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Spring '10

from Debut by The Littlest Birds

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Dave: I wrote this song in April 2010, out on the Volcanic Tablelands outside of Bishop, CA the night before performing a solo show at the Black Sheep Espresso Bar. I wrote it on the banjo. It is meant to be a song of two meanings - to describe a love affair with "spring" the season, that will surely pass and leave you, but to also describe the early spring-like sensations of a new relationship, mixed with a modicum of pessimism that it won't last, because "nothing is forever".

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Blue moonlight shines down upon the green leaves
Flowers are budding but I know you're bound to leave
Me alone, but smiling
Alone, but free
Nothing lasts forever on this road rolling away from me.

Dreams are falling, like stars tonight
I know they're nothing but trouble but for now that's just fine
I ain't blind, I want double
I ain't blind, I just don't want to see
Nothing is forever on this road rolling away from me.

City lights and mountainsides
Ocean breeze and redwood trees
Familiar faces and empty spaces
Desert sage burns another page
Abandon expectations, expectations abandon me.

Spring is-a-blossomin', like a kiss upon your cheek
I'm drunk on your cold clear water but I know you're bound to leave me alone, but smiling
Thirsty but free
Nothing lasts forever on this road rolling away from me.

City lights and mountainsides
Ocean breeze and redwood trees
Familiar faces and empty spaces
Desert sage burns another page
Abandon expectations, expectations abandon me.

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from Debut, released October 1, 2010

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The Littlest Birds Laramie, Wyoming

The Littlest Birds is the banjo-driven music of and Sharon Martinson, performing both solo concerts and currently with several duo and trio configurations. "Think instrumental virtuosity balanced by a breezy, backwoods soul, music that is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally soothing."
- Dan Bolles, Seven Days Weekly, Burlington VT, 2011
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