OLD HOUSE
music & lyrics by Sara Curtin.
2014

Rock me tonight, Old House.
Tuck me in bed safe and sound.
Sing me to sleep.
Sing me to sleep.

Be careful as you lay me down to rest. 
Be generous with loads of extra bedding, please.
One little shake, a quiver or a quake, could rock me awake.

"Hush hush hush, dont say a word.	
Sleep sleep sleep, sleep little bird.
Dream dream dream, dream how you fly.	
Hush hush hush, hush now your cry."

Hold out your open palm.
These tears are falling one by one, and on and on.
Will you catch them for me?
Please take them from me.

But if tonight I wake,
I promise not to stray far from your embrace.
You'll find me on my knees
With a bucket of bleach
Trying to scrub my heart clean.
Trying to scrub my heart clean.

[Vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, & percussion performed and recorded by Sara Curtin. Bass (Spencer Zahn) & drums (Ian Chang) recorded by Jeff Berner.]

Old House

LOST AT SEA
music & lyrics by Sara Curtin
performed by The Sweater Set
2014

When I'm lost at sea with no sign of maritime police
And no hope of planting my feet on solid ground,
My love will drag me out.

When I'm lost in space and redirect a meteor by mistake,
A danger to the whole human race down on the ground,
My love will shoot me down.

But baby, be careful.
A girl who's been burned could get used to this kind of love.
This drag-me-out-and-shoot-me-down love.

When I lose my mind at 91 with no light on inside,
Blankly staring out into the night he'll say to me,
"My love, come back to sleep.
My love, come back to sleep.
My love, come back to sleep."

[Recorded by Sara Curtin: Sara Curtin - vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, glockenspiel. Maureen Andary - vocals, ukulele, flute.]

[Bass (Spencer Zahn) & Drums (Ian Chang) recorded by Jeff Berner]

Lost At Sea

"Wellish Home"
written, performed & recorded by Sara Curtin
mixed by Eamonn Aiken
(unreleased 2017, from forthcoming album "Or So It Seemed")

lyrics:

When my well dries up,
How will I fill my cup?
Dip my head deeper down,
Pray for a leaky sound.

Nothing but damp on stone
Down in my wellish home.
Toss me my bag, I'll stay.
Nobody knows where I live anyway.

I have tried to enjoy every heartbreak.
I've been searching for you, boy, in every mistake
And milking the chase
But now that I found you, won't you let me...
Now that I found you, won't you let me go?

When my well dries up,
How will I fill my...

WELLISH HOME (unreleased 2017)

Valentine's Day (2013)
from Oh Visitor by The Sweater Set
written & recorded by Sara Curtin
performed by The Sweater Set

Sara Curtin: vocals, ukulele
Maureen Andary: vocals

lyrics:

Will you be my valentine?
Buy me roses or some other kind?
Let me dress in fancy lingerie for you on Valentine's Day.

You see I'm in the clear
No arrows have found me here
And I'm not wounded from falling hard or deep in love.

Left all my lovers behind
Left all my lovers, but I miss them on Valentine's.

Will you have me for a day?
Gently put your arm around my waist?
Breathe my perfume deep and slow
It's the same from years ago on Valentine's Day.

mixed by Hays Holladay
mastered by Tomek Miernowski

Valentine's Day

Sara Curtin is a songwriter, performer and producer in Washington, DC. As one half of the award-winning female duo The Sweater Set, Sara has won the Washington Area Music Awards for Best Folk-Contemporary Group (2011-2013) and Best Folk-Contemporary Recording (Oh Visitor 2013). She is a strong and warm alto vocalist and multi-instrumentalist confidently writing and performing on the electric & acoustic guitars, ukulele, accordion, synthesizers, percussion, and piano.

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