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Hotel Napkin
03:09
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Wrapped up in a hotel napkin
Is a little letter I wrote on the weekend
That says I like you, might even love you
Sealed with the kisses of a chocolate fondue
These days our love’s like an icecream
Eaten on a hot day in the middle of spring
He says I like you, might even love you
I ask for one scoop but he likes to buy me two
Maybe this could last a long time
If we resist the temptation to clarify
This feeling that floats so effortlessly
Between you and me
Taking the slow boat to the island
As the sun is slipping down to the horizon
Stars light up the sky
I look to my right
And he is by my side
Waking on a summer morning
To cicadas singing and the ocean breeze is
Playing with my hair
I look to my left
And he is there
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Infatuation
03:41
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Martha says she’s found a new love
He’s tall, he’s handsome, he’s charming and divine
She can not eat, she can not sleep
She’s thinking ‘bout him all of the time
She calls it love – not infatuation
But I wonder if true love would inflict such hunger
And sleep deprivation
Nina says she’s met ‘the one’
He’s cute, he’s clever, he’s oh so much fun!
She can not eat, she can not sleep
It’s the kind of passion that smothers the sun
<CHORUS>
Jodie says he sweeps her off her feet
She’s been spinning for days, he makes her feel dizzy
She can not eat, she can not sleep
Her work is out the window ‘cause he’s keeping her busy
<CHORUS>
Frida says he takes her breath away
She met him last week and he’s been calling her each day
She can not eat, she can not sleep
She’s head over heels, she’s hook, line, sinker and sailing away
<CHORUS>
As for me well, I’ve found a love that’s just right
I know, because when I am with him I don’t lose my appetite
As for me well, I’ve found a love that feels light
It’s a steady kind of love, that lets me sleep all through the night
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Arva
03:32
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I walked all the way to Arva today
Past the cornfields and the hay
With a bottle of water in my hand
I set off down the highway
I walked all the way out of town and then some
Tom Rush was singing in my head
The sun was shining over the farmhouses
The roadside flowers were orange and red
Oh happiness, happiness
Happiness finds me even when I’m alone
Oh happiness, happiness
Happiness finds me even when I’m far from home
I walked all the way until my legs lay me
Down in a field full of green
The sky was big and blue
The clouds were far and few
And I was feeling free
Oh happiness, happiness
Happiness finds me even when I’m alone
Oh happiness, happiness
Happiness finds me even when I’m far from home
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Fine and Dandy
02:58
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I’m just fine and dandy
I got a man with blue eyes standing by me
And his garden’s full of fruit trees
Believe me when I say, I’m fine and dandy
I’m just fine and dandy
My home is a rental by the sea
And I got no mortgage hanging over me
I’m positively fine and dandy
People often ask me “What comes next?”
As if I’d been expressing a restlessness
Oh what comes next? Well I don’t care!
‘Cause happiness is already here
And I’m just fine and dandy
I don’t live to work but I work to live
And I mightn’t be rich but I sure got a lot to give
Believe me when I say, I’m fine and dandy….
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Baby, Sweetie, Honey
04:48
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Falling for the first time, I remember love
With a backpack full of big ideas and rainbow-coloured dreams
Falling for the first time, I remember love
So young and so naïve
I let him call me ‘honey’
Falling for the second time, I remember love
With a handful of heartbreak hoping he would fix it all
Falling for the second time, I remember love
A little older but still hopeful
I let him call me ‘sweetheart’
But the ‘baby, sweetie, honey’, well it fell away
And he started calling me by my first name again
And I was left to think about the woman I used to be
Before I became his ‘baby’
Falling for the third time, I remember love
With a suitcase full of sorrow and a cynical hat on top
Falling for the third time, I remember love
I thought I would be safer if I kept my walls up
But I let him call me ‘love’
<CHORUS>
Falling for the – who knows what – I have lost count
But you’re standing here before me and you make my heart pound
I know I’m a little bit crazy with all these silly rules
Please understand it’s just my fear of looking like a fool
‘Cause if the ‘baby, sweetie, honey’ was to fall away
And you started calling me by my first name again
I’d be left to think about the woman I used to be
Before I became your ‘baby’
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Last on his List
03:28
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I’m the last on his list
Below the milk and bread
Won’t spare me a kiss
Before he goes to bed
I’m the last on his list
He used to sing and dance for me
When he walked through the front door
Now there’s no more melody
In his heart for me oh lord
I’m the last on his list
Hand me the salt and the pepper shaker
These days have become bland
I’m losing my appetite for life
I’m losing my man
I’m the last on his list
And soon will come a day
When he picks up a pen
And crosses out my name
You may ask me why I stay
And risk such a disgrace
I suppose I live in hope that he’ll
Return me to first place
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Edna's Song
02:11
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The moon is playing peek-a-boo
Behind the clouds in the darkening blue
And I am thinking about you
Though you’re not here with me now
I still remember how
Life used to feel with you beside me
I’ve got family all around
But I still miss the sound
Of your slippers shuffling on the kitchen floor
And Seven years have gone by
Since the night that you died
But I still wait, expecting to see your face
My lovely, my darling, my dear
Thanks for all those tender years
I’m lucky you’ve left me with so many happy memories
My sweetheart, my true love
I know that this full moon above
Is your way of leaving the light on for me
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Little Word Called Love
02:58
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We may have only emails and long distance calls
But I love you now more than ever before
I may fall asleep without you by my side
But I’m blowing you kisses each and every night
And trusting in a little word called love
Trusting in a little word called love
To carry us on this ride
I find myself looking through
A box of trinkets and of clues
They help me sail back to you
I keep your scarf wrapped in a plastic bag
Hoping to hold on to the smell of you
<CHORUS>
And the crosses on the calendar
Are like kisses and stepping stones
Each day that passes
Brings you closer to my arms and home
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Minnesota
03:31
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I met a boy from Minnesota
He took me out on
His little green boat and we sailed out to sea
Between the rolling tides
The who, the what, the why
We studied squares of sky
And floated towards goodbye
I met a boy from Minnesota
He took me out on
His little green boat and we sailed out to sea
In the blackness of the night
The moon cast a line
Around a triangle of light
Then tugged back time
We passed the hours by reading books
And feasting on sweet nectarines
All I can say about the boy who took me to sea is that
He wasn’t what he seemed
I knew a man from Minnesota
I knew a man from Minnesota
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Back to the Sun
03:49
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The sun is sketching spider webs, among the morning leaves
And the day’s so clear and beautiful, that it’s almost make believe
It seems to me that the grass is greener right here under my feet
And don’t it come a sweet relief
Between birth and death – what will you choose?
Will you give to those you love and let them give love back to you?
Will you understand that rosiness is often followed by blue?
And will you begin and end each day with words of gratitude?
Today I see the sad clouds, rolling on in
But tomorrow I know that the wind will blow and push them out to sea
And it seems to be that the darkness is there to teach me
Just how bright a little light can be
<CHORUS>
Oh the afternoon is not the end of the day
But just the morning waiting to find her way
Back to the sun, back to the sun
<CHORUS>
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Old Fashioned Man
02:21
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Lately I have noticed that love has lost all of its class
All these ‘booty calls’ and speed dating scores
Makes for love that never lasts
What became of that old fashioned man?
Who was happy to hold your hand
Who asked permission to kiss your cheek
And how the thrill of it would make your knees weak
Lately I’ve noticed that love has lost all its charm
What happened to town hall dances and slow romances
Down the boulevard arm in arm?
I’m just looking for a man with an old fashioned passion for me
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Ange Takats Australia
One of the purest voices on the Australian music scene – Ange Takats is able to coat with sugar, crush with sadness and cut
through to the soul of a song.
Her second album Arva mixes Americana folk with the sounds of 1930s jazz … think Joni Mitchell meets Billie Holiday with the Andrews Sisters on backing vocals. It was recorded and produced by J. Walker (Machine Translations).
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