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This Grand View

by Nancy Gardos

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1.
Beautiful and Broken 04:06
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Standing on the corner just the other day And I wave to a friend going just the other way I may be running out of things to say Words can fail me Let's forget about it now We can move on with just one less conversation Beautiful and broken, we are Beautiful and broken Like a ruin in the rain still shines Still shines I thought I loved him Like the morning It's the reflection of my pride That's slowly twisted toward the fates Standing on the sidelines Searching for the right lines Let's forget about it now We can move on with just one less conversation Beautiful and broken, we are Beautiful and broken Like a ruin in the rain still shines Still shines Kick around some dated schemes From the wreckage of my dreams Let's forget about it now We can move on with just one less conversation Beautiful and broken, we are Beautiful and broken Like a ruin in the rain still shines Still shines Still shines Still shines
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Blow My Cover 04:01
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Everyday, everyday I wake I will never be the same way again And it don't matter what you say I will love you til the end I'll show you my colors I'll blow my cover and tell you anything you want And I'll take you all the way Take you all the way hey hey I'll take you all the way hey hey Well I'll meet you crosstown And we'll sit in the shade And marvel at the concrete and the glass that man has made And there are walls between us Don't pay no mind And love must fight to pass Love must fight to pass You show me yours I'll show you mine I'll show you my colors I'll blow my cover and tell you anything you want And I'll take you all the way Take you all the way hey hey I'll take you all the way hey hey I've been known to hide I will come outside Compromise this lonely situation This lonely situation Ahhhhh I'll show you my colors I'll blow my cover and tell you anything you want And I'll take you all the way Take you all the way I'll take you all the way Hey Hey
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But You Did 04:08
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I didn’t want you to call But you did, but you did I didn’t want you to care But you did, but you did I didn’t want to rush anything Or feel too much, for anyone Ask anyone who knows me I didn’t know the score But you did, but you did You always left me wanting more Yes you did We waited such a long time a long time you'd think I'd miss You madly still But I don’t now But I don’t now But I don’t now Let me fall let me fall let me fall let me follow you Let me fall let me fall let me follow through Til our days are brighter day hey hey hey I didn't want you to call But you did, but you did Somebody took the fall Yes you did, yes you did We waited such a long time a long time you'd think I'd miss You madly still Oh still But I don't now But I don't now But I don't now But you did, but you did (repeat and fade)
4.
I Must Be Lost 03:25
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I went searching for a song Like it was a babe out in the cold I went looking in the dark Searching for a spark til my knees got raw Habit forming Gutless and groaning Why not ham this thing up for the page Hailstorm sunrise Straight laced or despised Join in the reverie I must be lost In reverie I must be lost In reverie I must be I went searching for a friend Went driving without end I know that sounds kinda dumb Esoterically defined, the way is what I’ll find Or else I’ll just pretend Habit forming Heartless and moaning Why not ham this thing up for the stage Black white red brown Pointless to argue what you get is what you see I must be lost In reverie I must be lost In reverie I must be Oh to be the wild romantic, “the ghost of all her dreams” She wants a cowboy with a swagger Who makes the young girls scream Whoo hoo whoo hoo whoo hoo hoooooo I went searching for a sign Like it’s aching to design a “wild gift” that’s meant for me Standing hopeless in the shade The plans that we have made may just be bought and sold for free Jackknife big dive Expose what’s inside Join in the reverie I must be lost In reverie I must be lost In reverie I must be
5.
Star On Stoner Ave. 03:14
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She rises with the dawn above the dust and the din Has a hole in her pocket where her dollars have been She took herself out for a walk so she could get a better view She's the star on Stoner Avenue Fire Engine 92 speeding over the tracks Makes her wonder if we're all just closet pyromaniacs A fire's burning down deep inside There's something bout you baby make her like a live wire She's the star on Stoner Avenue Blackened burning sun can you see she's hanging on Falling falling fast never know how long it lasts She's the star on Stoner Avenue She rises with the dawn above the dust and the din Has a hole in her shoe, oh if you could see where she has been She's the bright light on this street a four alarm queen you just got to meet She's the star She's the star She's the star on Stoner Avenue
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Independence 03:51
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One for the road One for you and me Are you a dream? I can hardly speak The Kern River, river valley, in my rear view mirror Whispers softly Breezes carry you back to me I'm leaving you Independence Will we pass this way again? It’s a long way down from Independence Still I’m gonna miss you Still I’m gonna miss you I never meant to turn this way, but something drew me near Must be where the stars converge, and light beyond their years Bella bella, Lake Isabella, in my rear view mirror Sending us deeper, into the ether Transcend us here I'm leaving you Independence Will we pass this way again? It’s a long way down from Independence Still I’m gonna miss you Still I’m gonna miss you Coda: No___________(I would never desert you) Turning back ______________ (never entered my mind) Every road keeps pulling me (like a selfless surrender to me – no one could measure everything) Closer to everything Everything everything
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The Only Way To Go 04:25
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A gold rush corridor on my right A whole lot o’ nothing rushing by Heading towards a wilderness it's lonely and familiar Every story's etched in time Miracles debated, why? We demand an explanation Extraordinary happens so deal with it Beats in time Puffs of air Ground so deep You can’t drown if you’re movin’ The only way to go is up The only way to go is up Cruising like a swallow ‘bout to land Think I’ll up and join a rock n roll band The nightingale, the oriole, the thrasher and the blue jay way Jagged fury melts away Fashion a sound Well you can’t drown if you’re moving The only way to go is up The only way to go is up Ohh you can grab my dress with no regrets And be with me Shake your hair and light a fire Just remember you’re a fighter Put up your mits and dodge that left Extraordinary happens so deal with it Beats in time Puffs of air Ground so deep Well you can’t drown if you’re moving The only way to go is up The only way to go is up The only way to go is up
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Come In From The Cold 03:59
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What do you want your world to look like? When you look outside yourself do you see a lighted tunnel ahead? Is there light in your tunnel? Are your arms meant for holding or for pushing back? Do they open up enough to feel the rushing tide of love? 'Cause it is like a wave Sometimes I forget to look both ways when you come round There’s so much I can take "Cause it’s a long way down are you lost or are you lost and found? Come in Come in Come in from the cold And into my heart again Wanna say that I love you in your ear Say it soft so only you can hear Clear as the day Throwing caution to the wind Open my heart up Shine like the sun on my face Burn like a supernova for the whole human race And wave your hands in the air, wave ‘em like you just don’t care Sometimes I forget to look both ways when you come round There’s so much I can take Come In Come In Come in from the cold And into my heart again And into my heart again (come in from the cold) And into my heart (come in from the cold) And into my heart (come in from the cold) Into my heart
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Right This Time 03:48
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Listen carefully, what i got to say I'm holding on my dear love Travel gently across my heart Some years have let me down Connecting with my road I find I did it right this time Brown and golden lying on the ground The deep green grows again Everything is going somewhere Don't look on passing with despair Connecting with my road I find I did it right this time oh this time, this time this time oh this time, this time, this time oh oh Hold your head up look around There's a multitude of wonders going down It may take a while to crack a proper smile But I did it right this time oh this time, this time this time oh this time, this time, this time oh this time, this time, oh this time oh oh
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Write My Own Ticket 03:49
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Fill me up with sugarcane I'm not entirely sweetened I've fixed it so we're not post haste Our ground substantially weakened Rhetorically rewriting Illusionist inviting But I Write My Own Ticket Write My Own Ticket I write my own ticket home Oscillating out of bounds Illustrious vibrato Tranquilizing strip tease We calibrate our egos Head straight to motivation A morsel at a time Monastic concentration Is rarely on my mind But I write my own ticket Enlisting my pen Of faulty desires But perfect in the end Habitual, entwine the obvious to death I slither out of breath In quiet revelation Cuz i write my own ticket I write my own ticket i write my own ticket home
11.
Birdsongs 02:28
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So long birdsongs You’ve kept me up I’m still awake And far from sleeping So long birdsongs You never rest How do you keep these hours every week? Where do you make your nest? Is your lover bird waiting there? To sing along with you So long birdsongs You’ve kept me up I’m still awake And far from sleeping

about

FEATURING:
Nancy Gardos: guitars and vocals
Matt Brown - production, guitars, vocals and more

Christopher Allis - drums (all but Independence and But You Did)
Thom Bowers - bass (Independence)
Jonny Daly - guitars (Come In From The Cold, Write My Own Ticket)
Jimmy Ether - bass + background vocals (I Must Be Lost)
Deral Fenderson - background vocals (Birdsongs)
Circe Link - background vocals (Star on Stoner Ave.)
Peter McDade - drums (Independence)
Paul Melançon - background vocals (The Only Way To Go and Write My Own Ticket)
Zoenda McIntosh - background vocals (But You Did)
Bill Mumy - background vocals (Come In From The Cold)
Michael Sherwood – keys and background vocals (Beautiful and Broken, But You Did, Right This Time, Write My Own Ticket)
Debra Tala - accordion and background vocals (But You Did, Right This Time, Birdsongs)
Matt Wilczynski – bass

credits

released September 15, 2014

All Songs Written by Nancy Gardos (Chai Dog Music, BMI)
Except Blow My Cover and Beautiful and Broken
(written with Matt Brown, RoCoBro Music)

Star on Stoner Ave. (written with Circe Link, Narccisiphus Music BMI)

Produced by Matt Brown
Mixed and mastered by S. Husky Hoskulds
Groundlift Studios, Los Angeles

Christopher Allis (drums) and Matt Wilczynski (bass)
recorded by Michael “Smidi” Smith at Smidi Music Studios,
Venice, CA.

Peter McDade's drums for Independence recorded and mixed by Lee Flier, Radio Flier Studios, Doraville, GA.
Additional recording by Freddy Koella, Los Angeles

PLEASE look at each track for musician credits! I am grateful for their friendship and musical company!

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