Can’t make up for
The tears I’m losing
Wash away your
x’s and your o’s
Sleep comes too late
It’s morning again
Start of every day
Feels like the end
Maybe today will be
The End.
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Blue
02:49
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Blue
Why do I feel so lonesome blue?
Honey, do you?
All my life
Blue is the color that I find
Wraps up my mind
Always hoped to be green
But even that I hear’s not easy
It’s in my blood
And in my past and future, too
Forever blue
I’m not the only one
But still I feel apart
And it breaks my heart
There’s no remedy,
But the drugs help till I’m ready
Blue…
Blue
What would I do without you?
Just stick around
‘Cause you make the sweetest sound
There’s no remedy for my blue
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8. |
Pinned
02:57
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Daddy long legs
I’ve still got your salt on my skin
Didn’t think I’d let you in
Got your bites on my back
And now like Amy,
My odds are stacked
I’ll go back to black
You skirt around the subject
And your prettier friends
You could at least lie to me
Like a gentleman
You want everyone to
be in love with you
And boy, I fell in
Baby, you’ve got me pinned.
Well I like to be fed
And I like to be starved
Get ‘em both in your arms
You’re on the tip of my tongue
You’re the bait on my breath
This appetite will be my death
Your gaze it consumes me
Yeah my body’s burning
Your lips make plans and promises
But they don’t mean a thing
The power of your touch is such
My armor’s wearing thin
Baby, you’ve got me pinned.
You pick me up
You hold me down
I’m your only one
But just for now
When I try to get
A look inside
You dim the lights
Behind your eyes
So I liked a boy
Too soon, too much
Now my heart and I
Are properly fucked
Watch the reel of you
And I go by
To the soundtrack of my sighs
You’ll have made a mess of me
By the time this ends
The stomach kick
When you ask me if
We could still be friends
Your love is a cocktail of amaro
And saccharin
Baby, you’ve got me...
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Baby I know I’m the nervous kind
But I think the sky’s finally falling
Mountains are cracking open
And the sea is rushing in
You said you think I’m brave
Well now I’m gonna show you I’m a big girl
And I will hold you at the end of the world
We’ve gotten around and seen
All kinds of folks and places
But these days they’ve all fallen from
Their neighbors’ good graces
Now they’re fixing to tear each other apart
See their lips start to curl
But I will hold you at the end of the world
Why dance me to the end of love
When oblivion is right here?
Let’s get done up and go out
On a high note my dear
We’re on the edge of something big
Come on and give me a twirl
And I will hold you at the end of the world
Why dance me to the end of love
When oblivion is right here?
Let’s get done up and go out
On a high note my dear
We’re on the edge of nothingness
Come on and give me a twirl
And I will hold you at the end of the world
And I will hold you at the end of the world
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10. |
Watergun
03:34
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You can stand
On my coattails
Till your toes get tired
We both gotta find
Some way
To let me run away
A day at the beach
The end of the sea
An anniversary
It was all so clear
We tossed in the water
Everything we held dear
A quarter fell
From your pocket
The night I showed you out
I left it there
On the couch
In the old house
I left it there
With your smell
And your steps
And your fingerprints
And your crumbs
The day we met
You gave me a watergun
And said it was fun
Oh, you said it was fun
Now our game is played and done
And I guess it was fun
Oh, I guess it was fun
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Have you nothing else
To say to me
Than how you would rather I be
I’m not your fucking songbird
Never was
You thought that I
Was kind of pretty
Nice enough
And a little easy
Locked me up
And I swallowed the key
But man I’m not your fucking songbird
My voice is nothing
If it’s not heard
For all the other shit
That comes along with it
And this is not your goddamn song
It’s just for me to sing along
And remind me
The music’s only one
Of several qualities
Deserving of attention
From someone who says
He loves me
Have you nothing else
To say to me
Than how you would rather I be
I’m not your fucking songbird
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Meredith Edgar San Francisco, California
Meredith Edgar is a San Francisco-based singer-songwriter.
Her major musical influences include
Billie Holiday, Morphine, Fiona Apple, Gillian Welch, Amy Winehouse, Kathleen Edwards, and Jolie Holland.
Meredith's songs are melancholy and melodic, and combine her loves of folk, jazz, and Americana.
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