1. |
Grand Canyon
04:20
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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.
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2. |
Blue On the Inside
04:13
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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
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3. |
Embers
03:14
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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
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4. |
Time Is an Illusion
05:10
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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
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5. |
Last Chance Heart
02:51
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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
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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.
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7. |
Tightrope
05:16
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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
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8. |
Captain of My Dreams
04:04
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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
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9. |
January Came To Find Me
03:35
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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
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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
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11. |
Down To the Water
04:14
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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
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12. |
A Song To Save Us
03:57
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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
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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
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14. |
Dreamcatcher
05:46
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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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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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