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February

by Shelley Miller

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1.
November 03:30
Wind blows the hands of the clock to five after one As we walk by So long to bad days They're gone like the blue from the sky Leaves race the alley, chase birds over trash can lids You take my hand Walk under ice strung like lights through the branches Of every bare tree Race down the sidewalk like kids on a rink Cold fingers flying, we'll warm them When we go inside, sit for a while Laugh at the smiles we can't keep to ourselves I catch your eyes watching mine All our words lost somewhere Between our hearts and our heads Delicate tip-toe walk through the white steam From two cups of tea Army of suits rolls by, straight from the train We're sitting side by side, not saying anything
2.
Walk Away (free) 03:54
Devil, oh devil, what is it you've been dying to say You've got a line a mile long outside your door Of folks who'd rather lock their troubles away You got an angel with an arrow and an alibi On the roof ready to make his stand I hope I made it plenty clear to you late last night That you're never gonna get my hand Help me Jesus to walk Oh lord, I gotta walk away I know love is gonna come for me one of these nights 'Til then I better walk away Angel, my angel, was there something you was trying to say I've seen you sitting in the shadows all night long Playing cards while the drunks play keep away I hope you know that nothing good ever comes of nothing In a place like this on this side of town Still I appreciate you comin', tryin' to bend my ear Get me up so I can get back down Help me Jesus to walk Oh lord, I gotta walk away I know love is gonna come for me one of these nights 'Til then I better walk away Mary, oh my Mary, you tried to wait up for the judgment day But your TV turned to static and all that emphatic talking Just scared the lord away Now you sit here with a bottle almost every night Making prayers and taking pains To catch the man behind the bar with eyes like a star He seems familiar, but you just can't place him Help me Jesus to walk Oh lord, I gotta walk away I know love is gonna come for me one of these nights 'Til then I better walk away, help me Jesus 'Til then I better walk away, help me Jesus 'Til then...I better walk away
3.
February 02:55
Sunday afternoon we walk the white field Back to where we were before we knew Nothing every changes on the white ground Snow erases everything we find and lose You cut a paper doll from faded pictures Made her clothes from fashion magazines Took her out to show your friends and watched her Float away across the crooked stream Climb under the covers back at my house Hole away until the story takes Watch the branches burn themselves out shaking Wonder when the winter's gonna break
4.
Quake 03:12
Better tell the story you don't wanna say Rather keep, rather keep, rather keep your peace And be on your way You're gonna burn your heart out Talk that way We all saw it coming, idn't know its name Scattered birds, shattered nerves and twisted frames And the moon low rising on the wreck of the bay And the sun comes shining on another day You're gonna burn your heart out Talk that way Tell me who pulled the trigger? Who stole the gun? Who got that matchstick, lit it under your tongue? Who came a'knockin'? Who came to stay? Who's got your words all laid out Baked and on display You're gonna burn your heart out Talk that way Better tell the story you don't wanna say Rather keep, rather keep, rather keep your peace And be on your way
5.
Lay your light down on me Lay your light down on me Lay your light down on me Teach me to see, teach me to see Lay your waves down on the shore Lay your waves down on the shore Lay your waves down on the shore I'll learn to row, I'll learn to row Make my hands a spinning spool Make my hands a spinning spool Make my hands a spinning spool I'll wrap the coldest hearts up in wool Lay your light down on me Lay your light down on me Lay your light down on me Teach me to see, teach me to see Teach me to see, teach me to see
6.
You come to my window with a riddle and a kiss Say you got something for me that I can't resist You got something for me I can't resist, shouldn't bother trying You come to my window and you rattle like the wind Say you got something for me, you're gonna come in You got something for me, you're gonna come in tonight I've got a love that's bigger than darkness I've got a love that's bigger than you I've got a love that's bigger than anything you'll ever do I've got a love that's bigger than darkness I've got a love that's bigger than this I've got a love that's bigger than darkness The birds by the window hatch one by one Til the little ones fall and the big ones run And the wind gets its hands on the nest, scatters the shells like seeds You come to me sometimes on days like today When the words lose their grip and the leaves fall away And there's nothing but a cold gray sky to pick you up, take you away I've got a love that's bigger than darkness I've got a love that's bigger than you I've got a love that's bigger than anything you'll ever do I've got a love that's bigger than darkness I've got a love that's bigger than this I've got a love that's bigger than darkness Ooh... Sometimes there aren't enough mirrors to break Enough stories to fall, enough mountains to make Of the kindness I crumple up 'cause I can't look it in the eye But sometimes the end is just the means to the endless And sometimes my heart gets so full I can barely breath For all the love that I get without hardly trying I've got a love that's bigger than darkness I've got a love that's bigger than you I've got a love that's bigger than anything you'll ever do I've got a love that's bigger than darkness I've got a love that's bigger than this I've got a love that's bigger than darkness Yeah, I've got a love that's bigger than darkness Ooh...
7.
White Moon 02:59
Board your house, here comes the big one Board your house, here comes the big one Thought you saw it coming Now it's too late to run Wooden nickels and a white flag Wooden nickels and a white flag Who's gonna save you know Who's gonna dig you out Bury your heart Bury to keep it from getting hurt Bury your heart Little sliver of a white moon Little sliver of a white moon Clear now But it's coming soon
8.
Kitchen 02:31
Sunday in the kitchen After the show We stumble like kittens Face to face, toe to toe Snow in the streetlights Like pink balloons Not falling but rising Summer's coming soon
9.
Don't leave I've got Something to say You think I'm a lion But I am afraid Of breaking your heart
10.
Riptide 02:47
Cold cinder block shadows Hide old hearts that can't be changed These walls are wearing thin The neon signs are listing And the records on the jukebox won't play Old clocks that don't see daylight Are never gonna tell you it's too late For another beer, let's get out of here There's a storm brewing, these walls are ruined And the fish are swimming backwards in their tanks Don't touch that number You know that one won't play Don't move the TV dial I think the preacher's got something to say We're all lost and wasted And we're never gonna find a way To get out of here, the smoke won't clear The tide's gonna pull us under Cold cinder block shadows Hide old hearts that can't be saved These walls are shaking, the bottles breaking Like Christmas decorations And the old records Are just lonely graves Cold cinder block shadows Cold cinder block shadows Cold cinder block shadows
11.
Unlock the gate, pull up the weeds Sand the stone 'til the world believes That this is the last time you'll see me here Count the rings, count up the knives Fill the stove with hone and spice 'Cause this is the last time you'll see me here The last time you'll see me on my knees begging for mercy The last time you'll see me down on my knees Begging the walls To please help me stand You pick a fight with gravity Pretty soon you're bound for a fall But this is the last time The needle drops, the stories rise The player plays 'til the words collide And this is the last time, this is the last time This is the last time you'll see me here
12.
White Flag 03:21
Who's gonna let me down Who's gonna let me down Now that you're not around Who's gonna let me down Sew up another seam Sew up another seam Who's gonna rip it clean When I sew the seam You got a lot of nerve Think this ain't what you deserve Shake up the honey bee For something sweet Think she won't sting No white wedding day No white wedding day Raise the white flag 'Cause you can't change You'll never change
13.
Stars 04:30
Cotton candy and a piece of your mind 'Under the Boardwalk' blasting as the summer slipped by We sent away for words, borrowed our lines from TV All those afternoons when we played our sad stories like cards You were good, I was near as good as you You knew a couple tricks, I knew a couple tricks, too Between the words, between the time We didn't take to say the things we might have Gotta shake it off and learn to see your scars As nothing less, not more, than the things that used to hurt They are not stars Roll up your sleeve, show me Just how the world hurts you a little more than most Don't worry, you're doing fine Not trying to kill yourself, just needed to feel A little more than your sore, soft beating heart last night Between the words, between the time We didn't take to say the things we might have Gotta shake it off and learn to see your scars As nothing less, not more, than the things that used to hurt They are not stars, they are not stars You were lovesick for something I wouldn't call love You were something, lit up like the cars On the coasters we'd ride, screaming through the dark With our hands up, bare-arms underneath the stars Tonight 17 is a lace of fog And torn guardrails between you and the sky Do you remember the spark we saw set it off How for a week after we sat on your back porch And watched the smoke rise Rise Between the words, between the time We didn't take to say the things we might have Gotta shake it off and learn to see your scars As nothing less, not more, than the things that used to hurt They are not stars, they are not stars
14.
March 00:54
The ice is melting and the sun's come out Amen, amen The ice is melting and the sun's come out Amen, amen

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Love, death and Chicago winters. A dare to write a song a day for a month. Your usual bare-bones folk/noise rock/singer-songwriter-with-banjo album. Majestic imperfection. CD release party April 29th @ Beat Kitchen (Chicago, IL, US).

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released March 6, 2012

All songs by Shelley Miller/Whisper to a Crowd Music (ASCAP). Recorded @ Kingsize Sound Labs, Chicago, IL w. Engineer John Abbey. Produced by Shelley Miller and John Abbey.

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Shelley Miller Chicago, Illinois

Shelley Miller isn't afraid to take chances. Less interested in genre than honesty, she pens darkly soulful tunes about life just outside the lines. Folk? Perhaps...late-night jukebox folk. Gospel for non-believers folk. Had-one-too-many-and-lived-to-tell folk. Rock hymns for the unhemmed folk.

Shelley released her 4th album, February, in March 2012. She lives in Chicago.
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