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Loose Leaf

by Lauren Foster

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1.
Shooting Stars 04:02
lyrics
A couple of beers and an old sheet of construction paper Sittin’ on the porch I came to realize I spent too long without the fresh air ‘Cause I was waitin’ for the world to revive when the pain subsides But it doesn’t. And the world went on behind my closed eyes Now leave it all behind, let’s take a trip, we’ll go cross country The bankers and the law firms and schools… I don’t care if they forgive me ‘Cause if I was countin’ out the seconds of productive time Then last night was a gold mine, watchin’ the sun go down and paint the sky CHORUS: Hold on, it ain’t the end yet You have words left with people you haven’t met yet And I’ve seen shooting stars in the city lights You gotta look at the sky just right Run my hands through the grooves of this antique table I wonder what my grandmother knew, and how she was so able To hold her own in a man’s world, keep her flag unfurled She wasn’t perfect, but the world needs more of what she gave then what I take CHORUS My memory’s clear of that night, the car was left to idle She kissed my hand, the front side; her look went deeper than my eyeballs I was so angry that our love was never in the rulebook Still my heart shook, every time she dared to hold my hand CHORUS
2.
Fools 02:49
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Try me, left foot forward, saw me lookin’ at the door but I’d be game I’ll be hard to touch but, damn, baby, if you want it enough I could be persuaded Slow and subtle, hold back just a little and maybe… CHORUS: Late night, feels right, only slightly tipsy and the daylights far away Shot’s back, feel that hand and watch the band, they know how to play Slow down, we have all night ‘til the day Drop line, dance time, absolute-ly, nothin’ to say Make me frustrated, hate it, baby, make me beg for more Touch me, leave me, tease me right now you’re too easy to ignore I could be your Eden… Adam held out, whoa-oh, baby I need you to taste me CHORUS A whole lot of fools, seems to me Pretending there are rules, this game is much too easy I’d be your fool baby if you would not be such a, a fool, a fool to me CHORUS
3.
Stand in the Stiffer Wind 03:46
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Bent steel and cold hands Empty rooms in a foreign land Wooden chords and my empty words 4/4 time and perfect rhymes Outside, the world is new to My eyes, but the sun is still the same And find me I’m lost between the ties To the people and the places their homes and their lives And I’ll go 6, 5, 4, 1 Like the songs you’ve heard before, it’s music that’s been done I need to feel ready for a new place So I’ll play it in the old way, and sing you this song for my home Some times remain Deep breaths, but I still feel the same It’s hard to hold this whole world within your heart To stand in the stiffer wind, and not refuse to play a part Few words and strong ties Maybe easier when we’re soon to say goodbye Desperately created and so quickly left behind Like the colors of the evening, are so bright and then they die And so it goes, and here I am Try to take it by the moment, try to make it what I can And I don’t think that I’m coming home enlightened And I’ve found I’m not so different, but I don’t think that means I wasn’t changed So I’ll sing 6, 5, 4, 1 Like the songs you’ve heard before, it’s music that’s been done I need to feel ready for a new place So I’ll play it in the old way, and sing you this song, yeah I’ll sing you this song for my home
4.
Grateful 02:03
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Don’t go Don’t go I know that I took you for granted I find that With time I Realize that you were always enough I close my eyes and decide this time Not to shrug it off They said so long ago absence lets you know What you started off with So hold, me now And help, me calm down I know, you won’t ever let me go I find that My mind and My body are still breakable To try To fly is To high a risk to your wingless bones I’ll turn away from this game we always play Of being brave Grateful for this life it is not trite To play it safe I’ll hold, you now And help, you calm down You know, I won’t ever let you go
5.
Until You Stay 04:00
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God knows I am, and god knows where I’ve been And god knows what I’m doing now… Cause I don’t know why, and I don’t know if I Can carry on along this downhill CHORUS: Light from the morning give me strength now Sleep come and take the day away Cause I will go on and on without you Until you stay, until you stay Remember that touch, your fingers lightly brushed And now it’s hard to dream without you And I don’t know why, and I don’t know if I Can make you start to love believing CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL So let the wind howl, and if the roof blows down Then I will sleep under the starlight And I don’t know why, but I know that I Could use some open air on this night CHORUS
6.
Marble 03:20
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Trying hard to fill this space I close my eyes and just create My hands are moving they are trained By repetition to keep Pace the road and read the writing fast The people pause palpate their Past the end of prospect street they find The place of woods I left CHORUS: And there is a marble there: smooth, white glass It sparkles clearly in this river of the past And I can see it glow, like I did when I was four years old So, so beautiful But now I’m standing in the street The pavement hard the cold cuts Deep beneath the people’s empty gaze I know there’s meaning there is Grace my table now and make a toast To something silly no one Notes the faded path in my backyard that leads to home CHORUS And we have come so far, from where we really are Let the fear creep in, and I don’t sleep as well as I used to Oh, let me breathe, let me believe I will find it again CHORUS
7.
Pulse 03:38
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Sleep hold on… wait longer for me to play Dreams go on and run, there’s no need to fade away ‘Cause time stretches onward And this is madness, this is madness, this is mad All the words and all the reasons And the subconscious believing That something’s missing. Hold me. I wanna turn up the music and dance CHORUS: Feel the pulse; let the fluid rush Right through your brain And the motion of the room, the floor And this ocean of faces, and you Lookin’ good and dancin’ right Was I with you the other night? Do I know your name? Maybe… it’s all the same. Take my hand; come closer And feel me sway Dance to the music and you will feel Us drift away And time will stretch endless ‘Cause this is madness, this is madness, this is mad All the words and all the reasons Well I think I stopped believing That something’s missing; hold me I wanna turn up the music and dance CHORUS Come on, come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, come on, take me away ‘Cause I just wanna find the best in Come on darlin’ the night is young Put my interest to the test then Hold me closer to you To you And time will stress endless And this is madness, this is madness, this is madness So fade the words and fade the reasons I don’t want to believe, I can’t believe that Something’s missing; hold me I wanna turn up the music and dance
8.
I Think He'd Understand 03:04
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As the rain was falling down they went their separate ways He’d hit the ground. They said goodnight But meant goodbye And he drove in the dampened glow The moonlight shivered as the rain turned to snow He was so tired CHORUS How could… why would you make me choose Between my God and you, my son? Father what does your God have to do With my love or you? I think he’d understand I think he’d understand It was late, the room was dark Side by side, the silence marked by still breathing He held your hand And you dreamed a face slipped through The whispered words, a night that drew them both closer He said, “I love you” CHORUS Tell me what to do, I don’t know what Don’t even know who I am… But you know, how can you be so sure That our love is worth everything? And I am trying to believe in you I am trying to believe As the rain was falling down they went their separate ways He’d hit the ground, they said goodnight But meant goodbye

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Loose Leaf is a collection of songs that I have never made focused recordings of. Thus, the quality of the recordings is usually very low, in live, or spur of the moment, onboard comp microphone takes. This album is up to get a feel for a wider range of the music I have written. It is not available for download because I would like, someday, to make legitimate recordings of these songs.

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released December 5, 2012

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Lauren Foster Boulder, Colorado

Lauren is currently based out of Boulder, CO. In addition to playing music she makes time for playing ultimate frisbee, getting outside with a pack, skis, crampons, or just a light jacket, and waitressing at a local brewery.

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