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by jill mccracken

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come on, break my heart i'm a little red balloon, you're a kid in the park i'm dying to just be enjoyed by you knowing you are bound to let me loose i know come on, break my heart i'm climbing up your branches, call the fire department to see that they can't rescue me i'm digging in my claws you're slipping through my tiny paws come on, break my heart come on come on come on come on i might rather be a book on your shelf you're finished with me but sometimes you might feel compelled to take me out, maybe when your friends come over you can tell them how you couldn't put me down come on, break my heart come on come on come on come on come on, break my heart i'm a dozen cage-free eggs down at the bottom of your cart i'm dying to just be protected by you if it's too late, then crushed by you would be o.k. come on, break my heart come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on at least then that'd be something and something beats nothing at all
2.
cryin' my eyes out nothing's new just thought this type of thing wouldn't happen with you 'cause i fancy you some kind of loving protector, and yet you're still no match for my old danger detector i'm not easy i've never been i'm no koi pond, boy; i'm the undercurrent of the ocean who in their right mind'd come down here with me? is it you? i wait and see if it's you i'm waiting on you can i want what i want what i want what i want can i want what i want what i want is you can i want what i want what i want what i want can i want what i want what i want is you you're a fire, the roasty kind burnt wood, you smell good you clear my mind but a fire's still a fire and i'm a careful selector and i'm changing the batteries on my danger detector can i want what i want what i want what i want can i want what i want what i want is you can i want what i want what i want what i want can i want what i want what i want is you
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i think my heart's too big for this world it doesn't fit here, i've been sitting on the suitcase trying to zip it up for years i don't know where I belong where can I sing my songs? i could fit in anywhere but I'm too big everywhere these days where do I go when i can't go home? if home is a place that i've never known i could walk to the moon baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting oh my god, it's happening again another day i've got to feed myself all day and think of things to say i know that I'm adored, but only at a distance no one gets too close to me i'm a fire burning on the sun where do I go when i can't go home? if home is a place that i've never known i could walk to the moon baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting for me baby baby i'm so big i've got so much to give my heart can't sit still anymore I'm a steady stream of songs and dreams what a waste to waste me, lord baby, i'm a baby grand piano in an empty room i was made to be played to be played by you so, use me use me put me to good use use me use me for what i was made to do where do I go when I can't go home? if home is a place that i've never known i could walk to the moon baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting i could walk to the moon baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting i could walk to the moon baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting i could walk to the moon baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting i could walk to the moon baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting i could walk to the moon

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released October 12, 2023

written by jill mccracken
tracked by jake subin, ghost hit recording
mixed by andrew oedel, ghost hit recording
mastered by brian lucey, magic garden mastering

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jill mccracken Boston, Massachusetts

As one of Boston’s leading singer-songwriters, McCracken paints with strokes of compassion and warmth, using her long-standing love of songcraft to grip listeners to the soft spots of her heart.

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