Hemingway's Songbird

Too tough for folk and too blues influenced for country, LYNNE HANSON's brand of "porch music with a little red dirt" can turn on a dime from a sunshine, blue sky ballad to a full-on thunderstorm of gritty Americana swamp from one song to the next. The Ottawa songwriter is known for her high-energy, roots guitar driven live performances, whether playing solo or with her band the Good Intentions. Lynne is a two-time Canadian Folk Music Award winner with The LYNNeS (2018 English Songwriter, Ensemble of the Year), a recipient of the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award, winner of the Blues and Roots Radio International Song Contest, two-time Folk Music Ontario Songs From The Heart Blues Award winner, a two-time Indie Acoustic Project Alt-Country album of the year winner, and a two-time Kerrville New Folk finalist. Lynne has performed in venues and festivals across North American and Europe.

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on my table there's a cold fresh martini
crumpled papers an old cigarette
I spend my days pouring my life onto the pages
tales of lost love and ancient regret

I still wear the locket you gave me for my birthday
well I kept it though I'm really not sure why
some days I swear I hear you singing through it to me
a river of words I drink from when I'm dry

CHORUS
so many reasons not to stay
so many chances to walk away
nothing sadder than nothing left to say
I kept holding out
hoping you might change
you went on breaking my heart anyway
yeah you I guess it's what you do

the Sunshine Inn motel outside of Houston
matchbook said "the place it never rains"
where you swore you would always be my songbird
and I lost myself to you in those three days

CHORUS

these days you'll find me down at Harry's
it's a dive bar where I like to spend my time
it's dark inside the food ain't much to speak of
but it's peaceful and the people there are kind

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Written by: Lynne Hanson

Submitted by plhanson@gmail.com on October 28, 2020

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