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Grand View Drive

by Nicolette Aubourg

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    Eleven-track compact disc including booklet with full lyrics, photos of original paintings by Nicolette Aubourg, individual track credits listing all musicians and instrumentation, personal notes and photographs. A portion of profit generated by this recording will be donated to animal, environmental and human welfare.

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Grand View Drive (words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 1987-1992 Find me a place where time is standing still, like the taunting silence before a storm, scanning the wasteland’s boned submission; the formidable repose through transition. When did we learn that time is the enemy and try to transcend it and try to forget? Resentment can only steal time from the burdened, and even now with our aspirations, we’re forced to choose. And here we are watching the city, spread like a hawk from sky to sky, and every thigh heaves the night-lights through the Palisades, into the bay. If we’d made the choice somewhere in the past, would we still be trying to hold onto the second hand? Now we feel the beat, but it’s our bodies’ own, trying to learn a lesson in a foreign land. And here we are watching the city, spread like a hawk from sky to sky, and every thigh heaves the night-lights through the Palisades, into the bay. I feel your touch; so strange but I’ve known you, sweet as the night on Grand View Drive; sweet as your touch on Grand View Drive, and I know I’ve known you before. You and I will be travellers on her every vein; you and I will wear the thorns of her domain; we’ll wear the thorns of her domain…
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I Never Meant to Change You (words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 1998) I have changed you into someone you were never meant to be. I have locked you in and lost the key to what you meant to me. Forgive me; I never meant to change you. Did I break your spirit with my rules, chill you with my tears, take away your laughter, give you all my fears, break your spirit with my rules, chill you with my tears, take away your laughter, give you all my fears? Forgive me, I never meant to change you. I have been the rainy one who saw the sadness everywhere and I have been no good for you, overcome with this despair. Forgive me; I never meant to change you. Did I break your spirit with my rules, chill you with my tears, take away your laughter, give you all my fears, break your spirit with my rules, chill you with my tears, take away your laughter, give you all my fears? Forgive me, I never meant to, - I never meant to change; I never meant to change you. We have danced as one so long we've forgotten how we danced alone, and we have shared the cup of life so long that we still thirst for our own. Forgive me; I never meant to change you. Did I break your spirit with my rules, chill you with my tears, take away your laughter, give you all my fears, break your spirit with my rules, chill you with my tears, take away your laughter, give you all my fears? Forgive me, I never meant to, - I never meant to change; I never meant to change you.
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When I Was Old (lyrics by Anne Aubourg, music by Nicolette Aubourg © 1999) Long ago, when I was old, - was it just some days ago, you took me where the grass is greener, out of my mind, into your dream. Long ago, when I was old, - was it just some days ago? Long ago, when I was old, - was it just some days ago? You brushed away my inhibitions, laughed about my imperfections. You took me where the grass is greener, out of my mind, into your heart. Long ago, when I was old, - was it just some days ago? Long ago, when I was old, - was it just some days ago? You threw away my broken dreams, empty voices, futile choices. You took me where the grass is greener, out of my mind, into your life. Long ago, when I was old, - was it just some days ago? Long ago, when I was old, - was it just some days ago? Long ago, when I was old, - was it just some days ago, - long ago…
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Find a Way 03:18
Find a Way (word & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 1998) I miss you; there’s no denying. Nothing can bring you back to me. Can I carry on; carry on this way? Was this lifetime all we had; with all the lessons we never learned? Was it good enough; good enough for you in the end? It’s not supposed to be this way; it’s not the way it was explained. I’m supposed to understand but instead I feel so sad. The wild horses are in my head; wild courage, like a prayer. Will they rescue me; rescue me from despair? It’s not supposed to be this way; it’s not the way it was explained. I’m supposed to understand but instead I feel so sad. I will find a way, find a way to start again. I will find a way, find a way to start again…
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Be the One 03:51
Be The One (words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 1998) Speak slowly now, - make the moment, make the moment last. Golden the sun, lingering longer for us. Say you’ll be the one, you’ll be the one for me; you’ll be the one, you’ll be the one for me. Fragrant the night, silver the moonlight, for us. In the old garden where the petals fall, we are one. The way you look at me, you look at me, I know you’ll be the one, you’ll be the one for me. Where the sun goes down, near the water’s edge, be mine. I have left your name in a secret place, so small. Be the one, be the one for me. Be the one, be the one for me…
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Good Enough For You (words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 1998) Good enough for you; if I were good enough for you, all the things that I would do would make us so happy, - so happy, yeah. Where the river flows beneath the thorn trees, I’d hold you close and wash away bad memories, and in the cool and lucid water, like a dream, all imperfections pale in one reflection. Good enough for you; if I were good enough for you, all the things that I would do would make us so happy, - so happy, yeah. Where the bridge of time unites all then and now; where a hundred horses still are running wild; where the feathered clouds of evening stain a gentle sky, if I could be the one to take you there, I would. Good enough for you; if I were good enough for you, all the things that I would do would make us so happy, - so happy, yeah. Where the moon is caught between the dusk and dawn and spills her light across the place where all roads end, into the garden of perfection where those angels tread, - if I could walk forever with you there, I would; I would... But time, - it slips away; am I destined to stay in my lonely room? Good enough for you... Good enough for you...
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Lay Down Your Arms (words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 2000) Lay down your arms and embrace me; lay down your arms and embrace me. My eyes have seen it all, and I can’t take anymore of our war. Lay down your arms and embrace me; lay down your arms and embrace me. My ears have heard it all and my body wants to fall down. Lay down your arms and embrace me; lay down your arms and embrace me. In my words I tried to tell you, but your mind was full of hell for me. Lie next to me; we will agree… Lay down your arms and embrace me; lay down your arms and embrace me.
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Crack of Light (words & music by Nicolette Aubourg ©1987-1992) The white moon rolls slowly around your room, shining your face on everything that I see. Through the incense and the pyres of your history and mine, we share only this reality: we are fragments of the restless night, bonded only by this strange desire. We are pursued by the moon’s embrace, tracing every move we make, persistent as your hair sweeping my face. But even this much is enough for my heart; I have no illusions of more on your part. Watch the crack of light under your door; I’ll be the shadow that falls. I’m losing myself in your reckless life, drifting closer to the edge each time. The rapture and the anguish rise and subside as we slide on sheets that breathe the essence of your touch. And through it all I watch your eyes catch fire, bright as light from trains that pierce the night. But all the sadness that I could ever feel won’t start to fill the void, knowing you and I are so estranged. But even this much is enough for my heart; I have no illusions of more on your part. Watch the crack of light under your door; I’ll be the shadow that falls. We watch our shadows grow and fall, spreading like ink across the floor. You’re seeping into the secrets and the crevices of my mind; your indelible eyes have stained me and I won’t forget your eyes. I won’t forget, in this life...
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The Waves of Time (words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 2000) Smoke is curling the blue haze framing your face, writing the letters of your name as if it’s just a game, and we are pawns in play. And in this room full of smoke and laughter we hide, watching the candle breaking down; tasting all the years through wine and our own tears. Should I wait for you; will you wait for me? On the waves of time will our love subside? On the waves of time how fragile are our lives. Clothes that tangle in moonlight flooding the floor, fragrant with secrets that we shared whisper in the dawn, whisper the unknown. And in this séance we search for answers again. Finding the pictures out of place, the images unchained fall through our hands like rain. Should I wait for you; will you wait for me? On the waves of time will our love subside? On the waves of time how fragile are our lives. And maybe the voices in my head can wrestle with the demons in your bed and make sense of this… Should I wait; will you wait? Should I wait; will you wait, on the waves of time…
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No More Fallen Angels (words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 1998) And if I cling a bit too long to what we had and what is gone, I will forgive myself; I’ll learn this lesson very well. I will be strong. A broken angel is all I find, sifting through the ashes of this fire. You’ve become the petals pressed between the leaves of time; another chapter over without reasoning or rhyme, - an unfinished song. How many times do I have to tell myself I’m over you? How many times do I have to tell myself I’m over you, over you? The valley calm, the river wide, the cricket’s song, the joker wild, bestow on me the secret you’ve been holding deep inside that grants you the strength to be yourself without denial, and I will be strong. How many times do I have to tell myself I’m over you? How many times do I have to tell myself I’m over you, over you? No more fallen angels in my life; I will let you go and watch the wind lift you high. No more fallen angels in my life; No more fallen angels in my life...
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Dust on Dust 03:51
Dust on Dust (words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 1998) We are stars thrown across the earth; who knows how long we’ll burn this time. You’ll leave your mark and I’ll leave mine; who knows how long we will burn this time. Watch the headlights passing in the night that fill the falling rain with sparks of light. A thousand stars of reason break like glass; a thousand lives in silence quickly pass. And there is nothing here but dust on dust; still, I hold you in my heart, - a lovers’ trust. And I believe in you, believe in you: the spirit recognizes all things true. Watch me curl beside you as I sleep; be the last to feel my heart beat. Wear the moon’s white face as we embrace; your presence at the end will be my escape. And there is nothing here but dust on dust; still, I hold you in my heart, - a lovers’ trust. And I believe in you, believe in you: the spirit recognizes all things true. I do not come to you for your rescue; I do not come to you for your knowledge. I do not ask for more than what we have; who could ask for more...

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Début CD from this non-conforming artist/musician with lyrics ranging from social commentary to introspection; ethereal vocals accompanied by unique finger-style acoustic guitar. Reminiscent of Suzanne Vega, Jewel, Joni Mitchell. A portion of profit generated by this recording will be donated to animal, environmental and human welfare.

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released May 25, 2002

Produced by Steve Holroyd, Bob Sheehan & Nicolette Aubourg
All songs written by Nicolette Aubourg
©(P) 2002 Syresham Music/Nicolette Aubourg (ASCAP)
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Acoustic guitar & vocals by Nicolette Aubourg
Paintings by Nicolette Aubourg
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Nicolette Aubourg Los Angeles, California

#CEASEFIRENOW! Singer-guitarist Nicolette Aubourg was born in South Africa where she studied music and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and English Literature before moving to Los Angeles. Nicolette has released three studio albums and nine singles. Her songwriting covers a variety of subjects including social justice and she has won many songwriting awards. ... more

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