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Sour Mind
03:55
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SOUR MIND copyright 2018 Laurel Askew
I've known that writing was on the wall
I just tried to ignore it, I tried to stall
But my heart and everyone else I know
is telling me that it's time I've got to let you go
I've been in love with you now for so long, it's plain
you never felt the same
I've given up any hope that some brand new day
your sour mind will change
I've danced around in this ring too long
I'm getting beaten by the odds I wasn't counting on
But i never saw quitting as options A or B or C
I've got nothing left, girl, you got the best of me
i've been in love with you now for so long, it's plain
you never felt the same
I've given up any hope that some brand new day
your sour mind will change
For nine thousand nights I fantasized
that you'd see your life through my mind's eye
i've been in love with you now for so long, it's plain
you'll never feel the same
i've given up on us now and that stings to say
and the sound of it is strange
I've given up any hope that some brand new day
your sour mind will change
It was good to know you
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2. |
Leaving Ojai
03:18
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LEAVING OJAI copyright 2020 Laurel Askew
Up past the lights and the crush of the cars
I was falling over all the luminous stars
Was unaware of and didn’t care where I was
I was only somewhere because
I didn’t realize I was lost
I don’t know how it is I got found
but something dead came alive on the night I arrived
and I’ll leave high, if I ever leave Ojai
Now all the weight that I’m letting go of
is so inconsequential from my view up above
and all the games that I tried to pretend
only lead to one kind of end
Expectation is a heartbreak, at best
Revelation is a pill to digest
but the real, deep inside me, has finally arrived
and I’ll leave high, if I ever leave Ojai
I’m trying to be, not trying to conceive who I am
I’m only a man, just one big kid of a man, one lucky man
who didn’t realize he was lost
and don’t know how it is he got found
but give me one last breath in that pink sunset over Ojai
and I’ll leave high, if I ever leave Ojai
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3. |
Only God Knows
03:50
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Only God Knows copyright 2020 Laurel Askew
Words come easy when my tongue ain't tied
I speak them freely when you're gone
It's hard to tell you that I know you're right
It's hard to know that I've been wrong
God only knows why on Earth you chose me to spend your time with
Do you ever feel like you're on your own?
I take you for granted more than now and then
I took you to the movies when we met
I can't remember just how long it's been
I only hope you can forget
I'm sorry that I caught your eye while you were passing by
I'm sorry that you got yourself stuck on this ride
God only knows why on Earth you chose me to spend your life with
Do you ever feel like you're on your own?
Only God knows but I can suppose there must be plenty of times that
I really make you feel like you're all alone
Only God knows......
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4. |
Bad Wire
03:01
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Bad Wire copyright 2020 Laurel Askew
If I weren't so blue
and I could be any other hue
I wonder which one I would choose?
If I weren't so low
and if I weren't this slow
I wonder where I might go?
and I think maybe I've got a bad wire
or maybe that just how I'm hardwired?
Are any things more real,
anymore than the things I feel
or the hole inside I can't heal?
Or the worn out rhyme
old as space and time,
I'll trade you for your mind, I'm out of mine
and I think maybe I've got a bad wire
or maybe that's just how I'm hardwired
so don't go trip yourself up over bad wires
and I think that's just how I'm hardwired?
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5. |
Later
03:33
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Later copyright 2020 Laurel Askew
You know, that book won't read itself
and you might never know yourself
How then, do you suppose I'll ever know?
How then, am I supposed to ever know?
How long will you ignore the cracks?
How much can we afford to lack?
Makeup won't cover up the obvious
Hindsight will soon divide the two of us
I don't know how to bring it up but I know I don't want to give it up
I don't know when to bring it up I know I don't want to give us up but
it's heavy and it's getting late now
can we talk about this later
it's heavy and it's getting late now
can we put this off 'till sometime later
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6. |
Off with Love
03:46
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Off with Love copyright 2020 Laurel Askew
It feels good just to know you're here beside me
I'd say hi but I'm stuck inside my head
I don't move anymore but I can still hear and see
I don't sleep but I can't get out of bed
And all they do is shoot me up with drugs
and leave it up to you to pull the plug
So be my little angel now
and give me one last hug
They haven't any words that you hope to hear, my dear
sometimes it's a lonely just because
But you know deep down I've grown restless here
it's time I go find the little girl I was
The voices calling to me from above
told me they would send a special dove
so be my little angel now
and say goodbye, my love
The people waiting for me up above
have sent you here to be my special dove
so be my little angel now
be my little angel now
and send me off with love
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Laurel Askew Minneapolis, Minnesota
Laurel Askew is a Minneapolis based band, an idea, a teller of tall tales and small tales and fairy tales but never old wive's tales. With any luck, these audio parlour tricks will tickle your imagination, remind you to breath and enjoy the journey.
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