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The Long Road from the Desert to the Sea

by lay / lie

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    Hand assembled collectables. 140g, Black vinyl with color labels, and silk screen jackets made by graphic artist, Christopher Givens of Ranch Hand Press, Chicago IL. Bay Area poet, Julien Poirier of Night Mail added wonderful liner notes in the accompanying graphic booklet. limited edition of 100

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1.
fooled me 05:41
fooled me fooled me fooled me fooled me oh fooled me fooled me fooled me you could've, you could've fooled me you could've fooled me, babe should've fooled me babe only wanted only wanted to believe, to believe oh you should've fooled me, babe to believe, to believe... how, how shoulda fooled me how, how.. don't, don't... don't put all that love in your hands don't put all that love in your eyes don't put all that love on me babe when there's nothing, babe, nothing don't put all that love in your hands don't put all that love in your eyes don't put all that love in your hands when there's nothing, baby, nothing you shoulda fooled me, babe
2.
put your things away play with me won't you play play with me won't you play play with me won't you play play with me won't you play play with me won't you play play with me won't you play play play play play play play play play with me i'm only playing play play play play play play play play play play play play play play play play with me play with me play with me won't you play play with me play with me won't you play play with me play with me won't you play play with me play play play play play play play put your things away put your things away put your things away put your things away who do you think you met?
3.
to try 05:07
to try let me go again have to try have to try
4.
oh no oh no oh love i sewed our souls together with a thousand tiny golden threads see how they glitter when we pull apart our love is so beautiful when it breaks my breaks my heart oh wait oh wait my love i can see where you begin oh i can feel the slip of your skin oh i can see where the sun hasn't been oh i can always no.. i never never prick, prick.. a thousand tiny holes to let the light in you let me right in and then right through a thousand tiny holes to let the light in you let me right in and then right through prick, prick.. a thousand tiny holes to let the rain in you let it soak you and drain right through a thousand tiny holes to let the rain in oh let it soak in and seep right through prick, prick.. a thousand tiny holes to let my love in it burns a moment and then tattoos a thousand tiny holes to let my love in it burns into skin and then tattoos prick, prick..
5.
say you know me say you say you say you know me my love, say you say you say you know me little love i I, oh no say you say you, say you, say you know open wide open wide oh my love i oh my say you say you know me say you say you know me my love, i wide open wide say you know say you know oh say you say you oh in your eyes baby won't you hold it while i put all my love in your lap waiting like a cat hold on hold on don't go where i in your eyes baby won't you hold it while i put all my love in your lap waiting like a cat
6.
pull me out 03:17
pull me out can you hear me? can you hear me? can you hear me? working can you hear me? can you hear me? can you hear? can you? when you look you will find will you turn away from me then? until you cannot hold on don't when you're here afraid to go will you be afraid to go? will you be afraid to go? pull me out pull me out pull me out pull me pull me pull me pull me out pull me out pull me out pull me pull me pull me pull me out pull me out pull me out call me call me call me pull me out pull me out pull me out call me call me call me come on pull me out call me call me call me come on call me call call (pull pull pull) pull pull let go let
7.
don’t wake me do you remember when we climbed to the top of the mountain to leave those babies for the sun gods and we got all washed away to the ends of the earth? i remember that. i saw that tapestry all the colors like a dream she unfolded it for me and she gave me a ring and in it i saw us all we're not all here anymore some of us didn't make it. i can still find you. at least i tell myself i can. don't wake me... tell me that you’ve made your own fate tell me you knew and that you gave yourself away maybe you were the wise one as time and gravity is pulling us slow into the ground moments at a time watching everyone we've lost crash against the rocks maybe you were wise to go first they say nothing's ever lost but i lose things all the time pieces of my mind scattered behind breadcrumbs to find my way home but i know the birds and ants will carry them away there's no home to go to anyway oh you say oh you say you're fine you told me oh you told me you would be fine you told me you would be fine are you fine? are you fine? never.. don't, don't.. don't wake me..
8.
it isn’t for you so shiny and bright all my friends were the prettiest ones all my friends had the wildest dreams laughed and laughed and never did seem to sleep (sleep now) it isn't for you it isn't for you it isn't for you, my one i thought you knew thought you knew that you could break too (they always do they always do they always do they always do) all my friends were the cleverest ones all my friends had the best ideas ran so fast i could never quite keep up (keep up) it isn't for you it isn't for you it isn't for you, my love it isn't for you it isn't for you this world oh sweet boy beautiful boy think you’re the only one oh come come and play come come and play on the edge where the bones can't break on the edge where the boys won't break you took you so lonely you oh pretty boy you took too much
9.
we ain’t friends you said you said you said you said you said you said you said you said you said you said you said that we were friends you said you said you said you said you said you said you said oh we aint friends you’ll you’ll you’ll you’ll you’ll be my friend you’ll you’ll you’ll you’ll eh you’ll be my friend you’ll be my friend you ain’t my friend you ain’t my friend no we ain’t friends no we ain’t friends no we ain’t friends no no no no no no butter my bread clean my floor wipe the windows shut the door nothing left back here boy don’t go don’t go don’t go don’t go don’t go don’t go don’t go don’t go mama and daddy cooking in the kitchen..
10.
the long road from the desert to the sea when we're gathered here fittingly do you know where we've gone when we've gathered here finally do you know where we're going? do you know where you've gone? do you know where we've gone? do you know where we’re going? gone when you look out look out look out do you know the whole song when you look out look out look out do you know where we've gone do you know where we're going do you know where we've gone do you know where we're going gone look out look out look out look out (oh) look out look out look out you can see where we've gone you can see where we've gone gone gone gone gone gone gone you can put em in the bed you can put em in the bed put them in the bed you can put them on the bed that's better at the botttom of the bed at the bottom of the bed the bottom of the bed.. i lost my head at the bottom of the bed at the bottom of the bed at the bottom of the bed i lost my pull pull pull me under pull me under pull me under at the bottom of the bed at the bottom of the bed at the bottom of the bed I lost my head at the bottom of the bed at the bottom of the bed at the bottom of the bed I lost my pull me under pull me under at the bottom of the bed

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limited edition of 100

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released May 18, 2020

Sarah Iyer: voice
John Givens: guitar
Fountainetta Coleman: percussion


Recorded live over two days, July 2019
At Gatos Trail Studios, Joshua Tree California
engineering: Dan Joeright
mixing & mastering: John Givens


All songs written by lay/lie
Sarah Iyer (BMI) John Givens (ASCAP)
© Copyright 2020 lay/lie


Thank you to all the wonderful people we met along our journey, especially Malcolm Little, Bobby Furst of Furstworld, Dan Joeright, JP Jenkens, and Kimo Shim. We so appreciate your love, hospitality and supportive energy. And big thanks to the wonderful artists who collaborated on this package, Christopher Givens for the printing & design work, Julien Poirier for the amazing booklet, and Scott Debie for sharing his trippy painting. ENJOY

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