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Night Flowers

by Sylvie Lewis

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1.
I don't want to sleep I just want to hold you and dream I don't want to sleep I just want to hold you and dream At the end of any day When you're tired and it's late Fall into my arms Lay your head upon my shoulder the hard part is over My love will keep you safe from harm I don't want to sleep I just want to hold you and dream I don't want to sleep I just want to hold you and dream After the rain clouds become pretty photographs Once we cried and now all we can do is laugh Everything will look better by morning light I don't want to sleep I just want to hold you and dream I don't want to sleep I just want to hold you and dream
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3.
I drive like an Italian Yeah look out I’m coming through Drive like an Italian That’s where I learned my moves The day is fine The road is mine Drive like an Italian The lights are always green If I see something I shouldn’t have I’ll pretend I didn’t see Leaving town I put my foot down To a heart like a dessert We are falling rain All the girls go raving How it drives them crazy Drive like an Italian Both feet on the gas Drive like an Italian yeah I celebrate my past Into third Hugging curves To a heart like a dessert We are falling rain All the girls go raving How it drives them crazy I drive like an Italian Yeah look out I’m coming through Drive like an Italian That’s where I learned my moves The day is fine The road is mine
4.
I’ve been running all my life Where’d I go, what do I know? Learning takes it’s own sweet time All my lessons swing in slow Everybody’s rushing around Racing towards the sunset But I move better when I move slow The hurrier I go The behinder I get I’ve been working all my life What I get for what I gave I reach to keep my head up high If Monday sinks, Friday saves Everybody’s rushing around Racing towards the sunset And I move better when I move slow The hurrier I go The behinder I get I’ve been loving all my life Who’d I help and who’d I hurt In the end it all worked out I got more or less what I deserve Everybody’s rushing around Racing towards the sunset And I move better when I move slow The hurrier I go The behinder I get
5.
We your friends are here to say, We're sorry you were lead astray, Everyone's so glad that you've come home. All of us have been heart-broken, Some of us can be outspoken, Darling girl you know you're not alone. No more politics and working hard and holding onto everything you've got Oh lord what's the use of hiding it you're stuck in a rut, can't get out Thought that you'd be happy but you're not. We never liked him anyway We kept quiet because we love you and our influence could sway We never liked him anyway You're beautiful and smart and fun And absolutely anyone Is lucky to be spending time with you. It really isn't all that hard to look and see how great you are There's nothing to proove so give him the big ADIEU No more politics and working hard and holding onto everything you've got Oh lord what's the use of hiding it you're stuck in a rut, can't get out Thought that you'd be happy but you're not. We never liked him anyway We kept quiet because we love you and our influence could sway We never liked him anyway Anyway Choose your life, choose your love, As if they both would last forever Choose your life, choose your love, What do you mean? What's that you say? Well I never... you're getting back together... We will always love you anyway, We'll keep quiet because it's best, and our influence could sway We will always love you anyway
6.
Beneath your eyes your cheeks are flushed Your nose detects the rain. Always late, you never rush It's good to see you again, All my blues capsize The boat of your smile Takes me floating for miles Beneath your eyes I like the way you look at things It feels like waking up Anytime the clouds roll in You’re going to stir it up All my blues capsize The boat of your smile Takes me floating for miles Beneath your eyes Don't blink away the veil of dreams Blink because they're bright We cannot be afraid of dreams They might just be the one thing we get right Beneath your eyes, your mind's at work It wants you, not to blush You look around, seek and search I know you're nervous when you talk too much All my blues capsize, The boat of your smile takes me floating for miles Beneath your eyes.
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dog song 03:08
Dog song (Dogged) My feelings for you follow me around like a dog My feelings for you follow me around like a dog Tired and hungry Crying out to be fed They want to warm up Want to sleep on the bed (instead) My feelings for you follow me around like a dog My feelings for you follow me around like a dog Once I kicked them hard to send them away But they ran right back to me with that puppy dog face My feelings for you follow me around like a dog My feelings for you follow me around like a dog Wish I had something to give them, How, I’d like to see them grow Wish I had something to give them, How, I don’t know I don’t know My feelings for you follow me around like a dog My feelings for you follow me around like a dog
8.
Almost light 03:47
Colours melting down the day towards evening Someone watches them fade Through an open window on the second floor Up there where it’s safe Other girls step out so far Flying their hearts like kites They kick up their heels And float through the bars Almost light Crowds gather on uneven pavements Chatter fills the air Flowers of conversation poke through the window At the girl sitting in her chair Cigarette smoke twists up like vines Billowing into sight Breathing it in she remembers and reclines Almost light Come down from the balcony sweet Juliette Get up put of your chair Get down from the balcony fair Juliet You won’t get what you’re looking for Sitting up there Though we know she’s fond of her silences Hear the creaking wooden boards Puts a silver key in her flowered pocket Descends the steps, goes outdoors Where there's music people and their laughter, Here are signs of life Stay here ‘til the moon disappears and after It’s almost but not quite It’s almost light.
9.
without Her 02:37
I spend the night in a chair thinking she'll be there But she never comes And then I wake up and wipe the sleep from my eyes And I rise to face another day Without her Do-do-do Do-do-do-do Do-do-do It's just no good anymore When you walk through the door of an empty room And then you go inside and set a table for one It's no fun when you spend a day Without her Do-do-do Do-do-do-do Do-do-do We burst the pretty balloon Took us to the moon Such a beautiful thing But it's ended now And it sounds like a lie If I say I'd rather die than live without her Do-do-do Do-do-do Do-do-do Love is a beautiful thing When it knows how to swing And it grooves like a clock But the hands on the clock tell the lovers to part And it's breaking my heart to have to spend a day without her Do-do-do Do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do I spend the night in a chair thinking she'll be there But she never comes And then I wake up and wipe the sleep from my eyes And I rise to face another day Without her Do-do-do Do-do-do-do Can't go on without her Do-do-do Do-do-do-do There's no song without her It's all wrong without her Can't go on without her
10.
to the sea 04:04
We were born to wander Wander all our days Searching eyes and thirsting hearts Lead the way down every path We were born of wonder, Wonder what it’s like Tender words and trembling hands Reaching over foreign lands To the sea To the sea All roads lead To the sea Everywhere we wander From shore to shining shore Blue that beckons, green that flowers The whole wide world is ours Everywhere there’s wonder Hope is bursting forth Winter has passed, summer’s come Now at last we rise and run To the sea To the sea All roads lead To the sea
11.
I want to go Where the sugar grows In the arms of the coffee trees Under the shade of banana leaves It’s a thousand miles To the nearest rose Where the sugar grows We take it slow ‘coz it’s too warm to pose There’s a Northern girl Melting in the arms Of a Southern guy Oh, those Southern charms Hot, so hot in the afternoon we doze Where the sugar grows Now I’m tired of the busyness And the daily grind I want to go Where they got nothing but time It’s been a month Since the river froze My hair is brown, my skin is dry There are palm trees swaying in my mind Consider this a warning When I’m ready, I’ll just go Life is sweeter where the sugar grows.
12.
I heard a strange kind of music It followed me around all day long A kind of sobbing and sighing, like somebody crying A sad and familiar old song The sound of love when it’s gone Night birds have their own tunes The beats and the bass shake the ground Dancing with strangers, ringing in the changes But there’s no love in the longing downtown When love’s gone, this is how it sounds I thought I was hungry, so I ate a little food Thought I was thirsty, so I had a drink or two But nothing does the trick, There’s still something missing When I think of you I realize I’m just learning how to listen Learning how to listen Now the phone won’t be ringing Your keys won’t turn in the lock One broken heart beats in the darkness One girl wishes it didn’t belong To the sound of love when it’s gone

about

Night Flowers was recorded at New Monkey Studios in Van Nuys, CA and also in El Casino, on Huntington Beach, CA.
Elijah Thompson produced and engineered, assisted by Dustin Loveless.
Some pre-production was recorded by Daniele Genaretti at Gas Vintage Studios, Rome, Italy and also by Colin Buffet at the studio of Clément Amirault in Paris, France.

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released October 10, 2015

Elijah Thompson, Bo Koster, James McAlister, Frank Lenz, Dustin Loveless, Caitlin Gutenberg, Josephine Foster, Jaymay, Tess Shapiro, Eric D. Johnson, Victor Herrero, Stanton Edward, Zoe and Greta Thompson, Kaw Sissoko and Mitchell Froom.

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