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Color Of Stars

by Kristie Stremel

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1.
Unstoppable 03:06
High and low to the undertow We must go, stay with me They’ll never know the ebb and flow Of these two souls, under flesh and bone This girl is unstoppable, up your legs into another world Kissin’ me so hard, touching every scar, stay with me Love your eyes, love ‘em dry You’re a live wire, with a perfect smile Here we go again, never ends Welcome home, we can just let go This girl is unstoppable, up your legs into another world Kissin’ me so hard, touching every scar, stay with me This girl is unstoppable, up your legs into another world Kissin’ me so hard, touching every scar, stay with me If you don’t push away, we will find a way, hey This girl is unstoppable, up your legs into another world Kissing me so hard, now I’m seeing stars, stay with me This girl is unstoppable, dizzy up into another world Taking me so far, right into your arms, you’re changing me It’s unstoppable [high and low]; It’s unbelievable [undertow] It feels incredible [we must go], stay with me So damn lovable, undeniable, I’m Insatiable, stay with me
2.
In Motion 03:46
Can’t catch a break in this small town, can’t be sure of the friends I have found Don’t they notice I’m not around… to settle down? Then all at once…my world started turning, I can release this burden now Open up to a brand new person, you cannot slow this motion down Pulled my money and sold the house, my guitar and a long drive south Don’t they know I won’t back down; I’m in the lost and found Then all at once…my world started turning, I can release these burdens now Open up to a brand new person, you cannot slow this motion down Now I have been changing lately, I’m as clean as the morning sun I’ve been fighting and with you I’ve already…won Then all at once…my world started turning, I can release these burdens now Open up to a brand new person, you cannot slow this motion down Then all the sudden…my world started turning, I can release these burdens now Open up to a brand new person, you cannot slow this mother down Can’t catch a break in this small town / can’t be sure of the friends I have found
3.
She was a waitress from the city with a BFA degree He was an OEF soldier on temporary leave They fell in love in a hatchback, kissed goodbye on the tarmac He never came back She was a drummer from California, just keeping the dream alive A runaway in a rock back that never made it past 79 She fell in love with drugs, they shut it down and unplugged She got sick in the lungs… now she’s gone It’s a gift to love your life, chasing dreams like fireflies Don’t waste your time asking why The greatest act ever known, the getting up and letting go Release your past life, say goodbye, love survive and drive He was a homeless boy in Portland, living on broken dreams Hoping for a turnaround, oh but aching for a drink He didn’t know it was so bad, he’s locked up and there’s no man That could take it away… and it’s a shame It’s a gift to love your life, chasing dreams like fireflies Don’t waste your time asking why The greatest act ever known, the getting up and letting go Release your past life, say goodbye, love survive and drive On a Kansas farm in nowhere, they loved for 60 years Pushed through summer’s hell, weathered winter’s fears Bent by the sunlight, fighting the good fight It’s the price they pay… everyday It’s a gift to love your life, chasing dreams like fireflies Don’t waste your time asking why The greatest act ever known, the getting up and letting go Release your past life, say goodbye, love survive and drive
4.
When the snow is on the ground She feels the ghost all around, her sounds It’s a pain; it’s a blank, paint a smile on her face Push it down all the way Although she never cried the day that it died It bore a hole; she wore the guilt like a coat And worse than goodbye was the birth of a lie It bores a hole where the good stuff should go The enemy infiltrates, lays down and violates It pushes floodgates Sleepless and tore enough, she crawls on the floor and then She pulls the sun up Although she never cried the day that it died It bore a hole; she wore the guilt like a coat And worse than goodbye was the birth of a lie It bores a hole where the good stuff should go
5.
Black and blue, I like your tattoo No, I don't think it defines you No, I don't mind when you see about me Do you think that I could call you? I'm feeling weak cause I adore you No, I don't mind in the night when it creeps... You could be a fine girl and kiss me, not such a stranger You could be a fine girl and kiss me, not such a stranger An abundance of sunshine you hold In the palm of your hand is my soul And you carry the weight of my world It's the way that you're moving in me Hey, the stars they align just to see The moxie it takes to be free I'll miss you dearly, but I can't let you down No, I won't let you down You could be a fine girl and kiss me, not such a stranger You could be a fine girl and kiss me, not such a stranger You could be a fine girl; you could be a fine girl You could be a fine girl and kiss me, not such a stranger
6.
Green 03:01
Did I wake you? I didn't mean to… There is something that I just have to say Hey I know you and I adore you And I wouldn't want it any other way See you in my dreams -You know, you're all I see… is green Wouldn't know it, if I hit it Wouldn't know what to do with it anyway But I know you and I adore you And I couldn't see it any other way I'll see you in my dreams - You know, you're all I see… is green She knows – She knows – She knows – She knows Did I wake you? I didn't mean to… There is something that I just have to say
7.
Best Kiss 03:59
Is it any wonder that I’m aching’ for you, in a crowded room? We’ve been undercover and it’s making me sick, to have to bury it I said darling please stay and don’t get on that plane… Best kiss I never had was with you Best love I never made was to you The best smile I never gave was for you With an ocean side view Did you tell her about me? Maybe just silly things… Did you tell your friends how the waves Yeah, they crashed you into me… accidentally I said darling please stay and don’t get on that plane… Best kiss I never had was with you Best love I never made was to you The best smile I ever gave was for you With an ocean side view And are you still drawing those lines? The ones we cross all the time Do you like to hide me inside? Darling, are you fighting the tide? Com’on Best kiss I never had was with you Best love I never made was to you The best smile I ever gave was for you With an ocean side view, with an ocean side view With an ocean side view, with an ocean side view
8.
Left Behind 04:01
This wicked cold, winter's breathing down my back again So let it snow, sing me song's of joy and peace, I hope... There's enough of me tonight - Another year, another fight I'm the one you left behind, the one you try to fight, the one you try and hide Incredibly late, you said your head was spinning now Why don't you stay, sleep on the love seat...it pulls out Is there enough of you tonight, to make it to the morning light I'm the one you left behind, the one you try to fight, the one you try and hide I'm the one you left behind, the one you sacrifice, the one you try and hide Now I can't stop shaking (when you, when you, when you are around) No, it won't stop aching, until you come home with me tonight I'm the one you left behind, the one you tried to fight, the one you try and hide I'm the one you left behind, the one you sacrifice, to one you try and hide
9.
Clementine 03:22
Open up the sky, you fall – no, I never felt so raw I try to be still and be cool - like a tattoo, I'm wrapped around you like a crazy fool I won't be denied, Clementine - I'll do just fine Even when I'm crying, I'm smiling Just enough to roll the dice - tell you the truth, I lied I recall all you said - like a tattoo, Wrapped around you like a crazy kid I won't be denied, Clementine - I'll do just fine Even when I'm crying, I'm smiling Even when I'm crying, I'm smiling I won't be denied, Clementine - I'll do just fine, Clementine I won't be denied, Clementine - I'll do just fine… Even when I'm crying, I'm smiling Yeah, even when I'm crying, I'm smiling
10.
I have walked to the edge, shouldered demons aside I have been so broken down at times I thought I would die I have swam with obsessions, wrestled unearthly tides Touched by her mercy, washed up on the shore side That was the best day of my life, swallow the sunshine I harbor every single light and swallow the sunshine I was singing for supper when she walked in the room Something so familiar and I thought it was you We talked of forgiveness and we talked about us Touched by her mercy, washed clean in her love That was the best day of my life, swallow the sunshine I harbor every single light and swallow the sunshine, swallow the sunshine [Do you remember the day?] Yes, I’m never gonna be that bad, every day I think about it [Would you step up to the plate?] I’m rising like a phoenix coming up from the ash… Oh, I know what I know, what I know And every day I sing about it Yeah, I know what I know, what I know That was the best day of my life, swallow the sunshine I harbor every single light and swallow the sunshine That was the best day of my life, swallow the sunshine I harbor every single smile and swallow the sunshine
11.
Push Pull 04:28
I don't know where I'll sleep…on this sixties couch Hey, yeah that's fine with me Wake up you, I still can't sleep Rob, I don't know where she is…that's where I want to be I saved it all up for a rainy day - this time I think it's gonna pour (this time it's gonna pour) I gave it up, I gave it anyway - and hiked my bags up to your door Would you push pull? Would you push pull? And I'm never going to run, I'm never going to weep You were with me here til' the end of it, and I cannot see… How you're ever gonna fall, When you're standing with me You're an open book in an empty world, and it’s wounding me I saved it all up for a rainy day - this time I think it's gonna pour (this time it's gonna pour) I gave it up, I gave it anyway - and hiked my bags up to your door Would you push pull? Would you push pull? I saved it all up for a rainy day - this time I think it's gonna pour (this time it's gonna pour) I gave it up, I gave it anyway - and hiked my bags up to your door Would you push pull? Would you push pull? Would you push pull? Would you push pull? It was you, always you, it was you...
12.
over and over, we turn this thing around We are a little older, young enough to count The storms coming and we’re running… We change like the color of stars, burn and we fade, collapse where we are Change like the color of stars, we burn so bright to fall through the dark Closer and closer, our best is yet to be You are so patiently aching to be free The storms coming and we’re running… We change like the color of stars, burn and we fade, collapse where we are Change like the color of stars, we burn so bright to fall through the dark The color of stars The storms coming and we’re running We change like the color of stars, burn and we fade, collapse where we are Change like the color of stars, we burn so bright to fall through the dark

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released August 21, 2010

Produced by Lou Whitney, The Studio, Springfield, MO
All Songs Written By Kristie Stremel & The 159ers, ASCAP/ Stremeltone Songs

Additional Musicians:
Ryan McCall – Keys on Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12
Lloyd Hicks – Drums on Track 7, Additional Percussion on Tracks 1, 9
Joe Terry – Keys on Tracks 1, 7
Lou Whitney – Bass on Tracks 4, 7, 12

Recorded and Mixed by Lou Whitney at The Studio, Springfield, MO
Mastered by Randy Kling at DiscMastering, Gallatin, TN
Additional Engineering, Eric Schuchmann, Drums on Tracks 2, 4, 5, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, - Engineered by Charles S. McVey, Black Lodge Studio, Eudora, KS

Inside Photo by Angela C. Bond
Album Artwork by Blue Haas
Website, Contact, Lyrics & More – www.159ers.com

1 Unstoppable
2. In Motion
3. Love Survive And Drive
4. Birth of a Lie
5. Be A Fine Girl
6. Green
7. Best Kiss
8. Left Behind
9. Clementine
10. Swallow The Sunshine
11. Push Pull
12. Color Of Stars

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Kristie Stremel Lawrence, Kansas

Armed with coffee, her guitar, and a catalog of over 80 published songs, she continues to zigzag the US performing with a band and/or solo acoustic.

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