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Westward to the Sunrise

by Jacquelyn Roy

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seance bourgeois Beautiful, raw, expressive. I really love the variety of colors conjured in this album. Feels very authentic and heartfelt. I consistently get chills while listening, highly recommend Favorite track: Compass.
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1.
Wind As 03:30
I follow wind as it goes, I have wandered to nowhere at all, just to see where it leads, just to see where it leads. I walk through emerald fields under mountainsI don't know where I go, Where I go, Where I go, Where I go. Wind as mountains that do speak, Wind as old blood at your feet, Wind as trumpets moving music towards the seas, Tripping over coyote tales in history.
2.
Oh Sky! 03:35
How many birds are flying high? Do they know where they go in the sky? I do want to see them in my dreams, To hold the sound of their wings in my being, and fly. Oh Sky! I'm no good on my feet. Oh to be up there in the thin air, nothing to lose and nothing to grieve. I want to be a cloud floating so freely, I want to lose my earthly sound to be above this sacred ground. But even the birds are trapped in the sky. (repeated)
3.
I knew it couldn't true, I'm finding smoke inside of all my dreams of you. There is only one thing to do, I call in the wolves to remind me what's left of you. What are you gonna do? When you cry I always cry too. When you're old face saw my nerves, I went away with nothing more but the stone you gave me in your shirt, I didn't wanna lose your hurt. How many years can I go away from here? Can I say what I've wanted from you? Can I agree with everything you've ever said to me? When that old mill burned away, I saw your face inside that smoke, I knew it wasn't quite the same, I knew it wasn't quite the same.
4.
Compass 03:19
Loving's everything and nothing anything, without it I've been digging graves. I am a compass in every direction is feeling it's a language, I've been feeling everything. But do you want to see me as anything but me I've been a little loose-ended. Floating into nothing, caves of barren souls, I'm collecting all the jewels I find. Giving all the light to a living lantern, it is dying, I can't find it's light. A loon is sighing in the dark, but I do not know where it is tonight.
5.
Francis 03:00
Brother, I wonder what you are thinking tonight. You see mother accused me of not caring about you in my life. You're 60 miles away but I can feel all of your pain inside. Why do I build up all of these walls to not care for your life? But there are so many things we could do in your absence tonight. Pain, pain, pain, pain is calling you, again. You have had so many second chances. How can I forgive you for giving me all of my haunted conclusions? You bring all of the pain I'll try once again to see you in some positive way. But you remain the same. And I don't know who to blame to I blame myself for not caring or you for not bringing the change, change, change. But love is free, a no-cost product of uncertainty. And you are a product of my memory.
6.
Cover - I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail Yes, I would If I could I surely wouldI'd rather be a hammer than a nail Yes, I would If I only could I surely wouldAway, I'd rather sail away Like a swan that's here and gone A man gets tied up to the ground He gives the world its saddest sound
7.
All Acoustic
8.
All acoustic.

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released July 20, 2020

Mastered and edited by Sean Boucher
All vocals, instrumentation, and recording by Jacquelyn Roy.
Track 6 features Dan Perry on Banjo.
Cover Design + Tape Design + Endless love by Bretta Walker
Cover Art by Dan Perry

Recorded on Pawtucket land & Pueblo land.

Thank you to all gentle folk for listening!

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