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Leave Your Ghosts Behind

by Tara Dente

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1.
Always wanting what I can't have Always wanting what I can't have The light is green but I don't wanna go And when it's red I plow ahead Reaching for what's taken Cuz those are the best ones Timing's a bitch sometimes But we just can't know these things No matter how smart we are No matter how much we do Now matter how hard we try We still submit to time Never fully accepting Cuz I'm busy regretting Life is still moving on These memories holding strong This world is a big one Ready to take you in Suddenly this town's small gotta find a new place to begin No matter how smart we are No matter how much we do Now matter how hard we try We still submit to time Always wanting the one thing (one thing) That's not there for the taking Wanting the one thing (one thing) That's not there for the taking Even when taking it (taking it) Would lead to it breaking Wanting the one thing... (x2) End: Wanting the one thing (x3) Always wanting the one thing That's not there for the taking When the light is red And I plow ahead Reaching for what I want But it just can't be (x5)
2.
Cracks 04:31
Walkin down the sidewalk and there’s cracks all by my feet Grass is tryin’a grow through but it’s still to small to see I think about my mind and how it’s similar to this How all the stuff inside becomes lost in an abyss I sift and sift and sift and sift and can’t come up with gold I worry that this will repeat itself until I’m old I call my lover on the phone, he doesn’t pick up then He’s busy working while I’m at home slaving to my pen I toss and turn for hours it’s another sleepless night Thoughts composed of everything and anything in sight When bed cannot console you it seems that few things can When night betrays you nothing’s left; you’re left alone to fend But worry not my lonely child; you’ll make it through these hours You’ll look back on this lonely night and you will feel empowered Daddy’s on the porch sanding down the stain Mommy’s cleaning all the floors and all the windowpanes Sometimes I just disappear, I can’t detect my space I look into a mirror scanning for a trace All I see are hints and clues, the lines around my eyes Hinting at a time that I laughed or I cried (x2) Oooh Don’t look now you’re growing up, you’ll be a big girl soon And in time you won’t have to live in this tiny room Walking down the jetty to the farthest rock I can It’s funny how you feel far out while still next to the land Fog consumes me and my view I’m drifting far away Drifting far away Drifting far away… Fog consumes me and my view I’m drifting far away And as far as I’m concerned this world has passed away Oooh
3.
The Ground 03:08
Foxes have holes and birds have nests But the Son of Man has no place to lay His head We’re walking around upon the ground Toiling, tilling, worshipping ’til we’re dead But even on this ground there’s something to be found Deep inside a seed waits to come to light Live a lot inside your skin Sink into your numbered days with Him (x2) Oooh Foxes have holes and birds have nests But the Son of Man has no place to lay His head
4.
Rustic Love 02:21
Where do you go at night Where do you go at night Where do you go at night
5.
Mmmm I use words, you use notes And I am so afraid that you won’t know Exactly what I, I am trying to say Just waiting for that fateful hour that you’ll walk away I use conversation, you use chords I sit here and question it all and you’re just sure You see in colors, I see in shapes Something tells me that you’ll be gone once my color fades Oooh I see mountains, you see hills I am overwhelmed and you’re just still Either our differences will mend up these cracks Or we’ll just fall apart and I’ll see your back Oooh I use words, you use notes And I am so afraid that you won’t know Exactly what I am trying to say Just waiting for that fateful hour that you’ll walk away You’ll walk away
6.
Whispering, yelling Eyes open and closed Stars were just in the sky Now the sun rose Walking then running Jump and then fall Mothers and fathers Their children they call Call, call, call, call, call, call, call (x4) It’s been too long since someone has said “You are my love, dear, and this is our bed.” My face is cold now, No lips have touched No one to sing to the songs that I love Love, love, love, love, love, love, love (x4) Life can be up and then it is down We never know which one will come ‘round People are mean, people are nice It’s nature’s game to roll the dice Oooh Whispering, yelling Eyes open and closed Stars were just in the sky Now the sun rose Walking then running Jump and then fall Mothers and fathers Their children they call Call, call, call, call, call, call, call (x4) It’s been too long since someone has said “You are my love, dear, and this is our bed.” My face is cold now, No lips have touched No one to sing to the songs that I love Love, love, love, love, love, love, love (x4) Life can be up and then it is down We never know which one will come ‘round People are mean, people are nice It’s nature’s game to roll the dice Oooh
7.
Up through the grass Side of the hill She sits and waits Perfectly still Nothing has come Nothing has gone She sits and waits Looking for dawn Girl on the hill Where are you from? Why do you wait Though nothing has come? The town is all grown and seen you grow too Now they are all gone But you have not moved They are all gone But you have not moved Weeds start to grow A ball around her A fair warning they give We don’t decipher Please, girl on the hill Come down from your throne We’ve nothing for you You’ll die here alone We have nothing for you You’ll die here alone But she twiddles her thumbs Plays with the grass Crosses her legs Bats her lash Nothing has come Nothing has gone She’ll sit here and wait Looking for dawn Sit here and wait Looking for dawn Sit here and wait… Girl on the hill Come down from your throne Go into the world And wait no more Oooh (x4) Ahhh (x4)
8.
Blazing Sun 02:16
Growing in the blazing sun Melting into the ground Pink and purple and orange sky Makes me think that I can fly Turns into a studded blue Stars and planets and nightbirds too Oooh
9.
Waves 03:06
When the rain comes down it’ll be alright When the sun comes up it’ll be alright When the moon comes out it’ll be alright When the waves are high it’ll be alright Oooh When the children grow it’ll be alright When their beds are empty it’ll be alright When the floorboards bend it’ll be alight When your body aches it’ll be alright Oooh When you find your lover isn’t right When you question everything in sight When your whole perspective changes light Just know that I’ll be alright I’ll be alright (x4)
10.
Rising 02:32
11.
Enter In 03:31
There’s a little doorway to my mind There’s a little window to my heart There’s a little pathway through my eyes Leading you into my secret place I cannot control just who will enter Some will knock and others won’t even see Secret places found by those who’re looking Only curious will stumble in Icicles from winter now are melting So too are the ones around my heart Bleeding through the trees I see the sunshine I feast on it until I’m filled with light Ice from ‘round my doorway now is melting Windows dusted off and opened wide Leaves are cleared from off the pathway through my eyes Now there’s room for love to enter in Now there’s room for love to enter in Now there’s room for love to enter in
12.
You gotta leave your ghosts behind You gotta leave your ghosts behind For they will follow until the end Unless you burn the threads It doesn’t matter where they’re from It doesn’t matter from where they come All your ghosts leave you just the same In a box with no courage and no name If this is all a dream You’re ghosts aren’t as big as they seem A weak piece of thread is the only path That binds you to their wrath So you gotta leave your ghosts behind They’re neither funny nor are they kind They feed on fear and drink your tears You gotta leave your ghosts behind You gotta leave your ghosts behind Oooh

about

This album is dedicated to Nanny, who knew before I did how important music would be; and to the women in Arizona who became part of me.

Great thanks to Andy, Collin, Chris, and Colleen — with you, a dream is now a reality; and to my family, for your constant love and light. Thank you to Allie for my tools; Ed for a stage; Liz for my sanity; Robyn for a mirror; Kathy for your encouragement; Aunt Tina for exposure to the guitar; Dave for your craftsmanship; and the local music music community for embracing me.

credits

released July 18, 2014

All songs written by Tara Dente except "The One Thing,” co-written by Colleen Dente

Tara Dente: Vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán (track 6), shaker (tracks 3, 6 & 8), djembe (tracks 1, 6 & 10), tabla (tracks 6 & 12), cLAVEs (track 8), bells (track 10), tambourine (track 5), brushes (track 12)
Collin Demos: Shaker (tracks 1 & 4), acoustic bass (track 5), tambourine (track 6), bells (track 10)
Lubomir Smilenob: Gadulka (track 7)

Produced by Tara Dente and Collin Demos
Engineered and mixed by Collin Demos in Point Pleasant, NJ
Mastered by Zack Spader at Channel Drive Studio in Point Pleasant, NJ

Album design and layout by Colleen Dente
Photography by Colleen Dente
Cover illustration by John Brandard from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman, (c) 1837; Leaf taken from Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium, ca. 1839-1846; used under Creative Commons license 

Contact: booktaradente@gmail.com |  facebook.com/taradente  | @taradente

(c) 2014 Tara Dente
All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. 
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