taking it hard just like i knew you would
movin back home, ain't gonna do you no good
closin up shop, gonna to keep it all in
throw away your clothes, throw away your friends

the roads around here are not winding places
and i know you gotta see some familiar faces
i know you need to go, so i won't keep you from it
i just called to say

that i know you're hurtin and you can't fall asleep
but please believe me that you cannot keep
pushing me further from your four-walled sea
cause i need you and you need me

oh, there i go again telling you
if you come back i can help you through
i know it sounds selfish that i want you to stay here
but really i just want help you to find your way

the roads around here are not winding places
and i know you gotta see some familiar faces
i know you need to go, so i won't keep you from it
i just called to say

that i know you're hurtin and you can't fall asleep
but please believe me that you cannot keep
pushing me further from your four-walled sea
cause i need you and you need me

i know you need to go, so i won't keep you from it
i just called to say
i know you need to go, so i won't keep you from it
i just called to say
i know you need to go, so i won't keep you from it
i just called to say

Four-Walled Sea

(a work in progress)

well there you go
your shadow's old
but it's all i can find 
anymore

another day, another life 
maybe i would find you again
another song may bring you home
but i think that i've done 
all i can do

well its been a year
since i last thought about you
but it hasn't been a while 
since i've gotten over it all
and i can see myself through

All I Can Do

i'm never gonna to leave this mountain
i'm never gonna see nobody again

i'll give away all that i own
my clothes my cash the car my home 

cause i'm never going to leave this mountain
i'm never gonna see nobody again

i'm never gonna make you doubt
that i can make it all on my own

cause i'm never gonna to leave this mountain
i'm never gonna see nobody again

you're never gonna hear my voice
the dirt the trees the sea is my choice

i'm never going to leave this mountain
i'm never going to leave this mountain
i'm never going to leave this mountain
i'm never going to leave this mountain

I'm Never Going To Leave This Mountain

sometimes when i lose my mind
i want to go north where i can find
my head my heart my soul

where the trees they dance with me
and the mountains move so quietly
where the people feel so free
to breathe and shake their knees

the rocks the sea you with me
lets take the long way baby
the lake the trees the birds singing
let's get lost yeah you and me
lets take the long way baby

and one day we will both be old
and we can move on from all we hold 
our kids our jobs our home

where the trees they dance with me
and the mountains move so quietly
where the people feel so free
to breathe and shake their knees

the rocks the sea you with me
lets take the long way baby
the lake the trees and the birds singing
let's get lost yeah you and me
lets take the long way baby

Let's Take The Long Way

big 'ol sky
lyrics by ilyssa and dave kyu

chris kolb - vocals, guitar
ilyssa kyu - vocals, uke

the bus blows smoke i choke and swear i'm gonna leave
leaves and trees and grass and weeds is where i want to be
bums and bugs and plastic bags full of shit
it's summer in the city and we just have get through it

leaves and trees and grass and weeds we've got such bad allergies
what about walking places, there's such a thing as too many spaces
excessive cars, lame country bars and houses all the same
it's summer in the city and i'm sure glad we came

but i know if i leave this damn city i would cry
cry under a big old sky
cry under a big old sky

i'll be your city girl, if you're my city guy
we'll eat and read and kiss and breed under this old skyline
seals and bears and kangaroos we'll just see them at the zoo
and our DJ neighbors, we'll just have to get used to

i'll be your city guy, if you're my city girl
you're my favorite little lady in this whole wide world
i know thoreau he had a go, but darlin' i don't know
but if you say please, I'm weak in the knees 
and i don't know how to say no to you

cause i know if you leave this damn city you would cry
cry under a big old sky
cry under a big old sky
cry under a big old sky

Big 'Ol Sky (feat Chris Kolb)

how can you believe that it's all meant to be
when your world's crumbling beneath your feet
when the earth's trembling
and the sea is swallowing us all
how can you believe?

how can it be that it's all meant to be
when your world's falling apart
and all you have is a broken heart
people dying and fighting each other
using fables as cannon fodder
how can you believe?

how can you believe that it's all meant to be
with all that you've lost and had to toss
and you keep on getting older
and you don't know why you're here
or who you want to be

how can you believe
how can you believe
how can you believe

How Can You Believe

i thought that if i moved away, these feelings they might go away
i thought that if i left today, you wouldn't let me run away
now i'm deep down in this country town
i'll find my way though i need you now
the seasons change and make me blue
make me think how i love you

cause i packed my bags thought i left it all, in the summer city baby-doll
but i can't get you off of my mind, in that summer city yellow light
and i know we'll drift on these winter winds
and i know it's you that i'll always miss
i'll sail away and never see you no more
though it's you that i adore

and i keep on telling myself to stay
can't keep up with this running away
keep on thinking how i left you dear
and how i really really need you here
now i'm deep down in this country town
i'll find my way though i need you now
the seasons change and make me blue
make me think how i love you

and i'm deep down in this country town
i'll find my way though i need you now
the seasons change and make me blue
make me think how i love you

Country Town

with all the bones in my body
all the cells and wrinkles in my brain cavity
i do it all for you

all the nights and days that i wait for you to call
i am learning, i am learning

that to pick you up means to pull me down
and i do, and i do, and i do it all the same
and i do, and i do, and i take it all from you

in all the roads i've traveled
when you're down, when you're lost, i don't care
i do it all for you

all the nights and days that i wait for you to call
i am learning, i am learning

that to pick you up means to pull me down
and i do, and i do, and i do it all the same
and i do, and i do, and i take it all from you

Pick You Up

do you want to come with me
all the way to new orleans
we’ll eat and drink ourselves to sleep
all the way to new orleans

do you want to hold my hand
all the way in our car
we’ll fall in love like we did back then
when i was your girl and you my man

do you want to stay with me
i go a’ramblin but i stay true
i'll tack across these waters, dear
all to get right back to you

do you want to come with me
all the way to new orleans
we’ll eat and drink ourselves to sleep
all the way to new orleans

do you want to come with me
all the way to new orleans
we’ll eat and drink ourselves to sleep
all the way down to new orleans

New Orleans

guitar: natasha smith 
uke and vocals: ilyssa kyu
guitar: chris kolb

Ilyssa Kyu

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