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released 01 January 2012
-All songs written by Mariah Mercedes
-All songs recorded and produced by Jackie Jansen
-Cello written and arranged by Liz MacDonald
-Studio performances by Liz MacDonald, Benton Herbel, Justen Miller, Jackie Jansen, and Mariah Mercedes

-Album design by Jackie Jansen

This collection of songs was written and recorded from August-December 2011

Special thanks to family and friends and all who were involved.


©2012 MediaRose Records

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Gold Lion is an acoustic/indie trio from Minnesota. Members include Mariah Mercedes on vocals and guitar, Liz MacDonald on cello, and Jackie Jansen on cajon and auxiliary percussion.

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Track Name: Intro
I wish you the best on your trip, your trip out west
And I, when you left you left
Me drowning

There's no twelve step plan just
Me and my careful hand, but
I'm having trouble getting through
Track Name: //
Mother, oh mother
You leave me so bad
There's nothing other
To replace what we had

Mother, oh mother
We are all so mad
I'm growing taller
But it still makes me sad

Once there was a time when everything was fine
Once there was a time when everything seemed fine

Sister, oh sister
I'm not quite sure what to say
No doubt everything I do
Will be used against me someday

Once there was a time when everything seemed fine
Once there was a time when everything seemed fine

Brother, oh brother
You've always been my friend
When I need a shoulder
You're there again

Once there was a time when everything seemed fine
Once there was a time when everything seemed fine
Once there was a time when everything seemed fine
Once there was a time when everything seemed fine

Daddy, oh daddy
You work so hard
You know I try to
Make you proud
Track Name: Raindrops (Album Version)
A candle flickers on the table
Safe inside
It took me several miles
Before I realized

Raindrops keep fallin' so sweet like
Lemondrops on rooftops
And when you sing to me
Raindrops keep fallin' so sweet like
Lemondrops on rooftops
And when you sing to me

Holidays spent by the piano
Dreams alive
It took me several miles
Before I realized

Raindrops keep fallin' so sweet like
Lemondrops on rooftops
And when you sing to me
Raindrops keep fallin' so sweet like
Lemondrops on rooftops
And when you sing to me

Raindrops keep fallin'
Raindrops keep fallin'
Raindrops keep fallin'
Fallin'
Track Name: Stranger to Me
I see some people on the street
We'll wave hello, but we'll never meet
End of story
End of story
End of story

Please don't be
Don't be a stranger to me
Please don't be
Don't be a stranger to me
Please don't be
Please don't be
Don't be a stranger to me

I bet your feelings are all mixed up, all mixed up
I see you struggling to find which way is up

But the stars told me we'd be okay
But no one really knows their own fate
I must say though
This wasn't a mistake

Please don't be
Don't be a stranger to me
Please don't be
Don't be a stranger to me
Please don't be
Please don't be
Don't be a stranger to me
Track Name: P.D. Eastman
Machinery missing parts
A crack in my heart

Uncharted road
I left it unknown

My arms were bare
This is diseased and unfair

If this is
How it will end
A tendency to guilt me in and reprehend

If this is
How it seems
Oh, you've got to be joking

I'll cry out to be heard
No doubt I miss her
I'll sing my lavish words

Through the wreckage she claims
"No I'm still the same"

Let's see, let's check, oh yes
Still on my neck

Unfortunate love
Is it enough

And I'll cry out to be heard
No doubt I miss her
I'll sing my lavish words
Track Name: I Will Never Write a Song About a Boy (Ft. Benton Herbel)
That morning I awoke to an easy song
Night before possessed a feeling lasting strong

The breath that he breathed was so light and flawless
Lingered there, in the air
I saw it, I saw it

His lips of deep violet and chin tilted towards me
I felt on my neck
An angel's accord

Oh it was so sweet
Locked us in between

Careful lines, careful not to cross
Foster these bonds, waltzing along
To the music that plays in our ears
And above our heads hangs the grand chandelier

Oh it was so sweet
Locked us in between
Such a beautiful scene
He's my remedy

A spoonful of honey
Cured my soul
Just one starry-skied night
And the world seemed to slow

Down
Track Name: Joel's Lullaby
J.J. Jansen
He's so, so handsome
They stop him in the street
Everyone he meets

J.J. Jansen
He's so, so handsome
They stop him in the street
Everyone he meets

He's so sweet
He's so sweet

J.J. Jansen
He's so, so handsome
They stop him in the street
Everyone he meets

He's so sweet
He's so sweet