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Chelsea Hotel No. 2
03:39
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Chelsea Hotel No. 2
Words & Music by Leonard Cohen, Ron Cornelius
Performed by Allison Crowe
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were looking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street.
Well, those were the reasons, that was New York,
we were running for the money and the flesh
That was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left
Ah, but you got away, oh, didn't you baby,
you just turned your back on the crowd,
you got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you,
I need you, I don't need you
' all of that jiving around.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend
And you told me again - you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception
And then clenching your fists for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well, never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music"
Ah, but you got away, oh, didn't you baby
You just turned your back on the crowd
You got away, I never once heard you say
I need you, I don’t need you
I need you, I don’t need you
And all of that jivin’ around
I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
that's all, I don't think of you that often
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There Is
03:03
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There Is
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
Open up your door
I know we've both been here before
But there's a shadow fading here
A revolution on its way
Open up your mind
I know I've drowned in there before
But my wings are drying off
And I am ready to dive in
I am coming back again
To you
A way
There is a way
Out of this
There is
Give me a minute
I'll try to explain myself to you
I am the girl who is always with you
The one who's always watching
Give me a break I thought that you
understood this already
And I'm not trying to deceive you
I don't have that much time on my hands
And I am not going to leave you alone
A way
There is a way
Out of this
There is
I see you in the rain
and you are more beautiful
than I have ever seen
And when I walk I want you with me
And I see your smile above me
and I know, I know there is
A way
there is a way
out of this
there is
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Arthur
04:11
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Arthur
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
And the weight of this war
We are fighting
Is a door that is opening
And sighing
You say come back inside
It is warm here
You have seen it out there
And you ran
away
If you lift without strength
Can you move it
Or the sword in this stone
Would you lose it
Are you Arthur
Or only pretending
And this hope you have burned
Are you sending
away
Away, away…
Would you hold me
If I disappeared now
And if I didn’t know
Who I was
Would you stay with me
While I was losing
Or lay down your sword
And run
away
Would you still love me
If I forgot you
If my heart held to
Only a thread
In the flicker of eyes
I would see you
Would you carry me back
from my dread
away
Away, 'way, away
away, away
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No Matter the Battle
04:22
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No Matter the Battle
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
I still hold secrets
I thought that was over
They’re still with me
Yeah, they’re still there
And I’ve walked backwards
And fallen down so many times
It seems like the truth
Is fatally attracted to me
But I can’t see
And I can’t feel
But I still don’t know why
And I believe now that you are with me
And I have heard you say
That you will love me anyway
No matter the battle
And I’ve exploded
Into pieces and shattered
These frames and phrases
As tears burst through
And I’ve tried to hold them
to me so tightly
I felt I couldn’t breathe
more times than you could believe
And I can’t see
And I can’t feel
But I still don’t know why
And I believe now that you are with me
And I have heard you say
that you will love me anyway
No matter the battle
So here you stand now
You’re still beside me
And I still hold you
And will, ’til I can’t see
‘cause if you’ll hold the light
I’ll wade through the depths
and breathe for you
if you will fly for me
But I can’t see
and I can’t feel
but I still don’t know why
and I believe now
that you are with me
and I have heard you say
that you will love me anyway
no matter the battle
And I still hold secrets
I thought that was over
And you’re still with me
Yeah, you’re still there
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Tarry Trousers
02:36
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Tarry Trousers
Traditional
Performed by Allison Crowe
As I roved out one fine Summer's ev'ning
to view those flow'rs and to take the air
't'was there I spied a tender mother
talking to her daughter dear
Singing, "Daughter, o daughter, I'll have you to marry"
"No longer to live a sweet single, life"
"O mother, o mother, I 'd rather to tarry"
"To be some brave young sailor's wife"
"A sailor shy sits all for to wander"
"To some foreign count'r'y he'd go"
"They will cause you to sigh and to murmur"
"They will prove your overthrow"
"Or, if you could get me to wed with a farmer"
"To be your joy and heart's delight"
"But give me the boy with the tarry, tarry trousers"
"To shine in my eyes like a diamond bright"
She hung her head on the top of her shoulders
Tears from her eyes like a fountain flowed
"I'll stay at home and be true-hearted"
"whilst my love to the sea doth go"
"Hark, o hark, how the great guns are rattling"
"Big and small, they all make noise"
"My true love's in the field of battle"
"Now fight on, my gallant boy"
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You All Haunt Me
05:49
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You All Haunt Me
Composed by Allison Crowe
I would take it back
if it was even real
I would tell you how
exactly how I feel
And it would be ugly
and you would be scared
Can’t you see my face?
Oh can you hear my voice?
Now, how can you tell me
that this is a choice,
that I asked for this?
Now, why would I do that?
When this is all I have
and this is all I am
You haunt me, you all haunt me
Now, if you think that I forgot
if you think that I moved on
I ask you - have you even met me?
what planet are you on?
I don't forget anything
even though I try
Maybe too intense
maybe too revealed
maybe madness baby
but you’re so, so concealed
I never saw a thing
This is all I have
and this is all I am
You haunt me, you all haunt me
Why did I do this?
Why did I say that?
and why did you pretend to care
when I know that you were watching me cry
yeah, you watched me die
When light circled my eyes
and my heart tried to leave me
My words were all gone wild
not even I could believe me
any more
you have to know that I tried
And this is all I have
This is all I am
You haunt me, yeah, you haunt me
You haunt me
Yeah, you all haunt me
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Now I'm 64
04:05
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Now I'm 64
Traditional
As performed by Allison Crowe
I pondered on those days gone by as I sat beside the mill
and gazed upon the setting Sun as it sank beneath the hill
I gazed on it once more, me boys, ’t’was the very Sun I've seen
Well, it's just the same now as it was when we were sweet 16
Oh, how I long for those bright days to come again once more
But come again they never will for now I'm 64
The little fish swim in the brook and wander down below
They swim until, and ever will, as they did long ago
The little meadow by the brook is just as fresh and green
It’s just the same now as it was when we were sweet 16
Oh, how I long for those bright days to come again once more
But come again they never will for now I'm 64
Oh, the past is past and she is gone, on Earth we'll meet no more
But we will meet in Heaven above on that eternal shore
And when we meet we'll part no more, we both will reign supreme
No more to sing of days gone by when we were sweet 16
Oh, how I long for those bright days to come again once more
But come again they never will for now I'm 64
Oh, how I long for those bright days to come again once more
But come again they never will for now I'm 64
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Heavy Graces
03:28
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Through These Heavy Graces
Composed by Allison Crowe
I’m not better than anyone
and you’re no better than me
So here we stand at the artifice
face-to-face in symmetry
I laugh when I’m afraid
and I cry when taken by peace
I shake through new beginnings
and I scream when I release
I want to breathe
but I can’t catch breath
I want to live
but I can’t shake death
And bathe in light
in the darkest of places
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
Guilt crawls through my skin
and exits every pore
I exist a floating creature
of heart and bones, so sore
But you stand firm in faith
for your emptiness of soul
And I’m left here with the shaking
when laughter takes its toll
I want to breathe
But I can’t catch breath
I want to live
but I can’t shake death
Bathe in light
in the darkest of places
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
And shadow takes his cover
It’s piercing with his eyes
No moral lesson learned here
No clever compromise
Just feign of retribution
and tears swallowed ill at ease
To wash the scars from inside
this doubt will not appease
I want to breathe
but I can’t catch breath
I want to live
but I can’t shake death
And bathe in light
in the darkest of places
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
I want to breathe
but I can’t catch breath
I want to live
but I can’t shake death
And bathe in light
in the darkest of places
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
Tread lightly
through these, these heavy graces
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Double-Edged Swords
02:39
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Double-Edged Swords
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
Going backwards on the train to France
As Germany flies by
I find myself distracted and
Wondering where and what and why
I’m running away, running faster still
Slamming into a wall
The trips that I take myself on
Always lead to a fall
So don’t hurt me, then maybe do
Maybe just let me be
I don’t want to believe in anything
And I am not sure that I am free
If anything, don’t lie to me
Just to play at words
Either run, walk, or attack me
You and your double-edged swords
I don’t know why I get so close
So enraged, so serious
I don’t know why my lucidities
Always lead to delirious…
But, they do, oh my they do
And I delight in the blood
Far beneath these wings, I think,
is something less than good
So, don’t hurt me, but, then, maybe do
Maybe just let me be
I don’t want to believe in anything
And I am not sure that I am free
If anything don’t lie to me
just to play at words
Either run, walk, or attack me
You and your double-edged swords
Now, maybe this is just my imagination
If so ignore this proclamation
Hell, now I’m filled with indignation
So please accept my resignation
I’m unpredictable, unwise at times
Dangerous in changing light
Too deep, too dark to see through
Or clear, calm and bright
So, if you think you’re trouble
What does that make me
If you think you’re the forest, baby
That makes me the sea
So don’t hurt me, well, then, maybe do
Maybe just let me be
I don’t want to believe in anything
And I am not sure that I am free
If anything, don’t lie to me
just to play at words
Either run, walk or attack me
You and your double-edged swords
Don’t hurt me
Maybe just a little
Maybe just let me be
I don’t want to believe in anything
and, then again, I kinda do
So, if anything don’t lie to me
just to play at words
Either run, walk or attack me
You and your double-edged swords
Either run, walk or attack me
You and your double-edged swords
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On the Air
04:28
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On the Air
Composed by Allison Crowe
I can feel it coming and when it has passed
there will be no trace of me
other than faded words that have already been spoken
and promises that I will keep until
not even memory exists in my name
I will never desert you
and my spirit will never leave you
even though my spirit is about to leave myself
I’ve placed more faith in you
than I have in anything
And I will run when I can't breathe
I will give what is left of my bones
and I will wait for you on the air.
I have given you my soul and I only ask
that you could treat it better than I have
and if I could ask one more little thing of you
…to give me peace in a time
where I’m fighting a battle I can only lose
burning rain can't tear this away
and my eyes run into my soul at its purest form
I am sinking further in to my mind
as the truth runs down my face to die
And I will run
when I can't breathe I will give
what is left of my bones
and I will wait for you on the air...
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Skeletons and Spirits
03:26
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Skeletons and Spirits
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
Take your sympathy and shove it
as for the pain,
well, I love it
I'll eat your words
I'll devour your soul
I will laugh like a lemur
as you crawl back into your hole
I won't deny you,
but I'll pay you no heed
And, if you keep stabbing me,
I will probably bleed
But, I'll pretend I'm a cloud
and my rain will surround you
And if you keep hurting me
I'll eventually drown you
And, yes I know
I'm a little bit off
But, you, you can't leave, you can't open the door
you think you're unique but I've seen you before
so run, run away from the fires that burn
you will do this again and again
but you will never learn
So keep looking down
as you crush me keep smiling
'cause I will get up
and there's no denying
that I am one of your punching clowns
you can keep on striking
but you can't keep me down
You always think that you
are fearless and right
but I think that you
are afraid in the night
of the ghosts, of the spirits
that crawl into your head
of the skeletons that'll haunt you
until you're dead
but, now, you can't leave, you can't open the door
you think you're unique but I've seen you before
so run, run away from the fires that burn
you will do this again and again and again and again
but, now, you can't leave, you can't open the door
you think you're unique but I've seen it all before
so run, run away from the fires that burn
but you will never learn
you will never learn
you will never learn
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Secrets
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
verse 1
you know I hold these in
and I take them for myself
I'm covered in guilt
but it's not my own
there isn't any reason
for me to feel like I'm dying
I'm done with being afraid
I'm done with lying
chorus:
and I am not an angel
I'm more like Mona Lisa
there's something hiding in me
there's always something behind my smile
and I know that I'm not perfect
and maybe I am the court jester
I'm the life of the party
and I know too much about the court...
I have these secrets that aren't my own
verse 2
so take this how you want to
I'm not here to judge you
I just want to be in love with you
I just want to forget myself
i want to just be ignorant
please take this pain away from me
down to the river and out to the sea
down to the river and out to the sea
chorus:
and I am not an angel
I'm more like Mona Lisa
there's something hiding in me
there's always something behind my smile
and I know that I'm not perfect
yeah, I am the court jester
I'm the life of the party
and I know too much about the court...
I have these secrets that aren't my own
verse 3
it's too far to reach.
but I'm too scared to let go.
it's too close to ignore
but I feel so far away now
I'm crawling in the ceiling
I'm scratching through the walls
I'm trying to scream
but my own hand is on my throat
chorus:
And I am not an angel
I'm more like Mona Lisa
there's something hiding in me
there's always something behind my smile
and I want to be like Venus
to just bare it all and face the world
but I'm tangled in these blankets
I'm caught in between the lines
I have these secrets that aren't my own
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Foggy Shores of Home
03:58
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The Foggy Shores of Home
Composed by Gary O'Driscoll
As performed by Allison Crowe
I've sailed upon the ocean wide,
I've sailed the world around;
I've sailed on barques and brigantines,
From Lisbon to St John's.
I've sailed where the ocean tossed and rolled,
I've sailed where the ocean foams;
I've sailed where the ice floes thunder and roll,
To bring the white coats home.
Wherever you may ramble,
Wherever you may roam,
Wherever you may be,
You'll be happy to see,
The foggy shores of home.
I've sailed down to the South Sea Isles,
I've sailed where the trade winds come;
I've sailed on schooners listing low,
To bring home 'backey and rum.
I've sailed to the city of New York,
To labour in the sky;
High above the streets below,
To home my heart would fly.
Wherever you may ramble,
Wherever you may roam,
Wherever you may be,
You'll be happy to see,
The foggy shores of home.
One day I will sail back home,
To my dear foggy shore;
I'll plough the ground of my hometown,
And go to sea no more.
Wherever you may ramble,
Wherever you may roam,
Wherever you may be,
You'll be happy to see,
The foggy shores of home.
Wherever you may ramble,
Wherever you may roam,
Wherever you may be,
You'll be happy to see,
The foggy shores of home.
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Allison Crowe Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
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