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chanson d'amour
03:19
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tous les gens qui en l'esprit du coeur
Heureux sont les gens qui rise toujours
Oiseau de rouge qui chantes si belle si bleu
Son chanson si comme un beau bijou
Tous les étoiles sont dedans les yeux
Comme les arbres remplis avec les fleurs
Un paradis le ven qui souf bisou
Tout le monde rêve douce rêves d’amour
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the moon said so
04:30
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you said I’m taller than the moon
I said I know, ‘cause I can’t see you very well
I rooted for you, while you rooted around up there
you held me at bay, by the ambling shore
calling out from beyond the blue
I heard, despite the distance
I howled back, oh to find my place
now the mountain shines over water
but there’s no moon tonight
you held my hand
the jewel in your box
the gem to light your way
I feel you now, more than when you were the moon
dancing ‘round my ever changing orbit, or was it yours
you do for me what you did before
just now it happens on the other side of the door
I’ll come to see you
and I will love you
and all you meant to me
you still do
the world is one again
and for the record
I don’t forget the times
the times you said you loved me true
oh no, I do
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sleeveless season
03:35
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here I am on a cloudy day sitting down to write a song
I don’t know what to say
I don’t know what to do
just know I gotta do it on my own
on my own
I wake this morning as I see myself
looking a little haggard worse for wear
what’s that map you’re reading that map of many lines
it’s your own face doin time
doin time
and hey, its okay you’re just telling the truth
the sun don’t shine when it’s foggy
but it’s clearing overhead as I lie in bed
did I lie in bed with you with you
catch the wind blow through your hair
hummingbird flying through the air
lighting on my red plastic flower feeder
the cat and dog are fighting like cats and dogs
peace in the household that’s all I ask
git along little doggie ...and kitty
and all the ways you see your life
all the ways you hear your voice
all the ways you hold your own
you know you’ll be okay
again again
starting to see sun shining through
light flooding in, into the blue
just think of these days as
a new flower dress
a sleeveless season coming soon
soon
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memory's dusty road
03:04
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walking down memory street
pictures of this and words of that
faces and places so long away
call me back to another day
I smile and cry and find
every emotion in between
on memory’s dusty road
Now I’m back in time to that giddy laugh
new love, words of hope and future
exciting and scary and heart pounding too
I remember the roller coaster ride
as if it were yesterday
that dusty road walked together
lightning bolts of love and home
goodness in life, hardship too
pets and class pictures, flowers pressed in books
mama saved my artwork and report cards
a smiley face she drew in the margin
next to the teachers remarks:
“jean would do better if she applied herself
and stopped talking to her neighbor”
it’s truly a favorite piece in my collection
yeah I save these things, these walks into the air of distant past
just like my mama did before me,
I’ll take her sentimental legacy
and all to remember, to remember the long stretch
that dusty road home
home
home home
here I am
I’m home
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sweet peas on the vine
02:55
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what would you say if I wandered up to you
kissed you on the cheek, said how do you do
you’re sweeter than the night air, lush as honey pie
no one compares, not sweet peas on the vine
o my dear I love you, I want you by my side
song of lark on wind, wee thrush on the line
won’t you say you love me, carry my heart home
seeing you is heaven, land of hearth and loam
tell me that you care for me, hold my hand alone
waltz me through the fields, whisper sweet love tomes
never ill or sad of heart, breath of honeybees
honeysuckle dance on blissful bended knee
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lullaby
04:25
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all your life, or so it seems
crow in the wind, lean to and fro
on a lamppost, out your window
getting by
catch your breath, go steady on
toil your own, cast your eyes
to confetti skies, petals fly
by and by
all your days are worn this way
leave behind your woes
rest your head upon my heart
lo the beating slows
dream unfolds oh little child
roam through fields hum lullabies
as flowers in the meadow
quiver by
all your nights are borne this way,
cradled in your quake
oh my love go back to sleep
kiss me when you wake
day begins, oh sun to shine
soar so high
nest in the bow of a tree,
swaying ever gently by
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dream of goats
03:06
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we were charmed into storms of hilarity
we collapsed on each other, laughing hysterically
he told me a dream of salt-and-pepper milk goats
and them kids are lapping at the belly of the doe
at the time, we thought it was kinda noble
only way to get through that is not to grovel
the dream went on, aint a hell of a lot of milk left
and them kids are tearing her to pieces
the profession of motherhood had accustomed her to forgetfulness
for how else could she manage to keep on repeating this
the dream ended and we both woke up
telling each other more tales
we were swept up in tears of disparity
at the time we were taken with the parody
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jean mann Seattle, Washington
Experiencing jean mann’s music is akin to sitting around the kitchen table, catching up on the news of the soul. A genre-
hopping, contemporary singer-songwriter, she flavors her tunes with tenor and acoustic guitars, ukuleles and harmonica. All to accompany a warm, texture-laden vocal style.
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