Get all 13 Alice Bierhorst releases available on Bandcamp.
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Row
03:50
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Row
©2001 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
Ghostly doll besieged with eyes
Room grows hot, you're paralyzed
You sink down
Spinning voices in the void
Whispering, you're paranoid
You sink down
Shove off into the water and ROW
CHORUS
Rock-a-bye the baby
Cut your engines, float downstream
Rock-a-bye the baby
Til you hear the mermaids sing
All around the past looms large
Rushing past like passing cars
Hallowed places now taboo
Doors once open close to you
You sink down
Shove off into the water and ROW
CHORUS
All your life you've been resigned
To the web of fate's design
Now a turning in the road
Leads you far from all you've known
You sink down
Shove off into the water and ROW
CHORUS
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2. |
Not the One
03:25
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Not the One
©2001 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
I am NOT THE ONE
To make you feel alright
I am not the girl
To get you through the night
I'm no one's lightning rod
I can't help you to realize
The dreams that you depend on
When you close your eyes
CHORUS
I know a little about
The way things go here on Earth
I don't mind telling you
You're a real great guy
For what it's worth
I know a little too much
For your own good
If I could trade all my bad times in for better
Don't be so sure that I would
You're sincere
You've only seen the light
You've never had unwanted arms
Hold you in the night
Your sympathies run strong and clear
Like sun stripes on the floor
They'll guide my way out of the blue
As I turn to close the door
CHORUS
Now everyone's got a secret heart
Separate from the rest
Longing for a life apart
From life's brief reckless mess
Now everyone's got a fantasy
An impossible ideal
Sandcastles crumble to the sea
When the truth's revealed
CHORUS
I am not
I am not
I am NOT THE ONE
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Oxygen
04:03
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Oxygen
©2001 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
Count the candles on the cake
Thousand fires kept awake
By OXYGEN
Everything you ever wanted
Springs to life inside its fountain
Silver spray
OXYGEN
It's alright, it's alright
Half-detected cataract
On the way it all goes black
Fades away
Dreams denied and exhaled breaths
Everyday a million deaths
Hurled into space
OXYGEN
It's alright, it's alright
OXYGEN
It's alright, it's alright
Christmastime is here again
All your wishes wed to pen
Spelled out plain
The snow is brighter now
You will find your way somehow
Lay your claim
OXYGEN
It's alright, it's alright
OXYGEN
It's alright, it's alright
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Butterfly
05:23
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Butterfly
©2001 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
BUTTERFLY
Why do you think that you don't deserve to fly
Way up high where all can see
But instead you choose to hide
CHORUS
Is it because of the hole
Where the stuffing used to go
There's nothing inside
To keep the sadness at bay
Drive the darker voices away
That keep telling you lies
BUTTERFLY
Why do you listen to those who do you harm
And you shy away from those who welcome you
With open arms
CHORUS
That keep telling you lies
BUTTERFLY
Why do you hold on so tightly to the past
That makes you cry
Living in shadows that broke down memories cast
Is it because of the drum
That's been pounding since you were young
And makes you feel small
Couldn't it be that the words
That have held you in their thrall
Might mean nothing at all
Might mean nothing at all
Don't mean a thing after all
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5. |
On A Clear Day
03:37
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On A Clear Day
©2001 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
ON A CLEAR DAY in June
You looked round your room
With a quiet sense of despair
When all that you dream
Is beckoning you
You simply have to go there
CHORUS
What would you lose
If you were to fly away
Finally free to belong
To the one you longed to love
On a clear night in June
Transfixed by a point
Beyond the nearest star
Held by its beam
The believer believes
No distance is too far
CHORUS
What would you lose
What would you lose
ON A CLEAR DAY in June
Though the reasons weren't new
They suddenly conspired
To drive you to flight
With no promise of light
Just a premonition of fire
CHORUS
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6. |
Lullabye
04:08
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Lullabye
©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
Darlin', darlin', darlin'
I can't get to sleep
Won't you tell a bedtime story to me
Darlin', darlin', darlin'
I know you'll understand
If I close my eyes while I'm holding your hand tonight
CHORUS
LULLABY and good night baby
Sleep tight all night long
When you awaken the sun will be shining
Through your bedroom window and on your sleepy head
Darlin', darlin', darlin'
The night is closing in
The stars are warming' up and the moon is marching in
Darlin', darlin', darlin'
The night is all I know
Won't you help me please, won't you help me to go to sleep
CHORUS
Darlin', darlin', darlin'
I'm so scared of the dark
Won't you help me light sleep's sweet spark
Darlin', darlin', darlin'
Oh, where are you now
If you ever leave me, don't know how I'll ever get back to sleep
CHORUS
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7. |
Nobody's Sun
05:33
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Nobody's Sun
©2001 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
Monday morning and it surely looks like rain
Paper taxis spinning slowly down the drain
Without warning but you shouldn't feel surprise
Clouds are forming pulling vapor from your eyes
CHORUS
And love, love won't save anyone
Coz love can't be NOBODY'S SUN
Monday morning and the water surely stains
All you jokers caught without umbrellas again
CHORUS
Monday morning and it always feels the same
All you joiners, someone's always left out of the game
CHORUS
Love can't be NOBODY'S SUN
Love can't be NOBODY'S SUN
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8. |
Nowhere Else
03:10
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Nowhere Else
©2001 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
Morning becomes you
Taps lightly on your shoulder
Just a quick embrace to start the day
Where does the time go
Another nighttime older
But we grew young along the way
CHORUS
NOWHERE ELSE but here
NOWHERE ELSE but here
Could be half as sweet as this
NOWHERE ELSE but here
NOWHERE ELSE but here
Outside the window
The clouds hang low and full of rain
Your footsteps echo
The key turns and once more it's plain
That wherever we go
There's only one reliable place
Where the slings and arrows
Can't follow, they can't follow
CHORUS
I can't imagine how we made it
All of those days
All of those days before
We had anywhere at all
Day breaks beneath us
The Earth is dark and still above
And when she leaves us
They'll be another day to love
CHORUS
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9. |
Big Star
03:11
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Big Star
©2001 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
If you'll accompany me
I'll show you where I live
It's not far from here
It's a place that always forgives
CHORUS
I don't want to play the BIG STAR for you
I don't want to play the BIG STAR
The words just ring untrue
I don't want to play the BIG STAR
But if you ask me to shine on you, I will
You know I always will
There are millions of ways
That lovers make amends
For the rest of my days
I pray that we'll always be friends
CHORUS
I may seem out of reach
But I'm always near at hand
Just whisper my name
I'll come running wherever I am
CHORUS
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10. |
I Believe In You
02:53
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I Believe in You
©2001 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
It's alright, it's ok
I understand
In the light of day
You're not the man I saw in dreams
But I still believe in you
It's alright, don't despair
There'll come a day
When a change in the air
Will ease your mind, bring down the rain
And I'll still believe in you
What was I supposed to do
I really loved you
And it broke my heart in two
It's alright, it's ok
We'll disappear
But not fade away
So have no fear, you're in my blood
And I'll always believe in you
What was I supposed to do
I really loved you
I believe that I still do
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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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