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Temperamental Year
03:49
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The birds all changed direction just before the sun went down
And you just watched and wondered what you’re doing in this town
There’s a darkness and a freedom, there’s a sound you’re trying to hear
Come the morning fall you’ve lost it all in this temperamental year
You never even had the time to learn from your mistakes
‘Cause your fortune’s moving so fast between good luck and heartache
And it felt so good to laugh then, though you ended up in tears
Every step you take they raise the stakes in this temperamental year
And they told me it was coming
They said there’s no point, no point in running
And they told me it was coming
Just like that, like it was nothing
The wind breaks through the windows and the sun sneaks through the trees
And I feel like a pawn of this not-so-young century
Is there no place left for hiding, is there nothing left to fear
All you thought you knew is lost on you in this temperamental year
And they told me it was coming
They said there’s no point, no point in running
And they told me it was coming
Just like that, like it was nothing
The birds all changed direction just before the sun went down
And you just watched and wondered what you’re doing in this town
There’s a darkness and a freedom, there’s a sound you’re trying to hear
Every step you take they raise the stakes in this temperamental year
All you thought you knew is lost on you in this temperamental year
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Trick of the Light
03:54
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It’s too hot to sleep, it’s too early to walk the streets
Trying to find, trying to seek out something missing
I’m too rattled to know if I got anything left to show
For that warm humming glow I relied on
Why’s it so hard to get it right
All these shadows that we hold so tight
Gotta let go it’s just a trick of the light
It’s too early to say I won’t get carried away
By the sweet words you say when we’re laughing
I thought this bird had flown but she just flew right on home
Gave up being along by intention
Why’s it so hard to get it right
All these shadows that we hold so tight
Gotta let go it’s just a trick of the light
Trick of the light
Trick of the light
It’s too hot to sleep and these secrets I keep
Are bound to make me meet my maker
If you showed me the door I wouldn’t know what to use it for
Got my feet stuck to the floor by your anchor
Why’s it so hard to get it right
All these shadows that we hold so tight
Gotta let go it’s just a trick, gotta let go it’s just a trick
Gotta let go it’s just a trick of the light
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3. |
Golden Age
03:12
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Free as a sparrow, poor as a thief
I great the day with a sigh of relief
Oh love, oh love you’ve set the stage
Don’t let me down with this golden age
Feet in the harbour, hands in the air
Thought that I could see the future I swear
Oh love, oh love don’t turn the page
Don’t turn your back on this golden age
Come back, oh come back, don’t fall on me now
A thousand white horses brought us here somehow
Come back, oh come back, don’t go away
We knew we’d both end up back here someday
Moon on the water had something to say
And I’m fighting this feeling to throw it away
Oh love, oh love it’s hard to change
We’re losing our grip on this golden age
Oh love, oh love it’s hard to change
We’re losing our grip on this golden age
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4. |
One Man Band
04:04
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You are not a simple man, of that we’re both sure
The lost half of a one man band, with both feet out the door
But I’m here to tell you there’s a warm wind blowing through
I’m here to tell you that part of me still loves you
I’m here to tell you though the clouds may hide the light
I’m here to tell you everything’s gonna be alright
I’ve been spinning ‘round the stars, reflected in the sea
But what’s reflected in your eyes, oh it don’t look like me
But I’m here to tell you there’s a warm wind blowing through
I’m here to tell you that part of me still loves you
I’m here to tell you though the clouds may hide the light
I’m here to tell you everything’s gonna be alright
You and I are sailing ships, each bound for their glory
But maybe someday the wind will shift and you’ll come back to me
But I’m here to tell you there’s a warm wind blowing through
I’m here to tell you that part of me still loves you
I’m here to tell you though the clouds may hide the light
I’m here to tell you everything’s gonna be alright
Everything’s gonna be alright
Everything’s gonna be alright
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5. |
Your Wedding Day
04:00
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I loved you but not enough to give up everything
I needed some room to grow, some space to stretch my wings
She was down and hanging around, I’d seen her here and there
We said good-bye, I blinked and eye and then you two were a pair
But I don’t want you to go and cry for me
‘Cause all I ever wanted was to be free
And though it’s true that I didn’t want you anyway
I’ll still sit here and shed a tear on your wedding day
I’ll still sit here and shed a tear on your wedding day
I loved you but it was rough we never saw eye to eye
You need someone who’ll pick you up and dust you off by and by
I may be a lackluster duster, but you can’t have it all
We had some good times, we said good-bye and now your back’s against the wall
But I don’t want you to go and cry for me
“Cause all I ever wanted was to be free
And though it’s true that i didn’t want you anyway
I’ll still sit here and shed a tear on your wedding day
And I want you to know that I’m ok
And I’m glad that I’m a thousand miles away
And though it’s true that I didn’t want you anyway
I’ll still sit here and shed a tear on your wedding day
I’ll still sit here and shed a tear on your wedding day
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6. |
Wonder in the Summer
03:40
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You’re a wonder in the summer
You’re a cool and steady breeze
You’re the ocean, a commotion
You’re the cure to my disease
And I don’t want to fight it so I don’t
And I don’t want to lose it so I won’t
You’re a wonder in the summer
You’re the rain after the drought
You’re the deep end of the weekend
Oh you’re my ticket out
And I don’t want to fight it so I don’t
And I don’t want to lose it so I won’t
And I don’t want to fight it so I don’t
And I don’t want to lose it so I won’t
All of the years that I, I looked up to the sky
And asked the sky oh why
All of the years I tried to let it all go by
Let it all go by
You’re a wonder in the summer
You’re a cool and steady breeze
You’re the ocean, a commotion
You’re the cure to my disease
And I don’t want to fight it so I don’t
And I don’t want to lose it so I won’t
And I don’t want to fight it so I don’t
And I don’t want to lose it so I won’t
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7. |
Slow Down Marie
03:11
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Slow down Marie
You’ve gone a-running away with the keys
There was a time when you wanted to be
Out on your own
Out on your own
All of your life
You’ve loved the shimmering shock of the night
Shone like the glint on the edge of a knife
Out on your own
Out on your own
If you slipped in the river this time would you do it again
If you fell through the tiniest crack could you still be your own best friend
You love the fight
Hanging a thousand wrongs on one right
Show the ghosts how to walk into the light
Out on your own
Out on your own
If you slipped in the river this time would you do it again
If you fell through the tiniest crack could you still be your own best friend
Slow down Marie
Maybe I’m only speaking for me
But there was a time when you wanted to be
Out on your own
Out on your own
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8. |
I Already Have a Shadow
03:25
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You offered me a shadow, but I already have a shadow
It follows me wherever I go
Like your voice
I don’t want another secret
I already have some secrets, but be certain I will keep this
Close to my heart
Everytime you close the door
I am that much more sure
Get my feet back on the ground
Until the next time comes around
I can’t take another good-bye, oh I know we had some good times
Maybe somewhere on down the line
When you won’t need an alibi
And what about tomorrow, did you really think it over
You never closer, you don’t want to say the words
Everytime you close the door
I am that much more sure
Get my feet back on the ground
Until the next time comes around
And while you wait for it to slowly fall apart
You accidentally break my heart
It’s hard to see just where the line blends
Oh we were such good friends
Now I see it through a finer lens
All the means and all the ends
Oh you offered me a shadow, but I already have a shadow
We both know that somewhere down below
You don’t want to say the words
Everytime you close the door
I am that much more sure
Get my feet back on the ground
Until the next time comes around
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9. |
Lover of Unreason
04:33
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I’ve always been a lover of unreason
I always leave the chain outside the door
Longing for the changing of the season
While I curse and crave and mourn the one before
A shadow of a doubt was all I needed
As proof of all I never held as true
A strange old sinking feeling that I’ve been here
That I’ve been here once or twice before with you
Oh my soul, what have you done
There is a hole where once was the sun
Oh my soul, what have you done
There is a hole where once was the sun
I’ve always been a lover of unreason
I always leave the chain outside the door
Longing for the changing of the season
While I curse and crave and mourn the one before
While I curse and crave and mourn the one before
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10. |
Some Days
03:03
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Some days you feel like you can’t ever lose
Some days you can’t see the greens for the blues
Some days you stack the cards until they’re bound to fall
Some days nothing happens at all
Some nights you feel the walls close in around ya
Some nights you die a slow death by nostalgia
Some nights you spend your time in other company
Some nights are you dreaming of me
All the love, joy and the sorrow
If you look they will all be here tomorrow
Sometimes you know it’s bound to go your way
Some days, some days
Some days you feel the world will do your bidding
Some days you think my god you must be kidding
Some days you just sit at the centre of it all
Some days nothing happens at all
Some days nothing happens at all
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Norma MacDonald Halifax, Nova Scotia
The opening chords of In Waves set the record spinning in January, but the mood is wholly autumnal: lush, then resolute. A
harvest and a hope.
On her sixth album, Norma MacDonald explores new songwriting tactics, reimagines old demos, and conducts sound experimentations that expand her folk and country influences into 60s pop, Motown harmonies, and jangly early millennium indie-rock.
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