1. |
You Won't Burn Me
04:03
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I follow you
Just a you follow me
Where the river rolls beneath
The fallen leaves of autumn trees
You sing to me
Just as I sing to you
Controversial verses
That we both believe are true
You looked at me
Just as I looked at you
Longer than a moment
On a windless afternoon
I smiled at you
You smiled back at me
Open like a gift that was both
Given and received
CHORUS
What good’s a whisper
Whose fallen words
Are never heard at all
Let your words fall on me
And mine will fall right back on you
So excuse if I sputter like a back fire
When you’re just like a cannonball
Now light it up and fire away
You won’t burn me
If I play a tune
Will you dance naked all around the empty room
With the cool air blowing through the window
You take my hand
And I start dancing like a sentimental madman
Whose rhythm has been lost and found again
I pull you closer darling
You’re there beside me
We’re beside ourselves laughing
And no one needs to know the reason why
CHORUS
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2. |
Around My Thoughts
04:03
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Drive come take me
Deep into my thoughts
If I go alone
I'm afraid I might get lost
Take me past my reason
Take me past my doubt
Drive me until I find
What I didn't know I was without
We won't crash
though our wheel might turn
Gasoline isn't the fuel we're gonna burn
The highway is alive tonight
It won't be sleeping beneath our tire
I'm riding on the passenger side
Lighting the wheel on fire
As we circle 'round my senses
Drive out past old memories
We won't rest 'til we arrive
Right where I never thought I would be
We won't crash
though our wheel might turn
Gasoline isn't the fuel we're gonna burn
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3. |
Where We've Been
04:04
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Hold my hand
She said to me
As she was falling asleep
She said walk me through a dream
Show me things that I awake
Might find obscene
No one needs to know where we've been
I don't want to walk alone
It's dark outside
I can feel you breathing
Inside of me
Me the air beneath my breast
Be the wild side of our peaceful wilderness
I want to know you
Like I want you to know me
Hold on to my hand
Walk with me until our path turns into sand
Stand with me and we might never fall again
Sing with me as if our song might never end
No one needs to know where we've been
Hold on to my hand
She said to me
As she was falling asleep
She said walk me through a dream
Show me things that I awake
might finds obscene
No one needs to know where we've been
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4. |
Blue River
03:33
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Walking beneath my swollen feet
was a river so wide
that I stepped right on the beat
Dance with the mountain
Swing with the trees
Humming along with the whistling breeze
Resting inside of m open eye
Was a blue river in the sunshine
Up on the other shore
Where my boots wait to take me
right where I was heading for
Shuffle between purple and green
This is the reason why we wake up from dreams
Dance with the mountain
Swing with the trees
Humming along with the whistling breeze
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5. |
Bay to Maples
02:52
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Watching as the road winds its way around our tree
There we'll make our music
sitting underneath the shade
Let's bring our California coastal melody
Out across that river
Wide and deep
Drive, drive along
up on Route 9
Let's drive our golden bay to maples
The long way around, they say,
is the sweetest road back home
Telegraph to Tivoli
That road's so sweet and long
Let's find a countryside
where willows laugh and poets hide
and let's write them into our song
Drive, drive along
up on Route 9
Let's drive our golden bay to maples
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6. |
Ya Sabia
03:43
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7. |
New Paltz Waltz
04:37
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Darling, let's take a ride
Out to the west bank of the Hudson River tonight
There we will find
A reason to smile again
In an old, stubborn town
Ahead of its time
I'll stand by your bedside
If ever you become sick
Long as life is mine to live
Next to you I'll spend the rest of it
And I'll leave you all that I have
If ever I should die
Let's be alive tonight
Was it enough to say
That I love you like the stars
Like a dusk red moon
Like a ballad on a hollow guitar
You and I've waited for this moment
So damn long
I know you've got no plans tonight
And the band, they're gonna keep playing on
Maestro give us a waltz
We'll listen and dance
And hold up our hearts
High over the green trees of New Paltz
Maestro bless your soul
Your heart is young
And your wisdom is old as love
And we all know how to love
Our hearts are pounding one, two and three
Oh darling, would you care to dance
The New Paltz Waltz with me
With me tonight
Darling, let's take a ride
Out to the west bank of the Hudson River tonight
There you and I will dance in the moonlight
In an old and stubborn town ahead of its time
I'll stand by your bedside
If ever you become sick
Long as life is mine to live
Next to you I'll spend the rest of it
And I'll leave you all that I have
If ever I should die
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8. |
Palestine Hotel
04:06
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9. |
Camera Shot the Truth
03:21
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10. |
Red Sand
03:11
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11. |
Mattine a Modena
05:17
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Owen Roberts Berkeley, California
Born, raised and residing in Berkeley, CA, Owen Roberts is an old soul songwriter. Drawing influences from Motown to Memphis and Greenwich Village , Owen's music spans a range styles and geography. Using acoustic and electric instruments, Roberts carves harmony and rhythm from his poetry and performs with a lucid energy. The SF Chronicle calls his music "visceral" and "perfectly Californian." ... more
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