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Caretaker
03:19
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CareTaker
The cashier told me to “take care,” lifting my bags, turning to leave
as if care is something that can be taken, not something earned, by degrees
My cares could outstretch these plastic handles, and spill out covering the street
but I lost it all, and myself, when I found you there looking for me
Chorus
You’ve hijacked my attention,
lifted my heartbeats,
kidnapped my cares
now I’m free
falling for you
you’ve taken the greatest of care, and all my cares have been taken from me
The bothers and what-ifs, worries and could be’s, ambush and haunt what I dream
worry the details, til my reason, is tattered and torn at the seams
I wake to this vision, of you me, and all you have redeemed
robbed of my burden, blink in your light, like a child feeling carefree
If I sound lost and laid back to you
A little too cheerful and cool
I’ve no cares if I do
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2. |
Shape of Goodbye
02:56
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Shape of Goodbye
waved your finger in my face and said
“shame on you
if it’s all true
you’re making me cry”
watched you walk into the dark and
melt into
neon blue
the shape of goodbye
chorus:
flashed back to the days
where all we wanted was to get away
miles turned chasing you
hours finding I couldn’t get enough
of you
verse 2
white caps rode the waves when
we first met
a sly sunset
painted those cabin walls
came down the stairs to
find your gaze
I’m still amazed
at that shade of blue
chorus
I was too shy to talk or
to look your way
didn’t know if it was real
or what to say
to you
verse 3
slid into my picture like
you’d always been
like you’d always be
right by my side
rain dropped beats
put our hearts in sync
streetlights winked
at me lost to you
chorus
I was too shy to talk or
to look your way
didn’t know if it was real
or what to say
to you
tag
blue from your eyes
now haunts my dreams
fresh high beams
on the shape of goodbye
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3. |
Cloudy Skies
03:10
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Cloudy Skies
We began one October night
a downpour fracturing the light
all but washed away from sight
lonely on a break for the night
chorus
you sank back into me
I dove in the depths of you
tracking cloudy skies
We began in those puddles of mud
chasing kids and silt to the tub
all but washed away in love
The Red River impressed with the flood
a few drops on the tongue
a flash your world’s been redone
there’s a surge as the skies turn dark
will lightning catch from our spark?
strike this tree and again leave it’s mark?
igniting us right from the start
We began one October night
a downpour fracturing the light
all but washed away from sight
lonely on a break for the night
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4. |
Back of the Picture
03:10
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The Back of the Picture
Pictures spill out of boxes and envelopes, covering the counter top.
Memories of moments reaching out from a past we thought would never stop
Here you’re young
you’re silly
you’re hopeful
you’re beautiful . . . smile
a past set free
by handwritten words
your cursive connection to me
You once were a fisherman, struggling to hold up your stringer
your brother was blonde once and even he was free from his drinking
you skated
you dressed up
graduating
to the next degree
a past set free
written on the back
your cursive connection to me
hold me once again
sift through my images you’ve saved
tie me with words
to your echoes in these tones and shades
We all once were together for worse and for better, and we laughed and loved
That’s not who we are now, but it helps to see it in black and white
sometimes messy
gritty
spilling over our edges
our past set free
a small guarantee
written on my back
your cursive connection to me
please write it down
each curve and curl - your cursive connection to me
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5. |
Evidence of Good
03:18
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Evidence of Good
Crow’s feet form a river bed
a delta for tears
My pictures grow worse and worse
turning through the years
spiderweb of lines
connect the dots of this face
framed like an innocent man
still searching for grace
There’s this one where we’re all at the beach
posed close like truth
like a dog’s head on your knee
or new tomatoes in June
I return to sit in that sunshine
more than I should
together and smiling
my evidence of good
chorus
Your my evidence of good
I return to you
a hand reaching out, to pull me through
I’d stay in these moments if only I could
and soak up my evidence of good
a friend called me last night
just to shoot the breeze
raised my horizon,
gave my prisoner mind the keys
With all the words in the world
I’m still misunderstood
it helps to be reminded
of this evidence of good
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More
03:37
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More
isn’t this the whole world to just feel water
cool and encircling the skin
If I had two weeks to soak in your reflection
on the fifteenth day I’d jump right back in
wouldn’t it be nice to waste a day with nothing
wouldn’t it be nice to just lay back and dream
shade the sun, then dive headfirst toward heat
raise above your surface, where all light in me streams
chorus
I’m a tree of desire branching outward
I am wind always rattling your door
I’ve finest of all, and I’m heartsore
unsatisfied - wanting more
when I first met you, your eyes held a knowing
certain seas with the force of fresh dream
in one look you invented a future
putting into motion a sixty year scheme
you’ve drifted me further out from my shore
you show me so much more
and we have so much more
isn’t this the whole world to just feel water
cool and surrounded with wind
If my forever was filled with your time, dear
on the next day I’d jump right back in
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Good Vibes
02:57
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Good Vibes
These clouds been singing me, singing me, singing me the blues
there's no telling me, stop telling me the news
got to get up, get up, get up I hope it let's up soon
giving up on gravity in my shoes
chorus
Good sounds floating through
over me and you
hit me out of the blue
feels those good vibes breaking through
Tell me where to walk, where to walk, where to walk today
to find a good time, find a good time underway
going to let it go, let it go, let it slip away
these melodies are taking me away
chorus
searching for the space somewhere between clear and true
solve this paradox of space between me and you
chorus
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8. |
Stay Safe Out There
03:46
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Stay Safe Out There
Friday night, midnight, called my dad then the wrecker
the fear in his voice, didn’t make me feel much better
broke every window, as we put her right side down
almost had it loaded, when the old man came round
shook his head and turned to a quiet ride home
pulled in the driveway said “wherever you go
stay safe out there.”
Been rocking these young ones pushing strollers, pushing swings
telling stories, a few lies nursing bumps, cuts, and bee stings
Doing what I’m able learning what I’m not
letting go of bike seats making do with the time we’ve got
driving tests, prom nights when the phone battery’s dead
packing them to move out always stop to make sure it’s said
stay safe out there
Parenthood’s an all in bet a gamble for life
a figure standing at the dining room window waving goodbye
all roads are curvy, and it’s easy to careen
All risks are small when you’re turning eighteen
No one left to check my tires, the battery, or the weather
finally come to realize we’re all in this together
be sweet to each other if you get the chance, treat ‘em good
find ways to love the other until it’s understood
don’t wave ‘em off through the window until they know
they’ve always got a place drive safe and take it slow and
stay safe out there
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Doyle Turner Bemidji, Minnesota
Doyle Turner is a Northern Minnesota singer/songwriter who mixes elements of folk, rock, and americana into songs that seek connection. He is a proud Anishinaabe person & member of the White Earth Nation. Firmly rooted in Cash and Kristofferson, Doyle’s songs feature lyrics that find you where you are with a warm voice that guides you home. Doyle has produced or performed on over 9 recordings . ... more
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