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Secret Heights

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1.
In the morning we'll remember well Ice that's melted and frosty petals fell we stand on frozen water robin's breast in rust we looked at pictures of the city holding us If I could only decide that you are what I want Or just what I don't got Springtime fever, roll those windows down All those flowers that keep us on the ground All those towers faded into black Every season's always coming back
2.
Concord, MI 04:20
I'm going to run to Concord, Michigan where the fire hydrants are all painted red where it's good to be alive, and it's good to be dead Jackson County, take these dying bones it's just an hour to the border if you try just hold me for a decade so I can die To all the states of all the northern stars where the sun never rises up very high I said that I would be there but I think I lied All those daisies and dandelions out in the ragweed purifying the air blowin' that cradle grave hair it was as beautiful when you were born as it was beautiful there Pride of your town and of your high school you put more stock in living than being cool with your hands inside your pockets like you've got them fooled When you are older you should drive away to the college town down on the interstate read about things that your heart can't take come back and visit me from time to time when you cross into the jackson county line and think about leaving your home behind
3.
I ran my hands through the dirt of this old land I will work and care, though this land's fair, there's no growing there So take this old farm, farmhouse and barn, and let it go I tell everyone I still feel young, but I doubt myself I like to imagine you in your dress by the woods watching clouds fly over where our house once stood I'm like ice on stone, no water holds in my young heart I'm like ice on stone, no water holds in my young heart
4.
I'm in love with your wife I've loved her half my life and when she grabs my hand I can't think of nothing else I'm in love with your house, your pretty daughter, and your record shelf I can see myself taking a nap right here On early spring mornings I'm filled with little longings 'cause it's not quite hot and it's not quite cold and I worry too much I'm gonna die alone I'm gonna rust with my generation I'm in love with your wife She's kinda short but that's alright I'd like to think I have the sight lines to win her over Though my reasons are cold and actions acted would be far too bold There's better courage in shutting up and shoving away My memory tells me I've been here before when you want to start fires just 'cause you're too bored and you want to break hearts and you wonder what for I'm gonna rust with my generation I'm gonna die from little lacerations inflicted over time
5.
Obadiah 04:09
Listen to the radio coming in It's only 200 miles to Michigan But Detroit sounds like static and this transistor's had it So the muscle cars and the NPR are just going to have to wait You've got a pretty nice voice, my dear and a southern twang you've adopted here And since the radio's all but broken, There's nothing left unspoken We've got a quarter tank and a little bank, so let's go out tonight All the legion halls in these small towns are falling over All the heavy hearts won't hurt real bad for very long You're still pretty and I've still got the chance to win you over Obadiah, we can make it still Two years later and we're having doubts These songs aren't enough to light these sparks And the radio's full of music, but the record we can't choose it So the howlin' wind and the motor's din will do us for a while All the legion halls in these small towns are falling over All the heavy hearts won't hurt real bad for very long You're still pretty and I've still got the chance to win you over Obadiah, we can make it still You can leave me if you'd like You say I'm pushing you away without a fight Now that we are two years older We're just a pair of frozen shoulders I'll keep the motor on I'll park it on the lawn Oh, shine a light out there Don't think that I don't care You can follow me through familiar trees to where it all got started
6.
Why can't you be the one to make me smile to miss me so damn much when I'm gone away Why can't you be the one to kiss me good bye and be there to greet me when I get off the plane Can't you see all the doors that I've opened to get you in here with me I have pictured us walking, hand in hand Not that we'd have to show off with public affection I wrote your name in the sand and washed it away But the water don't hide my shameful reflection Can't you see all the doors that I've opened to get you in here with me Can't you see all the windows I've closed to keep you in here with me Why can't you be the one to whisper low, so many sweet nothings, I can't even count You know I'd give away all my things if it meant I could count on your love.
7.
Cessna 04:22
I've got this hungry heart it wants what I can't start But the boss says that you've got one too your blood is turning blue I've got these hurting eyes and they want to close for all of time I've seen that yellow line and the deer jump yellow signs You've got those hurting eyes that once saw the inside of clouds in the sky with your hands on the rudder of a 152 now your blood is turning blue You've got that hungry heart But you're not prepared to go too far You miss the sky where the sun shone so cold It was the only place you ever felt whole Could it ever be, could it be it wasn't always two? All the things I said, every bed I never shared with you All in all it's just sky above road Places to drive and fly out on your own It's all secondary when you lose the fight Try, try as you might.

about

Secret Heights is Cam Malcolm and Terra Lightfoot

We recorded this album on May 7th, 2011 at Hamlin Cottage within the boundaries of Camp Wanakita (Cam's old summer camp). We engineered the album ourselves using Cam's reel to reel.

On the record, we both play guitar and sing, and Terra plays a little piano. Handsome Cam plays all the guitar solos.

We mixed the album ourselves a short time after our trip up north and then had Mike Kuehn master it for us.

We had a release party for the album this past Sunday, August 14th, and we hope you like it.

xo,
Secret Heights

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released August 14, 2011

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