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Get up in the early light, let’s sneak downstairs
While both of our boys are still in bed.
The hours are ours again, like way back when
Oh and the world sits still awhile.
Put on the coffee, let’s go back in time
Back when we first woke side by side.
You held me so close to you, yeah we both knew
Oh how the world sits still awhile.
When we start again
Go sweet, go slow.
When we start again, be kind.
Don’t forget the heart's what’s keeping time.
Oh while the world sits still awhile.
Remember the days before the boys got big
Rocking them chest to chest to sleep
All of the city lights, those sleepless nights
Oh how the world sits still awhile.
Remember the farm, you wore that dress you made,
All of the back porch thunderstorms
Or the morning in July and the western sky
Oh and the world sits still a while
When we start again
Go sweet, go slow
When we start again be kind
Don’t forget our hearts are keeping time
Oh while the world sits still awhile
There are some things that I don’t want to lose
When all of the engines turn back on.
How all of the colors shine, in your eyes and mine
Oh while the world sits still awhile
Yeah time is a racehorse when you’re looking back
I hear the boys now on the stairs
All of the love we made, the love we gave
Yeah it makes the world sit still awhile.
Let’s let the world sit still awhile.
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Violet Baudelaire
03:26
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Oh to be in the heart of the land when the sign comes from above.
Oh to see in the heart of a man, when he gathers all he loves,
When he gathers all he love.
What’s the game if we all will lose, tell me what have we turned into?
And would you change if you had to choose
If the hardest parts come true,
when the hardest parts come true?
Has the world gone crazy or just weary of us?
Has the world gone crazy or just weary of us?
We’ve lost your trust.
Please don’t give up.
Please don’t give…
Oh to be with Violet Baudelaire before the smoke rose and filled the sky.
Oh to tie a ribbon in her hair, tell her all will be just fine.
Oh to find a castle in the air, hold her trembling hand in mine,
Hold her trembling hand in mine,
Hold your trembling hand in mine
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Stars and Rain
02:38
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All of your heart is made of sky and earth and stars and rain.
All of my heart is made of sky and earth and stars and rain.
Don’t be afraid of the world.
It still shines and it still twirls.
Don’t be scared.
See how the sun’s sure to rise,
And the whole world comes alive.
Don’t be scared.
All of our hearts are made of sky and earth and stars and rain.
See how the trees hold their ground,
And they spread their shade around.
Don’t be scared.
Hear how the birds fill the air.
They’re still singing without a care.
Don’t be scared
Cause all of our hearts are made of sky and earth and stars and rain.
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The city is silent like a ghost on the cobblestones.
Even the church bells do not ring.
The winds they are blowing off the coast down the alleyways,
Sweeping beside the shuttered doors.
Oh quiet world, maybe now we’ll know what we really need.
I need to know you’re fine.
I couldn’t see it all before.
We couldn’t see we wanted more.
After it all may we not be the same.
Yeah when we come back may we come back changed.
Let us be washed in the pouring rain.
Now all we want to know is when
This too shall pass,
And when we can be who we used to be.
Cause we don’t know how to bow or bend
Until things really get bad.
Maybe it’s time at last.
I couldn’t see it all before.
We couldn’t see we wanted more.
After it all may we not be the same.
Yeah when we come back may we come back changed.
Let us be washed in the pouring rain.
Last night the moon rose over balconies
All silver and wise.
Ever the quiet face of change.
If we can get through this then maybe
We can get through it all.
Give us another chance.
I couldn’t see it all before.
We couldn’t see we wanted more
After it all may we not be the same.
Yeah when we come back may we come back changed.
Let us be washed in the pouring rain.
Oh quiet world, maybe we can change.
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Gonna Win the War
03:32
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Gonna win the war
Gonna hold it down
We’re coming back for sure
Gonna win this war
It’s just a waiting game
It is not the end
And no one is to blame
It’s just a waiting game
Oh, Child we’ll be fine. Don’t be worried.
I’ll hold you tonight in my arms
I know that it’s hard.
I know that you’re scared.
Alone can feel so dark.
I know that it’s hard.
The enemy’s unseen.
It’s different from before.
We keep the space between
The enemy unseen.
Oh, Child we’ll be fine. Don’t be worried.
I’ll hold you tonight in my arms.
Oh, momma I’m fine. Don’t be worried
I’ll hold you tonight in my mind.
Gonna win the war.
Gonna hold it down.
We’re coming back for sure.
Gonna win the war.
Spring is coming soon.
It slips inside the walls.
It’s bigger than these rooms.
Spring is coming soon.
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The Tightrope
03:24
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Walking on a tightrope
And I know the winds blow hard.
Worrying a wrong step
could make you fall so far.
Trying to keep your head straight.
Trying to hold back fear.
Feeling all alone there,
Like you might just disappear.
Don’t be so hard on yourself.
Don’t be so hard.
And who do you lean on
When all that you thought you knew
Starts to recede now
Starts to just fade from view?
Yeah what do we heed now
when everything has to wait
And what to believe now
When maybe you lost your faith?
Don’t be so hard on yourself
Don’t be so hard
I know you’re scared that you might fall.
We’re only human after all,
And all of us now we feel so small.
If only we had a cannonball to fire.
You’re walking on a tightrope.
Well, maybe I’m walking, too.
Try to be brave now
There’s nothing more we can do.
Baby come down now.
You know that I’m just like you.
We can be stronger
believing all that’s still true.
Don’t be so hard on yourself.
Don’t be so hard.
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Let the Light Back In
01:44
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May every step remind us that our life’s a wonder.
Oh heart of mine let the light back in. Let it shine.
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Lost in Madrid
04:00
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The plaza is empty now.
I’m lost in Madrid.
The fountains don’t flow.
Footsteps don’t sound.
Drinks do not pour
When no one’s around.
And I’m on a platform now.
I wait for your train.
But I know it won’t come.
The whole world’s delayed.
There’s dust on the tracks,
and you’re miles away
So sing with me now.
Let’s pretend you’re lying in my arms once more.
Don’t be afraid.
Shadows pass, and we’ll be back again, I know.
Time’s like a stubborn child
Refuses to budge
I beg it to race
it stomps on the floor
It drags both its heels
Deadbolts the door
So sing with me now.
Let’s pretend you’re lying in my arms once more.
Don’t be afraid.
Shadows pass, and we’ll be back again, I know.
It’s four in the afternoon.
But what is this day?
I’d shatter the glass.
I’d run the red roofs.
I’d break down the walls
To get back to you.
So sing with me now.
Let’s pretend you’re lying in my arms once more.
Don’t be afraid.
Shadows pass, and we’ll be back again, I know.
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Mi Shebeirach
02:49
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David Berkeley Santa Fe, New Mexico
The San Francisco Chronicle calls Santa Fe-based songwriter and author David Berkeley a “musical poet,” and the New York Times praises his “lustrous, melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake.” He was a guest on This American Life, and has released 7 studio albums and 2 books. He is also half of the wildly creative Trans-Atlantic costumed duo Son of Town Hall. ... more
David Berkeley recommends:
Tigers of the New England Forest
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Music from the Vermont woods. Earthy. Lush. Heartbreaking.
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The Adventures of Sons of Town Hall
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Harmony on the high seas by two quite dashing gentlemen.
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