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Love & Fire

by Annette Wasilik

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1.
Chincoteague 04:21
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CHINCOTEAGUE Annette Wasilik BMI 2020 I’m going where the sky paints pictures everyday I’m going where the marsh grass is gleaming in the sun I’m going where the wind tends my memory There’s no place else on earth I would rather be I’m going where my first love lasts my whole life long I’m going where there’s a million stars to wish upon I’m going where the sun rises from the sea Then arcs across the sky and is swallowed by The Bay of Chincoteague Oh Chincoteague. Seabirds fly and dolphin dance for free Oh Chincoteague. Where my true love waits for me I’m going where the dead and the living rest in peace Where the saltwater cowboys round up the wild ponies of Assateague I’m going where the firemen’s fair is just beyond the trees The carrousel lights up the midway tonight Summers by the sea Oh Chincoteague. Seabirds fly and dolphin dance for free Oh Chincoteague. Where my true love waits for me
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Highway 04:35
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HIGHWAY Annette Wasilik BMI From Love & Fire 2020 Miles and miles of corn, thunder painted sky She rolls into the morning on this ribbon she will ride She’s come in from the coast, another love gone bad This one hurt the most, more than any that she’s had Now she feels the gravity of the highway, the highway The sky feels like home, her sister is the wind Her mother, father, brother, stars and planets all her kin She took to walking far when her thoughts got rough She walked four hundred miles but it wasn’t far enough Still she hears it calling, the highway, highway For now the road will do until she learns to fly Until she meets her family and Maker in the sky While she’s here on earth you want to hold her fast You know you’re bound to lose her and she’ll slip beyond your grasp There’s no use in fighting the highway, highway…
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The World is on Fire 04:03
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Almost 03:41
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Almost Annette Wasilik BMI From Love & Fire 2020 I'm getting used to sleeping alone, Almost, almost, almost Sometimes this house feels like a home Almost, almost, almost Our loneliness rolled in like fog Settled in the cracks and settled in the walls Now I'm wondering maybe I couldn't see As I was reaching out for you, you were reaching out for me Looks like we'll weather the storm Almost, almost, almost The frozen ground beneath our feet is starting to warm Almost, almost, almost My restless heart like a tumbleweed blows Got a homesick feeling everywhere I go I know its for the best but this much is true The strongest roots I have take me right back to you I've tried so hard to put our vows behind me But everywhere I go, everyone I know reminds me I'll love as deeply again Almost, almost, almost Broken hearts and promises are starting to mend Almost, almost, almost Almost, almost, almost
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Lucille Marie 03:16
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LUCILLE MARIE Annette Wasilik BMI From Love & Fire 2020 Azalea City Records Lucille Marie is growing old. Her husband passed away a year ago. Second son never moved out. Firstborn son, she don’t talk about. Got a daughter ran away to Ohio. She’s bent over like a willow tree. Shuffles past, but she doesn’t see. Holds a photo of a little child. It’s torn and tattered but he’s running wild and free. All her prayers couldn’t save her firstborn son From the damage other people’d done. “Come here boy. A little closer. Don’t you dare be saying, ‘No, sir’. It’s our little secret game. Don’t tell anyone.” She’s bent over like a willow tree. Shuffles past, but she doesn’t see. Holds a photo of a little child. It’s torn and tattered but he’s running wild and free. Oh, oh, oh… Hope hung the stars when the kids were small. But the sky fell in, now she can’t see stars at all. Her love is like the leaves on a weeping willow tree, First to bud in spring and the last to fall. Honeysuckle rain fell on the day The police came, took her firstborn son away. He’s gone, doing time For passing on that same damn crime. But there’s more ghosts to blame that’ll never pay.
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Deception in the Glass 04:42
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Deception in the Glass Annette Wasilik, BMI Love & Fire, 2020, Azalea City Records In the hotel bathroom mirror, I saw a stranger there She kind of looked like me, had the same streak in her hair But it didn't show what I know to be true My heart won and lost and the cost of loving you, loving you But I would pay it all again just to love so deep and fast So don't you believe all that you see There's deception in the glass I took the elevator down to the lobby bar It was late, the singer she was packing up her guitar And I sat down, "A round of whiskey please." First it warmed then it burned, like your love turned on me, turned on me. But I could drink that bottle dry But the forgetting never lasts 'Cause when my mind clears, your memory's still here There's deception in the glass
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Solid Ground 03:55
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Solid Ground Annette Wasilik BMI Love & Fire 2020 You found me in the wreckage of my broken home I was battered on the inside, tattered on the outside and on my own You said, "Hey now, let's get out of here." We headed up the hill As we climbed I looked into your eyes and said, "Love nevers dies but it sure can kill." Now I can see for miles and miles from here I've never seen such light, stars so bright and clear Now I can see for miles and miles around You took me by the hand Helped me stand on solid ground Breakdown, tower's gonna fall Crumbling foundations can't hold up these walls Breakdown, tower's gonna fall High hopes sink to the bottom of every wishing well From that dark place I looked up It was grace, wasn't luck. I can tell Now I can see for miles and miles from here I've never seen such light, stars so bright and clear Now I can see for miles and miles around You took me by the hand Helped me stand on solid ground
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Love & Fire 04:05
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Love & Fire Annette Wasilik BMI Live & Fire released 2020 Did she ever know she was their shining star? Did she ever know their world spun around her? Late afternoon behind the bedroom door they’d hear her crying and never knew what for Come calm the children Daddy, Mama’s breaking down Love and fire, fire and love Sometimes a dragon, sometimes a dove Oh, Jesus, the storm’s rolling through Every child needs their mother Their mother needs you She always said God loves the broken ones. She always said, he calls them his own But on those dark days the voices would swell She’d feel the pull of heaven. It scared them like hell Come calm the children Daddy, Mama’s breaking down Love and fire, fire and love Sometimes a dragon, sometimes a dove Oh Mary, Queen of the May Come comfort their mother. Don’t let the dark take her away. Lullabies and goodnight prayers. Kisses brushing back their hair. Turn out the light Debussy’s arpeggio ringing out into the night She taught ‘em to dance. She taught ‘em to sing Said it don’t mean nothing if it ain’t got that swing. Mmmm. Love and fire, fire and love I wish that old dragon could have saved that little dove Did somebody somewhere try to break you in two? Every child needs protection Mama. Who protected you?
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Don't Look Down 03:11
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Don’t Look Down Annette Wasilik BMI Love & Fire released 2020 I know your heart is hanging heavy All you’ve tried to hold has blown away with hollow hands your mind’s on fire the road you walked is now a high wire This is what I hear your angels say Don’t look down. It’s only an illusion Don’t look down. You have wings to fly Don’t look down. It’s just your sad confusion Love is all around. Don’t look down We walk this world broken by sorrow It’s been that way through all our history The same big love that brought us here sends us clues and whispers in our ears This is what I hear it telling me For now we see through a glass darkly Farther on we’ll see face to face On that day we’ll understand our hearts were broken by loving hands Every wound bound up, all tears erased …Don’t look down. We’re holding hands with angels Don’t look down, we’ve got wings to fly Don’t look down. We’re walking home together Love is all around. Don’t look down
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Kentucky Babe 01:39
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 04:34
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released January 30, 2020

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Annette Wasilik Takoma Park, Maryland

Dreaming of peacocks, pianos and guitars

Love & Fire:
"A stunning songwriter. Love & Fire is a masterpiece." ~Tom Prasada-Rao
"A dead solid perfect singer/songwriter putting out material straight from the heart, the words, music and voice all come together perfectly." ~Chris Spector, Midwest Record.

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