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Well I went to the Atlantic
Chasing gigantic emotions
Though I didn't catch any
I already had plenty
So I guess I'll find another ocean
Now I'm on the Pacific coastline
Nothing specific on my mind
Just looking at the water
Thinking love is a blunder
A wave
Or a spell
Or a swell
I'm stuck under
And the stick and poke tattoo bled blue
How’s the one that I gave to you?
It was a straight line
To measure the time
That you've been alive,
And now you cannot take the time back
And I cannot take the line back
Now I'm in California
And I couldn't warn ya
Of its beauty
In the wild west
Filling up a treasure chest
And getting dirty
And it's so dry
It makes me want to cry
Just for moisture
Oh Little girl
If you want to find your pearl
First find your oyster
And the stick and poke tattoo bled blue
How’s the one that I gave to you?
It was a straight line
To measure the time
That you've been alive,
And now you cannot take the time back
And I cannot take the line back
Well I went to the Atlantic
Chasing gigantic emotions
Though I didn't catch any
I already had plenty
So I guess I'll find another ocean
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Jesus Are You There?
03:11
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Desert Car
03:54
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Babe do you wanna take a ride
In my desert car?
I will take you far away
It's a 1992 where were you?
I was in Pennsylvania
I was seven years old
It's a master of the road
I'll treat you like gold
All the places we could go
I will take you into the night sky
We could drive as far as you like
In the right direction
No cell reception
Just you and me in my desert car
I'll keep you safe from scorpions and rattlesnakes
Oh baby stay in my desert car
It's a Buick roadmaster
It don't go faster
It's a slow ride
It's a station wagon
And it's been lagging
Like I said babe it's a slow ride
We'll take Highway 62
To some Desert view
We can sit up on the hood
Oh the back seats fold-down
I'll show you around
We could really do some good
I will take you into the night sky
We could drive as far as you like
In the right direction
No cell reception
Just you and me in my desert car
I'll keep you safe from scorpions and rattlesnakes
Oh baby stay in my desert car
Babe do you wanna take a ride in my desert car?
I will take you far away.
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Bag of Bones
03:16
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I am a skeleton
Everywhere I go
I bring along my bag of bones
I am at Thunderbird
I am an open road
See how I fly
Look where I go
And I'm constantly changing directions
In no hurry to get there
Cause my feet are where my home is
It's the mystery that keeps me interested
I am an airplane flying over your head
Out of sight, above the clouds
And I'm looking down on the lights below
They look like a bed of gold
There's a volcano underneath my soul
Look how it Rocks, see how it rolls
There's a tornado at the window
See how it turns, look where it goes
And It's constantly changing directions
In no hurry to get there
Cause my feet are where my home is
It's the mystery that keeps me interested
I am a skeleton
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You grew out of me like a splinter
You grew on me like an East Coast winter
And I grew too tall to see you below
I hit the ceiling and had no place to go.
Tie me up like a bonsai
You can shape my mind’s eye
I want to see the Crystal light
I want to know what love is like
Want to know what love is like
I tossed a coin that has been falling for years
Down a well made up of tears
Wishing for a cool wind
To turn me around
To find the treasure
Laying out on the ground
Tie me up like a bonsai
You can shape my mind’s eye
I want to see the Crystal light
I want to know what love is like
Want to know what love is like
I want to know what love is like.
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Mood Ring
04:23
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Words are iron steel
Iron out how I feel and smooth it over
I tried you on
It left me inside out
Put me back on the shelf for someone else
We’re not sure what we’re looking for but we hope we know once we see it
And if it feels too good to be true honey
Just go ahead and believe it
I want to score at the thrift store
Get a good find
Clear my mind
Blue tags are half off
It only cost $.50
I got you a lava lamp
It’s the best feeling in the world
This could be cool
I’ll take out the shoulder pads
Reminds me of my favorite shirt that I gave to my best friend
Who wore it before me?
I wonder if it’s clean?
Smells like a stranger on a rainy day in a magazine
I get lost in your isles
Rainbow miles in my heart
Telling strangers stories hidden stains
Growing pains
I don’t even know where to start?
I want to score at the thrift store
Get a good find
Clear my mind
Yellow tags are half off
It only cost $.50
I can’t believe it fits
It’s the best feeling in the world
Everything that we lost along the way
Everything we hoped would stay
I keep things that I should give away
I remember everything I lost along the way
I want to score at the thrift store
Get a good find
Clear my mind
I want to score at the thrift store
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8. |
Cut the Line
04:01
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You are a fish unable to be caught
Am I wasting all my nets and worms?
Just to see you swimming by
Admire your beauty
Your beady eyes
Fish-belly
Your beady eyes
I've been waiting on the river so long
It's become a desert
I want to put the hook in your lips
And draw you in,
Cut The Line
Drop you back
And watch you swim
I just want to see the sun
Shining on your skin
Cut The Line
Drop you back
And watch you swim
So let love sling wild hearts
Come together to fall apart
You are what you are not
Cause love is a mirage
A sleight-of-hand
A jokers art
And I know you'll disappear
I've been waiting on the river so long
It's become a desert.
I want to put the hook in your lips
and draw you in,
Cut The Line
Drop you back
And watch you swim
I just want to see the sun
Shining on your skin
Cut The Line
Drop you back
And watch you swim
Getting advice from stale fortune cookies
It's no surprise
I read the same one twice
It says be wise
And shoot off all of your buttons
Cause you fall only to get a concussion
You fall only to get a concussion
You fall only to get a concussion
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I saw written on the wall in the bathroom stall
You were here dear I couldn’t make out the year
But it was faded so I know it was a long time ago
Back when you were on my trail
When I hold my breath
I see a picture of you in my head
Dancing in the rain smoking a cigarette
You’d said you’d take what you could get before it’s soaking wet
Back when I was on your trail
Time is taking us for a ride
Time is on nobody side
Now I’m looking for you in old photographs
That remain timeless
When we heard the shutter snap
You’re thirty five millimeter camera
That time was so precious
We had her own era
Now you’re taking moonlight swims
In the great lakes of my memory
Shimmering in the light of what used to be
And you dive down so deep I get worried you won’t come up for another breath
You were wild and so free you changed me
You gave me magic powers
I could stay awake all hours
Turning trash into art
We always were streetsmart
When we were on each other‘s trail
Time is taking us for a ride
Time is on nobody side
Now I’m looking for you in old photographs
That remain timeless when we heard the shutter snap
You’re thirty five millimeter camera
That time was so precious
We had her own era
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10. |
Can You Feel What I Feel
03:09
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Sitting behind a desk
Trying to win a contest
It don't really make sense
But I'm playing the game baby
Well I put in my quarters and I'm turning the wheel
Just trying to make you feel
Can you feel it I feel baby
I'm watching the particles of dust
In the sunlight, I'm collecting rest
I'm walking the desert all alone
Can you feel what I feel baby?
Is it every man and woman out for themselves?
Trying to get their story off of the shelves
And on the radio
And in the magazine
Is this living your dream baby?
Can you feel it I feel baby
What is a song and what is it for?
It is a truth trying to unlock your door
What is a song and what does it do?
It is a ghost trying to get through
Can you feel it I feel baby?
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11. |
Full Moon
03:48
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Full moon above me
You'll drive me crazy
I feel you in my stomach
Pulling like a magnet
And I will rise with the rising tide
Pull the water up through my eyes
Who are you to make a fool
Expose us in your light
Full moon above me
Will your light drown me
I hear the werewolf crying
you break me without trying
And I will rise with a rising tide
Pull the water up through my eyes
Full moon you know me
You know that I adore thee
See me through these changes
As you go through your phases
And I will rise with the rising tide
Pull the water up through my eyes
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Ac Sapphire Portland, Oregon
Ethereal Folk Rock. For fans of Jeff Buckley, Neko Case and Liz Phair. Featured on American Songwriter, WXPN, PopMatters,
Refinery 29, Consequence of Sound, Relix Magazine, Folk Radio & Audiofemme.
Charming and insightful decadence in flight.
-comeherefloyd
Ac Sapphire has shared the stage with Lauren Ruth Ward, First Aid Kit, Amos Lee, Langhorne Slim & Victoria Williams
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