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Songs from the Talking House

by Annette Wasilik

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1.
Home in Your Eyes On the day I was born I opened my eyes and gazed upon your lovely face. Something in you I recognized as God and I came home in your sweet embrace. She answered my prayers when she sent you to me; a treasure hidden in full view. How long have I loved you? How long have you loved me? Born with the memory of you. Now I can’t live without you. I won’t even try. I can’t live without you. I want to be strong, I want to belong. I want to give it all away for- Home in your eyes, home in your eyes, home in your eyes. Oh, I’d almost forgotten. I hear the rain and imagine your sweet mouth. I see pictures each time we kiss Open your window and you’ll hear me calling your name like a prayer, like a wish I feel an angel’s hand guide us through shifting sands. I offer my sacrifice. You blew my world apart when you offered your heart. Now nothing else will suffice. Now I can’t live without you. I won’t even try. I can’t live without you. I reel in your love, in your circle of doves; knowing you’re in the world with me. Home in your eyes, home in your eyes, home in your eyes. Oh, I’d almost forgotten.
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You are Free 05:33
You are Free I have a dream. The Blessed Mother comes to me. She says. “Why, why, why? Why do you cry? I hold you in the palm of my hand.” She says, “Listen. From this moment on don’t forget; this moment on you’ve paid your debts; this moment on no regrets. You are, you are, you are, you are free.” I have another dream. My demon comes to me. She says, “Why, why, why do you even try? I hold you in the palm of my hand.” So I say, “Listen. From this moment on don’t forget;) this moment on I’ve paid my debts. From this moment on I am free.” Kisses all over break into blossom, break into ecstasy. Ah ligh, ,la ligh, la ligh, la ligh, la ligh! Kisses all over break into blossom, break into ecstasy. Ah ligh, ,la ligh, la ligh, la ligh! Bear it with me. From this moment on don’t forget. This moment on, you’ve paid your debts. From this moment on no regrets. You are, You are, You are.. You are free.
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Can’t Sleep Again I can’t sleep again. Been thinking too much; worrying and wondering what may be. A rift in the family will shake you, when love’s solid walls go paper thin. Seems even my angels have turned their faces away. Where do you run when the roof’s caving in? The walls need painting. I don’t care. No paint can cover up the ache in here. Well-meaning questions and careful words; “If there’s anything at all, just call.” But they know and I know there’s nothing to do but hang up the phone and let the tears fall. All my life I’ve waited for you Darling, don’t you know I’d wait my whole life through Some say “so it goes” but that’s just not true. I love one man only and that man is you. I can see you now with your ice blue eyes that pierce me through like daggers in the dark. Keen conversation can drive you from my mind but no surgeon’s knife could cut you out of my heart. Since that first day I knew you were mine Nothing’s really changed, you haunt me all the time. You’re the question I ask, the answer so near You’re the beating of my heart and the whisper in my ear.
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The Madonnas are Weeping Do you hear the tower ticking? Do you see the hour passing? All over the world, all over the world, the Madonnas are weeping Rosaried ladies make their pilgrimage, praying for those who have no one to pray for them. All over the world, all over the world, palms open like flowers Sleeping bradapods, sustain us in dream. Thirteen holy men spinning the world ‘round. Every hair on your head is counted one by one by one by one. Every hair on your head is counted one by one by one by one. Can you hear the spheres singing? Like silver bells in God’s hands ringing? All over the world, all over the world, Love’s longing Her children home Every hair on your head is counted one by one by one by one. Every hair on your head is counted one by one by one by one.
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On a Night Like This The moon smiles a Cheshire Cat smile dressed in her pearly gown. Stars tumble and fall on a night like this showering wishes down. The boys have stopped their fighting. The girls say, “It’s alright.” And every mother’s child has come home tonight. You can almost smell the ocean though it’s a hundred or more miles away. If you blur your eyes just right, you might see the Milky Way. So kiss me long and kiss me deep. I’ll watch you while you sleep. New lovers swoon while old ones’ comfort keep. On a night like this, a night like this No one wakes up quite the same after a night like this. Laughing and fireflies fill the air. Children dance the street light dance. Their mothers call and those children stall like they’ll never get another chance. But something grand is coming. You can feel it in the wind. Or maybe it’s just some angel spreading her wings. On a night like this, a night like this No one wakes up quite the same after a night like this. Annette Wasilik BMI .
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If Home is Where the Heart Is The moon is a sliver, a silver eyelash and the night is sinking down slow Jesus knows no one believes you in your hometown but there’s no place else I want to go If home is where the heart is, my home is the starry night sky If home is where the heart is, I guess I’ll be rambling til the day I die Lillo, she’s a sad one. Burned like a beautiful bonfire. She turned heads without hardly trying An outlaw, she courted the darkness, said her “I dos”. Now disappearing’s just a slow way of dying If home is where the heart is, I guess she’s off some ways away If home is where the heart is, all of my praying would not make her stay In the still of the nighttime this house speaks to me, and I write down the words Deep in my dreams I hear the voices tell me stories. I wake up singing all that I heard. If home is where the heart is, why does my heart keep leaving me? If home is where the heart is, I guess homesickness feels like home to me La, la, la La, la, la La, la, la, la Annette Wasilik BMI
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Bomb This City (Bodhisattva Love Song) Gonna bomb this city with love tonight. Gonna rain down pink and golden light. Gonna sing this city a lullaby. Say, “I love you, I love you, I love you” and “Don’t you cry”. Gonna pray all children find their way home and that no one who don’t want to doesn’t die alone. And old flames rise back up again and say, “I love you, I love you, I love you ‘til the end”. I, I, I, I, I, I ain’t leaving without you! I, I, I, I, I, I ain’t leaving without you! I, I, I, I, I, I ain’t leaving without you! And it’s whee, whee, whee, whee, whee Whee, whee all the way home. Gonna catch forgotten dreams in my butterfly net Bring them straight to Ganesha. He never forgets. There’s Raphael and Gabriel here on the line: They say, “I love you, I love, you, I love you ‘til the end of time”. Gonna pick up the pieces of your broken heart. I’ll be very, very careful ‘cause some are sharp. Here on my lips is something for the pain, “Say I love you, I love you, I love you.” Again and again. I, I, I, I, I, I ain’t leaving without you! I, I, I, I, I, I ain’t leaving without you! I, I, I, I, I, I ain’t leaving without you! And it’s whee, whee, whee, whee, whee Whee, whee all the way home. Annette Wasilik BMI
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Crack of Four Crack of four in the morning, crack open the door. It’s a head, it’s a clock, it’s a man alive and more. It’s a wonder, it’s a marvel. It’s a miraculous thing to come home in the evening and find your man sleeping . (Chorus) Jeannie’s gonna come home all alone tonight. No cat in the back. No cops and making all the green lights. Yes, she will. Yes, she will. I catch your eye. I catch my breath. Catch myself thinking thoughts. No, no, no! Yes, yes, yes! I’m crossfired and caught. This power that compels me is impossible to fight. I lose my grip and let it slip. My guard falls down tonight. (Chorus) Crack of four in the morning. Crack open my eyes. An empty glass, an open book and a pad and pencil bed side. I turn the page. It’s open space. It’s possibility. Arms open wide I run outside and breathe in all that air for free. (Chorus) Annette Wasilik BMI
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Wide Awake and Dreaming Where will this love fall? This slow and easy roll that’s stretching out my soul. Where will this dream land? Will it fall into the sea or defy gravity? I am wide awake and dreaming. Wide awake and dreaming. How can I let go? The past is just the past but I’ve learned to make it last. And how does my nerve grow? Somehow with your touch I’ve learned so very much. I am wide awake and dreaming. Wide awake and dreaming. This love is so big I can’t see where it ends. I can’t see where it begins. This love shines so bright I can even see the stars on a cloudy night. I am wide awake and dreaming. Wide awake and dreaming.

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released January 11, 2018

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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.

Songs from the Talking House won Contemporary Folk Recording of the Year WAMA
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