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Downeast
03:17
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This could be our great escape
Midwest metropolis cracking through the soil
Of Illinois
In summertime the city blooms
Beaches filled with people, water with sails
Almost fools me
But the Lakeshore is lacking the salt smell
No craggy coast or farmland hills
Chicago’s been a friend to me
but I’m pining for the trees
I’m thinking about home
Headed up Downeast
Winter’s hard, but folks are warm
So grab a beer and stay close to the fire
At least we’re alive
December’s glow is fading fast
We survey flights, lines of lights over Midway
Like the stars at Maquoit Bay
But the Lakeshore is lacking the salt smell
No craggy coast or farmland hills
Chicago’s been a friend to me
but I’m pining for the trees
I’m thinking about home
Headed up Downeast
Years steam by like an iron train
We carve out a home, leave the door standing agape
Still it aches
So Illinois Central’s rolling out
Bridges creak, the buildings split at the seams
I’m coming clean
Because the Lakeshore is lacking the salt smell
No craggy coast or farmland hills
Chicago’s been a friend to me
but I’m pining for the trees
I’m thinking about home
Headed up Downeast
Yeah I'm thinking about home
Headed up Downeast
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2. |
Lost and Found
04:37
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My old t shirts overflow the drawer
At least two thirds I don’t wear anymore
Multiplying from town to town
They’re tumbling down across the floor
I gather rocks from mountains that I climb
I’ve been told that’s technically a crime
And I've forgotten which is from which hike
But I'm stacking them up like some odd shrine
I don’t know why I keep them around
They're taking up space, gathering dust, upside down
I’m building my personal lost and found
There’s stacks of guidebooks standing in a row
China, Turkey, France, and Tokyo
But even if I went back some time
They went out of date long ago
There's a memory I’d like to throw away
Replace it with the first duet we played
Walking along from E to A
And I don’t know why I keep them around
They're taking up space, gathering dust, upside down
I’m building my personal lost and found
No I don't know why I keep them around
They're taking up space, gathering dust, upside down
I'm building my personal lost and found
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3. |
By Any Right
04:05
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I find it hard to believe
Another New Year's Eve
Not so naive
Anymore, are we?
Some time to fill in
School, jobs, children
Still wickedly sylvan
In your smile
By any right we should have had so much longer
Some time to wreck it on our own
A glimpse of the sublime, a hopeless pantomime
You’re still the girl I knew
Hopelessly overdue
Memories flip to
Earthier days
To crumbling nights in June
Bodies still rough hewn
Grasping for the dew and
Drawing out the roots from your breath
By any right we should have had so much longer
Some time to wreck it on our own
A glimpse of the sublime, a hopeless pantomime
Coffee and french toast
A DMZ in Midcoast
I'm talking to your ghost
Well in the morning I’ll be on the train
Hightailing from Maine
Excising again
What remains of you
But for the moment we’re realigned
Singing Auld Lang Syne
Swaying like the pines
That knew what we were
By any right we should have had so much longer
Some time to wreck it on our own
A glimpse of the sublime, a hopeless pantomime
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Furnace
04:19
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Hiking up mountains and treading through brooks
With nothing between us but our stolen looks
We set up the camp, long past time to retire
Said I'll be your furnace if you'll be my fire
You followed me down, I followed you back
To find the right city to plan our attack
Westward we ambled, the consequence dire
Said I'll be your furnace if you'll be my fire
I'll be your washer if you'll be my dryer
I'll be your Downton if you'll be my Wire
I'll be your anger if you'll be my ire
I'll be your axle if you'll be my tire
I'll be your thistle if you'll be my brier
I'll be your Gondor if you'll be my Shire
I'll be your preacher if you'll be my choir
I'll be your felon if you'll be my liar
Yes I'll be your furnace if you'll be my fire
We're grounded together and fast on our feet
A puppy, a shelter, and plenty to eat
All stretched out before us, so much to admire
That's why I'll be your furnace if you'll be my fire
In summertime freckles explode on your face
And we'll pack our bags to explore a new place
We'll run 'til we're ragged and then back to conspire
How I'll be your furnace and you'll be my fire
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5. |
Shame on Me
03:25
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Don't kiss me
With closed eyes
I know you say, but you won't do
Masks hanging on my wall
Your face has worn them all
I lost my head long time ago
Shame on me for loving you
I forgot what a woman like you can do
Shame on me for being me
I forgot that I was free
Shame on me
You say that I should change
Well I'm the only thing I own
I hope you find you can get along
There's a lot of things I should have done
A long, long time ago
I guess I've always known
Shame on me for loving you
I forgot what a woman like you can do
Shame on me for being me
I forgot that I was free
So shame on me for loving you
I forgot what a woman like you can do
Shame on me for being me
I forgot that I was free
Shame on me
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6. |
Goodnight
04:46
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There’s no rhyme and there’s no reason
To this season is there dear?
So much time to disappear
By the time we found our grace
I was already two months late
Catching a tune on a bus
Sketching our fears on the wall
Antediluvial
My brother tells me I’m impatient
Well take advantage of your placement
You know that you’ll miss it when it’s gone
Killing time to self-destruct
Dragging my feet to be productive
And the cracks began to show
Sketching our fears on the wall
Cacophonical
Oh I’ll be here hedging your satellite
So hello, how are you, good morning, goodnight
I’m still looking for an enemy
Sometimes suffer jealousy
Thinking of the people I couldn’t be
But any path I could construe
Coalesces into you
And the way we grieved when we heard Bowie died
Sketching our fears on the wall
Longitudinal
Oh I’ll be here hedging your satellite
So hello, how are you, good morning, goodnight
Oh I’ll be here hedging your satellite
So hello, how are you, good morning, goodnight
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KTW Golden, Colorado
Kyle Thompson-Westra, among other things, plays music.
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Great songwriting from a self-made musician.
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Banjo, indie folk gem. Collaborates w/ Kishi Bashi
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