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Keyhole
03:59
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Like an elephant through a keyhole
I’ve got to shed my heavy heart
I gotta let go, I gotta let go
Of things that overstayed their part
To get through that door and know how it feels
I gotta shed everything, I gotta shed everything
That ain’t real
Like an elephant through a keyhole
I’ve got to shed my heavy mind
I gotta let go, I gotta let go
Of things I held way past their prime
To get through that door and know how it feels
I gotta shed everything, I gotta shed everything
That ain’t real
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2. |
Johnny On The Spot
03:53
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My best friend, Johnny on the spot
Every night at 5 o’clock he’s at my back door
He don’t ask for things that I don’t got
Just a glass with a few rocks and nice long pour
Oh I got other friends who would take me in their arms
No I won’t go there unless Johnny comes along
All day long I chip away at rocks
Push the big ones up the hill for the boss to see
After lunch I chip away the hours
Till I can sit back down with Johnny
Oh I got other thoughts that could write a different song
No I won’t go there unless Johnny comes along
Oh I know peace lives far down a road of righted wrongs
No I won’t go there unless Johnny comes along
My best friend, Johnny on the spot
Every night at 5 o’clock he’s at my back door
He don’t ask for things that I don’t got
Just a glass with a few rocks and nice long pour
Oh I got other friends who would take me in their arms
No I won’t go there unless Johnny comes along
Unless Johnny comes along, unless Johnny comes along
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Force Majeure
04:51
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She’s a force majeure, prettier
And you’re falling fast like a meteor
You remind yourself to take it slow
But your heart’s lit up like a big rainbow
And you fall, yeah you fall
Down and down and down you go
You fall with nothing to hold onto
Oh, oh
And you’re more than certain that she’s the one
In those early days you can’t find nothing wrong
But you change and sometimes she doesn’t change along
Sometimes you wish for more than she becomes
And you fall, yeah you fall
Down and down and down you go
You fall with nothing to hold onto
Oh, oh
She loves you, she loves you more than this crazy, crazy world
You won’t stray far away from her and everything you’ve built
She’s a force majeure, slightly grayer
There’s a longing that stirs brings you back together
You remind yourself, this is how it goes
When your heart’s tied up to the end of a rainbow
You fall, yeah you fall
Down and down and down you go
You fall with nothing to hold onto
Oh, oh, oh
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Headstrong Woman
03:55
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I come from a long, long line of headstrong women
You said when you opened the door, are you out are you in
You’re the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen I said with a grin
Each day you take my breath away
And night begets another moon
The sun rises on your face
And I sing another tune
Well, you’re hitting the road with me, are you OK with that
You said wherever you are baby I wanna be where that’s at
You’re the love I been looking for and I got your back
Each day you take my breath away
And night begets another moon
The sun rises on your face
And I sing another tune
Speaking of roads and headstrong women, tell me when did the time
Sneak up beside us like a crime
You and I and our souls long entwined, and all of our will
Crossed many state and fault lines, once or twice through hell
And all the while our love was a ladder step by step we built
Each day you take my breath away
And night begets another moon
The sun rises on your face
And I sing another tune
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5. |
Warmth Of The Sun
04:00
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So I heard the big clock stop today
What’s undone we’ll wonder as we age
In the warmth of the sun stand the people who care
And though you’re moving on, we still are here
In the warmth of the sun, with the blood and the light
Where it’s counterintuitive to say goodbye
In the warmth of the sun we don’t say goodbye
We don’t say goodbye
So I’m told the big clock stopped today
But that’s myth cause time don’t give a rip about anybody
It’s in the warmth of the sun that the people care
And though you’ve moved on, we still are here
In the warmth of the sun, with the blood and the light
Where it’s counterintuitive to say goodbye
In the warmth of the sun we don’t say goodbye
We don’t say goodbye
Everybody knows but don’t believe
Everybody hopes for some reprieve
All the pretty faces still receive
A heart like a drum and the warmth of the sun
Don’t I know the big clock ticks for me
And don’t I keep my mind on other things
Like the warmth of the sun where the people care
And though time’s moving on, we still are here
In the warmth of the sun, with the blood and the light
Where it’s counterintuitive to say goodbye
In the warmth of the sun we don’t say goodbye
We don’t say goodbye
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6. |
Set The Table
04:15
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The die is cast and you’re born at last, and the game is on, I learned that one
Everybody loves the baby and rising sun, and I learned that one
Set the table, invite the people, you can believe in me
All at once your soul’s enabled, I want you to believe in me
Your parents split and you’re blindsided, I learned that one and I learned that one
You get to come out of the closet, I learned that one and I learned that one
Set the table, invite the people, you can believe in me
All at once you’re in your body, I want you to believe in me
You fall in love and you get your heart wrung, and I learned that one
You make some friends and then you lose ‘em, and I learned that one
Set the table, invite the people, you can believe in me
All at once you’re middle aged, and I want you to believe in me
Some unwelcome bids you away, it’s alright you will not stay
Change will have the last word to say
Your beating heart throws a dart in the dark at something new
Something new lights a spark and it’s a bullseye on a better you
Set the table, invite the people, you can believe in me
All at once you’re in the flow, and I want you to believe in me
The die is cast and it goes so fast, like a setting sun, I’m learning that one
Life is full of what if’s helping you become, I’m learning that one
Set the table, invite the people, you can believe in me
All at once you'r body's a soul, I want you to believe in me
You can believe in me
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Thankful
03:45
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I set my course on the high road
The life I seek can seem unreachable
And when I fall short of my goals
I don’t give up or let the sadness grow
I am thankful to be able to try
Like a bird who must learn how to fly
I am thankful for the ups and the downs
And the ground that you gain when you try
Little by little, I’m gonna go far
I’ll be alright when I think I won’t
I’ll find a friend when I am all alone
I’ll laugh again once I’m all cried out
And there’ll be trust where there was only doubt
I am thankful to be able to try
Like a bird who must learn how to fly
I am thankful for the ups and the downs
And the ground that you gain when you try
Little by little, we’re gonna go far
Just be thankful for who you are
And set your course on a high road
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8. |
Damned If You Do
04:20
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Just gave up the ghost
Spit opportunity in the face
I chose another road
Than the one I could have paved
And everyone’s surprised
Or sayin’ I told you so
A double lane I drive
Between heart and ego
When you’re damned if you do
Damned if you don’t
I’d say I’m safely through
But it’s too soon to know
Now the deed is done
And someone celebrates
While questions sit before me
Like stoplights on a street
Never so unsure
Maybe it’s my age
Less time ‘round the corner
For any bold mistakes
When you’re damned if you do
And damned if you don’t
I’d say I’m safely through
But it’s too soon to know
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9. |
Keeps The Heart Beating
04:58
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If it leads oh, it must bleed oh
Come tomorrow we’ll be heads down in our sheets
They got answers to curing cancer
Then I’m listening otherwise I’m gonna speak
It’s your open heart
It’s your open mind
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating alright
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating
When tomorrow breaks your heart oh
Take your breath oh, and get back on your feet
It’s alright it’s not your fault when you need help
And you gotta ask for it
It’s your open heart
It’s your open mind
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating alright
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating alright
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating
Come tomorrow when you lead oh
Do the right thing, they’ll be dancing in the street
For the new way to be boldened
We must be the very kindness that we seek
It’s your open heart
It’s your open mind
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating alright
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating alright
Keeps the heart beating alright, keeps the heart beating
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Christie McCarthy Santa Cruz, California
"With such strong songs so ably presented, Christie McCarthy is an essential new artist." Daniel Aloi of Gannet Wire Service
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