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Every Love Story is a Ghost Story

by Rob Faucette

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1.
She pushed back from the Jacaranda tree Dead purple flowers fell at my feet Hard dirty sunset, the beginning of the end Hot tears dry quick in the Santa Ana Winds Eyes dark as oil smoke, curls wild and free She held our fate that dropped me to my knees As I lay dreaming of what might have been Hot tears dry quick in the Santa Ana Winds Chorus: When the Santa Anas Blow, When the Santa Anas Blow I think of the good times not so long ago When the Santa Anas Blow, When the Santa Anas Blow It reminds me of the day I last held her close There’s love that burns and love that lasts Ours was the burning kind that smolders in the past She left a thirst no other love can quench Hot tears dry quick in the Santa Ana Winds When the Santa Anas Blow, When the Santa Anas Blow My head is on fire and I feel so low When the Santa Anas Blow, When the Santa Anas Blow It reminds me of the day I last held her close Let the winds blow all my troubles east Let that sweet ocean air bring me some peace When the Santa Anas Blow, when the Santa Anas Blow There's a static that crackles like a broken radio When the Santa Anas Blow, when the Santa Anas Blow It reminds me of the day I last held her close When the Santa Anas Blow, when the Santa Anas Blow G C G D7 G C C D7 G Chorus: C G D7 G C G D7 C G
2.
Summer Stone 02:18
Summer Stone The day that we spent beside the sea It is my favorite souvenir The ocean waves danced with you and me When you are gone I’ll hold you near Wherever you are No matter how far you roam You’re my summer stone You’re my summer stone You’ve got a warm and rambling soul You’ve got a strong and loving heart There’s things in this world we can’t control Intertwined paths that split apart The past is the one thing that won’t change The moments we spent and shared alone I keep it hidden someplace safe Remember the love that we have known
3.
Our hearts are racing like fresh stolen cars We’ll skip like outlaws locked in each other’s arms I’d walk wherever with you for days We'll jump the fences and we'll make our own way Tulips in the sun and lilies in the dew I am lost with you Lost in the flowers for hours and hours Lost in the flowers with you Kings of the wilderness, westward we’ll follow the sun I will do anything to keep this day from coming undone I’d walk wherever with you for days We'll jump the fences and we'll make our own way Tulips in the sun and lilies in the dew I am lost with you Lost in the flowers for hours and hours Lost in the flowers with you Into the world we’ll ride We'll live as wild as the sky Tulips in the sun and lilies in the dew I am lost with you Lost in the flowers for hours and hours Lost in the flowers with you In the flowers is where I want to be Lost with you in the flowers, lost You and Me.
4.
Empty flip flops in the sunlight My scruffy shadow’s on the wall Morning traffic birds are singing Have you ever seen a grown man crawl The piano’s stacked with all our pictures Our chapter ended by the law Scraps of songs too sad to finish Have you ever seen a grown man crawl Like a horse without a rider Boots are backwards in the hall A part of me is glad you’ll never Ever see a grown man crawl All I know is I must reach you There’s no number I can call I’d give it all to lie beside you Have you ever seen a grown man crawl Like a horse without a rider Boots are backwards in the hall A part of me is glad you’ll never Ever see a grown man crawl On hands and knees the pain is staggering I couldn’t make it if I walked Specks of dust drift by like memories Have you ever seen a grown man crawl C G7 G7 C C7 F C G7 C => F – C Chorus: C F F G7 G7 C C G7 C => F – C
5.
Hope is the Anchor Waves crash and break with the rising tide One day we will reach the other side Each rocky shore brings new found tears We’ve been wrecking ships all these years The current always drags but we don’t drown Hope is the anchor that keeps us down Ten strong knots hold us fast Each tied tight a secret from our past Dark and cold and everything seems broken Our bond is stronger that words we’ve spoken Heads in the stars, feet on the ground Hope is the anchor that keeps us down There’s no if’s and might have beens This is how we became glorious friends We can sit and think of days gone by There’s no need to wonder why We’ve lost more than most have found Hope is the anchor that keeps us down Each fresh valley is long and low We will pass through because we know True love is a path that doesn’t end With you by my side I’d do it all again Our journey’s not the easy way around Hope is the anchor that keeps us down We may seem to sway between two shores With each new sea we struggle more Until we reach that some fine day We will hold each tight and we can say We’re still here, strong, safe and sound: Hope is the anchor that keeps us down Hope is the anchor that keeps us down Hope is the anchor that keeps us down D D – Em Em – D D – Em Em – G G – Em - D
6.
Here's a shipwreck lullaby Sung to the sea beneath the sky I can see the whistling satellites All I have are memories with me tonight Galaxies away, I'm galaxies Galaxies away from you The sun and the stars are well rehearsed I'm lost and along in the universe I don't why I continue on Everything I've ever had or known is gone Galaxies away, I'm galaxies Galaxies away from you Galaxies away, I'm galaxies Galaxies away from you Trembling winds, the night so wide Adrift on the roaring, silent tide
7.
Turn Lane 04:06
I barely made it to the turn lane so I could break down and cry I know we lost her, but it's hard to say good bye Only good news I've got is I'm still holding you Grief's not a ladder we can climb off when we want to Empty plastic bottles, a small silver cup Sink to the bottom and they come back up Everything we lose finds us in our tears We're on the upside of a terrible year Mornings so quiet, and we go to work Routines we run through make it more absurd We laugh at the darkness, pretend that we're strong Grief is a puzzle we keep putting together I write a song and you go to church It takes so damn long just to make it through the hurt Everything we lose finds us in our tears We're on the upside of a terrible year Love is a river that runs wild and free Grief is the flood since she's been gone from you and me A deluge of tears and my cup it overflows All the love we had for her has no place left to go We hit the bottle, we drink the cup We hit bottom and we come back up Love unconditional it can never disappear But we're on the upside of a terrible year Everything we've ever lost finds us in our tears We're on the upside of a terrible year
8.
The Door is Shut to You If I could give a songbird a message everyday She would fly it to your window and it would say: I miss the final mornings before we knew There were stairs to nowhere, the door is shut to you I’d re-invent the wheel if I only could Put us both on it, and roll away for good We’d be together always, stuck like glue But it’s stairs to nowhere, the door is shut to you There’s no answer, I can’t get through The line is cut, it's stairs to nowhere The door is shut to you The days are quiet like shadows on the wall I sit and watch the window exempt from it all The house is empty, I am too Just stairs to nowhere, the door is shut to you There’s no answer, that I can get to The line is cut, it's stairs to nowhere The door is shut to you C C C – F F – G – C, F – G – C F G C F F C Parties are a drag I hate to go out There’s not much I can bear to talk about People ask what’s going on, hey what’s new
9.
Final Days 03:37
Final Days We spilled sand and we held hands barefoot in the yard Popsicles for breakfast to make it all less hard One last walk around the block we lived our final day The life we shared together, safely packed away Final days have a way of being etched in glass Unique and fragile, catching light as the sharpened seconds pass I did my best with an aching chest but it’s hard to comprehend Living through the moments, knowing they would end What the hell am I supposed to tell myself now With the barricade of time in our way I walk the line between trying to remember her Without thinking of those final days Last days more clear than all the years that came before Must be because I knew I wouldn’t see her anymore The final days they far outweigh, overshadow all the past I just want the good times to be the thing that last What the hell am I supposed to tell myself now With the barricade of time in our way? I walk the line between trying to remember her Without thinking of those final days She sat by the door on the living room floor, Daddy, sit with me On my back, I lift her up, she slid down from my knee We made voices, animal noises, we played peek-a-boo Rest her head on my chest, whispered Dad, I love you
10.
The Rose 03:41
The Rose by Amanda McBroom Some say Love, it is a river That drowns the tender reed Some say Love, it is a razor That leaves your soul to bleed Some say Love, it is a a hunger An endless aching need I say Love, it is a flower And you it's only seed It's the heart that fears breaking That never learns to dance It's the dream, afraid of waking That never takes the chance It's the one, who won't be taken Who can not seem to give And the soul afraid of dying That never learns to live When the night has been too lonely And the road has been too long And you think that love is only For the lucky and the strong Just remember in the winter Far beneath the bitter snows Life's the seed, that with the sun's love In the spring becomes the rose
11.
My dreams have strayed like a storm Friction of living’s got me run down and worn When it’s all too much to move ahead Bury me in blankets in our bed We were like a dream Something we can’t see We were a dream We were catching sparks, flashes in the dark We were like a dream, you and me I remember mornings spent with you Laughing and dancing in the living room Now your feet don’t cross my floor I can’t hear you anymore Chorus What we had was too good to last I wouldn’t trade a single second from our past Things are looking up, nothing left to lose I’ll sleep the day away, keep hitting snooze Chorus

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We love and lose, each of us
We are human, stuck together
Better / Worse

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released February 14, 2019

Recorded at the Garage Palace, Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Jo Ellis in South Africa
Mastered by G and J Audio in New Jersey

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Rob Faucette Los Angeles, California

A modern day troubadour with soul, wit, and a philosophical bent, Rob weaves together Americana, folk, garage, alt-country for a sound that’s as comfortable as your favorite old t-shirt and as interesting and welcome as the voice of your best friend. Originally from Chattanooga, TN, Rob made his way to Los Angeles, living on egg rolls and tacos, writing and playing music while the paint dried. ... more

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