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Book of Songs

by Sophie Koh

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Paper Kites 02:22
So it feels like Summer days are over I’m coming up to meet you honey Take you to the moon Fire of Flowers Dust and full of wonder I’m coming up to see you honey I won’t be too late Songs I left you Put it through the fire You belong to me now honey Yellow Paper Kites
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Yellow Rose 03:42
I will go, Seven Seas, I have roamed Been so long, All the Morning Clouds have gone Sound of your Voice, Gathers speed, Whisper me home Happy Rain Understands and looks on Yellow Rose, Come with Me I won’t be Alone Underneath, I do Love you the Most Oh Yellow Rose
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Down by the river, by tiger mountain Flash through the trees yellow and gold Drawn by the hunt and backed into a shadow When our eyes meet, frozen in time Fast as I run, my instinct said so I cannot see the violence in you Got out of a mess into a magic dream All gold, all gold Somebody said you’re gonna have to be The Tiger not the Hare I’m out of view, I can see you in your shadow I hear your breath, be still my heart Now all I am, by the river and the mountain Last falling leave, last golden sun Got out of a mess into a magic dream All gold, all gold Somebody said you’re gonna have to be The Tiger not the Hare
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I was once a little girl Who hurried on the world I was told the things I could take away Sun’s out a golden band Sometime not long ago I was blossoming Open my heart Ah He calls me a little bird Who carried all the world He’s written to me Calling for my heart It turned so many springs I am falling for your love I’m falling deep Falling for your love Ah
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I want to dance Around my little silhouette I want to dance With me and my little silhouette Dance, Dance, Dance I want to dance And slide around this masquerade I want to dance Don’t care about those little waves Dance, Dance, Dance Don’t make a sound Don’t wanna be too careless, fearless My true heart And silk white sleeves Will promenade Look at me All around, my silhouette Will sing with me Dance with me When will you believe? I want to Dance
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Play with Gold I fell in love with a man that was long ago I fell to sleep with the story that I could keep He told me so If I hadn’t seen what it was like to Play with Gold I fell in love from a fire from a star I would have starved in the hunger of all this romance All this heart If I hadn’t seen what it was like to Play with Gold They say love hurts When you’re looking at An empty purse In a Laundromat You feel much worse Then but other that You stay away Stay away tonight I feel asleep and I woke In a thunderstorm Fell in love with another Who tried again and called me home If I hadn’t seen what it was like to Play with Gold
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Do not ask where I come from My hometown lies far away Why do I wander on? In distant lands, I wander on. For the birds that wheel in the sky For the brooks that flow in the valleys And for the vast green meadows, In distant lands, I wander on. And then, and then For my dream-spun olive tree Olive tree Do not ask where I come from My old hometown lies far away Why do I wander on? Why do I wander on, far away? For my dream-spun olive tree. Do not ask where I come from My old hometown lies far away Why do I wander on? In distant lands, I wander on. MANDARIN LYRICS: 不要問我從哪裡來 我的故鄉在遠方 為甚麼流浪 流浪遠方 流浪 為了天空飛翔的小鳥 為了山間輕流的小溪 為了寬闊的草原 流浪遠方 流浪 還有還有 為了夢中的橄欖樹 不要問我從哪裡來 我的故鄉在遠方 為甚麼流浪 為甚麼流浪遠方 為了我夢中的橄欖樹
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If I was forever. If I had your heart. If I had been chosen. If I took the part. If I had been older. If I took the time. For I would be wiser. Why was I blind? That green bird on the maple tree. In my arms, half asleep. Hand in hand, it had no luck. It had to think, it had to go. It had no luck, it had to go. Something I said to you. I could not deny. Had not imagined. That kind of life. Something I said to you. You could not believe. What kind of lover. No guarantees. Oh the night, seeking life. Had to be, had to go. Something has sent you away. Sent you away, sent you away. That kind of lover. So eager to please. Had to deny it. In some kind of grief. If I was forever. If I took the time. If I had been older. Those warning signs. Oh green bird on the maple tree. In my arms, half asleep. Hand in hand, it had no luck. It had to know, it had to go. It had to know, it had to go. Had no luck, it had to think. It had to leave. Something has sent you away. Sent you away.
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某一天 宁静的晚上 你离我而去 去向何方 告诉我 为什么 还有什么 没对我说 我在害怕 我不好过 她的美 究竟 藏 在那里 也许 在她嘴角 的浅笑里 也许在她 温柔 的手心里 我明白 我们都在 寻找爱 你我一样 我明白 从你的眼瞳 我看到了她 你从不说 她在你心中 她的美 究竟 藏 在那 里 也许在她 嘴角 的浅笑 里 也许在她 温柔 的手心 里 English Translation: Someday. Quiet the Night. You left me, Go far, go where? Tell me why. What is not said to me. I’m afraid. I’m having a hard time. Her beauty, where is it hiding exactly? Maybe it’s with her mouth, her shallow smile. Maybe in her gentle palm. I understand. We are all looking for love. We are the same. I understand. Through your eyes, I see her. You’ve never said. She is in your heart. Her beauty, where is it hiding exactly? Maybe it’s with her mouth, her shallow smile. Maybe in her gentle palm.
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Gold Noodle 01:10
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There is a place. There is a house. Only two days. Worth finding out. Something I said. Injured your heart. And so I sing. Song for the Birds. You’ll always be in my heart. Written by Sophie Koh Sophie: Vocals, Piano J.Walker: Cello

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Book of Songs is Sophie Koh's 4th studio album. Made in Australia.
"Pop Songs, influenced by Chinese Poetry and Art, recorded with Western Classical instruments"

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released April 6, 2017

Produced by J.Walker & Sophie Koh

Mixed & Engineered by J.Walker
String arrangements by Caerwen Martin
Piano arrangements by Sophie Koh
Additional string & clarinet arrangements by Sophie & J.Walker

This album was recorded in Sophie's lounge in Brunswick, J.Walker's
home studio in Jumbunna and an old school hall in Korumburra

Sophie Koh - Lead vocals, Backup vocals, Pianos, Wurlitzer, guitar
Caerwen Martin - Cello, Backup vocals
Louise Woodward - Viola, Backup vocals
Greg J. Walker - clarinet, 2nd viola

Mastered by John Ruberto
Album design by Cara Whitelaw
Artwork by Sophie Koh
Sophie plays Yamaha Pianos

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Sophie Koh is a songwriter, singer, pianist, composer

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