the stolen souvenir

The Stolen Souvenir was produced by Little Silver and Phil Palazzolo.
All instruments / vocals by Erika Simonian and Steve Curtis

Recorded by Phil Palazzolo at Seaside Lounge,
Brooklyn, NY, April – July 2010
Additional recording by Isaiah Abolin
Mixed by Brandon Eggleston at Gold Mine Studios,
Vancouver, WA
Mastered by Oscar Zambrano

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1. sleep til morning

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   You sleep til morning
   You draw the dreamland right into the day
   And I’m not forgetting
   I’ve watched my waking thoughts from where I lay

   Where I lay, the bed is silent
   Til prayers that I said to the dark
   They wake the day
   From strangest slumbers
   The dreams I’ve numbered on my heart

   Stay where you are now
   I’ll meet you every long and lasting day
   Tell me tales of a traveler
   I’ll take it all right here, from where I lay

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2. irene, goodnight

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   Irene, goodnight
   Irene, goodnight
   Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
   I’ll see you in my dreams

   Last Saturday I got married
   Me and my love settled down
   Now me and my love are parted
   I’ll take another stroll downtown

   Sometimes I live in the country
   Sometimes I live in the town
   Sometimes I take a great notion
   To jump in the water and drown

   Irene, goodnight
   Irene, goodnight
   Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
   I’ll see you in my dreams

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3. where we met

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   Lead me on to midnight
   Because I can see by your light
   And every turn before me
   An illuminated story

   For all the kindness I tried
   When darkness took the roadside
   It brought me back to ponder
   The reason for my wandering

   See there
   We met where
   The sojourners found
   A small bit of permanent ground

   Lay me down it’s alright
   Point yourself to daylight
   The blinding spark breaks over
   The still and waiting water

   See there
   We met where
   The sojourners found
   A small bit of permanent ground

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4. food from the cow

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   I drove your car
   Through this town, half awake
   Traced all the shapes that we make

   Again I wait for you
   Confirming in the darkness what I already knew
   And you’re just looking for
   Some follow-through
   Baby, I’ll look at you

   Let’s eat now
   I made you some food from the cow
   I wondered as I cooked it
   And thought about now
   Baby, we never knew how

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5. stolen souvenir

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   I almost caught the lightning
   Out the corner of my eye
   I stared at the horizon
   The ships and sailors passing by

   I hold this in my pocket
   Like a stolen souvenir
   The scent of an apartment
   The breath I held when you were here

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