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WITH LOVE

by Rosie Thomas

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Asher An incredible voice and beautiful songwriting. Favorite track: Where Was I.
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mmcc Gosh every song feels so nostalgic, & I can't really pinpoint why. I feel like I'm driving back to college over the Blue Ridge Parkway while listening to Shawn Colvin, basking in glorious melancholy & youthful daydreams. With that voice clear as a bell, this album sounds like a myriad of memories still in the making. So good. Favorite track: Sometimes Love.
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brian sidney bembridge her voice and lyrics a truly a gift.
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Steve Lawson ...my last solo studio album was very nearly called 'When I Grow Up, I Want To Be Rosie Thomas'. Listening to this may give some clue as to why :) Sparse, perfect songs. Favorite track: Where Was I.
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losteden Lovely songs and singer.
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1.
Where Was I 03:43
Where, oh where was I? That springtime when you realized That love had caught you by surprise And where, oh where was I? That November when your father died What’s the first thought that came over your mind? As you drove home On your way home And where, oh where were you? Back in high school when I was broken in two When my mother and my father were too And I felt so confused, Yeah I was so confused And where, oh where was I? That day you scraped your knee and cried And your brother carried you one mile All the way home, all the way home All the way home, all the way home
2.
When I think of your love It puts a joy in my step The way you play with my heart Makes me your instrument When I’m walking with you Feels like I’m walking on clouds And I always feel up just by you being around Cuz you fill me with love, yeah you fill me with love You fill me with love, and I’m over the moon In love with you When I think of your hands When I think of your grin The way you light up the room Just by you walking in Makes me feel like a child Makes me sing out of tune I get this beat in my heart when I’m lying with you Cuz you fill me with love, yeah you fill me with love You fill me with love, and I’m over the moon in love with you I knew the first time you held my hand that it’d be you Who’d come through, who’d come through Cuz you fill me with love, yeah you fill me with love You fill me with love, and I’m over the moon in love with you
3.
In Time 03:57
I get so tired of all the talking that I do How my words just seem wasted on you Maybe some day when it's all said and done You'll finally find these words of mine were true In time Time Yeah, I get so tired of all the pretending that I do When inside all I do is long for you I'm just waiting for the day When I'm boarding the next train And my name is called, and the voice belongs to you In time Time Maybe it's over What if it's over? I guess I'll get over you in In a little while I know I will get over you Takes a little time, but in time I'll get over you In a little while I know I will get over you Just takes time but, in time I'll get over you
4.
If I place my hope in all things that pass away What have I shown for myself? If love shows her face, and my life’s out of place Will I be kind to myself? Where, where will I go from here? If it’s all about timing Then I’m right where I should be, And there’s no room for regrets But often times I find That my thoughts play in rewind And won’t free me from the past So, where will I go? Where will I go? Where will I go? If my life had its way Oh how simple it would sway Like wildflowers in the fields I wish I could learn from the flowers and the ferns How to take things as they come How, how will I grow? Oh how, how will I grow? Oh how, will I grow from here?
5.
I cried on my birthday Was broken to pieces And everyone noticed So I made up some reasons And just when I thought I had more to bring Well, you tell me you want different things And I don’t believe you Or I didn’t want to And it’s unfair When two worlds collide One goes for broke One walks the line Yeah, it seems so unfair To wait your whole life For someone to finally take a stand for you And you’re still waiting in line Now I can’t hear music And I can’t take train rides And I can’t remember The last time I felt right And I want the movies And I want the love songs And I want forgiveness Yeah I want to move on And it’s unfair When two worlds collide I meant what I said And you barely tried Yeah it seems so unfair To wait your whole life For someone to finally take a chance on you And your still waiting in line Well I know, (I know, I know) I gotta let go. (I gotta, I gotta) Well I know, (I know, I know) I gotta let go. (I’ve got to let you go) Yeah I know, (I know, I know) I gotta let go
6.
2 Birds 03:11
We were young we were barely 19 Going places that we have never seen So I packed a flashlight and the camera 2,000 miles to California We packed our clothes in paper bags We made mix tapes of our favorite bands I remember my father in the driveway I could tell that he was putting on his brave face for me As we drove far away Stayed any place for free I picked up a nickel on the train tracks We had songs we liked to sing And we tape recorded things Tied ribbons round the trees to find our way back We stopped in every small town we came across We slept in motel parking lots I remember Montana and the big sky I remember how she stood there with her arms held open wide As we drove far away Stayed any place for free We pulled over when we saw the sunflowers And we both carved our names In a fence along the way And Sharon honked the horn at every state line We were young and we, were just beginning our lives Like 2 birds set free for the first time Not a penny to our names And our dresses were handmade We picked flowers and sage And dried them in The dashboard of the car
7.
Is This Love 02:40
Is this how it begins? Spending hours in the car being friends Is this love? Can it be? When I wasn’t looking around He came to me Now every place that he goes I’d like to be There are thoughts that he only shares with me Every dream that he has I would help him reach I would love him, I could love him If he ever let me Is this love? Is this love? When all I ever want to do is lift him up Is this love? Can it be? Every part of me that’s missing he completes Now every place that I go I’d like him to be Though he’s always walking way ahead of me He may run he may hide, but he never leaves I would love him, I could love him Yes, I would love him, I could love him If he ever let me
8.
How I wish that I could just believe That things were meant to be the way they are Something tells me something isn’t right And all I want to do is find out where you are How I wish that I could just recall What brought on the fall for the two of us Maybe then all this would make more sense And my whole life would not feel this torn apart If we went back to being friends What would it do What would it mend When we were meant to be so much more If we went back to being friends I’m not convinced this heart would mend Cuz being friends wouldn’t be good enough How I wish that I could just go back To that time when we first met And everything was clear If only I could get a second chance How I’d change each circumstance that led us here Now that it’s over How I wish that I had told you more and more How much I loved you so But how could I have known That you’d leave me here alone And I’d never get the chance to really let you know If we went back to being friends What would it do What would it mend When we were meant to be so much more If we went back to being friends I’m not convinced this heart would mend Cuz being friends wouldn’t be good enough
9.
Yeah it’s been a really long year Flew to Oklahoma That’s where he got down on one knee When I called my mom she was in tears The day we pulled out her wedding gown She hadn’t looked at it in 40 years And I, I watched her reminisce for awhile Just 19 and walking down the aisle Yeah it’s been a really long year Made new friends in Kansas Watched my grandpa be an auctioneer Brother made that farm look like a dream The marching band played in the parade And all the bridesmaids in the trolley waved And I, I watched their faces for some time And somewhere over the rainbow was my life Somewhere over the rainbow Over the rainbow Skies will be blue Somewhere over the rainbow Over the rainbow Dreams do come true Yeah it’s been a really long year Laura had a baby boy while I was travelling in Germany Mother lost her friend in summertime Before she went to be with the Lord She told my brother she’d find him a wife And I, when I heard that story how I cried Cuz I could hear the longing in his voice I could see the hope in his eyes Yeah, I could see him dancing with his bride Yeah it’s been a really long year Never thought that I would see the day I’d dance with grandpa on my wedding day
10.
Sometimes love’s a paper tiger That haunts you in your bed Sometimes love’s a two fist fighter That lands you on your head When it comes Don’t try to fight it There’s nothing you can do It finds you when it does, and leaves you when it wants to Sometimes love’s a perfect poem That words have never said Sometimes love’s a big disaster That leaves you good as dead When it comes Don’t try to fight it There’s nothing you can do It finds you when it does, and leaves you when it wants to So when I come I’ll come insisting You hear the thing I say Do not run Do not resist me Don’t look the other way We have time We have tomorrow We don’t need reasons why Now you have to decide

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released February 14, 2012

Produced by Dave Bazan & Blake Wescott
Recorded by Blake Wescott with Steven Aguilar and Floyd Reitsma at Studio Litho in Seattle, WA

Additional Recording and Sometimes Love recorded by Devin Greenwood at The Honey Jar & an undisclosed location in Brooklyn, NY
As well as by Sam Beam in the great state of TX.

Mixed by Blake Wescott

Mastered by Ed Brooks at RFI in Seattle, WA

Musicians:
Rosie Thomas
Brian Thomas
Casey Foubert
Blake Wescott
Dave Bazan
Jeff Shoop
James McAlister
Jen Wood
Josh Myers
Ty Bailie

String players-
Emily Ann Peterson
Brianna Atwell
Heather Bentley

Featuring Sam Beam on “Over The Moon” and “A Really Long Year”

All songs written by Rosie Thomas (Sing-Along-A-Rosie/ASCAP)
Except for 'Sometimes Love' written by the phenomenal Tim Miser

“Somewhere Over The Rainbow” Used by Permission 1939 EMI Fiest Catalog (ASCAP) (all rights obo EMI Feist Catalog admin by EMI Music Publishing)

Cover Photo by Danny Scales
Layout by Eric Fisher



Thank you first and foremost to my loving fans for your support and devotion, and for your courage to be vulnerable with me. I sure love entertaining you. Thank you Michael Corcoran, Chris Moon, Carla Sacks, Randy Grimmett, Stacey and Sky, Lisa Moran, Shawn Fowler, Sufjan Stevens, the great town of Colony Kansas, my brother Brian Thomas, my loving family and friends, all the talented musicians who played on this record, and to my adoring and encouraging husband, Jeff Shoop, who always has my best interest at heart.
Special thank you to Tim Miser for writing such a beautiful song.

Extra special thank you to Dave Bazan, Blake Wescott, and Sam Beam for inspiring me to push beyond what I thought I was capable of, caring enough to pull it out of me, and encouraging me to sing my heart out.

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