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Something Sacred

by Deborah Levoy

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Maria 04:26
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MARIA I'm a busy girl cuz I've got lots of friends I meet them on the corner and they take me for rides Windows rolled down, a shiny breeze One hand on the wheel, the other hand on my knee, and they say Maria you are special Don't let anyone tell you otherwise Maria you are beautiful tonight They kept me back in 3rd grade, they talked to my ma They told her I was too slow, that I would not get far Special's what they called me and they put me in a special room With lots of funny kids and the teacher kept me late in the afternoon and he said Maria you are special Don't let anyone tell you otherwise Maria you are beautiful tonight My daddy was a salesman but he never went to work He'd sit in front of the tv when I'd get home from school, and he'd say, "Maria bring the bottle and I'll share half with you and I won't tell your ma, if you do what I say to do" and he'd say Maria you are special Don't let anyone tell you otherwise Maria you are beautiful tonight Last night I dreamed that the streets became the ocean And I was drowning in a sea of cars I reached out my hands as high as they would go And I pulled myself up to a sky so calm This morning I woke up to flooded streets I opened my window to let in the breeze I was looking down at the pavement and looking up at the sky Leaning out my window, wondering if I could fly and I said Maria you are special Don't let anyone tell you otherwise Maria you are beautiful tonight © Deborah Levoy
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Trapeze 03:47
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TRAPEZE I put on my best dress The one I can move in Under the big top of the night I climb up to the trapeze I rub chalk on my fingertips And I steady myself for flight You're miles away on your swing You glide toward me then fade back again Breathe in in in I'm flying through the air No net below me I can make it from here If you reach out and catch me It's so quiet That I can hear the wind My arms stretching and pulling me high At the still point I will release the bar And we'll pass through the roof of the night The big moon is in my eyes Your hands stretch out to mine Breathe in in in I'm flying through the air No net below me I can make it from here When you reach out and catch me
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I Know What Love Is 03:46
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Wishing Well 04:43
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WISHING WELL Don't call me But I need to hear your voice talking to me Don't call me Cuz its not you that I'm aching for If you don't see, or hear, or call Then it’s just me in this wishing well It's just me talking to myself It's just me in this wishing well Are my two feet still pacing this floor I pick up your photo and count to three Vein to vein we wed, forever more And now my veins are collapsing, they’re thirsty, thirsty If you don't see, or hear, or call Then it’s just me in this wishing well It's just me talking to myself It's just me in this wishing well A fever of fear runs inside to out Outside the crickets are angels singing If I could just fall asleep and drown in my own dreams I could be stupid stupid, not know any better And if you don't see or hear or call Then it’s just me in this wishing well It's just me talking to myself It's just me in this wishing well It's just me talking to myself It's just me in this wishing well Throw my penny in and make a wish © Deborah Levoy
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God Watch My Back 04:01
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God Watch My Back He came from Carson City With a thirst for a new life He was walking down the highway I was driving by But I'm so damn careless I fell into his lonely eyes Till his arms were my horizon His promises stretched for miles And I fell in love good And I fell in love hard But now I need to run And I need to run far God watch my back Cover my tracks I need your help To help myself I did what I done Cuz his love was killing me He said I was his river I made sure that he was right He drank my kisses in the morning Swam rolling currents every night But I didn't give up I didn't leave his side Till he'd gotten every drop Even the tears in my eyes God watch my back... The rain poured down. covered the sounds No one could hear the pain and fear The first time I knelt. T he next time I prayed The last time he struck I walked away God watch my back Cover my tracks I need your help To help myself I did what I done Bless my gun Cuz his love was killing me
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What Is The Answer 03:03
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Lay Me Down 04:16
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Lay Me Down It started in New Jersey baby Felt like a mosquito bite All swollen and itchy and longing To scratch everything in sight Would it be putting it mildly To say you got under my skin But they don't make an ointment For the shape you leave me in Now I'm feeling dizzy And I'm moving kind of slow So Lay me down upon your bed Night is out but the sky's still red This lonely world is far from here And the cure is so near So lay me down I'm sitting up at night Got the radio on And it doesn't matter what they're playing I want you more with every song I never fall but I’m starting to sway Lay me down upon your bed Night is out but the sky's still red This lonely world is far from here And the cure is so near So lay me down Lay your hands Say the words A greater plan Draws us here Lay me down upon your bed Night is out but the sky's still red This lonely world is far from here And the cure is so near So lay me down
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Something Sacred 03:59
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Ready for Fun 03:56
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Name the Bride 04:54
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released January 14, 1995

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Deborah Levoy San Jose, California

Deborah Levoy's music has been described as fierce and fearless, dreamy, lush, and plaintive all at once.

After taking time off to raise a family, Levoy is back in the studio recording her 4th album. Inspired by her love of wild places and her work as a climate activist with 350 Silicon Valley, she has turned to new territory to explore our relationship with nature. ... more

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