1. |
Cry A Little
04:08
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Wringing words from a Wednesday morning
Stealing the backside of a Saturday night
Pouring tar in the holes of my memories
As I steam my coffee and bake this pie
It's in these moments I ask me why
It's in these moments I ask me why
Did you just need me to cry a little for you 'cause you don't know how
Need me to cry a little for you, are you asking me now?
Rivers on my face bringing some kind of fixing
Begging for my sad when it's you that needs mending
Give me one reason and I'll keep on tending to your heart
Blue little bubbles that pop make me tender
Gazing at the words that you wrote when you woke
I never thought that I'd return to sender
Come on and stand in the kitchen, tell me a joke
It's in these moments I ask me why
It's in these moments I ask me why
Did you just need me to cry a little for you 'cause you don't know how
Need me to cry a little for you, are you asking me now?
Rivers on my face bringing some kind of fixing
Begging for my sad when it's you that needs mending
Give me one reason and I'll keep on tending to your heart
Come on down, you know the benches by the rail
Order me a drink before this ship puts out to sail
Brush my brows with reasons why I shouldn't bail on you tonight
Did you just need me to cry a little for you 'cause you don't know how
Need me to cry a little for you, are you asking me now?
Rivers on my face bringing some kind of fixing
Begging for my sad when it's you that needs mending
Give me one reason and I'll cry--
Salty clouds might dredge these big green eyes
Rivers on my face bringing some kind of fixing
Begging for my sad when it's you that needs mending
Give me one reason and I'll keep on tending
Give me just one reason and I'll keep on tending
Give me one reason and I'll keep on tending to your heart.
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2. |
Babylon
03:59
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Is it over, now that I've turned your head?
Two blocks over, and you ain't said nothing yet
I'll go fishing in the river that only runs red
Come back wishing, carrying something dead
And I'll say paint me the color of paper blank,
And hang me out your window
Paint me the color of paper blank,
And let me in your breeze blow
'Cause I can't find a man in Babylon
They're all gone, oh Babylon
I can't find a man in Babylon
So paint me, just paint me white
I remember when the minutes ticked by so sweet
Our bodies sighed together, spent and complete
In the dark we'd stare, reach in the fire and our eyes would speak
But then you left me, turning down some unnamed street
They say surrender is oh so sweet
But you know it can't compare to when our lips would meet
You took the ashes of forever, laid them at some new girl's feet
And I will always remember, and I know you will never forget
So I'll say paint me the color of paper blank,
And hang me out your window
Paint me the color of paper blank,
And let me in your breeze blow
I can't find a man in this sad and lonely land
I can't find a man in Babylon
So paint me, just paint me white
I said now lover come on
Paint me, just paint me white
I surrender, come on and
Paint me, just paint me white
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3. |
Quality
04:59
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You know a prophet in her homeland's not famous
You might not even know what her name is
But for your consideration and gentle contemplation
Lend me your ears and let your mind begin to see
You know a prophet in her homeland's not famous
You might not even know what her name is
But for your consideration before you change the station
Let down your guard, come dive into this energy
It's quality
I know I'm not your usual brand like the pack of yellow smokes sitting in your left hand,
But I'm here with my asking please take a chance
Even though I'm not your kind of cool
It's low risk to take a dip in this pool
You know a prophet in her homeland's not famous
You might not even know what her name is
But for your consideration and gentle contemplation
Lend me your ears and let your mind begin to see
You know a prophet in her homeland's not famous
You might not even know what her name is
But for your consideration before you change the station
Let down your guard, come dive into this energy
It's quality
I'm playing with the heavyweights now
I don't care to come pay homage to the altar you've carved out
All the masses might surrender to your vibe aesthetic now
And you know I'm not this town's kind of cool
It's still low risk to take a dip in this pool
It's quality, it's quality
Babe, it's quality
You know they might not see
It's quality, it's rarity, anomaly, sincerity
It's brevity, it's levity, it's quality
You know that the blind won't see the quality
And the deaf might not hear this quality
But it's quality, it's you and me,
It's beckoning, it's reckoning
There's so much noise in the world that we live in, so many gimmicks
I can only offer one reason to listen, to pay attention
(Jacobs:)
She's the only music to my ears in world with sound-proof windows
Heart beats the metronome that matches the tempo
You only get credit for what you do, not what you meant to
See, you want quantity or quality
I'll take four quarters over a hundred pennies
If all I had was you, that'd be plenty
Look, I done been around the world and I done had plenty
And I don't mean to be crass about it,
I just want to be an open book
See me, this is how open look
My, Bonita Applebum, my bride called Quest
That feelin' that make us write sonnets and haikus
It's all about you
Gimme a chance to be mine and I'll show you some quality time
Chuch
You know the blind might not see the quality
And they might not know it's quality
But it's quality, it's quality
It's you and me, we're here to see
The quality...
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4. |
Hey Renée
04:46
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Hey Renée, here's ten thousand reasons you should come and stay
I built a garden with some flowers, you can grow and play
I locked the monsters all away for you, Renée
We didn't grow up in a bed of roses,
'Cause every night, terror came home
We were just children looking after children
Giving tears from down in our bones
But now you're here, here with me, where safe is home
Hey Renée, here's ten thousand reasons you should drive this way
Four hundred miles is not such a steep price to pay
And there's no dragon I won't slay for you, Renée
We didn't grow up in a bed of roses,
'Cause every night, terror came home
We were just children looking after children
Giving tears from down in our bones
But now you're here, here with me, where safe is home
Rescue comes in many forms
Black and white keys unlocked the door to this captive tidal wave
And I don't know where your healing lies
But I know what lies dormant inside
Can live again to breathe the light of a brand new day
Hey Renée
We didn't grow up in a bed of roses,
'Cause every night, terror came home
We were just children looking after children
Giving tears from down in our bones
But now you're here, here with me,
And know, you can always be
Where safe is home.
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5. |
Outta My Shoes
04:23
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I've been looking around, trying to find the key that fits inside this door
There's nothing that fits, the lock never clicks
I didn't think it'd open anymore
And they all say, "Babe it's so insane to keep on hoping through this rain,"
But I just want somebody to
Dance me outta my shoes
Walk me over to the sunny side
Flip them softly 'til the yolks are fried
Help me to unsing the blues
Dance me outta my clothes
Spin me around 'til only heaven knows
The things we do together all alone
I'll help you unlearn them too
Because I've been looking around, trying to find the key that fits inside this door
There's nothing that fits, the lock never clicks
I didn't think it'd open anymore
But then I saw you when you fell,
The light it struck my eyes just like a spell
This magic blew in fast and then it turned us both inside out
Dance me outta my shoes
Walk me over to the sunny side
Flip them softly 'til the yolks are fried
Help me to unsing the blues
Dance me outta my clothes
Spin me around 'til only heaven knows
The things we do together all alone
I'll help you unlearn them too
Because you know that there is a doorframe
By the counter where all my memories hang
I'd wipe it clean so I can write your name,
And someday I'll write mine there too
Yes cause you know this kitchen sink drain
As clean as it stays
I wish that you were here
We'd bottle up all of our lonely years
And then we'd rinse them away
And they all say, "Hey it's so insane,"
That we found each other in this rain
But now we both have someone to
Dance us out of our shoes
Walk us over to the sunny side
Flip them softly 'til the yolks are fried
We both can using the blues
Dance me outta my clothes
Spin me around 'til only heaven knows
The things we do together all alone
I'll help you unlearn them too
Dance me outta my shoes
Walk me over to the sunny side
Flip them softly 'til the yolks are fried
Help me to unsing the blues
Dance me outta my clothes
Spin me around 'til only heaven knows
The things we do together all alone
I'll help you unlearn them too
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6. |
Jackie
04:33
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I couldn't help it when he walked in the room
I couldn't see, the temperature, it even dropped too
Where was the line discerning wrong and right
Inside my head with no will to fight
Tell me where you keep your collections, Jackie
Tell me and I won't tell another living soul
Because you know, I'm just dying to know
Where the dead flowers go
Tell me how you press them behind cold glass
To keep their memory locked up right
Tell me, when you see them rot in the sun
How do you sleep at night?
He looked at me, and he knew
I was the flower with the stem that he'd be cutting through
To add to his collection was his only design
Never knew that this flower had a knife and a mind
Tell me where you keep your collections, Jackie.
Tell me and I won't tell another living soul
Because you know, I'm just dying to know
Where the dead flowers go
Tell me how you press them behind cold glass
To keep their memory locked up tight
Tell me, when you see them rot in the sun
How do you sleep at night?
Tell me, let me hear your confession
Come on and tell me, Jackie, love
Why did you pick this profession?
Now come on and tell me, is it working out like you knew that you knew that you knew it would?
And come on tell me Jackie boy will you ever do what you damn well know that you should?
Tell me where you keep your collections, Jackie.
Tell me and I won't tell another living soul
Because as a flower, I'm dying to know
Where the dead flowers go
Tell me how you press us behind cold glass
To keep our memory locked up tight
Tell me, when you see us rot in the sun
How do you sleep at night?
I was Jackie's flower
You might be too
Here we are in the dead flower zoo
Doing what all the dead flowers do
"What I need from you is for you to just say that you're sorry--that you could have handled this better."
"Look, I'm not gonna give you some sort of mia culpa. The fact that...the fact that I'm even having this conversation with you right now should be enough to show you that I care. [pause] Are you there? Hello?"
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7. |
Waiter Waiter Elevator
03:50
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I'm sitting tapping toes and waiting on this train to move out
I'm playing tic-tac-toe in breath marks that time's sister blew out
Waiter waiter elevator, please don't say I'll see you later
Get your pocket calculator
Tell me, when is this fool gonna move?
You say, "Oh yes..."
And I say no
You say, "Just wait a minute. Babe, let's take it slow,"
I'm in your bed. You dash off and go
Still I don't know when
I'm sitting tapping toes and waiting on this train to move out
I'm playing tic-tac-toe in breath marks that time's sister blew out
Waiter waiter elevator, please don't say I'll see you later
Get your pocket calculator
Tell me, when is this fool gonna move?
I watch the deer head mounted on the wall
This dude with antlers taught my man to stall
These big glass eyes say, "Girl, I've seen it all."
Still I don't know when
And you know that I could take the stairs
But I see where they're leading
Give me one more minute, and I'll be hearing that ding
You know the moment when your floor light rings
You're up at bat when you hear that whistle sing
You know that he's always been your everything
Still you don't know when
You've gone and made procrastinating an art form
The perfect calculation stalled this idle time-bomb
A hurricane of minutes, won't you let me know your limit on time?
I'm sitting tapping toes
I'm playing tic-tac-toe
I really want to know
Where this is going, where it's gonna go
I'm right here waiting on this elevator dating
While you're taking a vacation from this simple situation
Of loving me
I'm sitting tapping toes and waiting on this train to move out
I'm playing tic-tac-toe in breath marks that time's sister blew out
Waiter waiter elevator, please don't say I'll see you later
Get your pocket calculator
Tell me when is this fool gonna move
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8. |
Weary Love
04:59
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This weary love, it brings me down
Won't let me sleep, it won't let me drown
Your soul sings back the dark and haunted sounds
Of this weary love of mine
This weary love, it brings me down
Won't let me sleep, it won't let me drown
Your soul sings back the dark and haunted sounds
Of this weary love of mine
My tender heart would live again
Clear eyes, fresh breath inhaled when you walked back in
Our bodies helpless to this sin
But she brings no rest and only shame
This weary love and her sad refrain
This weary love of mine
This weary love, it brings me down
Won't let me sleep, it won't let me drown
Your soul sings back the dark and haunted sounds
Of this weary love of mine
Oh let me rest, lay down my head
We live and and then we die, but love's never dead
She still whispers in our bed
The day we pass, she screams our name
The globe spins on and we hear the strains of
This weary love of mine
Let me lay my head down now
Let me lay my body next to yours
Give me truth and if you can't then,
Give me peace
I gave you all of my best
You could at least give me rest
Give me rest, give me rest, give me rest
This weary love, it brings me down
Won't let me sleep, it won't let me drown
Your soul sings back the dark and haunted sounds
Of this weary love
This sad and soulful love
This poor and painful love of mine
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9. |
Connect
03:48
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Let me connect with you
There's nothing that I'd rather do
Than unpack this crazy day with you
Let me connect with you
There's something inside your eyes
That keeps me so satisfied
A place where the shy parts of me hide
Let me connect with you
It's not your body that I'm after
But your mind leaves me transfixed
It's the smile inside of your laughter
Drug me with whispers from your lips
You're the start of every morning
My last thought at end of day
But this warmth turns cold without warning
Tell me oh why do you take it away
I know your world is spinning too
Let me connect with you
Let me connect with you
There's nothing that I'd rather do
Than unpack this crazy day with you
Let me connect with you
There's something inside your eyes
That keeps me so satisfied
A place where the shy parts of me hide
Let me connect with you
I watch your face and I see distraction is at work
You orbit in outer space, so I keep my distance
Now you're home tonight and the atmosphere between us is so tight
The weather inside's still not right, and damn I miss it
I wish that sanctuary wasn't such a dirty word
You see, religion has it borrowed, but between to souls is where it's heard
The having's in the asking, pulling prayers from silent lips
You're what I need mind, soul, and body from my core to fingertips
I know your world is spinning too
Let me connect with you
Let me connect with you
There's nothing that I'd rather do
Than unpack this crazy day with you
Let me connect with you
There's something inside your eyes
That keeps me so satisfied
A place where the shy parts of me hide
Let me connect with you
I know you want it too
Let me connect with you
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10. |
Valentines for Tomorrow
04:04
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Give me valentines for tomorrow
Wipe the days away that left me in the sand
Give me something I can hold onto, darling if you can
Give me valentines for days of summer
When the wind peels the skin off my soul
Give me something I can hold onto when love grows cold
I always thought this path was straight
But I've learned the beauty of winding ways
And you know, I'd rather go to the end of the road with you
Give me valentines for tomorrow
When the world leaves us too tired to breathe
Give me tokens of love's great endurance that say you won't leave
I always thought this path was straight
But I've learned the beauty of winding ways
And I'd rather know that you'd rather go to the end of the road together too
Here's a valentine for tomorrow
When you're lost and doubt feels like home
Darling, follow my song, and you'll know
It's a valentine for our tomorrows
When this heat in a casket lies cold
Let my voice ever so sweetly call back your soul
Let my words sing you to life when we've grown cold
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Kate Bankston Columbia, South Carolina
Kate Bankston is a musician and songwriter from Columbia, SC. Flirting with jazz, soul, and pop, she writes without drawing a boundary line between genres. Her sound is influenced by artists such as Lake Street Dive while vocally you can hear Amy and Nina shine through. The songs this album the truth in a winsome way that allows listeners to connect with moments on their own journey. ... more
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