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Fiddlehead
04:14
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Fiddlehead
© 2003 Janet Patch and Jeff Patch (written May 9)
She moves
as if in tadasana
stretching toward the light
Emerging from the crush of winter
from the darkness of the earth
She unfurls
Delighting as the sun dances on her limbs
She breathes, reaches out
Spring begins, spring begins
She knows
as if on hallowed ground
she's born to do what's right
Pushing through the ice-packed litter
yearning for the sky
She unfurls
Delighting as the sun dances on her limbs
She breathes, reaches out
Spring begins, spring begins
BREAK
She unfurls
Delighting as the sun dances on her limbs
She breathes, reaches out
Spring begins, spring begins
She moves
as if in tadasana
stretching toward the light
Emerging from the crush of winter
from the darkness of the earth
She unfurls
Delighting as the sun dances on her limbs
She breathes, reaches out
Spring begins, spring begins
She unfurls
Delighting as the sun dances on her limbs
She breathes, reaches out
Spring begins, spring begins
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Catherine Ann
03:25
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Catherine Ann
© Jeff Patch 2001 (written October 31)
I haven't seen you since I saw you waiting tables
Or was it cashing someones cheque at the Bank of Nova Scotia
I hadn't held you since you brought me flowers
A housewarming present in 1998
I saw your Dad a few years later
He said you went to Halifax, that you had to get away
My friend John, he saw you at the Mardi Gras
Thought you looked sad, thought you missed me
But Catherine Ann are you happy
I want to know you're OK
Catherine Ann if you wonder
I want you to know I'm OK
I used to visit Halifax, looked for you in the streets
Never found your name in the phone book
I saw someone like you, down by historic properties
Summer 2002, she was pushing s baby carriage
Now it's 2014 and I've just been to Halifax
Still walking down the street I kept an eye out for you
Now this don't mean that I still love you
That torch went out a long time ago
But Catherine Ann are you happy
I want to know you're OK
Catherine Ann if you wonder
I want you to know I'm OK
But Catherine Ann I hope you're happy
That life's been going your way
Catherine Ann I hope you wonder
'bout me sometimes, some days
Catherine Ann
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Wash The Dishes
03:25
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Wash the Dishes
© 2013 Jeff Patch (written in April)
Just wash the dishes
Get 'em done in time
Stop yer clock watching
She'll be home at five
And you know she won't be happy
If there's a mess when she gets home
Put away the vacuum
and fold the clothes
Mop the bathroom floor
Put that guitar where it goes
'Cause you know she won't be happy
If there's a mess when she gets home
I love her dearly
Wanna please her so
She's everything I got
and I don't want her to go
Take out the laundry
Put it on the line
Clean out the bathtub
and scrub the tiles
'Cause you know she won't be happy
If there's a mess when she gets home
Break:
Take out the garbage
Rake up the Lawn
Mow the grass
and put the kettle on
'Cause you know she won't be happy
If there's a mess when she gets home
I love her dearly
Wanna please her so
She's everything I got
and I don't want her to go
Just weed the garden
and wash the car
Feed the critters
Put the dinner on
And you know that she'll be happy
'Cause there's no mess when she gets home
Just Wash the Dishes
Just Wash the Dishes
Just Wash the Dishes
Just Wash the Dishes
And honey, mow that lawn
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Be Happy
03:40
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Be Happy
© Jeff Patch 2014 (written February 3)
I like to see you smile
at me
Makes me happy
I love your pretty face
and our place
out in the country
I enjoy our laid back style
how we like it quiet
taking in nature
And when you get home
and put on your cozy fleecy clothes
and we get the fire really going
and together we stay warm
You're gentle and kind
and keep in mind
the needs of others
I like the things you write
you bring it to life
and stir emotion
So take these clumsy words of mine
into your heart
and be happy
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Icestorm
04:06
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instrumental
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Angel In The Snow
02:51
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Angel in the Snow
© 2002 Jeff Patch (written February 2)
I said "My little one, watch where you go."
"Bye" said the pretty one, "Be careful, I know."
Off she goes down the road
Blowing cold, lots of snow
I look up, she's overhead I know
There she goes
Angel in the snow
Flying low
Angel in the snow
Winter drive from Chipman with ice on the road
We said "Goodbye Edwin," then we had to go home
in the dark caught behind
load of popple going stateside
There ahead she finds the sign and she knows
There, there in the load
Angel in the snow
Flying low
Angel in the snow
There she goes
Angel in the snow
Flying low
Angel, take us home
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All About You
02:33
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All About You
© 1994 Jeff Patch (written August 28)
You told me last time
The feeling's lost inside
You say it's all about you
but that's not true
You see, because I love you
it's about me too
You wanted some space awhile
Just a two or three week trial
I watched you drive away
No look back, no wave
I thought you'd call today
Two weeks gone yesterday
How much time must pass
to know you're gone at last?
When I can I'll move on
Right now I can't accept you're gone
But if sometime that might change
You can call me anyway
You say it's all about you
but that's not true
You see, because I love you
it's about me too
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Wait For The Light
03:35
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Wait For The Light
© 1994 Jeff Patch (written July 24-25)
Wishing, watching, softly sigh and turn around
Inside, waiting, debating, I sit down
I didn't know you wouldn't show, I thought you'd come around
Summer heat's got me beat, finally getting down
Whispering trees, the midnight breeze, the moon lights up the ground
Beauty there that should be shared, lately I've found
That simple things have come to mean much more to me now
I wouldn't mind but all the time I'm finding out how
I could have loved you now
Where were you tonight?
I think we lost it somehow
Alone I wait for the light
Hot summer sounds surround me muted in the humid air
I'll toss and turn but sleep would come easier if I knew you cared
I'm trying to wind down so I can lay down tonight
But I won't go so I know I'll likely see the morning light
I could have loved you now
Where were you tonight?
I think we lost it somehow
Alone I wait for the light
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Imperfection
03:56
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Imperfection
© Jeff Patch 2013 (written December 9)
In a time of quiet reflection
I know she's perfect in her imperfection
Seeming to need some kind of intervention
Ahhh no
I'll let it flow
'Til we're home again
Strong but bending, got resilience
Sometimes dim, but often brilliant
Forgiving when it makes no sense
I'll try
and let it ride
'Til we're home again
Like the ocean and all its' mystery
and all the storms that crash upon me
None can ever understand perfectly
I'll be steady
for when I'm ready
to go home again
BREAK
Through lonely times and with companions
When you're lost and when you're found again
Think of the one,think of the millions
Many know
they want to go
See home again
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Career Track
05:34
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Career Track
© Jeff Patch 1983
Sea-blue eyes
Light brown hair
I always thought you would be there
A carefree time
And I knew you loved me then
Something special felt inside
Chorus:
And I know I love you
And I miss you all the time
And I know I need you
I thought you'd be there for all time
Dune buggy drives
Surprises in my lunch each day
I see the sparkle in your eyes
Antique chairs
Flowers on the table
Did someone wait for me each night?
Long distance calls
Something tried and failed
An empty bed and thin veiled lies
Career track
Was it worth it then?
What if we hadn't moved apart?
Repeat Chorus
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She Got There
03:12
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She Got There
© 1995 Jeff Patch (written December 13)
First denied
Passed the time
Let it ride
Then decide
Enough
My love
Knots inside
Heartbeat rise
Heavy sighs
Damaged cries
My love
Enough
Took me through those times
Shook them loose inside
Went where others tried
But she got there
Unseen squeeze in the brain
Anxious, low, emotions lame
Cave ridden, not the same
Frequent, building up again
Enough
My love
Took me through those times
Shook them loose inside
Went where others tried
But she got there
Driving down the road
Things told
Still taunt you
You know not where to go
Thoughts so cold
They haunt you
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Ghost Man
04:29
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Ghost Man
© 2001 Jeff Patch (written July 14-15)
They call him "Wild Man of the Woods" a spirit and a ghostly thing
Lurking and stalking through the forest while he's planting ghostly trees
Oh no dear, no don't you touch them or a ghost you will be
Don't be like those who met the devil ships and then caught their disease
Alone on the Nootka shore there was a man who walked so proud
On his head he wore a wooden mask that was coloured bright and loud
Out to sea a whale was seen with harpoons in it tall as trees
He climbed into his dugout canoe and paddled out, what did he see?
Captain Cook came ashore from his tall ship from the South Seas
Searching for a Northwest Passage going from the west to the east
Oh the year was 1778, but it was far from Halifax pier
Russians, Americans. Spanish, the English made claims to the land so dear
And now the Ghost Man's children sell trinkets by the sea
Carving hand held images they used to cut in tall trees
Look for the Raven, the Wolf, the Thunderbird, they all can be seen
And look for the Wild Man of the Woods, a Ghost Man he'll be
Ghost Man, Ghost Man, Ghost Man
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What I read, what I see, confounds me
And the sounds that swirl around, they astound me
Unmet needs and misguided deeds, alarm me
All have heard venomous words, they harm me
Must I breathe this air
Chorus
You out there, do you care? Are you gone?
I don’t hear and I fear I’m alone
Has it all gone mad?
Has it all gone mad?
Sad news, radical views, surround me
Tried to flee oh no but they found me
Bells toll and lost souls reach behind me
In the alley below an old woman is crying
Must I breathe this air
Chorus
You out there, do you care? Are you gone?
I don’t hear and I fear I’m alone
Has it all gone mad?
Has it all gone mad?
Has it all gone mad?
Has it all gone mad?
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