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lyrics

Star

You could wait your whole life for what’s safe
Board the windows up and walk away
Or let the cards be played
Again

And if the dark is a given, so’s the light
I see them both there in your eyes tonight
But there is just one sky
One end

If I wander off too far
I’ll still know just where you are
The city lights are bright
But they can’t hide your star

If my ship gets washed away
I won’t even be afraid
The ocean’s black but I can
Map it by your star

What if this world doesn’t want us here?
Uses all its might to make us disappear?
My love shines just as strong
And clear

If I wander off too far
I’ll still know just where you are
The city lights are bright
But they can’t hide your star

If my ship gets washed away
I won’t even be afraid
The ocean’s black but I can
Map it by your star

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from The Names of Things, released May 27, 2014
Karen Pittelman: vocals
Elana Redfield: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
AJ Lewis: banjo
Tami Johnson: drums
Robert Maril: cello
The Queer Country Family Band: backing vocals

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Karen & the Sorrows Brooklyn, New York

“Like Gram Parsons, Pittelman peels away the superficiality that much of country music has embraced and looks deep into its soul, its history, and its stories and makes it all her own.”—No Depression

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