Three Thousand Miles

from Crooked Heart by Gemma Laurence

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"It breaks my heart listening to this song over again. It's so hopeful and blindly romantic. The song is about sensing that a relationship might fall apart soon and doing everything in your power to hold onto it." – Gemma


Can you tell me every little thing’s gonna be alright?
Can you soothe my heart so I can sleep at peace tonight?
You really scared me with your cold words
That still just don’t feel right
Can you tell me that your crooked heart is still with mine?

So before you open your sweet lips
And say the words that’ll make me lose my grip
Come back to hot summer days in Setauket haze
When we’d sleep late, wake up with me in the morning rays
That danced off the waves on the New York shore
Where we’d lie in the sands and never wanted more
Than to live in this crooked, perfect love
So before you speak, there’s something I have to say

My crooked love, please don’t up and fly away
My baby child, here must be something I can say
Something like,
“Three thousand miles ain’t got nothin’ on our love, my baby child”
So stay and we’ll make it through these lonesome days
Baby please stay, we’ll make it through these lonesome days

You know I love you but I’ve been bruised so many times before
You know I’m trying to understand your mind a little more
I really hope that we still have some time for us in store
Please don’t leave me wondering if you might slam the door

So before you open your sweet lips
And say the words that’ll make me lose my grip
Come back to hot summer days in Setauket haze
When we’d sleep late, wake up with me in the morning rays
That danced off the waves on the New York shore
Where we’d lie in the sands and never wanted more
Than to live in this crooked love
So before you speak, there’s something I have to say

My crooked love, please don’t up and fly away
My baby child, here must be something I can say
Something like,
“Three thousand miles ain’t got nothin’ on our love, my baby child”
So stay and we’ll make it through these lonesome days
Baby please stay, we’ll make it through these lonesome days

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from Crooked Heart, track released August 16, 2020
Written and Performed by Gemma Laurence (lyrics, guitar, vocals)
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Jud Caswell

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Gemma Laurence is a queer indie folk artist from the coast of Maine, now based in Brooklyn. Her debut LP Crooked Heart came out in 2019, and her latest single "Adrienne" is out now.

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