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Bring it On
03:32
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Bring it On
Lisa Bastoni and Sean Staples
(c)(P) 2021 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)/Wesley Park Music (BMI)
Don’t bring me dried up roses
From a long ago bouquet
A casualty of something
That you did or didn’t say
Don’t bring me any stories
Of how the summer burned
Or how the wind would bite
as you felt the seasons turn
Don’t bring me broken china
Shards of shattered glass
All the quiet days you spent
Hoping all of this would pass
There’s a whole lot of things
You’ve been carrying too long
If you want to love me
If you feel that strong
Bring it on
Don’t bring me old love letters
The books you used to read
Dog eared and underlined
A shrine of memory
Don’t bring me faded photos
Slipping out from plastic sheets
Your smiles telling stories
That are always incomplete
Don’t bring me your old toolbox
From underneath the stairs
There’s nothing to change or fix
And nothing to repair
There’s a whole lot of things
You’ve been carrying too long
If you want to love me
If you feel that strong
Bring it on
Old and broken radios
Rusty guitar strings
All those tiny nuts and bolts,
Nails and screws and springs
Wore out coats
Flower pots
Shirts you never wear
Shoelaces
Old suitcases
You can leave ‘em there
You can leave em there
There’s a whole lot of things
You’ve been carrying too long
There’s nothing here but you and me
When all of that is gone
If you want to love me
If you feel that strong
Bring It On
Bring it On
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2. |
Southern Belle
03:09
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Southern Belle
Lisa Bastoni
(c)(P) 2021 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)
Catch a Southern Belle, a Silver Star,
Black Diamond, Midnight Flyer
Horse and buggy, wagon wheel,
roller skate, or rubber tire
When you want to come around, I’ll meet you at the station
I’m not going to force your hand, I love you and I’m patient
It was a hurricane, it was wind and rain
My heart fell like an apple from a tree
Our parting words, the startled birds
One day you said you’d come and stay by me
When you want to come around, I’ll meet you at the station
I’m not going to force your hand, I love you but I’m patient
You’re standing by the road, with your heavy load
What can I do but wait while you hesitate
While you hesitate
Someday you’ll walk, someday you’ll crawl
Someday you’ll run, someday you’ll fly
Kick the cobwebs, jump the spiders
I’ll be waiting on the other side
When you want to come around, I’ll meet you at the station
I’m not going to force your hand, I love you but I’m patient
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Sorrow's a String
03:32
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Sorrow's a String
Lisa Bastoni and Sean Staples
(c)(P) 2021 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)/Wesley Park Music (BMI)
I drove by the house even though I know better
It still looks the same as when you were there
They cut down some trees but the barn is still standing
There’s a light inside somewhere about to turn on
When I cry my sorrow’s a string
I want to love you as long as I can
I would fly
If I had wings
How I wish I could see you again
I can still hear your footsteps running down the stairway
I can still see your smile as you open the door
A new radio tower has gone up in the distance
But the backyard birds still whistle your songs
When I cry my sorrow’s a string
I want to love you as long as I can
I would fly
If I had wings
How I wish I could see you again
The neighbor’s car slows when he sees me
It’s probably time for me to go home
Every once in awhile I stop to remember
It’s not the place that I miss, after all
When I cry my sorrow’s a string
I want to love you as long as I can
I would fly
If I had wings
How I wish I could see you again
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4. |
If Not Today
03:48
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If Not Today
Lisa Bastoni and Sean Staples
(c)(P) 2021 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)/Wesley Park Music (BMI)
You can just sit quiet
Be the song that’s never sung
Let the sadness work you over
Hide from everyone
You can leave it till tomorrow
You can leave it up to fate
And if you’re waiting for a sign
How long are you gonna wait
You can be a wallflower
When the dancing starts
Be a February empty of little paper hearts
A new morning’s coming
And you’re right back where you’ve been
If not today
If not today then when
See the white church steeple
Against the blue of the sky
See the red buds on the branches
And it’s enough to make you cry
The snow is melting
And the river overflows
Maybe you’re not ready
But it seems you’re getting close
You can be a wallflower
When the dancing starts
Be a February empty of little paper hearts
A new morning’s coming
And you’re right back where you’ve been
If not today
If not today then when
It’s hard starting over
You can’t go home and you can’t stay here
Minutes turn to hours
Hours disappear
You can be a wallflower
When the dancing starts
Be a February empty of little paper hearts
A new morning’s coming
And you’re right back where you’ve been
If not today
If not today then when
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5. |
Red Rocks
03:40
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Red Rocks
Lisa Bastoni and Sean Staples
(c)(P) 2021 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)/Wesley Park Music (BMI)
I never made it to the Grand Canyon
I was somewhere outside Sedona
You picked me up in a pick up truck
The summer was almost over
We followed the cedars far up the hill
We lay right on the ground
If I couldn’t see the beauty then
I’m sure I’d see it now
We had red rocks
Blue skies
Turquoise and tiger’s eye
We had young love
Wild as a desert rose
Young love comes and goes
I carried deep the promises
Of something just begun
Felt it burn inside me
Like the high desert sun
You made me feel like I could be
A way I’d never been
Maybe someday
I will go back there again
We had red rocks
Blue skies
Turquoise and tiger’s eye
We had young love
Wild as a desert rose
Young love comes and goes
I still have the silver necklace that you gave me
It’s still got all of its shine
So much we didn’t know as I was leaving
So much we took for granted at the time
We had red rocks
Blue skies
Turquoise and tiger’s eye
We had young love
Wild as a desert rose
Young love comes and goes
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6. |
Hidden in the Song
03:28
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Hidden in the Song
Lisa Bastoni
(c)(P) 2021 Sweet Ondine Music
Did you wake up to the sunrise
Dewdrops in the meadow
Crocuses in one hand
In the other, purple heather
Did you tell her that you loved her
As the night turned into day
Did you let the fire burn
Or did you turn away
Simple words
But you can’t hide the meaning
Hidden in the song
Hidden in the song
In the song that you were singing
At the party in the backyard
You were soaking up the stars
Did you stand so close together
Or did you stand apart
Did you look her in the eye
Did you find the words to say
Or did you send a message
In every note that you played
Simple words
But you can’t hide the meaning
Hidden in the song
Hidden in the song
In the song that you were singing
Lying underneath the willow
You let it go, I guess
If I ever had a secret
Could I keep it to myself?
Would I try to press it close
Would I wait for it to fade?
Wouldn’t I be just like you
Sing the things I couldn’t say
Simple words
But you can’t hide the meaning
Hidden in the song
Hidden in the song
In the song that you were singing
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This is My Love
02:51
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THIS IS MY LOVE
Lisa Bastoni
(c)(P) 2021 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)
There’s a tugging at my shoes
On this road I walk to you
Runs as far as a dream can dream
I’ve been asking without words
I wonder if you heard
I wonder if you ever think of me
This is my love
This is my love
This is my love for you
There’s a clock to tell the time
There’s a cup to hold the wine
There’s the sun in the sky and a bird in a tree
There’s a turning in your heart
You don’t know how it started
But inside you know you’re where you’re meant to be
This is my love
This is my love
This is my love for you
Sometimes it makes you cry
Sometimes you don’t know why
Sometimes it’s an uncomplicated thing
This is my love
This is my love
This is my love for you
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Lisa Bastoni Northampton, Massachusetts
Lisa Bastoni is a 2019 and 2020 Boston Music Award nominee (Folk) , and winner of the 2019 Kerrville New Folk Contest. "Americana of the highest order...along the lines of Gretchen Peters or Patty Griffin." (Maverick-UK). She lives in Northampton, MA.
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