Your tiny head rested softly upon my chest
And wrapped round my thumb was your newborn hand tight in a fist
A child with a child but you made me feel so grown up
'Cause I never had anybody who needed my love

Now you're getting older and wiser, learning who to be
And you've seen some things that the other kids, they haven't seen
But keep making brown Summer grass, bunk bed dream memories
And you'll make it through to the other side of these scenes

And now even though I always find myself far from you
I see you and hear you in everything that I do
In rain soaked and spray painted alleyways on my walks home
And even deep down in between all the notes of this song

And as I get older and wiser and learn who to be
I seem to know fewer and fewer things that never change
But this I know down in my bones will always be the truth
We'll have each other to soften the blows of our youth

Song For Damian

Come by my house today 
And bring the penny sheets you buy along the way
And I will sit and play 
Every single song I know you love to sing

And I have been told that this is how love grows
Oh I have been told that this is how love grows

Let's keep our heads above the water
And listen closely to our fathers
Because everything we're living
Was already lived by them
Let's live it again

Come quick look what I found 
After hours spent digging round and round
Searching for you in song
Row after row in our favorite record shop

And I have been told that this is how love grows
Oh I have been told that this is how love grows

Let's keep our heads above the water
And listen closely to our fathers
Because everything we're living
Was already lived by them
Let's live it again

Now I will find a song
For every thought of you that comes along
Send it your way without stop or pause
You'll always know just what I'm thinking of

And I have been told that this is how love grows
Oh I have been told that this is how love grows

Let's keep our heads above the water
And listen closely to our fathers
Because everything we're living
Was already lived by them
Let's live it again

Penny Sheets

This is no place I would want to stay, no
I've been lost here for a couple days now
Ain't the first time I've been down this way, though
It's not the last time's what they're bound to say, I know 'cause I know them well

And they're bringing me down
Oh they're bringing me down low
And they're bringing me down
Oh they're bringing me down low

This is no place I would want to stay, no
But I just can't keep these thoughts at bay alone
You know I've tried a million different ways, so
I'll let go and listen what you say, oh Lord please say it well

'Cause they're bringing me down
Oh they're bringing down low
And they're bringing me down
Oh they're bringing me down low
And they're bringing me down
Oh they're bringing me down low
And they're bringing me down
Oh they're bringing me down low

This is no place I would want to stay
This is no place I would want to stay
This is no place I would want to stay
This is no place I intend to stay

No Place I Would Want To Stay

I lost my faith
Deep in the flaws of my human ways
You say that I'm filled with grace
But it's only wine inside my veins

I lost my way
Deep in the hold of sex and love
Oh what I'd give to stay
But pressure to grow is building up

And I'd go to waste
Living this way
I'm bound to change
There's too much at stake 

I lost my truth
Can't understand why you'd need me
When I'm just as scared as you
Searching for life with meaning

And I'd go to waste
Living this way
I'm bound to change
There's too much to say

Fuck everything and run
I fear I'm the prodigal son
Fuck everything and run
I did, now I'm back to square one

Take these lost years and make them mean something
Take these lost years and make them mean something
Take these lost years and make them mean something
Take these lost years and make them mean something

Lost Years

Win puts her wool sweater on 
Old and eaten by the flitting, flying moths of time
Her cane waits patiently by the door
Propped and ready like a sword made out of pine
She opens it wide not surprised
Another grey gone darker London day
But something inside spreads like fire
Says somehow this one won't be the same

Oh Win
They're going to name that bench for you
They're going to make it clean and blue
Oh Win 
And ten years after you're gone 
I'll sit right there and write this song
About you, Win
They're going to name that bench for you
They're going to make it clean and blue
Oh Win
And ten years after you're gone 
I'll sit right there and write this song
About you

Win makes her way steady paced 
To her perch upon her favorite weather worn park bench
Where she can see perfectly 
Running, falling, yelling, crying, smiling, laughing kids
Her hands old, achy and tired
Grip her cane with a sudden force of youthful life
As she takes everything in for a last single, solitary time

Oh Win
They're going to name that bench for you
They're going to make it clean and blue
Oh Win 
And ten years after you're gone 
I'll sit right there and write this song
About you, Win
They're going to name that bench for you
They're going to make it clean and blue
Oh Win
And ten years after you're gone 
I'll sit right there and write this song
About you
Win
They're going to name that bench for you
They're going to make it clean and blue
Oh Win 
And ten years after you're gone 
I'll sit right there and write this song
About you

Win, Win, Win, Win

Win puts her wool sweater on
Old and eaten by the flitting, flying moths of time

In Fond Memory Of Win Roberts

Every day at 6 o'clock she wakes up in a red wine fog
And finds her flash flood thoughts returning again
So she puts her makeup on and her work clothes with the stockings run
And slams like hail into another cold day

She's a natural disaster with her lies and her red skirt
She's a natural disaster she's bound to blow you away
She's a natural disaster count the times you've been burned down
She's a natural disaster but you rebuild just the same

Sees her face in a train window, dark circled eyes and skin sallow
Pint glasses, shot glasses, another night's rain
Living in between twilight her life's debris all trails behind
Like clouds that touch down then go up again

She's a natural disaster with her lies and her red  skirt
She's a natural disaster she's bound to blow you away
She's a natural disaster count the times you've been burned down
She's a natural disaster but you rebuild anyway

Ahhhhhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhhhhh

She's a natural disaster with her lies and her red skirt
She's a natural disaster she's bound to blow you away
She's a natural disaster count the times you've been burned down
She's a natural disaster but you rebuild just the same

Natural Disaster

Some things just don't seem to have any kind of clear, clean-cut explanation
They're just out there bouncing around in space ignoring all our plans and expectations 
And maybe words like fate, destiny, and meant to be are all man-made placations 
But I love you, I don't regret you, and that is all I know

When you love someone know when to let them know
But more importantly know when to let them go
When you love someone know how to tell them so
But most importantly know how to leave

Maybe I'm just pouring oil on the troubled waters of our broken heartstrings
Smoothing out our ruffled feathers, keeping all the sleeping dogs from waking up and barking
But last night these words came fully formed before the storm, inside of my dreams
I'll say them again, so please listen, I mean everything

When you love someone know when to let them know
But more importantly know when to let them go
When you love someone know how to tell them so
But most importantly know how to leave
Most importantly know how to leave
Most importantly know how to leave

When You Love Someone

Seems I'm always feeling this nostalgia 
For another memory's place and time
And today it's slanted attic windows
On warm Parisian nights

Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh

But you brought me back here to the present 
To a tattered couch on dirty floors
And you tell me I'm better than all this
Now what'd you say that for?

Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh

Fear came like the fog
Built a cloudy wall
'Til I couldn't see
Right in front of me
In front of me

Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh

With the way that you can see right through me
I don't know quite why you'd be surprised 
'Cause you know that I am sad and lonely
It's been there in my eyes

Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh

Fear came like the fog
Built a cloudy wall
'Til I couldn't see
Right in front of me
In front of me

Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh...





Like The Fog

4,000 miles it ain't nothing but sky, baby
It won't feel the way it sounds
I'll lay down my heart as I fly shore to shore
And I'll build a bridge right to my door
Until you're here with me

I, I won't want nobody else
I, I won't want nobody 'til 
'Til you're here with me

400 days they will pass in a haze, darling
Of sweet melodies and rain
We'll measure time without tickings or chimes 
But with all the songs our love will bring
Until you're here with me

I, I won't want nobody else
I, I won't want nobody 'til 
'Til you're here with me
With me
With me
With me

With Me

Come by we'll hop inside your car
Drive so far we don't know where we are
Pretend it's easy
Until it's easy

I'm going away 
'Cause all good things fall down
You'll ask me to stay
I'll leave without a sound

Come in kick your shoes to the floor 
Lie down let me love you once more
I'll make it easy
Until it's easy

I'm going away 
'Cause all good things fall down
You'll ask me to stay
I'll leave without a sound

And all of the things we have
You know they'd never last
Oh no they'd never last
And all of the things we want
Would never be enough
Could never be enough
And all of the things we have
You know they'd never last
Oh no they'd never last
And all of the things we want
Would never be enough
Could never be enough
Enough

I'm going
Moving away from you
I'm going 
Moving away from you
I'm going
Moving away from you
I'm going 
Moving away from you

Easy (Co-Write with Billy Bell Ottewill)

Today I walked around the corner
Of the place where we first lived
When we moved our things together
Near the park on Avenue A

Where you said that love was perfect
And hung pictures on the walls
And we stayed in to save money
And I didn't talk at all

I've been growing colder 
To your second hand half-hearted touch
It's been like moving a boulder 
But I guess I'm finally giving up

Then we moved across the country 
Because we can't seem to sit still
But as I lay down in New York tonight
I'm glad that you're on a San Francisco hill

I've been growing colder 
To your second hand half-hearted touch
It's been like moving a boulder 
But I guess I'm finally giving up

And I reached the point of no return today
When morning sun fell soft across my face
And I found that you were nowhere to embrace and...
I was happy

I've been growing colder 
To your second hand half-hearted touch
It's been like moving a boulder 
But I guess I'm finally giving up

And I needed you in Summer
And I needed you in Fall
And I needed you this time last year
But now I don't need you at all

Point Of No Return

Hello everyone,

If I've asked you to visit this Soundcloud account it's because I value your opinion and hope that you might be able to find some time to listen to these songs and tell me which 5 or 6 you like best.  
I'm currently in my hometown of Austin, TX, where I'm hoping to record an EP over the next few months before returning to London.  I've written a lot of songs since I recorded my first album 'City Songs' in 2012, and am finding it difficult to know which 5 or 6 I should properly record.  
If you do have time to listen to all of the songs posted here and to send me your feedback, please e-mail me at annacarow@gmail.com (or send me a message here or on Facebook, anything works).  
If you don't have any time don't worry about it.  I'll still value your opinion and will most likely ask you to do the same thing the next time around :-).  Thanks for listening and hope to hear from you soon.

xx-Anna

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