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Dressing Up
02:19
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I get out my Sunday shirt
And my wingtip shoes.
You wear your strapless dress
And your good perfume.
You know and I know
That we know what each other likes.
We’re dressing up cause we’re going out tonight.
I have on my father’s watch
And my tailored suit.
You makeup your face
Like you used to do.
You know and I know
That we know what each other likes.
We’re dressing up cause we’re going out tonight.
We’re going out together.
It’s been such a long while.
All dressed up for each other.
We’re going out in style.
I slick back my hair
And put on aftershave.
You wear your mother’s pearls
And we promenade.
You know and i know
That we know what each other likes.
We’re dressing up cause we’re going out tonight.
We’re dressing up cause we’re going out tonight.
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The fall line between
The upland and the coastal plain
Is clearest in the winter,
When you can see the ridge rock and sway.
The slow water’s frozen
Along the river’s edge.
We throw stones at the ice
To try to break it.
We go looking for some sign of spring.
We turn it into a game.
We comb Bear Island
Between the Potomac and C&O.
Under black bare trees,
Along the Billy Goat.
I find a bluebelle.
I’ll take it with me when i go.
March 4th,
Mather Gorge, Great Falls.
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Here for Good
03:38
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Flowers of black cottonwood
Lie across my lap.
A shape in the clearing moves
Like a thought I shouldn't have.
I know when i get that look
You’re too shy to ask.
I know that you want me to
Tell you that "I am here for good."
The sky turns an uncertain blue
Where it isn't overcast.
It’s past the time we really should
Start walking back.
I know when you give that look
We’ve lost the time we have
I know that you want me to
Tell you that "I am here for good."
It’s more complicated than the truth.
What this is can’t last.
But tell me what else can i do when
You tell yourself that "I am here for good?"
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This Means War
02:12
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An ordinary night, new kent county.
I’ve got your number, but i’m not counting on you.
I’m sitting and drinking at a table for two waiting for you to show.
If you don’t I don’t know what I’m gonna do.
I’ve got one over eight to go.
You arrive as i’m leaving, pretend not to see me
so i walk out to my car;
thinking to myself ‘this is something else,”
and then before i know it there you are.
You look at me. I look at you.
I say “Of course you know this means war.”
You shake your head, laugh and say
“I’ll tell you if I find something to die for.”
ordinary night, new kent county.
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Everything is Ok
03:05
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Frost on the front lawn.
Clothes out on the bed.
You say something I don't hear.
I lie and say I did.
I follow you downstairs.
we take it step by step.
We try and keep to our routine.
Something's got to give.
Heating up the car.
Already running late.
I sit behind the wheel and wait;
thinking about the time I waste.
I tell myself everything is ok.
Everything is ok.
Everything is ok.
Why are there not enough hours in the day?
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You had a dream you were dreaming
That we were still young and in love;
Lying in bed with our baby.
When you dream that you’re dreaming
You’re about to wake up.
I was the woman and you were the man.
A house and a job were enough
To keep us together and happy.
When you dream that you’re dreaming
You’re about to wake up.
When you wake up you’ll do what I do.
Search the other side of the bed
To find that I’m not beside you.
You’ll remember the things that we said.
You had a dream you were dreaming
A perfect picture of us
Arm in arm watching the sunrise.
When you dream that you’re dreaming
You’re about to wake up.
As the sun rose the sun showed us
The passage of time,
Then a stillness came down from above
To capture this moment forever.
When you dream that you’re dreaming
You’re about to wake up.
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In the yard i sit and linger on
what I used to call a lawn.
Now’s what i’d call a laugh of leaves
With my Betty Blue by my feet.
I am king
Of everything
Everything In my kingdom.
The afternoon adores the way
Betty and i just while away.
She’ll scratch the dirt and i’ll do the same.
We’ll sit and watch the sky for planes.
I am king
Of everything
Everything In my kingdom.
She looks at me and watches close
As I stretch my legs as far as they go.
I’ll make a face when i decide
that it’s time to go inside.
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If only for tonight you weren't gone, so I could let you go.
Wherever you go, you take the lead and I follow.
If only for tonight you weren't gone, I'd show you
all the things I know. Nevermind the things that you never knew.
If only for tonight you weren't gone, so I could save you.
And then like I said, I'd let you go and I'd go alone without you.
The end is hard to see
between you and the devil and the deep blue sea.
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Jonathan Vassar Richmond, Virginia
Projects include The Badlands, The Speckled Bird, Ophelia, The Vassar Family Singers, The Bird & Her Consort, and Lonely Rooms lonelyrooms.bandcamp.com
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Something We Believe In
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Project with Joshua Quarles and Allen Bergendahl
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Until We Have To
by Lonely Rooms
Project with Joshua Quarles and Christina Gleixner
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Old Time Gospel
by The Vassar Family Singers
Project with Antonia FD Vassar, Nate Mathews, and Grant Hunnicutt
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