First Day of the New Year

from A few for the road. by Jess Clinton

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My memory could use a melody
A solitary phrase to keep the time
My memory could use a melody
To put a little pain to easy rhyme
Oh, music midnight be so monumental?

My fire escape could use some decorations
Something more than autumn leaf decay
My fire escape could use some decorations
Something more than lights across the way
Oh, must midnight be so ornamental?

(And what a shame that it's)
The first day of the New Year on a Friday in New York
And if I wasn't sober
I'd ask you to come over
It's the First Day of the New Year
And it calls for something more
Than wishing for the last night
That I was yours

My midnight could use a sentiment
Oh, something strong like love is not in vain
My midnight could use a sentiment, oh
To tell me what's to come won't be the same
Oh, won't you tell Father Time keep it gentle?

(And what a shame that it's)
The first day of the New Year on a Friday in New York
And if I wasn't sober
I'd ask you to come over
It's the First Day of the New Year
And it calls for something more
Than wishing for the last night
That I was yours

Oh the first day of the New Year
Was the last night that I was yours.

credits

from A few for the road., released May 11, 2012
Jess Clinton - vocals, guitars, harp
Sarah Haines - backing vocals
Nick Lenchner - bass
Spencer Marin - drums

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Jess Clinton New York

A NYC-based songwriter of 10+ years, Clinton bears her various facets of mind and personality through her own sensuous, often swampy-but-tender brand of addictive folk rock.

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