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TAKE MY ADVICE (DON’T FALL FOR ME)


THERE ARE THINGS I HAVE LEARNED
THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT LOVE IS BOTH A MIRROR AND A DOOR
THERE’S THE FUTURE WE EARN
AND THE ONES WE LET GO
LIKE WAVING A BOAT FROM THE SHORE


SO IF I STAND BY MY WINDOW
DON’T CLIMB UP MY TREE
EVEN IF I BEG YOU PLEASE
YOU ARE AS KIND
AS A MAN OUGHTA BE
TAKE MY ADVICE- DON’T FALL FOR ME


PERHAPS WE KNEW EACH OTHER
IN ANOTHER LIFE AND TIME
MAYBE IN HAVANA, MAYBE HERE
I BET WE MET IN DANCEHALLS
DOWN SQUALID LITTLE STREETS
WHERE WE COULD MAKE THE WORLD DISAPPEAR

AND IN SOME OTHER DIRTY BAR
WE LIT FIRES IN THE DARK
AND YOUR KISS MADE ME WEAK IN THE KNEES
BUT YOU’RE STILL A GYPSY
AND I AM NOT FREE
TAKE MY ADVICE -DON’T FALL FOR ME

I’LL BE RIGHT HERE
IF YOU PASS THROUGH NEXT YEAR
I HOPE YOU FIND A PLACE THAT FEELS LIKE HOME
MAY YOUR FUTURE BE KIND
AND AS LUCKY AS MINE
AND SENDS YOU SOME LOVE TO CALL YOUR OWN

& I’ll REMEMBER THAT BAR & THAT JUKEBOX
& DANCING SO SLOW AND SO SWEET
WHEN I’M IN MY ROCKING CHAIR
I’LL SMILE WISTFULLY
TAKE MY ADVICE- DON’T FALL FOR ME

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from Lulu and the Broadsides, released April 14, 2023

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Dayna Kurtz New Orleans, Louisiana

Dayna Kurtz is the kind of artist who inspires wild-eyed zealotry among her fans, and there are 3 reasons for it: 1, she's an artist's artist, one whose whiskeyed, determined alto often earns her comparisons with Nina Simone; 2 while Europeans adore her, she's obscenely underappreciated in her own country; and 3, her songs straddle a difficult space between jazz, rock, and folk, & are pure poetry. ... more

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