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The Lamplight Overture
04:13
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When the moon has come
To lull us to sleep
We escape through the garden
To hear crickets sing
Let them welcome you home
But the show must go on
In lamp light
So come and sing us your songs
In lamp light
Moonlight spills across the courtyard floor
And she's dancing and twirling
Like a phantom amore
It's so welcoming
Let it welcome you home
In the greenery
She spoke secretly
Of where she longs to be
It's a place in a dream
On the balcony
She waits and thinks only
Of where she longs to be
It's a place in a dream
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2. |
The Hotel
04:52
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Well, it seems that I'm at it again
I've poisoned myself and now it all depends
On exactly how much I've had to drink
And if I'll ever be a star
Before I lose my glow
So I pay the toll and join the conformed
And inquire everyone why they're so far below
'Cause it all makes sense looking through the lens
You can see the stars
And the world for what it truly is
There are many pieces to this portrait
And I seem to have left mine back at the hotel
So I'll
Just pack my bags and go
There's no need to call
I'm sure I'll find my way
Fall in love with an English bird
We'll map out all the stars
And head around on a holiday
But we won't come back
Pouring over old photographs
You dream of a life you've never had
You drift across the windowsill
Ghost of Versailles
You're alright
Soon your day will come
Even now you're the setting sun
In a sky we have already won
Darling, won't you take these last few words
They might sink in
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Nutmeg & Cinnamon
05:17
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You're timeless, my love
You remind me of
All the things I love
Or have meaning
Like the arc of the harp
Or the shift of the ever-distant seas
The sun on the red brick buildings
You're like the last glimpse of color as Fall parts
You're like nutmeg and cinnamon
You're the beat to my conundrum heart
When we took a walk in the late afternoon sun
The trees burned red-orange
And the bottles of wine
Yeah, we drank them gone
In the parlor you hung all your paintings
I hung on your every word
That's when I knew
This must be love
We took a walk in the late afternoon sun
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4. |
Lebeauco
01:57
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5. |
Floorboards
05:53
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The sun creeps across the floorboards
As it paints the Eastern Hills
We're still tangled in these bedsheets
As we awaken our deepest thrills
To carry out childhood tradition
We'll play but in a way that's new
Your dress lays across the floorboards
As my world revolves around you
You can study the constellations and the weather
But they can't tell you how you feel
While stars are millions of miles away from here
Your touch is what's close and real
Oh, the highs
Oh, the lows
How they feel
Fast and slow with you
The bloodrush
Your hot touch
The beacon
Of all such lust
We lay in a pastel shade
As the dawn dons the day
The shine colors hair strawberry wine
As we willingly while the waking wee hours away
So I'll spend my days with you
Under white-washed ceiling tiles
And a warm August hue
Oh what do we make of this?
I don't know
But it's wonderful
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6. |
Juniper
05:24
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The night the lights peppered the canopy
That's when I saw you there
Your willowy, white porcelain fingers
Stringing feathers in your hair
I now know more than ever
The curve of the moon was made for two
I plead for my heart, honey baby
I plead 'cause all it's wantin' is you
I've been prayin' for you
Yeah you
I'd be perfect for you
But are you a dream or are you true?
I know I don't really know ya
But I've been sufferin' from this paranoia
That even for being a casanova persona
I've been humbled by you
I don't really blame my religion
I've been prayin' for a girl with your disposition
My head and heart are in a moral competition
But it's a safe bet
'Cause I'll be bettin' on you
I've recently felt alive
And Juniper
You're the whole reason why
I don't mind taking my time
With you, my dear
I don't mind taking my time
I'm enjoying my time here with you
For you, my dear
I'd do anything, my dear
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The Pine Overcoat Suite
04:45
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You lead me through the orchard
Wistful were your eyes
You can hear a Southern cold moan
'Cross a harvest moon rise
The fields have a strange feel
Your laughter grows distant like a dream
Come with me
Through this ghost menagerie
Disbelieve what you see
Only believe what you hear
On and on
We all sing so sweetly
As long, as long
As we can be among you
We'll be drawn to the night
Once the orchestra takes flight
Let the milk light of the moon guide you there
Songbirds will sing for you
Let the sound wash over you
An eerie carol to stem the foul
Close your eyes and breathe your vows
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In the evening riding in the riverview
I was humming to the dreamer blues
Not lackadaisical
But here the world spins a little slower
Though we may have no happy cabbage
We packed our world away into our paltry baggage
Shed our worries, love
You couldn't look or feel any finer
So just come back down to the river
You can steal away from dusking days for a while
It's not quite the same when you're down by the riverside
Listen closely
It'll sing
Oh, I'll be waiting here
Waiting here for you, my dear
Down by the riverside
So play up that old piana
The riverside will be our overgrown veranda
Oh, I'm not leaving
No matter what the season brings
As long as we can play guitar, we can sing
You croon and I will softly dazzle the strings forever
We're all adrift in the scheme
Of a weathered, ethereal dream
And now we've found
This wholesome sound
That spins us around and around
In a dizzying whirl
I'll be waiting here
Waiting for you
If you ever wanna find me
Just follow the sunflower moon
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Van Tassel's Uncanny Elixir Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Van Tassels are an archaic Autumn folk outfit bloomed by multi-instrumentalist Gavin Kendrick Brown. Concocting a gallimaufry of sundry romantic genres such as '60s folk pop, world music, and jazz manouche, Van Tassel aims for an eccentric, dreamy soundscape dazzled with nostalgic imagery, powerful choral vocals, and the orchestral resonance of yesteryear. ... more
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