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Hard Frost

by Annie Keating

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1.
Lies and Dynamite 03:17
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Preston park after dark I’m burying a broken heart With your kisses my wishes and the truth I still remember Arkansas You were hot and cold like an April thaw stole my colors except heartbreak blue CHORUS Lies and dynamite Your broke down reasons still don’t make it right Lies and dynamite Love don’t get out alive Classic car swollen stars The days are long night seems far off Tell me was any of it true Instead of bluebells and butterflies I got red flags ignored every sign Washed out by the river that was you CHORUS Lies and dynamite Your broke down reasons still don’t make it right Lies and dynamite Love don’t get out alive Now its New York City in the fall Graffiti covering every wall Of the buildings on the block outside my room Forgiveness may be a state of grace But there’s just some things you can’t erase it’s like diving in a shallow backyard pool CHORUS Lies and dynamite Your broke down reasons still don’t make it right Lies and dynamite Love don’t get out alive
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Looking for Trouble 03:07
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I wasn’t looking for trouble I wasn’t looking to fall I wasn’t looking for anyone special cause I wasn’t looking at all But nobody knows when lightening will strike And thunder can’t be seen coming Right from the start you woke my sleeping heart Though I did not see you coming I was tending to my own fences Trying to get through the hard days It was then that you caught me defensless I was held in the grip of your gaze CHORUS Forgive me all my failings I’ve got faults and cracks But loving you darlin’ I’m the best at that Bluebird at my window says it’s time to go Meet me at the corner and lets hit the road Bluebird at my window says it’s time to go Meet me at the corner, take it nice and slow You were not who I expected But as it turned out to be You were exactly what i needed To set my weary heart free No I wasn’t looking for trouble But it found me in the nick of time You were nothing I would have expected But just what I needed to find CHORUS Forgive me all my failings I’ve got faults and cracks But loving you darlin’ I’m the best at that Bluebird at my window says it’s time to go Meet me at the corner and lets hit the road Bluebird at my window says it’s time to go Meet me at the corner, take it nice and slow
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Keepsakes and Heartbreaks 03:33
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I’m staring at the table where my ring sits Wondering what on earth I’m gonna do with it You’re gone but it’s still here my wedding band That for so many years lived upon my hand Do I throw it in the river or keep it safe Is it now bad luck or just an old keep sake Should I leave on the table soaking up the sun Or drop in a well when the evening comes CHORUS Thering that was on my finger can you take it off my hands I got no use for diamonds but I’ll find love again The ring that was on my finger you can throw it to the sea Cause the road ahead is calling, goodbye hard luck memories It’s funny what happens when two souls part Twenty years of memories that red deck of cards We used to play rummy in the early days Now the cards are just dusty parked on the ashtray The pink one you gave me when I still smoked I bought you that ugly brown leather coat Funny all the things left after you’ve gone Faded love letters, two chairs on the lawn CHORUS This ring that was on my finger can you take it off my hands I got no use for diamonds but I’ll find love again The ring that was on my finger you can throw it to the sea Cause the road ahead is calling, goodbye hard luck memories Memories caught like beetles in amber The two of us happy the pictures remember Snow fall, your laughter me catching your fall Old photos packed up fresh off the wall And I wonder how long now it will take to fade The line on my finger that this ring made You did me wrong, but I wish you well Oh all the stories that one ring may tell This ring that was on my finger can you take it off my hands I got no use for diamonds but I’ll find love again The ring that was on my finger you can throw it to the sea Cause the road ahead is bright free of hard luck memories
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Sunshine Parade 03:53
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You can stay in your house and i can stay in mine Or we could get out and have a real good time Trouble can find me, I don’t mind Trouble is just a friend of mine Sticks and stones never broke my bones In the eye of the storm i’m right at home I won’t cry no tears for you I got too much good living to do I can run fast but I won’t hide cause honey I’m not the hiding kind Show me some love make me believe butterflies in my chest light up my mind CHORUS There’s no rain on this parade / yeah not today babe not today You can lie down in the shade / but sunshine’s what i really crave There’ll be no rain now on this sunshine parade (Repeat) I like my coffee strong and sweet I like to ride the train down to Brighton Beach Where the ocean and the city meet I’m feeling salty and a little bit sweet I could be sad or we could paint the town red ’d rather be dancing than stuck in bed I’m gonna find the love where I can butterflies dancing in my head CHORUS There’s no rain on this parade / yeah not today babe not today You can lie down in the shade / but sunshine’s what i really crave There’ll be no rain now on this sunshine parade (Repeat) Grass won’t grow beneath these feet My soles are gonna dance off the concrete I’ve got a light that’s burning bright Let's paint the town red tonight CHORUS There’s no rain on this parade / yeah not today babe not today You can lie down in the shade / but sunshine’s what i really crave There’ll be no rain now on this sunshine parade (Repeat)
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Falling 04:24
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If I were a hound, I’d be up howling for you Late into the evening by the light of the moon If I were a lion you’d hear me roar A wild kinda sound across the jungle floor If I were an ocean I’d swell proud and true And send all the pretty waves breaking for you If I were the thunder I’d rumble all night If lightening were me, it’d light up your sky CHORUS But I’m just a girl that’s all Who’s fallen I feel like a kid again who’s fallen If i were the darkness I’d rest next to you And offer you comfort the whole night through If I were a boxer I wouldn’t stay down You’d see my swinging through the very last round The color for me would be ruby red If I were a song I would rush to your head If I were a pony I’d buck and then roll Jump the white fences and keep on going CHORUS If I were a tuxedo I’d dress you up nice Make you feel like a king make you feel just right If I were the breeze I’d come cool and slow And bring you relief from the sweltering glow If I were sea salt I’d cling to your skin If I were a door, I’d be thrown wide open Whatever pain you can’t take i’d surely shake it Like a doctor who knows everything about heartache CHORUS If I were your stead I’d take you racing A thousand acres the views breathtaking If the storm were in me it’d be gathering speed And if I were the tide I’d be high as can be If I were a sound I’d be the kick drum Beating in time to your heart on the run Wish I could be a dream I would rush to your slumber If you were a book I’d write the next chapter CHORUS
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Lovesick Blues 03:34
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Change my shirt change my shoes Can’t seem to get over you Got the Lovesick blues stuck on you Change the scene, change the view I can’t seem to shake how i feel about you Got the lovesick blues, stuck on you Turn a dollar into two/Paint these four walls baby blue Can’t seem to get over you Write a song, make beef stew I’m still up a midnight missing you Stuck on you, got the lovesick blues Play my piano make a hullabulu I’m so tired being stuck on you Love sick blues, got the lovesick blues Sing a song, change the mood/get the room going with electric blues What’s a girl to do? Lovesick blues Shake my hips, change my hair-do I can’t seem to get over you Lovesick blues, I got the lovesick blues I can tell a good story /or tell the truth Fly to Spain or Katmandooo What’s a girl to do? Lovesick blues Stuck on you, stuck on you Got the lovesick blues
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Belly of the Beast 04:07
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I don’t scare easy I don’t fall lightly Ghosts don’t scare me but you do The way you undue me the way you see through me How do you do what you do? You like the sweet shade to my heart on the hottest of days somehow familiar right from the start There’s a river inside me What was frozen has been set free You woke in me the sleeping part CHORUS Love made a mess of me I’m still trying to find my feet T ossed like a ship at sea Out of the belly of the beast The storm in my chest Is like a lion made restless and Y ou keep fading from view Confessions we told then, the high felt like a medicine Till bright red turned to blue Heartbreak like a bullet, oh but for you i took it Why couldn’t you keep our love true CHORUS Love made a mess of me I’m still trying to find my feet T ossed like a ship at sea Out of the belly of the beast BRIDGE I’ve got fire in my chest, Rain in my heart Been playing with the dragon’s breath/ But you don’t scare me now cause nothing scares me now We are now like fossils Captured In the amber of time One autumn day, your hand briefly held mine I was falling like a stone, you then like a parachute holding me Suddenly weightless and not alone The truth couldn’t last it became a thing of the past But while i was with you it sure felt like home Caught up in a strange spell I’m still hungry for motion and your tells and the high’s of heart swells CHORUS Love made a mess of me I’m still trying to find my feet T ossed like a ship at sea Out of the belly of the beast
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Wrong Guy's Girl 03:54
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I been kissed in Paris on the way to Rome in the springtime The Trevi fountain’s glory and those Luxenburg gardens so fine Been lucky to get lost in Madrid and the south of Spain Oh Andalusia I’m sorry if I mispronounce your name The Scottish Highlands they got a piece of my heart Oh Inverness i confess you had me right from the start Costa Rica sure did mend my heart After a chef in Barcelona loved me and tore it apart CHORUS I sure to love to roam but if there’s one place i could go It’s back to our conversation Because darling you’ve been on my mind ever since then Cause darling you’ve been on my mind ever since then Been to Mikonos, Folegandros and to the Parthenon All those Islands of Greece got a magic of their own Been chased outa Corfu for kissing the wrong guy’s girl Ended up in Tinos with a green eyes welder named Merle Never been to Japan but i will go if I can Got my sites set on the southern Yucatan The Gulf of Mexico n’ the ruins of the Mayan I been kissed in Paris on the way to Rome in the springtime The Trevi fountain’s glory and those Luxenburg gardens so fine CHORUS I sure to love to roam but if there’s one place i could go It’s back to our conversation Because darling you’ve been on my mind ever since then Cause darling you’ve been on my mind ever since then
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Witness 03:56
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If it’s your wish I’ll be your witness See what you see feel the joy and fears If you’ve got sins you need to confess I’ll listen hard then so then you may rest If your heart aches we can share the weight I'll get you through the garden gate We can rest there by the sweet magnolia I’ll give you shelter and offer a shoulder I’ll take you back down to the river When you need some peace of mind Away from all the noise doubt and day to day grind When you need a some peace of mind I’ll draw the curtain when the light is too bright Or let sun in when you’re all done with the night I’ll find you when you’re feeling far gone I’ll be like that the beacon that’s forever on If your heart's heavy I’ll carry the weight Get you on through the garden gate We can rest there by the sweet magnolia I’ll give you shelter and offer a shoulder I’ll be your witness iI'll be your Witness You're not alone that much I promise
10.
Feels like Home 04:25
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Was it easy to forget me or did you need just a little help To get my song out of your head, forget all that was felt When you’re driving, windows open, trying to get through the day Do you sometimes want s badly to find me and we'd get away? CHORUS I know what was felt was real as skin and bones And though I had to go when I think of you it feels like home Are we only now a memory or do I live in your bones? Like it feels when the rain comes a fast hard summer storm Are you lonely sometimes just like me, you want so badly to be seen? Not on the outside but on the inside crying to be set free CHORUS I know what was felt was real as skin and bones And though I had to go when I think of you it feels like home Was it easy to forget me or do you fail from time to time When the North wind starts blowin’ I know what you’re hoping to find Cause when I’m driving, windows open it’s you on my mind I keep my promise, I keep my distance but it’s you I’m hoping to find CHORUS I know what was felt was real as skin and bones And though I had to go when I think of you it feels like home
11.
So Lonely 04:59
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released June 1, 2023

THE RECORDING BAND AND ALBUM CREDITS

Teddy Kumpel (producer and player of stringed things) is a NY based guitar player, producer,and engineer, who is also Joe Jackson’s guitar player. Additionally, Teddy has played with Rickie Lee Jones and Feist.

Richard Hammond is a NY bassist, originally from New Zealand and the original bassist for Hamilton, an American Musical, has played with Joan Osborne, Jonatha Brooke, Marshall Crenshaw, and many more.

Drummer Steve Williams lays down the most simple but luscious soulful grooves, having worked The Digable Planets, Sade, David Byrne, and others.

Todd Caldwell plays the organ, piano, and melodica like no other human, with the most soulful and emotionally resonant touch. When not recording with Annie Keating, he plays and tours with musical giants like Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Annie Keating - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Steve Williams - drums and percussion
Richard Hammond - electric and acoustic bass and backing vocals on Keepsakes and Heartbreaks & Sunshine Parade
Todd Caldwell - piano, organ, mellotron, organ Rhodes and Wurlitzer
Teddy Kumpel - acoustic guitar, electric and slide guitar, 12 string guitar, bass, background vocals
Lynne Hanson - backing vocals on Lies and Dynamite and Kate Steinberg - backing vocals on Sunshine Parade.

Produced by Teddy Kumpel, Engineered and Mixed by Matt Shane (Additional engineering by Teddy Kumpel)
Recorded at Atomic Sound and Teddy’s House of Fun, Mastered by Fred Kevorkian, Kevorkian Mastering, inc.
All songs written by Annie Keating (BMI) copyright 2023, except “Lies and Dynamite” written by Lynne Hanson and Annie Keating and “So Lonely” written by Sting (of the Police)

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Lucinda Williams. John Prine. Bob Dylan. Allison Krauss. Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt. Emmylou Harris - A short list of the musicians Keating has been compared to. She writes and sings like a woman who knows that heartache is the price of hope, and she can make us believe -- in that way that only the best artists can -- that all of it is worth the cost. ... more

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