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Worth Wild

by Leigh Jones

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1.
Old Guitar 02:07
Would I were your old guitar Safely resting in your arms Slide your fingers up and down Softly singing to the sound Would I were your baby grand Tickle me with those precious hands Staid and steady, here I am Just open me and be my man I can’t help losing sleep I can't stop this daydream I can't fight the feeling that I should be the one But I'm just your second string calmly waiting in the wings Wishing that you only knew How much I could mean to you
2.
Time Zone 03:26
So many nights you’ve called when I’m asleep You’re wide awake and I’m buried in sheets You know the sight of your name excites my sleepy head But it’s four in the morning so I go right back to bed But we should probably talk on the phone While we are in the same time We should probably talk on the phone While we are in the same time zone Waited so long just to have you here The most anticipated event all year You came and wiped away all thoughts of any other boys Now among other things you know I’m missin’ that voice So we should probably talk on the phone While we are in the same time We should probably talk on the phone While we are in the same time zone Yo PST (that’s Pacific Standard Time) How I appreciate you letting him come Hang with me I think you’d agree That this romance would kick old Romeo’s ass While still maintaining utmost dignity and class For even as one you know we have two different hearts Still together we’re greater than the sum of our parts So whatcha say about Probably talkin’ on the phone While we are in the same time We should probably talk on the phone While we are in the same time We should probably talk on the phone While we are in the same time We should probably talk on the phone While we are in the same time zone
3.
Every Fall 03:10
Every fall I seem to fall back in love with you And this fall is no exception to that rule But the difference is now you’re gone Our song has been written and sung Still every fall I seem to fall right back in love with you The feeling used to bring me joy now it just brings me gloom The autumn breeze rolls in as if playing a joke I breath you in and my wealthy heart becomes broke And I couldn’t tell you why the intertwined limbs grew cracked and dry They fall on the ground as fall rolls around and I am reminded How hard to slip between the bars that kept us guarded from the other side Dreadlocked and trapped free untangle the weeds that devour This room, this house, this block, this town, possessed by your ghost Your spirit is a parasite and I the willing host From a distance you cast your spell I suddenly return to the fall we first fell
4.
I know you know I been thinkin’ about you You know I know you been thinkin’ about me And I know that line’s been written a hundred thousand times Or maybe even a million – but I don’t care Been dreamin’ of you in my arms While this side of the country’s been losin’ all its charms And you know I love this city so but how I got the urge to go And find you where you are Oh I think I’ll leave New York just for a spell I’ve done it before but not quite the same It’s seeping in fast revealing its name Keeping us alive and keeping us awake Yours is a drug I’d gladly take I know you know I been thinkin’ about you You know I know you been thinkin’ about me And I know that line’s been written a hundred thousand times Or maybe even a million – but I don’t care That face I’ve been tryin’ not to miss Keeps pushin’ its way in with a force I can’t resist Now I hear it won’t be long before the winds blow you back to the eastern shore Well lucky lucky me Oh suddenly New York’s ten times as swell I glance outside into the night And I am struck by the light That was the blanket of our fun Make way for our day in the sun I know you know I been thinkin’ about you You know I know you been thinkin’ about me And I know that line’s been written a hundred thousand times Or maybe even a million – but I don’t Care, you see I will happily Teach you to triumphantly Break the rules but that is not all Baby we’ll break the law I know you know I been thinkin’ about you You know I know you been thinkin’ about me And I know that line’s been written a hundred thousand times Or maybe even a million – but I don’t care I’ll just keep strollin’ along And every so often I'll listen to your songs And your blue-gray eyes come back to me with all the lovely memories We made in those wee hours Oh I hope that New York treated you well
5.
Half Mast 02:25
Sitting in one place for so long Can turn a warm heart into stone And that is what came to pass Lower our flag to half mast Mourning the loss of mornings we’d spend Doing nothing to speak of but being best friends If I hadn’t made that mistake Would everything still be in place And it’s hard to bear it After years I still wear it And this ain’t no pity show I just want you to know The blame’s on us both so let's share it Throw out the nicknames they’ve run their course Learn how to seek comfort in some other source Retire the songs we called ours Relinquish our magical powers
6.
My Holiday 04:00
The way we said we’d make it out We gotta go and see what all the fuss is about But then we found the perfect costumes So we stayed home in birthday suits The way a birthday can be fun You go out to a bar get drinks from everyone But somethin’ like magic’s floating in the air Because you know he standing there You are my holiday You turn this work into play I’ve come two thousand miles to say How much I love The way this season wears you down The weather takes a plunge along with your bank account But look at us finding ways to generate heat And every gift just makes us more free The way that baby Jesus came Out of a virgin must have been quite the pain Why celebrate something so removed and unclear When we’ve got our own miracle right here You are my holiday You turn this work into play I’ve come two thousand miles to say How much I love The way you’re like a child in all the very best places But how you’re like a man where it counts Your spirit and mine stretch across the sky While we are patience exemplified The way the new year is yet to come But my resolutions have already begun With each passing day I am born anew As I keep discovering you So I’m gonna keep on discovering you My holiday You turn this work into play I’ve come two thousand miles to say How much I love This holiday You turn this work into play I’ve come two thousand miles to say How much I love How much I love How much I love How much I love How much I love Halloween, Christmas Eve Auld Lang Syne, Valentine Halloween, Christmas Eve Auld Lang Syne, Valentine
7.
How is California? I hear that’s where you are Do you have a new girl Do you have a car These questions they accumulate in my head And they’ve nowhere to go but over and oh, how quick you fled The day is getting further now That last I saw your eyes Remember when you said to me It comes as no surprise And when faced with nature’s choice the one you took Was to fly away with barely even a look You pulled the plug and drained the tub Left emptiness as your wake Our tapestry ripped at the seams No love left to make I left you still in stitches And little did I know That in hardly any time at all I would need my own So that night filled with the hope of something new Mixed with a strange attempt to get closer to you You cut the cord and claimed the reward For finding the best way to hurt me Our patchwork quilt so lovingly built Now ragged and dirty And there’s no telling Where we’re heading We may very well have seen the last Still I hope that one of these days you’ll prove me wrong Those tears of joy you thought a myth Until at last you shed They may seem buried underground But they needn’t be dead ‘Cause I did you wrong but you know I did you so right as well Can we unearth the long past fall when we first fell You pulled the plug and drained the tub Left emptiness as your wake Our tapestry ripped at the seams No love left to make
8.
So I’ve saved enough to get outta town Away from all the city’s deafening sounds Out onto the open road where I will shed this heavy load Come the break of dawn I’ll hit the ground Westward bound A thousand miles to grandma’s house I go A solitary journey this I know I’m hopin’ that this open space will somehow help me to erase The storm that you dragged in those months ago A near fatal blow Brooklyn to Milwaukee thinkin’ ‘bout your wrong doin’ Did I take the right course by stayin’ with ya No denyin’ this thing’s the best that either one of us has goin’ So I say we may as well try Oh----------- You tell me that our love’s meant to last This was a test and it looks like we passed Or is it that we’re just in love with another form of us Accidently buried with the past And too afraid to ask Brooklyn to Milwaukee thinkin’ ‘bout your wrongdoin’ Did I take the right course by stayin’ with ya I’ve wasted all that’s in me to keep my pride and still forgive ya How do you tell if you’ve done the best you can Darkness rides at my heels But there’s light ahead Fallen angel hear me yell Take me to your bed Oh------ Up until you turned this right all wrong I’d never been to happy for so long So I’ll put on my toughest mask and finish this Olympic task On your behalf while echoes of your song Cheer me on Brooklyn to Milwaukee thinkin’ ‘bout your wrongdoin’ Did I take the right course by stayin’ with ya No denyin’ this thing’s the best that either one of us has goin’ So I say we may as well try
9.
This city has the power To lift you up and knock you down within an hour And when you’re looking for a thrill You’ll find one though it never will Be just what you expected One happenstance encounter and your life is redirected My answer would be yes If only you would ask it This thing has got me puttin’ all my eggs into one basket My answer would be yes So come on now just ask it We’ll fly away up high inside a hot air balloon basket Our chemical equation Yields a form of pure elation The scientists they all agree That when it comes to you and me No need for fuel or fire The spark that exists between us will not soon expire My answer would be yes If only you would ask it This thing has got me puttin’ all my eggs into one basket My answer would be yes So go ahead and ask it We’ll fly away up high inside a hot air balloon basket Obviously my preference would be Multicolored panels but The grayest gray would be okay as long as you’re with me It could be said that my head’s Been in the clouds for a while now I think it’s time to take my body with it for the ride We haven’t spent much time together Still I think we’d conquer any weather Now I don’t mean to freak you out This song is not at all about What others might imply It’s simply about you and I taking to the sky My answer would be yes If only you would ask it This thing has got me puttin’ all my eggs into one basket My answer would be yes So come on now just ask it We’ll fly away up high inside a hot air balloon basket
10.
Sing me to sleep This day’s been such a chore We wore each other out Then we wore each other more We lit the fire of our quiet revolution This earth has granted us total absolution So sing me to sleep This day has been so long Just lay here next to me And you can do no wrong The flame may soften but its strength is ever-growing And when we wake assured the embers will be glowing So sing me to sleep This day has gone to bed But my dreams will not see me Until you’ve filled my head With waves so gentle their vibrations carry me ‘til morning That sweet breath settles in and slumber enters without warning You can drop your anchor for the night, this water’s safe and sound Just give me a lullaby in which to dreamily swim around I feel the most at home when The night slowly sneaks in And on my eyelids sleep begins to play Be it original or cover I never want another Cradling my soul as I drift away So sing me to sleep This day’s not over yet And for our unknowing followers Give them one they won’t forget Teach them all the words of this new hymn that we have written The trick is finding someone else’s heart for them to fit in But we’ll continue our crusade until the sun ceases to rise ‘Til every tear on earth is simply joy caught in the eyes Sing me to sleep Sing me to sleep Sing me....
11.
Je joue cette chanson pour seulement vous Lui qui m’a fait sourire dans la douleur Je la chanterais pour d’autres de temps en temps Mais je s’exercer pour quand je vous vois de nouveau Je ne peux pas me souvenir de chaque mot Du cadeau vous m’avez donner cette nuit Mais je me souviens de la douceur totale De votre visage quand vous avez chanter I play this song for only you

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released October 30, 2012

Produced by John Craigie, Larry Heinemann, and Leigh Jones
Recorded, Engineered, and Mixed by Larry Heinemann at El Kabong Studios, Jersey City, NJ
Drums recorded by Ian Pai and Le Chev at Pai Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Trent Boeschen

Mike Brun - electric bass, trumpet, percussion, vocals
John Craigie - acoustic & electric guitar, harmonica
Larry Heinemann - upright bass, mandolin, percussion
Adam Moss - violin
David Moss - cello
Matt Chiasson - flute
Alex Russek - drums
Jacob Snider - piano
Drew Citron - vocals
Miriam Miller - French horn
Leigh Jones - ukulele, piano, glockenspiel, percussion, vocals

String, horn, and flute arrangements by Mike Brun appear on tracks 3, 6, 9, & 10
Cover art by Jazz Rode, based on photos by Marina Massaro

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Leigh Jones Portland, Oregon

Lilting, longing honeysuckle folk. 66% North Carolinian, 33% New Yorker, 1% Oregonian.

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