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Little Grey House

by Kim June Johnson

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Hassles There is a subtle trait of Kim's voice that I just love - so I had to have this earlier recording.
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1.
At the close of day you said "Should I go?" and I said "Stay" And the wind came through the broken window That was when all the leaves were falling And the light shone through the color of lemonade Ba ba ba ba da da Some things just seem simpler this way And I would never move if the wind kept blowing through Sometimes the pieces rattle, all these pieces rattle Deep inside, deep inside, deep inside of me Ba ba ba ba da da She was born in the early wild morning It was late June when all the world was in bloom And I cried and cried, cuz all things die And you couldn't stay, you couldn't stay Nothing stays, nothing stays, nothing stays Ba ba ba ba da da
2.
Don't Go Now 03:39
Don’t go now I know it’s late and the light is growing dim But I just like the way You feel beside me on the front steps Not yet Sing me one more song, The one about the girl Who finds the whole wide world Don’t go now I know it’s late and the dark is folding in But I just like the way Your fingers close around my hand So grand Sing me one more song The one about the girl Who finds the whole wide world Don’t go now I know it’s late and the light is spreading thin But I just like the way The shadows pattern on the road Don’t go Sing me one more song, The one about the boy Who never lets her go
3.
He said Do you ever feel you’re getting old Sitting here half-asleep sometimes? And he put his head down scratched the top of his ear Said: It’s easier just to stay here That way nobody gets hurt Smiled half-way through me He said sometimes he sees himself in dreams Running down the highway Nothing changes, all the same old Blurred-out fields and miles of grain You mean a lot to me, I think you know But there has got to be another road He said Do you ever feel you’re getting old Something fraying like a kite-string? Something tired of pretending Something breaking, something mending And he went away that day Smiled half-way through me
4.
Leaves Turn 02:46
There is a sky so wide and blue up there It’s blinding and I swear it makes the day feel so unsure I don’t know how I thought that I could leave I think I just believed the world would somehow right itself in time again When the leaves turn I get so sad inside An ocean gaping wide, I’m stranded and my ship is sinking Don’t know how I’ll ever find the shore Wait a little more or try a little harder than I was before I lost my way, forgot the road to take All that’s left to say hangs suspended in the air On windy days, I feel a little sad, think of what we had And wonder if I’ll ever get back home again I’ll be okay, I think I’ll be just fine I think I just need time to sit and watch the leaves turn gold outside my window
5.
Leah 04:00
Face pressed up close to the glass Wondering how the birds take flight & where the sun will go at night Face pressed up against the glass Making small circles of breath & counting all the pieces left Dreaming of somewhere far away Where things get born and never feel lonely Dreaming of one day going there, 'cause here You gotta keep too many things inside You gotta keep too many things inside Breathing in shallow breaths Feeling gentle heartbeats & crawling underneath the sheets Summertime, still light outside Can't seem to penetrate All the dark that's wanting to escape What are those birds called That cannot live in captivity? Something wanting to stay alive So she's keeping all those things inside
6.
I've Been Thinking (free) 03:04
I've been thinking About the sky up there Pretending I'm not aware Of the little pieces falling I've been thinking About the birds today A million miles away And I'm small here in my chair I've been thinking about the world spinning 'round And my two feet on the ground In my house with four blue walls I've been thinking That I'd like to grow my hair And fly away from here While it trails out in the wind behind me I've been thinking 'Bout how the seasons change It seems a little strange But I think I'm tired of waiting I've been thinking That I'd like to have you near Not a million miles from here We could go up the street for ice cream
7.
Blind 03:29
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Watch over me Don't let the dark touch too close Let me fall asleep tonight to the sound of your breathing Tell me about when you were young Tell me about that place we'll go When all snow is gone And the sun comes up Watch over me Flatten the space where the cold climbs in And I will fall asleep tonight to the sound of the wind Tell me about when you were young Tell me about that place we'll go When all snow is gone And the sun comes up

about

“…this alt-folk outing [is] tailor-made for rainy Sundays or late-September campfires.

What keeps <Johnson> out of the coffee-house ghetto are the album’s little touches. She’s not afraid to augment her understated acoustic playing with soft-focus accordion and warm electric guitar, and she avoids easy rhymes in favour of narrative lyrics such as “He said sometimes he sees himself in dreams running down the highway.

Best of all, unlike 90 percent of folk-oriented grrrls with guitars, she doesn’t sound like a poor woman’s Jewel. As with Kimya Dawson, Fiona Apple, and Ani DiFranco, there’s something about <Johnson's> voice that’s powerfully unique, and she uses it to maximum effect on songs like the fragile ‘Half-Way Through Me’.”
-Mike Usinger, Georgia Straight (Vancouver)
credits
released January 1, 2006

Kim June Johnson: vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, 1/2 of a huge accordion
Michael Peters: electric guitar, backing vocals, the other 1/2 of the accordion
Richard St. Onge: cello

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released January 1, 2006

Produced by Brian Wiebe, Solar Nest Studio, Kelowna, BC.

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Singer-songwriter & poet living on the west coast of Canada.

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