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Givre
03:56
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All of the rain that fell
down upon my old home
has washed all the years that I loved you
from the memories I have
All of the tears I shed
when you were beside me
have cleared all the hopes that I had
of a life with you alone
do you remember
all that you told me
after you left me with a broken heart
could you imagine all that it could be
when you returned here
after years apart?
All of the winters past
as you sailed southward
have frozen the world 'round my heart
like the ice upon the shore
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2. |
Someone Else
03:26
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When he tells you all he wants to know
is how you could have met
and loved someone before
When he tells you boldly not to go
because he has arrived
and you'll have so much more
Will you tell him he's too late
too late to tell your heart
which eyes will make you falter?
Can he understand that all your love
could never stop and wait
and he's arrived too late?
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3. |
Dreamcatcher
05:13
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As the sounds of night are calling
you can hear the water falling
over by the river of your dreams
down the flowing path you've taken
moving softly, not to waken
all the sleeping spirits of the night
Nothing ever mattered
like you thought it did
now you've found the place
where wishes live
As you swim towards the daybreak
spinning once or twice for my sake
tell me nothing real is what it seems
the river of your dreams
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4. |
Ask Her
03:45
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With a toss of her head she had won
the game that I, had I known,
would not have started
with a smile and a shrug, I gave you up
to one who knew all along
that we had parted
As she walks hand in hand by your side
I can't think now
how I ever introduced you
Can't you see in her eyes
the telltale signs
and all the lies of the woman
of the woman who seduced you?
If you think that I'm wrong
and I care too much
I'll never speak of it again
Not a word will I say
and when you touch
I'll just slip silently away
All I want is for you to be warned
She's never loved any man
without disaster
Everyone that she knows has told me so
and if you don't believe me,
you should ask her
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5. |
Sintra Song
01:32
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A single word was all you
had to have said to me
a simple phrase that would have
said it all so simply
now all I do is that I try to imagine you
telling me what I knew
hearing those words from you
Do you remember after all of the time that's past?
Can love so fragile be a love
that was meant to last?
As I wait haunted by a vision
of what has been
knowing that I still dream
how little words can mean
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6. |
Alfama
03:37
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As you walk the narrow road
that winds along and breaks
into a hundred homes on every side
hearing songs behind the doors
a haunting voice
of someone from another time
is heard by you
if you knew then would you sing it too?
Yellow birds in every tree
and seven cats that dance beneath the hollow wall
that hides the view
if you had a million years
would that be all you'd need to find
the secret that is hidden here?
Then would you tell me too if you knew?
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7. |
Tango for One
04:07
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One fateful night
you danced right past me in the dark
as other dancers drew apart
you stood and made a toast
to the band that played
with your champagne
you never gave a second glance
as I tried desperately to dance
with someone else who had no chance
Why do I think of you so constantly?
Someone who is so cold to me?
Who never gave a thought to me?
Who loves my oldest friend
from childhood?
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8. |
Reminders
04:50
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9. |
Salobreña
03:19
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the sound of bells in distant hills
the sound of wheels upon the cobblestones
these are the memories
that your home has left with me
summer sun that warms and
blinds me so binds me to
all the things that we both knew
the glow of fields of burning sugarcane
as we walk by the sea awhile
is just a memory
that your home has left with me
half a moon behind a mountainside
where I cried knowing I could never stay
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10. |
Where We Live
03:49
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When I'd gone through all
the things you'd said
when I pictured every moment
that I'd known you in my head
still you had escaped me
still I saw you as a mystery
like a tragic epic novel
left unread
now that I've returned
to our hometown
now I see you as you're passing
on the street were we first met
will I ever know you
will we stop as some old friends do
will the wall around our secrets
crumble down
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11. |
Winter Solstice
03:35
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When I arrived at the party
You were standing alone
by an open window
when you looked up and you saw me
and you held up your hand
1ike a signal I should know
I started back as if to go
you turned and stared out at the
snow as it fell in the garden
in the blue of the night
when the air is frozen
voices were laughing beside me
as I wandered away from the room
that held you
Why do you pretend you've never seen
how much alone I've always been?
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Jeannette Lambert Montreal, Québec
Living creatively through jazz and intuition guides my life as a jazz singer and composer. As a Dutch-Indonesian immigrant raised in Northern Ontario, free jazz, sound poetry, and dreamwork have contributed to my creative freedom. I live in Montreal, Quebec where I insist everyone around me create as well. ... more
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