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Bayou Sun

by Caroline Cotto

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Bayou Sun 04:19
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Drive Down to The Delta Baby, won’t you come (won't you come) I know that you’ve been blue and lonesome Grab your keys, follow the moss trees, my love Hold my face in your mind Till you see the Bayou Sun Clutching your pillow like a crucifix, You call my name into the night You don’t want to work no more You’re tired of the city life Well, pack up your pain, don’t look back Highway 51 in your red Cadillac Follow the scent of my perfume And you’ll be home soon Drive Down to The Delta Baby, won’t you come (won't you come) I know that you’ve been blue and lonesome Grab your keys, follow the moss trees, my love Hold my face in your mind Till you see the Bayou Sun On my porch, in a dress of blue (blue), dancing To visions of our love Now our life can begin I throw them other boys to the wild wind Bring the champagne, I hear The church bells for us Drive Down to The Delta Baby, won’t you come (won't you come) I know, you’ve been blue and lonesome Grab your keys, follow the moss trees, my love Hold my face in your mind Till you see the Bayou Sun Now we’re married and have a dog (yes we do) Barking all them fools off our lawn If they cross our tracks I’ll send them to the graveyard with a bottle of jack Yeah baby, I know a thing or two Drive Down to The Delta Baby, won’t you come (won't you come) I know that you’ve been blue and lonesome Grab your keys, follow the moss trees, my love Hold my face in your mind Till you see the Bayou Sun
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Pen.Paper.Lipstick 02:54
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Got my pen, paper, lipstick honey Been round the world, earnt my money Everybody thinks I’m a hoodoo woman Singing from cafes to far away countries You’re all head and I’m all heart Swing it over here, ooh ooh Swing it over here, uh huh huh Swing it over here, ooh ooh Swing it over here, uh huh huh Baby, Let’s get lost Got my pen, paper, lipstick honey Pain into gold on the long, dirt road With a thousand burning suns above me A dove rises from the dark ashes It’s all love not luck Swing it over here, ooh ooh Swing it over here, uh huh huh Swing it over here, ooh ooh Swing it over here, uh huh huh Baby, Let’s get lost Swing it over here, ooh ooh Swing it over here, uh huh huh Swing it over here, ooh ooh Swing it over here, uh huh huh Baby, Let’s get lost
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Young Girl in the City 03:25
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Man, Can you spare some time? Paint my pain into a starry night I know, the stars ain’t a dime But dreams are better in moonlight All the drunks crowd me in the streets And the great minds have left cafes I ride the subway downtown and hear them big boys say I’m a young girl in the city I'm a young girl in the city But I’ll find my way I’ll find my way I’ll find my… Man, can you bear your soul? Lost my love down the avenue Radio blasts, I’m free at last All my tears slip through the sidewalk cracks I am tired of all these old hands Trying to tell me who I am They all want to fill me up, but I ain’t, I ain't no station I’m a young girl in the city I’m a young girl in the city But I’ll find my way I’ll find my way I’ll find my way The whole world knows my name I bust em’ out, shut em’ down, and hear them all say Baby I wear red lips and white satin I rumble around this little ole town called Manhattan I’m a young girl in the city I’m a young girl in the city But I’ll find my way I’ll find my way I’ll find my (young girl in the city) I’ll find my way (young girl in the city) I’ll find my way
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Come Closer 04:50
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A little nymphet dances in the breeze Begging for heaven with hell on her knees A drop of stardust on her tongue Sends her fate to a blazing sun You’re the first sight and the last sight That I’ll see, Come Closer to me Come Closer, Come Closer, Come Closer to me Come Closer, Come Closer, Come Closer to me A faint echo from the past awakes A dazzling frenzy from her eyelash His body moves in the mist Dying for the taste of her sweet lips You’re the first sight and the last sight That I’ll see, Come Closer to me Come Closer, Come Closer, Come Closer to me Come Closer, Come Closer, Come Closer to me I wanna feel love, I wanna feel love I wanna feel love rising through my soul Come Closer, Come Closer, Come Closer to me Come Closer, Come Closer, Come Closer to me You’re the first sight and the last sight That I’ll see, Come Closer to me
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Mystery Ride 04:28
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Pick me up little buttercup By the jukebox I wait for your truck Singing every note like your heartbeat The city has dark eyed strangers Rags and riches but no saviors Stick with me kid and you’ll see the world Let’s dream easy Racing through the downtown lights Past the speed limit to paradise I see love written on the wind tonight As we go down and down and down this Mystery Ride Baby, you were king of the sun With drips of wine and shadows of women Rolling in the dust of yourself at night Now, our wings are stretched like butterflies Like fire under your wheels to the sky Home is by your side Let’s dream easy Racing through the downtown lights Past the speed limit to paradise I see love written on the wind tonight As we go down and down and down this Mystery Ride As we go down and down and down this Mystery Ride Baby, Fluff my feathers Don’t be a dull duck My lips burn the pain from you From the highway to the crescent moon Let’s dream easy Racing through the downtown lights Past the speed limit to paradise I see love written on the wind tonight As we go down and down and down this Mystery Ride As we go down and down and down this Mystery Ride As we go down and down and down this Mystery Ride
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Stay 05:38
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I know my heart is stained with your name Our love sinks, and it brings an overflow To my veins But, I live in a lover’s slumber And you open the gate of my dreams And I become deaf from the thunder As you whisper sweet songs to me And why won’t ya stay (stay) oh stay with me I need you baby as much as you need me Why won’t ya stay (stay) oh stay with me I don’t want the devil to be our company My soul sings and your beauty resounds Breaking the walls of my misery And oh I crumble with the pieces of you No longer tattered nor bruised But, I live in a lover’s slumber And you open the gate of my dreams And I become deaf from the thunder As you whisper sweet songs to me And why won’t ya stay, stay, stay, stay with me I need you baby as much as you need me And why won’t ya stay, stay, stay, stay with me I don’t want the devil to be our company Why won’t ya stay, stay, stay, stay with me I need you baby as much as you need me And why won’t ya stay, stay, stay, stay with me I don’t want the devil to be our company
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Cherry Red 02:46
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He calls me Cherry Red Love goes through my blood Till I'm blue to the bone And off the bottle, yeah Man on the edge One false move or you'll slip To the other side Where our dreams will die Cherry Red, Cherry Red, Cherry Red Here, here she comes Here she comes, Cherry Red Her hand waving free, she sings Cherry Red His car lights these streets Blue light, pitch black, all I see Is him and heaven Devil leave his head Don't give him none of your poison His heart's at sea And he only comes to me Cherry Red, Cherry Red, Cherry Red Here, here she comes Here she comes, Cherry Red Her hand waving free, she sings Cherry Red Like an alleycat I'll sway To my trail of lipstick stains Stains, stains Cherry Red, Cherry Red, Cherry Red Here, here she comes Here she comes, Cherry Red Her hand waving free, she sings Cherry Red Cherry Red, Cherry Red, Cherry Red
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A Momma To Cry To 05:03
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I am at the crossroads and I am young No darkness, give me a place in the sun Day and night, the devil comes Hear my song, blue ocean Send me a momma to cry to Daddy, he cheats and he lies too Where is my home? My home Where is my home? Home Where is my home? My home Where is ..? Sold my soul for a penny, it cost plenty In the arms of lovers and blood of enemies The winds of love will burn and change The blues calls me baby, I won’t be its flame Send me a momma to cry to Daddy, he cheats and he lies too Where is my home? My home Where is my home? Home Where is my home? My home? Where is my ..? Send me a momma to cry to Daddy, he cheats and he lies too Where is my home? My home Where is my home? Home Where is my home? My home Where is my home? Home Where is my home, my home, my home? Where is my home?
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Awake to Love 04:26
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God bless the innocent They learn from lies Man throws bombs In a child’s eyes Hate grows when one’s asleep Awake to love on the city streets Awake to love on the city streets Man poisons our waters Man kills our sons and daughters In a chill or summer’s heat Awake to love on the city streets Awake to love on the city streets Why is my blood on your hands, on your hands? Why is my blood on your hands? Oh tell me, oh tell me God help the blind So they can see All their dollars turn into greed How can the silent truly speak? Awake to love on the city streets Awake to love on the city streets Why is my blood on your hands, on your hands? Why is my blood on your hands? Oh tell me, oh tell me We need freedom, no war No hope in a burning corpse Smoke rises on the concrete Awake to love on the city streets Awake to Love on the city streets Awake to love, awake to love, awake to love Awake to love, awake to love, awake love Awake to love, awake to love, awake to love
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Heaven is in my Hands 04:02
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Crossing countries in a red dress and bright lipstick I pour out the wine that made me sick into the sea The beast from my belly is set free And now I sing Heaven is in my hands It’s in my hands Heaven is in my hands My hands Learning to fight the devil in a lonely place I took the pen from him And wrote a story of faith All I see is true love and the power of music Heaven is in my hands It’s in my hands Heaven is in my hands My hands Palm trees dance in my eyes I lay down in paradise The clouds part from the sun I smile, I do not run to cities and strangers I found you No longer living in danger I found Heaven is in my hands It’s in my hands Heaven is in my hands My hands Heaven is in my hands It’s in my hands Heaven is in my hands My hands

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released October 20, 2023

Words and Music by Caroline Cotto
Produced by Caroline Cotto, David Hyde & Dan Caro
Mixed by Nelson Blanchard, Somer Bingham & Dan Caro
Mastered by Jerry Tubb I Terra Nova Studios, Austin, TX
Photography by Lily Magnolia Rose
Art Direction & Design by Alexandre Oliveira

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Caroline Cotto New Orleans, Louisiana

Imagine leaving your country in search of beauty, love and truth. That’s exactly what Caroline Cotto was brave enough to do. She left NYC to live in Paris to explore artistic opportunities to enrich her writing and music. Caroline then lived in London playing blues and soaking up the history of her rock heroes before moving to New Orleans. ... more

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