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RETURN ME
(words: Emily Barker; music: Emily Barker and Ted Barnes)
Return me to where my eyes first glimpsed
Sun-kissed folds of your Blackwood lips
I’ve been gone so long
Time is moving on
Come with me to another land
Our skin can thin together hand in hand
I’ve been gone so long
Tell me will you come?
The hues of your summer haunt my way
I feel the path we’ve known begin to stray
Chosen journey many selves ago
Turned to me with a mind of its own
Am I following?
Knowing where I’ve been?
I’ve loved this movement every coast to coast
Fell for others but I love you most
I’ve been gone so long
Tell me will you come?
The hues of your summer haunt my way
I feel the path we’ve known begin to stray
So come with me to another shore
We can learn a new way to mourn
Are you following?
Knowing where you’ve been?
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Geography
03:18
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THE WOMAN WHO PLANTED TREES
(words and music: Emily Barker)
I can tell my age
By the height of trees
By the years they’ve stood
Growing over me
When I was a girl
You planted seeds
And cast your love
Forever over me
When the land was dry
No food to eat
When the soil was sick
And the river weak
You took a spade
Bare hands, bare feet
And sowed your love
Roots down deep
In the cool, dark shade
Leaves sing your name
Wild green tongues glisten in the glade
Your branches warp, my fingers weft
Weave me through this gift you left
From a prison cell
You dreamt of trees
Blood dried black
Upon your cheek
You didn’t know
Around the world
People listened
People learned
Water returned
Soil healed
Hope restored with every yield
Trees grew high
Bones grew strong
Enough for everyone
In the cool, dark shade
Leaves sing your name
Wild green tongues glisten in the glade
Your branches warp, my fingers weft
Weave me through this gift you left
I can tell my age
By the height of trees
By the years they’ve stood
Growing over me
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Where Have The Sparrows Gone?
Blow the dust off
Your grandma’s gas mask
Hide in the place we played
Where the woods were once
They closed the bridge again
They’re not letting us out
Though we told them years ago
They didn’t listen to us shout
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
We’re headed north
Which way were you going to go?
I heard there’s a truck that leaves
From the Old Kent Road
Wild fire, wild weather
The prophecies came true
We read about them years ago
No one to blame but me and you
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Took too much from the ocean
Took too much from the earth
We took more than we needed to
More than we could return
Ashes in my pocket
I’ll scatter them when we stop
He loved to be by water
Down where the waves bow and buck
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Blow the dust off
Your grandma’s gas mask
Hide in the place we played
Where the woods were once
They closed the bridge again
They’re not letting us out
Though we told them years ago
They didn’t listen to us shout
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
Where have the sparrows gone?
They’re where the woods were once
Where the woods were once
Where the woods were once
They’re where the woods were once
Where the woods were once
Where the woods were once
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Strange Weather
05:37
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Machine
03:17
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Ordinary
03:17
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Any More Goodbyes
03:03
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10. |
Sonogram
03:34
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Emily Barker UK
Emily Barker is the award-winning songwriter and performer of the theme to BBC TV’s Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. Her music is an indie blend of influences from alt-country to folk via 60s pop, with comparisons ranging from PJ Harvey to Joni Mitchell. ... more
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