words and music by C. Allen
Caroline Allen: vocals, keyboards
Tim Burke: guitar
Andy Voelkel: bass
Devon Glenn: drums
Santa Ana, glass beneath my feet.
Billboards and graffiti all the way down to the beach.
Venice XIII, somewhere, I find you there.
Someone's talking, but I don't seem to hear.
Memories and voices vanish; nothing's lost,
Nothing's clear.
I can't let go.
I close my eyes, and I can see you still --
you've never gone away.
I hear your voice, you're saying,
"Don't take life so hard, I've learned to walk away."
Phantom voices echo in the street.
Random rhythms shaking, afterquakes...
Offshore breezes sighing so low --
you told me so.
You told me so, you told me so,
and I can hear you now saying,
"Don't you think you've grieved for me long enough."
Yeah, but I, I....
I close my eyes, and I can see you still
-- you've never gone away.
I hear your voice, you're saying,
"Don't take life so hard, I've learned to walk away."
I wake up nights, I'm waiting for your call,
I need to hear you play.
I hear your voice, you're saying,
"Love is everything, love never goes away."
Faces come, faces go.
I'm watching from the stage.
I turn to you to get my note.
You smile and go on playing.
(chorus reprise)