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Somebody Leave a Light On

from Postcards From Downtown by Dayna Kurtz

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featuring Richie Havens on vocals

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he was blessed - the best of us
& now the boy is gone
he was so beautiful & stupid
he’d go swimming with his boots on

you spend too much time with strangers
you spend too much time alone
& you need someone to leave a light on
when you’re headed home

somebody leave a light on

if someone told you you’d be tied to some wicked
& some beautiful dreams
and go clanking town to town
now - like a tortured dog
now - like a wedding car

till you’re a tough old telephone pole,
naked & stuck to a sad stretch of road
calling up everyone you know

somebody leave a light on

i know love is everywhere
whatever ground you stand on
i’ll take what sight is offered me
whatever lights you turn on
somebody leave a light on

is there anybody out there
is there anybody out there
shit this town is nowhere
is there anybody home

(you’re a tough old telephone pole
naked & stuck to a sad stretch of road
calling up everyone you know)

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from Postcards From Downtown, released April 3, 2004

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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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