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Thoughts and Sound

by Courtney Krause

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    The tracks are thoughts, the album as a whole is sound, and together they are a conversation about relationships, understanding, and humanity. Captivating and inspiring, this is a sound that modernizes classic folk with sultry soul and rhythm. Lyrically driven songs bring the listener into a genuine place where all sides of the story, including their own, are told.

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1.
Subtle Motions 04:49
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SUBTLE MOTIONS I could taste the fall air and a cigarette in my mouth ashed it twice, then put it out Said that I remind you of a girl that you ounce read about You loved her once, then headed south You can’t close those eyes without thoughts of wondering I hope that’s better than the curiosity that won’t help you sleep You’re just a stubborn man tonight as you are waking, won’t you understand that my knees are shaking and I won’t sleep, I won’t dream I’ll just feel damned And I know you must get going I know that you’re on your way Can’t you tell by all of my subtle motions That it’s better if you stay I can tell you get so beaten down I know that you get so sad Just remember All the greatest loves Were never greater than what we have I could see an aging leaf With wrinkles just like mine Green with life Then browned and died And for decades now these eyes went looking for a sign To see your love, and still be blind I could see a sunset that went away Just like every great thing You hold your hand just to let it linger there for one second less Oh I guess it’s just The way you say Or the way you shouted all your pain You remain Your hand was there so there I stayed And I can tell you must get going I know that you’re on your way Can’t you tell by all of my subtle motions That it’s better if you stayed I can tell you get so beaten down I know that you get so sad Just remember All the greatest loves Were never greater than what we have And I can tell you must get going I know that you’re on your way Can’t you tell by all of my subtle motions That it’s better if you stayed I can tell you get so beaten down I know that you get so sad Just remember All the greatest loves Were never greater than what we have Never greater than what we have Never greater than what we have
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Minnesota 04:51
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MINNESOTA Well ain’t that just like you: to go looking for an answer And that’s just like me: another lost romancer Elton said it best with another tiny dancer, “Hold me closer” Let’s make an escape And I know you felt it here, it was rolling like the ocean Though these thoughts aren’t very clear, you’re still going through the notion All the little laughter lines that lead into your face Tell of another alibi coming from that mouth with haste So, baby, won’t you meet me up in Minnesota Bring your heart, bring your scarf, and baby, bring a coat It gets so cold up there And I’ve got these arms, these arms, these arms And ain’t that just like me to get all liquored up I was selling my heart and I was spilling out my guts You were always thinking ‘bout the if, ands, or but- It’s not that far Said, I just want to be where ever you are I just want to be where ever you are Ain’t that just like you to go and searching through the logic And every single skeleton stored away in closets Right where you left your heart, right where you thought you lost it Found in a fallen memory, right where you had forgot it Now everybody’s watching and they can hardly wait I can see it in you now that you will want to hesitate And you will play the hook and I will be the bait They will watch us Make our greatest escape So, baby, won’t you meet me up in Minnesota Bring your heart, bring your scarf, and baby, bring a coat It gets so cold up there And I’ve got these arms, these arms, these arms And ain’t that just like me to get all liquored up I was selling my heart and spilling out my guts You were always thinking ‘bout the if, ands, or but- It’s not that far Said, I just want to be where ever you are I just want to be where ever you are So baby won’t you meet me up in Minnesota You know it’s only miles from there to North Dakota Where your mother and your sisters, and your father waiting there with their open arms And ain’t that just like me to want to put it all together Despite all the distances and, ooo, the cooler weather Where playing house and life doesn’t get much better Where it’s not that far Said, I just want to be where ever you are I just want to be where ever you are I just want to be where ever you are I just want to be where ever you are
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Follow 04:30
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FOLLOW Well the trees are golden yellow As bare feet hang beneath the leaves of a weeping willow Willow tree, will you follow me I’d follow you anywhere if you lead And you say “Let’s not get hasty” And you’re right that there’s no time that we should be wasting Wasting the day We’re wasting away I would waste every minute of the hour to hear that you stay Just to know what you know Just to be where you are I know I would go You know I would go You know I would go And you say that I should know better Well you best be knowing by now I won’t wait forever Forever for you Don’t know what to do Just sitting wasting all my time with you Just sitting wasting all my time with you Just to know what you know Just to be where you are You know I’d go You know I would go You know I would go Wasting the day, wasting away I would waste every minute of the hour To hear that you stay I would waste every minute of the hour to hear that you stay I would waste every minute of the hour to hear that you stay
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Hardwood Floors 04:07
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HARDWOOD FLOORS It was there in the doorway It was there in the car Thinking of him with her mouth to a jar Hidden in riddles Caught in metaphors Falling in love there upon hardwood floors Morning comes closer This is not a game they play He whispers in her ear, holds her hand, then he’ll say Why don’t you lie beside, lie beside me Before you go, before you leave I got a safe place It’s not very far It’s my arms It was there in the moment It was there on her face Hidden in a memory of her mouth he could taste Put into a poem Wrote in a song Don't hold your breath It won’t be long Why don’t you lie beside, lie beside me Before you go, before you leave I got a safe place It’s not very far It’s my arms, my arms I’ve got a safe place It’s not very far It’s my arms, my arms, my arms So why don’t you lie beside, lie beside me Before you go, before you leave I got a safe place It’s not very far It’s my arms, my arms I’ve got a safe place It’s not very far It’s my arms, my arms, my arms It’s my arms It’s my arms, my arms, my arms
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I Understand 04:12
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I UNDERSTAND You’ve been running circles, babe I just want to lend a hand For your friends, for your family, baby, for the man It will slow down and I want to say I understand You’ve been running circles, babe I just want to lend a hand For your friends, for your family, baby, for the man It will slow down and I want to say I understand I want to help you You know where I am You know… That I’m gonna wrap you right into my arms And I’m gonna hold your hand ‘Cause I’ve been there too When things don’t go as planned I can’t bare to see you hanging by a strand I understand You don’t talk to no one, boy But you got to talk to me Get a sense of yourself See a glimpse of sympathy And things slow down and there we’ll be And there I’ll be You’re not holding nothing back I just want to know the truth Wanna go tippy-toe ‘cross the floor into your room And things slow down and I’ll be there soon I’ll be there soon I want to help you You know where I am You know… That I’m gonna wrap you right into my arms And I’m gonna hold your hand ‘Cause I’ve been there too When things don’t go as planned I can’t bare to see you hanging by a strand I understand I’m right in your arms And I understand Where you are I want to help you I know you don’t think I can You know… That I’m gonna wrap you right into my arms And I’m gonna hold your hand ‘Cause I’ve been there too When things don’t go as planned I can’t bear to see you hanging by a strand I understand You’ve been running circles, babe I just want to lend a hand For your friends, for your family, baby, for the man It will slow down and I want to say I understand
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Talker 04:15
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TALKER If love was a talker I’m sure it say nothing Just hold on forever, hold on for something Life was your secret Well, boy that’s not fair While I’m walking ‘round whispering all of my love to the air Where all of your love is Where it’s not fair anymore Know this is better than not feeling anything before If love was a taxi you better sit in back Hope it’s patient and timely I Hope you have cash Oh the driver was asking where you need to go Well, you tilt your head slightly and tell him Take you to your soul Where all of your love is Where it’s not fair anymore Know this is better than not feeling anything before If I was your savior And you were my hero Then things aren’t so bad You can hope for tomorrow Just like when I kissed you Just like when you followed You were praying to God That you wouldn’t feel my heart’s sorrow Anymore Torn into pieces, I found you We laid upon your floor Know this is better than not feeling anything before If love was a talker I’m not sure what it say Perhaps it play the story of every love Ever made That life held no secrets to present or past But the truth’s in the question and if you never ask You get worn and old Torn into pieces by people you don’t really know If love was a talker it tell you, you never were alone You never are alone You never are alone
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Circles 04:20
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CIRCLES Here’s to another lonely ride In a car, in the dark An empty seat by my side The roads, they always lead right And I can’t get you out of my mind But I believe in solitude With the one Exception of you So say what you say Then stay, baby, stay I would stand forever in your doorway Say it takes time You’ll be fine and you will find The roads they always lead right I’m driving in circles tonight I swear I’ve been here before Where I stand at your door Where you won’t answer I’m sure You sure put up one hell of a fight And guess what So do I So say what you stay If you stay, I will stay I would stand forever in your doorway Say this takes time You’ll be fine and you will find The roads, they always lead right I’m driving in circles tonight But I believe in solitude With the one Exception of you So say what you say And if you stay, I will stay I would stand forever in your doorway Ask what this is for Ooo I want you even more And I can’t get you out of my mind I’m driving in circles tonight I’m driving in circles all the time But I believe in solitude With the one Exception of you
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Under Your Nose 04:50
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UNDER YOUR NOSE I’ll be right there under your nose Please rest assure That when the wind blows west and you’re feeling all alone Your head’s on my chest and we’re travelling down a road Don’t know where it goes, but that’s where I’ll be That’s where I’ll be I’d wrap you up in a concrete blanket Made of old dirt roads, Dust and pavement Not sure where it goes That’s where I’ll be That’s where I’ll be You and I Boy and Girl You roll your eyes, sign, you say “Girl don’t you think that I wish I would’ve stayed So long now all the time has been getting in the way I loved you intensely, sincerely, and honest and true Honest and true I swore that I saw you In a great revelation In the sky with O’Rien, Poseidon, Every constellation Will forever be hung In a deep sea of blue I’d be damned if I’m not there with you I’d be damned if I’m not there with you So I’ll be right there Where you don’t see Just close your eyes, You smile, you sigh Say, “Girl didn’t I see you in a dream We were all there; every beautiful scheme Where I loved you intensely, sincerely, and honest and true Honest and true And I’d be damned if I’m not there with you I’d be damned if I’m not there with you
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Twenty Seven 04:44
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TWENTY SEVEN I’ll be just a girl and you will be a man I will wait all night and you won’t understand That love was taking time, it happened wearily You said, “How did we get here” I replied “Carefully” You thought by 27 you would feel better now You thought all good things would come to those who wait The body feels the gravity so much stronger now And I can see the love lines on your face You don’t have to wait for anybody They’re not coming back for you And you don’t have to You shouldn’t have to I would wait ‘til 2 am just to pick you up again And make you talk true But you don’t have to Anything to make you feel Somebody who wasn’t perfect Was perfect for you I will sit here patient, I’ll make you lie beside I will hold your head, I’ll make you feel alright There will come a time, and it speaks desperately You said, “How did we get here” I reply, “Carefully” You don’t have to wait for anybody They’re not coming back for you And you don’t have to You shouldn’t have to I would wait ‘til 2 am just to pick you up again Make you talk true But you don’t have to Anything to make you feel Somebody who wasn’t perfect Was perfect for you You don’t have to wait for anybody They’re not coming back for you And you don’t have to You shouldn’t have to I would wait ‘til 2 am just to pick you up again Make you talk true But you don’t have to Anything to make you feel Somebody who wasn’t perfect Was perfect for you Perfect for you Perfect for you For you Perfect for you
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Don't Move 03:32
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DON’T MOVE Don’t move Don’t move I know you swore in 2004 You saw me across a room Guys come and go Girls stay then go, too So I take your hand and I lace my fingers through You’re not going anywhere anytime soon I would crawl into your bed I will come into your room And when there is nothing left I’ll say don’t move You’re not going anywhere anytime soon Don’t move Don’t move I know you swore so many times before The old is safer than the new Girls come and go Guys stayed then go, too So I take your hand and I pull your fingers through You’re not going anywhere anytime soon You’re not going anywhere anytime soon I would crawl into your bed I will come into your room And when there is nothing left I’ll say don’t move You’re not going anywhere anytime soon I just want to be closer to you Just want to be closer to you Just want to be close to you Just want to be closer to you Don’t move Don’t move You’re not going anywhere anytime soon
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Lately 04:14
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LATELY When you’re in the moment in the morning Oh the sounds you hear The wondering thoughts roaming The thoughts unite And bring to life Every time of you and I It’s all the same A different game A curse When you’re in your car and you’re going 80 And every single song is driving you crazy You’ll be thinking “I wonder where she’s been lately Maybe that would’ve been the one to save me” When you’re at a light and get to thinking Oh the sounds you hear are more than the radio stations The street is red You’re hot headed It could be worse I found you where I left you Now it’s rehearsed When you’re in your car you driving villain And every single station was playing Bob Dylan You’ll be thinking I wonder if she’s been well and Maybe that would’ve been the one to give a damn When you’re in your car and you’re going 80 And every single song is driving you crazy You’ll be thinking I wonder where she’s been lately Maybe that would’ve been the one to save me Maybe that would’ve been the one to save me Maybe that would’ve been the one to save me

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All songs written by Courtney Krause

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released November 10, 2015

Acoustic Guitar: Courtney Krause
Classical Guitar Lead: Courtney Krause
Percussion: Michael Benson
Lead Guitar: Dylan Boyle
Bass Guitar: Gavin MooreBackup

Vocals: Luke Fox (Circles),Patresa Hartman (Subtle Motions, Minnesota, Hardwood Floors, Twenty Seven), Courtney Krause (Subtle Motions, Minnesota, Follow, Hardwood Floors)

Group Backup Vocals: Haley Babcock, Dylan Boyle, Chris English, Luke Fox, Patresa Hartman, Gavin Moore, Dave Murrin-von Ebers

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Courtney Krause music is achieving a captivating sound modernizing classic folk with sultry soul and rhythm. Musically captivating and filled with warmth, any person could fall in love with the music she is making.

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