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Lillian
03:19
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IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY DAY
WHEN I SAW HER STANDING IN THE RAIN
A YOUNG GIRL WITH HAIR OF FLAMING RED
IT WAS KNOWN AROUND
SHE CAME FROM THE TROUBLE SIDE OF TOWN
AND FOLKS THOUGHT IT BEST TO JUST LEAVE HER BE
BUT THAT DID'NT SIT WELL WITH ME
LILIAN LILIAN TAKE IT FROM ME
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LONELY ANYMORE
LILIAN LILIAN WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND
YOU CAN COME ROUND KNOCKING ON MY DOOR
OH LILIAN
I ASKED HER INSIDE
TO WARM UP AND GET DRY
AND SHE COULD SEE I MEANT HER NO HARM
SO WITH A FURROWED BROW
SHE CLIMBED THREE STEPS INTO MY HOUSE
AND BEFORE I COULD SAY PULL UP A CHAIR
SHE WAS ALREADY SITTIN' THERE
LILIAN LILIAN TAKE IT FROM ME
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LONELY ANYMORE
LILIAN LILIAN WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND
YOU CAN COME ROUND KNOCKING ON MY DOOR
OH LILIAN
she spotted my guitar
stared at it real hard
said she always wanted to learn how to play
I said this is your lucky day
AS THE WEEKS FLEW BY
LIKE STORM CLOUDS SCUDDIN' CROSS THE SKY
WE LIT A FIRE SO BRIGHT THE WORLD COULD SEE
WHO LILIAN WAS BORN TO BE
LILIAN LILIAN TAKE IT FROM ME
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LONELY ANYMORE
LILIAN LILIAN WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND
YOU CAN COME ROUND KNOCKING ON MY DOOR
LILIAN LILIAN TAKE IT FROM ME
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LONELY ANYMORE
LILIAN LILIAN WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND
YOU CAN COME ROUND KNOCKING ON MY DOOR
OH LILIAN
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What You're Selling
03:59
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What You're Selling
(Peterson/ Girio)
It's best you leave your key on the table
It's best you turn and walk out the door
Leave me here in peace, if you are able
Cuz I'm lower than I've ever been before
I'm so low and brokenhearted
and you're just getting started
Don't you plead and don't you cry
I can't take another lie
What you're selling
I no longer buy
Best you take your picture off of the shelf
I don't want to see it anymore
I believed you when you said forever
I don't believe in forever anymore
I'm so low and brokenhearted
and you're just getting started
Don't you plead and don't you cry
I can't take another lie
What you're selling
I no longer buy
Daddy said a cheat's always a cheater
Truth be told, he knew about that first hand
How I wish I'd listened to my father
But I was too young then to understand
I'm so low and brokenhearted
and you're just getting started
Don't you plead and don't you cry
I can't take another lie
What you're selling
I no longer buy
What you're selling
I no longer buy
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Been So Long
03:19
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It's hard to say
How this came to be
Lying here with you
So close to me
Caught up in your arms
Tangled in your sheets
Lying so close
I can feel you breath
And I don't know how you did it
But you really caught my eye
No I don't know how you did it
Once bitten twice shy
you woke me up
brought me back to life
led me out
into the sunlight
been so long since my heart crossed my mind
now I'm knocking at your door
scene of the crime
I'm pulling you out
into the moonlight
been so long since my heart crossed my mind
I open up
Like never before
When I'm in your arms
Behind closed doors
I'm as free as air
High as a kite
Never felt so real
Never felt so right
And I don't know how you did it
But you really healed my pain
No I don't know how you did it
Lit a fire in my veins
you woke me up
brought me back to life
led me out
into the sunlight
been so long since my heart crossed my mind
now I'm knocking at your door
scene of the crime
I'm pulling you out
into the moonlight
been so long since my heart crossed my mind
Falling, falling, falling for you
you woke me up
brought me back to life
led me out
into the sunlight
been so long since my heart crossed my mind
now I'm knocking at your door
scene of the crime
I'm pulling you out
into the moonlight
been so long since my heart crossed my mind
It's hard to say
How this came to be
Lying here with you
So close to me
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Melanie Peterson Toronto, Ontario
This Saskatoon born Toronto-based singer-songwriter has quietly become one of the bright lights on the Toronto folk scene.
With her aching vibrato and prairie roots, her work has been consistently praised by listeners and music critics alike. She has been deemed “Mary Poppins with a broken heart” by BBC radio and is also an actress who's most recent role was on the
Amazon Prime series “The Boys"
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plume moth orchestra
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This is producer Mitch Giro's folky solo side project, he's a SCA man (King Kong Girio), so it's delightful to hear him folk things up.
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Grammy-nominated avant-pop artist strikes up an effortless dialogue between quiet-storm R&B, orchestral chamber pop, jazz, and folk.
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Scottish singer-songwriter shares poignant lessons on time and relationships against a sweeping folk backdrop studded with field recordings.
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featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 17, 2023
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Live at Le Trabendo
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This four-track live EP from singer Merryn Jeann has a sense of otherworldliness in its mystic, magical compositions.
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