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All my yesterdays
are scratched into a plaque.
I know all my mistakes
when I’m looking back.
You bend and break,
you push and shove.
You wreck and make
and fall in love.
You live and learn
and turn around.
You get you your turn
to get lost and found.
I deconstruct to smithereens.
I dreamed a dream you hated me.
I’m fighting with my multitudes.
My soul, now what’s the matter, you?
You bend and break,
you push and shove.
You wreck and make
and fall in love.
You live and learn
and turn around.
You get you your turn
to get lost and found.
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Meet me there, the empty square,
the city planner’s pet
in your darkest clothes, now promise don’t forget.
Those curfew cops and rolling stops
are just a cat and mouse,
like teenage pride, to sneak outside your house.
Homely is this town, and lame.
Lonely is its name.
All this time shopping at the five and dime,
waiting for a shot just to say.
Walk me in the jasmine wind
and orange blossom rows.
Take me out to talk about your woes.
This town is red and jolie laide.
I’ll leave it all behind.
I hear that song, and you get on my mind.
Homely is this town, and lame.
Lonely is its name.
All this time shopping at the five and dime,
waiting for a shot just to say.
The dark and dew, they light on you.
The street lamps softly glow
and light the mist where lovers kiss below.
There’s time to pass, to lie in grass.
You made some room for me.
Your mother’s quilt, it made grass wilt beneath.
Homely is this town, and lame.
Lonely is its name.
All this time shopping at the five and dime,
waiting for a shot just to say.
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The Other Shoe (Demo)
02:45
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What would you say if I said that I love you
the way that the moon and the stars are above you?
Would you believe me, would I have the right
to ask you if you’d be my darling tonight?
What if we met under different conditions?
If I passed you under the night, would I miss you?
Who would’ve known that the stars in their flight
would guide me to meet you, my ship in the night?
Some folks fear for what’s in store
or pray for time to stop.
But, darling, I’m not waiting for
the other shoe to drop.
And oh, my luck, my dear, what are the chances
that you would say yes when I ask you to dance?
The lines on my face and the way my voice cracks:
I didn’t know I would be loved for all that.
I’m gonna love you, as far as I know,
and wish you your good if you should ever go.
I’m gonna sing you the songs lovers sing.
I know what they mean now, I know what they mean.
Some folks fear for what’s in store
or pray for time to stop.
But, darling, I’m not waiting for
the other shoe to drop.
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Arend Lee Jessurun Los Angeles, California
Arend Lee Jessurun (they/them) is a nonbinary singer-songwriter and producer writing sincere, sometimes psychedelic, chamber folk. Their music explores the genderqueer experience and Christian faith through a hopeful lens. Arend's pure singing voice, nimble guitar arrangements, and poetic sensibility have earned them comparisons to Simon & Garfunkel, Iron & Wine, and Nick Drake. ... more
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