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Wooden Shoes and Windmills

from The Living Record by Christa Couture

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lyrics

We write songs inside of songs and we open them up just to try them on
I was delayed in my reply – but as you have heard I’ve been occupied
And it’s just what I was so scared by
I was gone before you were gone, I didn’t know the best way to pack up our days
Recall that night on your lawn – a drunken display of my rot and decay
You were kind at the perfect time

When you joked about wooden shoes and windmills, when you listened to my sad story of…
It meant everything, that summer of our friendship
But I think we might have wrecked it when we fell in love

We write songs inside of songs, for safe keeping we store ourselves in these chords
We stayed up until dawn trading our tunes, we were content and consumed
Equally enamored by the other’s

Then I end with a joke, you know how I depend on a punch line to end
And you know that I know that you know that I know
My sarcasm dry is how I survive – I jest at what I love best

Like when you joke about wooden shoes and windmills, when you listen to my sad story of…
It meant everything, that summer of our friendship
But I think we might have wrecked it when we fell in love

I’m not saying any of this to try and sway you
Into believing that you’ll miss me now that I’m leaving

We write songs inside of songs – some are naked as born others puzzles to solve
I should have known why you called, but it’s hard to resist a kiss
You are kind – it gets me every time

So joke about wooden shoes and windmills, listen to my sad story of…
It meant everything, that summer of our friendship
But I think we might have wrecked it when we fell in love

credits

from The Living Record, released September 4, 2012
Rob Becker – electric bass
Christa Couture – vocals, acoustic guitar
Steve Dawson – pedal steel, ukulele, vocals
Cris Derksen - cellos
Niko Friesen - drums
Chris Gestrin – tack piano, moog, phillicorda

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Christa Couture Toronto, Ontario

“A remarkable chanteuse, singing superb material,” deems Roots Music of Christa Couture, an award-winning indie artist who has built a reputation for transforming tragedy into musical triumph, with sharp-shooting wit, effortless grace, and heart-on-sleeve intensity. ... more

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