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Ponderosa
04:17
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Late in December
Everything turns to gray
Snowflakes fall like paper stars
And then they blow away
Maybe you forgot you’re not as free as the water
To flow wherever you choose
You’re an idea, the hum of motors
In the afternoon
Late in November
I dropped by to play you a song
Sick and stoned and still afraid
You’d never make it home
Maybe I forgot the way your voice broke when you told me
You think there’s something wrong with you
It’s an idea, it comes to own you
It’s a point of view
Ponderosa
Ponderosa
Late in October
We cleaned out the back of your truck
Filled it with gear and left in the night
Amid a cloud of incredible luck
Maybe I was wrong all along to have intruded
Upon a broken man
It’s an idea, whoever’s fault it was
It’s out of my hands.
Ponderosa
Ponderosa
Late in the summertime
I’d never heard your name.
Copyright 2012 Christina Osborn
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Honesty has always been my refuge
Through a life of trying times
But this time I think silence serves far better
If I wish to walk away alive
I gave it to you straight
I thought you’d understand
I don’t know what I’m going through
I’m young enough to move without a plan
Hold your thoughts away from me
I never want to know them
Don’t respond to my emotions
I don’t mean to show them
You’ve got me much further in
Than I would like to be
And I don’t need your company
Your discouragement and your charm
Has prevented you from ever growing up
And I myself an orphan couldn’t help you
I was just another interruption
You’re a man of genius
Everyone agrees
But talent doesn’t equal productivity
It’s harder than it seems
Hold your thoughts away from me
I never want to know them
Don’t respond to my emotions
I don’t mean to show them
You’ve got me much further in
Than I would like to be
And I don’t need your company
Copyright 2012 christina Osborn
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Despicable Day
03:31
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It wasn’t here that you met
Your favorite state of mind
Holding smoke inside your head
Is harder than keeping love alive
But let it be known
Through everything else
You held your own
Skinny and hollow eyed
The kids from the park come to get their fix
Mix it in the tall glasses
The ice and the whiskey and the water
Nobody reacts as the
Staggering fifteen year old
Drops his bottle
You gave yourself away
You gave yourself away
O, Despicable Day
Slouch through the weeds to the quarry
And plant your flag in the dust
Live like a one-man air force
Tear down the towers we built you
If you must
But let it be known
Through everything else
You did alone
Bring all of the kids inside
It’s frozen burritos and Kool-Aid again
Make sure everyone gets fed
I’ll be back tonight or in the morning
And if your father should call
Nothing is wrong
You gave yourself away
You gave yourself away
O, Despicable Day
Copyright 2012 Christina Osborn
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You Should Know
05:10
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You should know
I’ve got a gift for drawing out the memories
That time already should’ve dealt with on it’s own
You drive away
Like you’re a man I’ll never see again
For one who’s always talking
I don’t know what to say
I have never missed someone
Until you made me wait
And I have never needed anyone
Why should I need you?
California
Made me realize I don’t know all the rules
And thank the heavens, I probably never will
Every night
We made a fire in the trailer
And we talked until the bourbon
Pulled us both into a haze
And I have never missed someone
Until you made me wait
And I have never needed anyone
Why should I need you?
Tell me, why should I need you?
I don’t know you very well
I don’t understand your pain
I don’t remember how to disengage
Scratching symbols in the dust
Who am I to say
That was is broken now should be remade?
You should know
That I’m not usually romantic
But I couldn’t help myself
You were so vibrant and so strong
And I have never missed someone
Until you made me wait
And I have never needed anyone
Why should I need you?
Tell me, why should I need you?
Tell me why should I need you?
Oh, tell me why should I need you?
Tell me why should I need you?
Copyright 2012 Christina Osborn
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Water Sign
03:41
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Did you ever suspect
I was a loose cannon fired in the middle of the night?
Willful and lonesome kind
Let loose upon the world
As the dewdrops dried
The costume’s constantly changing
I’m chained to my impressions
I’m a broken weather vane
Hasten this pilgrim east
Through the channels of resistance
That resist the least
That’s my reward for being born
Under a water sign
Reading the road so far
Has proven as effective as reading
Tea leaves and cards
Fat flakes of prophecy
Seasoning the soup of possibility
That’s my reward for being born
Under a water sign
20 years of breaking ground
And frequently adjusting to new atmospheres
Has made everything smell like home
Brittle and immediate
And all alone
That’s my reward for being born
Under a water sign
Christmas lights and roman candles
Synthesized in me
Throwing shards on water bodies
Threading to the sea
And on and on and on and on and on…
Copyright 2012 Christina Osborn
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Christina Osborn Portland, Oregon
Christina Osborn is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who feels she hails equally from Ann Arbor, Michigan and St. George, Utah. She is a founding member of American old-time duo The Wules. In 2016 she moved to Portland, Oregon, where she spends most of her time learning fiddle tunes and crocheting hats. ... more
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