1. |
How
04:17
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At home in your room you doodle
But I see masterpieces flowing from your head
White walls; white desk against a white sky
Still you paint your greens and reds
Maybe I don't know how this story goes
Maybe I just don't know how
You look like your mom they say as a compliment
But they must only be looking at your face
Because inside you are a picture; 1,000 words
I am all numbers
Maybe I don't know how to solve this puzzle
Maybe I just don't know how
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2. |
Endings
03:44
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Upon the ground I lay like this for days
The earth my back and time my hiding place
La da la da
I felt her tear drops wet upon my face
Until the sun came and dried them away
La da la da
I saw the trees stretch high into the sky
And through the maze of leaves the clouds passed by
La da la da
(bonus verse - not on album version)
Awake and go use my eyes now she said
Then flew away not to return again
La da la da
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3. |
When I Find My Way
03:12
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When I find my way back home
I'll write you a poem
I'll sing you a song
When I find my way into your heart
We'll make a new start
We'll make a new start
We won't have enemies
We won't have T.V.s
We won't have anything that does not please us
We'll only have the love that we make in that heart of yours
When we make a new start
When I find my place in this world
I'll be a new girl
I won't be afraid
When I find my voice within the chorus
I'll sing something for us
I'll sing something for us
I won't sing off key
I won't feel sleepy
I won't sing anything that you can't appreciate
I'll only sing the love that we make in that heart of yours
When we make a new start
When we find our hands in the night
Won't that be a sight
But time is never wrong nor right
When we find our lives are better lived
We'll know this is it
We'll know this is it
It won't be sappy
It won't be angry
It won't be anything that we don't believe in
It'll only be the love that we make in that heart of yours
When we make a new start
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4. |
Little More
03:42
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She sips her coffee and straightens her seams
Takes out her pen and begins to dream
While he is walking to the corner store
For a news and cafe just like the day before
Her words flow out just like anything and she
Covers the page so no one else can read
As she writes
I will have you someday
You’ll be mine
I will hold you in my arms next time
She lifts her eyes as she hears his voice
Soft and strong and slow, “Hello,”
It’s half-past nine and they speak of semantics
And he brushes his hair back with his fingertips
Another morning conversation ends in hr disguise
As nothing more than an old college friend
But she thinks
I will have you someday
You’ll be mine
I will hold you in my arms next time
Back in her apartment she picks up the phone
And she stalls at the dial tone
While he is reading some old Hemingway
And outside his window it's still a beautiful day
She folds he laundry and makes up her mind
And she tells herself that all she needs is just a little more time
And she dreams
I will have you someday
You’ll be mine
I will hold you in my arms next time
Yes, I will have you someday
We’ll walk that line
I will hold you in my arms next time
In just a little more time
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5. |
Grace
03:54
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I’m weak; I could never be like you
I’m bad; I’ve sinned so much
You say you still want me to be like you
But you know everything I do will never add up,
Will never compare to you
So help me find the light
That says I’m ok, that says it’s alright
So long as I try, you’ll always be there
To take me as I am
But I’m scared that I’ll never make you proud
And I know that I’ll always do you wrong
You say you still want me to make you proud
But I fear a fire’s waiting for me and I’m praying
Here down on my knees
You’ll help me find the light
That says I’m ok, that says it’s alright
So long as I try, you’ll always be there
To take me as I am
Because mountains will fall on this mustard seed
My legs sink into the sea
I see you there in the distance
Down on your bended knee
Still waiting for me
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6. |
This House
04:19
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I’m in love with you
Now I’ve said it
So you can have my whole heart
And my future
We will build a house
Away back in the trees
We will stay out late fishing
We will never grow lonely
In each other’s hearts
In each other’s arms
In each other’s house
In each other’s house
We’ll decorate our walls
With pictures by our kids
And pencil in the
Times when growth spurts hit
Then one day we’ll wake up
And be just us again
And I will look at you the way I did then
We will never grow lonely
In each other’s hearts
In each other’s arms
In each other’s house
In this house
This roof will grow thinner
These floors will wear
And that paint will chip off
And those stairs start to creak
But that cat will still sleep
In her favorite chair
Well, it could be this way
If you only knew
But I’m too shy to say
And I think you are too
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7. |
The Clock On The Wall
03:01
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The clock on the wall reads 12:30 all day long
Making each time that I call you seem a little less wrong
Only 1 hour; 3600 seconds, of my time
I convince myself that’s the only space you occupy
Still I can’t seem to stop
Can’t turn off my thoughts
Can’t turn on the clock
Cause everyday at 12:30 my mind is on you
Peel me a grape, slice me an orange
Read me Robert Frost in the morning
Call me at night, tell me ‘bout your day
We’ll walk hand in hand through Candy Land
Then on to Canasta
These are all things that I think but don’t say
Still I can’t seem to stop
Can’t turn off my thoughts
Can’t turn on the clock
Cause everyday at 12:30 my mind is on you
The clock on the wall reads 12:30 all day long
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8. |
[NK 22]
05:13
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I’ve been a bad, bad Christian
I have gone and lost my way
Would you find me here
In those dark marsh shadows
Tall grass troubles
I have wandered aimlessly into today
I’ve been a bad, bad lover
I have played my cards all wrong
I have hid my face
Behind the queen or the ace
But I am just a lonely four
Singing you this song
I don’t know where I’m going
You don’t know where I’ve been
You don’t know anything about me
Still you put your arms around me
And I dance
You’ve been a bad, bad daughter
You’ve gone and left them on their own
You let them dream their dreams
But you’re not in those scenes
And you’ve wandered far
Far away from home
You’ve been a bad, bad comrade
You have lied to all your friends
You could go back now
And set them straight somehow
But you have long past your time
To make amends
I don’t know where you’re going
I don’t know where you’ve been
I don’t know anything but that look
In your eyes says hold me tight
So I grab on while I can
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9. |
Moon
03:38
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The moon has a halo tonight
And everything is lit up
I swear I've lost sight
Of everything I ever screwed up
And I'm alright
I ain't had enough
My glass is half full up
I'll take you in
Alongside everything else I love
And that's alright
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10. |
Rivers of Sorrow
03:00
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A lilac comes on a poison thorn
It has roots, dirty and torn
Youngin's playin' as the black crow flies
Mama's weepin', hear the mountains cry
There was another wild dirt flower
Cold was her heart and as dark as dire
Tears on the ground where her love did die
'Neath the bloody moon, hear the mountains cry
O dig his grave narrow and deep
Set a jug of whiskey at his thirsty feet
And lay two pennies on his roving eyes
Two women wailing, as the mountains cry
O the wind blows weary and the willows sigh
Rivers of sorrow when the mountains cry
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Kara Kulpa Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Poetic and soulful” and “A riotousily fun time,” Kulpa recorded her most recent album, The Water's Edge, at the Signature
Sounds Studio under the esteemed engineering of Mark Thayer (Dave Carter and Tracy Grammar), and production of Dave Golden (HBO’s Treme/Sundance Film
Festivals). For a full bio, please visit her website: www.KaraKulpa.com
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