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How are you?
I hope you're well.
I've seen the news and I can't tell...
Remember back three weeks ago?
We were riding high and didn't know
what was to come, and now we're here...
and it's been 84 years...
Don't tell my friends I miss them, we haven't played in so long
Don't tell my friends I miss them, we're staying home...
I miss the ways your smiles fade when I don't play the right notes
Or when I stop
and I don't tell you when we should
go
Don't tell my friends I miss them, that's why I wrote this tune
Don't tell my friends I miss them, I'll see them soon....
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2. |
Funky Roses
03:50
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Don't say that I misheard when I heard you say you missed her
Don't you wish your- was bigger?
Gaslight me I figured, since you lit her then assured me that her literature's a story...
Saying you were the villain, and she was the queen
but you couldn't provide her the love that she needed
and I said "yeah, that sounded like a good reason?
But you said, I heard you say,
"Oh no she's crazy!"
Well, I don't want your funky roses.
Your words don't mean nothin' now.
I don't need those to know
I'm worth it.
You should stop hanging laundry on the line
it's been dirty for some time I can tell.
Because people talk, it's been a little while
and you still can't seem to hide that smell.
Saying you were the villain, and she was the queen
but you couldn't provide her the love that she needed
and I said "yeah, that sounded like a good reason?
But you said, I heard you say,
"Oh no she's crazy!"
Well, I don't want your funky roses.
Your words don't mean nothin' now.
I don't need those to know
I'm worth it.
Saying you were the villain, and she was the queen
but you couldn't provide her the love that she needed
and I said "yeah, that sounded like a good reason?
But you said, I heard you say,
"Oh no she's crazy!"
Well, I don't want your funky roses.
Your words don't mean nothin' now.
I don't need those to know
I'm worth it.
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Mirror
02:39
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Oh I heard tell, long ago
Darlin' you are sweet but
you can't be no prettier
than
the one you meet in the mirror
early
in the morning.
So
Wake up deciding you're amazing
Go and chase the things that you think are worth chasing
Don't let anyone say
you're wrong when you've found your way
And don't try so hard
to be something you're not.
You've got to recognize yourself
Even in the dark
In the dark
Take your time
Remember to smile
Walk like you don't know where you're going
Remember to cry
for the good things in life
they need water to keep right on growing
Darlin' you know you're as pretty as the one in the mirror
Though you may be kind to your neighbor
Be sure to try to bring that same smile to strangers
so no matter where you may go
the whole world reminds you of home.
And don't try so hard
to be something you're not.
You've got to recognize yourself
Even in the dark
In the dark
Take your time
Remember to smile
Walk like you don't know where you're going
Remember to cry
for the good things in life
they need water to keep right on growing
Darlin' you know you're as pretty as the one in the mirror
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4. |
Apple Tree
03:53
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You know what wars against my soul
It's not the darkness in this world
It's to see an empty hole
where seeds weren't sown
so they won't grow.
Though I've seen you with your light
I can't find you tonight
You've gone to run and hide
though you know they won't win this fight
So I pray
Oh I pray
Let me be an Apple Tree
sown from that good 'ol apple seed.
so you can take what you need
Take every part of me
And go fill up all those holes
with all those wanderin' souls...
So you know my father
Tell me
Do you know him well?
You're throwin' stones they're stumblin'
there are no crowns to condemn
those who fell
So you know my father?
Tell me, which is worse?
That you've got the living water though you know they thirst?
So I pray
Oh I pray
Let me be an Apple Tree
sown from that good 'ol apple seed.
so you can take what you need
Take every part of me
And go fill up all those holes
with all those wanderin' souls...
If you've got the light won't you let it shine
If you've got the light won't you let it shine
If you've got the light why is it so damn dark tonight?
Let me be an Apple Tree
sown from that good 'ol apple seed.
so you can take what you need
Take every part of me
And go fill up all those holes
with all those wanderin' souls...
If you've got the light won't you let it shine
If you've got the light won't you let it shine?
If you ain't got no light
take mine.
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Diamonds
02:42
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Trying to make diamonds but I ain't got no microwave
and all of my pencils were stolen in the first grade
and I
I wanna make my own.
Then I was 20 and he loved me so
he said should I buy a ring?
and I said no
because I wanna make my own\
Some of y'all said
I was cruel
I shouldn't have strung him along
but I knew
I was my own
diamond maker
all along.
Strung along such lovely pearls
Oh lucky girl.
Clock strikes one, time is up
oh lonely girl
But I found love
staring back at me from the clock face
I've got time to see
if it's love or it's all a waste
Trying to make time
but I ain't got the hands.
Secondly I'm only 16, I'm only 50, I'm only 30, I'm only 23....
Some of y'all said
I was cruel
I shouldn't have strung him along
but I knew
I was my own
diamond maker
all along.
Strung along such lovely pearls
Oh lucky girl.
Clock strikes one, time is up
oh lonely girl
But I found love
staring back at me from the clock face
I've got time to see
if it's love or it's all a waste
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6. |
Stupid Love
03:53
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So you found a new girl?
Ain't that cute.
She don't love you like I did,
like I do.
You got me caught in your world of make believe
first you make me love you
then you make me leave.
And I know, I know...
Did she ask you any questions?
Did you tell her all those lies?
You know, the one's you used to tell me
about the rest of our lives
Did you happen to mention,
when she asked you why,
you never spoke my name
since the day we said goodbye?
And I know
I know
Ain't nobody need your stupid love
ain't nobody need your perfect love
Saying my words were too much
Other times
too few
Saying my love was never enough
well F -sharp you.
Did I get complicated there?
Unable to relate? I swear
I can be as free as I please
F your locks I'll change the key
Ain't nobody need your stupid love
Ain't nobody need your perfect love
Did she ask you any questions?
Did you tell her all those lies?
You know, the one's you used to tell me
about the rest of our lives
And I know
I know
Ain't nobody need your stupid love
ain't nobody need your perfect love
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7. |
Snowflake
03:40
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I'm like a snowflake
melting in your palm
as I'm falling in your arms
I'll melt too fast
and you'll blame it all on me
though it's not my fault
You chased me down
like a child in the night
gone to chase those silly lights in the sky
You still think you can hold onto the wind
by keeping a clenched fist
that's not true
but here's what is
It wasn't wrong to let you love me
Just to let you hold me a little too long
and I fell too fast
It wasn't wrong to let you catch me
just to let myself fall a little too far
Your world of valleys,
rivers 'round the bend,
thistles in my hand.
You caught my hopes
with mountains and new lands,
flowers at the end.
Found your inscriptions
in a book from way back when
for whom your love was meant..
they all begin
Dear Marie...
It wasn't wrong to let you love me
Just to let you hold me a little too long
and I fell too fast
It wasn't wrong to let you catch me
just to let myself fall a little too far
If you'll let me go
spare me of your pain
I'll forget I ever knew your name
Be as cold as snow
stay far from your flame
Or I may have to be the rain...
It wasn't wrong to let you love me
Just to let you hold me a little too long
and I fell too fast
It wasn't wrong to let you catch me
just to let myself fall a little too far
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8. |
Sit Awhile
04:23
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Turns out I didn't need you
like I thought I did
Still,
I don't think it would hurt one bit
If you'd come and sit awhile with me.
You left
I thought my sky might come on down
Turns out
the sun still rises when you're not around.
Guess I didn't need you like I thought I did.
Oh I know you've got your world to spin
And I know you've got young hearts to win
still I don't think it would hurt one bit
if you'd come and sit awhile with me
You left
I thought my sky might come on down
Turns out
the sun still rises when you're not around.
Guess I didn't need you like I thought I did.
Oh I know you've got your world to spin
And I know you've got young hearts to win
still I don't think it would hurt one bit
if you'd come and sit awhile with me
You'll come around I'll say I'm doin' just fine
You'll say "good to hear it's been some time".
The road's been long, the lessons hard,
You'll I was playin' spades in your game of hearts
I'll smile and hide the pain shake my head and say what a shame
It turns out I didn't need you like I thought I did.
Oh I know you've got your world to spin
And I know you've got young hearts to win
still I don't think it would hurt one bit
if you'd come and sit awhile with me
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9. |
Son of a Gun
02:42
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I don't like the way you talk
I don't like the way you think
I don't want to know your name
Sonny get away from me.
Whiskey's in the kettle, the tea's on the stove
Scotch is in the glass, the day's grown old.
I need a sip of gin and a heavy brew
A son of a gun to take me 'round the room.
Spinnin' round 'round 'round 'round' round 'round 'round
Spinnin' round 'round 'round 'round' round 'round 'round
Fox is in the barrel and the hound's in the ground
Gotta' smoke 'em out but the fire's been bound
I've gotta' frying pan and a scrambled man
three bottles in and he takes my hand...
Spinnin' round 'round 'round 'round' round 'round 'round
Spinnin' round 'round 'round 'round' round 'round 'round
Fire grows
burning in your eyes
your deaf to my soft replies
Honey coats your heavy tongue
mumblin' love that's so wrong
Spinnin' round 'round 'round 'round' round 'round 'round
Spinnin' round 'round 'round 'round' round 'round 'round
Spinnin' round 'round 'round 'round' round 'round 'round
Spinnin' round 'round 'round 'round' round 'round 'round
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Lulu The Giant Savannah, Georgia
Lulu the Giant is based in Savannah, GA.
A mix of new folk blues and roots music.
Writer and composer Rachael Shaner
leads the band on upright bass and lead vocals.
October 26th,2021
"Don't Tell My Friends (I Miss Them)"
Lulu the Giant hosts THE UNDERGO an all local, free music festival twice a year.
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