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Earl Grey and Lemons

by Skye Zentz

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1.
Got the Time 02:19
darlin when we're ready we'll be going steady when we've got the time maybe when I'm older, just a little older when I get the time we could build a cabin or head up to Manhattan someplace with walls you can climb maybe if we ever get ourselves together we could plan a time where we could find the time maybe out in Europe I could be your maple syrup when we've got the time I would slide around your plate sticky sweet you wouldn't wait to say that we'd make the time we could open up a dinette I'd supply the entertainment and you could drink all the red wine maybe when we're settled and not quite so disheveled we could have a hell of a time makin the time boy, you got to see you came and altered me and if you cross the sea back home to me, I'll call you mine I'll be waitin by the fire just to see what you inspire when we've got the time we'll plant rows of corn and lettuce and the drought will never get us when we make the time we'll be energy efficient we will hand-wash all the dishes and turn all the lights off at bedtime we'll make a perfect pair when we've got the time and we both gotta see new towns but when it's time to settle down i think being your gal would be fine you'll be my man when we've got the time
2.
I'm tryin' to fall asleep at my birthday party its the longest party I've ever had its been a week since it started I'm tired, I'm sorry a moment to myself at my birthday party there's peanut butter cookies fresh out the oven the louder ones are jammin' out on the porch from my perspective, I might could use some lovin' and someday when I find it, I'll pass the torch (chorus:) and when the hops have you sleepy you can rest your head on my knee cause the hardest part is in between the twilight folly and the morning clean she's got a bad heart and her boy can't mend it there was a boy in pretty shoes and he left his book there's a boy who wants my ear so that he can bend it and a boy who'd have my heart if he'd only look he's stumbling cause I think he had too much something there's a girl who just came over to over to pick him up there's a girl with lots to say if she'd just quit mumbling when she moves to california she'll try her luck.. (chorus) x2 we're pickin up bottles the morning after the sunlight at the silence replace the laughter I'm feeling kinda queasy I should ride home but it's still too early to be alone (I don't wanna go to bed, I don't wanna go to bed) I'm tryin' to fall asleep at my birthday party its the longest party I've ever had its been a week since it started I'm tired, I'm sorry a moment to myself at my birthday party (x2)
3.
Self 02:55
dream is not self, self is raw, dream is something intangibly ever untamed self is so hard, self is scarred, self is flawed, self is carefully labeled and named and when I get back from this quandry of what parts make up all that was Me it will not be enough to stand contented in the shell of this old Self I rented I do what feels right til I'm wrong then I might feel regretfully defensive with pride cause living is choices we make with our voices and whether we stay, run or hide but I've got this secret I'm keeping it's the Me I am just when I'm sleeping the dream-me who is quite contented to defy the old Self I rented in dreaming I am born open armed, moving freely I am brave, I am young, I am wild in being I am Me, same as dream just more tethered to this worldly place where I'm not always free to act so childlike so if I stick to my instinct and make righteous choices I'll trust in the world to provide the best circumstances for living and learning I'll trust in the turn of the tide and I will sleep better and deeper I will discard the sleep that came cheaper and while I'm not dreaming I am loving the waking new Self I'm discovering
4.
Grayscale 02:47
things could be greener I could be too I'm on vacation from feeling so blue the morning was orange the sky like a peach and every rainbow just outside of my reach but I knew when I tied up my shoestrings that daylight had knocked out a wall and my head felt so light and so full of hot air I was braced for a fall in my lavender daydreams I giggle and play my lips red as roses golden sun on my face I am walking thru tall trees my steps light on the ground over emerald mosses, chocolate soil and leaves in bright scarlets and browns and the sky is like earl grey and lemons the trees are as strong a my will and here, and I'm home I'm so restless when I just forget to sit still things could be sweeter I could be too but, darlin, I'm grayscale when I'm far from you yea, your love is the brightness your love is the sea and the world is our forest oh, come; live in the treetops with me!

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This EP is a tender little confessional fairy tale that takes place over the last five years of my life. It weaves reality with fantasy, contentment with longing for the unattainable. It is the Springtime Appetizer to the Full Length Main Course (yet to be titled) I'll be releasing in June.

If you feel like paying more than $4 for this EP, your money will go directly towards my studio time, production and merchandising/marketing costs for the album. Thank you, in advance, for listening, for supporting my dreamwork and for all the ways you make this world a brighter place just by being your self!

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released March 2, 2012

Production and mixing by Jacki Paolella at TapTap Recordings in Norfolk, VA.

Artwork by Jason Levesque

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Skye Zentz Norfolk, Virginia

Songwriter for the Emmy Award Winning "GreenBeats" series on WHRO, Educator at The Muse Writers Center and vanquisher of cheese plates.

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