Astra Kelly
2004

Break the glass
How long
Shotgun mama
Spanishtown
Soulin'

Break the glass
Words: A. Kelly
Music: A. Kelly, F. Paz, B. Demarco

Today I am not afraid
to be stung, to be hurt
pain is an emotional teacher
for if it is knowledge we seek
why are we afraid to experience
everything

Chorus:
break the glass, no
why? when there is a door
but now the door is locked
from the outside
and the world is strolling by
And we are calling
Hey, Somebody let me out
Somebody let me out

For in experience
we may truly know
This is best teacher, life
In living we become aware
and we will find
That these glass houses
in which we live
Are those walls
that have been built

Chorus

Out there,
the world is the same
In here
our reality is changing
Once upon a time
I awoke to find
A whole new world
A place of possibility

Chorus

How Long
Words: A. Kelly
Music: A. Kelly, B. DeMarco

My walls, I’m tearing down
My mind has changed
My defenses fall away
Nothing will ever be the same

Chorus:
After the storm, after the war
How long will it take to rebuild
to restore
How long will it be until we love again
How long will it take
for the fighting to end
‘til we live again

I am older, and yet young
My lies are coming undone
We can sacrifice the lies for the truth
But I’m still terribly unable to help you

Chorus

Feel the warmth of the sun
This confusion is illusion
My heart breaks, as it falls around me
Oh, but love brings clarity

Chorus

I wanna live
I wanna live again
How long ‘til we love again
‘til we live again
how long

Shotgun mama
Words: A. Kelly
Music: a. Kelly, b. demarco, f. paz

How can I shake this
Feeling down and out
I dont wanna
Fight for my simple love
I want no doubt
To the world I go, sword drawn
Dont mind if its for the music
I wanna shake this
Feeling down and out

I wanna be the
shotgun mama
Shoot em down

Cmon patience, cmon peace
Cmon compassion,
hold me In your dreams
I wanna shake this
feeling down and out
I wanna be joyful yeah
I want no doubt

Chorus:
I wanna be the
shotgun mama
Shoot em down
Let me be the
shotgun mama
Shoot em down

Cmon compassion
cmon please
Show me to your door
Bring to my knees
I wanna shake this
Feeling down and out
I wanna be joyful yeah
I want no doubt

Chorus

Spanishtown
Words, Music: A. Kelly

Headin south
as the wind
blows spring, Got a
show in texas
then its on
to new Orleans
Leave my cares
down on
bourbon street
Make some change
out there
With the gypsies

Had some friends
up in baton rouge
Where I found some
peace and solitude
Breathin in
the southern air
Glad to be out here
With the gypsies

Chorus:
Easy livin
in spanishtown
And the old Mississippi
Calls me down

on to Memphis,
home of the king
dive bar and a little
too much to drink
playin in Nashville,
ill leave in the morning
but tonight, ill see that
river in my dreams

music highway,
just another city
on to see mamau in indy
then its home sweet home
took the long way
to Chicago but man
if that southern trek
wasnt sweet

Chorus

easy, yeah
easylivin in spanishtown

Soulin
Traditional

Hey, ho, nobody home
Meat, nor drink, nor
Money have I none
Yet shall we be merry
Hey, ho, nobody home

God bless the master
Of this house
And the mistress also
And all that dwells
Within your house
We wish you ten times more

Chorus:
Soul, soul, soul cake
Please good mrs a soul cake
Apple, pear, plum, a cherry
Any good thing to
Make us all merry
One for peter,
Two for paul,
Three for him who
Made us all

Go down into the cellar
And see what you can find
If the barrel is not empty
We hope you will be kind
We hope you will be kind
With your apples and your pears
For well not come a soulin
Till this time next year

Chorus

The streets are very dirty
My shoes are very thin
I have a little pocket
To put a penny in
If you havent got a penny
Then a haypenny will do
If you havent got a haypenny
Then god bless you

Chorus

Hey, ho, nobody home