Sunny Day

by Preston Lewis Thomas

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1.
The Journey of a Woman 04:00
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(for mary louise applewhite, mom) she wakes up today, decides it's time to turn her world around looks at the bed she's made and at the man who doesn't know her well, at all he doesn't know her very well not his fault, really... staring at the floor, then out the window she sees her future, she sees the way she sees her life unfold, inch by inch mile after mile, well... she sees the rising on the focal plane of all the things she's tried to say "____" walking in the sun she finds she has no purse she hasn't got a nickel to her name but on that hand, and on that finger what a lovely piece of days gone by... gonna' pawn that wedding ring today waking in the sun she buys an ice cream cone hears the children laughing sees the children playing i... i wanna be, i wanna be, i wanna be, i wanna be my mother's child again i wanna thank you mamma i wanna thank you daddy i wanna thank this world and before i go insane i wanna be ms universe, i wanna ride an elephant i wanna climb the pyramids. i wanna run for president, i... i wanna be, i wanna be, i wanna be, i wanna be my mother's child again
2.
Lollia 03:08
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we are lovers though you’re far away because i miss you so, i’ve frozen time… i’m waiting still another part of me says “foolish boy” won’t you hurry love? by moonlight and flowers? i would sleep at the station just to wait for your train i would climb the highest mountain so i might touch your plane i would ride my bicycle, i would walk all the earth if it meant me being near you, if it meant i’d be first after all if i knew how to tell you, how to write it all down it would take me forever, to this task i’d be bound in a lifetime of dreaming it was always your face and for always your smile, i will never erase i am yours
3.
Follow 02:52
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(for karla) turn me away from all i've seen free my soul, so i might dream so i might sing for i am obliged to follow you and i won't mind i once was blind but now my eyes have found a way to know your smile for miles and miles this boy will follow you oh shall we run all through the night? and then into the light that morning brings and other things? leaving behind this other place fading away without a trace i'm keeping pace for i am obliged to follow you well i am reborn i shall not mourn the loss of a life so unfulfilled and you loved me still so for the thrills this boy will follow you oh shall we run all through the night? and then into the light that morning brings and other things?
4.
Don't Remember Me 04:44
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(speaking: the great christopher adams) "this gonna sound crazy, but... you ever wish you could like... make someone forget all about you? then, like... start over? i mean, think about it. but, check it out... you would like, still remember all the stuff about them. you know? that would be... that would be tight." leave these days in a dream somewhere take the dream and toss it away leave your smile but not the one who sees don’t recall my lovin’ arms don’t reminisce oh, i'm praying that you don’t remember me don’t want you thinking ‘bout my lips on yours forget about the way i held your face forget about the love and soon… so will i. roll across these burning sands find a world so far from me distance plays on the memory of time i'm praying that you don’t remember me don’t want you thinking ‘bout my lips on yours forget about the way i held your face forget about the love and soon… so will i. leave these days in a dream somewhere take the dream and toss it away leave your smile but not the one who sees i'm praying that you don’t remember me don’t want you thinking ‘bout my lips on yours forget about the way i held your face forget about the love and soon… so will i.
5.
King of Scotland 04:42
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they crowned me king of scotland, i held my scepter high i rest upon a throne of gold in another, another life i rode upon the starlight and you were at my side we surfed the planets far and wee in another, another life in another, another life we walked along the shoreline the ocean cleansed our feet it washed our bodies free from sin... shall i crawl across these pages of all these books i've read i find nothing in their letters that will lead me to your bed tear away my silver stitches and reveal the final wound let it rain inside this cast of me from another, another life... they crowned me king of scotland i ruled all time and space i wore the crown of hopes and dreams in another, another life i rode upon the starlight i held your hand in mine sparks of color framed your face in another, another life in another, another life we walked along the shoreline the ocean cleansed our feet it washed our bodies free from sin... shall i crawl across these pages of all these books i've read i find nothing in their letters that will lead me to your bed tear away my silver stitches and reveal the final wound let it rain inside this cast of me from another, another life...
6.
Sunny Day 04:42
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you’re running in circles, you’re screaming at walls you frown more than smile and you wait for the fall your day’s never ending, but you’re so out of time relax for the moment… it’s alright, it’s alright you will find it’s alright, it’s alright you will find ‘cause your way is a sunny day ahead full of life and love for you see the smiles and they will be so this i know ‘cause i’ve prayed your way… see more than the sadness, be more than the pain rise up from the madness, there’s no one to blame you’re dreaming of heaven, but in the palm of your hand… that dream's overflowing in this world, in this world you will stand in this world, in this world you will stand ‘cause your way is a sunny day ahead full of life and love for you see the smiles and they will be so this i know ‘cause i’ve prayed your way… on those ugly nights, when you feel alone step into the light, so you can believe… down in the valley, valley so low i cry for reason, where must i go? scream intelligent, all on deaf ears down in the valley, i sing “where must i go?”
7.
Work of Art 04:56
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she's a dreamy eyed study done in pastel and light she's the figure of an angel ascending in flight a siren within the room, a watercolor on canvas calling you. sparse reality dripping from your pallet of life, boy. she's a work of art don't you know that you are staring at a work of art... well and for her you'd sell your soul away your soul away well and for her you'd sell your soul away your soul away she's an abstract, a photograph, a piece from chagall she's that "samo" done graffiti on the subway wall absinthe upon the lips, madness inside her kiss she's a work of art, and you are staring at a work of art... well and for her you'd sell your soul away your soul away well and for her you'd sell your soul away your soul away close your eyes, close your eyes the colors, her colors they're so perfect, they're so perfect well and oh, oh, oh... hey, you wanna hear me play?
8.
She Got a Hold of Me 03:34
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oh, i got a girl in a mini dress no better pair of legs in the east or west you know oh, i got a girl who’s a scientist well she gimmie a little sugar and i can’t resist you know oh, i got a girl on a rocket ship well she come alive at warp drive, baby’s a trip you know oh, i got a girl at the five and dime i wanna’ get a date with her… gotta’ stand in line oh, i got a girl on a tv show take 2, scene 3, makin’ lots of dough you know oh, i wanna’ buy her a diamond ring, you know i’d give her anything ‘cause she’s all i know… yeah! she got a hold of me now (everything she do…) she got a hold of me now she got a hold of me oh, i got a girl, she’s a beauty queen fancy pageant walkin like you’ve never seen you know oh, that’s my girl in the photograph well i made a funny face and she started to laugh you know oh, i got a girl, she can really cook makin’ collard greens and cornbread, boy i was hooked you know oh, i got a girl on my porch today knockin on my front door… can i come out to play? oh, i got a girl and i love her so feel it in my heart everywhere i go you know oh, i'm gonna’ buy her a cadillac and drive it to the love shack gonna’ stay all night, yeah! she got a hold of me now (everything she do…) she got a hold of me now she got a hold of me feel the light, this cleansing sun this other life and you’re the one take my hand and lift me ‘cause i’d fallen down fallen, though i feel the light... i got a girl and i love her so feel it in my heart everywhere i go.

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released September 7, 2022

All songs written and performed by Me.
Thanks to Christopher Adams for being in the room when it was time to do the thing!

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