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First Writes (FAWM 2015)

by Michael Karns

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700 miles left to your door step fighting back sleep fighting back hardship long evening stretching out into night and I’m trying to to get myself back to you The weekend’s half over the trip a total waste even on the phone all I see is your face white line trance and stale coffee trace and I’m trying to get myself back to you Chorus A chance encounter a lovers game we said goodbye out in a freezing April rain but the ache of rejection left me wanting you Now I know what’s right in this dark and lonely night Bridge Strange streets stranger places Obscure signs and empty faces Thinking about Oklahoma but all I see is Santa Rosa and I’m trying to get myself back to you. Chorus
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'57 Model 03:06
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If I can't find my way Or they don't open heaven's gate If St Pete won't let me in I'll do the best I can I won't let it make me blue This is what I'm gonna' do C Gonna' camp Right across the river Where I can see those mansions shine I won't go down below Wasn't that bad I know Maybe they'll let me in some time There's surely other souls Who get caught somewhere between I;ll hang around with them We;ll get up a band Make up some new songs They surely haven't sung 'em all C Gonna' camp Right across the river Where I can see those mansions shine I won't go down below Wasn't that bad I know Maybe they'll let me in some time
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You and Me 03:18
Like bluejeans in the sun Feelings are fading Like rivers over rocks Thoughts are racing Like you and me now Couples are embracing Like drivers at red lights Plans are waiting Ooo..ooo You and me Ooo..oo You and me You and me - we were meant to be Or so it seemed for eternity We were meant to be You and me - we sensed something changed All Rights Reserved 2015 Elizabeth Petty
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Faithful 03:04
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So it’s on again, off again Up again, down again Time for coffee or time for booze A man I know can’t stand to lose Chorus: And cathedral bells chime all through Hell Cathedral bells chime all through Hell So it’s walk again, crawl again Talk again, fall again There’s no treasure at the rainbow’s end We’ll still go treasure hunting again Chorus: And cathedral bells chime all through Hell Cathedral bells chime all through Hell Bridge: Neck and neck come two lone wrecks racing from heat to cold Forever seems far too long especially through x-ray specks Chorus: And cathedral bells All Rights 2015 Morten Maehre
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You’ve never been in Vegas and never in L.A., New York and Dallas are quite far away, and such a huge place is this world… Some tried and turned to ghosts, it’s easy to get lost, especially for a small town girl… (Chorus) Small town girl… what are you dreaming of, what is your plan? working day after day, meeting the same guys again, again, again… Small town girl… what are you dreaming of? Oh, small town girl… You have your own little life here and you have your friends, it’s at the next crossroads your small world ends, or at the ribbons of your curls This world is a baneful place, much evil, too much space, especially for a small town girl (Chorus) (Bridge) Since you were a teen you had the dream of becoming an actress or a beauty queen, but you’re still a small town girl… in a small town fast food shop… (Chorus) All Rights Reserved 2015 Arthur Rossi
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Letter Home 02:29
Those golden walls oh yes I still remember when I got off that crowded noisy bus and Uncle Wei in the doorway writing verses he never was in a hurry much His bicycle parked so carefully under the old persimmon tree and Auntie Min cooking up her lo Mein Oh I hunger for the smells of that old place This university life in the big city provides for me my every need I have friends and food and lots of entertainment and I contribute the things I know to the common good But there's an itch they cannot scratch here in my bones Something alive down in my very soul and that's the air of loveliness I remember going back to my olden golden home.

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The music composed as a part of February Album Writing Month. Also known as F.A.W.M.
Michael Karns: Keyboards, guitars, vocals, kazoo.

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released March 20, 2015

Lyrics ; Across That River - W. Griffith, You and Me - E. Petty,
Cathedral Bells - M. Maehre, Small Town Girl - A. Rossi

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is a songwriter, poet, and full-time musician living in North Texas.

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