Watchdog

from Lavender by Gemma Laurence

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lyrics

Woodsmoke lingering on our clothes forgotten on the floor
Like fallen leaves covered by an early winter storm
When you fell into my life tenderly like the first snow

I think I’d like to learn to trust you
A little more

But my watchdog heart is sleeping by the backdoor
With one eye open, waiting for you to go
With the next snow

I woke in a rosy haze of alpine glow
My troubles from before frozen on the floor
Underneath a foot of snow

And I hope you know, I hope you know
That I want to learn to trust you a little more
And I’m glad that I let you in when you knocked on my door

But my watchdog heart is sleeping by the backdoor
With one eye open, waiting for you to go
When the weathervane blows

But my watchdog heart is sleeping by the backdoor
With one eye open, waiting for you to go
I hope you don’t
I hope you don’t

But my watchdog heart is sleeping by the back
I hope you know

credits

from Lavender, released November 4, 2022
Gemma Laurence - vocals, guitar
Charlie Dahlke - backing vocals
Will Orchard - backing vocals, guitar, bass
Matt Philips - pedal steel, slide guitar
Jess Kerber - backing vocals
Micah Rubin - drums

Written by Gemma Laurence
Co-produced by Gemma Laurence and Charlie Dahlke at Ashlawn Recording Company
Mixed by Charlie Dahlke
Mastered by Andrew Goldring
Album artwork by Beatrice Helman

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Gemma Laurence Brunswick, Maine

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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Jun 12

Hawks & Reed Ballroom

Greenfield, MA

discography

Lavender

Nov 2022
Watchdog

Nov 2022
Lavender

Aug 2022
Adrienne

Oct 2021
Crooked Heart

Aug 2020

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