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The Trail of Us

by Katie Barbato

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1.
Grand Canyon 04:20
Grand Canyon Flights of birds in the naked air The rivers now run clear Voices crying in the depths of fear Echoes through the canyon What’s it worth now anyway? Open up your heart Slam the door airtight Sorrow in the waves Your beaches are now off limits The Grand Canyon closed today The Grand Canyon closed Abandon now your caravan What’s the matter with you anyway? Too tired to wake up And face the truth Carving trees into wood again Too lost in this space To see it’s only you The Grand Canyon closed today The Grand Canyon closed Abandon now your caravan Oooooh my love It doesn’t want to Doesn’t want to hang around The Grand Canyon closed today The Grand Canyon closed today Flights of birds in the naked air The rivers now run clear Voices crying in the depths of fear Echoes through the canyon Oooooh they are closing down this whole damn town.
2.
You left it up to me I watched you silently I told you I’d walk through rings of fire Ill burn and now I’m falling Down through the parts of me That won’t let me be I tell you I want the waves to crash I’ll watch them leave me standing Im blue on the inside Blue on the inside And I am blue On the inside Searching for you The wheel of fortune spins As justice rounds the bend Down through the heart of me Won’t let me stand and face it I’ll take a rest and dream I’ll watch you silently I’ll tell you I want the waves to break Into the harbour slowly Im blue on the inside Blue on the inside I’m blue on the inside Searching for you And I’m going nowhere As fast as I can And I’m going nowhere As fast as I can Blue on the inside Blue on the inside Rain falls from the sky Blue on the inside Take back your misery Take back the faults you freed And resolve to live Blue on the inside
3.
Embers 03:14
Show me I don’t wanna see it I just wanna feel it Deep inside my chest Tell me I don’t wanna hear it I just wanna keep it Underneath my breath All of this time I wished into the night As I take the fall Open my eyes To hide behind The best parts of it all These embers burn Into the light I am gone I’m so far gone Into the light I am gone I’m so far gone Time moves In and out of sequence I just keep on trying Keeping up the beat Laughter echoes Down the hallway All through the buildings That reside in me So what if I cry All those nights alone Straight into a wall Burning a path Through all the maps Of my entire soul These embers burn Into the light I’m so far gone
4.
Time is an Illusion From which you swim upstream Making your way against All you failed to leave behind One daydream at a time A slip and fall on down the line A book of poetry for you Written by me When I was half asleep One kiss goodnight before the dawn Waiting for me Are we all just half asleep? Afraid to awake to the potential of it all Elusive love she sings alone Time is an illusion Can’t you hear the distant call? A book of children’s rhymes A violin played out of time Can you feel love at all? Feel it all? A book of poetry for you Written by me When I was half asleep One kiss goodnight before the dawn Waiting for me Are we all just half asleep? Afraid to awake to the potential of it all Elusive love she sings alone Elusive love she sings alone Time is an illusion Waiting for me Elusive love she sings Alone
5.
Last Chance Heart A kiss held long to last A selfless smile a look a laugh A beach above your chorus The waves applaud in love The sound of the sea The sound of the snow The sound of sun in your car Sleeping with love, in the waking beams of a fading star You never know, you never know When they pass you by for the last time There’s no more on the way Was there something more to say? The perfect weight and angle of Shaking your father’s hand Reading a letter of kindness Unfolded again The sound of the sea The sound of the snow The sound of sun in your car Sleeping with love, in the waking beams of who you are The exhale punch of the day spent clock Leaving some web and its parking lot The cold corner store that’s making a stand in galaxies of sand Taking a breath, the universe of time All together, we sing entwined Beating our chest until the end… You never know, you never know When they pass you by for the last time There’s no more on the way Was there something more to say? When they come around no more In a pace passing notice You didn’t know they’re off the grid You never do until you did Taking a breath, the universe of time All together, we sing entwined Beating our chest until the end Of our last chance heart
6.
All My Fears are Done For💫 I can’t sit at the bar In the light alone Nothing finds me After the truth cut through my bones Some mistakes were stolen Some now are broken I don’t want to carry them with me Into the storm Into a life I have grown Take me backwards forwards Wrap me up in time No one knows I’ve been living On the edge of a lie I’ve been trying so hard I can almost feel the light Somewhere in my heart I know All my fears are done for All my fears are done for Shameless I am turning over Won’t you carve my name in the sky Well I’ve been hiding under The lost words left behind Wanna give it another try? Take me backwards forwards Wrap me up in time No one knows I’ve been living On the edge of a lie I’ve been trying so hard I can almost feel the light Somewhere in my heart I know All my fears are done for All my fears are done for All these tears in the morning I will let them drift away by the evening’s tide All those fears in the evening I’ll let them drift away by the morning light.
7.
Tightrope 05:16
What a tightrope I am on What a dark tunnel I’ve found When I wake up will I find? Endless water in blue skies I’ve made up mind Will you make up your’s this time? Don’t you want to love again? Could you learn to love again? As I, as I walk the line Straight into the fire Feels like I’m calling for you now With my head in the clouds I don’t want to come down I don’t ever want to Come down What a wonderful feeling To see your eyes in mine With the hopes of all this life To grow wild in this light I’ve made up mind Will you make up your’s this time? Don’t you want to love again? Could you learn to love again? Oh the valleys are low The peaks are so high Feels like I’m falling, falling Through the tricks of the mind And their petty disguises As I, as I walk the line Straight into the fire Feels like I’m calling for you now With my head in the clouds I don’t want to come down I don’t ever want to Come down I don’t ever want to Come down Come on and fall in love With all the hope youre given Come on and fall in love The time is yours to spend
8.
I’m all alone It’s just myself I run the show I dust the shelves A ship in a bottle baby Oh so it seems I’m the captain of my dreams dreams I’m the captain of my dreams I’ve got a dog, he’s my best friend We roam the earth and back round again Got a star lite projector baby And slippers on my feet I’m the captain of my dreams dreams I’m the captain of my dreams Free my mind from the prison I’ve been building all night long Breaking through the darkness to get to the other side of a happy song And when I find it I will sing out loud and strong It’s my love I’ve found Take the woods Get to know the trees Play with rocks Dirt on my knees Got a battery powered radio Cause I’m the star of my own show Ohhhh I’m the star of my own show. Every time I am all alone I'm never really on my own I will sing loud I will sing out strong It's the love I've found
9.
When January came to find me She took me by surprise She sure took my breath away As the pond turned over to ice Now the last of the light Haunts me as I sleep In my bed only opening my eyes To view the green holly tree Now broken and bent That was planted years ago By my old man But if a heart can be broken One hundred times and now again Well I’ll just let the pieces remain frozen Inside a winter with no end I let January in Now I am searching for one ray of sun To brighten this old room One gardener to tend to the bloom One bluebird calling To greet me when I rise And an open sky To learn how to fly But if a heart can be broken One hundred times and now again Well I’ll just let the pieces remain frozen Inside a winter with no end I’ll let January win I’ll let her win Let her win When she came to find me I’d been living in denial He loves me, he loves me not again One dried up Christmas flower And a paper wish I lit That I watched slip away in the wind
10.
Tell the morning sun it’s too early to wake I’ll take my tea in the afternoon Tell my heart it’s too strong to break I’ll lie in the bath until I’m through I start to see love everywhere I turn In the solace of my life I count the flowers in the garden Once again Then I kiss the springtime Goodbye Slip on a dress with nowhere to go Then I dance in circles round my room I start to feel love in every way I move In the solace of my life Count the daffodils upon the hill in bloom Then I kiss the springtime Goodbye Goodbye All the birds are singing out With the hopes of starting anew I just lie in the grass dreaming Of the day I can see you I wave to the postman as he is driving on by I put your letter in the mail Paint a picture Rearrange the kitchen drawers I think I’ll learn how to sail I play guitar until my fingers start to burn In the solace of this life I count the flowers in the garden once again Then I kiss the springtime goodbye
11.
Down to the water Past all the breakers Down to your demise I hear the band play Out of order And I don’t mind I don’t mind My eyes in cold water Rising in the sea A fated misfortune Chasing after me Go find your way Around the sun Trip on back until your friends With everyone Go find your way Last life Strong wind Blowing in the skies Songs drink poison Lips of wine Then I die I die My eyes in cold water Rising in the sea A fated misfortune Chasing after me It’s chasing after me Chasing after me Go find your way Around the sun We’ll trip on back until Your friends with everyone Go find your way Around the sun We’ll trip on back until Your friends with everyone
12.
A Song to Save Us If I could write a song That would save the world I’d sing it for you Then I sing it for me For all our friends And all our families For strangers that I hope to meet I’d hold their hands in mine And let them feel the life I lead I’d open up the doors of love And let it come pouring in For those in need If I could sing a song That would save the world I’d sing it for you Then I’d sing it for me If I could change the world Then we’d all belong You would see that I am you And you are me We are love We all just wanna be We’re all just friends We’re all just family We’re strangers that are longing to meet I’d hold your hands in mine And let you feel the life I lead I’d open up the doors of love And let it come pouring in For those in need If I could sing a song That would save the world I’d sing it for you Then sing it for me I would sing a song for peace To heal the scars of all the hearts Of anyone left out in the dark For my sisters Who have been broken down For my brothers who are lost May you be found I’d hold your hands in mine And let you feel the life I lead I’d open up the doors of love And let it come pouring in For those in need If I could sing a song That would save the world I’d sing it for you Then sing it for me
13.
What’s Wrong with the World I took the bridge To the edge of the world Then I sat there and waited for you I wrote you a song Cause my hope is not gone That someday I will sing it with you I’ll take the time And I’ll wait on the line I’m a fool left alone in the dark Cause life doesn’t mean that much to me Without you there’s nowhere to start I don’t know where to start What’s wrong with the world When a man can’t love a woman back You try to escape all his wonderful ways And there’s nothing you can do about that You’re tied to the days And you can’t stop the chase From your mind he will not depart Cause you built him a home And places to roam In the real estate of your heart So I wish every night Upon the stars in the sky That maybe you could hear me somehow And if I tried hard enough And I didn’t give up That someday you might come around Won’t you come around? What’s wrong with the world When a man can’t love a woman back You try to escape all his wonderful ways And there’s nothing you can do about that You’re tied to the days And you can’t stop the chase From your mind he will not depart Cause you built him a home And places to roam In the real estate of your heart On a good day I can feel you coming through On a bad day it all disappears Won’t you come here? What’s wrong with the world When a man can’t love a woman back You try to escape all his wonderful ways And there’s nothing you can do about that You’re tied to the days And you can’t stop the chase From your mind he will not depart Cause you built him a home And places to roam In the real estate of your heart
14.
Dreamcatcher 05:46
Dream Catcher Woke up today Just had to face the rain Hoping that you would Say my name Somewhere along the way I’ve forgotten how to dream Now I am just biding time Breaking hearts for free Won’t you make the call? I’ll ride the waves so gently Cause I a strong I am love I’ll break the fall I’ll ride the waves so gently Cause I am strong I am love So let me tell you These words ring true I cannot help it I just love you Now I am weightless Suspended in the sky Watching the sunrise In the corners of my eyes Won’t you make the call? I’ll ride the waves so gently Cause I am strong I am love I’ll break the fall I’ll ride the waves so gently Cause I am strong I am love So let me tell you I don’t like to pretend Break down those walls you built And learn to live again Cause in the end The lies you employ Stifle the air And eat up all the joy Won’t you come find me here

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released April 26, 2022

All songs written by Katie Barbato ASCAP except
"Last Chance Heart" written by Brett William Kull BMI
"Blue On the Inside"
"Time Is an Illusion"
"Tightrope"
"January Came to Find Me"
"Dreamcatcher" written by Katie Barbato and Brett William Kull

Engineered, produced, and mixed by Brett William Kull
Recorded at Chateau Furnace and Catapult Sound 2020-2021
Mastered by Kimberly Rosen at Knack Mastering

Artwork by Brett William Kull

Musicians

Katie Barbato- vocals, guitar, piano
Brett William Kull- backing vocals, guitars, bass, piano, keys, percussion, glockenspiel
Jeremy Beck- backing vocals and piano
Jordan Perlson- drums
Michael Ronstadt- cello

Thank you to Bill and Jason at Catapult Sound.

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Katie Barbato Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Katie Barbato is an alternative folk singer songwriter based out of Bryn Mawr, PA. She is a 3 time International Songwriting Contest finalist and a regularly featured artist on WXPN 88.5FM. Katie has shared the stage with Lucy Wainwright Roche, Rise Twain, Darlingside, and Shawn Mullins. Barbato currently writes for television and film. Her songs have been featured internationally on tv & Netflix. ... more

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