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You Won't Burn Me

from Bay to Maples by Owen Roberts

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features Yair Evnine on lap steel guitar and Megan Slankard on harmony vocals

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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

credits

from Bay to Maples, track released August 14, 2007
Owen Roberts- acoustic guitar, vocals
Yair Evnine- bass, lap steel
Steve Dekrone- drums
Megan Slankard- harmony vocals

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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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