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wood stove songs

by timothy john weber

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wood stove sounds 01:50
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all i can hear is wood stove sounds, chimes played outside by the wind, and the good digestive noises of my taciturn friends; yes: this is where my journey ends. i went to California with an achin’ in my heart, and i returned back east about the same. i’ve prayed on holy mountains and i’ve wandered in the dark; all i ever learned was change. and all i learned wasn’t change enough for coffee, and all i gained was the seasons passing by. and all i have - and all i’ll ever have, i’ll bargain - is my heart’s true friends and the love that’s in their eyes.
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rainy sunday afternoon 04:14
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Rainy Sunday Afternoon Just drove home from a wedding. Don’t know where we’re goin’ to, But home is where we’re heading Rainy Sunday Afternoon What you do, you put your heart in: Tickle-Me, and Chase-Me too, And football in the garden And the rain comes sprinkling down, Blessings from above And the rain comes sprinkling down— Your life is all your love Now it’s time to take your bath, Then dinner and bed later. Rainy Sunday Afternoon cum filia et pater I serenade you in the tub: So we heal ourselves with water. Rainy Sundy Afternoon cum filia et pater (chorus) And the rain comes falling down… Inside water, outside rain; And your skin is all that knows Which side brings you joy and pain, And which holds up your clothes Outside water, inside light Shining through your eyes; As I draw closer to the night, I see your sun arise… (chorus) And the rain comes pouring down… And the rain comes rivering down… Your life is all my love My life is all your love Your life is all your love.
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living downstream 04:02
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I live in a city named after a city, In a neighborhood named for a creek, Which is named for a falls - which is named… for the city… And when I see that waterfall I can’t speak Because the names wash away with the falling, And my thoughts wash away with the names, And my heart fills with love for that water Till it’s so full that I hope it won’t leak. I’ve been given a daughter, whom I’ve given my name (Though another one day she may take). I watched her flow into this bright and deep world, And I’ll watch her flow out to the lake. She ripples and babbles and chuckles, And runs long where she’s pulled by the earth, And my heart fills with love for that daughter Till it’s so full that I hope it won’t break. I live in a city that’s floating on water And I’m rowing my boat in a dream. Before me, my father; behind me, my daughter; I wonder who’s coxing this team? And the names flow away with the motion, And the story flows out of the scene, And my heart fills with love for this story Till it’s so full it cascades downstream… Forever cascading downstream.
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calling the maid 04:16
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i woke up this morning and your smell was in my hair; i breathed it in and thought of you last night. i’d asked a lot of questions, and i’d said a lot of words. you were too tired to talk a lot... i want you to know that it’s all right. two lovers planned to run away in secret: out her window they would fly away like birds. all that evening she kept calling loudly for her maid. she made up things for her to do... it was so he’d hear and know which window was hers. when i ask unanswerable questions, or talk about the passions in my heart, or bring up fears we both know can’t be hurried, i’m just “calling for the maid”... so we can find each other in the dark. i’m not looking to define the truth, though i may talk about it quite a bit; it’s just my way of walking back and forth along the ground between where you and i sit. my head will always ask and wonder why, and try to understand the master plan, but all my heart will ever want to do is love you in whatever way i can. so the words that i know may not be the best ones, but i’ll say the words that i know how to say. the sound of a caring voice is sometimes all we understand. so i’ll keep on calling the maid... till we can see each other in the clear light of day. la la la...
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some kind of truth 03:49
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some kind of peace falls with the rain and the earth drinks and smiles, satisfying some kind of faith floats through the air it surrounds and awaits inspiration in this moment, with this breath, with this step, with this beat i can trust, i can rest, i can see and i can speak some kind of truth some kind of strength flows through this blood and this blood will flow out into freedom some kind of love moves with these hands as they heal and they feed souls and bodies la la la... some kind of truth is where we are every day, undisguised, hiding nothing some kind of truth is all we are beyond names, beyond words, beyond beyond-beyond... in every moment, with every breath... we can trust, we can rest...
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souvenirs 03:25
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when you go, take me with you i will stay and keep you here what we have comes from each other back and forth, returning down the years we’re just exchanging souvenirs wild goose honking up above me about migrations long ago or does she sing of where she’s going or joke about me down below? what if there’s no difference? maybe all our favorite songs join our memories and dreams to this moment maybe the goose just - honks! (chorus) i remember when i met you though i forget a lot of things remember talks, and walks in new places and when we laugh, and when we sing what exchange is going on that changes now to memory? that binds me up in who you are, and makes you a part of me? (chorus) we’re just exchanging souvenirs i don’t know if there’s anything else we can do but exchange souvenirs
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verisimilitude 01:54
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i sit on the sofa look out the window wonder if i’ll ever see this vision of the world this way again i stand on the staircase look over the railing am i going up or down, don’t understand what brought me here, not sure if it’s safe to move my feet. i sit in the bedroom look at the ceiling you were here, i’m sure of it, i’m sure of it, i’m sure of it, i’m sure, i’m sure, i’m sure that it’s impossible to say it was a dream. i sit on the sofa look out the window wonder if i’ll ever see that vision of the world that way again
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side by side 03:29
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coming and going along these straight paths and the crooked unwindings that none of 'em last the baggage is heavy the burden is high i'm walking with you side by side i watched you learning i saw you grow but if i'd not been there i still would know caught in the action as it goes by i am your witness side by side can't be distracted never unclear won't be unsettled by pain or by fear even in darkness a step at a time always here with you side by side and in the end when the burden is light when bright day is passing to dark, sacred night the entry is waiting no telling why i'll walk here with you side by side side by side side by side side by side
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the way that we do 06:15
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i want to lift my heart to the sunset i want to rest my eyes on you i want to lay me down in the green and brown until i sail away in the blue i want to hear the choir invisible i want to sing without holding back i want to say that i was present here and there was nothing that i lacked i will raise my eyes and i'll raise my voice and i'll raise my spirit to you i'll see you and raise you another day more because this is the way that we do i've lost my share of lovers and i've lost my share of kin i've lost my youth to those younger but i'd trade it as freely again and this good earth has borne me forward it's a mystery to me how i seem to have gotten away with it all i survived my whole life up till now so i raise my eyes and i raise my voice and i raise my spirit to you i'll see you and raise you another day more because this is the way that we do this road was as long as it has been and the map was my feet in the dust it passed by fields swelling in summer now they're shaven and fading to rust it was longer than i had expected and shorter than ever i knew so long as it brought me this moment and so long to me and to you now i raise my eyes and i raise my voice and i raise my spirit to you i'll see you and raise you another day more because this is the way that we do so now i lift my heart to the sunset i rest my eyes on you i lay me down in the green and brown then i sail off into the blue i can hear the choir invisible and i sing... i say that i am present here i lack for not a thing i raise my eyes and i raise my voice and i raise my spirit to you i'll see you and raise you another day more because this is the way this is the way this is the way that we do
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far side of the sun 03:45
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your bags are packed and by the door where they've sat in years before i can't count the times we've said goodbye well add another tally mark to the paper bag around my heart cause today again you'll vanish from my eyes on the porch we look for phrases that we haven't said before then we turn and see your carriage has arrived now you're going out that gate cause your road is running late so it's time for me to turn and walk inside i hope i see a backward glance and a smile but i know that it's past time for you to run if we share a little wave goodbye then I'll see you on the far side of the sun. i know it is our destiny to keep connections we can't see and I know that this is not our last goodbye so now that you are gone away I'll find tomorrow from today but first i think there's something in my eye

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Songs to sit and watch the fire by.

A collection of singer-songwriter-style songs - so mostly a guy and his guitar, talking about stuff going on in his own life and/or head.

Some of the songs were written as early as 1995, but I didn’t start recording those until after the release of off line in 2000. Generally the time frame spans my core parenting years, so you’ll notice a sub-theme of songs about offspring.

Yes, I went ahead and made the album title almost the same as the title of the first song, but not quite. “Sounds” = the name of the song, “songs” = the name of the album. I know. Still.

The bonus track, “the heck of it,” is a bit of a private joke, so feel free to ignore it or mentally substitute details from your own favorite happy gathering.

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released March 6, 2023

Cover credit: Clara Weber, from photographs by Deborah Lewis.

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timothy john weber Ithaca, New York

Timothy has been more or less constantly singing something or other since cassette tapes were new. He still likes it.

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