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Now Entering Liberty Heights

by Alice Bierhorst

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1.
Lovable 04:18
Lovable ©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Full of anger, soft as snow A powder keg inside a glove What's inside you'll never know Outside the eyes are filled with love Heavy limbs and feather heart Sewn together like an oak I leaned my back against the wood First it bent and then it broke CHORUS LOVABLE Fragile like a soap bubble LOVABLE Captivated by the slighted breeze LOVABLE At the first sign of trouble Hard of hearing and soft of voice The gentle art of flattery Leaves the listener with no choice But to long for sleep perchance to dream Heavy limbs and feather heart Sewn together like an oak I leaned my back against the wood First it bent and then it broke CHORUS Linger on the lonesome sound Of words that I'm afraid to crack If you knew the sound I heard Would you try and take them back Heavy limbs and feather heart Sewn together like an oak I leaned my back against the wood First it bent and then it broke CHORUS LOVABLE Hard of hearing soft as snow LOVABLE What's inside you'll never know LOVABLE Waiting for the whole thing to blow La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
2.
Shady Lane 04:10
Shady Lane ©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Lazy Jane It's all inside a photograph you never took Pressed between the pages like flowers in a heavy book SHADY LANE inside your mind, shallow ditch that runs behind Worn out doll, an aging girl, strolling down the brandywine CHORUS Look around Look around Look around Look around Look around Pressed between your fingertips like a cigarette between painted lips Silver foil of your smile, fading light of a long lost child While away the summer days with picture shows and hopscotch games Cradle full of colored rags, portraits stacked in shopping bags CHORUS Lazy Jane The white-hot wheels of a bicycle, tar-caked heels Buzzing bees of summer grass connect the dots along the path Slippery rocks, a waterfall that no one knows is there at all Dried up brook that takes you there, song of tombstones in the air CHORUS Everything you ever dreamed is buried in a single beam Of sunlight on the windowsill, the sad song of the whippoorwill Everything you every loved is stitched inside an unmatched glove Waiting for a hand to touch
3.
Legendary Pillow ©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI There's the world just beyond my bedroom window I hide my face in your LEGENDARY PILLOW I've got nowhere to go I've got nowhere to go Days collide, time becomes a carousel I hold on tight, dizzy from your magic spell CHORUS I've got nowhere to go I've got nowhere to go I've got nowhere to go coz Everywhere I go I hear you Calling me, chiding me, reminding me I'm not alone Follow me, you cling to me, begging me To come back home I'm not immune to contradictions in the weather It may be June but still a chill slips through my sweater CHORUS It's such a shame that beggars can't be choosers But in this game, the neediest are named the losers CHORUS
4.
Backseat Driver ©1997 Alice Bierhorst/BMI If you got everything that you wanted Would you cry in your sleep And linger over the good old days When you were free to live inside your mind? If you suddenly came To the light at the end of the tunnel Would you turn around, make your way back to the dark And find a comfort in the nothing that you used to be? CHORUS BACKSEAT DRIVER BACKSEAT DRIVER You love the road But you just can't take the wheel If you dropped the ball and no one stooped to offer Would you burn the last bridge, make your way back to the dark And create timeless works of beauty That no one ever sees If you carry the weight of the world everyday When you squint at the sun you'll see nothing but grey And tell your tales of woe To a dwindling audience CHORUS CHORUS
5.
Wonderful World ©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Where have all the shadows of summer gone The wakeful hour at dawn Anticipation, Fourth of July The beating wings of the firefly CHORUS Oh, what a WONDERFUL WORLD For a boy and a girl What a beautiful mourning When the light finally fades The magic lantern of leaves on fire The gauzy veil of the pyre Trip the light fantastic to glory days of old The constellations are turning cole CHORUS All the little ponies buried in the snow Their steamy heads barely show All the world's an ocean frozen like a stone A sweeter world lies below CHORUS The bitter roses of early Spring Each breath seems to sting A hidden blueprint suddenly reveals The latest turn of the wheel CHORUS CHORUS
6.
Light Don't Know the Difference ©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI We begin At the dimming of the day The lights down on the corner You don't see which way they change And the hand across the table Abruptly pulls away And the voices that surround you You don't hear what they say And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE And in the morning Before break of day You're stranded at the edge Of the bed you share, awake And the hand across the blanket Abruptly pulls away And the voices that surround you You don't heed what they say And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE The sun shines, the rain falls And no one hears your distress People pass, stare straight ahead And no one sees what's in your head And when it's over You pull slowly away Crying to the corner Coz you won't be back this way And the hand in the mirror Grows smaller and disappears And the lights down at the corner They change between your tears And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE The sun shines, the rain falls And no one hears your distress People pass, stare straight ahead And no one sees what's in your head The rain falls, just like before But now you're closing, closing the door The sun shines like yesterday But this time it fades away
7.
Swimmer Boy 05:21
Swimmer Boy ©1997 Alice Bierhorst/BMI SWIMMER BOY The summer is here in the shade of your stare SWIMMER BOY You dissolve all my fear in the salt of your skin SWIMMER BOY Make me more than I am, I can't wait to begin CHORUS I've been waiting in the wings Biding my time Just to deliver these lines I want to breathe your tall glass of water SWIMMER BOY There's so much to say so keep reading my lips SWIMMER BOY It's all in the weight of my fingertips CHORUS SWIMMER BOY SWIMMER BOY And you keep asking me If the pool is empty And I want to tell you I'll never ever let it run dry SWIMMER BOY Did you think you were wrong, it was all in your mind? SWIMMER BOY I knew all along but I tried to deny CHORUS
8.
Waiting Room 03:35
Waiting Room ©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI I'm battered and busted This mechanism is rusted I don't believe anymore In paperback stories Extolling love's glories I only know nothing's sure CHORUS I hope that we can find the ones We're meant to love someday And never be lonely I hope that we can find a way To rise above this place To a room that's always waiting I wrote you a letter Because I thought it was better That we only exist on the page There's nothing more daunting than A sore lack of wanting and Before the first glance it's too late CHORUS These humble contortions And willful distortions Deliver a promise unfilled If only "we" meant "two" But soon we'll forget who Lost in a world that won't stand still CHORUS Always waiting Always waiting Always waiting
9.
Today 04:46
Today ©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI I was born With the sun in my eyes When the lights went out This world's a rude surprise I was born Halfway underground But I loved my arms They'll never let me down I had dreams I had dreams I had dreams And they all came true today We were made Of smoke and dust Why weren't we made Of stronger stuff Why weren't we made Of glass and steel Then we couldn't bend Then we couldn't feel I had dreams I had dreams I had dreams And they all came true today CHORUS When you smiled in my direction All of the words I've been stumbling on When you smiled in my direction Form a line, make the sweetest sound Of the dove You are mine You are mine You're my shooting star My funny valentine I am yours All through the night I'll mend you when you tear Make you come out right I had dreams I had dreams I had dreams And they all came true today I had dreams I had dreams I had dreams And they all came true today CHORUS When you smiled in my direction My feet never gonna touch the ground again
10.
Deep in His Heart ©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI What will become of the poor boy Lost in a world of his own Standing apart from the madding crowd Alone Nobody knows what he lives for He's like a ghost on the lam But he is made up of flesh and blood Just like any man CHORUS Oh, I can't believe What he's been dreaming Deep, DEEP IN HIS HEART He rules the world Love is a brave innovation A bicycle built for two He reinvents it for me each day Brand new CHORUS I nearly hurried right by him Lost in a world of my own But in a glance I felt all the love That I've never known CHORUS Deep, DEEP IN HIS HEART He rules the world DEEP IN HIS HEART He rules the world

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released January 1, 2000

Alice Bierhorst: Vocals, guitar, percussion
Jason Crigler: Guitar
Jeff Hill: Bass
John Mettam: Drums, percussion, vocals

Produced by Alice Bierhorst and John Mettam
Recorded by John Mettam at Running Girl Studio
Mastered by Rick Wilson at Olde West

Photography and Design by Monica Cohen (Crigler)

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Alice Bierhorst New York, New York

Alice Bierhorst is a visionary singer and songmaker. Ethereal and earthy, tender and tough, her music draws upon classical music, 60's and 70's pop, roots rock, Tin Pan Alley, and dreamy indie folk. Debussy, Kate Bush, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Nick Drake, Brian Wilson, Judee Sill in the mix. A voice clear and plaintive, airy and grounded, full of wonder, tenderness and love. ... more

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