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Northside
03:39
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North Side
Driving through a part of town I remember
My neighborhood by the Mississippi River
Most people had a blue collar workday
From Penn to Washington along West Broadway
Streets were lined with graceful elms
Like sacred arches of a cathedral
My best friend was a Catholic girl
Her dad, a Navy man, had sailed around the world
War can break you, it tries to own ya
He met his wife in New Caledonia
He took her back across the deep blue sea
Every night they did the Rosary
In the summertime, our neighbor did swelter
Working hard on his concrete bomb shelter
He’d had enough of war, he fought in Korea
Duck and Cover wasn’t such a good idea
The Cicadas in a chorus sang
In tighter harmony than Hillbilly twang
©Thea Ennen 2019
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2. |
The Bad with the Good
02:39
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The Bad with the Good
I try to take the bad with the good
I didn’t think it mattered - I didn’t think I would
Fall apart, that it could break my heart
Don’t measure me against all your experts in line
Trying to be masters of your big design - it’s true
Don’t pretend it’s me and you
This time I can’t let it be - well I’m half blind
but I still see
I always thought I could take all my troubles
and wave a magic wand - and float ‘em on a bubble
to drift far away, far far away, far far away
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3. |
Just As You Are
03:14
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Just As You Are
When you were a young girl you wore your high moccasins
and you drank hard and had an apartment
Your Mama and your Daddy
thought you must have grown up
You had a baby and married a soldier
Everyone said that you should’ve been older
After a year it was pretty much over
You drank your warm whisky, the nights just got colder
A traveling salesman sold you a bible
That you kept on your coffee table
When I saw you in Central City
You said you got rid of the devil
Then you took me to see Billy Graham
To the fairgrounds in St. Paul we went
Everybody was crying and praying
Gettin’ saved and singing ‘Just as I Am’
Just as I am - without one plea
To save a wretch like you and like me
Twenty years made you sad and lonely
Now your children have all gone their own way
Feel the pain locked up inside you
You can’t tell where the real you is hiding
You shut your bible and reach for the bottle
God loves a sinner as much as the noble
By the time you savor the changes
The sun’s shadow has all rearranged it
Just as you are - without one plea
To save a wretch like you and like me
Music and Lyrics: Thea Ennen©2020
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4. |
Soul Bird
02:43
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Soul Bird
When your Soul Bird lands on your hand
telling you how the metamorphosis began
Then, you will know freedom
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Swimming with Dinosaurs
03:00
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Swimming with Dinosuars
Down from the bluff where the buffalo roam
He kept a boat as a second home
You and your Dad living wild and free
on the river of luxury
A lot of things he couldn’t have known before
he didn’t know he was swimming with dinosaurs
He pulled it up from his fishing line
Amazed us all by the creature’s sharp spines
It was a sturgeon it was plain as fact
And we were nervous when he threw it back
A lot of things he couldn’t have known before
he didn’t know he was swimming with dinosaurs
Well times have changed and we wanna stop
and hold this moment like a frozen clock
No better times did I have in my life
and if I did you were by my side
A lot of things he couldn’t have known before
he didn’t know he was swimming with dinosaurs
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6. |
High Wire
03:34
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High Wire
Death defying without trying
You know it could get worse
You’ve gotta put a stake in a claim
Til it’s yours
On a string, on something
Turn around, see the ground
You’ve gotta go without a net
With no net, with no net, with no net
Don’t look down
©Thea Ennen 2019
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7. |
Call it a Mystery
03:22
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Call it a Mystery
Why we tell all kinds of stories as true -
They can be sorted from the few
real acconts - ‘cuz I know a ledge you walk on
Walk, walk, walk without a sound
And you might know what my eyes are bound to see
I keep ‘em low, it’s part of my history
We’ll let it go, call it a mystery - a mystery
Speculate like you’re on the main line
Wavering - you could be right some of the time
Well if you are, will you wear a big crown?
Or walk, walk, walk without a sound?
And you might know what my eyes are bound to see
I keep ‘em low, it’s part of my history
We’ll let it go, call it a mystery - a mystery
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8. |
Chinatown
03:57
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Chinatown
Chinatown – a town of ghosts – you never let me down
You only told me that we were lost without saying a word
Oh – we were lost
Tell the tale that brings me back to you
Tell the tale that brings me back
The one thing I wanted most – to see the moon rise on the west coast
With you and the ocean breeze
The dragon sleeps still beneath the streets of
Chinatown – a town of ghosts – you never let me down
You only told me that we were lost without saying a word
Oh – we were lost
Beneath street lights and paper lanterns
Far below – the dragon sleeps
en español
Chinatown
Chinatown, una ciudad de fantasmas, nunca me decepcionaste
Solo me dijiste que estábamos perdidos sin decir una palabra
Oh, estábamos perdidos
Cuenta la historia que me trae de vuelta a ti
Cuenta la historia que me trae de vuelta
Lo único que más quería: ver salir la luna en la costa oeste.
Contigo y la brisa del mar
El dragón duerme todavía bajo las calles de
Chinatown, una ciudad de fantasmas, nunca me decepcionaste
Solo me dijiste que estábamos perdidos sin decir una palabra
Oh, estábamos perdidos
Debajo de farolas y linternas de papel
Muy abajo, el dragón duerme
©Thea Ennen 2020 all rights reserved
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9. |
Chinatown Video
03:57
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Chinatown
Chinatown – a town of ghosts – you never let me down
You only told me that we were lost without saying a word
Oh – we were lost
Tell the tale that brings me back to you
Tell the tale that brings me back
The one thing I wanted most – to see the moon rise on the west coast
With you and the ocean breeze
The dragon sleeps still beneath the streets of
Chinatown – a town of ghosts – you never let me down
You only told me that we were lost without saying a word
Oh – we were lost
Beneath street lights and paper lanterns
Far below – the dragon sleeps
Music and Lyrics: Thea Ennen©2020
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The Bad With the Good
I try to take the bad with the good
I didn’t think it mattered - I didn’t think I would
Fall apart, that it could break my heart
Don’t measure me against all your experts in line
Trying to be the masters of your big design - it’s true
Don’t pretend it’s me and you
This time I can’t let it be- well I’m half blind
But I still see
I always thought I could take all my troubles
And wave a magic wand- and float ‘em on a bubble
To drift far away, far far away, far far away
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Call It a Mystery
Why we tell all kinds of stories as true -
they - they can be sorted from the few real accounts
I know a ledge you walk on
walk, walk, walk without a sound
And you might know what my eyes are bound to see
I keep ‘em low, it’s part of my history
We’ll let it go and call it a mystery – a mystery
Speculate, like you’re on the main line
Wavering – you could be right some of the time
Well if you are, will you wear a big crown?
Or walk, walk, walk without a sound
And you might know what my eyes are bound to see
I keep ‘em low, it’s part of my history
We’ll let it go and call it a mystery – a mystery
©Thea Ennen 2019
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Just As You Are
When you were eighteen you wore your high moccasins
and you drank hard and had an apartment
Your Mama and your Daddy
thought you must have grown up
You had a baby and married a soldier
Everyone said that you should’ve been older
After a year it was pretty much over
You drank your warm whisky, the nights just got colder
A traveling salesman sold you a bible
That you kept on your coffee table
When I saw you in Central City
You said you got rid of the devil
Then you took me to see Billy Graham
To the fairgrounds in St. Paul we went
Everybody was crying and praying
Gettin’ saved and singing ‘Just as I Am’
Just as I am - without one plea
To save a wretch like you and like me
Twenty years made you sad and lonely
Now your children have all gone their own way
Feel the pain locked up inside you
You can’t tell where the real you is hiding
You shut your bible and reach for the bottle
God loves a sinner as much as the noble
By the time you savor the changes
The sun’s shadow has all rearranged it
Just as you are - without one plea
To save a wretch like you and like me
©Thea Ennen 2020
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Thea Ennen Wisconsin
I sing and write to make a sense of my existence - my place in this world. Each song is a specific journey down a road.
They are my magic carpets to see again a memory or expectation. I use songs - melodies and words - to guide me, like a rudder through the waters of life. .
I think I sing in public to reassure this kind of journey- to never lose touch with what is instinctual.
-Thea Ennen
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