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Riding On the Back of the Wind

by Carrie Ferguson

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1.
Let You Go 03:03
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 © 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
3.
Liar Liar 03:30
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
4.
Mermaid 04:43
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
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
7.
Radio Waves 03:14
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
8.
Em's Waltz 04:09
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
9.
Mars 04:34
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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11.
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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released January 6, 2010

All words and music by Carrie Ferguson

Produced by Scot Coar and Carrie Ferguson
Except tracks #9 and #10 produced by Scot Coar, Carrie Ferguson and Eric Ferguson

Mixed by Scot Coar

Recorded at Sow's Ear Studios, Easthampton, MA by Scot Coar
Except tracks #9 and #10
Recorded by Scot Coar and Eric Ferguson at Blue Cup Music and Stanley Studios

Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston MA

Graphic Design by Nur Habib Tiven

Drawings by Carrie Ferguson

Photography by Kendra Rosenblatt

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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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