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1. |
Talk To You
03:54
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
you’ve been turning every head again
tonight out on the town
i’m not the best at this at standing out
within a crowd i just shut down
and everyone here’s competing over who will catch your eye
no i don’t blame them none for i am one
within the fray your starry sky
and i should make small talk and keep it light yeah be polite
cuz you’re not the only one here
but i just wanna talk to you
to hear all your stories the glories and shame
i just wanna talk to you
to know where you’re going the choices you’ve made
i just wanna walk thru your highways and byways and valleys between
everything that brought you right here to me
room’s spinning seventh inning stretching out to catch a sign
i feel electrified i look to find
your liquid eyes are fixed on mine
truth is i didn’t come tonight to see or be seen
i wanna spill the beans and drink your wine
download your feed and share your time
and just a while longer now maybe we can finally leave
somewhere we can hear every word
but i just wanna talk to you
to hear all your stories the glories and shame
i just wanna talk to you
to know where you’re going the places you’ve been
i just wanna walk thru your highways and byways and valleys between
everything that brought you right here to me
you’ve broken me open cracked a shell i didn’t know i had
how long’s it been since i forgot to miss
the one who came before all this
i just wanna talk to you
to trace back the pages
from your side of space...
i just wanna talk to you
to know where you’re going, the choices you’ve made
i just wanna walk thru your highways and byways and valleys between
everything that brought you right here to me
everything that brought you right here to me
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2. |
The Conduit
04:34
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
oh god i get it now
the pieces fall dreamless to dust
in this moment i know you'd laugh at me so hard
what was i thinking of
and so it never was
still it was all meant to be
i waited so long for you to be fearless
but you knew one day i'd see
you're not the stars or the sky or my constellation
you're not the one for all time or my destination
you're not the love of my life
you're the love that set me free
i'm finally on to it
you are the conduit
and all that time i spent
too hung up on you to see straight
you stayed and waited
oh is this the ending
you didn't wanna give away
you're not the stars or the sky or my constellation
you're not the one for all time or my destination
you're not the love of my life
you're the love that set me free
i'm finally on to it
you are the conduit
and you inscrutable
the usual which came first
still i went tumbling down your tunnel
while you remained on earth
you're not the stars or the sky or my constellation
you're not the one for all time or my destination
you're not the love of my life
you're the love that set me free
i'm finally on to it
you are the conduit
oh god i get it now
the pieces fall dreamless to dust
in this moment i know you'd laugh at me so hard
what was i thinking
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3. |
Down She Goes
03:51
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
It was just another second date
The end of a busy day
Casual distraction
A way to pass the time
Just another city sidewalk
Summer night making small talk
Corner stones and conversation
Thank you for the wine
That old familiar feeling
Takes the breath she's breathing
It was only meant to be a goodnight kiss
Down she goes
Falling like a feather
Made of flesh and bone
Heading for the ground
She doesn't know
What her heart's already figured out
She's about to hit the clouds below
So down she goes
Down she goes
She turns the key and steps inside
Doesn't even wave goodbye
Cuz she's afraid that he's already noticed way too much
She leans against the door and smiles
cheeks are flushed it's been a while
Shakes it off and tells herself
It's just a little fun
Out of sight and out of mind
She goes on with her life
But then he call and it all starts again
Down she goes
Falling like a feather
Made of flesh and bone
Heading for the ground
She doesn't know
What her heart's already figured out
She's about to hit the clouds below
So down she goes
Down she goes
She holds on tight
And tries to fight it
Till just the day she's finally in control
Down she goes
Falling like a feather
Made of flesh and bone
Heading for the ground
And now she knows
What her heart knew from the start
This is love it's finally safe to fall
So down she goes
Down she goes
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4. |
Face Change
04:27
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
what is it supposed to mean
what am i supposed to do
how do i go back to who i used to be
now that i know the truth
secrets came undone in fragments left unwound
traveled time again we closed it down
and i saw your face change
some kind of magic took a breath beneath your skin
i saw your face change
strange and emphatic lookin out to let me in
my heart went helpless
i fell in something strong that doesn’t have a name
i saw your face change
just for a moment and nothing now will ever be the same
i still believe there’s no mistakes
i can take or leave most anything or anyone
but i would drop my life and drive for days
without thinking twice if you said to come
all this distance still you’re close enough to touch
i’d just sleep you off if i made this up
and i saw your face change
some kind of magic took a breath beneath your skin
i saw your face change
strange and emphatic lookin out to let me in
my heart went helpless
i fell in something strong that doesn’t have a name
i saw your face change
just for a moment and nothing now will ever be the same
i saw your face change
just for a moment and nothing now will ever be the same
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5. |
Any Midnight
03:57
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
once in a blue there comes a moon a not the same
they haven't yet invented any language to explain
in lieu of lines one goes for signs upon the breeze
and rolling up the windows
blasting love songs from the 70s
wakin like a quake that's shakin up the lines along the faults
and vaulting on repeat to something
of or like a waltz
cuz you got those eyes that could light any midnight
your own little piece of the sky
you walk thru the day rearranging the frames
changing the space with your mind
light speed in motion and still as the ocean
i watch as they bask in your tide
cuz you have this effect on everyone, don’t you
you have this effect on everyone
what brought you here what kind of fear what kind of free
how much lives within the skin of who you used to be
and all the pain behind the strength beneath your shine
you wear it like a coat of magic
vanquished and divine
well you got those eyes that could light any midnight
your own little piece of the sky
you walk thru the day rearranging the frames
changing the space with your mind
strong as a sparrow, and fragile as ocean
i watch as they bask in your tide
cuz you have this effect on everyone don’t you
you have this effect on everyone
and you got those eyes that could light any midnight
your own little piece of the sky
familiar and strange, rearranging the days
the view from your beautiful mind
and I'm only human I'm helpless for movin
when you fix your stare onto mine
but you have this effect on everyone, don’t you
you have this effect on every, everyone
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6. |
Last Surviving Son
04:44
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
crystal bowersox (ASCAP; Mamasox)
you’re a drinker a smoker
hoisting lies upon your shoulder
And every notch carved in your bedpost
was like revenge upon that man
so you fake it you just take it
it’s etched into your crooked chin
you say you’ve learned but you never change
you’ve given up so much for him
the guilt wells up in your baby blues
well someone’s got to fill them boots
you're daddy's last surviving son
and he'll never let you love someone
like me, someone like me
long as he lives you’ll be alone
you signed the rules he wrote in stone
til he’s 6 below you won’t be free
to love someone like me
i know you felt it i’m not crazy
i saw every sign you gave me
you coulda made the choice but he stole your voice
instead you ran for safety
you don’t need fixing you ain’t broken
can’t you see the door is open
the only thing standing in your way
is the key you think he’s holding
i keep praying like a fool
but this ain’t up to god it’s up to you
you're daddy's last surviving son
and he'll never let you love someone
like me someone like me
he says jump you say how high
his twisted ancient lullaby
Til he’s 6 below you won’t be free
to love someone…
tell me can you sleep at night
do the possibilities of what might have been
keep swimming round your head
or do all the stakes you think you’ve claimed
in the shadow of his name keep him alive
while you’re dyin slow instead
the guilt wells up in your baby blues
well someone’s got to fill them boots
the guilt wells up in your baby blues
well someone’s got to fill them boots
you're daddy's last surviving son
and he'll never let you love someone
like me, someone like me
long as he lives you’ll be alone
you signed the rules he wrote in stone
til he’s 6 below you won’t be free
to love someone like me
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7. |
Chasing Shadows
04:04
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
david jonelis (ASCAP; Bindervox)
friday the 13th nobody noticed
it was exactly a month to the moment
when all of the world stood still
when all of the world stood still
parked in the lot and we met at the subway
laughing cuz nobody does that in la
a handwritten map for a guide
we watched as our station went by
we didn’t see we were already wrong
connecting the dots where the lines don’t belong
too late to stop we were already off
and running
chasing shadows
racing back to spite the time
tracing jagged lines
we were broken
long before we took that ride
chasing shadows, you and i
summer in downtown, sandals and sneakers
the bar had a dress code, we couldn’t believe it
so we strode off into the night
under a strawberry sky
and everyone told us we looked so in love
so we kept falling down and we never came up
to the sound or the speed
of our hist’ry repeating
itself
chasing shadows
racing back to spite the time
tracing jagged lines
we were broken
long before we took that ride
chasing shadows, you and i
nobody sees you when everyone's lookin
hiding in plain view
sometimes you need to forget where you came from
to fall where you belong
chasing shadows
racing back to spite the time
tracing jagged lines
we were broken
long before we took that ride
chasing shadows, you and i
friday the 13th, nobody noticed
it was exactly a month to the moment
when all of the world stood still...
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8. |
Lie To Me
03:27
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
jay knowles (randill music/acme nashville- BMI)
i can tell that you got something you don’t wanna say
do us both a favor, take a breath and walk away
or just make up a story that you know i won’t believe
don’t look me in the eye when you lie to me
before you take this somewhere there’s no coming back
just break my heart, and save the trust we have
don’t leave me with a picture that you know i won’t unsee
don’t look me in the eye when you lie to me
after everything that we’ve been thru
all the forgiving and the living that we’ve done
don’t take for granted all the faith I’ve placed in you
don’t take advantage of my love
don’t play me for a fool, don’t work me til i feel
like i don’t know which end is up what part of us was real
i know you hate to make me cry but if you’re gonna leave
don’t look me in the eye when you lie to me
don’t play me for a fool don’t work me til i feel
like i don’t know which end is up what part of us was real
don’t leave me with a picture that you know i can’t unsee
don’t look me in the eye when you lie to me
you haven’t lost me yet, but we’ll lose everything
if you look me in the eye when you lie to me
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9. |
I Hope It's Me
05:03
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
your life is like a movie
your heart’s a thing of beauty
you spread your beats all over town
i don’t know how you do it
you make em all so stupid
they love you when you're not around
i've been seeing something thru the cracks
will i catch you looking back
when the crowd around you starts to make you lonely
when the traffic at your door is growing old
when you need a place to lay down your story
when the only thing you wanna be is home
when you wanna wake up knowing who you're holding
the day the freedom stops feeling free
when you're ready to give all of you to someone
i hope its me, i hope its me
i’ll never let you see this
i’ll keep your dirty secrets
i’ll help you sweep the mess you make
but i can barely breathe sometimes i wonder if you see
the kind of everything i wanna say
and yeah you're chasing what you feel right now
but someday you may turn around
chorus
you could make me something no one else has done
someone just like you has never come
Chorus
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10. |
The Ocean
03:54
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
marty dodson (SNG music/My Favorite Songs - SESAC)
simon reid (Simon Reid Music Publishing - SESAC)
they say the one you think of when you stand and watch the waves
is the one you’ll always miss, and time will never change
something bout the way the moon keeps pulling on the tide
makes me think i’m always gonna wish that you were mine
still mine....
some people are boats
just passing thru your life
some are the sunsets
perfect for one night
some are only grains of sand
that wash away like moments
oh i was young i had no way of knowing
you are the ocean
i’ve walked a thousand beaches trying to get you off my mind
all alone and with some different footprints by my side
it only brings me closer to the truth i’m running from
nothing gets you over knowing that you lost the one
some are only grains of sand
that wash away like moments
oh i was young i had no way of knowing
you are the ocean
constant as the seasons
the heartbeat in my chest
forever even if i never see your face again...
some are only grains of sand
that wash away like moments
oh i was young i had no way of knowing
you are the ocean
they say the one you think of when you stand and watch the waves
is the one you’ll always miss, and time will never change
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11. |
Someday
04:28
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alicia witt (witty ditties, SESAC)
i want to take you to the city you’re afraid of
introduce you to the places no one writes about
i want to show you all i love in what it’s made of
i want to kiss you just a moment from your mouth
i want to walk with you down ancient avenues
break bread together in glutenous ravines
i want to wander where the hungry hordes won’t follow
somewhere beyond the pale of wondering what it means
and i will tell you one day
i will tell you one day
not today, not tonight
but someday
i will tell you one day
i will tell you one day
not today, not tonight
but someday
someday
i want to take your hand and guide you thru a portal
ride like a shadow, and throw the wind to caution
i want to catch your breath and dream of life immortal
light you a match when no one’s watching
i will tell you one day
i will tell you one day
not today, not tonight
but someday
someday
i want to render you invisible
capture your lightning in a bottle, set you free
i want to blur the lines you’ve chiseled til
you can’t see any road but me
i will tell you one day
i will tell you one day
not today, not tonight
but someday
someday
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Alicia Witt Nashville, Tennessee
Alicia Witt has played all over the world, including at the Grand Ole Opry. Her new album, The Conduit, which she co- produced with Jordan Lehning & Bill Reynolds, is out in 2021. Previous releases include 15000 Days (Jacquire King), & Ben Folds produced Revisionary History, “a piano-pop gem...“Grey Seal”-era Elton John, an alt-universe Fiona Apple and a film-noir chanteuse” - Nashville Scene ... more
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