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It's funny how a morning turns a love to shame
Disguised and disfigured and you thought I tasted like rain
There`s nothing here but a shadow nothin here
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know
There's nothin here but the shadow, and now you know
I spit, I spit in the eye
I tear, I tear out my heart
And I scatter the bits
I stay unseen by the light
I stay untold by the truth
I'm sold by a lie
By this I am able in all of my travels
To make these memories quit
But tonight I clearly recall every little bit
I can chew like a cannibal
I can yell like a cat
I even had you believing that I really really like it like that
But there was never a moment
Not a moment
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know
You ever got within a hundred million miles of my soul
I spit, I spit in the eye
I tear, I tear out my heart
And I scatter the bits
I stay unseen by the light
I stay untold by the truth
I'm sold by a lie
By this I am able in all of my travels
To make these memories quit
But tonight I clearly recall every little bit
You left open the window till the morning
And the winter walked in
Reality fired her wooden bullet
Splintered under our skin
They say I'm walking on freedom
This is freedom
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
I still don't blame you for leaving,baby
It's cold living with ghosts
I spit, I spit in the eye
I tear, I tear out my heart
And I scatter the bits
I stay unseen by the light
I stay untold by the truth
I'm sold by a lie
By this I am able in all of my travels
To make these memories quit
But tonight I clearly recall every little bit
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Train
03:36
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The moon she rises like the eye of a stranger
Curious but not unkind
And I've never been so alone in all my life
Night walkin' round another firefly city
The wind is my only advice
And I've never felt so alone
Though I've tried
And there's a train runnin' through my mind
Against the windows the rain is beating a marching song
And I don't know where it's goin'
But it's already gone
It's too clean round here to be supersticious
The stories haven't even arrived
And I've never been so alone in all my life
Brought up stoned from the cradle of the devil
Need remindin' just to stay alive
It turns out I've always been this alone
And there's a train runnin' through my mind
Against the window the rain is beating a marching song
And I don't know where it's goin'
But it's already gone
I'm missin' me the whispers of the stones in the city
It's never gonna be enough that the country is wide
And there's a train runnin' through my mind
Against the window the rain is beating a marching song
And I don't know where it's goin'
But it's already gone
It's already gone
It's already gone
It's already gone
It's already gone
It's already gone
It's already gone
It's already gone
It's already gone
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C'est la Vie
05:28
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You’d be the first one to say
You’ve given your good years to bad nights
Help was a phone call away
But you hid your face from the searchlights
Now you’re home, relying on the way it used to be
We’re all friends, but that has been no remedy
It’s either regret or it’s tyranny
C’est la vie
We were too young to explain
We lost our hope and our birthrights
You lost your heart and your way
I saw the fading of taillights
Now you’re gone, relying on the way it used to be
With your friends, but that has been no remedy
It’s either regret or it’s tyranny
C’est la vie
How can you expect me
To want to stick around
When you’re losing altitude?
Cast your pearls into the sea
And I will say
C’est la vie
All of the miles I’ve seen
Have freed me from living in your past
It makes no difference to me
If you fly your future at half mast
On your own, relying on the way it used to be
No more friends, but that has been no remedy
It’s either regret or it’s tyranny
C’est la vie
How can you expect me
To want to stick around
When you’re losing altitude?
Cast your pearls into the sea
And I will say
C’est la vie
C’est la vie
C’est la vie
Who knows, who cares, for me?
C’est la vie
I am too old to remain
Wandering blind through this wasteland
Now I’m breaking your link in this chain
And you’re sliding back into quicksand
All alone, reflecting on the way it used to be
Always right, but that has been no remedy
It’s either regret or it’s tyranny
C’est la vie
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My head is achin'
I'm nursin' this bottle of booze
My hair's all disheveled
I've got holes in the soles of my shoes
My guitar sounds like cats in a cage
I gotta get me something for curin' this rage
I'm plannin’ my escape
Cuz I ain’t got nothin' to lose
But a criminal case of the blues
I caught you outside in the snow
With your other girl
Didn't think I was in love with you
'Til I met her
You talk so nice, you made me sick
And now you're out playing some other cheap little trick
And here I am baby
Cuz I ain’t got nothin' to lose
But a criminal case of the blues
I've tried and I've tried but I can't make it stop
These voices inside of my head
They keep telling me
Wicked romances will soon be the death of me
This sweet obsession is all that I've got
I'm rough and I'm ready and I'm waitin' for love
You've taken my heart
So now come take the rest of me
If you'd give it a chance
You could have me all to yourself
But we make pretty music
‘til you put me back up on my shelf
Well I'm flattered but it ain't gonna fly
I got a feeling that my patience has nearly run dry
And I'm makin' my escape
Cuz I ain’t got nothin' to lose
But a criminal case of the blues
I've tried and I've tried but I can't make it stop
These voices inside of my head
They keep telling me
Wicked romances will soon be the death of me
This sweet obsession is all that I've got
I'm rough and I'm ready and I'm waiting for love
You've taken my heart
So now come take the rest of me
I'm makin' my escape
Cuz now I've got nothin' to lose
But a criminal case of the blues
I've emptied this bottle
And I've stayed up all night long
I beat this guitar 'til it finally gave up it's song
i got a hole in my heart that a drink won't fill
I've got an ache in my head an aspirin ain't gonna kill
And I need an escape
Cuz I ain’t got nothin' to lose
But a criminal case of the blues
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Soldier Boy
04:57
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While walking by the ocean shore
the salt air and the sand at my feet
I met a passing soldier boy
Who sang me a song, an anthem so sweet
His music hovered over me
It stroked my hair and tickled my skin
I found myself a wand’ring in
A familiar place that I’d never been
The roses bloomed around me
The wind brushed the heather
We made our vows to the sand and sea
I thought forever we would be one
The battle raged in a foreign land
He took ship to a mili’try base
To either fight for freedom
Or save his country from losing face
I waited oh so patiently
For the safe return of the soldier I loved
I prayed for his sanity
To the moon the stars and the heavens above
The roses bloomed around me
The wind brushed the heather
We made our vows to the sand and sea
I thought forever we would be one
Then two men came a calling
In full dress and a book in hand
To offer their condolences
For the bravery of my fallen man
I knelt down to our little one
A fine young man he would become
The same eyes as his father
I fear that one day he’ll march to the drum
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Wait 'Til I Forget
05:38
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wait til i forget
the roll of thunder on a weekend morning
underneath the apple trees
i gave my secrets to the earth for keeping
seven years has made it that much easier
i finally found the strength to leave my bed
i don't want to know what's happened since i've been away
wait til i forget the things you said
wait til i forget
the way the warm wind blows before you take me home
give my love to all i knew
now you'll have to take your evening walks alone
seven years has seen a lifetime pass me by
i finally found some space inside my head
it's like the trees in wintertime
they're waiting for the spring
wait til i forget the things you said
you still have your reasons
and i still have mine
let it die here
maybe years hold the answers that questions could never unwind
wait til i forget what's in my mind
wait til i forget
the rules we've made and the lines we've drawn
lightning in the hazelwood
we don't always see the things we shine a light on
seven years has taught me what i thought i knew
circumstances change inside my head
trust me when i tell you it gets better every day
wait til i forget the things i said.
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Ain't It Sweet
03:14
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I moved down here to look at the mountains
And mountains is all that they turned out to be
The valley it used me to hold in the sound
But I ain’t gonna mind ‘til the next time around
I don’t remember, I just sleep with the lights on
Get high in the morning, and take the bus home
Surrendering’s easy when you ain’t got a clue
And I told you I loved you
But how do you know it was true?
Ain’t it sweet
To wake up alone
Everything’s mine
When nobody else is at home
Ain’t it sweet
To wake up alone
Everything’s mine
When nobody else is at home
And there ain’t no surprises
At the end of the road
I moved down here to look at the mountains
And mountains is all that they turned out to be
The valley it used me to hold in the sound
But I ain’t gonna mind ‘til the next time around
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Treading in the crosshairs
I once again allowed myself
To be mistaken for an easy prey
I’m always following the marshlights
Into some self-created hell
I hoped that this time
I could find my way
You were a candle in the darkness
A symphony of strange refrains
Familiar as the earth beneath my feet
I could see that you were drifting
Out on a sea of empty dreams
But still I’ve never tasted lips so sweet
And I will close my eyes
So I don’t have to see the better half
Of what you’ve done to me
And if you have to be alone
That’s just as well I couldn’t tell
If I was going wrong
And it’s hard enough to sleep
Without having to dream
Stopping between streetlights
I have a drink and start to think
I’m waiting for a storm I know won’t come
Another ending of an era
It’s last call everywhere I go
I’m stranded on your street with no way home
And I will close my eyes
So I don’t have to see
The better half of what you’ve done to me
And if you have to be alone
That’s just as well, I couldn’t tell
If I was going wrong
And it’s hard enough to speak
Without having to scream
And I will close my eyes
So I don’t have to see
The better half of what you’ve done to me
And if you have to be alone
That’s just as well, I couldn’t tell
If I was going wrong
And it’s hard enough to sleep
Without having to dream
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Tangled Up In You
04:28
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Don't say
I'm a little too young to feeling this way
And don't say
It's a waste of my youth, cuz to tell you the truth
I wouldn't have it any other way
And there's nothing I can do
Cuz I want to be with you
And I'm baying at the moon
Cuz I'm tangled up in you
Don't say
I'm losing my mind because right now
I am completely sane
And don't say
It's fleeting thing or a meaningless fling
Than all of my love would be in vain
And there's nothing I can do
Cuz I want to be with you
And I'm baying at the moon
Cuz I'm tangled up in you
I had a dream I could be happy
With you standing by my side
My love is more than just some passing flame
I've got growing up inside
Woah
You and I were passing flights in a midnight sky
Now I'm content
To fly beside you for the rest of my life
And there's nothing you could say
And there's nothing you could do
I will always find a way
To come back home to you
And there's nothing that I would rather do
Than to spend my time all tangled up in you
And I've got this beat in my heart for a reason
Cuz I'm tangled up in you
And there's nothing that I would rather do
Than to stay tangled up in you
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All Your Days Are Sad
04:17
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All Your Days Are Sad
Your bed is your only friend
It holds you like a child
The walls are creeping in
Greedy like the grave
If you died today
If you died today
It wouldn’t be so bad
Cuz after all
All your days are sad
Every time you look up
You see an empty sky
You pray but no one listens
They tell you to have faith
Drop another stone
To the alleyway below
What’s holding you back
Cuz after all
All your days are sad
If you died today
If you died today
It wouldn’t be so bad
Cuz after all
All your days are sad
All your days are sad
All your days are sad
All your days are sad
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I'll Take My Chances
05:02
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You call me up
And ask me to a picture show
But there’s another place
That I would rather go
Where nobody would know
We’ll pack your car
And wind it up the interstate
Through the mountain pass
And we’ll go right up to the lake
Wouldn’t that be great?
I’ve been waiting for the perfect time to tell you
I can feel the tension building and longing for release
I have found it hard to have you here beside me
Nothing but confession’s gonna bring me any kind of peace
We’ve been friends for more than just a little while
But lately I’m detecting something different in your smile
Baby you’ve been in denial
Don’t you think we’ve been holding out for way too long
Even though you worry something like this might be wrong
Baby I’m just not that strong
I’ve been waiting for the perfect time to tell you
I can feel the tension building up and longing for release
I have found it hard to have you here beside me
Nothing but confession’s gonna bring me any kind of peace
But I’ll take my chances
I’ll take my chances on you
I’ll take my chances
I’ll take my chances on you
People talk, and rumors start to fly around
That’s the price you pay for living in a one horse town
It always gets me down
Folks round here would never try to understand
Most of them are living with a flame that’s never fanned
Or under their command
But I’ve waiting for the perfect time to tell you
I can feel the tension building up and longing for release
I have found it hard to have you here beside me
Nothing but confession’s gonna bring me any kind of peace
I’ll take my chances
I’ll take my chances on you
I’ll take my chances
I’ll take my chances on you
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Trepidation
05:02
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i get a certain trepidation
Seein’ you slide
Underneath the unforgiving surface
Of your disbelief
With you I made a rare connection
You open the door
Shedding the truth into forgotten corners
Of my misspent youth
Now heaven’s no place you’ve never been
But you’re trapped in the eye of emotional sin
Have a care where you plant your feet and hold out your hands
There’s no quick fix to take you to the Promised Land
Sundays are spent in preparation
You hope for the best
High or low into the ground you’ll go
But after that who knows?
I’ve heard the tales of condemnation
But it couldn’t it be
Happiness rather than cold regrets
That sets us free?
Now heaven’s no place you’ve never been
But you’re trapped in the eye of emotional sin
Have a care where you plant your feet and hold out your hands
There’s no quick fix to take you to the Promised Land
Step outside and look into the sky and tell me
You’ve never felt the strange and present hand
Of some great mystery
Ask and you receive
Take a moment to retrieve what you’ve lost
Electric as the sun
We’ve only just begun to count the cost
You leave your dreams without translation
Letting them fade
Take your hands from over those blue eyes
And see what you have made
No one is born with pure direction
We’re feeling our way
Through the streets while everyone competes
We all feel incomplete
Now heaven’s no place you’ve never been
But you’re trapped in the eye of emotional sin
Have a care where you plant your feet and hold out your hands
There’s no quick fix to take you to the Promised Land
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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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