1. |
Manhattan
02:59
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How does Manhattan know
Every time I’m feeling low
The sky cracks open her window
And gently then it starts to snow
And the winter’s almost over
As frost turns to clover
And the rain starts coming
Like a distant drumming
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo doodleoo doo doo
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo
Like...
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo doodleoo doo doo
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo
And how does Central Park
Sensing that my thoughts are dark
Invite me in for an hour or two
To let the sun brighten up my blues
And the days are getting warmer
No more overcoat armor
And just as I bare my skin
The rain comes again like
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo doodleoo doo doo
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo
Like...
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo doodleoo doo doo
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo
And when I see the sky
through a hazy window pane
On the seventh floor
I just want more
And how does the fire escape
Call my name from blocks away
Come rest your weary brain
Out here in the rain
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo doodleoo doo doo
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo doodleoo doo doo
Doo doodle oo doodle oo doodleoodleoo doo
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2. |
Handhold
05:23
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Looking up the face of a rocky mountain
Grasping for a ledge
My reflection carved in marble
But I’m on the edge
The air is thin up here
The forest reaches up to fill my lungs
And keep me breathing
Shoes are worn and my legs are shaky
So I dig my heels in
So here I go
I’m steady in the knowledge
There’s so much that I don’t know
Miles to go
But today I just need a handhold
One step forward, two looks back
Trying to stay on track
Always knowing any moment
These rocks could crack
The world looks small up here
The higher up I get I can’t remember
Why I started climbing
My heart’s heavy
But it reminds me
What I’m up here finding
So here I go
I’m steady in the knowledge
There’s so much that I don’t know
Miles to go
But today I just need a handhold
Feels like falling
Every push I see the peak getting farther
Getting harder to breathe
Throw my arms up
And try to touch what’s out of reach
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold, I need a handhold
I need a handhold,
I need a hand
So here I go
I’m steady in the knowledge
There’s so much that I don’t know
Miles to go
But today I just need a handhold
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3. |
Maybe the Moon
03:44
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Silver sliver hanging in the sky
I wonder why I wonder why I talk to you
You keep all my secrets from the stars
We’ve got a mighty repertoire, me and the moon
There’s a falling feeling I get when you disappear so fast
And I might be stealing time but there are questions I must ask
Cause I wonder when you dip behind my tree line
What you say when you’re out of view
Maybe the moon will tell me all her secrets too
Some days when it’s light you’re in the sky
I wonder why I wonder why you stay so long
I don’t always know where I should be
I look to you to tell me: where do I belong?
There’s an honest answer in the way you reappear at night
As a cosmic dancer anywhere that you appear is right
And I wonder if I close my eyes and ask you why
I don’t always dance like you
Maybe the moon will tell me all her secrets too
Maybe she’ll tell me to open my orbit
Don’t be afraid when your dance is distorted
Maybe she’ll tell me I’m free to be anywhere I want to be
So I wonder from my window pane
If I can claim a moment for just us two
Maybe the moon will tell me all her secrets too
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4. |
When I Say Blue
03:08
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We were barefoot in the driveway on a Friday
I decided I would love you
So I loved you
And the moonlight wasn’t shining
And the rain it wasn’t falling, didn’t have to
Cause I had you
You were in my head from the moment that I met you
Said, “I’ll get you”
You got me instead, swung my heart around
And baby you made me feel blue
But when I say blue, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I could cry
When I say cry, I mean I feel like the sea
When I say sea, I mean I feel like you see all of me
Hey!
We were young and free and beautiful
And all the things that make you fall in love
So we fell in love
But the shape of love is different than you think
When you say smooth it gives you rough
But it’s still love
Heart and home and all of the words that mean I have you don’t begin to
Wild and bold and all of the ways I tell you baby you make me feel blue
But when I say blue, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I could cry
When I say cry, I mean I feel like the sea
When I say sea, I mean I feel like you see all of me
Hey!
Let us take our time as we grow old, oh
Every day will feel like something new, ooh
Love isn’t borrowed when it’s true
You make me blue
But when I say blue, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I could cry
When I say cry, I mean I feel like the sea
When I say sea, I mean I feel like you see me
When I say me, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I feel like I’m so high
When I say high, I mean I feel like the moon
When I say moon, I mean you make me feel blue
But when I say blue, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I could cry
When I say cry, I mean I feel like the sea
When I say sea, I mean I feel like you see all of me
Hey!
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5. |
The Flame
03:54
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You say, “Don’t look around right now, cover up all your senses
The world is burning down, I’m building up my defenses”
But there’s people shouting in the streets
How you gonna fight for a world that you can’t see?
I know you think the world is on fire
And you’re looking for somebody to blame
But the world has been on fire forever
You just started feeling the flame
Free up your mind right now, understand what you’re seeing
Our eyes were looking down, we didn’t know we needed freeing
No one ever won a war without their eyes open to the ones they’re fighting for
I know you think the world is on fire
And you’re looking for somebody to blame
But the world has been on fire forever
You just started feeling the flame
Eyes open
Are your eyes open
Are my eyes open
We need our eyes open
I know you feel broken
But there’s no hoping
Without eyes open
I hope you’ve woken up
Eyes open
My eyes are open
Your eyes are open
We have our eyes open
We’re not so broken to be past hoping
With our eyes open
I swear we’ve woken up
I know you think the world is on fire
And you’re looking for somebody to blame
But the world has been on fire forever
Baby are you feeling the flame?
I know you think the world is on fire
And I know you know there’s someone to blame
Cause the world has been on fire forever
You just started feeling the flame
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6. |
How Do You Learn
03:19
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Now we’re watching the hours count down
As the days trickle past us and paint the snow brown
Morning rests on the crest of the hill lying softly in wait while we learn to be still
Sunlight will find us battered and broken and yearning to be whole again
How do you learn to love sunlight when darkness was your only friend
Here in this house where we laughed and we cried
Now we quietly wait looking out from inside
We kept our distance while losing our minds but the time made us tired and fear made us blind
New days invite us out in the open to see what’s beyond the unknown
How do you learn to live outside
When this house was your only home
Small talk grows into something so large
Every quick conversation cuts right to the heart
Every pair of our eyes looks the same
As we’re searching for meaning or someone to blame
Fear is an arrow shot without warning
That rips through the bonds that we’ve made
How do you learn move forward
When you’ve spent this whole year afraid
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7. |
Solstice
02:25
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8. |
Everything Is What It Is
02:19
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Fold your hands in your lap, I know the silence is deafening
Part of this lives in the ways that you rest and the breaths you take
There’s a fine line between feeling okay and just living
And there’s an old saying that comes to me in times like this
Everything is what it is
Clasp your hands on your cup, I know the coffee’s gone cold
Now that we’re done playing grown-ups I’m feeling so old
There’s a fine line between playing pretend and just lying
And there’s an old truth that can shatter your ignorant bliss
Everything is what it is
Hold your hands on your heart, I know the clock isn’t ticking
Clocks never do what you want, it’s a gift and a curse
There’s a fine line between taking your time and just taking
Now that you’re here you can notice the things that you’ve missed
Everything is what it is
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9. |
Running on Easy
05:13
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Got the world on a string
I can do anything
I’m running on easy
Living life on a cloud
I don’t need to be loud
Cause I’m feeling breezy
And I wanna live slow
I don’t wanna leave home
Gonna turn the lights low
And the couch is my throne
Gonna make it my own
If the whole world’s in the fast lane
You can take another road
Stop, take a minute, put your feet up
You can ease up, make the beat up
Stop, take a minute, let your hair down
Don’t you dare frown, make a sweet sound
Stop, take a minute, it’s the weekend
Let your week end, leave the deep end
Stop, take a minute, let it all be
Let your heart beat, set yourself free
Cause you’re running on easy
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
Got the sun in the sky
God I’m feeling so high
I’m drinking in sunshine
Spent the week in my head
Never catching my breath
But now I’m on my time
And I wanna live slow
When I’m planted I grow
With the grass in my toes
And the air in my nose
I can let it all flow
When the whole world’s buzzing round you,
you can sing a different tone
Stop, take a minute, put your feet up
You can ease up, make the beat up
Stop, take a minute, let your hair down
Don’t you dare frown, make a sweet sound
Stop, take a minute, it’s the weekend
Let your week end, leave the deep end
Stop, take a minute, let it all be
Let your heart beat, set yourself free
Cause you’re running on easy
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
If the whole world’s in the fast lane
You can take another road
When the whole world’s buzzing round you,
you can sing a different tone
Now the whole world’s spinning past you but you’ve learned to take it slow
Stop, take a minute, put your feet up
You can ease up, make the beat up
Stop, take a minute, let your hair down
Don’t you dare frown, make a sweet sound
Stop, take a minute, it’s the weekend
Let your week end, leave the deep end
Stop, take a minute, let it all be
Let your heart beat, set yourself free
Cause you’re running on easy
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
(I'm runnin' on, runnin' on easy)
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10. |
The Next Open Window
04:09
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I’m running after something
I think I feel it coming
My eyes are open wide
I’m turning every corner
Chasing my heart down hallways
A maze of open windows
Every step I take
I wonder if I’m getting warmer
I’m off in ten directions
Barely see my reflection
Every time I look
it keeps getting further
Can’t keep myself from reaching
Through every open window
So many stops to make
But all the time I hear the murmur
I have this feeling with every step that I’ll be something better tomorrow
And I have this notion I’ll find myself if I just reach the next open window
My eyes are looking forward
My mind is on the map
But I’m still fighting with my feet that got me so off-track
I’m so distracted, taking every turn without a thought
I keep on wandering from the path and wondering why I’m lost
I have this feeling with every step that I’ll be something better tomorrow
And I have this notion I’ll find myself if I just reach the next open window
Forget the map and just keep walking
Don’t look back, that feeling’s calling
But something louder than a feeling follows me as I go
What if I never reach that open window
I’ve had this feeling with every step that I’d be something better tomorrow
And I’ve had this notion I’d find myself if I just reached for the next open window
But I have this feeling if I live today I’ll be free to be better tomorrow
And I have this notion I’ll find myself when I don’t need the next open window
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11. |
Break Me Down
03:35
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This train is moving counter-clockwise
I think we broke the track
Or maybe we were moving forward
In seats that face the back
You are the devil in the woodwork
The anger I can’t see
You are the curtain pulling back on me
All you take and all you’ve given are coming to head
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
And build me back up
I was a child running barefoot with sand beneath my feet
I wasn’t wild, I wasn’t fearless, just didn’t like the heat
You were my mother calling after, “watch where you step”
I was an ocean in a raindrop, a well of regret
All I’ve loved and all I’ve lived are coming undone
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
And build me back up
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
And build me back up
There is a mountain right in front of me you’re telling me climb
There is a train that isn’t moving, you say you’ve got time
There is an ocean still inside of me and I’m gonna ride the wave
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
And build me back up
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
You break me down, break me down
And build me back up
You break me down, break me down
Break me down, break me down
Break me down, break me down
Build me back up
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12. |
All We've Got Is Time
03:35
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Got you in my heart and you in my head and you in my bed at night
Got something I want and something I need and something that just feels right
And it feels kinda funny to talk about money when we’d be fine with dimes
If I’ve got you and you’ve got strings and all we’ve got is time
There’s a hole in the heart of New York City the size of you and me
On a subway car that’s gone too far from where I want to be
And my best refrains live on a train on the Hudson River line
Now we’re stuck in circles searching for a rhyme, but all we’ve got is time
Got clouds in the sky, the sun overhead, the moon up above at night
Got leaves on the trees and warmth in the breeze but something just don’t feel right
And it feels kinda funny for days to be sunny with clocks ticking out of time
And empty days put on display by darkened neon signs
There’s a hole in the heart of New York City the size of all of us
And if Central Park had been so dark we’d’ve never left the bus
And the plastic man on the black tin can saying “everything is fine”
Now we’re stuck in circles searching for a sign, but all we’ve got is time
And with summer coming soon, descending down the stoop
A sky without a moon, darkened windows, blackened rooms
And with summer on our tongues with lonely songs we’ve sung
We’re searching for the sun
There’s a hole in the heart of New York City the size of all of them
And we’re safe and warm outside a storm we know could come again
And behind the rain on the window panes there are faces looking out
At subway cars and Central Park and the days are counting down
And I know someday we’ll find our way down the Hudson River line
Till then I think we’re gonna be just fine
Cause all we’ve got is time
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The Gender Gnomes Brooklyn, New York
We're The Gender Gnomes.
We're your friendly neighborhood Brooklyn-based indie-folk-
jazz-pop duo. Separately, we are Rachel, singer of songs and player of flutes, and Pat, player of guitars and basses and mandolins and saxophones and trumpets and...a bunch of stuff. Together, we're songwriters and home-recorders and avid music lovers. We love a good lyric and we're suckers for a jaunty beat.
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