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WHEN LOVE'S OVERDUE (c) Monica Uhm
Waves are colliding far from the shore
Thunder is rolling in and we are alone
I meant to stand by you, you mean to be true
Swept through a hurricane we are no-one we knew
Sorry just isn’t enough for where we are
for what we’ve been through
But sorry is all that we’ve got when love’s overdue
Bridges lay idle; they look strong in the sun
But when the tides rose high, they melted in floods
Sorry just isn't the same when no-one is sure
who is to blame
But sorry is all I can say to you
There’s hope in the madness, there’s beauty in fear
The levy was left unwatched and slipping for years
I still want to stand by you, I still want to be true
We’ve been turned inside out; we’ve nothing to lose
Sorry just isn’t enough for where we are for what we’ve been through
But sorry is all that we've got when love's overdue
Sorry just isn’t the same when no-one is sure who is to blame
But sorry, now that its said, let’s build anew
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SONG FOR MY COWBOY (c) Monica Uhm
I suppose these lines were drawn before my time
the way that air meets land through eternity
And I suppose that you and I will waltz a perfect line
You’re always there but never a part of me
So I watch a hero fade
A cowboy rides on the edge of the world
he’s been riding on for days
Hoping to remember where the mountains rise
To feel amazed,
nothing’s really happened but nothing feels the same
No-one hears the avalanche of war
the way that soul fights flesh through eternity
In silence grew bitterness
the drama played without an audience
So I watch the moonlight fade
a love song hangs on the thread of a word
its been holding on for days
Hoping to remember how an eagle flies; to feel amazed
Nothing’s really happened but everything has changed
What never starts can never end
and what’s never seen easily pretends
that destiny is ripe for living but just not today
cause once you live it up its hard to live it down
there’s a chance that we’ll break
nothing’s really happened so everything has changed
I suppose I could have opened up the blinds
to give some light and breath to this heart of mine
in silence grew some tenderness
but kept in chains in self defense
So I watch you walk away
A love song died in the cold in the night
There was nothing left to say
Cause no-one could remember when or how or why
we had once felt amazed
Nothing ever happened so everything had changed
Nothing ever happened so nothing’s here today
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Mountain (demo c. 2000)
04:12
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AFTER THE SHOW (c) Monica Uhm
When I left home on a summer day there fell a ghostly chill
I meant no disrespect to you, hope you trust I never will
But I was born a tumbleweed and this surprised us all
I’m not the only one (out here) - when I sing they know the song
Do you love me - this I’ve gotta know
Will you love me - even after the show
A buzzing six string in my hand no truer sound than this
Words pour out from deep within an untethered abyss
Father can you see me now from eternal bird’s eye views
Mother won’t you sing along I’m here because of you
Do you love me - this I’ve gotta know
Will you love me - even after the show
Got real high on puff and smoke of other people’s dreams
It took a while to figure out they fade eventually
Are we merely strangers all pretending to relate
The path we take so different but the question feels the same
Do you love me - this I’ve gotta know
Will you love me - even after the show
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NEVERTHELESS (c) Monica Uhm
He was nine when he went walking
Just as sure as he could be
Books and dreams they made it obvious
Stars are in his destiny
They said you should not be here
People like you aren’t meant for this
Nevertheless, nevertheless, he’d persist
No other choice left in the rubble
Ten in a dayboat built for two
Seeking refuge to be human
Like we’re all entitled to
They try to trip them as they run
Resenting that they can exist
Nevertheless, nevertheless, they persist
They march onward for their children
They stand ground on sacred lands
They read letters for the voiceless
They hold outcasts by the hands
Words forewarned in chamber halls
Chastised for hers but not for his
Nevertheless, nevertheless, she persists
I found the drumbeat I can dance to
A dusty trail carved by my feet
I’ve traveled farther going solo
Resistance has sculpted me
They wanna put me in my place
They want to tell me how it is
Nevertheless, nevertheless, I persist
They hold fast to morning pledges
In being all that they could be
To uphold the inalienable
Rights of the brave and of the free
But where’s this land of the free
If freedom’s doled out from a list
Nevertheless, nevertheless, please persist
Nevertheless, nevertheless, we persist
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Monica Uhm | Trio Of Awesuhm New York, New York
NY based singer-songwriter known for her intelligent lyrics, catchy tunes and quirky live banter. Her lyrically-driven songs are self-dubbed “philosofolk” for the sinewy mix of the details of everyday living with esoteric meanderings. Also know as a “serial-collaborist”, she continues to meet and work with an eccentric kind-hearted network of inspiring artists. ... more
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