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Long Black Coat
04:13
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Long Black Coat
Music & Lyrics © 2004 carrie clark
He wears a long black coat when it rains to keep him dry
He wears a long black coat when it rains to hide from the sky
She wears a red velvet scarf when the snow falls in May
She wears a red velvet scarf to give her comfort from the day
He wears a ten gallon hat to fill with his ten million tears
He still cries when he thinks of her even though its been so many years
He carries a cross to his chest even when he doesn’t believe
He carries a cross to his chest to take away his grief
She wears a long yellow ribbon tied tightly in her hair
She wears a long yellow ribbon so her soldier knows she cares
He wears a ten gallon hat to fill with his ten million tears
He still cries when he thinks of her even though it’s been so many years
He wears a long black coat when it rains to keep him dry
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Adeline
04:03
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Adeline
Lyrics © 2005 carrie clark
Music © 2005 carrie clark, greg fulton, dayna smith
Adeline was a wistful child haunted by dreams of an unknown harm would seek comfort from her father before the dew. Her father charmed would take her in his arms stroke her braids and tip back his head and say, Adeline, there’s no one else like you
As she grew the dreams would too and until one day she had thought it through she would drive until the dreams lay in her wake. But anywhere she lay her head the dreams would come and they’d raise the dead. So she drives faster than the dreams can feed her pain
Sun screams across the sky with the moon on its tail.
She drives another hundred miles without the time to unleash her sails
The highway miles they float on by much faster than she can gather ties to the ones she’s met then left so far behind.
Cat tails turn into suburban trails truck stop malls and urban sprawls that blur the lines between county and state divides. Forgotten dreams split at the seams of those who try but cannot see, just lose sight of who they are and what to be
A Whiskey neat and a smoke so sweet her wings would fly if she could lift her feet, So she drives as far as her head will lay her way. She’ll, light another cigarette, burn it through before she casts her net along the twisted road that drives her from her dreams
Sun screams across the sky with the moon on its tail.
She drives another hundred miles without the time to unleash her sails
Long dirt roads lead her from, take her farther down will they bring her around or will Adeline just roam
Sun screams across the sky with the moon on its tail.
She drives another hundred miles without the time to unleash her sails
So she drives another 1000 miles leaving the dead souls as they cry, Adeline, there’s no one else like you, Adeline, there’s no one else like you, Adeline, there’s no one else like you…
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Josephine
03:07
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Josephine
Music and Lyrics © 2005 carrie clark
Her name is Josephine. She writes poetry, when the moon is full, and she can use it’s pull. Her name is Josephine. A Cheshire grin with ruby lips she’ll melt you with her charm, but then will only bring you harm. Her name is Josephine. Jet black hair and cold blue eyes that drill into your soul and bleed you till you’re dry
So bolt the doors shut off the lights, cause she’ll call unto the night. With her wildest charms she’ll find your arms and leave you high and dry. So bolt the doors shut off the lights, cause she’ll call unto the night. With temptation she’ll be knocking at your door
A drop in the bucket is all you are to her. Fantasies and dreams only enrapture her. At the time, you hear her siren’s call she’ll summon your desires and then she won’t return your calls. Like a spider she’ll wrap you in her web, then she’ll suck you dry and leave your heart for dead
So bolt the doors shut off the lights, cause she’ll call unto the night. With her wildest charms she’ll find your arms and leave you high and dry. So bolt the doors shut off the lights, cause she’ll call unto the night. With temptation she’ll be knocking at your door
She’s ENCHANTING, daring, CHARMING, disarming. She’s PRECARIOUS, vivacious, RECKLESS and so devious. She’s WONDERFUL, magical, DECEITFUL make you maniacal. She’ll drive you till you’ve almost lost your mind.
Her name is Josephine. She writes poetry, when the moon is full, and she can use it’s pull. Her name is Josephine. A Cheshire grin with ruby lips she’ll melt you with her charm, but then will only bring you harm. Her name is Josephine. Jet black hair and cold blue eyes that drill into your soul and bleed you till you’re dry
So bolt the doors shut off the lights, cause she’ll call unto the night. With her wildest charms she’ll find your arms and leave you high and dry. So bolt the doors shut off the lights, cause she’ll call unto the night. She’ll drive you til you’ve almost lost your mind.
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I Saw You (Hovering)
05:45
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I saw you
© carrie clark 2003
I saw you crying, love had left you once again
I saw you weeping, following that worn road again
I saw you trying to pick up the wings that once flew
I saw the quiet break inside of you
I saw you laughing as tears roll down your face
I saw you bending to fall so far from grace
I saw the kindness you wished he gave
I saw you hovering above your grave
Hovering, you reach to the sky. Quivering, you cry out why
Shivering, you’ve been this way before. Love, love it’s not yours
I saw you forgiving like an old faithful friend
I saw you beginning to fall down again
I saw that promise will you follow through
I saw you hovering love should find you
Hovering, you reach to the sky. Quivering, you cry out why
Shivering, you’ve been this way before. Love, love it’s not yours
I saw you crying, love had left you once again
I saw you weeping, following that worn road again
I saw you trying to pick up the wings that once flew
I saw the quiet break inside of you
Hovering, you reach to the sky. Quivering, you cry out why
Shivering, you’ve been this way before. Love, oh love, oh love it’s not yours
I saw you crying, love had left you once again
I saw you weeping, following that worn road again
I saw you trying to pick up the wings that once flew
I saw the quiet break inside of you
Hovering, you reach to the sky. Quivering, you cry out why
Shivering, you’ve been this way before. Love, oh love, oh love it’s not yours
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Have you heard them talking
© 2004 Carrie Clark
Have you heard them talking
I hear life’s fine but
John’s not walking through the mines anymore
Though they say he’s just fine
Like sand drifts
The sun lifts
Backs breaking the fields
As the sun drops a young boy reveals
Other names replace faces and traces of those before
Closed doors and broken windows a life from the shadows before
You are nothing lost to make something a search until they call
You are nothing lost to make something a search until the aspen falls
Have you heard them talking
Naive and lost, or so it seems
No longer part of this time
No longer part of this day dream
Other names replace faces and traces of those before
Closed doors and broken windows a life from the shadows before
You are nothing lost to make something a search until they call
You are nothing lost to make something a search until the aspen falls
Have you heard them talking
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Saturday Sun
04:36
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Just for Tonight
03:05
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Just for Tonight
Music & Lyrics © 2003 Carrie Clark
Take off your shirt close the door, turn on the lights, well I am yours
Yes I am yours, yes I’ll be yours, just for tonight.
A little ice to cool my drink, pour me some wine so I can’t think
That I’ll be yours, yes I am yours, just for tonight.
I’m looking for a boy to bring this girl a little joy and woo me into the morning dew. I’m looking for a boy to be my little toy and play my games the whole night through. I don’t want no complications, no philosophical conversations. And I’ll be yours, yes I am yours, just for tonight
Take off your shirt close the door, turn on the lights, well I am yours
Yes I am yours, yes I’ll be yours, just for tonight.
Spend the night whispering to me enacting out all our fantasies
Cause I am yours, yes I am yours, just for tonight
I’m looking for a boy to bring this girl a little joy and woo me into the morning dew. I’m looking for a boy to be my little toy and play my games the whole night through. And when the morning comes, the night will have faded with the charms. That I am yours, yes I am yours, just for tonight
Because it can be so lonely
Allowing the demons to run wild
Temptation fulfilled is the only
Way to forget what’s inside
So take off your shirt and close the door, turn on the lights, well I am yours, yes I am yours, yes I’ll be yours, just for tonight.
I’m looking for a boy to bring this girl a little joy and woo me into the morning dew. I’m looking for a boy to be my little toy and play my games the whole night through. And when the morning comes, the night will have faded with the charms, that I am yours, yes I am yours, just for tonight
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Lullaby
04:13
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Lullaby
Music & Lyrics © 2003 carrie clark
Sweet night, red wine
chocolate cream pie and you.
Cherry sunshine, with you I lie
Safe in your arms.
Sweet night shines moonlight
stars guiding your dreams
Sail on my knight, into the starlight
rolling oceans of blue.
Ode to, ode to, ode to the one I love
Sweet sunrise wake up sleepy eyes,
feel the soft light on the dew.
Sweet sunshine, wake up sleepy eyes
my love for you
Ode to, ode to, ode to the one I love
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Another Day
05:15
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Another Day
Lyrics & Music © 2003 carrie clark
Wind blows dark the sky turns to grey
Light a spark as another drifts away
Kindred hearts find nothing in the ash
Restless souls, the night fades to black
Another day finds time to slip away
Another year slipped and gone away
No one here to take his sadness from his heart
But the lone night and the ash succumbs, the dark
Wind blows dark the sky turns to blue
Palette shifts to a darker hue
No one speaks a chill takes the air
Quiet souls breathe in despair
Another day finds time to slip away
Another year slipped and gone away
No one here to take his sadness from his heart
But the lone night and the ash succumbs, the dark
Eyes burn quiet tears are not alone
Silence rings down to his bones
Distance brings lovers to their knees
Shadows pass quiet through the trees
Wind blows dark the sky turns to grey
Light a spark as another drifts away
Kindred hearts find nothing in the ash
Restless souls, the night fades to black
Another day finds time to slip away
Another year slipped and gone away
No one here to take his sadness from his heart
But the lone night and the ash succumbs, the dark
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Let it Rain
04:33
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Let it Rain
Music & Lyrics © 1995 carrie clark
Sadness creeps in frustrations, I give in.
So many thoughts, I can’t let out
So many tears, for so many years
So let it rain, let it rain
Fire inside, with passions that burn.
To let it all out, when will I ever learn?
I want to scream, but all I do is smile.
And smother the flame
So let it rain, let it rain, so let it rain, let it rain
Hey mister, is that sunshine in your hand,
Can life be so bright & balloons so red
He said that rain clears away the sorrow making way for tomorrow
So let it rain, let it rain, so let it rain, let it rain
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Home is
02:58
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Home Is…
Lyrics & Music © 2004 carrie clark
Armadillo artifacts, ranch tracks, cowboy hats
King size roof racks, out of state tire tracks
Mississippi neon green and LA technicolor magazine dream queen
Palm trees, skinned knees, whiskey and seven if you please
Here there and back again. It’s easy to forget what state you’re in
County lines blend with picket signs and welfare lines
Home is, home is, home is
Mystified new age times, California red wines
Jagged lines they hypnotize, empty signs, cocaine lines
Metal bands, Australian fans, time change, Calgary’s rain,
Stars shine, americanos to a climb 7000 feet to the top of the
Long highway becomes a lonely night sky
Dotted lines keep whizzing by, sage to fir
And fir to sand, home is, home is
Seems so civilized, you and me
A place where you can lock them up throw away the key
A land of lost votes, broken hopes
A war no one asked for so who can be, so that she can be, so that he can be or who can be free
Hard rock, mega blocks, chrome botts, halter tops
Sunset strip, rocket ship, Harry’s gonna give another trip
Dark eyes, bar room flies, cheese and green chili home fries
No lies, let’s legalize, it’s all commercialized through the continental divide
Here there and back again. It’s easy to forget what state you’re in
County lines blend with picket signs and welfare lines
Home is, home is, home is
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12. |
Sweet Betty Blue
03:10
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Sweet Betty Blue
Music & Lyrics © 2002 carrie clark
Her mother wore pearls, took a hold of her world
At 18 packed her bags to go.
Off to the states, why bother to wait
She was off to gain fortune and fame.
A nurse in the war, she traveled so far
Where was the future she had dreamed?
A soldier soon called and despite of it all
Born to this world Betty Blue
Sweet Betty Blue, Sweet Betty Blue
Only a child were you
Sweet Betty Blue Sweet Betty Blue
The world will not change just for you
Growing up on a fast track, her mother she never looked back
She was just a girl in her own mind.
Her family she called and despite of it all
She took off and left Betty Blue
She tested her fate as she moved through the states
Finding ways to escape responsibility and pain
Of losing to war her soldier before
She brought into this world Betty Blue
Sweet Betty Blue, Sweet Betty Blue
Only a child were you
Sweet Betty Blue Sweet Betty Blue
The world will not change just for you
She followed her path, but she finally turned back
Never found her fortune or her fame
She took off her pearls, turned her back to the world
And said Betty I’m coming home for you
Sweet Betty Blue, Sweet Betty Blue
Only a child were you
Sweet Betty Blue Sweet Betty Blue
The world will not change just for you
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Carrie Clark and the Lonesome Lovers Seattle, Washington
NW vocalist and songwriter Carrie Clark and her band The Lonesome Lovers draw from the broad palettes of Americana, folk, and rock to craft their own distinct flavor of modern pop honkey-tonk. Much like the Salish Sea which they call home, their new LP, Split At The Seams is expansive, just a touch rugged, and undeniably beautiful. ... more
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