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Best If I Forget
03:33
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Best If I Forget
send me bad news in writing
lick and seal a white envelope
I’ll hold you between my fingers
memorize these words of smoke
say your feelings to me forward
speak emotion in the light
thought the touch of a hand on my cheek
could sustain me for the rest of my life
chorus
flame refines, flame defines
this aching in my chest
leaving left to smolder
is the best that I can get
you’re a letter not delivered
you’re an air and fire duet
a melody that’s set to silence
burning notes I can’t forget
chorus
bridge:
you burned me down on the day I met you
you burn me down again as you leave
chorus
send me bad news in writing
blur goodbye through an envelope
I’ll hold a flame to this corner
knowing it’s better not to know
Will You Remember Me?
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2. |
One Good Night
04:08
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One Good Night
one good night
when the words land right
and the music brings sight to the blind
what’s the price to pay
to spirit me away
from signposts of life’s long goodbye
prechorus
there are cries in the strings
through harmonics and rings
an atmosphere of frequencies and whine
like voices called out to me
some crave to be free
protesting up and down my spine
chorus
tell it to me true
the way bent notes do
take me to, the space I’m meant to be
sing it to me true
bend those notes so blue
sing away the hard edge of these days
in one good night
when words are joined to tune
interlocking truth
blind dovetail glued to the heart
notes read these runes
trail steps back to
the garden where we knew who we are
prechorus
there are cries in the strings
through harmonics and rings
an atmosphere of frequencies and whines
like voices called out to me
some crave to be free
protesting up and down my spine
chorus
give me one good night
when my words land right
and the music brings sight to the blind
in one good night
give me one good night
when my words land right
and the music brings sight to the blind
in one good night
in one good night
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3. |
These Days
03:36
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These Days
I see you look away
isolation on parade
these days
arms stay at their sides
good at staying on your side
these days
can’t say what’s on my mind
throwing gas on your fire
these days
eyes stormed over growing wet
downpouring out regret
these days
chorus
these days are hard
these days are growling and starved
these days have been hung out in the rain
these days feel their hours
these days no longer ours
we’ve forgotten there ever was sun (pause open)
these days
verse 2
wishing for your smile
that’s been covered for awhile
these days
lonely wind down empty halls
no longer one for all
these days
new curses on the books
baited words with barbs and hooks
these days
Are you enemy or friend
remind me once again
these days
chorus
bridge
come to
the sameness at the center of our cells
come to
blink our eyes and come back to ourselves
chorus
Are you enemy or friend
remind me once again
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4. |
In This Meantime
05:05
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This Meantime
I give you my heart, six notes and a page
just paper and words, melodies heard, now and then in this place
outside there’s this light, that matches my mood
gusts of hard wind, that bully dried leaves and yesterday’s news
chorus
I give it all just for a few
moments where I stumble into the clear blue
here’s hoping it happens, and happens in time
to save me and you, and carry us through, in this meantime
verse 2
Take what you like, leave me to rest
no matter the cost, I think that I’ve lost, what’s clean & what’s best
the older I get, the more time I take
I sing to the dark, I sing to the dawn, for all that’s at stake
chorus
bridge
who gets to say that enough is enough
I’m singing redemption so much my voice is rough
This heart is a drunk, staggers and swears
loves as quick as it hates, believes in bad fate, swinging wildly at air
I drink to your health, I sing for my soul
here’s hoping the gods, let this heart beat the odds
and return to the fold
chorus + Tag
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5. |
Half Past Noon
02:44
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Half Past Noon
clearly life has changed, but that won’t change what’s true for me and you
hold my hand, breathe in deep, look into my eyes for what’s clear and true
we put the love in these love songs baby
and it saving me and driving me crazy
we’re the lucky sun shining out at half past noon
voices carry cross the hall and through the air of these familiar rooms
the sound of melodies searching for connection in these little tunes
your love makes me sing, and it’s no wonder
it’s a summer sky we’re living under
we’re the lucky sun shining out at half past noon
and it dawns on me, each and every day
seems like it’s always been this way
your the answer each time I pray away the rain
all of this is a love song if you carry love and let love carry you
We’ve been doing this forever, and forever is what we aim to do
clouds are bound to cover up this light
still we spark together when we strike
we’re the lucky sun shining out at half past noon
clearly life has changed, but that won’t change what’s true for me and you
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6. |
One More Kiss Goodbye
05:02
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One More Kiss Goodbye
gave my news away
watched it break
across your pretty face
want so much to stay
to move your way
prior promises in play
chorus
feelings sure to mystify
they seem to justify
the breaking of our hearts one at a time
feelings are my only guide
the only truth and I
give one more kiss goodbye
your body language on repeat
a haunt that speaks to me
this phantom that I seek
listened all damn day
to what your cues say
prior promises in play
chorus
trace your notes on my page
my deepest thoughts on stage
your a habit I can’t break
it’s so hard to contain
you day my night and night my day
prior promises in play
chorus
bridge:
am I a flag
moving to the wind?
or will I miss truth
blowing cross my beam?
am I a flag
moving to your wind?
or do I slight truth
again and again?
Chorus
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7. |
Ordinary Truth
03:09
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Ordinary Truth
sunlight, water
deeper than the deepest blue
heartbeat, headrush
eyes deeper than the deepest blue
Rustle, of pages
blank until I look at you
my pen’s chance, words dance
lightly across these ordinary truths
chorus
you come around my jagged corners
unlock these deadbolted doors
your face appearing just before
I need you
It’s just my ordinary truth
feet firm, you ground me
in seasons spent right here with you
wind blows, storms rage
we watch them as they pass on through
chorus
bridge
say I love you
to the west wind
hold the hands of these stars
every day and universal
time itself’s become ours high
chorus
you come around my jagged corners
your face appearing just before
I need you
and I need you
It’s just my ordinary truth
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8. |
Coming Round
03:18
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Coming Round
Don’t know the start, don’t know the end
waiting on this river bend
listening to the water confess
there’s been a dry spell in my chest
To me you were a tall pine tree
to this day you overshadow me
climbed your shoulders so I could see
I’m rooted in revolving memories
chorus
wait for it, it will come around
wait for it, it’s coming round
wait for it, it will come around
your memory is too big to get my arms around
button boxes and old junk drawers
probably had what you’re looking for
a whole lot of what’s mine is yours
I see you grin through that old screen door
knuckles wide on veiny hands
beat the tar out of many men
showed me patience, held grace for me
said on earth there’s no guarantee, but
chorus
bridge
blue shirts and old work boots
deep laughter rattling loose
these words and lines can’t compare
winding round like an empty snare
chorus
I see you shake your head and laugh
squinting out from that photograph
when you look out, I hope you see
your kind of man coming round in me
chorus X2
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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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