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Matter of Time
Music & lyrics by Aimée Allen
I play it straight, you syncopate
In between lies
Maybe just a matter of time
I’m at a loss
To be found at any cost
Maybe just a matter of faith
Though we’re apart
Just a heartbeat can bridge the divide
Maybe it is all in our hands
Maybe it’s still all in our hands
But if we start
Marking time while we’re paces apart
We’re on shifting sand
I hesitate, you make me wait
In between lies
Maybe just a matter of fate
Fistful of sand
Squeeze too tight, you’re off dry land
Drowning and it might be too late
But if we can wait
Just believe and not anticipate
Maybe it will come on its own
Maybe it will come to be known
So let it start
Stop the clock and come out of the dark
Finding our way home
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Soul Cargo
04:35
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Soul Cargo
Music & lyrics by Aimée Allen
To the motherland I take my flight, solo
In another land I’ll be tonight, let’s go
New York, Paris, Senegal, Dakar, below
Yesterday returns tomorrow
With me weathered spirits coming back, in tow
They return to the home they left long ago
In my mind, my heart, my song, my soul cargo
Yesterday returns to
Flying above Mediterranean waters
Cross my middle passage in reverse, oh
Talk of blessings mixed with talk of curse, also
Talk of family lost and dispersed, although
Tales of transformation and triumph follow
Yesterday returns tomorrow
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My Romance
04:31
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The Island
05:26
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Close Your Eyes
03:15
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New Day
04:48
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New Day
Music & lyrics by David Allen
It’s a new day
To walk hand in hand
We’ll laugh and we’ll smile
Play for a while and sing
La-la-la-la-la
Play a new game
‘Cause that’s what we do
For me and for you
Look at us two
In love
Some people stare
I don’t mind, I don’t care
‘Cause you’re mine
And you’re right here with me
Death do us part’s
Not the end, but the start
Of a life where my heart
Is with you
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Sometimes You Just Know
04:22
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Sometimes You Just Know
Music & lyrics by Aimée Allen
Sometimes you just know
What you're never told
Words cannot compete
Words are incomplete
It's too far to go
To try to explain
The ineffable
Dare not speak its name
And silence too
Can speak volumes
Without refrain
Don't interrupt
The things that cannot be contained
Listen to what's said
Then regain your heart
What is in your head's
Only just a start
So trust what's true
And think it through
Although
What you're never told
Sometimes you just know
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Out of Nowhere
03:33
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Qu’est-çe qu’on est bien ici
Music & lyrics by Aimée Allen
Et si le jour il arrive que l’on perde les sens
Je saurais que je n’aurais pu en prendre davantage
Tous les arômes que j’adore
Les goûts délices de l’amour
Et les touchés sensuels je n’en aurais assez…jamais
Et si tu me laisses toute seule pour un autre pays
Je saurais garder un bon souvenir à chérir
Remplir les trous de mémoire
Parmi eux les rêves d’un soir
Tendre et doux, chaleureux comme un soleil tout juste…couché
Si on est dans les nuages
Au moins regardons les plages
De loin je dirais dommage
Mais qu’est-çe qu’on est bien ici
Même si on perd des repères
Au moins on part pour la mer
On n’a plus les pieds sur terre
Mais qu’est-çe qu’on est bien ici
Si tu me dis notre histoire c’est une histoire à jamais
Je dirais oui et me replongerais dans tes yeux
Perdu tout mon sens de temps
Oubliés mots et chansons
Je n’entends plus que le vent et toutes les vibrations…les ondes
Translation:
If the day comes when we lose all our senses
I will know I could not have taken more advantage of
All the aromas I adore
The delicacies of love
And the sensual touches I will never have enough of
And if you leave me alone for another land
I will know to keep a cherished memory
To fill the holes in my mind
Among them, the dreams of a night
Tender and sweet, warm like a
sun that has just set
If we are in the clouds
Let’s at least look toward the shore
From afar, I could say it’s a shame
But how sweet it is right here with you
Even if we lose our points of reference
At least we’re headed out to sea
Our feet no longer touch the ground
But how sweet it is right here with you
If you tell me that our story is forever
I will agree and dive right back into your eyes
Lose all my sense of time
Forget the words to the song
And hear nothing but the wind and the vibrations, the waves
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In the Name of Love
05:02
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In the Name of Love
Music by François Moutin
Lyrics by Aimée Allen & François Moutin
He will talk to the kings
Give up his favorite things
Go beyond and reach above
All in the name of love
She will wait for a sign
And consult the divine
Not see what he is short of
All in the name of love
All for the sake of falling
Every deed and word
Where he belongs/Where she belongs
She is his song/He is her song
Just waiting to be heard
Giving all that they’ve got
To get all they’ve dreamed of
They will beg steal or borrow
All in the name of love
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Corcovado
04:37
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The Space Between
04:20
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The Space Between
Music by Pat Metheny
Lyrics by Aimée Allen
The space between
Us may be far
And still always I'll be
Where you are
So take heart
When someone leaves the one they love
There is no end
This love renews
It may be that silently I'm with you
There may be no words but you're with me too
No matter the space in time
The metaphysics true of you
And I defy, break through
All that we thought we knew
Blink and you will find me
Whisper I will find you
There you are beside me
Here I am beside you
Too
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Matter of Time
Music & lyrics by Aimée Allen
I play it straight, you syncopate
In between lies
Maybe just a matter of time
I’m at a loss
To be found at any cost
Maybe just a matter of faith
Though we’re apart
Just a heartbeat can bridge the divide
Maybe it is all in our hands
Maybe it’s still all in our hands
But if we start
Marking time while we’re paces apart
We’re on shifting sand
I hesitate, you make me wait
In between lies
Maybe just a matter of fate
Fistful of sand
Squeeze too tight, you’re off dry land
Drowning and it might be too late
But if we can wait
Just believe and not anticipate
Maybe it will come on its own
Maybe it will come to be known
So let it start
Stop the clock and come out of the dark
Finding our way home
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Aimée Allen New York, New York
New York City based jazz vocalist, composer, and lyricist, Aimée performs regularly in New York and tours nationally and internationally. An accomplished songwriter, her compositions have become fan favorites within with her repertoire of jazz standards. She has sung with many renowned jazz artists including Romero Lubambo, Ron McClure, François Moutin, Rozwell Rudd, Ari Hoenig, and Yomo Toro. ... more
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