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Hejira
07:09
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1. Hejira © Joni Mitchell
I'm traveling in some vehicle
I'm sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
That shell shock love away
There's comfort in melancholy
When there's no need to explain
It's just as natural as the weather
In this moody sky today
In our possessive coupling
So much could not be expressed
So now I am returning to myself
These things that you and I suppressed
I see something of myself in everyone
Just at this moment of the world
As snow gathers like bolts of lace
Waltzing on a ballroom girl
You know it never has been easy
Whether you do or you do not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of extremities
Or stick to some straighter line
Now here's a man and a woman sitting on a rock
They're either going to thaw out or freeze
Listen, strains of Benny Goodman
Coming through' the snow and the pinewood trees
I'm porous with travel fever
But you know I'm so glad to be on my own
Still somehow the slightest touch of a stranger
Can set up trembling in my bones
I know, no one's going to show me everything
We all come and go unknown
Each so deep and superficial
Between the forceps and the stone
Well, I looked at the granite markers
Those tributes to finality, to eternity
And then I looked at myself here
Chicken-scratching for my immortality
In the church, they light the candles
And the wax rolls down like tears
There is the hope and the hopelessness
I've witnessed thirty years
We're only particles of change I know, I know
Orbiting around the sun
But how can I have that point of view
When I'm always bound and tied to someone
White flags of winter chimneys
Wave truce against the moon
In the mirrors of a modern bank
From the window of a hotel room
I'm traveling in some vehicle
I'm sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
Until love sucks me back that way
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Goldbridge Road
05:13
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2. Goldbridge Road © Michael Holbrook Moss
Went by our old house a little while ago
Nothing but a mailbox
And weeds were growing
Rusted red swing swaying in the breeze
Handprints in the sidewalk
Your name carved in the cedar tree
I’m sorry I lied to you about Easter
I lied about Santa Claus
I lied about the tooth fairy
And that monster in the hall
Blow me down
Blow me down
I’m an autumn leaf falling to the ground
Where roots run deep
And memory sleeps
Follow me down
Follow me down
You’re so far away now
The weather’s cold
I hear you don’t have a decent coat my baby
Wish you were here now
Wish you could stay
Wish I could put you on my shoulder
Let you point the way
Come on baby follow me, follow me home
I promise this time to let you live on your own
Because good love never dies
It just hides deep inside
Blow me down
Blow me down
I’m an autumn leaf falling to the ground
Where roots run deep
And memory sleeps
Follow me down
Follow me down
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3. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress © Jimmy Webb
See her how she flies
Golden sails across the sky
Close enough to touch
But careful if you try
Though she looks as warm as gold
The moon's a harsh mistress
The moon can be so cold
Once the sun did shine
and lord, it felt so fine
The moon a phantom rose
Through the mountains and the pines
And then the darkness fell
And the moon's a harsh mistress
It's so hard to love her well
I fell out of her eyes
I fell out of her heart
I fell down on my face
Yes, I did, and I, I tripped and I missed my star
God, I fell and I fell alone, I fell alone
And the moon's a harsh mistress
And the sky is made of stone
The moon's a harsh mistress
She's so hard to call your own
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How He Lost Her
04:49
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4. How He Lost Her © Julie Christensen / Wendy Waldman
He stands by the window
Starin’ at the rain
It came down all night
And most of today___
He’d go out to find her
But it’s still coming’ down
And it seems like a lifetime
Since baby went to town
CHORUS;
And the wind roars like angels
And it sounds like her voice
How he lost her
He’ll never know
And the wind roars like angels
And it sounds like her voice
But he lost her
So long ago
The fire’s goin’ out now
Supper’s almost gone
And all evening long
He watches the door
All through the hills
He thinks he hears her cry
But it’s just some old coyote
Talkin’ to the night sky
And the wind roars like angels
And it sounds like her voice
How he lost her
He’ll never know
And the wind roars like angels
And it sounds like her voice
But he lost her
How he lost her
He’ll never know
How he lost her
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Save Your Love for Me
03:50
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5. Save Your Love for Me © Buddy Johnson
Wish I knew
Why I'm so in love with you
No one else in this world will do
Darling please save your love for me
Run away
If I were wise I'd run away
But like a fool in love I stay
And pray you'll save your love for me
I can feel it
Even when you're not here
Can't conceal it
I really love you, my dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you
I can't do a thing, I'm so in love with you
So darling help me please
Have mercy on a fool like me
I know I'm lost but still I plead
Darling please save your love for me
You may have fun with the crowd
But for crying out loud
Darling please save your love for me
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6. |
A Remark You Made
05:49
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6. A Remark You Made © Joe Zawinul, lyrics by Julie Christensen
You didn’t know why you said it
Could you have been aware of
How it would land?
Underneath the words
A pretty blur I wasn’t sure
Exactly what I’d heard
Didn’t know at the time
What was on your mind
But I had a kind of premonition
There in mine
And you know it might’ve been just fine
But I’m resigned
And now I know —It’s time
I—will try to see how much of me
I can be
Without you by my side
I’ll carry on
It’s time to move along, I know
Underneath the words
I gotta wonder why you stayed
Knowing what would - follow
It was hard__
And i hurt you and you hurt me
But I should let—you be
I know you’re leaving me__
So off you go
And I’m gonna tell you - now
Just so you know
I’m—gonna miss you
Just so you know
And underneath the words
Just underneath the words
Just underneath was what you wanted to say
(solo 8 bars)
Underneath the words
You tried to say you couldn’t stay
But underneath the words
I saw the day you’d walk away
Just underneath the words
You tried to say you couldn’t stay
But underneath the words
I saw the day you’d walk away
Just underneath the words____
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All The River
05:21
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7. All The River © Julie Christensen / Karen Hammack
When I hear that bird in the morning sky
Sounds like she sings, whatever comes to pass
(And) When I - woke up today I forgot to cry
All my tears have — been wrung dry
From filling the river
And it’s all the river
If I close my eyes and remember
My own love is all I have to give
If I let my heart float there in surrender
I don’t need to — give up, ever
It’s all the river
All the river
Hard times happen in every life
No—body’s free from pain and trial
And all the birds will keep on singing
Even after they cannot fly
———It’s all the river
There are days I worry ‘bout what’s to come
Or I’m sad for what has departed
Another whole world will circle the sun
Even when my — days are done
It’s all
It’s all the river
It’s all the river
All the river
It’s all the river
All the river
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Away with Words
05:41
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8. Away With Words © John Scofield, lyrics by Julie Christensen
Away___with all the things I know you want to tell me
And away__with all the words I wish I’d hear you whisper
(Of) love and beyond____
If we started all over, and you wouldn’t have gone…
I just need you to know I’m gonna stay
And I hope you can try and find a way for now with few words
You’re home. And even though you want to say you’re sorry
Away With Words
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Can't Find My Way Home
03:47
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9. Can’t Find My Way Home © Steve Winwood
Come down off your throne and leave your body alone
Somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting so long
Somebody holds the key
But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
Come down on your own and leave your body alone
Somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting all these years
Somebody holds the key
But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
Still I can't find my way home
And I ain't done nothing wrong
But I can't find my way home
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Hilltop
03:54
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10. Hilltop © Terry Lee Burns
In my mind I see you
Just the way you used to be
Small and frail, but full of life
You were everything to me
Your face, Your voice, your very soul
I’ll miss until I go
But you’ll be there when I return
To the place we were before
Looking from the hilltop
I know I’ll see you then
We’ll laugh and talk and touch
And live again
When I reach that hilltop
And my days of life are through
When they ask me what I liked the best
I’ll tell them it was you.
Looking from the hilltop
I know I’ll see you then
We’ll laugh and talk and touch
And live again
When I reach that hilltop
And my days of life are through
When they ask me what I liked the best
I’ll tell them it was you
When they ask me what I liked the best
I’ll tell them it was you.
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Julie Christensen Albuquerque, New Mexico
Julie Christensen’s story is woven into decades of Roots Music. A veteran of Leonard Cohen’s bands, she co-fronts post- punk rockers Divine Horsemen, which rebooted to release new work in 2021. While the pandemic was still going on, Julie moved from Nashville to NM and began the 2+ year process of recording "The Price We Pay for Love," out 4/14/2023 on WireBird Records. ... more
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