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Aeolian Tower Lullaby
04:05
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Aeolian Tower Lullaby
Lyrics by Carol Lipnik, Music by Carol Lipnik and Tareke Ortiz
Which leaf will hold on?
Which leaf will let go?
When the frosty winds begin to blow
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
Oooooooooooooo oooooooooooo
Which hand will hold on?
Which hand will let go?
When the bullying winds begin to blow
When the wind blows
When the winds blow
Oooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo
And if I should ever let go of your hand
Wherever on earth will I land?
However on earth will I find you again?
If I let go
And the wind blows ooooooooooooooo
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Goddess of Imperfection
02:43
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Goddess Of Imperfection
Lyrics by Carol Lipnik, Music and Lyrics by Carol Lipnik and Tareke Ortiz
Goddess of Imperfection, come to me
Goddess of imperfection, damaged me
In my shattered hour
Incomplete me
And save me from perfection
Humble me
Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Goddess of Imperfection, comfort me
Goddess of imperfection, damaged me
Take my palm and wander through
The tangle of my veins
I sacrifice the best of me
For your holy stain
Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Goddess of Imperfection Damage me
Goddess of imperfection Destroy me
Goddess of imperfection Empty Me
Goddess of imperfection Shatter me
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Wildegeeses
03:51
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Wild Geeses by Michael Hurley
And now I see the wind
Blowin’ from the North West
I hear those honkers again
On their rambling quest
Over Lord’s Valley I roll like a ball
And in the wind I hear them call
Wild goose, loose goose, I count them all
Yonder steppin’ that ole light walkin’ wolf
Hungry as always
Long legs and long ears and tail
And a long long will
I had an old goose and I tried to keep her
But she awake and I the sleeper
She flew away, left me the weeper
But there ain’t no chill cold wind
Blowin’ through our love nest
Cause I feel your heartbeat again
In the wilderness
I had no goose and I tried to claim her
But it’s only in the wildness can you name her
And it’s only in the wildness can you tame her
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The Poacher
04:37
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THE POACHER Lyrics by David Cale, Music and Carol Lipnik
I climbed over a fence
Into a private property
In a clearing in the woodland
He was bending on one knee
I asked, “What are you doing?’
And he stared me in the eye
He was laying traps for rabbits
And a gun was by his side
He looked so rough and ragged
His shirt collar was all torn
I’d never felt such longing
For a boy before
We walked a ways together
To a broke down house he knew
In a deep part of the woods
Where no one ever ventured to
I never told a soul
I never told a soul
I never told a soul about
The poacher
I never told a soul
I never told a soul
I never told a soul about
The poacher
I was barely sixteen
He had just turned twenty-one
He was rough and he was tender
And I thought he was the one
I’d meet him after midnight
I would slip out of my room
I’d see him in the undergrowth
We’d kiss beneath the moon
I never told a soul
I never told a soul
I never told a soul about
The poacher
I never told a soul
I never told a soul
I never told a soul about
The poacher
One day he didn’t show up
I was broken and bereft
Wouldn’t leave my room for days
I thought that I’d been left
I read it in the papers
He’d been shot by accident
At Least that’s what the owner of the woodlands said
I had no-one to tell
I had no-one to tell
I had no-one to tell about
The poacher
I never told a soul
I never told a soul
I never told a soul about
The poacher
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Nonviolent Man
04:39
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Nonviolent Man by Matt Kanelos
Is it in you to love a nonviolent man
Domesticated, gonna fall right where I stand
The full moon is pulling the water off the land
Is it in you to love a nonviolent man
Time is broken, the killer's now a child
And the animal protects you in the wild
The chapel doors are open, will you take my broken hand
Is it in you to love a nonviolent man
You don't even have to hold me
You don't even have to smile
I just want you to watch me die
Will you stay here for a while
A universe, black hole in the sky
Something's gotta live, and something's gotta fly
I just want you to pull me in and crush me into sand
Is it in you to love a nonviolent man
You don't even have to say my name
You don't even have to feel
No need to understand if it's a lie or if it's real
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
You don't even have to say my name
You don't even have to feel
I don't care if you understand if it's a lie or if it's real
Is it in you to love a nonviolent man
Domesticated, gonna fall right where i stand
No need to worry if it's chaos or if it's planned
Is it in you to love a nonviolent man?
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6. |
Hope Street
04:42
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Hope Street by Carol Lipnik
I’m livin’ on Hope Street
The livin’ is slow
I’m hangin’ on Hope Street
I’ll never let go
Though sometimes I’m longing
To walk out that door
But when you’re on Hope Street
You always got more
I’m livin’ on Hope Street
All crowded with dreams
So lonely on Hope Street
Just aint what it seems
Cause maybe he loves me
Or maybe he don’t
But when you’re on Hope Street
You never say he won’t
And the wind goes
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Cause maybe he loves me
Or maybe he don’t
But when you’re on Hope Street
You never say he won’t
And the wind goes
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(Straight to the bone)
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(God, it’s cold -
It’s good to be home)
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7. |
A History Of Kisses
05:24
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A History Of Kisses Lyrics and Music by Carol Lipnik and David Cale
The ceremony of innocence has drowned,
Our dream is fading.
And time slows down.
And slowed down time passes so quickly
It all slows down,
The hits and misses,
All flow down into a history of kisses.
Heavy as a heavy heart,
Light as lit windows float in the dark.
Your strange blue door hides a room,
Of smoke and mirrors.
Your wild eyes, that warm shoulder,
Those soft lips,
I never could grow tired of.
What is real and what is fake?
What piece of you can I take?
When at night I lie awake,
and reach for love.
It all slows down,
The hits and misses,
All flow down to a history of kisses.
One love lives in L.A. now,
One love is who knows where,
One love moved his family to Florida,
I open my eyes and you’re still there.
It all slows down,
The hits and misses,
All flow down to a history of kisses.
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Ride On The Light Of The Moon
Lyrics by Carol Lipnik, Music by Carol Lipnik and Matt Kanelos
Ride on the light of the moon to the moon
And slide on the light of the light of the moon to the moon
Carbon and diamond, comet tail ribbons
Follow the fool with the nebula dog
To the cradle of the moon
To still the heart of a hungry ghost
To still the heart of a hungry ghost
And ride on the light of the light of the moon to the moon
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Love
05:57
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Love by Carol Lipnik
To be loved and to give love
To give love and to be loved
To need love and never receive love
To receive love and not need love
Who are you?
Where are you?
Who will you be?
Which side will you see?
When the hawk hunts the sparrow
In slumbering dreams of heavenly spice
A beast breathes fire
In and out
And in and out
And in and out
And in and out
Of your sleepy paradise
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Carol Lipnik New York, New York
Carol Lipnik’s voice is a thing of wonder, soaring across four octaves with remarkable fluidity, gently cradling listeners in its sublimely sustained tone. A poet of beauty, decay and desolation, Carol sets her lyrics in spare, harmonically rich soundscapes. Mythical imagery—the moon, crows, wolves, boats and journeys—evoke the eternal world of nature and hint at some past or future devastation. ... more
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