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True North

by David Sobel

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DSG What I love about Sobel is that there is no guessing as to where he is coming from. He can take simplicity and make it beautiful. He does this over and over again. If you like this album try Not The Same Blue. It takes you to a good place as well. Favorite track: True North.
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1.
True North 04:41
Show me a picture of the world through your eyes What are the colors you have chosen for the late sky Is there a rhythm in the soil where the roots grow Can you hear the humming through the trees when the wind blows I read the papers and you see the way the news runs You could just close your eyes and wait til the end comes But you would miss out on the offer of a new day For as surely as this world spins we’re in for a long stay We took for granted what we thought the simple truth was You let your heart choose your direction like a compass would But where the needle ought to be to point you to true North You will have found the perfect reason to know what love is for (repeat) Show me a picture of the world through your eyes What are the colors you have chosen for the late sky Is there a rhythm in the soil where the roots grow Can you hear the humming of the trees when the wind blows
2.
Chrysalis 03:20
When you left you thought that things would change Like a chrysalis turned to butterfly wings As the sun rose gold over sky in Santa Fe You thought noone would notice you’ve gone Like a cheshire cat hiding it’s smile You can close your eyes but you don’t disappear In the desert you said things become clear Where a whispered voice floats in the air And the heat rolls of the blacktop to the hills ‘an baby take your time the spinning world won’t stop and though you’ve wandered I would not say you’re lost Though you’ve wandered I would not say you’re lost Now we all do the best that we can To hold on to the love that we’ve earned From the friends and lovers Passing through our lives So remember me when evening comes on As the crickets serenade you with song There’s a star that rising bright That’s just for you
3.
Ocean Beach 03:37
You said meet down at Ocean Beach Where the broken windmill stands Pointing useless to the sea Bring a beer and some paper cups And we’ll toast to another day Tethered to this big bright world Mmmmm Do you think you could really change Fill your eyes with a different view Try to shed this weathered skin And I know just what you’re thinking Like a whisper in my ear You said David when tomorrow comes Today will dissapear Mmmmm Love will try and tempt you With that sweet sirens song The melody is so soft But the words fall short sometimes Yeh, the words fall short sometimes And it’s a kind of lost and found But the circle’s incomplete For even stars can fade from view And you say you’ll always love me An I hope to God that’s true But the road of good intentions Is paved by me and you Mmmmm
4.
Gloria 02:58
Love was the first word Mother to son That you understood Try as you may try as you might Echo that back Through shining eyes through shining eyes You’re gonna fall pick yourself up Learn how to walk And soon enough run But there was a hand arms open wide A kiss for what hurt Tears to a smile And how much of you became the best of me Though memories fade I hold onto days gone by I hear your voice inside Don’t ever fear this life Left up to me to make my own way That’s how it’s been Same as today Open my eyes steady my heart Follow your path Accept who you are Love was the first word Mother to son That I ever heard
5.
Mothers hide your sons They’ll take what they can get Fourteen ‘ain’t too young To fit them with a rifle and a cap Tell ‘em that they’re fighting for the flag Answer to the doubt that nips and nags God is on our side Letters make their way To the ones they love The ink that marks the page May as well be blood that flows between What you’ve heard and wish you’d never seen Is victory supposed to wash you clean I can’t rightly say ‘an if heavens where I’m bound with all the just and right that God has sorted out would it come as a surprise to see another man who died for the other side Glory often fades Like sugar on the tongue For when you’ve killed a man For what you’re told he stood for drives that hate Across your fields and burning through your states Will this burden ever lose it’s weight When all is said and done The fallen make no sound Nothing left to say The night cannot discern Betweent the blue and gray when all is quiet Politics and prayers have all retired On the wind a mother softly cries chorus
6.
I fall into your beauty And if feels like Summer opens in my heart And oh my head is telling me to keep perspective For this is one day this is one year from the start And how that logic falters When you speak my name All will be forsaken Like a moth towards a flame Like a moth towards a flame Now I have been the doubter When it comes to thinking everything will change And for you it might be a forgone conclusion That you can count upon the sun after the rain And here is where I’m grateful For when I close my eyes I picture myself smiling With the gift of bluer skies With the gift of bluer skies I’ve had my share of wishing things would turn out right Good intentions with open arms You learn which promises won’t stand the light of day From the ones that drift away Now I’m fine with the mystery And I could say that would qualify as one There is this overwhelming feeling when I kiss you There are some things that will never be undone An I would squarely shoulder If pleasure turns to pain Love is oft compared to As a moth towards a flame As a moth towards a flame
7.
o’ tiny spark So close so far All those misspent wishes upon a shooting star Was it for love or money gained Would you use it up to ease another’s pain ‘An could you feel Your heart grow light All the sorrow take up wings and turn to flight And in it’s place for all to see Is the promise of the joy that’s yet to be The morning sky Will never know Where the secret wishes of the nighttime go o’ tiny spark So close so far Will you hear my wish upon this shooting star
8.
I was the first to stay You weren’t the last to leave We were a witness to that ‘An for all the times when your kiss was the medicine It never quite worked as a cure ‘An I always thought You made the world smaller Like it was just you and I And inside that life were the moments and memories That acted like gravity’s draw And I said for what it’s worth I never counted on you To fix what was broken in me Sometimes at night When sleep overtakes me And sentiment calls out your name How many times will the darkness reveal to me The shadow of love you’ve becone So follow me into the dream Where we are forever young And time will forget what it saw And start again
9.
Thimbleful 03:15
What used to get me by Fells like a thimbleful now This weathered smile just shows how far I have let myself go dry Well you never start out saying I know I’ll never change Why would you tell yourself that lie Just to save yourself some pain Pushing through the days I’ve been reborn ten thousand times Wishing for that grace To see the world unfold in some new way An’ my mother said to me Don’t you waste the gifts you have Those words they echo back in time To right before I fall asleep I would wish to live forever When I was just a boy How could I know a life well lived Would grow to be the better choice chorus
10.
Open Sky 02:36
The thunder slapped the sky so hard Hesitated it was caught off guard And cried upon the steps outside my house As a force of nature love reveals Itself to unwitting minds and ears With print so small You never stop to read Well I used to think that ghosts could fly Like letters folded mailed through time To travel to some place to speak your name Well I held that picture torn in half The part that’s missing is where you laughed At how I thought your smile was close to God I dreamed you once while I was still awake The bed remembers the shape you made And the morning sun Still asks me where you’ve gone I miss the things we never planned I wish we could I know we can’t But wishes are for things that you can’t buy The rain and I both share this song But rain and lovers both move on And once again you’re left with open sky
11.
Waking Dream 04:32
Kelly made his way along the concrete snake That winds itself through sunburnt hills Any exit leads you to a tract home hive Big Wheel on the challenged lawn The evening holds the promise of a red-eyed drive And the prospect of a strip mall meal Back seat full of empties and a green suitcase No need for a rear view mirror And California played him like a billboard ad All sunshine and a broad mouthed smile Sandy beaches filled him with a lemmings drive Unfettered in a cloudless sky All he wanted to know Was the world outside this windshields view Fast asleep at the wheel Of this waking dream, this waking dream Kelly rode a cloverleaf off Interstate 5 That spun him like a pinwheel North Seven hours later off of Ocean Beach The sun set in a practiced arc Abandoned off the highway with a bald rear tire Brandishing it's Kansas plates A Duster with a ticket and an empty tank A suitcase and the driver gone Chorus-
12.
Starling 02:53

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Another fine collaboration with Tom Meshishnek. Tom and I worked together to define the sound and feel of this new recording. Tom brings his distinct musicality to the tone and shaping of the sometimes simple framework of what I've written. Together we compile the layers of arrangements till the song feels sonically complete and has the right emotion that it deserves. While there are still some simple folk style arrangements like my earlier recordings, on this new album I have been exploring more dissonant and ambient overtones. I hope you enjoy it!

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released December 26, 2014

David Sobel-music/lyrics,vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums, washboard
Tom Meshishnek-arrangments/recording,mixing,mastering/
guitars,keyboards,bass
Rob Baynes-drums
Tom Drohan-bass
Laura Blom-arrangement/piano on Starling

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