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Lula Wiles

by Lula Wiles

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1.
A songbird lit down upon my window In the evening dusk, her breast all aglow Painted the color of heartbreak Who am I to judge? If sorrow be the bird, then the wind is love Oh well I've had my wings broken a time or two Doesn't mean that I won't try to fly with you A breeze is blowing through the pines Well maybe I can trust That sorrow be the bird and the wind is love A songbird, she'll forget how to sing Sittin' too long, yearning for the wind She's gotta breathe in Feel it under wing Maybe we would soar so high Maybe the songbird on the branches of my heart She wouldn't sing so sadly I'll feel it in my blood That sorrow be the bird and the wind is love Sorrow be the bird and the wind is love Sorrow be the bird and the wind is love
2.
Well there's dust in every corner of this dim little room Behind the bar they're hanging Christmas lights in June But the band's playing loud I'm staring you down You'll be gone soon Got my heart on my sleeve and a drink in my hand I know that tomorrow you won't be my man But honey that's okay I want it that way You understand? Ooh, if this ends tonight Then let's end it right I just want one more dance after the sun goes down One more chance to make this old town feel all right Honey all I'm asking for is one more night Well the next time I see you I'll be wearing black My lips will be wine-red and my composure intact And I'll leave alone I'll walk all the way home I won't look back
3.
Most days, I wake when the sunshine crawls into my bed Fit as a fiddle when the world wakes up Taking a drink from a golden cup Most days, I'm looking on the bright side of an open door Swing your partner and do-si-do My feet keep telling me to go, go, go Cross my heart, but I don't ask why Some nights I can't help but cry Young life, it's fragile as a daisy in an open field With a bit of good luck you're a flower crown Or else the rain'll come to knock you down Bad news, it hit me like a freight train goin' so fast Standin' in the rain where the daisies grow Prayin' to a god that I don't know Cross my heart, but I don't ask why Some nights I can't help but cry When the trumpet sounds from the other side Put the shovel in the ground Don't ask why Don't ask why Whether it's your heart that's broken or your brother's mind Little sister running home with a blackened eye I don't ask why, I don't ask why Cross my heart and I hope to die Some nights I can't help but cry When the trumpet sounds from the other side Put the shovel in the ground Don't ask why
4.
Good to You 03:43
Wheels up You're on a jet plane, heading towards the sunset and the rain I hope it's warmer out there I'm gonna freeze here but I don't care It's enough Just walking through this city trying to understand your love Until you come on back home I'll be waiting in the eye of the storm Ooh, I wanna be good to you Ooh, do you wanna be good to me too? Last night I dreamed the world was ending and the sun was fading slow The sky was grey as ash And all the trains and the markets crashed But it's all right 'Cause then I found you waiting for me in some quiet room And we held each other tight I woke up crying in the morning light Ooh, I wanna be good to you Ooh, do you wanna be good to me too? Oh my heart is strung out along the telephone wires Is fear the only flame burning stronger than desire? Oh I just figured out what I've been trying to say I'm scared to love you But I'm gonna try it anyway Ooh, I wanna be good to you Ooh, do you wanna be good to me too?
5.
Anymore 03:27
Rain pitter-patters down all day Wet on the pavement Sounds like May You used to kiss me softly in the same way But it don't hurt like it did before And I don't really think about you and me anymore Day breaks open memories past On the bed unmade Just like the last Maybe I'm not doing so well Still I ain't doing that bad At least I'm not strung out like I was before And I don't really think about you and me anymore Oooh Anymore, anymore, anymore Oooh Well I've got a good lover now He doesn't mind having me around So it's a love that isn't flying Maybe we won't ever get it up off the ground So I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I swear I don't think about you and me anymore I don't even know what I'm looking for But I don't wanna think about you and me anymore
6.
Mama 03:18
Mama I need to come home I've been starving myself to the bone I've been up all night cryin', I've been drinking alone Mama I need to come home Daddy I've been doing bad things Yeah I know they ain't no good for me I've been kissin' and tellin', I've been stealin, I've been sellin' Daddy I've been doing bad things Now Anna don't you tell on me I'm in some trouble down in Milwaukee And I've been going by the name of Sammy Lee I'm in some trouble down in Milwaukee Now they're running me right out of this town Across that line they've been chasing me down, down down Guess I've been found out for all my doggin' around They're running me right out of this town Oooh, mama, mama Mama I need to come home I've been starving myself to the bone I've been up all night cryin', I've been drinking alone Mama I need to come home Mama I need to come home Yeah I can't do a thing on my own And I've come to find out I don't wanna be alone Mama I need to come home Yeah I've come to find out I can't do nothing on my own Mama I need to come home
7.
Losing Side 03:17
My mind turns it over like a million times before Backwards through the darkness a little bit more Before he loved me I didn't know how to cry Another day and I'm on the losing side My mama taught me all the right things to say But loneliness knocks at my door every day I wanted him to love me without asking why Another day and I'm on the losing side I threw the dice My heart went all in But I still don't know what it means to win And these pennies I'm gambling What are they worth? When my lover left me he taught me how to grow Now my body aches with the burdens Now you say you'll show me how to make my pennies shine Well you can bet I'll end up on the losing side Another day and I'm on the losing side
8.
Lay Me Down 04:57
Eliza wears a pretty white dress Sittin' by the window, waitin' on the morning sun Eliza she's been up all night Sittin' there wondering how it all came undone Back when she turned nineteen, end of July James was twenty-one years, said will you be mine Come next spring let's say I do I won't be nothing but good to you And I'll lay you down Lay you down With you to the lord I am bound When I lay this body down The winter wore on, cold and steady With every dollar saved, they bought a little piece of land And they courted so true and steady Dreamed away the days talking about all of their plans And when the wedding day came she walked down the aisle At the front of the church all he could do was smile New home, ran upstairs, locked the door With the love they felt, no less, no more She said lay me down Lay me down With you to the lord I am bound When I lay this body down But in the fall of 1825 Fever spread like wildfire Took James from his true love And on the edge of their land, alone in the dark Eliza cried with a tear in her heart Deep as the hole she dug And she laid him down Laid her love in the ground She laid his body down For he is heavenly bound With you to the lord I am bound When I lay this body down
9.
Traveling On 03:39
I was restless and wild You left me beguiled When we drank in the cool night air And you told me tales Of the places you had sailed And I said I'd never traveled anywhere And now we're driving You move so fast And I keep thinking This can't last Now roll the windows down so I can feel the air Show me every place I've never gone But when tomorrow comes, I wonder Will I be standing still When you're traveling on It was midafternoon In the middle of June The highway stretched towards the sky I was wearing that blue dress As we headed west You said it was the color of my eyes And now we're driving You move so fast And I keep thinking This can't last Now roll the windows down so I can feel the air Show me every place I've never gone But when tomorrow comes, I wonder Will I be standing still When you're traveling on That summer's long gone You're still moving on But it's not you that's on my mind It's the sun and the wind And the feeling on my skin That feeling I can't seem to find When we were driving I moved so fast I wish I knew how To make it last Now roll the windows down so I can feel the air Show me every place I've never gone But when tomorrow comes, I wonder Will I be standing still When you're traveling on
10.
Lost 03:54
I tasted loneliness that night on your lips I felt fear in your hands on my hips Somehow your face looked different in the drunken moonlight We got lost in the same place On the same summer night And as we stumbled upstairs in the dark It was a silent comfort, not a spark And both of us were thinking of somebody else We got lost in nostalgia And the stories nostalgia tells And I've seen Around your heart you've build a wall And I believe That one day it will fall But if I asked Would you say you never loved me at all? Dawn came through the window and burned my eyes I crept out quietly and didn't say goodbye And when you woke Did you reach for me and wonder where I'd gone? We got lost in the morning Afraid to face each other And admit that we'd moved on We'd moved on
11.
Oh 04:19
I wanted to see Still wanted to be I wanted to see you again Way back then I covered my eyes Discovered my pride I covered my eyes up I closed them down I kept them shut You said that you were mine But I'll say it, you lied You said all your lines You proved untrue And I got bruised Don't think twice, baby, I don't care I never knew how to love you anyway And I didn't really want to be your girl I can lie too Baby it's okay

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released May 27, 2016

Produced by Adam Iredale-Gray with Lula Wiles
Recorded and mixed by Dan Cardinal at Dimension Sound Studios, Jamaica Plain, MA

LULA WILES is
Isa Burke: vocals, fiddle, acoustic and electric guitars
Ellie Buckland: vocals, fiddle, acoustic guitar
Mali Obomsawin: vocals, bass, acoustic guitar

GUESTS
Sean Trischka: drums
Adam Iredale-Gray: electric guitar

Mastered by Erick Jaskowiak
Album art by Taylor Ashton
Photos by Louise Bichan

© Lula Wiles 2016. All rights reserved.

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