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Butterfly
03:59
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Woke up this morning, I was feeling lost
I've settled down, but at what cost?
I don't remember what it's like to feel alive
Walked out the front door, looked around
sun was shining, put my feet on the ground
then I saw her, one last little butterfly
She said "Oh what did you expect to find?
with a nervous stomach, that's a warning sign
for a broken heart and a worried mind"
I've given up trying
I feel you fluttering down in my bones
Wanna lay my head down and sleep like a stone
I'm begging you darling, just leave me alone
Been planting milkweed and goldenrod
for years on end, my hands are raw
you know I won't forget what we did last spring
but it breaks my little heart when you grab my guitar and sing
"Oh what did you expect to find?
with a nervous stomach, that's a warning sign
for a broken heart and a worried mind"
I've given up trying
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Hawk in the Nest
03:53
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Oh to be a hawk in the nest
Spend all day hunting
come home to your breast
I don't mind fighting
It's better than fear
We could really breathe up there
There's nothing left to gain
Still I'm drawn to you, like a moth to a flame who's a glutton for pain
When I just want a love
Who can call out my name
Oh to be a worm in the dirt
I'm tired of telling lies
to cover up this hurt
I wouldn't mind dying if I lived honestly
At home underground
Like a fish in the sea
You've got nothing else to say
Staying at your phone to distract
From the pain ,
those are words on a screen
I need your love to be here with me
Oh to be a clear mountain spring
Deep in the heart of every living thing
Oh let me be the teardrops
That roll down your face
Or the muscle and bone
That keep everything in place
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Preservation
04:10
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I don't know how to live in this city
had another bad day
I always feel lost , whenever you are gone
and lately that's been all the way
and I don't know how to tell you how I feel
maybe I'm scared you'll understand
then when you leave I'll be alone again
Where I don't know who to trust
dragging feet , kicking up dust
we all have our reservations
but when I look in your eyes, its clear as the morning sunrise
you are my preservation
you are my preservation
You want to know why I don't ask you how you feel?
It's not that I don't care
It's just that, baby I'm so scared to lose this love
that's deeper than the ocean
darling you have my devotion
it is beyond all chance of temptation
when i'm down in your arms
nobody will do us any harm
you are my preservation
you are my preservation
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Bluebird
03:07
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The treetops reach to the sky
shadows fall to the side
remember what it's like to feel alive?
The moon shines bright in the sky
reminds me of your beautiful eyes
I'm gonna love you for the rest of my life
Bluebird sits in his nest
cries out for what he has missed
but his love his gone and she's never coming home
lately he sits all alone, the other bluebirds have flown
but he's gonna keep waiting
I ain't gonna wait for you , we've already wasted so much time
with broken hearts and worrried minds
now it's time time we give up trying
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So Long
02:39
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the love of my life died yesterday
stubby little thumbs, would get mad when I called her Fay
She didn't want me, when she died I was far away
Diana, so long
I know you'll never hear this song
I hope you became everything you wanted to be
I hope that your soul, mind, and body are free
If you ever see me, in another life, another light
and it don't feel too wrong
Diana, can I sing you this song?
I'm begging you darling, to come come back from the dead
you could lay down like a ghost inside my head
I still love you like the fire of a burning sun
that shines everyday, on all the things I should've done
The love of my life died yesterday
stubby little thumbs, would get mad when I called her Fay
She didn't want me, when she died I was far away
Diana, so long
I know you'll never hear this song
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Avi Jacob Boston, Massachusetts
Avi Jacob is a folksinger from Boston MA, by way of Providence RI & Charleston SC.
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