1. |
Long Shot
04:17
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How could you've know I was a stranger then
You were happy just to climb your mountains,
I was pushing myself out to California
Dancing up above a Western Town
We found a way of singing to each other
A wild card and the Queen of hearts entangled
PRE-CHORUS
Get situated Sara, I'm coming for ya,
A summer mountain drama
We were flirting with a Mystery
Running with the wind you shouted,
"I am your garden"
So, we spent the week in Jackson,
And you made the pain a history
CHORUS
And the risk was mounting in the distance
We were placing our bets
I was a traveler with nothing left to offer,
You had not risked at all yet
VERSE 2
I was young and living hungry and free,
Too many towns to keep it all together
You flew out to meet at the Embarcadero
I made a wreck of all your nice neat plans,
Too many drinks into a Wednesday dinner,
Free of evil and a noise you never heard of
PRE-CHORUS
Get situated Sara, I'm coming for ya,
A summer mountain drama
we were flirting with a Mystery
Running with the wind you shouted,
"I am your garden"
So, we spent the week in Jackson,
And you made the pain a history
CHORUS
And the risk was mounting in the Distance
We were placing our bets
I was a traveler with nothing left to offer,
You had not risked at all yet
BRIDGE (x2)
So, here's to you for betting on me,
I'm Cigarette smoke,
You're the blossoms returning
And there was gold in the sky,
We were going all in,
I am your long shot,
You are my sure win
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2. |
Watering The Garden
03:43
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You've come, so far, people won't believe it
I saw, you start, you start picking up the pieces
Reaching, hoping, fighting like a ballerina
Your tears are done with watering the garden
Whoa, you were watering the Garden
And the fruit become testaments to us how you kept your dream alive
And the motions of your lips you sang to the crows who thought you how to fly
Whoa, you were watering the Garden
Purple blossom blooming everywhere I'm looking
Yellow flower pedals falling from the canopy
Now there’s no need reaching back for any reason
Your tears are done with watering the garden
Whoa, you were watering the Garden
And your hands bled with the blood of a mystery, no one could see but you
In a picture you drew you were 6 years old, Oh crimson gold and blue oh
Whoa, you were watering the Garden
You've come, so far, people won't believe it
I saw, you start, you start picking up the pieces
Reaching, hoping, fighting like a ballerina
Your tears are done with watering the garden
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3. |
Wonderfully Made
03:03
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I found you hiding,
In your new clothes,
Recipes and tags fallen, all around you,
You were scared to let me into,
The little castle you built up around you
PRE-CHORUS
I remember your voice when were younger
A little crazy a lot more you
CHORUS
Who told you you were naked momma?
Who made you turn afraid?
I’ve seen a thousand colors in your dancing,
You are wonderfully made
VERSE 2
The Brutal strength comes,
to alarm you,
and turn you into a product from a factory but,
Gardens grow up, what are we made of,
You’re not and imitation, you are a mystery,
PRE-CHORUS
I remember your voice when were younger
A little crazy a lot more you
CHORUS
Who told you you were naked momma?
Who made you turn afraid?
I’ve seen a thousand colors in your dancing,
You are wonderfully made
VERSE 3
Little lights fall, all about you,
Angles sing softly, while you are sleeping,
all of creation, can’t wait to see you,
when all your masquerading, is finally ending.
PRE-CHORUS
I remember your voice when were younger
A little crazy a lot more you
CHORUS
Who told you you were naked momma?
Who made you turn afraid?
I’ve seen a thousand colors in your dancing,
You are wonderfully made
You are wonderfully made
You are wonderfully made
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4. |
French Braid
04:51
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I know that I've made myself, myself out as a loon
I've mistaken the sun for a big white balloon
But I think we'd all t race January for June
We've all fumbled in love babe, we've all howled at the moon
I'll trade all I got for a true word
Cuz, there's magic in all that you're made
I remember your hair in a French braid
YEAH, I'll trade all I got for a true word
I will peel back the crust of the earth, and I will dive in,
into to the smoldering love that I've found to underpin
all of the romance and fear, that we a lll find ourselves in,
I count all the ways that I would you, yet you kiss me again
all of the love, from all over this world,
it is growing in us, just like a beautiful pearl,
& all the mistakes that we make,
they just continue to swirl
I found a bleeding redemption at the end of the world
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5. |
Apologize
03:30
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Polyester Thread, braided in the bedroom
My blood is running through you
The car smoke, bleeding in the window so difficult to swallow
insinuating you are not enough
I apologize
I hated what you said, But I dare not refute you
My voice is so peculiar, all these things I'll never show you
I'm trying to forgive you, these words inside my head
I apologize
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6. |
Live Alone
04:43
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You could find her nearly every night down
Where every seeker in the town was there
When she’d enter in the bar with no,
Driving 30 miles in the snow forget some
The cost of living keeps you careless
So you go wherever the hell you want to
Oblivion can be the sweetest song
No man’s affection never lasted long enough, no
CHORUS
You used to live alone before I knew you
I used to live alone too
VERSE 2
But no one ever really cared to know you
So you just do your best to stage a show,
Until the alcohol begins to slur you
No man would ever be allowed to hurt you now
But that was just the way that we survived,
‘till I hit you baby from the side,
I reached across your drink to learn your name,
You didn’t seem to want to do the same
Now did you
CHORUS (x2)
You used to live alone before I knew you
I used to live alone too
You were so high up on the planet then,
’m convinced you must have felt it spin,
I blew into town detached and free,
As lonely as a broken man could be, remember
CHORUS
You used to live alone before I knew you
I used to live alone too
OUTRO
You could find her nearly every night down
Where every seeker in the town was there
When she’d enter in the bar with no,
Driving 30 miles in the snow forget some
The cost of living keeps you careless
So you go wherever the hell you want to
Oblivion can be the sweetest song
No man’s affection never lasted long enough, no
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7. |
If You Ask Me To
04:00
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Honey, please don’t turn away from me
You face is all I want to see, tonight
Maybe, I can sit down at your feet
Hold your body as you weep, it’s alright
PRE-CHORUS
If you’d like to take it easy, I would hold you till you fall asleep
I see the tension in your eyes, I can hear it the words you’re speaking
CHORUS
I’ll go shave my face
I will run in place
Sing you Amazing Grace, if you ask me to
I’ll put my ambitions down
Turn it over till the answer’s found
I’ll take the trash out, if you ask me to
If you ask me to
VERSE 2
Baby, I see where you’re coming from
You’re feeling quite under the gun, again
Baby, You can those burdens down
I will shoulder them for now, my friend
PRE-CHORUS
If you’d like to take it easy, I would hold you till you fall asleep
I see the tension in your eyes, I can hear it the words you’re speaking
CHORUS
I’ll go shave my face
I will run in place
Sing you Amazing Grace, if you ask me to
I’ll put my ambitions down
Turn it over till the answer’s found
I’ll take the trash out, if you ask me to
If you ask me to
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
PRE-CHORUS
If you’d like to take it easy, I would hold you till you fall asleep
I see the tension in your eyes, I can hear it the words you’re speaking
CHORUS
I’ll go shave my face
I will run in place
Sing you Amazing Grace, if you ask me to
I’ll put my ambitions down
Turn it over till the answer’s found
I’ll take the trash out, if you ask me to
If you ask me to
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8. |
Ruthless Love
06:35
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I met you, back behind, the drug store (the drug store)
You had humbling eyes,
So, I shook your hand (so I shook your hand)
How did you get to be so damn poor? (so damn poor)
I try to empathize, so I shook your hand (so I shook your hand)
PRE-CHORUS
But it’s just underneath, where no one can see
CHORUS
Such a ruthless love, in your whiskey and wine
In your stomach and blood, in the fullness of time
The pale horse and his threat, has not taken us yet
Turn your face to the heat, Love is under your feet
VERSE 2
I choked up, when you laid the flowers down (the flower down)
I can’t take it away, are we all just afraid to lose (we’re just afraid to lose)
The picture of, your little girl, upon the wall (upon the wall)
The deep space in your eyes, after all these years (yeah, after all these years)
PRE-CHORUS
But it’s just underneath, where no one can see
CHORUS
Such a ruthless love, in your whiskey and wine
In your stomach and blood, in the fullness of time
The pale horse and his threat, has not taken us yet
Turn your face to the heat, Love is under your feet
VERSE 2
She stumbled up to his door, in your favorite black shoes
She was begging for more, We’re all itching to use
But the rush is a ghost, that’s what hurts her the most
No one has what you want baby, you’re just chasing the sun
BRIDGE
So, make Peace with you fear and desire
Everything that you loved is on fire
What did you think this life would require
everything that you love is on fire
PRE-CHORUS
But it’s just underneath, where no one can see
CHORUS
Such a ruthless love, in your whiskey and wine
In your stomach and blood, in the fullness of time
The pale horse and his threat, has not taken us yet
Turn your face to the heat, Love is under your feet
BRIDGE
So, make Peace with you fear and desire
Everything that you loved is on fire
What did you think this life would require
Everything that you love is on fire
Everything that you touch is on fire
Everyone that I love is on fire
Everything that you love is on fire
Everyone that I love is on fire
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9. |
Roommates
03:26
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Forgot to call you on your birthday,
But you should know you're on my mind
I've gone mine and you've gone your way
Life's a flashing rush of time
CHORUS
But we roommates then,
Yeah just best of friends
Funny life it bends around
VERSE 2
Heading down town on the weekend
Seeing what the nights would hold
What a language we were speaking
Only kids could be so bold
CHORUS
But we roommates then,
Yeah just best of friends
Funny life it bends around
VERSE 3
When your life had hit the bottom
I witnessed how hard you would try
and all the little foxes yeah you caught ‘em
You quit living to get high
CHORUS
But we roommates then,
Yeah just best of friends
Funny life it bends around
BRIDGE
We're both happy now, with our families,
I'm not pining for the past
But every now and then I dust off the memories
Some old joke that proves to last
VERSE 4
Both our daughters are getting bigger,
and the gardens are growing too
Maybe soon we will get together
I have sure been missing you
CHORUS
But we roommates then,
Yeah just best of friends
Funny life it bends around
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Besides Daniel Atlanta, Georgia
Danny Brewer ( AKA Besides Daniel ) has found an audience with his unique blend of poetic lyricism, evocative vocals, and cathartic honesty. Think "Lenard Cohen or Iron & Wine meets Ry X " … For fans of The Tallest Man on Earth, Bon Iver, Gregory Alan Isakov, Conor Oberst, Sufjan Stevens, or Ray Lamontagne. ... more
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