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Music Town
03:41
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We live here in music town
Where melodies get kicked around
Like autumn leaves on winter days
You break them down, but still they stay
Sometimes I wish I could go
To someplace far beyond this show
But every day I’m homeward bound
Back to my own music town
We live here in music town
Where every string is tightly wound
And it’s ringing up against the wind
Voices fall and rise again
Sometimes I wish I could find
Another way to ease my mind
I would make no lonesome sound
But I live in a music town
I live in a music town
And in music town
We’re going way downtown…
We live here in music town
Where songs survive deep underground
They weep through walls and beat down doors
None so beautiful as yours
When I say I’ve had enough:
“I will not write more songs for love”
Your voice always brings me around
You keep turning me around
You keep me here in music town
Keep me here in music town.
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2. |
Crossing My Mind
03:38
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There you go,
There you go crossing my mind
Making my way through my morning
At most unlikely times
No matter what I do
You never fall behind
There you go crossing my mind
There you go crossing my mind
There you go
There you go catching my eye
You thought that I wasn’t looking
You thought you’d slip right by
But something in your smile
Has made me so inclined
To keep you crossing my mind
There you go crossing my mind
Take my hand
We can safely cross this street
Softly land
Kick these shoes off of our feet
There you go
Whether by chance or design
There you go crossing my mind
There you go crossing my mind
There you go
Maybe you’re just passing through
Or maybe you’ll stay for a lifetime
If I invite you to
The sky could burn so bright
The stars would fall in line
If you keep crossing my mind
There you go crossing my mind
There you go.
2005 Lynn Harrison McLachlan
Lynoleum Music (SOCAN)
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3. |
No Place to Go
03:22
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here is no place to go
There’s no nearby hotel
Both their cars are too small
Probably that’s just as well
There’s one thing on their minds
And they look high and low
But there’s no place to go
There is no place to go
You can hear through the walls
They could take it outside
But the neighbours would call
And it’s freezing tonight
Feels like forty below
Cause there’s no place to go
There is no good hiding place
There is no good excuse to make
There’s no reason to let those feelings grow
They’ve got no place to go
There’s no reason to put
Two whole lives on the skids
Getting up to no good
Can’t be good for the kids
There’s no nice garden path
It’s a hard row to hoe
When there’s no place to go
(Chorus)
This is no place for you
You’d be out of your mind
Going out on that limb
Would be cruel and unkind
It’s the end of the line
Might as well let him know
There is no place to go
(Chorus)
ã2005 Lynn Harrison McLachlan
Lynoleum Music (SOCAN)
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4. |
Sympathy Card
03:30
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Went to the store to buy a sympathy card
Didn’t expect that it would be so hard
To pick up one little heartfelt note
Something appropriate somebody else wrote
I want to make it better when it can’t get worse
So I’m looking for something with a simple verse
Could have tried calling but it felt too hard
So here I am shopping for a sympathy card
There’s a dozen or so in the store display
The same ones sold a thousand miles away
And over there are lots of people like me
Staring at the space where one should be
I want to make it better when it can’t get worse
But saying something wrong has always been my curse
I want to do something, want to do my part
But all I can manage is a sympathy card
This one here is too religious in tone
But I like the one with the river and stone
This one here would have made him smile
Now I’m choking up in the drugstore aisle
I want to make it better when it can’t get worse
So I’m rushing to the counter, pulling out my purse
All I really want to do is heal one heart
As I’m signing and sealing my sympathy card
Signing and sealing my sympathy card.
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
(SOCAN) 2003
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5. |
Keys
03:08
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I swore I had them earlier today
I must have packed them when I came out to play
Polished and silver, oh how they could shine
Make no mistake I miss those keys of mine
Chorus
Please help me find my keys
Please help me find my keys
These little losses bring me to my knees
Vs. 2
I liked the way they felt against my skin
I liked the way they always let me in
To places beyond these dark and heavy walls
Hard to believe they could be lost at all
Vs. 3
Down in the bottom of my pocket there’s a hole
And deep in the silence of my heart there is a soul
And something is turning, trying to found
If only I lift my eyes up off the ground
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6. |
Luminous Veil
03:52
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There’s a bridge too far
Between where we are
And where we wish we could be
You can watch the cars and
Stare down the river
As you wonder how to get free
We’re putting up a Luminous Veil
Silver net of stainless steel
Putting up a Luminous Veil
To catch us, to hold us and to heal
Well she fell so fast
She wasn’t able to withstand
The call of the blue.
As the years have passed
Those gleaming cables
They are all I’m holding on to.
(Chorus)
Once I said “It can’t be done”
And still my doubts I don’t deny
But you turned my head
We stood together
And we raised these arms up to the sky.
There’s a thin, thin line
Between sane and crazy
Sometimes I don’t know if it’s there
But now a great design
Holds us safely here
Between the earth and the air.
(Chorus)
Lynn Harrison, Lynoleum Music (SOCAN) 2003
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7. |
It'll Grow on You
03:56
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That flavour’s an acquired taste
A bitter taste, it’s true
Today you let it go to waste
But it’ll grow on you
It will grow, it’ll grow on you
It will grow, it’ll grow on you
Another complicated day
You’re barely pulling through
You don’t think it went your way
But it’ll grow on you
It will grow, it’ll grow on you
It will grow, it’ll grow on you
And as we all get older
Our taste will surely change
We’ll savour what’s in front of us
With no room to complain
We’ll find sweet satisfaction
In just a drop or two
Tastes better as life passes by
It’ll grow on you
Supper’s ready, table’s set
Stainless steel and linen
Try something you haven’t yet
Give thanks for what you’re given
And it will grow…
Cause as we all get older
Our ways will surely change
We’ll seek the good in everything
If such good things remain
Find love and forgiveness
As days grow precious few
Tastes better as life passes by
It’ll grow on you…
You find that as life passes by
It’ll grow on you.
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8. |
Rising and Falling
03:01
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From a bench outside the playground
I’ve been watching children swing
See them float above the grey ground
Wish it took my mind off things
You’ve been asking how I’m doing
Since the company let me go
I’ve been coming here each morning
I’ve been taking things real slow
I’ve been rising and falling
Trying to kick above the blue
I’ve been rising and falling
Nothing left for me to do
So I watch them climb the ladders
See them sailing down the slide
And I see their castles shattered
Watch them take it all in stride
Oh I should have seen it coming
But I thought I knew the score
Thought I knew where I was going
I don’t go there anymore
Cause I’m rising and falling
Trying to kick above the blue
I’ve been rising and falling
Nothing left for me to do … (rpt last 2 lines)
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9. |
Creature of Habit
03:00
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She jumps up, everytime I sit at my computer
Steps on the keys and couldn’t look much cuter
I tell her no again, but there you have it…
She’s a creature of habit
We look up, we see them flying south in V formation
Those wild geese they named after our nation
Summer’s almost gone so we should nab it
Like the creatures of habit, creatures of habit
Chorus:
I’ve got a habit that’s very well known
A habit of needing to not be alone
Love is the pattern that’s written in stone
Over and over I call you my own
Over and over I love you.
We wake up, we dance and dream and dare to get our hopes up
We strike a pose, get ready for our close up
Sometimes do some good, while we’re at it
Cause we’re creatures of habit
(Chorus)
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10. |
Music Everywhere
03:50
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There is music everywhere
Creeping up the silent stair
Settling in with time to spare
There is music everywhere
There is music in the store
Melodies we’ve heard before
And I forget what I came for
When I hear music in the store
Makes me turn and stop and stare
There is music everywhere
There is music at my feet
Rhythm that will not retreat
And everything is made complete
By the music at my feet
There is music in your eyes
Lovers’ songs and lullabyes
How I hope you realize
All the music’s in your eyes
Makes me turn and stop and stare
There is music everywhere
There is music where I go
I am certain it is so
Filling up the afterglow
Music for me, this I know
Makes me turn and stop and stare
Makes me turn and stop and stare
There is music everywhere
There is music everywhere
everywhere
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The shade of your complexion
The colour of your hair
Oh I would recognize you
A certain soft inflection
A story that we share
Oh I would recognize you
Something in your shoulders
Something in your skin
Oh I would recognize you
Old familiar sorrows
The trouble that you’re in
Oh I would recognize you
I would recognize you anywhere
Any place, any time
Recognize your heart because
Your heart is mine
Maybe it’s the language
Maybe it’s the voice
The rhythms that we rise to
Maybe it’s the anguish
Maybe it’s the choices
Some of us subscribe to
You can cross the borders
Slip away from shore
For all that freedom buys you
March to different orders
Say you love no more
But I would recognize you
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
I see you in the mirror
I’ve known it all along
Somehow see it clearer
Now that you are gone
The shade of your complexion
The colour of your hair
Oh I would recognize you
A certain soft inflection
A certain kind of prayer
Oh I would recognize you
(Chorus)
Music and Lyrics - Lynn Harrison
2004 (SOCAN)
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12. |
Pennies
03:42
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Heard them talking about the penny
Saying they’re going to put it down
They say there’s already plenty
Fallen upon the ground
It takes too long to roll them
And everything’s worth more
When something’s next to nothing
It’s not worth stooping for
But I’m picking up my pennies
And I’m placing them in jars
Cause I need my tiny pennies
Like I need my wishing stars
Could there be no penny candy?
Will there be no Penny Lane?
And soon will there be any
People to explain
What happened to that penny
To recall what it was worth
To remember all the many things
That used to count on earth
As I’m picking up my pennies
And I’m placing them in jars
And I’m counting all these blessings
And I’m shooting for those stars
Cause it might add up to something
Though it may not be too much
Just a few coins in a fountain
Just a fleeting human touch
As I’m picking up my pennies
And I’m placing them in jars
Cause I need my tiny pennies
Like I need my wishing stars
I need my tiny pennies
Like I need my shining stars.
© Lynn Harrison, Lynoleum Music (SOCAN)
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Lynn Harrison Toronto, Ontario
Performing songwriter Lynn Harrison is known for beautifully memorable songs that celebrate life, love and the human spirit. With a voice that is "right up there with the best ballad singers of the past" (Americana Highways) and sparkling guitar work, Rev. Lynn (also a Unitarian minister) brings warmth and wisdom to every concert stage. www.lynnharrison.ca ... more
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