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Beating of the Sun

by Lisa Richards

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD number 5 recorded in Austin Texas. Produced by Jeff May and Executive produced by Lisa Richards.

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1.
Beating of the Sun 04:49
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The Beating of the Sun I went walking out in the midday sun in the middle of July who is the crazy one? Trying to melt the grief clinging to my bones shake free the restless heartbeat, shadowing my own The beat beat beating of the sun in the big blue cloudless sky The beat beat beating of the sun in the big blue burning cloudless sky I went searching for your face in a country you were never in yearning for your arms to hold me tight, your love to draw me in To stare one more time into the deep blue liquid of your eyes to fall under the spell of your laughter and your lies The beat beat beating of the sun in the big blue cloudless sky The beat beat beating of the sun in the big blue burning cloudless sky I strip the clothes from my sweat stained skin I can’t fight the heat, I try but I won’t win drifting into sleep you still rumble through my head with your songs of the forgotten and your voices of the dead but it was just me, I was all alone, I was listening to, the strangest sound... The beat beat beating of the sun in the big blue cloudless sky The beat beat beating of the sun in the big blue cloudless sky The beat beat beating of the sun in the big blue burning cloudless sky
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Every Star 03:07
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Every Star One small word so abused thrown around barefoot and bruised dripping from your lips like honey We all say it til we don’t mean it Love trickles down from every star Love trickles down from every star One little word could save your life could make you happy could bring you trouble and strife It’s the elixir, no, it’s the cure makes saints of sinners the weak strong the strong fall Love trickles down from every star Love trickles down from every star Some say money will get you through or faith will solve the problem for you hard work is the answer we know the truth Love trickles down from every star Love trickles down from every star Love trickles down from every star
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Into Graves 04:44
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Into Graves March them off in millions whole families from the darkness of my basement they stumble through my dreams Left without a name Turned them into slaves Turned them into numbers Turned them into graves Temporary haven I’m glad there was one You baked the bread all winter long to take to feed the hungry ones Left without a name Turned them into slaves Turned them into numbers Turned them into graves I know that it was kindness that brought you here today you knew the crime and what the punishment would be your blood upon the snow Left without a name Turned them into slaves Turned them into numbers Turned them into graves
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What love looks like 03:15
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What Love Looks Like There’s a flat down by the river and the light burns late at night a single burning flame but it shines so bright He’s standing at the window with his arms around her waist bends his head to kiss her lips, and I think that’s what love looks like I can’t see any of this I must have made it all up somebody must be getting love like this somebody must be getting love like this tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight There’s a couple on the corner locked together in embrace they only see each other, blind to time and space underneath the sign frozen like a photograph I hold my breath and think that’s what love looks like There’s a couple in a cafe on the corner of St Lukes heads bent close together huddled in the corner booth he cups his hands around her face brushes back her silver hair she smiles at him and I think That’s what love looks like
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Before I was a girl 04:05
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Before I was a Girl I lie here all night long waiting for the first shooting star lounging on the bonnet of your car The heat from the engine warms on my back your arm slips round my shoulder just like that Life was easier Before I was a girl Before I was a girl Before I was a girl flying down the hill on my brothers rusty bike in the pouring summer rain tough and dirty chasing all the girls in pretty dresses and pigtails just to scare them I was tough as nails Life was easier Before I was a girl Before I was a girl Before I was a girl before the world began to treat me differently be careful, what you do and say no one will marry you if you act that way comb your hair, here put this dress on stockings and makeup make the best of what you’ve got fit into this tiny box look in the mirror this is what you should look like Life was easier Before I was a girl Before I was a girl Before I was a girl
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First Sin 05:50
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The First Sin It wasn’t hard to tell the first lie and then the second one once I started telling stories they just fell off my tongue I knew I was hurting someone I blocked it from my mind kept their faces hidden it was a cruel and lawless time name me speak my name beneath the streets carve it on my skin, carve it on my skin, carve it on my skin, like the first sin I go by many names sometimes I go by none hiding in the corner booth waiting for someone underneath the dusty light the shadows move and shake trying to hold the future in a hand that will not break name me speak my name beneath the streets carve it on my skin, carve it on my skin, carve it on my skin, like the first sin I became the ghost that every soldier knew floating through the rubble like a vision, right on cue like the virgin Mary madonna with a child a mirage that keeps you running But never satisfies. name me speak my name beneath the streets carve it on my skin, carve it on my skin, carve it on my skin, like the first sin
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Old Crow 03:47
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OLD CROW Old Crow don’t call me too soon I see you watching me from across the boundary I try to keep an open mind, like a cloud flying cross an empty sky A wall of silence, a dead man’s dream, a wordless actor on a black and white screen You think I don’t see you You think I don’t know how you live to steal my soul and drag it down below drag it down, down below, drag it down, down below you want to pick my bones clean and make me gleam in the sun gorging on my memories one by one fill up on my happiness, take away my name steal everything I have inside, you better take my shame You think I don’t see you You think I don’t know how you live to steal my soul and drag it down below drag it down, down below, drag it down, down below Either you don’t see me or you don’t recognize the will to live that I have buried inside You can stand there all day long But I ain’t leaving til I sing every song every song, every song You think I don’t see you You think I don’t know how you live to steal my soul and drag it down below drag it down, down below, drag it down, down below
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Painful Game 03:34
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Painful Game Your cheeks are burning There’s fire on your tongue you’d rather cut somebody down than turn your cheek you know you should keep your mouth shut, you’d rather speak your mind You don’t want to hold your breath you don’t want to bide your time If it’s not kind don’t say it If it’s a painful game don’t play it every word is poised to kill your heart is racing, you hunger for the thrill you’re loaded up with hurt some body’s got to pay somebody help that man he’s no use to himself today If it’s not kind don’t say it If it’s a painful game don’t play it Just cause it feels good don’t make it right instead of stumbling in the dark you could turn on the light turn on the light turn on the light This is the trap you cut your teeth upon The words fly out and no good ever comes You can’t just take it back, now that it’s on the floor Now that the tears are falling now that she’s slammed her door If it’s not kind don’t say it If it’s a painful game don’t play it
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Trickery 03:25
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Trickery I won’t be tricked by the big blue sky and the smell of the lilacs drifting by Spring may have sprung but Winter will come pulling the color from my eyes Ah Ah AH ah This trickery gets me every time Ah Ah AH ah Crowding my senses, clouding my mind Waiting around for some tiny disaster to comfort my soul a soul that knows struggle and knows how to fight but will not surrender to love and delight Ah Ah AH ah This trickery gets me every time Ah Ah AH ah Crowding my senses, clouding my mind I let the winds of love push me around The smallest thing knocks me down knocks me down spins me round til I don’t know what I’ve got and I’m all tied up in knots You Say that you love me but still there is doubt Something may happen one day when you’re out or it might be me who throws love away for some random encounter on a sweet summer day Ah Ah AH ah This trickery gets me every time Ah Ah AH ah Crowding my senses, clouding my mind
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Open 04:53
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Open You had you share of troubles it didn’t turn you into stone you sparkle as you dance along the streets that you call home in the one dress that they bought you last Christmas though you don’t believe in Jesus, they dressed you anyway Open, Whatever life will bring you Open, whatever song it sings you Open, Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you grow You’re not waiting in the corner for a husband or a father or a savior or a tragedy to define you The wind blows like a cyclone on the breath of God kissing you til your lips don’t feel like yours Open, Whatever life will bring you Open, whatever song it sings you Open, Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you grow You don’t get caught up in what you’re not Count the blessings that you’ve got Feel the sweet air on your skin You feel everything One day you’ll be older, wiser, prettier, You’ll know less but you’ll be more The world will not deny you ‘Cause you’re so strong You break walls down, they crumble at your fingertips doors swing wide Open , Whatever life will bring you Open, whatever song it sings you Open, Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you grow
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Save Me 04:48
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Save Me I take my position here at your feet hand holding hand the strong with the weak I may not be drowning but I know I’m lost adrift on the ocean no one I can trust I think you can save me I think you can save me I think you can save me surrounded by silence we’re all going down into the darkness where the truth makes no sound Didn’t anyone tell you we’re all bound for hell? this boat’s sinking slowly got no secrets to sell I think you can save me I think you can save me I think you can save me So I raise up my glass make myself smile walk to the railing sit for a while here at the edge I wait for a sign salvation is calling Now is the time I think you can save me I think you can save me I think you can save me Cause I’m the last chance you’ve got I am what you’re not like pieces in a puzzle our fate is joined in saving me, you save yourself in saving me, you save yourself in saving me, you save yourself yeah yeah yeah

about

Recorded in Austin Texas mostly in the living room of the house.

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released July 17, 2016

Guitar vocals and songs: Lisa Richards

Bass, guitars, keys, quirky sounds and production: Jeff May
Drums and Percussion: Wally Doggett
National steel and electric guitar: Billy Masters
Piano Accordion, Casio, Melodica, piano, organ: Derek Morris
Cello : Steve Bernal

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Lisa Richards Canberra, Australia

With an instantly identifiable vocal timbre and an elastic sense of phrasing, Lisa has been called a singer's singer and her songs are a melting pot mixture of jazz, folk,blues,pop, rock and country - her own brand of adventurous folk art.

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