1. |
Good Enough
03:50
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For I've come riding on my old farm pony
And I'm looking for another heart like mine
If I were to buy you that bucket of gold
Would you think that I am good enough?
I've got a big book of questions in my back pocket
And I'm looking for some of the answers from you
If I gave you the key, would you choose to unlock it?
Would you tell me I am good enough?
I've got a heart, that goes without saying
Hearts are for hope and mine has been praying
That since I've come to you, this sadness ain't staying
'Cause you might think I am good enough
You might think I am good enough
If I asked you, would you make me a star?
Would you marvel my fingers as I played my guitar?
If I started singing, would you sit and listen?
Do you think that that would be good enough?
Well, I've got a heart, that goes without saying
Hearts are for hope and mine has been praying
That since I've come to you, this sadness ain't staying
'Cause you might think I am good enough
You might think I am good enough
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2. |
Edmonton
04:22
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Big sky, open sun
Early morning day begun
Will the end of this work ever come?
Forever my love comes undone
Forever my love comes undone
If I just keep to this travelin' way
My heart won’t feel the need to stay
And if I keep wishing here for you
My heart will be forever blue
My heart will be forever blue
So I will take my time and see
Know in my mind that you loved me
Until you know what you must choose
You’re too hard to hold on to
You're too hard to hold on to
When you love you learn your lessons deep
When it hurts you’ve got those tears to weep
What we want most won’t come cheap
When you love you learn your lessons deep
So I will take my time and see
Know in my mind that you loved me
Until you know what you must choose
You’re too hard to hold on to
You’re too hard to hold on to
Big sky, open sun
Early morning Edmonton
The clouds and I soon to be one
Forever my love comes undone
Forever my loves comes undone
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3. |
Simple Thought
03:21
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I want you
I want truth
Truly I want you to be mine
I want you
And I want truth
I want you to be mine
It's as simple as this
Warm as the kiss
That I place on the side of your head
Where I rest
Where I confess
In your ear all the things that I dread
I dread
You're my natural high
The kind you can't buy
In a bottle or a cigarette
Don't ask me why
I keep trying
Press my hand close
Say goodbye to the ghosts
That have followed you all through the years
Let it all go
All you need to know
Is that I am a place safe for tears
Safe for tears
Safe for tears
And I want you
And I want truth
I want you to
Be mine
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4. |
Pale Love
03:21
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It is hard to hear what you’re saying
It is not because it’s not loud
It’s cause I know the truth remaining
And I’m not proud
I look to you to make me work harder
Now you have given up
I think fear, time and pale love have you faded
And not sure what you’re sure of
Pale love is loose around the seams
Pale love is quiet then it screams
Pale love covers over dreams
It pushes and it shoves
It’s the worst thing I can think of
You deserve a heart that’s bright red
A home and an open road
You deserve to live until you’re dead
If this is the only thing you know
If you’re looking for a pretty picture look at her
If you want to live the truth look at me
Pretty soon all these big things won’t matter
And you’ll see your ghosts retreating
Showing you real love is lighter than air
Real love won’t deny that it is there
Real love rises above, it’s what you and I are made of
It is the calm within your heart
And it won’t keep us apart
It’s the way it’s supposed to start
Real love
Cause pale love
Is the worst thing I can think of
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5. |
If You Were For Me
04:07
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I’ve been waiting to see your car drive up
I’ve been waiting for you drop by
I’ve been hiding while it’s raining, just until it clears
Waiting for my tears to dry
In the pictures i see people dancing
You’re the one who gave them to me
Now it feels like i’ve been painted out of the scene
And you’re gonna get married
If you were for me i’d be sleeping at your house
If you were for me there would not be any doubt
That you were for me
No i can’t tell the morning from the afternoon
Or the afternoon from the night
When it’s raining it’s painting them
All the same colours of grey and white
I don’t want things to change but I feel it happening
You’re blurred and out of range
It’s like there’s heat rising off of everything
Now the moon shines in through my window
I used to share this with you
I’m scared of losing the you and me that I know
And I don’t know what to do
If you were for me then time would still be passing
If you were for me I would not be asking
If you were for me
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6. |
One New York Ago
04:07
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The sun was high, we walked slow
You like the heat, I like the shadow
I was brave but you didn’t know
On your birthday one New York ago
All the lights they never slept
All my love around you crept
Our hearts beat and our feet stepped
Through that Sunday in New York
That I’ve kept
We might have had the right idea
But it never got off the ground
We were close, we were there almost
And we watched the sun go down
Over the din this busy town
Years move on and I don’t deny
The choice I made or your reasons why
But this cluttered heart is the tie that binds
Me to the broken New York skyline
We might have had the right idea
But it never got off the ground
We were so close, we were there almost
Now I can barely hear the sound
The sun is high, we walk slow
You’ve gone ahead, I’m flying solo
What I crave I would never show
On your birthday one New York ago
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7. |
Lost In The Valley
03:20
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Are you lost in the valley?
Are you lost without me?
What's all this talk of losing anyway?
'Cause the spring she is gaining
Melts the snow that's remaining
And I watch winter go draining off in streams
And out of me
Are you lost in the valley?
Is she making you happy?
Are you steady and ready to go?
'Cause I have faith in your meaning
And I have faith in your dreaming
And I can feel when you're leaning
A little my way, a little my way
And I trust the cards will fall
If we carry on, we'll crumble these walls
And birds will fly south, and words from our mouths
And love from our hearts that we've felt from the start
Are you lost in the valley?
'Cause I'm still here in the city
And maybe that the way it's supposed to be
I know you hear me when I sing
And see the same nights falling
And feel the love that I'm sending
From far away
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8. |
White Lies
03:35
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The truth gets tossed around and dressed up like a clown
Truth can get away from us and all over town
Don't take much to bend it or toss it into the ring
Truth has a silence to deafen everything
Truth can keep us far away and as close as we'll ever get
Truth holds hope and happiness just not yet
Truth gets stuck in the middle of what we want and where we were
Truth is used to hiding and being uncovered
Truth like a mountain solid and at least as twice as wide
Truth is made of little truths and a few
White lies
Truth can change its expression
Truth can change its mind
Truth can be right in front of us
And hard to find
Then truth turns into stillness
And truth turns into light
Truth could probably save our souls
And it just might, yeah, it just might
And if time can stand the test of truth
Then there's gotta be some hope for me and you
And if truth ain't afraid of fate
Then there's no sense in waiting
And truth like a mountain solid and at least as twice as wide
Truth is made of little truths and a few
White lies
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9. |
Home
04:00
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Side by side, I am listening to your heart
Keeping time with mine in the dark
This love is a growing, lifting note
Starts a lump in my throat every day
And people say that when you know
Your heart beats fast and the earth moves slow
All my steps seem to flow in three-quarter time
And I'll never forget your face at my door in the morning light
There was plenty of snow packed against the window
And our future hidden in a brown envelope
Saying
You are the light from the house on the shore
The light I was looking for
And now I know I will no longer roam
I just row my boat home
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10. |
Dance If You Want To
04:06
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Dance if you want to
And I'll sit and watch you
Show me the steps that you know
Jump high and swing low
And dance all night
Drive if you want to
And I'll sit beside you
When there's a road to choose from
We'll choose the right one
And we'll drive all night
Play if you want to
And I'll listen when you do
And when you sing a tune
I'll sing along with you
And we’ll play all night
Cry if you want to
At some point we all do
But at least you know
That with each cry you grow
So cry all night
Love if you want to
'Cause so many love you
Share your heart with world
Let your story unfurl
And let love take flight
Dance if you want to
And I'll sit and watch you
Show me the steps that you know
Jump high and swing low
And dance all night
Show me the steps that you know
Jump high, swing low
And dance all night
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11. |
One Love
02:43
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All these years I have been waiting
All those lies that you have told
All these days that flow together
I will stay alone
All these nights I lay not sleeping
Meet each sunrise tired and blue
All my dreams of our love keeping
My heart stays safe at home
All your words close to me precious
I’ll take with me to heaven above
Do not spend your days ungracious
And you will find your one true love
You will find your one love
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Rose Cousins Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax singer-songwriter Rose Cousins finds insight in solitude and strength in numbers. Supported by a thriving Halifax
music scene and welcomed by an equally vibrant Boston community, her album WE HAVE MADE A SPARK was made in the spirit of community and collaboration.
Winner of 2011 East Coast Music Award for Songwriter of the Year and 2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards for Contemporary Singer
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