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Such Is Love

by Weba Garretson

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1.
Rug Out 03:18
The rug is out now out from underneath of me but I’m still walking wondering what’s underneath my feet and the floor, and the house and the earth beneath that when there’s nothing below me I walk on air I cross the void I look down and what I see emptiness, life without, makes no sense The rug has been out from under me before but this is different a whole new feeling to explore How I move, shift my weight, from my left to my right let my toes grip to balance I walk on air I cross the void I look down and what I see emptiness, life without, makes no sense So what am I gripping when I put my weight down if the rug is out from under me? maybe I’ll stop wondering for while floating so numb grief will keep me up and in a year or so come back down But I don’t want to be numb lose my grip as I lose her keep me on this earth dig my heels down, carve with my bare hands where comfort is where life begins and where death goes to live again so this is why the rug comes out from under us so naked we put our soles on the ground so we are born and so we die naked we put our souls in the ground and where death goes to live this is why
2.
So many rainbows on that day I could not count them all my shipmates tired of hearing me say look there’s another I saw yellow, green, blue and red come out of the air I saw the colored arcs of light touch the surface of the sea Only with too many rainbows could I’ve been aware could I’ve been ready for the wave that comes out of nothing for the wave that comes out of nothing for the wave that comes out of nothing light through water equals color My shipmates tire of my constant exclamations turning away from me at last night’s party who wants to hear ‘bout another person dying look over there, look over there still I sit with her where she lies under blankets and unread magazines waiting for death to emerge from the air and set her free
3.
tonight as I hang up the phone it’s the sound of her thoughts that so satisfies me our long talk has stretched us through time and the world that we know is more than what we can see we are simply voices traveling through the line we feel so close though we’re far a part I feel as if we 
see different places with same eyes we the same eyes though we’re far a part the sound of her voice on the line weaving, breathing, opening my eyes and ears to hear her first call my name I wonder will I get to be the last tonight as I hang up the phone it’s the sound of her thoughts that so satisfies me our long talk has stretched us through time and the world that we know is more than what we can see her voice over the line has said so many words breathed so many sighs in her lifetime her voice was the first I ever heard calling my name I wonder will, will mine be the last? When she leaves and leave she must the night sky will be pale without stars and I will look up into the canopy of green and remember the sound of her voice on the line weaving, breathing, opening my eyes and ears to hear her first call my name I wonder will I get to be the last
4.
Such is Love 04:06
You ask me why I am so glad, glad when you are near you ask even though you want me to be the one who says, that ‘I love you’ and when I do you come through Eyes closed, lips touch not looking ahead to where our road might end we drive, blind but such is love Now you ask me why I am so sad, sad though you are near you ask even though you want me to be the one who sees, what our love has done when I do you come through Eyes closed, lips touch not looking ahead to where our road might end we drive, blind but such is love We cannot see the road ahead but such is love where we might be at the roads end but such is love
5.
Before 03:40
White is the silence between us as we wake words fall short see them in a pile on the floor fallen on top of one another words took flight in the air around us take my words shift the tense show you care showing me that you understand that you understand cause sometimes the stillness of a room can absorb a word before it comes I get up from our bed and collect the letters put them in my pocket so I can say them again
6.
it’s 3am and there’s blueberry pie just you and I at the table the house is empty just a light over the sink the filling is purple shiny syrupy liquid that languidly cloaks the fruit the crust is flakey cracked like the desert but golden and we talk about pie this perfect circle of our love his blueberry pie dark and sweet within, fragile without we still fight we still forget to be good to each other we still need to patch things up still need to remember to cut holes so the steam escapes But somehow we’ve made it managed to line the plate with one circle of dough filled it with berries only fresh in summer and cover it all with a circle to bake this perfect circle of our love his blueberry pie dark and sweet within, fragile without And the time in the oven is a mystery the magic of heat and anticipation we’re melting into this old fashioned confection pie
7.
Walking Home 03:58
Walking home, summer night streets are dark, lamp post light someone opens their window to hear me sing and the air is sweet and green leans his face into the night to greet my song and the tune is easy Only on this street far from city lights and the constant hum of people on the go Can I sing my song and walk so care free on a summer night so long ago And your face, pale and bright framed by leaves, silver sky gently so you call my name and open my heart one summer, long ago gently show me how to laugh and along we go even now I dance Only on this street far from city lights and the constant hum of people on the go Can I sing my song and walk so care free on a summer night so long ago Walking home, summer night streets are dark, lamp post light
8.
Remind Me 05:30
above the sky the stars shine bright though all we see is darkness above the clouds the sun shines through the are we see is grey sky under the rocks the bugs crawl too though all we see is stone cold remind me to remember what is unseen what is unknown what is unsaid travels in my blood close your eyes my skin will tell you the words unspoken the words unspoken

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Music by Steve Stewart, Nate Scoble and Weba Garretson
Lyrics by Weba Garretson

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released March 5, 2013

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Wheaton at Catasonic Studios

Produced by Weba Garretson and Mark Wheaton

Mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Mastering

Ken Lasaine acoustic & electric guitars
Steve Stewart acoustic guitar
Jessica Catron cello
Marc Doten bass
Joe Berardi drums & percussion
Toby Harwell percussion
Rumi flute
Vince Meghrouni tenor sax & flute
Dave Iwataki keyboard
Thanks to Deborah Holland, Steve Wight, Ross Levinson, Cathy Segal-Garcia, JP Mourao and Mark Harrison

cover by Virginia Holland Garretson, 1962
(from the collection of Julia Strand and Dick Miller)
cover design by John Curry

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Weba Garretson Los Angeles, California

Weba Garretson is a singer. In the "The Weba Show” she appeared at the Kool Jazz Festival, the Olympic Arts Festival and National TV. She toured the US with the SHRIMPS. She has released 4 CDs: “Welcome to Webaworld,” “Puttanesca” and the Eastside Sinfonietta’s “Don’t Be Afraid” - that created arrangements of songs by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. She has appeared in works by Bill Viola. ... more

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