kellicaldwell

written on
a rooftop in NYC
brought to life in Portland


"Home... If You Were Here"

produced by Anne Weiss

 

special thanks to
Anne Weiss (piano),
Julio Appling (bass),
Spank Hopkins (drums)
and Adam Sweeney (sound)


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Home... If You Were Here - single released March 2012

Copyright © 2012 Kelli Caldwell

Produced by Anne Weiss. Featuring Anne Weiss on piano, Julio Appling on bass & Spank Hopkins on drums. Sound by Adam Sweeney.


Home If You Were Here cover artwork - Kelli Caldwell Songwriter


The roof gets hot in the summer
No place else to escape
And me and myself
Listen to the world race by—below
Little do they know
Up here—we're conquering our fears—
In one more day I plan to say
I'm over you

 

Chorus:
But if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No, I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—

 

The concrete stretches forever
Grey on grey getting old
And me and head
Scouring the steeled and stoned—for more
It may be for the hundredth time
But I’m making up my mind—
In one more day I plan to say
I’m over you

 

Chorus:
But if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No, I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—

 

Bridge:
I could sleep on cold, hard granite
And I could live on a distant planet
And I would love it all
If you were here—

 

Chorus:
But if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No, I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—
Home if you were here

 

Chorus:
Oh if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No, I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—
Home if you were here
If you were here


Lyric notes: I started writing this song sitting on my rooftop in the East Village in New York in the middle of August...

 


The Future Will Repay - Single Released Jan 2012

Copyright © 2012 Kelli Caldwell

Cello: Gideon Freudmann
Seagulls (at the end): Gideon Freudmann on cello
Recorded at Fresh Tracks Studio in Portland, OR

The Future Will Repay - Single cover artwork

He’s a sailor
Stuck in a factory
Never been to the ocean
But he lives in the sea——
Swimming in Familiar

And drinking day-to-day

Floating on a promise

The future will repay—

Hey——hey———hey——

 

He's a father
If he remembers right
Never seen his little daughter
But he does mean to write——
To tell her he's a champion
A hero on his way
With his head above this water
The future will repay—
Hey, hey——hey——

 

He’s an island
In the river wide—— of his life

No way to ride, no way to roam

 

He’s a goner
If they explained it right
30 years in a bottle
He never could seem to fight——
He’s waiting for the whistle
To send him on his way
A journey for redemption/To make his reparations
The future will repay—
Hey, hey——hey——


He’s an island
In the briny deep—— of his life
No way to ride and no way to roam

 

He’s an island
In the briny deep——
Floating empties on the waves
With a prayer inside

 


Lyric notes: Driving in my old white Bronco II, I saw a beaten-down looking guy on the side of the road, waiting for someone or something...


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Gil Renolds Trio playing "Fly Away" written by Gil Reynolds & Kelli Caldwell

 

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Home... If You Were Here
Produced by Anne Weiss.
Featuring Anne Weiss, Julio Appling & Spank Hopkins. Engineering by Adam Sweeney.

Was it Love in Your Eyes?

Produced by Anne Weiss.
Featuring Anne Weiss, Adam Sweeney, Julio Appling & Spank Hopkins. Engineering by Adam Sweeney.