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Dressed In All the Wonder of the Garden That We Left

by Jess Smart Smiley

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1.
You Bring Me Back (free) 03:27
I fell apart yesterday, just before I caught your smilin' face and I was just a little late I knew that I might have to wait for you you bring me back I'm stompin' like a hurricane I don't know when I'll be back again It's never been like this before now I know that when it rains it pours I'm feelin' like my world's a flame the light is gone but the heat remains You bring me back Hold me, but know I don't want to be held, hold me, you're the only one I tell You bring me back I read a book that promised me fresh new eyes that I might see
2.
Cold Desire 03:54
You think that you’re gonna drop, you feel like you’ve gotta stop It’s cold desire You wanna change your will, your heart beats but you’re still It’s cold desire From a flame to a flower It’s cold desire You feelin’ such a rush, the hand’s gone from the touch It’s cold desire It’s drums and it’s heat and the sun, you can’t sleep when it’s warm But it’s cold desire It’s cold desire, when your mind’s made up, but your heart keeps beatin’ It’s cold desire, when you got what you want but you keep on needin’
3.
Heat Wave 05:36
Summer, it’s like Summer Though it’s winter I feel Summer all the time When you’re near Awful, I feel awful The pain is gone, but the bandages remain They’ll fall off in the lake It’s a cryin’ shame, the mess we made I wouldn’t blame, oh no Heat wave, you rode a heat wave Though it’s snowing now a heat wave brought you here Then you disappeared.
4.
Caught myself at the River's edge I'm never goin' back to that place again no more! Never goin' back no more! You can count on me to count me out for sure! I told you once, I told you twice, I'm never goin' back, never mind how mice no more! Never goin' back no more! You can count on me to count me out for sure! And I'm never goin' back no more! Dirty feet, muddy toes, dirty all over, everybody knows no more I'm never goin' back no more! I whisper it soft, holler out loud, I'm tellin' everybody in the whole, wide world no more! I'm never goin' back no more! Moses crossed a river, he put out his hand, and you might look like water, you're just dry land I put away my tackle, threw out my line, got me some shorts and sunshine, yeah! I never see shores, not even a dock, I keep my water inside a rock for sure! I'm never goin' back no more! You can count on me to count me out for sure and I'm never goin' back no more!
5.
Weight 04:52
Put X's on my eyelids put a hook through my nose you say I'm just excited I know I'm toast. The pain is all around me I'm buried alive the things you think when drowning I've changed my mind One hand holds a feather and the other a weight and they land at the same time, but in different ways you're gonna hold on One hand holds a feather and the other a weight and they land at the same time, but in different ways you better let go
6.
Holy Road 05:34
I took a walk just yesterday down the bridge of time I got swallowed up in memories I didn't know were mine and it felt like my whole childhood was right before my eyes it was my whole ancestral line between the river and the skies Oh Holy Road! I feel you at my side Oh, silver shine! It's time I took that ride Well, you shook a stick and shuffled feet and made a circle in the sand and you brought us something we could eat and you put it in my hand it was the time when we were swallowed by the forest and the stones we took the respiratory desert and we put it in our bones It was the wind that took my sails when my business had run dry it took the airport in the clouds to make this old airplane fly it was disease that fueled the river where my body took a dive it was the bees that gave me honey and they brought me back to life You were dressed in all the wonder of the garden that we left and our skin became the green of grass of fields and hills we wrecked and it might take up our whole lifetime to fix what we left out but it's a lifetime that's worth living now that we've got things to live about Your Reaching Hand! Your Shakin' Tree! The House Where We Grew Up! The Legs Below Our Knees! The Heart That Beats The Time! The Mountains That Were Born! That Fabric of Our Mind! The Glory of the Poor! The Light Within the Sun! The Mystery of Moon! The Work That Must be Done! Your Empty Tomb!
7.
Every Day 04:36
Every day, things are getting’ better Every way, I feel it more than ever This I know is true I see it in you All my pain, it’s getting’ lighter All my days, it seems they’re getting’ brighter This I know is true, I see it in you All my love, it’s getting’ stronger I wanna love just a little bit longer It’s all I wanna do, And get a little closer, too, This I know is true, I see it in you Pain, go far away now, push that pain away now
8.
Trickle 04:07
There's a trickle in my bloodstream it's where my mind will wander when it's wont There's a crack in every mountain and beds of water sleep to dream and dry There's a circle turning 'round me it's softening the edges that I keep
9.
You’ve got a way about you And I think that it’s hidden in your eyes You’ve got a way about you Like the stars tucked into the sky This might be the last I see you You’ve got a way about you And I feel like it’s hiding in your smile, You’ve got a way about you And it’s making all this trouble worthwhile If I’m wrong, I’m not gonna stay If I’m wrong, I’m leavin’ today That’s a road that I know and I won’t go You’ve got a way about you And it just might be hiding in your heart You’ve got a way about you But it’s keeping us apart This I know, and it hurts The way your actions match your words You’ve got a way about you And it’s gotten under my skin You’ve got a way about you But it’s getting pretty thin You never wanna see me again I never wanna feel the same I never wanna feel this way
10.
In The End 04:36
When all is said and all is done You’ll see I’m the only one The light from which we hid Gave all the pain we’ll live From now on There’s a lie that can’t be told And I’ll learn it when I’m old If I can stop the break And if it’s not too late For me to change We’re all in love, or we’re alone 100 years is enough to find out 100 years is enough In the end, when it’s just us We’ll throw out all our stuff See what we’re both made of We’ll take apart our blood In search of love All the stars are made to shine and when we’re dark they’re kind they twinkle and they glow with all the things they know and we’ll be fine We’re all in love, or we’re alone 100 years is enough to find out 100 years is enough

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released March 1, 2011

All songs written and recorded by Jess Smart Smiley.

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