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Let Love Fill the Room
03:49
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Loneliness is a mystery I don’t wanna solve
Togetherness and our history is all that I want
We're here for some much needed carryin’ on
Raise glasses to glory and the rising sun
Shine up some stories I missed ya It’s been too long
Let love fill the room
like the softest veil
Take the edge off the wreck and the ruin
Might be the usual suspects or just me and you
Open the door and let love fill the room
I can’t sidestep what’s coming the future’s not far
Lately she asks what the day is five times an hour
Spends half the day on her solitaire play
Somehow she finally wins anyway
The old deck I gave her had only 49 cards
We let love fill the room
like the softest veil
Take the edge off the wreck and the ruin
Give me your moments I’ll give you a tune
Open the door and let love fill the room
I wanna talk to the kings and their men crisis looms large
Why are they behaving like they’re somehow in charge
They’re meeting this week and we’re all gonna watch
We might be forgiven stop taking so much
From our own mama's generous, knowing beautiful arms
Let love fill the room
like the softest veil
Take the edge off the wreck and the ruin
Like a semaphore turning their eyes to the truth
Open the door and let love fill the room
Ooohhh
Open the door she is here not a moment too soon
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2. |
Groundrush
03:11
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It’s a groundrush
It’s a heart crush
Don’t jump outta planes much
But I hear it’s true
You’re so high up got so much time
You think you do
Til the moment you don’t
Comes crushin’ and rushin’ up at you
Corealis
I forgot to account for the curve
Corealis
You’re never too old to learn
Got my calibrations
Calculations done
It’s a long shot
But not my first or my last one
This old world only spins one way
Mathematics
Might just save the day
Corealis
I forgot to account for the curve
Corealis
You’re never too old to learn
I’m stepping out
Fast on my feet
Gotta stay just ahead
Of what’s catching up with me
May all the saints & angels above
Steady up my breath inside my lungs
Calm my shaking hands
Lay your protection o’er my plans
Corealis
I forgot to account for the curve
Corealis
You’re never too old to learn
It’s a groundrush
It’s a heart crush
Don’t like to complain much
But I know it’s true
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3. |
Ordinary Magic
03:17
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Ordinary magic
Can turn around
a tragic state of mind
Ordinary magic
Come lighten up
these heavy times
Oooh bow through flat water
just like cutting glass
Oooh Wake a sleeping
cormorant as I pass
Oooh Watch her muster up
all her strength and might
Oooh Wingtips kissing calm like
two perfect stone skips
in two perfect lines
Ordinary magic
Can turn around
a tragic state of mind
Ordinary magic
Come lighten up
these heavy times
Oooh the wonder
of your first few waking breaths
Oooh feel the ebb and flow
for a moment in your head
Oooh know your heart
was not the part that needed rest
Oooh grace she lies in wait
for all that might be next
for all the hard,
for all the mess
Ordinary magic
Can turn around
a tragic state of mind
Ordinary magic
Come lighten up
these heavy times
Oooh wolf moon rising
pulling gently on your spine
Oooh selfsame power
as the ruler of the tides
Ooh draws her glowing ring
round the circles of your life
Six years running northstarlight
fallin on your six year old eyes
anodyne
Ordinary magic
Can turn around
a tragic state of mind
Ordinary magic
Come lighten up
these heavy times
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4. |
Ancient Waters
04:17
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I don’t have much left to teach you
You’re already ahead by a century
Oh how I love to watch you
Move through these precious days so free
Dip your cup into the river
Ancient waters flowing changing all the time
I know you can’t stay young forever
But I’m so happy that you’re mine
It’s ok to wear your heart upon your sleeve
It’s ok to love anyone you please
If that love’s not right it’s ok to leave
Trust your compass to
point you to where you need to be
Don’t you take my mistakes with you
Be sure to leave all that extra weight behind
But take our music and your sense of justice too
One day you’ll know how hard I tried
Years from now when I call you
Please pick up the phone take a bit of time
I won’t talk too long or bore you
The sound of your voice will ease my mind
It’s ok to wear your heart upon your sleeve
It’s ok to love anyone you please
If that love’s not right it’s ok to leave
Trust your compass to point you to what you need
Your brother’s gonna be alright just you wait and see
Don’t stay out all night and eat a lot of greens
Live a long life don’t be too much like me
Trust your compass to
point to where you need to be
It’s ok to wear your heart upon your sleeve
It’s ok to love anyone you please
If that love’s not right it’s ok to leave
Trust your compass to
point you to where you need to be
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5. |
Thought of You Again
02:43
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I caught your name In a conversation waiting for the train
I didn't smile cause for a while it made me think of you again
The cars rolled by just as I climbed on board I heard the old conductor cry
Move on down to the end and I thought of you again one more time
The train moved on and with my nose against the glass I hummed a song
It made me smile and for a while I just forgot that you were gone
But when I came to that line 'bout the one left behind I almost cried
And as we rolled around the bend I thought of you again one more time
And then I tried to go to sleep cause I thought that might keep
All the sweet things you said from running through my head
And pounding in my brain but I thought of you again
He said hello, I thought I'd better wake you up to let you know
You fell asleep and we've been through half of North Ontario
I said I really didn't mind I'll get back another time before I die
And as he turned the other way I thought of you again one more time
And then I tried to go to sleep cause I thought that might keep
All the sweet things you said from running through my head
And pounding in my brain but I thought of you again
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6. |
Marshy Hope
04:17
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There were times under big Alberta skies
I’d find ways find a day to take an early autumn drive
Not for the majesty of the Sisters Three
Pyramid Castle or the beauty of Louise
But for a bend in the road in the valley of the mighty Peace
That took me halfway home to Marshy Hope, Dunvegan you're tricking me
Puttin' on a show with so much gold
Oranges and all of the yellows in between
But I need the red in the trees
I’m the sanguine heart of my little family
I need the sea poolin’ round my knees
Maybe more maybe more than you need me
There are times when the fog rolls in at night
You miss the city life, city lights and the days moving easy
You keep your promises and somehow keep mine
On the disappearing edge of our country
Got my hands on the ropes spring tide sou’wester rollin' in
Gonna bang up the boat it’s no joke I’m ready for anything
you’re halfway home and it’s a marshy hope
That you can settle down and settle in
But I need the red in the trees
I’m the sanguine heart of my little family
I need the sea poolin’ round my knees
Maybe more maybe more than you need me
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7. |
Can't Get Enough of You
03:03
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Wintertime alone with you
But summer breezes blowing through my mind again
The seasons will turn round and when they do
Find a place where we can go
I know we’ll be together when our days are through
There’s just no telling what we two can do
And if I had the chance I’d do it all again and dance
And sing a happy tune and whistle at the moon
The days are never long enough and when you wake me up
I know that I can’t get enough of you
Riding through the countryside or walking in the city lights
And holding hands or drawing pictures in the sand with you
Happiness is at my door
the postman won’t stop anymore with bad news
It’s like a childhood fantasy come true
And if I had the chance I’d do it all again and dance
And sing a happy tune and whistle at the moon
The days are never long enough and when you wake me up
I know that I can’t get enough of you
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8. |
Deepest Well
03:41
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Oh my heart is the deepest well
That you can draw from your whole life through
How deep it goes I’ll never tell
But I won’t run out on you
What is life but a candle flame
Swayed by your breath and the choices you make
What is love but everything
Changing with the give and the take
I have another he sings me songs
Time passes easy and I sing along
It’s not so good for me to be
So used to you being so gone
I do your laundry like I always do
A slip of blue smelled like someone new
Never brought it up there was no right time
But it’s heavy on my mind tonight
Now your things are burning in a raging pyre
When love is dying you gotta light a fire
If you come crying I’ll let you in
Some things you lose some things you win
Oh my heart is the deepest well
That you can draw from your whole life through
How deep it goes I’ll never tell
But I won’t run out on you
You can drop a stone all the way to hell
No I won’t run out on you
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9. |
The Problem With Angels
03:29
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If I were an angel I would fly to see ya
If I were an angel I’d come by just to say hello
If I were an angel I’d be sitting on your shoulder
For to hold your hand when it’s time time time
If I were an angel I’d check in on my grandma
Have her remind me of the things she used to say
To keep me on keep me on the straight and narrow
Believin’ means she seen all my wasted days
But I’m no good couldn’t get my wings if I tried
I run from what I’m afraid of most every time
Somehow that became alright
Somewhere up the line
If I were an angel I’d just know how to be true
Pick out protect what matters and take better care of you
I know it’s not about finding anything at all
Make or break shape a self some job so far
Cuz I’m no good couldn’t get my wings if I tried
It’s all made up made up ‘cause we’re not made to fly
A wish tossed up into the sky
A million times lovely – still a lie
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10. |
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Out for a walk on the north side of town
takin' in images dripping with sound
To pour from my speakers like whiskey to grave
a bottled up verse about souls to be saved
My boots hit the sidewalk the sound hits my ears
The streets fill my eyes up with crocodile tears
So throw me a line ‘cause I’m drowning in craft
as the world dips their toes in the shallows and laugh and laugh
If the world’s an oyster and I’m a grain of sand
Then the champagne of life is a studio band
If becoming a pearl is the issue at hand
then fill up my world with a studio band
Out for a hike faraway from the city
taking in soundscapes so quiet and pretty
Figuring out how to reconcile flaws
with a burning desire to win your applause
Boots hit the rocks the sound hit my ears
drawing blood from a stone is the music of spheres
So flash me a sign ‘cause I’m drowning in glare
as the world checks their screens from the shadows and stare and stare
If the world’s an oyster and I’m a grain of sand
Then the champagne of life is a studio band
If becoming a pearl is the issue at hand
then fill up my world with a studio band
with a studio band
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Leona Burkey Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Contemporary roots singer-songwriter with a singular voice and a melody-loving folk-rock guitar attack. Known for off-the- cuff live shows in the Cape Breton troubadour style, shored up by a deep body of work that traces the meandering path of a slow-burn songwriter hitting her stride. Her latest & third full length studio album “GROUNDRUSH” released here in Nov/2022 is available everywhere. ... more
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