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Don't Turn Away

by Kerri Lowe

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1.
I was running in the rain I was running through the pain Of those awful nights so dark and lonely I can’t find no one to hold me Someone who will stick it out and say You’ll be mine someday I was running past your door I was running my legs so sore That stairs became my mountain ranges Concrete blocks and lofted spaces The locks that we may never leave undone On a long, long run And oh, Here we go And oh, Don’t it show That feeling free is so contagious The one idea it seems will save us That keeps us moving, Keeps us keeping on On a long, long run I was running in the sun I was running, but I never won No race to see who speaks the fastest, Honest words move like molasses I can promise everything will change We’ll be fine someday And oh, Here we go And oh, Don’t it show That feeling free is so contagious The one idea it seems will save us That keeps us moving, Keeps us keeping on On a long, long run On a long, long run On a long, long run On a long, long run I was running somewhere far I was running, passing cars Parked on the street patiently waiting Engine purrs like someone saying Your road is paved and your journey’s just begun On a long, long run On a long, long run On a long, long run
2.
Just Stay 03:41
My mother got married and ran off when she was nineteen Headed West to Nevada, the biggest night sky ever seen Now it’s no wonder why I cry, why I’m restless, why I can’t sit still She tries to forget that old feeling but she never will She says don’t visit, don’t visit, just stay She says don’t visit, don’t visit, just stay She says don’t visit, don’t visit, just stay Just Stay My granny, she worries, she worries non-stop so she says Her fears escalating so high she can’t get any rest She worked on the farm in the house all the days of her life And now she can’t bear to know I’m out alone in the dark of the night She says don’t visit, don’t visit, just stay She says don’t visit, don’t visit, just stay She says don’t visit, don’t visit, just stay Just Stay My dad writes me letters, all crumbled and broken and deep His pen makes a mess as he spells out the words we can’t speak He’s been on the road or away since before I could know It ain’t easy leaving, but sometimes you just have to go She said don’t visit, don’t visit, just stay She said don’t visit, don’t visit, just stay I said don’t visit, don’t visit, just stay Just Stay Why don’t you stay? Just stay, Just stay, Just stay
3.
Oh I left before I knew that I was leaving, Packed my bags before I knew where I would go Won’t take it back because it started up my healing And led me to see the throughline in my road Can you hear my verses clear across the country? Through the snowstorm and the sunshine and the rain? As I travel looking for my next adventure And you get caught up in your bookshelves once again How do your days pass? Do they flow together seamless as a song? Or are they patched and stitched some soft and others faded? Like a quilt who knows that everything belongs Call me coward, call me stupid, call me selfish I’ve got feelings that I can’t afford to fight I feel your silent stroke of turning back the pages As my candle burns at both ends through the night And you’ve got my love all tied up in your bedroom Oh, I’ve told you once and I’ll tell you again I’m not scared, I’m just saving up my body So I’ll be clean when I can finally let you in How do your days pass? Do they flow together seamless as a song? Or are they patched and stitched some soft and others faded? Like a quilt who knows that everything belongs There’s so much that I don’t know about your life, dear Things you say and who you say them to I hope you reserve some of your words just for the times when You’ve got silhouettes and sunsets in your view Hope you reserve some of your words just for the times when You’ve got silhouettes and sunsets in your view
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Awhile 03:09
5.
Sorry, I won’t be long now Soon I will return Please wait by the window Please say that you’ve heard Of the lovers Who fall from the sky Who steal your supper Steal all your pride Oh and I I’ll be alright As long as the night, Don’t turn to day Oh and I I’ll be just fine As long as your eyes, Don’t turn away Sorry, I can’t remember The last time that we talked I’ll move South for the Winter Fly at the head of the flock And be a lover Who falls from the sky Steals your supper Steals all your pride Oh and I I’ll be alright As long as the night, Don’t turn to day Oh and I I’ll be just fine As long as your eyes, Don’t turn away Don’t turn away

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released October 22, 2013

All songs written and performed by Kerri Lowe
Vocals and Guitar: Kerri Lowe
Percussion, Bass, Backup Vocals, Other instruments: Charlie Van Kirk
String Arrangements: Christopher Marion

Produced and mixed by Charlie Van Kirk
Mastered by John McCaig, Panic Studios, WA
Recorded at Antfood Music, New York
Album art by Brendan Walter

www.kerrilowe.com
www.charlievankirkmusic.com

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Kerri Lowe Brooklyn, New York

Kerri Lowe is a dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-minded singer/songwriter from North Carolina. At least, that's what you'll get at first glance. Stick around a little longer and you'll see a bright-eyed dreamer with a big voice and an even bigger heart.

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