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Waking Up (is hard to do)

by Cherokee Fade

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1.
Oh I heard you're selling happiness I heard you sell it by the pint spent his time out chasing skeletons just to leave his life the other night Oh if it’s perspective that you push with you I would barter my life Oh I hear you peddle promises I heard you got a few in store If there’s one thing I know about leavin it’s the commin back for more So, if you’re planin on changin just be sure who it is your changin for oh and It’s funny you think you’re leaving you’re headed out that door think you're turnin a new corner, lookin out for somthin more but a road that’s twice been traveled hasn’t changed since you last left the only thing that’s changed is in your chest Oh I heard he made some changes I heard he hopped a train or two cause you can’t rightly stick around for love if you don’t plan to see it through Oh it’s strange the time how they change us It’s wild who I was for you Yes, it’s strange the times how they change us It’s wild who I was for you oh and It’s funny you think you’re leaving you’re headed out that door think you're turnin a new corner, lookin out for somthin more but a road that’s twice been traveled hasn’t changed since you last left the only thing that’s changed is in your chest the road that’s twice been traveled hasn’t changed since you last left the only thing that’s changed is in your chest
2.
Cassandra 01:14
Her name was Cassandra She loved like a queen and oh, how she gave her love to me But I couldn't stand her and anything that she stood for She was such a bad dream such a bad dream for me Sometimes you believe just to believe Sometimes you believe just to believe Sometimes you believe Sometimes you believe cause it's your only relief
3.
Red Book 02:22
Came across a red book where I used to write to you reminded me that what we do is never nothing new Sometimes it turns out better when you leave it all behind and even though it hurt to loose it was for someone else to find all of this in my red book Cause love it may look different but the story reads the same and no it's not the two of us I love the way, she says your name If I ever loved you I'll send some of it your way I heard your gettin well along out there just the other day This part was never written so I don't know how it goes and even though I sing of you it's her that you chose all of this in my red book Cause love it may look different but the story reads the same and no it's not the two of us I love the way, she says your name Something should be said I just don't know what it is
4.
Over & Over 03:05
Girl do you hear the words I say when I open up my mouth your eyes always drift away maybe I'm just always saying the same things I know that I'm always chasin one dream Over and Over again.... Over and Over again. Hey you, I could taste the places I've been I'm sittin here but I'm swimmin if you'd just ask I'd invite you in Your always saying the same thing and I've never dreamt same dream Over and Over again... There's only one thing that I want and I'm not sure it's something you've got You know, this should be so god damn hard when we swam so smooth so far But hey look at us hey here we are We could be wishin some new things I could meet you in the middle, we could make some new dreams Over and Over again Over and over again.....
5.
Witchcraft 01:48
People I don't already like they make me hate them more So I set my shop outside of town to see what they're coming for A conversation makes me reckless my moves they'll make you cry my mother said I'm not a lover gotta live before I die Ohhhhh She's got that Witchcraft! Had a way of makin worlds move just like the wind had a way of forcin you to wish the end would just begin lost my lungs out in the desert came back with just my eyes spent forty days behind the helm of her finely woven lies Ohhhhhh She's got the Witchcraft I said quietly it's witchcraft to time as it slid by she'll curse you on a changing moon leave you on the other side. Ohhhh Ohhhhhh She's got that witchraft Witchcraft!
6.
Dear August/ Wakin Up She set up on the dark side of the moon cause not looking at the light makes it easy not to choose dear august, I had no idea that you would ruin half my life hang me out on the line dry out the tears and strife I need to know if there’s a way back to life I need to know if you’ll burden some of this time I need to know if there’s a way back to life I need to know if you’ll burden some of this time, some of this time Intuition gets broken if you don’t listen to the break we’re all subject to delusions if the answer is to fake some say the summer months are sweeter they say it’s easier to love but she been left more times in august men who never have enough I need to know if there’s a way back to life I need to know if you’ll burden some of this time Cause wakin up is hard to do when dreams turn to darkness and drift away from you I need to know if there’s a way back to life I need to know if you’ll burden some of this time Cause wakin up is hard to do when dreams turn to darkness and drift away from you drift away from you
7.
I would walk across these broken streets to find a place to take you far with me the way you force this brittle heart to beat is what even gives me anything bleed I’d take the sea and put it in a glass I’d wait and watch to see if time would pass cause at the end of every single day you find a way to make me want to stay Oh I mean these things and I’m hopin that you’ll sing with me a golden melody Ya I mean these things and I’m hopin that you’ll sing with me a golden melody I spent the first half of this life swearin to somethin to never be/take a wife but time has this way of showin these roads they never take you where you’re goin Time had eaten up my better days turns out the good life is just a phase and never in my life did I predict that someone would come would save this sinkin ship Oh I mean these things and I’m hopin that you’ll sing with me a golden melody Yes I mean these things and I’m hopin that you’ll sing with me a golden melody
8.
In a time bound for nowhere in a life he never meant started counting out the ways he wished that he had left The fields dry and burnt where the flowers used to grow now left dead and undelivered and just waiting for the snow It only takes a drop of the alkaline to change the acid in your veins a thousand tiny wounds will bleed you out the same The birds they stopped to fly when the winds refused to move he had used up all his reason and knew he had to choose The well had poisoned all his thoughts it had twisted all his words he no longer saw himself in that life he shared with her It only takes a drop of the alkaline to change the acid in your veins a thousand tiny wounds will bleed you out the same It only takes a drop of the alkaline to change the acid in your veins a thousand tiny wounds will bleed you out the same So he left it all behind, he burnt that house down to the ground in hopes that where he went was a place that wont be found But the voices they still follow him, they still speak his name Can’t teach ghosts to stay away or ask memories to change. It only takes a drop of the alkaline to change the acid in your veins a thousand tiny wounds will bleed you out the same It only takes a drop of the alkaline to change the acid in your veins a thousand tiny wounds will bleed you out the same
9.
As you walk down this road a long path you’ve seen before you look around it’s your hometown there’s a sadness you can’t ignore Oh, the doors been open for so long everybody thought you’d already gone The streets are wet with a summers rain a sweet smell that comes again when you think of him and all those things he should be time will pass and he’ll be the same Oh, the doors been open for so long everybody thought you’d already gone Ya, the doors been open for so long everybody thought you’d already gone So that day when you came back around a whole lot had changed in your home town the lights are on and the house is full of people, and laughter, and joyous sounds The question remains what did you want what made you push when he would pull Well if it’s meant to be then you’ll meet again in a new place with a new plan to fulfill But the door had been open for so long everybody thought you’d already gone Yes the door had been open for so long everybody thought you had already gone
10.
When the sun goes away find the light inside the gray search for something good to say let the night turn words to day turn around while the turns worth falling down turnin around I’m turnin for you wind brings news of a broken heart without walking away we could never start hurts just like burns and scars all that becomes part of who we are turn around while the turns worth falling down turnin around I’m turnin for you turn around while the turns worth falling down turnin around I’m turnin for you Create a break so severe just to be sure the road is clear slow it down, shift into fear slide on over, sit here, my dear turn around while the turns worth falling down turnin around I’m turnin for you Don’t care about no properties if the equation brings you back to me one and one is all you need so bring it all on back to me turn around while the turns worth falling down turnin around I’m turnin for you
11.
The Wanderer 02:13
I picked up a wanderer just outside of town said I'm leavin here for good there's no good left around Climbed into my car and when I asked him his name he said, "little girl I lost it to me they sound the same You're lookin for something that's looking for you somethin you had you just never knew somethin you want cause it hurts just to loose somethin you had somethin you never knew." I looked at him coldly at his hands in his lap and how is eyes they stayed hidden neath' the brim of his hat I was worried that he knew me thought he'd read all my cards like he'd stolen the aces cause this lesson was hard We drove on through the night to a place I don't know when he got out the car is when it started to show that the people that we meet they don't come round by chance and if you're lucky if you listen they could teach you to dance I was looking for something I already had something I lost cause the timing was bad but when I turned back around to retrieve what I had left the town was long gone and all that's left was the debt

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released November 19, 2011

Cover Art from original artwork by ALRIK YUILL
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Vocals - Kevin Yoches & Erin Rose
Basses - Robin San Jose
Guitars, Harmonium, Percussion - Kevin Yoches
Recorded & Engineered by Kevin Yoches
Mix / Master - Damien Rasmussen
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all songs written by CHEROKEE FADE

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Cherokee Fade Costa Mesa, California

Cherokee Fade, the love child of Kevin Elliot and Erin Rose is made of simple melodies, real stories, and a dedication to the truth. Their sound is timeless and unique. They are out to capture your beating heart and racing mind. There exists an undeniable magnetism between them in their live performance and they want to invite you to come listen to their stories. ... more

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