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1000 Miles From A Dream
03:55
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1000 Miles From A Dream
The night is finally still
against her pounding heart
She closes the gate
disappears into the dark
Lines he crossed
she hides with makeup and lace
By the dawn she’ll be gone
no trace
Coins in her pocket jangle
enough to make the train
hair in a hurried tangle
arrangements set in place
Cold trigger by her side
and the moon on her wing
For all the troubled nights she cried
now she sings
“1000 miles from a dream, 1000 miles, 1000 miles from a dream”
Doubts compete with each footstep
contesting in her mind
Hope has been a fickle friend
whom she can’t rely
But heaven and hell
is such a fine line
A final chance
to cross the divide
“1000 miles from a dream, 1000 miles, 1000 miles from a dream”
She rests her head upon the glass
in an empty car
The town she’s left behind dissolves
in to the stars
Closes her eyes
and slowly drifts away
The driving words
In her head play
“1000 miles from a dream, 1000 miles, 1000 miles from a dream”
“1000 miles from a dream, 1000 miles, 1000 miles from a dream”
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Drifting In The Breeze
02:39
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I know what it's like to put everything aside
for that special, "I love you"
There once was a time he and I were fit to bind
but bound to lose
I thought that I had it all in my hands
but sometimes things just don't go as planned
So for now I'm happy here
drifting in the breeze
I wonder what the day would be like if I had my way
I could do anything
Plan an escapade, board the next train to someplace I've never been
Maybe I'll call up my rock and roll band
drive across the country in a tour van
Either way I like it here
drifting in the breeze
Drifting in the breeze could be what you need
maybe right where you are is not that far from where you wanna be
I've set my sails to steer through the gales whatever I face
but I'm floating on the sand, tied to no plan and no place
So wave to me from the shore, maybe someday I'll be
knocking at your door
Until then I'll be here
drifting in the breeze
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Truth
03:28
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Truth
Night is a lonely time
the silence I longed for is mine
I think of the place, where I got my name
it calls me in the dark
The trees grow tall and wild
there, I'm somebody's child
The ocean speaks its secrets to me
but I don't hear them anymore
'Cus I'm on this path, sayin' don't look back
searching for my truth
The further I stray, years from the days
maybe the truth was always you
Mountains painted on the sky
frozen in my mind
But out in the streets, the cablecars creak
through traffic lines
When I close my eyes, another year's gone by
tomorrow's the same, i'll play the game
Just to get by
I'm on this path, sayin' don't look back
searching for my truth
The further I stray, years from the days
maybe the truth was always you
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The Flame
03:33
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The Flame
Biting my nails down to nothing
you’ll be at my door to borrow something
I think we both know
the real reason you’re here
Didn’t you have somewhere to be?
you’re sipping away the hours with me
The brush of your hand
fans the little fire within
Games, the games we play
I should turn the other way
But i wanna touch the flame
Long conversations on our screens
the stolen moments in between
Wrapped in another’s arms
but your face is all I see
Games, the games we play
I should run the other way
But i wanna touch the flame
Things that I never thought I’d do
ways that i’m bending my own rules
Yeah this could hurt me
Long as I burn with you
Games, the games we play
I should turn the other way
But i wanna touch the flame
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Sailor Boy
02:42
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Sailor Boy
Sailor boy
take me away from the city noise
along the shore
we'll disappear into the void
Sailor boy
You're the only thing that makes sense to me
in this crazy mixed up world
Time unfolds
all that I wish that I could hold
but I know
there are some things you must let go
Time unfolds
But you're the only thing that makes sense to me
in this crazy mixed up world
You're the only thing that makes sense to me
in this crazy mixed up world
Sailor boy
Sailor boy
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Love Song
02:43
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Love Song
I wrote a love song just for you
and planted it in the garden
I hoped one day that it would bloom
I’d find you nestled in the branches
Ooo, ooo
I climbed a mountain just for you
and etched your name on the side
I hoped the winds would summon you
and bring me to your mind
ooo, ooo
oh don’t wait too long
to hear my love song
I wrote a letter just for you
and in between the lines
In my neatest hand my love poured true
maybe some day you’ll reply
Ooo, ooo
I wrote a love song just for you
and planted it in the garden…
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Find Your Way Home
03:57
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Find Your Way Home
You were such a curious child
searching the beach for miles and miles
Teenage years, running wild
creep in the front door with the morning light
I know that some birds must be free
but did you end up where you wanna be?
Did you find a path to roam?
Are you still a rolling stone?
Are you out there somewhere in the great unknown?
Will you find your way home?
Winter's here, but we're doing alright
braving the long cold nights
Today, like any day, you're on my mind
I just wanna know, are you warm and dry?
I know that some birds must fly
but will this be forever goodbye?
Did you find a path to roam?
Are you still a rolling stone?
Are you out there somewhere in the great unknown?
Will you find your way home?
Home, let me know
Did you find a path to roam?
Are you still a rolling stone?
Are you out there somewhere in the great unknown?
Did you find peace of mind?
Will you find your way home?
You were such a curious child
searching the beach for miles and miles
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8. |
Rain
03:53
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Rain
The waves on the shore crash and fold in
I wish I could go there
and swim underneath, forget everything
All that I am fighting for
Rain coming down cleanses my skin
I could drown if I breathe in
All the fears ringing in my ears
would disappear down the city drain
Waves on the shore crash and fold in
I wish I could go there
All the tears, all the fears
Lead me nowhere
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New Light
02:43
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New Light
I've been waiting so long to get out of here
fast forward this hard town, it's been a hopeless year
Boxes are all packed up, taped and ready to go
then I feel the warm sun pour through my window
On a day like today, your colours shine so bright
did you always charm this way, or am I seeing you in a new light?
Out for one last walk outside found a park I'd never seen
the bridge over the railway line spills into green
A smile from a passerby, children running free
soaring views of skyline, laughter in the breeze
On a day like today, your colours shine so bright
Looking at you I could stay, seeing you in a new light
A new light, mmm, a new light
On a day like today, your colours shine so bright
did you always charm this way, or am I seeing you in a new light?
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Claire Coupland Toronto, Ontario
linktr.ee/clairecoupland
A fresh graceful feel to contemporary folk
music
"This [2018] EP has, in just five tracks, surpassed most albums I've heard this year" -Belwood Music
"Claire's silky voice has a rich and compassionate tone, a voice with unwavering power and strength" -The Permanent Rain Press
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