This is a new one called "Daniel." It's so special to me. I hope you all like it. Special thanks to Mitchell for engineering, Elise for singing like a bird, Natalie for playing cello, and Joey for being awesome. Much love.

Daniel

RECORDED BY: Don Bates

DRUMS: Brad Covington

BASS: Thomas Altman

BGV’S: Hollie Hammel

Paper Cranes

Like an old dog barking at a fence
Or an old watch priced at 90 cents
Or my leather-bound Bible
When heaven and hell stopped making sense

You're putting me away

In an old box filled up to the brim
With your old socks you keep because your pockets might get thin
Or the china cup you broke 
But you keep it around 'cause it was a gift

You're putting me away

Out of sight and out of mind and out of earshot,
you can find me there
Gathering dust and taking space

You're putting me away

Putting Me Away

This one's for a girl named Norma Jean
She was a beauty queen
Had the world upon a string

They named her Marilyn Monroe and they 
gave her a role to play, said
"Show your legs and paint your face."

And all the papers said,
the papers said

Smile for the camera
Baby, you're a star
Smile for the camera
You are gonna go so far

Oh, she lost touch with a girl called Norma Jean
She was just trying to be the
one who had everything

Oh, and everywhere she went became a stage
Men with their hungry gaze
That was just the price to pay

And all the papers said,
the papers said

Smile for the camera
Baby, you're a star
Smile for the camera
You are gonna go so far

And on the day she died
They said she lost her mind 
They found her wearing nothing but Chanel No. 5
But if you asked her what the reason was, she'd tell you that it was because
She was only playin
She was only playin
She was only playin her part

And all the papers said,
the papers said

Smile for the camera
Baby, you're a star
Smile for the camera
You are gonna go so far

So this one's for a girl called Norma Jean
She was a radiant beam
Stuck inside a TV screen

Oh, you know, to pick a flower is to choose her dying day
They put her in a vase
Then they watched her wilt away

Norma Jean

As a woman, I have bloodstains on my clothes
from the times I couldn't buy myself a way to stop my bleeding
As a woman, I know each freckle on my toes
from the times I kept my eyes down hoping nobody could see me

And a man in the bar whispers in my ear, he says
"I've been talking to God again"
And I tell him I smell it on his breath, and he just laughs and says
"Let me take you home tonight."

I'll keep telling my stories and keep begging someone to listen
I'll keep telling my stories, they'll keep calling it women's fiction

As a woman I know every detour home
from the crossroads to the landmarks to the nearest telephone
As a woman I have blood between my teeth
from the times I bit my tongue so I didn't yell or scream

And the man on the step smokes a cigarette, and says
"Where you going in that dress?" 
And I tell him, to hell with him
He just laughs, he just says, my dear
"Let me take you home tonight."

I'll keep telling my stories and keep begging someone to listen
I'll keep telling my stories, they'll keep calling it women's fiction

I could write a symphony and make them weep
But they're not going to see me, they're not going to hear me so

I'll keep telling my stories and keep begging someone to listen
I'll keep telling my stories, they'll keep calling it women's fiction

Women's Fiction

True love will find you in the end
You'll find out just who was your friend 
Don't be sad, I know you will
Don't give up until
True love will find you in the end

This is a promise with a catch
Only if you're looking can it find you
cause true love is searching too
but how can it recognize you if you don't step out into the light the light
Don't be sad, I know it will
Don't give up until 
True love will find you in the end

Kaycie Satterfield

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