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First Words e​.​p.

by Pam Shaffer

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1.
Azure Sky 04:38
The world outside tinted blue in the morning twilight the moon still bright We talked about my life the way you feel when you know it's over and how I never write when I'm happy and calm Where does the time go it escapes too fast The next think that I notice is the warmth of my bed Enveloping me asleep at dawn So tell me a story and I'll sing along It doesn't really matter if the words are wrong All I wanna hear is your voice tonight When you sing to me it will all be alright The future dances round in my head Turning turning turning My thoughts for him are dead like bookmarked pages burning What am I thinking this Monday night Why so many choices laying here for me When what I want will never be defined At least never in my mind So tell me a story and I'll sing along It doesn't really matter if the words are wrong All I wanna hear is your voice tonight When you sing to me it will all be alright Is there anything for me to say And how did this all start anyway Rhyming words by accident A moment sprung from stillness My mind drifts back to you Should I invite you over And the choice is mine tonight And I want to see that azure sky again Painting the world A calming blue So tell me a story and I'll sing along It doesn't really matter if the words are wrong All I wanna hear is your voice tonight When you sing to me it will all be alright
2.
So she broke your heart Sent you off to bed dead flowers on your floor You went to her broken strings in hand And she just closed that door What do you see in her smoke rimmed eyes that I cannot see that I cannot believe Why do you say she means nothing to me When I can hear her in your sighs? I'm never the girl in the songs you sing though you stare at me all night long Never the woman behind your dreams I can never be all that you want I'm always the one behind the curtains Thought I'd like the darkness by now But I've seen the light And it spoiled me so I can't stay away from your alchemy I've seen the light and it spoiled me so I can't stay away from your alchemy I'm never the girl in the songs you sing though you stare at me all night long Never the woman behind your dreams I can never be all that you want So you broke my heart Sent me off to bed A kiss left at the door I went to my room and shut myself inside And curled up on the floor What did I see in your wide vacant eyes I didn't want to see I didn't want to believe Why do I say you mean nothing to me When I know that is a lie? I'm never the girl in the songs you sing though you stare at me all night long Never the woman behind your dreams I can never be all that you want
3.
Questions you ask yourself When you are free Do I know the shadows The pools and hollows Idiosyncrasies that are me Can I love without understanding the details of it all Or is knowledge the emotion The push that makes me fall Poseidon's wind whipping me around If I jump from this cliff Will I ever fall down? Am I invisible A deity all my own Or will I die tomorrow Full of pain and sorrow Throw away this flesh and bone What do I really want from this big little world of mine an artist a lover or just a bottle of red wine Poseidon's wind whipping me around If I jump from this cliff Will I ever fall down? So many questions swirling around inside of my head is that what I did is that what I meant is that truly what I said I stare into the ocean with my curious grey blue eyes and question every moment as the time passes by Poseidon's wind whipping me around If I jump from this cliff Will I ever fall down?
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Leonard Cohen cover
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Intimacy 05:01
When I turned left you turned right biting the side of your lip That's when it hit me like a wall of water You were going to a place you loathe There was nothing I could do Nothing in the world to stop you If every tear I cry gives you one less sleepless night Let your pain flow into me I will be strong I will not hide Your energy burning me like the match you held to your pinkie So intertwined So vulnerable My hands reach for your back Shadows on your shoulders I want feathered wings To protect you always If every tear I cry gives you one less sleepless night Let your pain flow into me I will be strong I will not hide Wishing I weren't so afraid Knowing that I must be brave I wait for you I worry about you When you hurt yourself You wound me too But there's nothing in this world To stop me from loving you If every tear I cry gives you one less sleepless night Let your pain flow into me I will be strong I will not hide

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Recording in my attic in college. Oh yes.

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released May 1, 2002

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Pam Shaffer Los Angeles

Pam is a singer of lullabies sprung from a sunken pirate ship, a pixie with a haunting voice, nimble fingers, and a killer shoe collection.

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