Song written and performed by Ross Edwards

FOREST

Hey guys! This is a solo song I recorded in Brooklyn. It's a fictional tragedy, I hope you enjoy, and come out to the show at Piano's next wednesday!
My band Noble Laureate is playing at 10 pm:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Noble-Laureate/29261998408230
And so is the Bright Silence, and Ego Puppets, and Ivan Sandomire!
You'll love it. We promise.

Enchanted Night

A song called Sailor. Come to the Noble Laureate show on Jan. 11 at Pianos!
We play at 11. It's $8.
It's gonna be incredible.

I'll be a sailor, or maybe in a submarine.
You can't drink sea water, I think you know what I mean.
I'll sink to the bottom, it's pitch dark to boot.
I know the pressure's too high, well I'll have 'em build me a suit.

Please don't call me 
Cuz I got this problem
On my hands tonight.
See, you can't live in the ocean and live on the land.

You know I love you, it never ends.
And you could fill an ocean, with the letters I'll send.
But whatever's out there, don't nobody know.
I got no choice now, but to go go go.

So I'll be a sailor or in a submarine
I just miss the water, I think you know what I mean.

Please don't call me
Cuz I got this problem
On my hands tonight.
Well, you can't buy in the ocean what you made on the land.
No, you can't spend in the ocean and make money on the land.
No, you can't live in the ocean and live on the land.

You gotta choose.

Sailor

Charlie

Recorded this at the beach in NJ, it's a song about being an adult. Come see me this Friday at Ella Lounge!
I play at 9pm. 
Ace Elijah plays at 8pm and Kevin Johnston at 10pm. $5.
	9 Avenue A  New York!


Child Inside

This is a song about facing the death of someone you love, and the sad feeling that life will continue without meaning. The writing of it was sort of cathcartic. The photo is a solar eclipse in NM, sent to me by my parents from Albuquerque.

Life Without You

This song is part reality, part dramatization, but it's all real in a way. I wrote a song that draws on my relationship with my father as a means of expressing something about relationships in general.
I am happy to be performing this song on a tour starting Wednesday, June 6th. I will be playing on the 6th at the Windup Space in Baltimore, let your friends know! I am touring with Jonah Parzen-Johnson of Primary Records. 

Hello Dad

i'm worried i don't have what it takes anymore
i'm not as young as i used to be
every night walking up those stairs, out of breath
saw a picture of myself and it didn't look like me

well the days are moving fast like they always were
i wonder about what i chose - can i go back now?
she says nothing's forever, but i'm not convinced
you know i'd keep you my dear, if i only knew how

and then the stars come out
heaven is spinning without end
and then the stars come out
and i'm a part of them

what keeps someone from growing old inside?
why do we cling to our rules, never satisfied,
while we set out searching for the hope that never went
with blame for our parents who said it'd be alright and they lied

well, life's just a game to me, but i want out of it
the power trip in my heart has got me in its grip
i see you sleeping and i wonder, if i wake up
no one in a million years will ever love you enough

and then the stars come out 
heaven is spinning without end
and then the stars come out 
and i'm a part of them

late at night when the buzzer rings
and you can see the light behind everything
that day at cape may, in the snow
why the sun shines, nobody knows

New Jersey

Cameo Gallery, Apr 1, 8pm!
Lyrics:

Well you said something that I dispute
You said you can't do what I do
But where I am is where you belong
Anybody can write a song

Just grab a guitar and mess around
Look for some shapes til you like the sound
Think up some words you've thought all along
Anybody can write a song

If you don't wanna rhyme you don't have to rhyme
You can't please everyone all the time
It don't have to be smart 
Or a work of art 
If it comes from your heart

Then you might ask what's my final step
That's the part where you might need my help
It's always hard to reach an end
Where will it stop, where did it begin?

It's not for me to say
I'll say it anyway 
If something's not right that don't mean it's wrong
Anybody can write a song

Ross Edwards

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