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The Vigil

by Alice Bierhorst

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1.
Do You Dream 02:49
Do You Dream ©2007 Alice Bierhorst/BMI I'm always dreaming that you're dreaming of me I'm always dreaming bout the way it could be When our little boat sets sail on the see CHORUS DO YOU DREAM about me? DO YOU DREAM about me? There is a place that everyone knows It's not a place where everyone goes Where the more that you love, the more that it grows CHORUS I'm always dreaming that you're dreaming of me I'm always dreaming that one day I will see you in my dreams Someday I'll show you what it means to be free I'll take your hand, you will follow my lead And we will have everything that we'll ever need CHORUS CHORUS
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Thank You 03:08
Thank You ©2007 Alice Bierhorst/BMI I wake up in the morning My head's in a cacophony I turn it over to you and you Turn it into a symphony CHORUS I just want to THANK YOU You really know how to dance I just want to THANK YOU You always give me a chance When I need a chance Sometimes I feel like I'm Living in a different time I look over at you I can tell that you can read my mind CHORUS I just want to THANK YOU You really give me relief I just want to THANK YOU You always help me believe What I need to believe You came out of the blue Like a golden-haloed angel of love Pulled me out of my blues And way up into the stars above CHORUS I just want to THANK YOU You really give me relief I just want to THANK YOU You always help me believe What I need to believe I just want to THANK YOU You really know how to dance I just want to THANK YOU You always give me a chance When I need a chance
3.
I Will Always Love You (When I'm Alone) ©2007 Alice Bierhorst/BMI There's no honor in deception But the heart can not be bound For every rule there's an except And a reason to be found I can never say the words You can read them in my eyes For fear of being overheard I can only whisper lies CHORUS I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU When I'm alone I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU This world is not our home I can never love you in company But I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU When I'm alone The hours pass so quickly Of hidden moments life is made And the wheel is ever-turning Spinning softly to the grave CHORUS The night may be long And the storm may be strong I won't steer us wrong We'll sail clear to the end Now the leaves are gold and burning As the summer slips away But the heart will keep on yearning For the will to find a way CHORUS
4.
I Don't WantTo Be Free ©2004 Alice Bierhorst/BMI, Bill De Main/Jollybottom Music/Bug Music/ASCAP, and Nicole Jenkinson/PRS Everywhere I go I see your face Everywhere I go I hear your name Lost in another lonely crowd I turn around And I see I DON'T WANT TO BE FREE Every little word rings in my ears All the things we did down through the years All of the lovers hand in hand Like we used to be Now look at me I DON'T WANT TO BE FREE I always thought that I could make it on my own But it's no good, living your life all alone Wish that I had known before If only we had a second chance I'd make you see how it could be I DON'T WANT TO BE FREE I DON'T WANT TO BE FREE I DON'T WANT TO BE FREE
5.
Come Little Baby ©2007 Alice Bierhorst/BMI COME LITTLE BABY Come into this strange world You are such a brave girl To grace us with your life Rest from your journey Your body must be weary Now the day is turning Stay and rest awhile CHORUS COME LITTLE BABY All the world's a-sleepin' Far across the heavens Deep into the night You will be a teacher You will an anchor You will meet the darkness And fill it with your light COME LITTLE BABY Come and let me show you All the ones who knows you Will know you all your days So you'll never go hungry For love and affection We will help you carry Carry the weight CHORUS COME LITTLE BABY Life's a grand illusion A beautiful confusion Sweet and sad combined Don't worry 'bout the sorrow Live like there's no tomorrow Love until your heart breaks Then love a little more
6.
The Vigil ©2007 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Do you delight in open water Do you delight in scattered fortune Keeping a vigil So far from home All of the answers tucked in corners Between the stones, making mortar Keeping a vigil So far from home Now the room is empty But the band plays on Rolling back the years Til the break of dawn This stretch of road, a charcoal ribbon Always at night thoughts come unbidden Keeping a vigil So far from home Now the room is empty But the band plays on Rolling back the years Til the break of dawn Now the singer Has become the song It all falls away Then the moment's gone The moment's gone Now the room is empty But the band plays on Rolling back the years Til the break of dawn Now the singer Has become the song It all falls away Then the moment's gone The moment's gone
7.
The Secret 03:17
The Secret ©2007 Alice Bierhorst/BMI The sun rose early the day was fine I stepped down to the waterline The sun rose early the day was fair Pressed my lips to the water there CHORUS The water is clear and the water is cool Descends from the highest mountain pool The water is cool and the water is clear The only one my secret to hear No one knows and no one sees Sunrise finds me on my knees Press my lips to the wandering brook Words spill out like from a book CHORUS My love for you will never die But if we meet I'll be struck blind My love for you is a burning thing I can only sigh and sing CHORUS
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So Alone 02:44
So Alone ©2007 Alice Bierhorst/BMI I have my pride in the morning Somehow it died by the evening I've been SO ALONE I've been SO ALONE I've got a smile for everybody I'd walk a mile to help somebody I've been SO ALONE I've been SO ALONE CHORUS If you walk in my shoes Don't be surprised if you're singing' the blues If you drink my wine Don't be surprised if you lose your mind If you shed my tears Don't be surprised if you're crying for years Everywhere I go I hear the laughter Everyone I know is happy ever after I've been SO ALONE I've been SO ALONE CHORUS I've been SO ALONE You know it goes without saying I've been SO ALONE Don't you know I've got no one to help me Carry the load Carry the load Carry the load I have my pride in the morning Somehow it died by the evening I've been SO ALONE I've been SO ALONE CHORUS I've been SO ALONE I've been SO ALONE I've been SO ALONE
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Wings Again 02:52
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Anchors Away 03:38
Anchors Away ©2007 Alice Bierhorst/BMI The sailor takes the captain by the hand And says, "look, land". Even in the darkest night there's a light In the sand CHORUS ANCHORS AWAY ANCHORS AWAY ANCHORS AWAY ANCHORS AWAY Curling in the furnace are the leaves of yesteryear Shooting blanks into the sun with a gun you can't hear CHORUS Please don't turn away Please don't turn away Even when the cord is turn and frayed All this fatalism I don't believe it all comes down To tiny little numbers Etched in grooves that make no sound CHORUS

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Sixties-inflected pop folk art soulfulness!

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released December 12, 2007

Alice Bierhorst: vocals, percussion
Jason Crigler: guitar
Anton Fier: drums
Greta Gertler Gold: piano, backing vocals
Rob Jost: bass
Noe Venable: backing vocals

Produced by Alice Bierhorst & Jack McKeever
Recorded by Martin Bisi and Jack McKeever
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian

Design by Alice Bierhorst with Jill Bressler
Photos by Alice Bierhorst and Rob Price
Plaster cast by Jill Bressler

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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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