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1.
The streetlights in the valley Telling people when to go Give me somewhere to focus In the night descending slow Here from my Little watchtower I can see for miles around Here from my Little watchtower Couldn't tell you what it is I've found Here's to the home up the canyon Here's to that cricket song Here's to this warm isolation That has held us this close for this long Here from our Little Watchtower We can watch as our dreams come alive Here from our Little Watchtower Couldn't tell you what it means to survive Feelings arise in one moment And each moment falls with the leaves Words slip away with the sunlight To make room for what the moonlight relieves There from your Little Watchtower Can you catch us waving at you? There from your Little Watchtower Sharing the same shade of blue
2.
Many wonders of the world Await you now You've been dancing with the whispers In the clouds Soon your head will be spinning Running around Did you notice the world stopped spinning there Just for a little while? When the grass is grown Will you come home like you told me? When the stars fall down So cold, will you hold me? Thistles will grow up To fill our voids Blue jays will carry the wind In our voices Oh, we leave it chance When we don't have a choice But when the dust of summer returns You know I will rejoice When the grass is grown Will you come home like you told me? When the stars fall down So cold, will you hold me?
3.
In the day and through the dark My love goes with you, meadowlark Crying up, over and yon Cry until you reach the dawn I love you as the seasons fade Even as the grass turns gray Even when you cannot speak The thoughts spill over just out of reach She's my Queen Of Pomona Kicking Corona She's my Queen Of Pomona Kicking Corona She's my Queen Of Pomona My Queen Of Pomona Down the highway, across the hall People yell and your future calls I gaze into your heart enthralled I'm waiting darling through it all I love you as the moon appears Illuminating all our fears Silver hills and roving eyes Are waiting for the sun to rise She's my Queen Of Pomona Kicking Corona She's my Queen Of Pomona Kicking Corona She's my Queen Of Pomona My Queen Of Pomona
4.
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Foggy window panes Foggy window panes Twirling weathervanes Twirling weathervanes No longer passing trains Or mere lovers Down in the rocky glade Blue-eyed grassy glade Where you sink your spade Where you sink your spade The path down which you've strayed Are there others? Don't you think it's time to plant a seed? Or are you sure that this is all we need? Ground is all but dry Ground is all but dry A mirror for the sky A mirror for the sky Seedlings soft and spry Like us lovers Just like the daffodils Just like the daffodils The love inside us spills The love inside us spills Out over trees and hills Out and over Out and over Out and over Out and over Out and over
5.
I've found my Little Galaxy I've found my Little Galaxy Shining up from the black icy sea Shining up from the black icy sea
6.
Waiting Waiting night and day Waiting night and day for you Waiting night and day Waiting night and day I Should Know Better I Should Know Better than that Sun Summer's coming Any moment Walls, walls are tumbling Wall are tumbling down And I Should Know Better I Should Know Better than that I Should Know Better I Should Know Better than that
7.
I can't remember where I started from But baby here I come Baby here I come Around I built these walls, I built them brick by brick To see which one of these stones would stick Which one of these stones would stick Around I climbed on top of a wall so high Lifted my head up to look at the sky And I fell straight down To the ground I was certain from the day that we met That I would not forget I would not forget What we've found Maybe we're afraid we're running too fast Maybe we're afraid this time it isn't gonna last You know there's no doorway to the past Just keep both feet on the ground You've got to realize You've got to realize You've got to realize There's No Rushing Life You've got to realize You've got to realize You've got to realize There's No Rushing Life You've got to realize
8.
Sun shone only in the west today Burned like hell on the worst of days I've seen a bead of sweat Turn to steam on the asphalt I'm heading out from the western hills It's where I live these days, where I pay the bills I can't help it Sometimes I just have to leave it all It doesn't all make sense to me To be free to be or to be free from me It's a conundrum It's inescapable, you see The sun is low, the shadows long I'll follow them to find a song That could lead me That could me back home I'm Following My Shadow again I wish I knew to what end I'm following this shadow And it's taking me down the road They said it'll be alright with me Just as soon as I turn twenty-three Now I believe it'll be alright I believe it'll be alright I believe it'll be alright I didn't think that I could take much more If I ever got twenty-four Now I believe it'll be alright I believe it'll be alright The sidewalk's sizzling and there's no shade The only shade's what my body's made It's a desolated promenade That steals my breath But something turns me the eastern plains Perhaps a fragment still remains Of a life Of a life of a thousand deaths Sun shone only in the west today Burned like hell on the worst of days I saw a bead of sweat Turn to steam on the asphalt I'm heading out from the western hills It's where I live these days, where I pay the bills I can't help it Sometimes I just have to leave it all I'm Following My Shadow again I wish I knew to what end I'm following this shadow And it's taking me down the road They said it'll be alright with me Just as soon as I turn twenty-three Now I believe it'll be alright I believe it'll be alright I didn't think that I could take much more If I ever got twenty-four Now I believe it'll be alright I believe it'll be alright I believe it'll be alright I believe it'll be alright
9.
I can see nothing past the mist Only a leaf floating past our kiss What seems so possible and what seems within reach Is out in the mystery, is all that we do not wish to beseech And I know the rain will turn to snow And I see all that is make-believe And I do not care, I would not dare There is a fantasy in every step I breathe And I am glad, I am glad I cannot see I am glad, I am Glad I Do Not Know I am glad, I am glad I cannot reach The future, the future The future, the future All that we do not know creates the tapestry All that we do not see is all that's in front of me It's okay to be in disbelief To speak of what you haven't seen Or never have conceived It's okay to not know And I am glad, I am glad I cannot see I am glad, I am Glad I Do Not Know I am glad, I am glad I cannot reach The future, the future The future, the future The future, the future
10.
All of my daydreams Turn to night schemes Turn to night terrors And you know that There's No Way To look behind the curtain You're always holding your breath Then a long sigh As the day dies And you know that There's No Way To ever know for certain And with both my eyes closed I see inside Places to hide And you know that There's No Way To really know just where it's hurtin'
11.
All of my life All of my life I just sat there Waiting on some Golden Opportunity To come around All of my life All of my life I just sat there Waiting on some Golden Opportunity To come around All of my life All of my life I just sat there Waiting on some Golden Opportunity To come around All of my life All of my life I just sat there Waiting on some Golden Opportunity To come around All of my life All of my life I just sat there Waiting on some Golden Opportunity To come around All of my life All of my life I just sat there Waiting on some Golden Opportunity To come around
12.
I can see where the path is leading But how far will it go? Roads Stretch On far out of sight How far do they go? How far do they go? Do they go? Will you die tomorrow night? There's just no way to know Memory drifts far out of sight Like blinding blizzard snow Blinding blizzard snow Blizzard snow I lay sleeping in my bed My loved one at my side Maybe I should be so scared It may be the last time It may be the last time The last time
13.
I Love You So I Love You So I Love You So I Love You So I long to say These words Singing to you every day Like the birds I Love You So I Love You So I Love You So I Love You So I long to meet Your gaze Diving so deep into your eyes For the rest of my days Of my days Of my days I Love You So I Love You So I Love You So I Love You So
14.
Follow me In The Moonlight Follow me In The Moonlight Silvery trees In The Moonlight Silvery trees In The Moonlight These things we see in the daylight Were still here when the night rose All the stars in the night show All the stars in the night show In their light that burns so dim Their light that burns so cold sometimes You might have to feel your way Follow me In The Moonlight Come walk with me In The Moonlight Follow me with these Silvery trees In The Moonlight Everything silver Everything silver In The Moonlight In The Moonlight I wish the moon would never set I wish it always gazed down upon me I wish the moon would dance around for some time I wish that it did not have to be on the other side of the world The moonlight burns softly Like your burning heartbeat It leaves these spaces For us to imagine What there could be in the shadows Where we see these shadows What could be hiding in the shadows What we see in the shadows What we see in the shadows In The Moonlight In The Moonlight In The Moonlight In The Moonlight In The Moonlight

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Songs written and/or improvised over the course of 2018-2021, in and around The Boat House. Arranged for piano.

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released January 29, 2023

All songs written and recorded by Noah DeRosier aka Hemlock Sun

Origins of inspiration/field recordings:

saintelmosfire.bandcamp.com/album/easy-listening

saintelmosfire.bandcamp.com/album/masterpiece

saintelmosfire.bandcamp.com/album/departure-time

saintelmosfire.bandcamp.com/album/hercules-power

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