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Shelter

by Eddy Walda

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1.
I see I see / The story of you and me / In the dark sea / Between the poor and oh so wealthy / I know I know / We come from different places oh though / We know we know / There's more to a blizzard than lots of snow / [Chorus] Can't you see / What you mean to me / Incomplete, without truth / Is my life without you / Look at me, / I could never try to leave / You could make it outta here / Come on take me with you dear / I need I need / The grace you effortlessly carry / And the world needs / Your words of wisdom that we should heed / I know I know / We come from different sides of the globe / Oh though we know / Behind every good story there is woe. / [Chorus] / [Bridge] Hey you, sweetheart / Common turn me right around / Hey you, sweetheart / Lift my feet right off the ground / Hey you sweetheart / Turned my world upside down / Hey you sweetheart / This is what I have to say dear, / [Chorus] / [Chorus and Bridge mix]
2.
I can hear him crying / Crying out to me / I can hear him saying / Please oh please / Oh lord, why now? why me? / Three more days, he'd be back cross the sea, to me / Oh lord, why now? Why me? / Where is your endless mercy to be? / When he's far, when he's far across the sea? / I can hear her crying / Crying over him / Like his heart’s not beating / Breath so still / Oh lord why now? why me? / Three more days and he'd be happy to see her and me / Oh lord is this what you call justice? / To have a family gathering with one not there / Oh yes, oh yes it's not fair / You saw me crying / Paralyzed by fear / But you just left me / It's cold out here / Oh lord why now? Why me? / Why's my son come home from tour without a papa to see? / Oh lord they've cried and they've cried / But their tears will not bring me alive / But their tears fall wasted in my eyes
3.
Alright 04:08
I see you listening / I see you're here for me / What you're up to dear is / No secret to me / I hear your silent pleas / Asking me not to leave / What you cannot see is / Its not up to me / And when I think / About what we did / Oh it makes me think / Oh it makes me think / About where we / Should be right now / And how happy we / Could've been by now / Oh its okay / Oh its alright / Because I left to / Fight the good fight / [Chorus] Now I know all you want to be is all- / Now I know all you ever wanted to be was alright / Alright All- / Now I know all you want to be is all- / Now I know all you ever wanted to be was alright / Alright Alright / I find it upsetting / For you to talk to me / You have to get hyped up / On pills for ADD / Your life is in the trash / I almost followed you / Into your self dug pit / That is full of glue / Please don't resent me ‘cause / I couldn't fix you / You will be alright / And I'll be alright too / [Chorus] / I see you listening / I see you're here for me / What you're up to dear is / No secret to me / I hear your silent pleas / Asking me not to leave / What you cannot see is / Its not up to me
4.
Peace / Is Waiting / Waiting for you / Its like a sunset / Hope / Is waiting / Waiting for you / Its like a sunset / Like red / Like blue / Like red / Like blue / Joy / Is waiting / Waiting for you / Its like a sunset of you / Love / Is waiting / Is waiting for your lonely face / Its like a sunset / Like red / Like Blue / Like gold / Like you / Like red / Like blue / Like gold / Like you / I can hear you cry, / “What you did to me was wrong” / I can hear you cry, / “This was not supposed to happen” / I can hear you cry, / “What you did to me was wrong” / I can hear you cry, / “This was not supposed to happen” / Life / Is waiting / You just have to forgive yourself / Just learn to love yourself / Again / Again / Again / Again / Again, like red / Again, like blue / Again, like gold / Again, like you / Again, like red / Again, like blue / Again, like gold / Like you / Like you / Again / Like you
5.
Dawn 03:50
Like a bird with a broken wing / I am grounded in a teal colored sling / Ruffled feathers and the smell of spring / Trapped in a cage without a song to sing / [Chorus] The sun comes up / The mornin's met / But I am not strong enough yet / The sun comes up / The mornin's met / But I am not strong enough yet / Fell from the nest, when I was just young / Learned to grow up without a mother's hug / Learned to bear my teeth and hunt all on my own / It's hard to look back and see how much I've grown / [Chorus] / My back is burned / The color red / But I will still get out of bed / My hands are sore / My knuckles rough / But I will still put on my gloves / [Chorus] / The sun comes up / The mornin’s met / But I am not strong enough yet / The night is here / The day is gone / I know I'm not the only one.
6.
Look down / What's at your feet? / Is it a path? / Someone elses? / Look up / Now is your chance / Start your own life / Tread your own path / [Chorus Pt 1] Dance until the night is done / Sing until your song is sung / Write until your novel ends / Take on life without a plan / Look down / What's on your feet? / Are those your shoes? / Or your fathers? / Look up / Life's a shoe store / There's a sale / First pair's free / [Chorus Pt 1] / [Chorus Pt 2] We can't predict the future / But the present is in our hands / We can't predict the future / But lets see how our story ends / [Bridge] Oh how it ends, is up to you. / Take the first step, the rest will follow suit. / Oh how it ends, is not set in stone / Take the first step, make your new home / [Chorus Pt 1] / [Chorus Pt 1 and Bridge Mix] / [Chorus Pt 2] / Look down / What's at your feet? / Is it a path? / Someone elses?
7.
When I Say 02:30
When I say jump you say how high / When I say dodge you say which side / When I say duck you say how low / These are the things that you must know / When I say left and you go right / That’s I tan your sweet ass hide / Thats when you gonna figure out / What this god damn thing is about / What this god damn thing is about / When I say swim you say how far / When I say fight you say which war / When I say kill you say which foe / These are the things that you must know / What you did to me was wrong / You made me act like a King Kong / And now if I'm to take you back / You must bend over your own back / Bend over your own back / When I say sing you say which note / When I say sail you say which boat / When I say plant you say which row / These are the things you must know / It is you I do not trust / You are a slave to your own lust / If you have answers you don't know / Then listen to this song I wrote / Listen to this song I wrote
8.
First Words 04:56
The first words are the hardest / The first words of let's break up / The first words are the hardest / The first words of take me back / Let's break up, I love you / Take me back, now I do / The first words are the hardest / The first words of let's have kids / The first words are the hardest / When 3 out 4 die in their cribs / The first words are the hardest / When I found out my mom's terminally Ill / The first words are the hardest / When there's no magic little pill / Let's break up, I love you / Take me back, now I do / Let's have kids, you say three / I say four, maybe more / My Mom's sick, she's not well / I'm scared she’s down in hell / The first words are the hardest / When you’re only living child goes away / The first words are the hardest / When I probably won't see him again / The first words are the hardest / When he says you were a shitty father / The first words are the hardest / When he says you never loved his mother / Let's break up, I love you / Take me back, now I do / Let's have kids, You say three / I say four, maybe more / My Mom's sick, she's not well / I'm scared she’s down in hell / Goodbye John, fare thee well / I hope college goes swell / 3 months down he came back / To tell me I was crap / Told his mom just to leave / She said no “Please believe” / My dear wife just smile once / The doc said “Oh, six months” / Broke our backs to do right / Too old for the good fight / Good Christians God or bust / Leave god out, It's time for us. / Shut away from it all / Won't take no damn phone calls / The last words are the hardest / When your wife lays dying in your arms / The last words are the hardest / When you say goodnight love see you soon
9.
Like a sunrise at noon / Like fall leaves in June / Sometimes we need something different than we’re used too / Like hot ice cubes / Archaic petting zoos / Sometimes these changes are different than we’re used too / But without these what are we? / Just scraps of ice in the sea. / This goes to prove more than I'd like to say / But life is better off this way / [Chorus] Life is beautiful / Just take each stride in full / I can't promise you'll end up where you want to be. / But the truth will set you free / You probably think I'm crazy / You probably think I'm a cheese ball / But guess what I'm really not. / Cuz I'm the one up here and / Following dreams to the fullest / Not making pizza and smokin’ crack / And all at once you realize / I'm not a handful of lies / There’s some truth, in what I say / Cuz life is better of this way / [Chorus] / I can see that you don't believe me / And you think that you can ignore me / But the truth is / But the truth is / But the truth is that you cannot see / I can see that you don't believe me / And you think that you can ignore me / But the truth is / But the truth is / But the truth is that you cannot see / Like fireflies at dawn / Deer from full grown to fawn / Something different than / [Chorus] / [Chorus] / Sunrise at noon / Fall leaves in june / Something different than
10.
After thought that's what my life is made of / After shave just playin' the consumer game / Afternoon is when I get out of bed / After all of this I realize that I am / [Chorus] Sitting alone, no place to call my own / Sitting alone oh / Sitting alone, no place to call my own / Sitting alone oh / I sit around and watch t.v. all day / I have no friends or any games to play / I have no one tell me that my life is goin’ to shit / I realize that I am / [Chorus] / I'm here alone ‘cause I have no one / To play with me. I know that I am picky / But I plan to do this for the rest of my life / I think I'm entitled to be / [Chorus]
11.
I came up with a plan to leave oh baby / To leave this town and never come back / I came up with a plan oh baby / Get on a train and follow the track / Bring you sister Lorelei / And your mother, please don't cry / Bring you brother, father too / And if not well forget about you / [Chorus] Oh follow me baby / Leave this town and never come back / Oh follow me baby / Get on a train and follow the track / Good bye fellas good by friends / It seem that we have reached the end of our road / Goodbye fellas good by friends / ‘cause you'll never see me again / [Chorus] / Bring you sister Lorelei / And your mother, please don't cry / Bring you brother, father too / Please I came back for you / I'm singing the lorelei blues / Please oh please I came back for you / I couldn't forget about you / Please oh please I came back for you / I'm singing the Lorelei blues / [Chorus]
12.
Shelter 05:31
Life takes an unfamiliar road, from tread path to fresh snow / I'm stuck in my own tracks in my own ruts / Life breaks all the rules from sidewalk to kept grass / Life says lets go for a walk, but the sign says keep off / [Chorus] May you, shelter me / From my misery / May you, shelter me / From my misery / I don't care who you are we all need help / This isn't a cry to god or a farewell / It doesn't matter who you are, you'll need someone to see you through / It doesn't matter who we pick as long as they'll be there / It doesn't matter who you are you'll need someone to see you through / It doesn't matter who we pick as long as they'll be there / [Chorus]
13.
I’m waiting for a sign / To tell me what is right / To tell me what is wrong / What the hell is going on / I’m waiting for a sign / To tell me where to go / To tell me what to leave / And who to follow / Oh my god, look at me / What do you see? / My self destruct button was pushed / My body flung beyond the bush / The best is gone now comes the worst / I’m tired of waiting / No power in my hands / Time to lead not follow / Time to become my own man / Time to have my own mind / To decide what is right / To decide what is wrong / And what the hell is going on / Oh my god, look at me / What do you see? / My self destruct button was pushed / My body flung beyond the bush / Look at me / Look how you made me bleed / My self destruct button was pushed / My body flung beyond the bush / The best is gone now comes the worst / Damn this hell made of cheap tricks and coffee cups / Don’t you dare tell me that life will be fine / Can’t you tell I’m godzilla in a china shop / Don’t piss me off feeding me cliche lines / Screw this town and it’s back and forth races / Sitting flat on their asses their faces all pleased / I’m tired of waiting to come to the right places / Fate is a worse story teller than me / Look at me / What do you see? / My self destruct button was pushed / My body flung beyond the bush / Look at me / Look how you made me bleed / My self destruct button was pushed / My body flung beyond the bush / The best is gone now comes the worst
14.
[Eddy] I can see you up there / I can see you up there all the time, the time / [Camille] I can see you up there / I can see you up there foolin around, around / [Chorus] [Both] Come down / Why don't you just come down / Why don't you just come down / Why don't you come down / [Eddy] I can see you falling / I can see you falling to the ground, the ground / [Camille] I can see you falling / I can see you falling to your death, your death / [Chorus] / [Call and Response] ‘Cause I just need a friend / Someone who will be there till the end / ‘Cause I am falling too / My dear I need you / I fell trying to catch you
15.
Blue Paint 02:58
Blue paint / What’s the matter if there’s / Blue paint on the walls? / What does it matter if there’s / Color on the walls? / What does it the matter at all? / What does it matter at all?

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released February 17, 2015

All songs written and arranged by Eddy Walda
All parts were preformed or programmed by Eddy Walda except for the following:
Sitting Alone: Girl in background - Joyce Richey
Beautiful Life: Cello - Saskia Keller
Sitting Alone: Trumpets - Tree Palmedo
Lorelei Blues: Backup Vocals - Joyce Richey
Cheap Tricks and Coffee Cups:
Violin - Cecilia Yao
Viola - Andy Wang
Cello - Elizabeth Mahon
Bass - Sam Shapiro
All recording, mixing, and mastering by Eddy Walda
Graphic design by Kyle Bentley

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