1. |
King of Small Talk
03:30
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V1
See me come around
Gonna tear me down
I’m your King of Small Talk
V2
Every side-eye grin
Cuts me deep within
I’m your king of small talk
Chorus
I’m your king of small talk
Where I been you don’t walk (Behind my back you just mock)
I’m your king of small talk
V3
Here I come again
Treat me like a sin
I’m your King of Small Talk
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2. |
Canyon Song (Remix)
04:06
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v1
When sorrows come by the dozen
And your morning star is lost in gray
And you can’t get out of a green room
Where fault lines run through every stage
Chorus
Can i hide in your shelter?
Canyon high above the freeway
And I won't look back
Ever again
v2
When truth becomes a suggestion
And the life you save might be your own
Well you know my love it is forever
So when i’m gone you won’t be alone
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3. |
Your Time Now
04:01
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V1
I hear you’re walkin' after midnight
I hear you talkin' something ain’t right
Because the life you chose didn’t choose you
And now he ain’t coming back
Yeah the lies he told did what they do
But look who’s laughing last
Chorus
Because it’s your time now
Yeah it’s your time now
(spoken) Honey it’s your time
V2
There’s awkward silence when they come round
They call you “sister” with their knives out
You got a heart-shaped soul filled with regret
Heading for a crash
You got a long-gone feelin’ You can’t find it
But look who’s laughing last
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4. |
Ocracoke
03:35
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V1
Blue coquina shells surround the doors
Faded walls in paint say welcome home
Jesus weeps for all your missing ones
Blackbeard speaks through toy telephones
Chorus
Ocracoke
Exiled and alone
Ocracoke
You come back for more
(you’re somebody’s home)
V2
Hurricanes and floods and ferry boats
Tourists, fascists and artists they roam
Highway 12 is split beneath the foam
Lighthouse rises with life and hope
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5. |
Polka Dots and Camo
03:34
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She left her heart in Oklahoma
Left her dead boyfriend too
Caught a bus up to Tulsa
The pain still new
V2
She gave up school for the Army
And a tank with her name
Digging holes at Fort Benning
Keeping us safe
Chorus
I’ll be with you
At our grave for two
I’ll be with you
When my days are through
V3
She wears polka dots and camo
Hits the night-clubs til dawn
Because that wreck in Owasso
Has left her scarred
Bridge
It’s all I can do
So I can be with you
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6. |
Splendor
03:48
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V1
Looking out past the/my burned out/broken Christmas lights
When all my hopes/plans were in a dead letter file
Where the debutantes burn flags in the street
And deplorables got nothing to believe
Chorus
Keep me in your splendor
When you know I am trembling
V2
On a canvass she paints what no one sees
Through her looking glass I’m who I meant to be
She said don’t waste waste your time
to live is to fly
I see your heart is broke your mind is defiled
v3
I came to you too with nothing to believe l
On your canvass I’m who I’m meant to be
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7. |
Bouquet of Blues
03:14
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V1
If you don’t mind she’ll walk her line
Take your gaslight
When you’re sideways
Stuck in replay
Nothing to say
chorus
Between heartaches
Wear your best face
Let go of your bouquet of blues
V2
Hope can fall short
Ain’t no sweetheart
Deal that don’t scar
She bled her heart
Shoe fits wrong shirt
Why won’t this work?
V3
Thought you’d found home
You don’t belong
One more sick burn
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8. |
To Live By Faith
03:04
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V1
The music box is playin’ familiar song
She looks into the mirror and sings a long
She’s holding on to memories She won’t let go
The past is always perfect when you’re alone
Pre-chorus
Ooo she don’t know why
Ooo she bought the lie
Chorus:
You’re not alone honey
Maybe you wound up here
To see beyond the pain
To Live by Faith
To Live by Faith
V2
She reads through letters she got
When he was near
Between the lines the answers
Become so clear
Pre-chorus
Ooo she don’t know why
Ooo he bought the lie
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Steve Hartsoe Raleigh, North Carolina
Steve Hartsoe is a Raleigh, N.C.-based singer-songwriter who blends the rock and folkie strains of Americana with keen lyrical observations ranging from the daily of life to the eternal – a thread that resonates throughout his new indie album, “Faithless Town,” out March 8, 2024, on digital platforms and CD. ... more
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