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Alberta Eyes
03:31
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Oh, oh, oh
Let’s go down in the river my love
Oh, oh, oh
And follow the tracks in the dust that my father’s bloodline here has left for me
Stretching out under wide prairie skies
Oh, sweet blue Alberta eyes
Well, my father
He is so proud
To be born on the river
You can’t miss him, he’ll shout it out loud
And my mother
She was born in the corn
But her parents were travellers
Took her down where the coulees are worn
Tracing hearts across High Level Bridges and five hour drives
They came together in the Champion City in ’85
Oh, oh, oh
Let’s go down in the river my love
Oh, oh, oh
And follow the tracks in the dust that my father’s bloodline here has left for me
Stretching out under wide prairie skies
Oh, sweet blue Alberta eyes
I was born in the gateway
In the fields of the sun
Broke my heart on the highway
And it hurt but I never did run
And while some, they may leave you
I was never the one who could just say goodbye
I’ll be with you always
Sweet blue Alberta eyes
Prairie skies, sweet Alberta eyes
Prairie skies, sweet Alberta eyes
Prairie skies, sweet Alberta eyes
Prairie skies, sweet Alberta eyes
Oh my sweet Alberta eyes
Oh, oh, oh
Let’s go down in the river my love
Oh, oh, oh
And follow the tracks in the dust that my father’s bloodline here has left for me
Stretching out under wide prairie skies
Oh, sweet blue Alberta eyes
(Oh beauty you cradle us)
Oh, sweet blue Alberta eyes
(Oh beauty you cradle us)
Oh sweet blue Alberta eyes
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2. |
Peg & Wayne
05:30
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Peg and Wayne
Are down by the water
And all of their friends have gone home
They sit, their toes salty
And gaze at each other
While the lights in the ocean above
Begin to unfold
Peg and Wayne
Wrote their names on a picture
From a Polaroid camera that fell in the water
And all of the colours did run down the borders
Of the proof in their hands
That the day ever happened at all
All of the visitors walk by
And ask how they came to be
Buried beneath dust and riches
The nameless and lonely
Lonely
Wayne saw peg
In her bare feet and sundress
As the chill from the sunset
Held them in its embrace
And he thought to himself
As she covered her shoulders
When we’re old I will know
All the stars on her body her face
Wayne held Peg
Danced them closer together
And the sand felt like sugar
Sinking softly below
For how long would he hold her in the cool evening summer
Photographed silhouettes are
All that we know
But their hearts were here
Without even a year
Without even a home
And no tomorrow
Peg and Wayne
Are down by the water
And all of their friends have gone home
They sit, their toes salty
And gaze at each other
While the lights in the ocean above
Begin to unfold
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3. |
Always, Your Emily
02:58
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When I wake to the snow
Fallin’ on down
Like a blanket of cold
On the mountain
I know that you won't
Be where you should be
Beside me
So I put on my winter coat
And gather myself
I need coffee and hope
That I will stay well
Oh I’m so far from home
And far from the shelter
Of your comfort
Oh this love from the start
Was like glue to my heart
Keeps bringin’ me closer to you
And although I’m away
From this home that we’ve made
I’ll stay true
Always, Your Emily
I get angry my dear
That it’s always so easy
To bring me to tears
I wish I was stronger
Could fight all my fears
And silence this enemy
Inside of me
But you ease my head
Nothing compares to those
Words that you said when I’m
Begging for mercy
My beautiful friend
I don’t deserve to
Have one like you
But I do
Oh this love from the start
Was like glue to my heart
Keeps bringin’ me closer
Oh-oh
Oh this love from the start
Was like glue to my heart
Keeps bringin’ me closer to you
And although I’m away
From this home that we’ve made
I’ll stay true
Always, Your Emily
Always, Your Emily
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There were only three of us
Little Birds
Outside the window
Sailing south for the summer of sweet red wine
We were gonna make a good show of it
Dancing on the edge of eighteen
Young things
You have so much time, they told us
Sailing south for the summer of barefoot praise
Yeah we were gonna bring it on back home
And we picked the flowers one by one
And we strung them in our hair
And we read the sad words one by one
Melancholy dancing in the air
Now wait right here
Now wait right here
And every hour on the hour the clock would chime
To the skylark singing
Sailing south for the summer
Of freedom song
We thought that we could make it out of here with this
They called the names of the Northern girls
Like bells
Ringing out on a prairie sunday
Sailing south for the summer of what comes next
We were so sure that we were running the right way
And we picked the flowers one by one
And strung them in our hair
And we read the sad words one by one
Melancholy dancing in the air
Feet bring me back there
Words reach out to every door that I must open
Give me peace of mind
To find the love again that has been stolen
Swept away by time
I am not patient
I know I’m older
But it was I who stayed behind
For sailing south down to the summer
There were only three of us
Little Birds
Outside the window
Sailing south for the summer of sweet red wine
We were gonna make a good show of it
Dancing on the edge of eighteen
Young things
You have so much time, they told us
Sailing south for the summer of barefoot praise
Yeah we were gonna bring it on back home
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5. |
Ladies of the Mountain
05:18
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Love me on the rooftop
Take my beauty and my youth
Where no eyes can find us
Only hands will know the truth
Of my love for you
My love, my love, my love
Oo-ooh
When you’re a girl
Nothing tastes better
Do-do-do...
Lai-da-dai...
You’re out across the water
As I bring to life this child
Still I know you’re listening
To his singing new and wild
But that was long ago
I count the days in kisses as they fall
Now I sleep with ghosts
It’s easy when you love them most of all
These are my
Ladies of the valley, of the mountain, of the coulee, of the wall
And they whisper:
"Don’t you know it’s alright
Can’t you see the blood red
Don’t you know it runs deep
Don’t you know it’s all in your head"
"Don’t you know it’s alright
Can’t you see the blood red
Don’t you know it runs deep
Don’t you know it’s all in your head"
Sweet mother, don’t your worry
That tomorrow will betray
All the love you find as fleeting
For I know your strength will stay
Solid inside of you
And what you ask for then will come to you
Breathe in day and moon
And trust that what you’ve come to know is true
Lai-dai-lai-dai-da-dum...
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Emily Nancy Guthrie & the Wildflowers Edmonton, Alberta
Emily Nancy Guthrie & The Wildflowers are a 4-piece folk/pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, led by Emily Nancy
Guthrie.
Guthrie is greatly inspired by Joni Mitchell, Regina Spektor, and many other piano-centric female songwriters, and her songs focus heavily on lyrics and vocal harmony, exploring themes close to her heart, including matrilineal histories and her prairie homeland.
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