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Howl

by Heather Hardy

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1.
Ain’t No Grave Ain't no grave can hold my body down (4x) And when you hear that trumpet sound Kneel down and look for the little sprouts No don't look for me up in those cotton clouds For I'll be swaying in the queen anne's lace's crown I'll be the clover growing up out of this mound Rising up to the north and to the sunny south I'll be the blue-eyed grass leaving you no doubt That ain't no grave can hold my body down Ain't no grave can hold my body down (4x) Heather Hardy © 2016
2.
Let Me Be Lonely Let me be lonely in my bed Let me be lonely in my bed For only time can kick you out of my head Don’t come back into my arms Don’t you come back into my arms For they’re folded tightly on my chest right over my heart I know what you’re doing across the ocean green and gray I know what you’re sayin’ to those city women on the country trains I miss your lips and your finger tips I miss your lips and your finger tips But you are not the reason I exist I know what you’re doing across the ocean green and gray I know what you’re sayin’ to those country women on the city trains Instrumental I know what you’re doing across the ocean green and gray I know what you’re sayin’ to those city women on the country trains So, let me be lonely in my bed Let me be lonely in my bed For only time can kick you out of my head (2x) Heather Hardy © 2016
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The Flowers are Filthy I want to go out and pick flowers To dry my mother’s tears But I’m just a kid, hungry and poor Watching a world where anger is born Bullets and bombs and the screams of war The flowers are filthy here The air is dusty and sour It’s been like this for years I wish it was safe to skip and run To grow a garden in the sun Inside we wither, inside we’re stuck The flowers are filthy here Seeds of sadness, seeds of hate Buried in furrowed brows Mothers pray and the men Make their violent vows Listen grown-ups in power You who do not play fair Everyone loses no matter who wins Your souls will dry up and be lost in the wind While we stand here in line and wait for the end Trying to smile, trying to bend, like flowers The flowers are filthy here Heather Hardy © 2016
4.
Howl 02:54
Howl I’m scheming, I’m dreaming, I’m thinking of you I’m scheming, I’m dreaming, I’m thinking of you Baby I want to get bit it’s true Oh please please, let it be you I don’t want toys, I don’t want to be bought I don’t want toys, I don’t want to be bought Chase me, chase me around the block Please, please I just want to get caught Days getting dark, I need a place to bark I want to be with you somehow Sun’s going down, it’s lonely in this town Oh give me a reason to howl, howl, howl [Meows] Here comes that sleek siamese cat Oh here comes that damn cat How can I compete with that Oh can’t you see, she is only a tease Let her rub, let her hiss, you won’t get a kiss Let her hiss, she won’t give you a kiss No she won’t give you nothing like this Oh can’t you see, I’ve got the lips for you Days getting dark, I need a place to bark For you I’d whimper and growl Sun’s going down, it’s lonely in this town Oh give me a reason to howl, howl, howl Heather Hardy © 2016
5.
Ramblin’ Rose Some call her Ramblin’ Rose Lost in the middle of a winding road But she wouldn’t mind, she’d be fine As long as she could sing sweet and slow She’s a bit too shy, a bit too strong Some say she is too far gone But she wouldn’t mind, she’d be fine As long as she could sing her little song Sing your song woman Sing it loud, sing it loud and long Sing your song woman Sing it loud, sing it long Sing it til they have to stop Stop and sing along Some say she is jumping too high There’s no net to catch her from a stormy sky But she wouldn’t fret about a safety net If singing could keep her alive She is tired, but she is true She feels like the other side of the moon But she is okay with those dark days She knows what she’s gotta do Chorus Heather Hardy © 2016
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Felix Garcia 03:56
Felix Garcia Felix Garcia doesn’t know trees or flowers Moon or stars, he’s chained to the hours Nineteen years old, betrayed by blood Arrested for murder and trusting too much After 34 forevers he is still there Like a moth, in a box Looking, looking for the light Fluttering, fluttering, fluttering against the walls Fluttering, fluttering, fluttering, fluttering, fluttering against the walls Felix couldn’t hear the conspiracy To blame him for stealing the diamond ring It was easy to frame a poor deaf kid For shooting that dealer in his motel bed CHORUS Bridge: His sister Tina and brother Frank Wove a web and washed their hands Felix walked into their lies Tangled up, stuck for life Felix holds truth like a mother holds a child Hoping through chaos it will somehow survive To stand up tall for the world to see For us to make sure the innocent are free CHORUS Heather Hardy © 2016
7.
Flat Against the Ground I go out to the field to cry, I face the wind and open my arms wide I ask the crickets what they know, I ask the butterflies where to go My tears fall deep into the grass, I cannot take them back Now they belong to the dirt, to the flowers, and to the ferns I lay me flat against the ground, this is where I lay my burdens down I lay me flat against the ground, this is where I lay my burdens down Down, down, down, down, down I’m only human, yes, I know, I cannot fix a world of woes Sometimes it is all too much, I long for something true to touch I lay me flat against the ground, this is where I lay my burdens down I lay me flat against the ground, this is where I lay my burdens down Down, down, down, down, down I go out to the field to say goodbye, I face the wind and open my arms wide I ask the crickets to sing their song, I tell the butterflies to be strong Butterflies be strong Heather Hardy © 2016
8.
How You Do That Oh sweetness, you open my door, I let you in Oh sweetness, you got my skipping like a schoolkid I don’t know why, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know how you do that I don’t know why, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know how you do that Oh sugar, you let me come unfurled Oh sugar, like a bright green fiddlehead fern I don’t know why, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know how you do that I don’t know why, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know how you do that Oh buttercup, you make me wiggle my leaves Oh buttercup, like a sugary maple tree I don’t know why, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know how you do that I don’t know why, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know how you do that Oh honey, you keep me out of trouble Oh honey, you get me to say I’m beautiful I don’t know why, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know how you do that I don’t know why, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know how you do that © 2016 Heather Hardy
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Georgia Paints Nobody sees, nobody really sees The flowers so low and so small But Georgia does, she sees them all Nobody has time, nobody takes the time To look inside deep down But Georgia does, she’s kneeling on the ground Georgia paints the flowers big and bold Georgia paints the petals and the folds So close, so close, so close You can see a lily’s soul Now they can see, now they can finally see The busy people are so surprised They stop and stare so still, they are mesmerized Chorus © 2016 Heather Hardy
10.
I Am A Bird 03:23
I am a Bird I am a bird, my flesh is torn My beak is bored, nothing to explore Don’t let me die, die, die in this cage I am a bird, I have wings I have instincts, I’m supposed to sing I need to fly, fly, fly, fly from this cage Tell me people when you die do you want to be an eagle Soaring free above the trees Resting on a branch in the sun I am a bird, through window blinds I see birds glide, and climb up the sky Look in my eyes and tell me why, why, why am I in this cage Tell me people when you die do you want to be an eagle Soaring free above the trees Resting on a branch in the sun Or tell me people when you die do you want to come back as me Pulling feathers from your skin Wishing for a branch in the sun I am a bird, I have wings You have the key, unlock me please Oh let me fly, fly, fly away from this cage © 2016 Heather Hardy
11.
Way Down the River Way down the river, what can I do You’re way down the river, I’m searching for you Oh Sally please hang on, I’ll look for you forever But I’m way up the river from you Way down the river, the water’s white You’re way down the river, fighting for your life Oh Sally please hang on, I’ll look for you forever But I’m way up the river tonight Please forgive me, I felt it in my gut Please forgive me, I should’ve spoken up Oh way down the river, without a boat Way down the river, it was cold Oh Sally how you tried, I’ll remember you forever Now I’m way down the river growing old © 2016 Heather Hardy
12.
Slinky Vagabond Dance with me my honey, dance with me my sweet Dance with me my darlin’ don’t you want to move your feet Oh I know you want to move your feet Sway me to an empty space, with your red shoes on Tremble like a flower, sing your ch, ch, changes song Oh you are my slinky vagabond, you are my slinky vagabond I feel your rhythm screaming let me out right now Screaming let me, screaming….out………… If you fall into my arms, with your red shoes on I’ll dare to love you Mr. Jones more than Major Tom Oh you are my slinky vagabond, you are my slinky vagabond I feel your rhythm screaming let me out right now Screaming let me, screaming….out………… Repeat verse 1 © 2016 Heather Hardy
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Until the Darkness Dies Until the darkness dies, I’ll be whispering I’ll be whispering your name to the midnight angels Until the darkness dies, I’ll be wishing I’ll be wishing the snow would’ve waited Out to the night I go, no stars or moon to be seen Through blowing snow, I look to the road Won’t you come home, won’t you come home Until the darkness dies, I’ll be turning I’ll be turning my back to the clock on the wall Until the darkness dies, I’ll be drinking I’ll be drinking with worries’ wicked ways Out to the night I go, no stars or moon to be seen Through blowing snow, I look to the road Won’t you come home, won’t you come home And when the darkness dies, I’ll see headlights I’ll see headlights comin’ down the drive © 2016 Heather Hardy

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All songs on "Howl" were written by Heather Hardy, except "Ain't No Grave", a traditional, with rewritten lyrics by Hardy.
The album was co-produced by Jud Caswell and Heather Hardy.
Recorded and engineered by Jud Caswell at Frog Hollow Studio in Brunswick, Maine.

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released October 3, 2016

Heather Hardy; vocals, guitar, ukulele, baritone ukulele, mouth trumpet
Jud Caswell; guitar, bass, melodica, percussion
April Reed-Cox; cello
Dave Rawson; drums
Dave Martin; guitar
Nancy Sferra; washboard

Cover collage and CD art by Heather Hardy
Flowers drawing and back cover photo by Jason Anthony

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Heather Hardy Bristol, Maine

Winner of the 2013 Maine Songwriting Competition and 2nd place in the 2012 New England Songwriting Contest, Heather Hardy is a singer-songwriter living in Bristol, Maine. She plays guitar and ukulele, and enjoys playing her guitar like a stand-up bass. Heather blends her unique voice with rich melodies, often including mouth trumpet solos. She teaches songwriting, guitar and ukulele for all ages. ... more

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