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Uploaded: May 13, 2006 - 08:28:16 AM
Last Updated: May 13, 2006 - 08:28:16 AM
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Description:
a mothers' day song for the woman who has loved me and fucked me up more than any other...

Lyrics:

there's nothing like the next, best thing
and your eyes promise what
i'm waiting for/this story,
names have changed,
but there's one who won't escape me...

after the parties, the films and failures
-the beds and stages filled with strangers
and people who pretend
they'll always have you back when
it's nowhere i want to go...

because i know i belong where i've been...
dreams will always be a problem
long after the war, the heart is torn
-is it over or is there more?

after the parties, films and failures
-the bed and stage is filled...
there are people who'll know me more than this, but no one ever so loved
and so missed...

because after the light, the pain
the words are said,
nothing feels the same...
-into the night, the limbs
you'll fall between
- you won't be back again...

what would they give
they wouldn't take away?
this nowhere that i've ever been?
-but you weren't wrong to say
i'll always belong to you...

hey, mother-hey, mother...
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Good job! &mdash 05/13/06 - 09:17:49 AM
I agree with the sentiments in your song description and love your song.
This is beautifully sung. The guitar playing is lovely and clean. Nice mix
over all.

Be well!

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I can't help but smile... &mdash 05/13/06 - 10:24:22 AM
...every time I get an email about a new upload of yours.
Usually the smile sits there on my face for the duration of the song as
well. This time was no different.
Beautiful performance and very well written.

I'd be stupid not to download this.

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Mom's coming over tomorrow... &mdash 05/13/06 - 09:08:43 PM
and you nailed it - bittersweet. I love your stuff and this is no exception.
My favorites are Lime and Julia. The guitars and vocals are great. The
lyrics are poetry. I hope you keep uploading.

JG

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guitar is good therapy &mdash 05/14/06 - 01:39:17 AM
It can get us about 1/4 of the way there... the rest is up to us... this
has your thumbprint all over it... understated only to accentuate the
undercurrent of pain... the elegance of this is that it is not a feel sorry
for myself song... (which for me gets turned off in about 1 minute)... it
is a mature adult treatment, and you simply lay it out there.... As for
the sounds and production this delivers what we all come to expect
from you... It is pristine

peace

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maestro &mdash 05/14/06 - 06:14:16 AM
u have just bumped off james taylor as my all time favorite
folkrockrer......

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Catchy Melody... &mdash 05/14/06 - 09:53:25 AM
... your melody found there way through my ears right into my heart and its stuck. I simply cannot get it out of my head/my heart. And not to forgot: Your voice is beautiful :-)

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tasty &mdash 05/14/06 - 01:31:14 PM
you write great songs. period. your voice is soulful, the lyrics are
involved. It also defies the genre catagory thing. its simply original and
fresh. the mix is clean and everything meshes tastefully. great job

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Very good &mdash 05/14/06 - 10:44:37 PM
This is a well done song. Good guitar, good vocals, great mix on all of it.
Really great sound and style.

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nice work. &mdash 05/15/06 - 08:15:23 AM
Always look forward to your stuff. You should be one of the next MacJammers to "make it" as far as I'm concerned. Great song and great production.

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cozy &mdash 05/15/06 - 01:22:32 PM
Nice warm feeling to this -I think the relationship between u and your
Mother is captured in not only the lyrics but moreso in the vocals! Very
impressed!

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cozy &mdash 05/15/06 - 01:22:35 PM
Nice warm feeling to this -I think the relationship between u and your
Mother is captured in not only the lyrics but moreso in the vocals! Very
impressed!

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Okay. Who are you REALLY? &mdash 05/15/06 - 06:45:17 PM
Man, jonx. You make the simplest things sound so COMPLETE. And your
lyrics are simple, but I can come back to them any time and get
something more or something different than the last time.

Your singing is always completely right.

It's a good things you never reply to comments, or you'd be perfect, and I
don't think I could stand that...

Ed

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enjoy &mdash 05/16/06 - 07:38:02 AM
the recording, beautiful pickup of the guitar. Nice stuff!

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mother &mdash 05/16/06 - 08:13:49 AM
Beautiful song & well recorded.Two thumbs up!
-Godchaser

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Really Great Song &mdash 08/25/06 - 11:01:00 AM
Love your singing, reminds me a little of Paddy McAloon from Prefab
Sprout, dense wonderful lyrics. Trying to describe what this song says to
me is beyond me, but you expressed it wonderfully. Great Stuff

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From a daughter... &mdash 05/19/07 - 09:55:54 AM
who no longer has a mother here..and from a mother of 5 grown children.. so hard to put my feelings into words except to say.. Beautiful song. Made me cry.
~b

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