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Let You Go
03:03
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Let You Go
© 2007 Carrie Ferguson
When I first fell in love with you
It seemed to make sense
We both had a leg on either side of the fence
But the grass was always greener
The air was always cleaner
On your side I tried to stay but it takes two
And I think we had some fun
I know we ate a lot of food
I thought you were the one but I guess I had me fooled
Did I blind you with my light
I thought we shone so bright
But I can’t make you think its right if you don’t know
And I guess I’m stuck, my heart won’t budge
Missing your face like I’m nursing a grudge
Gotta find a little faith, gonna need a little nudge
Just to let you go
Yeah, I’m stuck, my heart won’t budge
Missing your face and I’m missing your love
Gonna need a little space, gonna need a little shove
Just to let you go
Well, I’ve always believed
You gotta find the deeper meaning
That loss brings the discovery of the very thing you’re needing
But this time the points’ elusive
The facts seem inconclusive
If something betters’ on the way its not here yet
And I guess I’m stuck, my heart won’t budge
Missing your face like I’m nursing a grudge
Gotta find a little faith, gonna need a little nudge
Just to let you go
Yeah, I’m stuck, my heart won’t budge
Missing your face and I’m missing your love
Gonna need a little space, gonna need a little shove
Just to let you go
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Girls Like Me
03:08
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Girls Like Me
© 2009 Words and music by Carrie Ferguson
All my life, since I was a kid
I want the kind of love that sticks to your ribs
But the kind of love that I have to give
Some people call a crime, some people call a sin
And girls like me, like girls
Its just a natural thing in the world
And you can call it a phase but you’ll have a long wait
And it might be time for you to set yourself straight
Some girls like girls, some boys like boys
Some like both, its just a joyful noise
But besides all that it’s a boring debate
Some people love to love, some people love to hate
And girls like me, like girls
Its just a wonderful thing in the world
You can say that its wrong but you’re making a mistake
And it might be time for you to set yourself straight
They say that water conquers stone over time
I know that loves’ a force that can not be denied
And girls like me, like girls
Its just a beautiful thing in the world
Why make a big fuss when we’re doing great?
And I think its time for you to set yourself straight
And girls like me, like girls
It’s just a natural thing in the world
So why waste breath, arguing with fate?
When you still got time to set yourself straight
Cause girls like me, and I like girls
Its just a glorious thing in the world
And you don’t have to participate
But you still got time to set yourself straight
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Liar Liar
03:30
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Liar Liar
© Carrie Ferguson
I’m lying on the bed
My heads’ on fire
I’m not lonely
Liar liar liar liar…
I’ll wait for everything for you
I’ll make everything be true
I think you’re not real
I feel hazy
I’m flying alone
Crazy crazy crazy crazy…
I’ll wait for everything for you
I’ll make everything be true
I think it’s not right
I might just stay blue
I can’t quite touch it
You you you you….
I’ll wait for everything for you
I’ll make everything be true
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Mermaid
04:43
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Mermaid
© 2009 Carrie Ferguson
Oh, my love,
They took you out to sea
Pushed you in,
You swam your way to me
Is there anything I can say
To keep you here with me?
Washed the seaweed from your hair
But your skin still smells of sea
Oh, my love,
There’s ocean in your eyes
Cold blue waves
Uncomfortable disguise
Did they tell you you’d be beautiful
If you let them dress you with their lies?
Is there any chance that sorrow is
The water in your eyes?
Don’t forget, love is what we’ve got
You’re swimming in it
Oh, my love
Some scars we can’t avoid
Beautiful face
They drowned you for your voice
Now you sing of sea and dream of land
Forced to make a choice
And I thought I knew what lonely was
Until I heard your voice
Oh, my heart
I found you in my net
Strange new fish
That I did not expect
So with all my love I’ll set you free
And hope you don’t forget
And if you should return to me
I don’t mind getting wet
Don’t forget, love is what we’ve got
You’re swimming in it
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Paris
05:26
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Paris
© 2009 Carrie Ferguson
You looked so pretty in your new black coat
On your way to Paris to drink wine and smoke
I said you look familiar, like someone I once knew
You said I’m still someone who loves you
Even though my coat is new
And you answered all the questions I never should have asked
You caught the plane to Paris, that’s when I saw you last
I was a paper airplane, and how I loved your hands
You folded me and flew me, I hoped I’d never land
I was so much in love with you but you were not in love with you
You left to find another and there was nothing I could do
It’s hard to break a habit, familiar and content
It’s hard remembering how your fortune was spent
La dai lai…..la dai lai…..la la dai
I tell myself stories, when I’m feeling old
We each have our own seasons and this one for me is cold
All the streets in Paris, the buildings of white stone
The boats along the river and the taxis headed home
The cathedrals and the bicycles, the shops selling cheese
The people in their raincoats, I can picture all of these
And you’re standing on a balcony, your face turned towards the Seine
Are you thinking of me or just Paris in the rain?
La dai lai…..la dai lai…..la la dai
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Radio Waves
03:14
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Radio Waves
Words and music by Carrie Ferguson
Radio waves, somewhere in the sky
They don’t bother the birds
They just do what they’re doing
I have heard you sing, and I have heard you cry
When you can’t find the words
You just do what you’re doing
When everything starts to change
There’s no need for hanging
Gonna be another day
So you can put your hat back on
Every time I try to plan my destination
Things just take their time
Getting there to here
Every time I demand an explanation
You just wave your hands
And make the stars appear
When everything starts to change
There’s no need for hanging
Gonna be another day
So you can put your hat back on
When everything starts to change
There’s no need for hanging
Gonna be another day
So you can put your hat back on
Radio waves, somewhere in the sky
They don’t bother the birds
They just do what they’re doing
I have heard you sing, and I have heard you cry
When you can’t find the words
You just do what you’re doing
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8. |
Em's Waltz
04:09
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Waltz for Emily
Words and music by Carrie Ferguson
Oh, she said, you look so cold
Come rest your head by my fire
I can see the grief you hold
This weight you bare makes you tired
And all of the pain you think you owe
Will never change the past
And all of the tears you do not show
Will never bring it back
And out on the water the world calls your name
She wants to love you, you just turn away
Look, she said, night then day
As life fulfills its task
You can make light from dark
Just let your heart ask
And all of the pain you think you owe
Will never change the past
And all of the tears you do nont show
Will never bring it back
And out on the water the world calls your name
She wants to love you, you just turn away
Out on the the water the world calls your name
She wants to love you, don’t turn away
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Mars
04:34
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Mars
Words and music by Carrie Ferguson
Green was the color of the grass that grew
Blue was the color where the sky birds flew
Fragrant and deep was how the river rolled
Wistful with longing are the stories told
And we’re up here on Mars, and they say
This time it’s a man’s world
So thank your lucky stars, they say
They pulled out the water from beneath our feet
Forests to desserts and dust to eat
Dirty rain falls into a rising sea
On the sub-urban prairies ghosts of buffalo run free
And we’re up here on Mars, and they say
This time it’s a man’s world
And we count our lucky stars each day
They sold us hero legends, manifest destiny
We bought natural selection, greed and vanity
We traded all our days for this future of night
Recycled air and artificial light
And we’re up here on Mars, and they say
This time it’s a man’s world
So count your lucky stars, they say
And we’re up here on Mars
In this world that’s man-made
And we miss what was ours each day
Sing this song of sorrow, what is this we’ve finally lost
We are our own echo, proved our size and here’s the cost
Sing this song of sorrow
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Beautiful World
05:17
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11. |
Small White Rock
05:30
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Small White Rock
Small white rock in your hand
We walked along the sand
You said if “we don’t last forever
Is it still worth it to you now to be together?”
And I loved you, I loved you with all my might
I loved you open, I loved you big
If I had known, if I had seen it coming
But I guess, I guess I did
In just one moment years go by
You think its yours, yours to keep
You remind yourself, everything ends
Still, when you lose it, you lose it deep
And I don’t regret anything
Gave my answer, and it still is true
And I’m not afraid, of letting things change
But you know the worst is, I really miss you
And I loved you, I loved you with all my might
I loved you open, I loved you big
If I had known, if I had seen it coming
But I guess, I guess I did
Small white rock in my hand
We walked along the sand
That was us, together
Would have stayed with you forever
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Carrie Ferguson Northampton, Massachusetts
Carrie grew up playing an enormous upright, chocolate-brown piano. It had a darkly booming, slightly furry quality to it, like the weather in her hometown of Arcata on the North Coast of California. Ferguson credits its sonorous voice, combined with the perpetual fog and clamminess as instilling in her the baseline aesthetic of melancholic optimism that permeates her words and music today. ... more
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