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London 1969
03:50
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London 1969 – Emily Triggs / Caroline Conolly
You’ll never forget this
landing on the moon
The way the earth fell away
while we stood in the room
Our eyes as big as stars
as you took steps of faith
We all left the pool to watch
the interstellar race
As I watched you
leaping for mankind
he said you’ll never forget this
you’ll never forget this
And I love you
leaping for mankind
I know I’ll never forget this
London 1969
You floated for days and days
you floated to the stars
Our eyes were yours we shared your gaze
Jupiter and Mars
Do you think you’ll miss her?
Could she change your mind?
If you had the chance to stay
would you leave us all behind?
Would you kick the boosters off
and drain the rocket fuel
Flip the bird to planet earth
while we stare up at you?
As I watched you
leaping for mankind
he said you’ll never forget this
you’ll never forget this
And I loved you
leaping for mankind
I know I’ll never forget this
London 1969
London 1969
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2. |
America
03:26
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America - Emily Triggs
You got the brave and strong
Colorado long
Smoky eastern skies
The Brooklyn Bridge
You got my friends and their kids
I miss you more each time we talk
The Northern Lights
Prairies big and wide
Redwoods in the west
Seattle and Cali
Where I visit my family
A place I’d love to live one day
I love you America
Your stars shining in the sky
You hold the sweetest gifts for me
Ones I can’t live without
Say you’ll keep them safe and free
I’m too far away
to help you hold the weight
You’ve got the Ozarks and their toys
Oklahoma boys
Smokey mountains too
West Virginia hills
Those hollers and those stills
We drove across those creek beds once
Minnesota candied skies
The Carolina’s
beaches and the dunes
Where we swam in the waves
with Chad, Adam and the Daves
Brothers on our college spring break
I love you America
Your stars shining in the sky
You hold the sweetest gifts for me
Ones I can’t live without
Say you’ll keep them safe and free
I’m too far away
to help you hold the weight
New York streets are calling me
Those Pittsburgh nights felt like home
Watching from here we all can see
The commoners carry the load
I love you America
Your stars shining in the sky
You hold the sweetest gifts for me
Ones I can’t live without
Say you’ll keep them safe and free
I’m too far away
To help you hold the weight
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3. |
The Walls
03:06
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The Walls – Emily Triggs
You call me an angel now
but you treat me like a ghost
We could live in this town
if you could stomach all the noise
You’re living just for show
as you’re grinding down the rough
When the wheels are turning slow
and it’s just too tough
You know that we could make this right
if you just came home tonight
We got a lot to do since the walls came down
The war is coming on
as we save the universe
The crows will take the crops
we just have to get there first
When things aren’t making any sense
your faults will show the road
You think the spotlight shines on me
You take the lead role
You know that we could make this right
if you just came home tonight
We got a lot to do since the walls came down
You say the world’s gone bad
It’s the past that makes you wrong
Ah it’s all so wrong, and it’s all coming down
You know that we could make this right
if you just came home tonight
We got a lot to do since the walls came down
came down, came down, came down
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4. |
Flower Skirt Pretty
03:07
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Flower Skirt Pretty – Carveor Triggs
I got string in my pocket
It holds things I forget
Deep down digging sometimes gets to me
My wallet is soaking wet
The screeching rises like a chain
Throw it in with a clang and a bang
She knew she was flower skirt pretty at night
On the bus ears are all sharpened
The cracked cement sky is a tomb
Christmas rushes washing dishes
Wrinkled eyes for the bride and groom
She hardly spoke any English
But they got along alright
He knew she was flower skirt pretty at night
He tries not to be a cynic
Knows there’s nothing funny in it
Deadwood submarines under bridges
Sunglasses for nine ninety-nine
The prices all have gone up
They’ll sleep on the river bank
Who would see she was flower skirt pretty at night
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5. |
Sister Summer
02:55
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Sister Summer – Emily Triggs
Did someone tell you sister
that I’ll be leaving soon
The warm dark hands are reaching out
and I’ll be going home
You can tell our father
I’ll bring him his long tan pipe
I’ll wrap myself into his arms
and I’ll feel his warmth again
I’ve been missing you
since last I heard your voice
I knew that you were busy
and time gave you no choice
I’ve been missing you
We both know I still am
My love it never waned for you, Diane
You can tell the summer
I don’t need her to come back
I love the winter endlessly
I’ve embraced its darkest hours
You can tell the rivers
not to let go of the ice
I see the water rush underneath
my feet from where I stand
Depuis la dernier fois
Tu me manque toujour
Je savais que tu etais occupée
Le temp devenue trop court
Depuis la dernier fois
Tu me manque toujour
Mon amour reste fidèle pour toi, Diane
I’ve been missing you
We both know I still am
My love it never waned for you
My love it never waned for you
My love it never waned for you, Diane
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6. |
Beautiful August
02:34
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Beautiful August – Emily Triggs
You open the kitchen drawer
like so many times before
Something makes you feel so far away
The trees are bowing down
peaches, cherries abound
I don’t want to end these barefoot days
Beautiful August
I don’t want to let you go
I’ll keep holding on
until summers gone
September winds start to blow
We’ll visit about our quieter days
laugh about our crazy ways
All we won and all we never knew
Tourists all disappear
Lonely streets as I stay here
No surprise that I’m left without you
Beautiful August
I don’t want to let you go
I’ll keep holding on
until summers gone
September winds start to blow
I will come and sit with you
we’ll talk like we used to do
Beautiful August
I don’t want to let you go
I’ll keep holding on
until summers gone
September winds start to blow
Beautiful August
I never want to let you go
I’ll keep holding on
until summers gone
September winds start to blow
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7. |
Summer In Nevada
03:36
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Summer In Nevada – Emily Triggs
They’re digging today in Area 51
under the sun
All the things we don’t know
and never will
are underground
The rockets of shame
they blew them away
in 1956
They flew to the sun
in front of everyone
Oh, it’s summer in Nevada
N2S2, here we go
They’re gonna drop the bomb
N2S2, here we go
Oh, it’s summer in Nevada
There’s a space that they made for men in green
to run in between
They turn night into day
a planet X Ray
UV extreme
The fortunate ones
they watch from their rooms
cocktails and orange plumes
It lifts off the sky
the ashes fly by
Oh, it’s summer in Nevada
N2S2, here we go
They’re gonna drop the bomb
N2S2, here we go
Oh, it’s summer in Nevada
The men up at front
The atomic ones
To see how bad that it could be
Can’t tell what they’ve seen
It lives in their dreams
The command is far, the command is far away
N2S2, here we go
They’re gonna drop the bomb
N2S2, here we go
Oh, it’s summer in Nevada
N2S2, here we go
They’re gonna drop the bomb
N2S2, here we go
Oh, it’s summer in Nevada
Oh, it’s summer in Nevada
Oh, it’s summer in Nevada
Oh, it’s summer in Nevada
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8. |
Ask The Birds
03:33
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Ask The Birds – Emily Triggs
Won’t you say the words that I never heard
that I never heard from you
Won’t you speak to me in that soft southern way
and tell me how you feel
When the wind blows steady to the north
and I don’t hear your call
I will ask the birds if you might have forgotten
If they know where you are
Won’t you take my hand like you’ve done before
like a soldier brave and tall
Won’t you reach for me in that strong southern way
and show me how you feel
When the wind stops blowing to the north
and I never hear your voice
I will ask the birds if you might have forgotten
To tell me if you’re still with her
The hardest road that I’ve ever toiled
is empty as it is long
I have no clue as to where it leads
or what I’ll lose when I am gone
So I’ll stare out as it stretches on
and I’ll hold, I’ll hold a hope in hell
I will ask the birds if you might have forgotten
and to show you where I am
I will ask the birds
if you might have forgotten
If you might have forgotten
If you might have forgotten
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9. |
Rough In The Ring
02:44
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Rough In The Ring – Emily Triggs
You could use a hero now
to get you through this mess somehow
Oh, oh
When the sky comes crashing down
You’re eating dirt, and you’re on the ground
Brace yourself, there’s one thing I know
they’re gonna hit you hard, hit you low
This world’s not made for Kings and Queens
It gets rough in the ring
You got a sense of justice they don’t understand
I’m going to teach you how to throw your hands
Oh, oh
When the ticket sales light up the gate
You’ll show them how you punch above your weight
Brace yourself, there’s one thing I know
they’re gonna hit you hard, they’ll hit low
This world’s not made for Kings and Queens
It gets rough in the ring
I will keep the home fires burning for you
Just remember who you are
You know who you are
You be first when they ring the bell
It’s your house go give them hell
Oh, oh
When the deal goes bad and they cross the line
I’ll be your cut man anytime
Brace yourself, there’s one thing I know
they’re gonna hit you hard, they’ll hit low
This world’s not made for Kings and Queens
It gets rough in the ring
Brace yourself, I gotta let you know
they’re gonna come in hard, they’ll come in low
In this this world you gotta duck and swing
It gets rough in the ring
It gets rough in the ring
It gets rough in the ring
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10. |
I Know
03:13
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I know – Emily Triggs
You know I always take it too far
All the way until it breaks apart
You’re out there acting like a superstar
I know, I know I do
Everything you say is degrading
You’re so young, you’re overrated
I won’t be listening to what you say
I know, I know, I do
Nothing seems to matter to me when you’re gone
Nothing seems to matter to me but these strange and lonesome songs
They say you don’t really mean it
They say I’m too complicated
I see all the flags your waving
I know, I know I do
Nothing seems to matter to me when you’re gone
Nothing seems to matter to me but these strange and lonesome songs
I don’t care what you say
I’ll break all the rules anyway
You’re still walking on the road I paved
I know, I know I do
Nothing seems to matter to me when you’re gone
Nothing seems to matter to me but these strange and lonesome songs
You know I always take it too far
All the way until it breaks apart
You’re out there acting like a superstar
I know, I know I do
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11. |
My Son
03:22
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My Son – Emily Triggs
All the way to the mountains I will take you with me
I will show you the valleys and we’ll climb the highest peaks
The coloured leaves will bend and weave the strength for everyone
All the way to the mountains my son
All the way to Ausable we will drive along the shore
We will swim in Lake Champlain underneath the burning star
The dark blue waves will wash the pain your tomorrows will never see
All the way to Ausable with me
It doesn’t matter much to me what the other people say
I’ll show you the ways of days before us
All the way to the city we will cross the Pont Champlain
We will stare up at the buildings where the old stones know our names
The darkest alleys will ring and rally of dreams yet to be won
All the way to the city my son
All the way to the Kootenays we will drive the winding road
I will tell you the stories that I know I’ve never told
The tallest trees will whisper these to you for years to come
All the way to the Kootenays my son
Forever is not long enough, I don’t know where we’ll go
The sky is our road clouds don’t deter us
All the way through the meadow I will sing you the songs
That my father and his father and his father sang before
All the birds will string the words with us from memory
All the way through the meadow with me
All the way through the meadow with me
All the way through the meadow
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12. |
Century
03:35
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Century – Emily Triggs
They’re hanging flowers, it’s Victoria Day
For all the ghosts you just can’t face
It’s dark in the rooms where you bend the rules
You’re stealing memories you got nothing to lose
It’s beautiful here but you can’t look down
You turn your backs as we burn to the ground
Living is hard here it’s harder than you know
You through up your hands saying there’s nothing we can do, nothing we can do
Woah, in this century
You stand around and watch it while it’s happening
Woah, in this century
You stand around and watch it while it’s happening
A factory girl she’s against the bricks
Fifteen minutes, she’s back on shift
She’s got her hair tied back she leans into talk
You tell her how to say it or she gets laid off, gets laid off
Woah, in this century
You stand around and watch it while it’s happening
Woah, in this century
You stand around and watch it while it’s happening
I thought more from you was what we deserved
I thought more from you is what you’d deliver
I thought more of you I’m so disappointed
Being nothing is the best we’ve got
There’s walls you built with the pain you bought
We got garbage streets that you say we own
A sleeping giant in every home, every home
Woah, in this century
You stand around and watch it while it’s happening
Woah, in this century
You stand around and watch it while it’s happening
Woah, in this century
You stand around and watch it while it’s happening
Woah, in this century
You stand around and watch it while it’s happening
You stand around and watch it while it’s happening
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13. |
Water Tower
03:22
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Water Tower - Emily Triggs / Chantal Vitalis
Up on the water tower
looking over Graceland
I see the lights on the trestle bridge
You think it’s a wasteland
I come up here to steal away
seeking an asylum
You made the great escape
I stay here to guide them
You just leave me
leave me standing here
All the things you could have done
you act like I disappeared
All through the long nights
when we all come undone
You had all the questions
You had all the lessons
You had all the fun
I can’t say you’re guilty
Overnight and you’re gone
It’s so hard when you leave
I can’t help but hold on
Kids run up toboggan hills
history repeated
I may not have the life you do
I like to know I’m needed
You just leave me
leave me standing here
All the things you could have done
you act like I disappeared
All through the long nights
when we all come undone
You had all the questions
You had all the lessons
You had all the fun
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