We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

I Could Leave

from Without a Bird by Rachel Ries

/
  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This is the album how it's meant to be. Gorgeous in the warmth of its recording and the rich colors of Miriam Doan's photography. A CD is also enclosed in each record sleeve.

    Also includes immediate download of 10-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
    ships out within 3 days
    edition of 500 

      $20 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $0.50 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Also includes immediate download of 10-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
    ships out within 3 days

      $12 USD or more 

     

  • Without a Bird T-shirt!
    T-Shirt/Apparel

    So pretty and American Apparel. Blues & greens. The boat with feathers for oars designed by Steve Jones, printed by Todd Irwin.

    Sold Out

about

surly.

lyrics

I Could Leave.

I could leave you in your run down, crooked flat above the bar
sitting with a Guinness on the floor
I could leave you with your clocks & scraps of broke down memories
piling up in the corners of every room you’ve lived

I could leave you walking out the back to plant your pumpkin seeds
never saying what you really mean
I could leave you looking down at me with the saddest eyes
from the window of every room you’ve ever lived

hard it is to go, harder still to stay
look, I swear I can drive away
hard it is to stay, harder still to go
oh my heart unravels

I could leave you on 4th street at 5 am
a cup of coffee warm in your hands
I could leave you, December 23rd
but what’s it for? what’s it for, my lonely bird?
what’s it for?

my lonely bird, you’ve been so long
with your shoulders down
and sleeping soundly alone
I’ve come and gone
holding out for something
kinder than just a song
I sing For You Only
don’t you get this by now?

so I leave you picking fights on New Years Eve
drinking too many daiquiris
I leave you but know I’ll just return
to the doorway of every room you’ve ever lived
to the doorway of every room you’ve ever lived

credits

from Without a Bird, released September 27, 2007
Rachel: vocals, electric, piano
Ariel: upright bass
Kevin: drums
Joel: lead electric

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Rachel Ries Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rachel Ries, hailing from the prairies of middle America, crafts sly and compassionate songs for the crooked-hearted. With an electric guitar and piano; a clear voice and steady hand; she deftly pulls listeners in with disarming candor and holds them there with smart and tender poetry. ... more

contact / help

Contact Rachel Ries

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Rachel Ries recommends:

If you like Rachel Ries, you may also like: