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the lilypad suite (Artist release CD or Download)

by John Wesley

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1.
a.m.w. 01:22
i said i’m going to california said i’m going to california baby i can’t take no wife or kids i learned it from this book i read it said you’ve got to find your bliss you’ve got to find your bliss so sorry, so sorry i said i’m going to california baby so sorry, so sorry
2.
christmas came and went again well, no more will i hurt momma tries to play it off says maybe he had to work you know i need next to nothing but all you need is you you build walls across an ocean walls i can't get through you see i’m standing here staring at the walls of america are you hiding there safe behind your walls you know i’m stranded here searching all the walls of America no more you said, god she looks just like me the first time that we met you looked in me for signs of you now it's me that you regret you've built walls across an ocean safe behind you hide an ocean i can't swim through for me there is no other side well i’m standing here staring at the walls of america are you hiding there safe behind your walls well i’m stranded here searching all the walls of america, no more skype dreams and birthday scenes is all i know of you i dream that you come for me and carry me, carry me into the arms of america safe into the arms, of america safe in your arms, to america
3.
you’re going again so fast what isn’t real won’t last i never pushed you away i never pushed you away pushed you away you’ve got it worse than me i get to where i can’t breath well i just push it away i push it away push it away you see, we get to choose the people we lose you just walk away, you just walk away have you got so blind have you lost your mind have you nothing to say there is nothing to say i’ve got a box you made filled with your countless charades a glittery nothing inside there was nothing inside you are nothing inside you see, we get to choose the people we lose you just turn away, just turn away later you find, alone with your kind they’ve nothing to say they’ve nothing to say you see, we get to choose the people we lose you turn them away, turn them away years later you find, alone with your kind the girl is ok, she’ll be ok i remember a dream on the pond you showed me the geese and the swans showed me the lilies so strong the lilies so strong, how’d you get it wrong showed me the lily so strong how’d you get us so wrong
4.
send up a flare when you’re finally there you, i can no longer defend i stare into the west for some sign of the quest that bade you go into the sun i’m waiting, waiting for your sun to shine yes i’m waiting, waiting for your the river runs cold, the arcs stand bold awaiting your triumph to come we stay behind while you’re off to find the promise of hollywood’s forgotten sons i’m waiting, waiting for your sun to shine yes i’m waiting, waiting for your
5.
lost 04:44
i’ve come a long long way to find you if i’m forgotten, i could remind you are you lost, i feel lost, are we lost promise i will not tire or bore you it’s from a distance i adore you are you lost, i feel lost, are we lost see yourself in a little girl’s dream weekends too much for daddy it seems birthdays and holidays trickle on through not that it matters cause she’ll always love you are you lost, are we lost, i feel lost you’re like santa claus or the easter bunny you fight with mom and blame the money are you lost, i feel lost, are we lost are you lost, i feel lost, you’re so lost
6.
firelight 04:35
it is the same old ruin, it is the same old wrong there’s no forgiveness in empathy a wrong is still a wrong if we were hand in hand would we both understand you see i’m growing up in innocence in apathy you do the best you can would you believe, do you believe in me would you believe, don’t you be leaving me the truth it came to me we know not what we do we were lost in the firelight oh this insanity well i was never lost to you we were lost in firelight well i was never lost to you would you believe, do you believe in me would you believe, don’t you be leaving me
7.
Your eyes float left with every single word you say And I grow deaf from all your ringing in my head The calm that’s left makes for the door and then slips out The prosecution rests it’s case and takes a bow You just stare… stare… Look at me, look at me now Got to get back to zero somehow Face down mining the depths No hope but to confess You are an elegant mess Tremendous weight falls on the shoulders of the dead We bury truth and live in make believe instead Look at me, look at me now Got to get back to zero somehow Face down mining the depths No hope but to confess Look at me look at me now Got to get up from nothing somehow Face down out of my head No hope but to confess You are an elegant mess Look at me look at me now Got to get up from nothing somehow Oh, left alone minding the dead No hope, no hope Look at me look at me now Got to get up from nothing somehow Face down out of my head No hope, no hope Look at me look at me now Got to get back to zero somehow Face down mining the depths No hope left to confess Look at me, look at me now Got to get back to zero somehow Face down out of my head No hope but to confess You are an elegant mess
8.
my what pretty intentions, of flying over fences, in the breeze golden doors before you a new world waits, but you can’t leave well you gotta be brave you gotta be strong if your gonna be free reasons long forgotten all that matters is you can’t breath choking on apathy playing for sympathy, on your knees well you gotta be brave you gotta be strong if you’re gonna be free trapped in this small world drowning in dreams drowning in me this cant be wished away there’s no magic words to say there is no knight in shining armour come to rescue you from me well you gotta be brave you gotta be strong if your gonna be free trapped in this small world drowning in dreams drowning in me trapped in your small world drowning in your dreams

about

the lilypad suite is a collection of songs inspired by the struggle of a young girl to come to terms with the absence of her father.

the character of “lilypad” is an amalgam of several people who, through the years, have shared with me the stories of their journeys from loss into understanding.

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released March 19, 2011

lyrics by john wesley
music by john wesley and dean tidey

produced by dean tidey
mixed and mastered by steve orchard

john wesley: vocals, guitars
dean tidey: guitars
mark prator: drums, percussion
travis hearne: bass on walls of america, a glittery nothing, firelight
andy irvine: bass on lost, still waiting
elliot tidey: guest vocals

recorded at redroom recorders in tampa florida
engineered by: mark prator, travis hearne, anna newton

photography by dean tidey
cover art by rebecca dearth

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John Wesley Riverview, Florida

Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist. On tour with Vertical Horizon. Performed with Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, Fish, Sound of Contact, Big Elf, Mike Tramp. Newest album, a way you'll never be... Free music downloads at www.john-wesley.com check them out.... ... more

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