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Knee on the Ground

by Sher Vadinska

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1.
I Want to Know You 03:17
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I can feel you inside like your body is mine Where do I end and you begin I can hear you in my mind laughing boldly like a child Purity of heart can never hide I wanna know you, wanna know you like the bottle knows the wine I wanna know you, wanna know you like the silver knows the dime I wanna know you, wanna know you like the phases of the moon knows time Fleeting things come and go Words and breath we try to hold Memories of hunger, days of gold I’m not one for steel and stone Give me love, I’ll make a home Better to feel cold than not at all I wanna know you, wanna know you like the bottle knows the wine I wanna know you, wanna know you like the silver knows the dime I wanna know you, wanna know you like the phases of the moon knows Time, time, is on our side Time is now, now is whatcha got for a life We’re livin’ on love, babe We must be doing something’ right There is more than we know If we want to we can go further than, deeper than the river flows Throw yourself to the sea Drown your fear and agony Let it be me, let it be me you dream I wanna know you, wanna know you like the bottle knows the wine I wanna know you, wanna know you like the silver knows the dime I wanna know you, wanna know you like the phases of the moon knows time
2.
Easy 04:28
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You walked through my door like you've never done before Somethin’ in your eye knocked me over A few hours after that you walked into my room hungry like I never felt you before, girl Now I know I’m not makin’ it easy I’ll jump that fence now that I know I can ‘cause that windin’ road is all I can count on She lays herself down and lets me go for a ride She lays herself down and let’s me go for a ride Three days before all of this you turned off your phone and I took the opportunity to be free Alone, alive, big, spinning way up into the sky still a slave to the wind, a feather’s false delight False delight. Now I know I’m not makin’ it easy I’ll turn right around now that I know I can ‘cause that windin’ road is all I can count on She lays herself down and lets me go for a ride She lays herself down and comes along for the ride She lays herself down and takes me on Oh lover of the wind, keeper of the road don’t leave me now Oh, don’t leave me now I flash back to a different time altogether, a different life when everything, everything was so easy I was just me and that was okay I didn’t know what I didn’t know I didn’t have to second guess what I was feeling Now I know I’m not makin’ it easy I’ll turn right around now that I know I can ‘cause that windin’ road is all I can count on She lays herself down and lets me go for a ride She lays herself down and comes along for the ride She lays herself down and takes me on Oh lover of the wind, keeper of the road don’t leave me now Don’t leave me now
3.
Fences 04:28
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I’ve been working on myself I’ve been digging the yard justifying fences for my privacy I’ve been talking to myself making up words as I go improvising loving you in my clothes So many songs I sung are gone for good I wonder where they went and if those fools are waiting to be heard I’ve been looking for a stone to kick along a country road timing perfectly my step so it meets my toe So many songs I sung are gone for good I wonder where they went and if those fools are waiting to be heard Yet everything is here It’s only fear that jerks my knee and little did I know the songs were for me You’ve been wishing on a Star and you’ve been pushing at my door hesitating just enough to miss me wholly full of love So many songs I sung are gone for good I wonder where they went and if those fools are waiting to be heard Yet everything is here It’s only fear that jerks my knee and little did I know all along the fool was me Please, wait a little longer baby, this song’s for me
4.
Old School 04:33
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I’m old school, I like it live well I’m old school, no LCD vibe I like my mashed potatoes and gravy on the side Well I’m old school, I like the wind in my face Yes I’m old school, I like communication you can’t trace whisper it in my ear, baby and we’ll fire up this place I’m old school, I like knowin’ when it’s real and when it’s faking Yes I’m old school, know where you’re from and what you are making I’ve got your back if you got mine Oh why can’t we just get along most of the time Well I’m old school, I like to hold it in my hands Yes I’m old school, you can’t have my love unless you’re plugged right in I’m talking ’bout my baby to know what I mean about the real thing
5.
Sovryn Jones 03:30
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Her name is Sovryn, Sovryn Jones There’s nothing she lacks even when she’s alone When she feels like running, no questions asked he ties up her boots and straps on her pack In the sunshine she melts, in the breeze she unfurls, dives deep in dark seas, always brings back the pearl And when she’s in need her beloved appears Devours her whole and spits out her fears Sovryn, Sovryn Jones, you’re livin’ like you’re always at home Oh Sovryn, Sovryn Jones, is there room for me to tag along? She flows through her days like a babbling brook She feeds with the fishes, always avoiding that hook In the nighttime she sings and dances around In her dreams she gets lost with the hope she’ll be found Sovryn, Sovryn Jones, you’re livin’ like you’re always at home Oh Sovryn, Sovryn Jones, is there room for me to tag along? Her mind never spins out of control Her heart always knows when to open, when to close She feels every arrow and feather the same No loss destroys her, but turns into gain Sovryn, Sovryn Jones, you’re livin’ like you’re always at home Oh Sovryn, Sovryn Jones, is there room for me to tag along? Her name is Sovryn, Sovryn Jones There’s nothing she lacks even when she’s alone She’s got money in her pocket, enough for feeling free She’s a smiling gypsy and she’s coming for me She’s a smiling gypsy and she’s coming for me
6.
Knee on the Ground 05:10
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One hand on the knob, one foot out the door licking my lips for what I can’t see ‘round the corner Where I’ve been, what I’ve done what I said to you is a bottom-dragging anchor In a seed, a tree, an ocean in a drop of rain In a suitcase, a box of photos, a freight train but it’s your leg barely touching mine your slippery smile right now is all I can contain We know what it takes to get up every day and do it again We know it takes sweat and tears, a bucket, a shovel, a knee on the ground We know it takes a little love all around I’ve mended fences, left open gates, tied myself up in knots I’ve scratched off scabs, wore out my welcome, jammed some locks I swallowed your strong medicine gave you a dose of me and here we are again We know what it takes to get up every day and do it again We know it takes sweat and tears, a bucket, a shovel, a knee on the ground We know it takes a little love all around So blow out the light, slip off your dress undo the night, leave me an unraveled mess Oh my, oh my, oh my girl, one thing’s for sure, we’ve got a lot of love in our little world To live like a fish isn’t thirsty must be a dance upon a wire To live like a moth craves the flame, holy fire peeling off every last thin skin of mine nothing to lose, no thing of me left behind ‘Cause I know what it takes to get up every day and be myself again I know it takes sweat and tears, a bucket, a shovel, a knee on the ground I know, I know, I know it takes it a lot of love inside and out It takes a lot of love, a lot of love a lot of love all around
7.
Morenci 03:43
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I remember Morenci, a town of miners and lust where tombstones and shanties fade from acid and dust Now if mountains were for raping, well God must be well pleased ‘cause every man in town took his turn between her knees Don’t give up on us now Don’t give up on us now Don’t give up, on us now Now copper isn’t bad, nor the gold around our necks but if we left it in the rock maybe we’d mine our hearts instead But who am I to know how or why the earth is spun Do we kill ourselves to save ourselves or feed until there’s none Don’t give up on us now Don’t give up on us now Don’t give up Don’t give up on us now A hundred miles north next to red-rock canyon walls, in a dusty Winnebago an old man, his wife and dog He told me of his life in the mine since forty-three how he learned to pray and raise a child how copper set him free Don’t give up on us now Don’t give up on us now Don’t give up Don’t give up Don’t give up Don’t give up on us now
8.
Hollywood 04:23
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I’ve been to Paris, not France, I mean Texas I’m quite sure love is made the same And I’ve been to Cleveland, it’s not like Muskegon girls on the street, boys in the band My love’s not lacey, or silky, or wealthy My love’s not Hollywood You oughtta know that the best part of romance lies on the cutting-room floor I know that lovers look best in the moonlight and rollin’ around on the sand Now I drink martinis and I appreciate Gerschwin but I still don’t think Sam should play it again My love’s not puppy or Las Vegas lucky My love’s not Hollywood You oughtta know that the best part of romance is everything live and unrehearsed so fly me to Venice, take me down to your Peru ‘cause my love’s not Hollywood My love’s not Hollywood I’ve slept in Seattle, took pills from Zhivago and I’m still in pain from this thing they call love If it weren’t for the promise of Prague in the springtime I’d pack my bags and be gone with the wind My love has no cleavage or leg under the table My love’s not Hollywood My love’s not Hollywood You oughtta know that the best part of romance is everything live and unrehearsed so fly me to Venice, take me down to your Peru ‘cause my love is not Hollywood My love’s not Hollywood My love, my love, my love, my love My love, oh my love’s not Hollywood not Hollywood, not Hollywood
9.
Skin 03:35
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I believe in feeling things hard even though sometimes I come apart And I believe in all of my reasons until reason leaves me for love You know where the key is Come on by if you can ‘cause there’s nothing quite like the slip of your hand and the cool night on your skin I believe in simple pleasures, the kind I don’t miss when they’re gone and I can see you are anything but simple but your pleasure keeps me hanging on You know where the key is Come on by if you can ‘cause there’s nothing quite like the slip of your hand and the cool night on your skin I believe in letting go just not now, just not you And I can see what really never ends is the coming and the going again. You know where the key is Come on by if you can ‘cause there’s nothing quite like the slip of your hand and the cool night on your skin There’s nothing quite like the slip of your hand and the cool night on your skin
10.
Move Me 04:49
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You wear the moonlight on your face like a lotus wears a drop of rain Your fingers glide across my brow and I will never be the same again Your hungry eyes dig into me, I want to give you everything but the moment swells and overflows and everything is dripping on the floor You move me up, down you move me. Have you got someone to hold you You are the one I dreamed, but why Don’t you know this veil is torn and I can see You broke me wide open You lean into the wind and keep going and I will never forget how you burn inside to be free I never mean to push or pull, I’m just holding on so I don’t fall Who knew that loving could mean leaving and that nothing was the hardest thing of all You move me in, out you move me Have you got someone to hold you You are the one I dreamed, what now We both know this veil is torn and we can see You broke me wide open You lean into the wind and keep going and I will never forget how you burn inside to be free A tethered wing is just the thing to keep a girl your very own until of course she realizes that her legs are just as strong
11.
When I Walk 02:43
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In a dream you leaned over You kissed my head and you said, Don’t be afraid of anything, a beginning comes from an end I still feel your hand even when I walk alone I’ve come to collect what’s been owed I've come to a fork in the road I’ve come to the day I have to decide what stays and what goes. I still feel your hand even when I walk alone To find there’s no road beneath your feet just when you thought you could leave is the best luck you could’ve had Wayfarer find your peace with me ‘Cause I still feel your hand even when I walk alone I still feel your hand even when I walk alone

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released May 1, 2016

Produced by Chip Westerfield / co-produced by Margaret Wilder

Sher Vadinska (acoustic guitar, vocals), Lonnie Knechtel (bass guitar), Chip Westerfield (electric guitar), Margaret Wilder (keyboard and background vocals), Phil Carter (drums), Eli Schille-Hudson (classical guitar), Kim Carson (background vocals), Gary Ballard (banjo)

All songs written by Sheryl L. Vadimsky (a.k.a. Sher Vadinska), Vadimsky Music, ASCAP

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