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Carry On

by Teisha and Friends

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Late beginner born in winter don’t remember the day bright and open like the ocean carry me away. And it’s all gonna be great… just you wait
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The light in the hallway when the curtain is closed the stack by the back door is over exposed. Wake from your deep sleep and cry if you must pray for the opinion you think you can trust. Suppose you’re the winner with wounds on the mend Suppose you are loaded with money to spend Suppose you are wiser than you’ve ever been Suppose it is perfect, the state that you’re in… Wake from the damp sleep and cry if you must wait for the opinion you hope you can trust. Jump from the little plane all the way down survive without parachutes making a sound. Suppose you’re the winner with wounds on the mend Suppose you are loaded hanging out with your friends friends Suppose you are older than you’ve ever been Suppose it is perfect, the state that you’re in…
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See what comes over claim what you will take your impressions and follow the drill of your opinions there on the ground take the one over that’s making a sound. Where is the wonder in the rest of these days? Where is the tail of the tide? Here comes the dream with the answers and names And one hundred happy goodbyes. See what comes under take up your fill leave with the camera on shooting but still beg for forgiveness plead with the dead before the sore senses have gone to your head Where is the wonder in the rest of these days? Where is the tail of the tide? Here comes the dream with the answers and names and one hundred happy goodbyes.
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A dame for your dollar, watch Mary go ‘round The Lone Fir, the stones, and the dead aware as she passes old Valentine Brown of the host of ghosts under their beds A dance for your dollar in shade if you would a twirl through the tombs she is possessed with lively confessions the late tell the tale to the one who lives close to her chest A toast to the twilight two drinks in our hands as we reach for the river, the shore, and then comes the toast to what’s certainly the host of no uncertainty anymore…
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Yeah she weeps I say no wonder because it’s so beautiful what she has done here the clock keeps ticking its tales of sorrow we'll all just go to sleep until the sun brings tomorrow and carry on carry everything I will and won't become, carry on. You lose all direction shouting down the hall I'll be your reflection ‘til you find your good footing when we said goodbye I made a promise to myself I'd live a little better, I'd try a little harder, I'd be a little stronger. carry everything I will and won't become, carry on.
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I turn my head to start to see you ever racing down the line understatement in the basement spend the days in waggly vines Cinderella dressed in yella ’kissed your face and said a line in between the coal and queen the melody that you will find Du du du du… Merci thank you hope I’ll meet you once again my valentine calling to me what goes through me little breeze and candle light ‘till it’s over four leaf clover so I sing my lullaby see the focus on the hostess of the greatest valentine Du du du du…
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The moon makes snowflakes and all in one direction a heart aches and breaks when it's frozen in the soft lullaby somebody's waiting not afraid of the shadows hang a light in the window and someday who knows when it's coming who knows where it's going there's no way of knowing somewhere.... the moon makes snowflakes
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Let it all come softly keep it in time let it move right through me nothing flashy this time Make up words out of letters take them out for a ride put a mess back together nothing flashy this time move a heart in rhythm be a voice on the line let a debt be forgiven nothing fancy this time Give up a need and a reason and take it in stride right on the edge I turn on a dime I make no demands, I stand in a line I follow the truth and I swallow my pride Let it all come softly keep it in time let it move right through me nothing fancy this time make up words out of letters take them out for a ride put the whole mess together nothing fancy this time Right on the edge I turn on a dime keep it in check keeps you alive I follow the truth and I swallow my pride nothing fancy this time…
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It’s not all but most it’s a somber toast sail beneath the stars back home to who you are. It is what it is… It is what it is... I guess or I give (?).
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The broken thermometer left in its place by the bed and the color TV I just don't want this was all that was said on the way to the WC hold on to my necklace clasp onto my rings and hope this is not when the fat lady sings Remind me remind me I'm beautiful chase off the hounds what other love goes round, round, round Purge Read Write Arithmetic Sleep Weep Start a fire
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Morgan May wonders there on her hill whether her ladies are getting their fill the backyard the basement the fire so bright the perilous tales that get told in the night One hundred chances in one hundred days pockets of potions and pockets of shade one hundred answers in one hundred ways Still Morgan may wonder there on her hill whether her ladies are getting their fill the backyard the basement the fire so bright the perilous tales that get told in the night…
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There's a crack in the thunder a voice in the wind as I slip under the dream that I'm in come around my love come around me… In the room I've found my love in the silent scene hit the ground we're running now and broken in come around my love come around me… So when it’s said and when it's done in a year or three she'll wait for the man in a dragon boat to take care of me come around my love come around me… It’s when we forget it’s when we flee it's when we remember remember me this all is all we have to make do the trigger is the hand off wouldn't you come around my love come around me…
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No regrets on the day you go away Say not a word, not a sentence Nothing but flowers that remain in the vase Nothing but flowers like days. You are my only one. No regrets except the day I go Say not a word, not a sentence Nothing but memories want to stay Memories like days I am committed You are my only one.

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Teisha Helgerson, the voice of the bands Amelia and Say Uncle, left a notebook filled with lyrics and snippets of gorgeous melodies sung into her phone. Her friends and peers took those snippets and melodies and used them as seeds of inspiration for the songs on this record. Proceeds from the sale of "Carry On" will benefit "Teisha's Place," a temporary home for transplant recipients and their families.

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released August 23, 2012

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