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Sailor
04:45
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Well I’m doing fine
Thanks for thinking of me
I've been dancing alone
To my very own beat
Cause when we’re apart
I stay on the road
Because love’s become my home
When I can’t even speak your name
Without a creak in my voice
How I wish we were together babe
I wish that I had the choice
How I wish you’d come home
Like a sailor to shore
Because you took half my heart with you
When you walked through that door
Now I aint the crying kind,
What have you done to me?
If this is what love feels like
I think I’d rather be free
But I can’t let go
Because I love you so
And love has become my home
Love is a sailor on a wild sea of waves
So darling I’m gonna be brave
So darling, be brave
When I can’t even speak your name
Without a creak in my voice
How I wish we were together babe
I wish that I had the choice
How I wish you’d come home
Like a sailor to shore
Because you took half my heart with you
When you walked through that door
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We Changed
03:37
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Do you know, do you know
How much you gave to me
Did you know, did you know?
What this would come to be
Well I never wanted anything but love, love, love
But love, how we changed
Far away, I’m so far away
But still I feel your pain
Everything it took everything for me not to beg
No I don’t wanna beg you babe for love, love love
But love, how we changed
Chorus:
We changed
Like gasoline to flame
We change
Though the love and through the pain
We changed
Solo verse
Did you feel, did you feel
How much I cared for you
Near the end, my closest friend
The stars shone brightest for you
We never wanted anything
But love, love, love
But love, how we changed
Chorus
Do you know, do you know
My love remains
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3. |
Demons of Desire
03:15
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I'm chasing my demons
I hope you are too
I'm walking on water
I'm still looking for you
If I knew better, this wouldn't matter anymore
This burning ember, left over from the war
We never should have started
Fighting fire with fire
Hanging on a wire
With the demons of desire
I'm walking on quick sand
I'm moving so fast
What's left of this wasteland
The crimes of demand
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4. |
Nothing Like The Rain
03:58
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These days Almeria’s face is long
She thinks about how you done her wrong
She said I don’t know why I ever fell for you
Cause it’s the one damn thing I wish I didn’t do
And hell don’t have a fury like a woman scorned
She’ll wake up sad - get out of bed with vengeance
She says hey the sky looks angry and darling so am I….
She goes out-side, walking in the rain
On the dry grass that’s watered for a change
She says baby, there’s nothing like the rain
Almeria watches in her pain
The thunderclouds dissolving into rain
Her spirit soaring through the stormy skies
The lightning strikes there’s fire in her eyes
But I won’t stay in
Because my heart’s pouring
I think I’ll put it to use
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5. |
Let You Go
03:25
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There's a place in time
Where you and I don't fight
Competition pride and need
Don't bring in the night
There's a place in my heart
Where you love is real
I saw it in your picture
But now we don't trust what we feel
But now I know
I had to let you go
I live today
To find tomorrow
I had to let you go
There's a place in time
Where you're tender still
All of your desire
Demands all your will
There's a place in my heart
Where you're doing well
There's a better story
That we're gonna tell
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Jennie
03:01
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Oh Jennie, won’t you show me
All the mountains you would climb
And show me, what kept you moving
Kept you believing throughout your life
Oh Jennie, keep all your pennies
All your stories and all your dreams
Oh Jennie, let your heart bleed
Let your faith always lead you home
Oh Jennie, won’t you show me
How to turn away and when to fight
And show me, how to move on
Keep your heart strong and mind so young
Oh Jennie, keep all your pennies
All your stories and all your dreams
Oh Jennie, let your heart bleed
Let your faith always lead you home
Oh Jennie, loved by many
In our memory Oh Jennie
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Victimized
04:09
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I wish I could show you the man I want to be
Clear my mind and get inside the person you should see
You deserve the world and
A poor mans kind of wealth
You deserve the love you never gave to yourself
Hiding in the basement, I’ve been hiding in my bed
Hiding from those pretty words I never should have said
You were my distraction, you were my excuse
You were all the songs I didn’t write I didn’t use
So fool me once, I fool you twice
I fool you with my lovers eyes
But I’m victimized
I’m victimized
One foot in the water, I've got one foot on the ground
I tease you to push me in, why do you hang around?
You deserve the world and
A man who can decide
Not to be a victim of the animal inside
Chorus
There's kids outside my window, they’re smoking cigarettes
We become the victim of our own experiments
Victims of our freedom and curiosity
Victims of the times we take ourselves so seriously
So fool me once, I fool you twice
I fool you with my lovers eyes
So fool me once, I fool you twice
I fool you with my lovers eyes
But I’m victimized
I’m victimized
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8. |
These Days
04:17
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Will you tell me when I’m older
What is all this darkness for?
Will you tell me when I’m bolder
That we wont take anymore
Will you tell me when I’m stronger
When it’s time to fight
Will you tell me when it’s over
That you can see the light
And these days will soon be bright
These days these days won’t last
Your heartache can die with the past
These days, these days
Fade away, fade away
Will you promise my desire
That there’s nothing wrong with her
Will you take after your father?
Wither everything that you endure
Please remind me of my mother
And all the things that she would say
Will your face be filled with wonder
When you tell me we’re ok
And these days are fading away
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5am
03:43
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I can't hide I've been
forcing a smile
you know it's been a while
since I wrote a happier tune
I can't say it's been
Going away
Been carrying the pain
On a tray for too long
But I'm not saying sorry
For singing songs like this
But I'm not gonna lie
I wish I could resist
The splendour of sorrow
This twisted kind of bliss
Sweet sad song, why must you persist?
You said darling take care of your heart
I wish you never saw me
falling apart
But I'l be flying with
Birds pretty soon
and you'll be howling at the moon
Every night
You'll be crying out your heart too
But I'm not saying sorry
For singing songs like this
But I'm not gonna lie
I wish I could resist
The splendour of sorrow
This twisted kind of bliss
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Justine Vandergrift Calgary, Alberta
“Occasionally a new artist emerges that immediately demands respect and attention. Justine Vandergrift is one such artist.
She will make a solid impact on anyone who has the privilege of hearing her songs.”
-Bill Bourne (Juno award winning Canadian Folk Artist)
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