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Jacaranda Tree
03:42
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Nobody can take that sky from you
No matter what a mess you’ve caused
Or what you got yourself into
The only thing hanging over me
Is going to be a sky of blue
And that Jacaranda tree
Know that you’ll always have a home
It’s the earth you walk upon
And it’s nothing that you can own
You can earn all the money that you like
In the end it’s only you
Beneath the starry night
Everything real, everything true,
The colour that the sky creates
Nobody can take that away from you
I go out to watch the sun go down
It’s the moment that I long for
I go out to watch the sun go down
No sky is like the night before
You might not know where you sleep tonight
Just go with an open heart
Hold out for the morning light
Nobody can take that sky from you
The way the colours meet your eyes
And reach your heart too
Everything real, everything true
The colour that the sky creates
Nobody can take that away from you
Know that you’ll always have a home
It’s the earth you walk upon
And it’s nothing you can own
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2. |
Observatory Valley
04:18
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My heart is full
Like the valley streams
Sink your head into the water
Leave your clothes under the tree
Bathe like a lizard on the smooth, white rocks
While the sun was falling
The moon hit the mountain tops
In Observatory Valley
Lies part of my heart
In Observatory valley
Sleep the southern stars
My dreams are growing
Like the grapes below
Entwined with people
That I came to know
The wind explores you
In your mortal skin
Soul like a distance, unravelling
Here you were born,
Only later you disclosed
As sun set on your balcony
In the Valparaísian cerros
Shadow of the mountain
Dying purple light
Outliving its moment
In the doorway of your eyes
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3. |
Woman Inspired
04:32
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She’s lived in three different countries
Perhaps she’s here to stay
In South America
Where the wind sweeps up from the bay
With her young man she drinks wine
And works late into the night
Marches the streets for a natural world
That can’t put up its own fight
I’m just walking down the road
Trying my best to be me
These are the women
That inspire my journey
One lives only in the past
Walking the chalk downs
She could tell you the name of every flower
When spring came around
We’d flock to her in winter
When we had a family
It’s a shame we all got scattered
When she had to leave
Journey well she wrote
Journey well, wherever you go
Journey well she wrote
Found that note in a drawer of summer clothes
Another has been there forever
Since I first put my feet in the sand
Watched her laugh, watched her cry
Sometimes at my own hand
Her green eyes will understand you
No matter who you are
She’ll listen to your story
To your hopes, and your heart
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4. |
Accomplice
03:50
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Some moments mark a woman
Some moments mark a man
I left Santiago
As the sun was going down
Your sisters felt the earthquake
It came while they slept
Everything always arrives
When you least expect
Will the world be our accomplice?
Will it put up a fight?
Or open the back window
As we slip into the night?
You escaped the north
Where the grapes are grown
Took your visions and your camera
To the bay of Valparaíso
People marched the streets
Pelicans flew above
I watched you capture their stories of war
And their songs of love
Sunrise on the cerros
You were my first thought
When I should have packed my bags
Just sat beside you on the mirador
Know the truth in my declaration
Don’t let my letter be lost in translation
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Compañero de Vuelo
03:43
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You’re my highway companion
I’m looking out for you
You’ve got a shoulder to lean on
Wherever we’re going to
Eres mi compañero de vuelo
Yo te sostengo
En cada rincon de este camino
Yo te contengo
El Valle de Cauca
Pasando por nuestra ventana
Planicies de caña de azucar
Llegando hacia la montaña
And I can’t stop from smiling
For all our good vibes
Looking out at the world
Through the same pair of eyes
Sonrisa eterna al pensar
En la sincronía de mirar
Por un prisma genuino
Este momento, este lugar
Compañero de vuelo, compañero de vuelo….
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6. |
Canario
03:25
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My Canary, Mi Canario
Un sentir complicado
Mi Canario, My Canary
You don’t know
What your smile did to me
Changed your ticket and caught my ship
To the island where you live
And love came on so fast
Maybe too fierce to last
My Canary, Mi Canario
I’m watching as you fly out the window
My Canary, mi Canario
Tus ojos oscuros, y mi corazón revuelto
How I wanted to learn your mind
How I wanted us to try
How I wanted to learn your mind
How I wanted to step inside
Because I felt so good
When I was walking by your side
Because we felt so good
When we were walking side by side
Canario, Canario, Canario…
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7. |
País Vasco
03:59
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Give me a chance
Give me time enough
I’ve just mixed my paints
And picked up my brush
The picture I gave you
It was black and white
I hadn’t put the browns in the soil
Or the stars into the night
You were from the País Vasco
Where the waves crash on the shore
And you were well on your journey
As I arrived in my storm
I read your message
In the morning light
Long enough to be a letter
And it sounded like goodbye
You wrote a lot of things
And all of them were kind
Ay que pena
When I had so much more in mind
I heard your music
Drift down the street
What a magical sound
And a strange time to meet
Looking west we watched the sun slip behind Teide
I had just arrived as you were going away
Eres de Euskadi
Olas rompiendo en la costa
Estabas ya en camino
Yo en mi tormenta
Give me a chance
Give me time enough
I’ve just mixed my paints
And picked up my brush
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8. |
Night Jasmine
04:46
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Night Jasmine
Blowing on a midnight breeze
You evoke a thousand memories
Within me
Night Jasmine
Flowers within your emerald leaves
Along abandoned walls you weave
Meandering beside me
Jasmine of the night
You bring every memory back to life
You’ve witnessed everything
As I brushed passed your sides
Jasmine of the night
Each euphoric and tragic twist of life
You’ve witnessed everything
Yet peace you brought me every time
Jasmine of the night
Night Jasmine
Down the evening streets of Cordoba
Descending from the mountains
To the flamenco by the fountains
Night Jasmine
Returning late under southern skies
Sincerity within your eyes
Moonlit journey home
Night Jasmine
Your fragrance travels in the air
You seem to find me everywhere I roam
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9. |
Soñadora
03:46
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10. |
Name in the Sand
04:14
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I drew your name in the sand
Watched the waves wash it away
Wind carries word of your travels
And where you walk these days
Spread out your wings
Wide as a Manta Ray
I love you free
Te quiero libre
Free like the birds on the Bosphorus
During Istanbul’s call to prayer
Like the winds over Dartmoor
The first time that you took me there
Like the ocean currents
Rising and turning and splitting apart
Like my bare feet walking
Free like your hippy heart
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11. |
Hallazgos
05:08
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Instrumental
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Katy Hooper CN, Spain
Katy Hooper is a traveling singer – songwriter of world/folk music. Born in Australia but with roots in many places, her
‘sensitive writing captures the sense of transience of life on the road.’ Folk Radio UK.
Katy has performed at UK music festivals and venues in Latin America, Europe and Scandinavia. Her discography comprises of three independently produced records. Album art by Katy Hooper.
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