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Luminous

by Samantha Farrell

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1.
Fade Away 03:38
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I want to walk through a green field with you Looking up at the sky so blue Contemplating the way The wind hits the hay And there ain't too much on my mind Just you and that's fine Everything smells so sweet We can feel a different sort of beat Through the soles of our bare feet And at the end of the day How about we fade away And when there's no more to say How about we fade away We sit on the porch drinking cold lemonade And the pretty blue sky turns to purple and gray And we found a few old blues records to play And it feels so surreal like we've been here before Down to your every line and the crease in your button-up shirt You look so good Darling it hurts And at the end of the day How about we fade away And when there's no more to say How about we fade away
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Shoulda Known Better 03:27
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Catch me if you can Hands full of sand Cities rise and fall While the heart beats through it all Love it never tires Tangles and inspires Burn your hand again again I think you like the fire And you should know Shoulda known better Shoulda known better And we should know Shoulda known better Shoulda known better Hide all your cards Play against the odds All those gambling vagabonds My favorite company Lustrous emptiness All your sins confessed Look at what a mess we made To do it all again And you should know Shoulda known better Shoulda known better And we should know Shoulda known better Shoulda known better
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Someday 03:53
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Bad news surrounds me I'm not listening I guess they weren't kidding When they said ignorance is bliss I get so tired of this old nine to five 'Cause it was never what I had in mind Sometimes you end up someplace You never meant to start I'll just keep my head down And try not to lose heart When I get the money And when I get the time I'll be gone in the blink of an eye I'm going to see what they've been talking about In all the books I've read I'm going to dance in Paris, France Swim in the Mediterranean I'm going to wander down some narrows streets In a city far away Someday I've always got reasons Why I put things off Blame it on the season Circumstance and such So I go on breathing But I'm not living much Fear has always been my crutch I am a dreamer I don't deny I'd rather be out chasing butterflies Someday I'm going to take off But I'm taking my time Staring out the window until I... I'm going to see what they've been talking bout In all the books I've read I'm going to dance in Paris, France Swim in the Mediterranean I'm going to wander down some narrows streets In a city far away Someday
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Lady Luck 03:06
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Lady Luck won't you smile at me 'Cause it's been so long Such a good girl I've been trying to be I ain't done no harm Trouble he has been following me I can't shake him off Bout to pay the devil Just to make it stop And then all hope for me is lost Please grant me a temporary reprieve I need a break from all this misery I swear, whatever it is I did I'll never do it again It all just keeps happening over again I am stuck Need you Lady Luck I've been down for a long time now Like a broken bow Feel the weight of a creeping doubt To a faith that once was so devout Now I long for a day that is gone When I never had to try so hard So I'ma keep on drinking 'til the memory's gone What have I done wrong? Please grant me a temporary reprieve I need a break from all this misery I swear, whatever it is I did I'll never do it again It all just keeps happening over again I am stuck I need you Lady Luck
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I Believe 02:49
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Something in the wind is changing I can feel it in my bones Like the pieces they are rearranging And I don't feel so quite alone Absently been turning pages But not for lack of concern Apathy's simpler than raging When you just can't stand the hurt But I believe it's about to get better I believe in you I believe it's more than a feeling It's more than a feeling Break it into little pieces Quantify 'til nothing's left Now I won't tell you all my secrets Where is the romance in that? A thrill is running through my veins now And every inch of me is alive It's moving through these crowded streets Down to a place where it cannot be denied And I believe it's about to get better I believe in you I believe it's more than a feeling It's more than a feeling
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Another Second Chance 03:28
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We all got a second chance today Because the sun came rising up again I know that I've been bad I swear I'll change Just please do not cast me as A throwaway All I really need is four or five second chances An understanding glance, Won't you again ask me to dance? All I really need is for somebody to believe Don't you give up on me Give me just another second chance I have been ungrateful and unkind I've taken for granted this thing we call life If myself as a child saw me now She'd look at me so sad and say 'who broke that promise now?' All I really need is four or five second chances An understanding glance Won't you again ask me to dance? All I really need is for somebody to believe Don't you give up on me I've been locked inside a prison of my own device Where every day was as dark as night I know I have strayed and wandered so far away From who I am All I really need is four or five second chances An understanding glance Won't you again ask me to dance? All I really need is for somebody to believe Don't you give up on me Give me just another second chance
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See You Again 04:31
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I want to go where I feel the wind blow And forget all these foolish concerns Every night I dream in black and white Tell me honey will the colors return? I've been gone for way too long My image of you starts to fade I've been lost and paid the cost How did you get so far away? I've got to see you again My whole life depends on it And you, you, you... What am I supposed to do? Every night I've wrapped me up real tight Like a child I was safe and warm Come the day the dream was gone and I lay awake feeling empty and cold Close my eyes and travel in my mind 'Cause that is the best I can do Pace the floors, if I wait anymore My mind I am sure to lose 'Cause I've got to see you again My whole life depends on it And you, you, you... What am I supposed to do?
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Thank You 03:33
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Who I am and hope to be I owe it all to you You always know what to say Give me words to get me through Mend a thousand broken hearts And forgive me every time For when I strayed too far away From that girl that you raised right And I apologize for all the sleepless nights I've caused And everything you've ever had Has always been mine and yours Thank you, thank you Thank you for loving me, giving so much to me Thank you, thank you For seeing my best, never tire or rest Oh no, thank you for loving me so Now I'm living far away I call you on the phone Telling you things about my day Only you would care to know You never fail You love to hear what turns my little life And if my way is getting rough You want to make it right I hear you when I'm trying to be the best that I can Your love is a rock When all of the world has turned to sand So thank you, thank you Thank you for loving me, giving so much to me Thank you, thank you For seeing my best, never tire or rest Oh no, thank you for loving me so
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Who to Trust 04:09
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So hard to tell Who means you well And when you guess wrong Pace corridors all night long You gave me your word And all of the colors got blurred It broke on a whim Here is where jaded begins And I do not know who to trust anymore I have grown weary of opening doors I am so tired of being naive and unsure Of who to trust anymore This furrowed brow Still cannot understand how I got you so wrong You never cared all along So I'll take one more step From the innocence that still is left Once I used to lament But I've grown accustomed to it And I do not know who to trust anymore I am so weary of opening doors I am so tired of being naive and unsure So unsure, of who to trust anymore
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Slow Dance Romance 04:27
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Stories like this Saw him from 'cross the room And when we met eyes It was like we always knew There were tangled hands And you held me close With your arms around my waist And your heart inside my soul Although short was our dance Time stepped aside Because love like this It don't often recognize In our Slow dance romance Don't miss your next chance for love It's not happenstance Don't miss your next chance for love So I missed my chance Now I sing this lament For what could have been If I had done things different Oh I dream of him, yes He moves soft and slow With eyes like the sky Asking "why'd you let this go?" Although time was a thief We could not see How high were the stakes Oh, I don't want to be free From our Slow dance romance Don't miss your next chance for love It's not happenstance Don't miss your next chance for love Should have been together Should have been together You said you'd follow... In our Slow dance romance Don't miss your next chance for love It's not happenstance Don't miss your next chance for love Should have been together Should have been together You said you'd follow...
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The Sweetest Sound 02:54
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Summer knows It's the final throes Reluctantly gives up the day Shadows grow and it's getting cold Late at night I lie awake There's something in the seasons changing Sets my heart to aching aching Thinking 'bout times that pass And I can't stop it I don't want to Even if I could there's nothing to hold onto anyway And it's the sweetest sound Hear the wheels turning 'round Drink it down In the fall Oh it's been a long long year Full of joy and full of tears Letting go and giving in again... They got married he got carried Off into the great abyss of dark We stayed all night and danced 'til dawn And no regrets, they always say I've got a few anyway Any one that don't is telling lies And as the green turns into gold I drive a little further down that winding road And it's the sweetest sound Hear the wheels turning 'round Drink it down In the fall

about

"Recorded at Dave Matthews Band's own Haunted Hollow Studios in Charlottesville, VA, Samantha Farrell's elegant 11-track sophomore effort is the only record ever produced by the band's late saxophonist, LeRoi Moore, who passed away mid-production. In addition to diverse instrumental arrangements, Luminous incorporates heavy jazz/funk influences, folksy songwriting and a lot of soul. Songs like "Slow Dance Romance" along with the piano driven, downtempo album opener, "Fade Away," showcase Farrell's prodigious and undulating vocals that are delivered with rare, swinging passion. The jazziest number, "Lady Luck," features trumpet and flugel horn played by longtime DMB collaborater, John D'Earth, who harmonizes with Bobby Reads's sax on "Another Second Chance."
- Matt Franciscovich, Relix Magazine

"Samantha Farrell’s voice resonates with the clean complexity of a hard truth, put simply: it is a declaration. Luminous flourishes behind Farrell’s scotch caramel timbre, aching with the decadence of hope and the elegance of nostalgia. Accented with lush strings and jazz piano, the spilled silk harmonies on the singer’s second release complement, but never overpower, allowing Farrell to braid her vocals with an almost playful nuance.
Luminous is the only album ever produced by the late Dave Matthews Band horn player, Leroi Moore. Moore may have heard hints of others in Farrell; the passion of Joni, the swoon of Norah, the strength of Etta, more likely however, he heard a dynamic young songwriter ready to bloom.
Luminous is that blooming, and pays ample tribute to the vision of Leroi Moore, and beauty itself."
- Ben Evans, Fogged Clarity

credits

released October 13, 2009

All songs written by Samantha Farrell

Produced by LeRoi Moore
Executive Producers - LeRoi Moore & Ty Johnson
Engineered & Mixed by Rob Evans
Mastered by Dave Collins of Dave Collins Mastering
Recorded at Haunted Hollow Studios, Charlottesville, VA
Art Direction - Matt Sprigings

Samantha Farrell - Vocals, Guitar & Flute
Keith Van Tutt, II - Cello & Piano
Cameron McLaughlin - Bass
Kyle Alexander - Drums & Percussion
Tucker Rogers - Electric Guitar on track 8
With:
John D'earth - Trumpet & Flugel Horn
Bobby Read - Alto & Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet

© Samantha Farrell 2009, Kitengia Publishing (ASCAP)

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"Prodigious and undulating vocals that are delivered with rare, swinging passion."
- Relix Magazine

"A liquor-honey voice, deft guitar work and slightly melancholic tones that meld to form an aching and elegant aural tapestry."
- Huffington Post ... more

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