Commissioned birthday song dedicated to Bill Avery

Count On You

Souvenir

This song was a special commission to celebrate the 10 year wedding anniversary of Emilie & Bryant! 
For commissions and other inquiries, feel free to contact me at emilyandersonak@gmail.com

I Choose You

This song is a commission to celebrate the wedding of Sara & Corey! Their love story is so beautiful and I was honored to be asked to translate their love into song. 
For commissions and other inquiries, feel free to reach out at emilyandersonak@gmail.com

Love You More

Written & Performed by Emily Anderson
Producers- Mike Adams and Jordan King
Recording Engineers-  Kim Auch & Sarah Tudzin 
Mixing Engineer- Jordan King
Mastering Engineer- Zach Weeks

Instrumentalists
Guitar- Tommy Leland
Bass- Gavin O'Broin
Drums- Zach Wheeler
Violin- Lars Thorson
Background Vocals- Mike Adams & Emily Anderson
Piano- Emily Anderson

Recorded at Sunset Sound & Big Punch Studio

Copyright 2017. All violators will be towed.

Simple Things

Hold Me

Lyrics:
Just a little bit broken
Like I've been cracked wide open
How will I ever, will I ever put myself back together again?

Just a little bit shattered
Like when you lose someone that matters
And so you try and you try and you try to try again

What do I do with the spaces between what used to be me?

Fill them with gold
Fill them with gold
You take what you've got
Hold what you've lost
You won't pretend it never happened
And when the cracks between the pieces just won't hold
Fill them with gold

Just a little bit worn down
From this dark and lonesome feeling
I keep thinking it's a dream and then it's not

I won't lose hope now
Cause with every breath I'm breathing
It's another breath closer to seeing the sun

What do I do with the spaces between what used to be me?

Fill them with gold
Fill them with gold
You take what you've got
Hold what you've lost
You won't pretend it never happened
And when the cracks between the pieces just won't hold
Fill them with gold

Gold

This was a special special song commissioned by Lateshia Tsosie for her incredible, strong mother.

For commission inquiries, please contact me at emilyandersonak@gmail.com 

Mixed & Recorded by Jordan King

Lyrics:
8 years old just you and me
Doing everything you can to make ends meet
I didn’t know what I couldn’t see
There were nights I’d hear you crying in your sleep

And I know that you’re not perfect
But you are so deserving of love

I’m forever grateful for the things I never knew
You had to give up

Mama, you’re so strong
I’ve seen what you’ve been through
You know how to hold on
Even when you don’t want to

Mama, you’re so brave
I see it on your face
The scars that you’re wearing
Tell the story of the woman who raised me
Mama, you amaze me

You made me stronger, you made me wiser
But most of all you make me proud of who I am
We came so far from where we started
And through it all, you were always there
You always will be

I know that I’m not perfect but 
You show me that I’m worthy of love
And I’m forever grateful that you show me what it means
To never give up

Mama, you’re so strong
I’ve seen what you’ve been through
You know how to hold on
Even when you don’t want to

Mama, you’re so brave
I see it on your face
The scars that you’re wearing
Tell the story of the woman who raised me
I’m so grateful for the woman who raised me
Mama, you amaze me

Mama

Papa - written by Arnold Anderson (Emily's grandfather)
Dedicated to Ole Anderson (great-grandfather)
Additional lyrics and melody by Emily Anderson

Lyrics:

This song I sing of Papa as I reminisce the days
Twas after dinner he’d take time to strum and sing a praise
For sunny days and apple blossoms, beauty all around
On a little ranchette overlooking gorgeous Puget Sound

Oh, Papa won’t you sing that song
The one that everybody knows?
Oh, Papa won’t you sing that song
Can you please remind us how it goes?

I didn’t have a lot of toys, we didn’t have a car
We had no electricity but one thing better far
We had a happy Papa, he looked not on life as glum
A waking hour seldom passed but what he’d sing and hum

Oh, Papa won't you sing that song
Sing it loud and sing it clear
Oh, Papa won’t you sing that song
Gather round so everyone can hear 

For years he led the singing at a union Sunday School
He welcomed families of all faiths, to welcome was his rule
Yet he’d of never been my Pa as I remember life
But for Anna Serene, in mem’ry keen his faithful wife

Oh, Papa won’t you sing that song
The one that everybody loves
Oh, Papa won’t you sing that song
We still hear you singing now from above
We still hear you singing now from above

Papa

Papa - Tribute to Arnold & Ole Anderson

Written by Emily Anderson
Engineered by Sarah Tudzin
Produced by Emily Anderson & Mike Adams

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