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Don't Turn Me Away
02:24
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Don’t Turn Me Away
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP
I walked for miles and miles to see your face, to catch your smile
I walked for miles and miles just to breathe you in, to breathe you in
So don’t turn me away, when I’ve come all this way
So don’t turn me away, when I’ve come all this way
I walked for miles and miles to hear your voice, to hear you say
“Don’t make me ask you twice, to stay”
So don’t turn me away, when I’ve come all this way
So don’t turn me away, when I’ve come all this way
She really wanted him I could tell by the way her eyes were on him
It’s been so long since I’ve felt that way
Mostly seems like I just get in the way
So don’t turn me away, when I’ve come all this way
So don’t turn me away, when I’ve come all this way
So don’t turn me away, when I’ve come all this way
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2. |
Dead All Day
02:59
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Dead All Day -
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP
I’m dead all day until you come to me
Give me love and you set me free
I’m dead all day until I come alive in your arms
I’m dead all day until I come to you
You give me love and you pull me through
I’m dead all day until I come alive
I’ve been dead all day
Wasting my time away
Staring up at the sky
Just waiting to come to life
I’m dead all day until you come to me
Give me love and you set me free
I’m dead all day until I come alive in your arms
I’m dead all day until I come to you
You give me love and you pull me through
I’m dead all day until I come alive
Like a smoke jumper coming for you
Even when it’s hard to do
I feel the heat but I won’t hide
I need it to feel alive
I’m dead all day until you come to me
Give me love and you set me free
I’m dead all day until I come alive in your arms
I’m dead all day until I come to you
You give me love and you pull me through
I’m dead all day until I come alive
I’m dead all day until you come to me
Give me love and you set me free
I’m dead all day until I come alive in your arms
I’m dead all day until I come to you
You give me love and you pull me through
I’m dead all day until I come alive
Well I’m dead all day
I’m dead all day
I’m dead all day
I’m dead all day
I’m dead all day until you come to me
Give me love and you set me free
I’m dead all day until I come alive in your arms
I’m dead all day until I come to you
You give me love and you pull me through
I’m dead all day until I come alive
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3. |
Discard
03:30
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Discard –
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music (ASCAP)
Everyone’s waiting for your discard
You just stare at your hand and wonder how you got this far
Everyone can see you’re a broken heart
Your Poker Face didn’t used to be this hard
But it’s all in the deck
In the hand that you’re dealt
The way that you felt (when I touched you)
It’s all just a game they say,
except when you play,
it doesn’t feel that way
Everyone’s waiting for you to open your mouth
To let the truth be known, to let the pain fall out
Everyone can feel it’s a lonely life
But I’ll attach to you, for a little while
But it’s all in the deck
In the hand that you’re dealt
The way that you felt (when I touched you)
It’s all just a game they say,
except when you play,
it doesn’t feel that way
And your face gets wild
Just for a while
I love to see you smile
And your eyes get wild
Just for a while
I love to see you smile
Everyone’s waiting for you to fall apart
You just stare through their masks, disassembling their hearts
Everyone knows it’s a beautiful life
So just hold my hands, love me through this night
But it’s all in the deck
In the hand that you’re dealt
The way that you felt (when I touched you)
It’s all just a game they say,
except when you play,
it doesn’t feel that way
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4. |
Getaway
04:03
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Getaway
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP
The trees form a carpet as I fly overhead
Another trip in an airplane that same old feeling of dread
I am dimly aware of life thirty thousand feet below
But I'm acutely aware of one million moving parts that make this plane go
And I can see myself strolling down the jetway
Make my getaway, happy that it's done
I can see myself in shattered pieces on the ground
If, in fact, this thing goes down
There's a little kid beside me she's reading pictures on the emergency card
She says "I hope we don't land in the water, I hope that we land on the land"
I said "Your seat bottom cushion may be used for flotation if this plane becomes a boat"
She says "Mister, no offense, but you're a fool if you really think this thing can float"
And I can see myself strolling down the jetway
Make my getaway, happy that it's done
I can see myself in shattered pieces on the ground
If, in fact, this thing goes down
Now we barter with the devil, and make our promises to god
Saying "If you'll get me through this one then you know I'll join your crowd"
But it's cold comfort and we know it every time we roll them dice
We're always hoping for boxcars seems it's always coming up those snake-eyes
And I can see myself strolling through this lifetime
Just walking down Easy Street
I would sell my golden crown to keep this thing from going down and see the
sunrise of another day, and make my getaway...
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5. |
For You
02:59
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For You
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP
I’ll grab a piece of the Moon for you
I’ll cut the cloth of the stars
The Sun for a crown for you
For you
I’ll catch the wind in a bottle for you
The sound of rain to sleep
A sunny day to keep for you
For you
All these things I would do
All these things I would do for you
But all I can do is sing
For you
I’ll let you cast your shadows where you will
I’ll watch you make your own way up that hill
But I’m with you tonight and I always will be if you need me
I’ll bring an ocean of love for you
Gather wisdom in a shell
Oh a chest full of hope for you
For you
All these things I would do
All these things I would do for you
But all I can do is sing
For you
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6. |
Never Let Me Go
03:58
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Never Let Me Go
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP
Well I see and I feel just like child
Who awoke and fell out into the night
And my wants, my needs, so easily confused
I said I wanted you I needed you, but those are only words
What was done, is past, I cannot change
What’s ahead, this road, is beautiful and strange
And I’ll walk it as I’ll die, all alone
Unless you hold my hands and never let me go
Hold my hands and never let me go
And you see and you feel just like a girl
Who awoke when you fell out into the world
And your wants, your needs, so easily confused
You said you wanted to need me, but those are only words
What was love, what was lust, and how were you to know?
When every breath is just so beautiful and slow
Breathe as you’ll die, all alone
Unless you hold my hands and never let me go
Hold my hands and never let me go
And we see and we feel the world crashing down
We awoke as we fell out into the sound
Of our wants, our needs, so easily abused
We said we needed what we wanted and we tore apart the world
But we swore we stay together when we stepped into the woods
Who we were, what we did it was beautiful and good
And you’ll live as you’ll die, all alone
Unless you hold my hands and never let me go
Hold my hands and never let me go
Hold a na-na-na-na never let me go
Hold a na-na-na-na never let me go
Hold a na-na-na-na never let me go
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7. |
Your Plastic Heart
02:56
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Your Plastic Heart
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP
If I could bend your plastic heart, I’d turn it more towards mine
A different look in your eyes, different thoughts in your mind
Another level to the conversation, when we say hello
A whole world of inspiration that only you and I would know
But everybody’s calling you on your telephone
Everybody’s wondering, where you gonna go?
Diggin’ your toes in the sand, your hands up in the air
Didn’t you know I fell in love with you right there?
Didn’t you know, didn’t you know, didn’t you know?
Didn’t you know I fell in love with you right there?
If I could melt your plastic heart, and mold it once again
I would shape it into a bird, and set it free my friend
‘Cause every cage has a latch to let its loved one go
Only in your freedom will your beauty truly show
But everybody’s calling you on your telephone
Everybody’s wondering, where you gonna go?
Diggin’ your toes in the sand, your hands up in the air
Didn’t you know I fell in love with you right there?
Didn’t you know, didn’t you know, didn’t you know?
Didn’t you know I fell in love with you right there?
If I could steal your plastic heart, and take it home with me
I would put it into my pocket treat it carefully
Keep you by my side and never let you out of my sight
And if you let me, I will love you all through the night
If you let me, I will love you all through your life
Whatever happens I will love you all through your life
But everybody’s calling you on your telephone
Everybody’s wondering, where you gonna go?
Diggin’ your toes in the sand, your hands up in the air
Didn’t you know I fell in love with you right there?
Didn’t you know? didn’t you know? didn’t you know?
Didn’t you know I fell in love with you right there?
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Your Arms, Your Legs, Your Back
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP
“In another time”, she thought, “I could have been a lady”
Out here in the desert she’s just lonely and afraid
The curtains blow in the wind through the open window
She lays on her back with her eyes closed
“There’s a box for you and you know it
There’s a place for you and they’ll find it
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back to make you fit
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back”
In the distance a car door slams
And heavy boots on rocks and sand
The approach is never quite what you expect
This last wave to wash the driftwood to your steps
“Come home, come home”, she’d always say
But he was so small in her mind’s eye
He’d always put it off just one more day
And every streetlight that went out as he passed by
Just a reminder that he never said goodbye
And every streetlight that went out as he passed by
Just a reminder that he never said:
“There’s a box for you and you know it
There’s a place for you and they’ll find it
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back to make you fit
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back”
The curtains blow in the wind through the open window
She wished to God that he’d never have to go
But he’ll never fit for long in the box that’s been prepared
It’s like a coffin, with a lid, even when it’s shared
And every streetlight that went out as he passed by
Just a reminder that he never said goodbye
And every streetlight that went out as he passed by
Just a reminder that he never said:
There’s a box for you and you know it
There’s a place for you and they’ll find it
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back to make you fit
And if you won’t go when they first put you in
Break your arms, your legs, your back
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9. |
Pale Blue Dot
05:26
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Pale Blue Dot
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP
Do you dream about the vastness of space, or do you live inside your
mind?
I touched the binding and the pages they just fell away
Another story for another life
We’re so hard to see from far away, even the giants of our histories
Are standing on shoulders of shoulders of shoulders, casting shadows
they would never see.
All of these armies and all of these wars for a piece of a pale blue dot
And if you think we’ve reached the pinnacle I can assure you, we have not
All of these armies and all of these wars for a piece of a pale blue dot
And if you think that you’re untouchable, I can assure you, you are not
And love it is a mystery, like a giant in our lives
And everyone else just backs away, In deference to its size
But love can be a tragedy, Like a flood upon our lives
When everyone else is swept away, with one glance from your pale
blue eyes
All of these armies and all of these wars for a piece of a pale blue dot
And if you think we’ve reached the pinnacle I can assure you, we have not
All of these armies and all of these wars for a piece of a pale blue dot
And if you think that you’re untouchable, I can assure you, you are not
Time it is a mystery, the swirling eddies of our minds
Exist to interpret signals that come faster, faster all the time
Time it is a tragedy, we’re always waiting for that last hard stop
Do we exist just to be blurs in motion? Or does that motion wind the clock?
So light a candle in the dark we are alone on our pale blue dot
And if you think that we are unaccountable, I can assure that we are
not
All of these armies and all of these wars for a piece of a pale blue dot
And if you think we’ve reached the pinnacle I can assure you, we have not
All of these armies and all of these wars for a piece of a pale blue dot
And if you think that you’re untouchable, I can assure you, you are not
Do you dream about the vastness of space?
Or do you live inside your mind?
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10. |
The Cantaloupe Terrain
05:10
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The Cantaloupe Terrain
Russ Glenn/ Starshell Music ASCAP
I caught the first train to Triton
Thought I’d get some space and
Clear my mind
But I got lost in the Cantaloupe Terrain
I see your face
All of the time
Everything we had
We could carry it on our backs
Everything we loved
It’s all burning on the side of the road
I caught the last train to Neptune
I guess I saw
A future there
But I got tangled in the methane
And I know you
Just don’t care
Everything we had
You could fit in the palm of your hand and
Everything we owned
It’s all burning on the side of the road
I’ll catch the next train to Triton
Go and get that space
Clear my mind
I’ll go get lost in the Cantaloupe Terrain
Think about me
From time to time
Everything we had
I will carry it on my back
All the words you said
You cannot retract them
Everything we owned
I can’t let it go
Everything I loved
It’s all burning on the side of the road
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Russ Glenn Austin, Texas
Russ pens and sings Americana/ Indie-folk songs.
Baptized in a ship’s bell, there’s
salt water in his veins and an affinity for songs that evoke the natural world. He now calls the Texas Hill Country "Home".
Tastemakers have remarked that he “writes melodic, soothing odes that crawl inside the recesses of your subconscious and root there for days at a time,”
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