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Ruby

by Adam Sterling

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    This album includes two acoustic demos from a late night spent next to a crackling wood stove, while a couple close friends drank, listened and occasionally clapped. Doesn't get more folk than that.
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1.
Ruby 03:27
Ruby, don’t you dare look at me that way I’ve been working all morning, my back still aches No matter how hard I try to stand up straight Sometimes you twist something once and it’s just never the same I was standing just outside the door You were on the other side, lying on the floor I don’t know why my heart sinks straight down When I get out of the car, walk up to our house Ruby, I know that you’re hungry again For something I don’t know that I can give Now what I’ve got is always yours to take But the great machine’s broke, there’s nothing new to make I was watching while you counted the days I was stealing from you in my quiet way Don’t mean to imply any kind of mistake But when I look at you now, I wonder why did you wait Ruby, I wonder are you listening now Wherever you’re sleeping, do you hear the sound Of my ocean inside, of the crashing waves They roll in and roll out, but your footprints remain
2.
You’re the life of the party A sad song in reverse Every step that you take Erases a verse You’re a church after midnight When the spirits descend Resurrecting my joy Erasing all ends And you are mine You are mine You’re the weight off my chest Water over my tongue And if I should drown You’re the air in my lungs You’re a prayer in the morning So holy and pure You mend what you break You’re the cut and the cure And you are mine You are mine But I’ve belonged to you Since you made me someone new Since you found all the quiet in my thunder And I’ll belong to you Until the day our vows ring true When I go, I will see you in the wonder I will see you everywhere You are someone I miss When you’re five feet away You’re the ache in my chest On my loneliest days You’re the life of the party When there’s no one around You dance in your circles All silence and sound And you are mine You are mine You are mine
3.
It’s one in the morning, are you lying awake With the ceiling fan spinning, do you think of mistakes That you might have made when you tried to run Too fast to think about what you’d become It’s ok if you’re still afraid I won’t picture you that way Now, two in the morning, with her breath beside Rising and falling like some kind of tide That pulls in the water and won’t let it out Till it fills up your lungs with worry and doubt It’s ok if you feel your age I won’t picture you that way I’ll picture you dancing in the heat of the night Head all flames, clothes all white All your juke joints and brass knuckle bars And your fingers on the frets of your guitar Youth don’t come, but you know it goes Can’t keep it forever, so you try to hold On to better days Hold on to better days Three o’clock now and the street’s so still Nobody came for you, nobody will There ain’t no hero climbing your walls You never learned not to build em so tall It’s ok if you need to be saved I won’t picture you that way Four o’clock fire in the cage of your chest Fuelled by the faces of the ones you left But if you gotta dream that I’m in that room Dream that I softly whisper to you It’s ok if you’re not ok I won’t picture you that way I’ll picture the day you opened that door Like a storm nobody had seen before Rattled my windows, shook my floor But you don’t seem to do that anymore Youth don’t come, but you know it goes Can’t keep it forever, so you try to hold On to better days Hold on to better days Five o’clock comes, then it’s gone Six o’clock brings the first sign of dawn Another morning, try to forget No matter how bright, the sun rises to set It’s ok if you’re still afraid I won’t picture you that way Hold on to better days Hold on to better days

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released September 28, 2017

All songs written by Adam Sterling (SOCAN)

Produced by Adam Sterling
Mixed by Michael Browne

Adam Sterling: Vocals, acoustic guitar
Andrew Timothy: Acoustic and electric guitars, banjo
Reggie Jones: Bass
Pascal Lenormand: Accordion

Thanks to the musicians for contributing their time and talent, Michael Browne for taking care of the stuff that goes over my head, Erin Costelo for invaluable mentorship, and Pierre and Kate for a delightful night in front of the fire.

© Adam Sterling 2017

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