DIRECTIONS (2017)

Wild Heart

Music and Lyrics by Rachel Garcia and Thu Tran

She would run everywhere
Scrape her knees, mess up her hair
She didn't care
Her wild heart chased the train
Snuck aboard, stole away
The sugar cane

She said, "Ohhhh... we were wild and free
Ohhh... and will always be"

Our hearts were uncharted
They're the lawless no man's land
Our hearts were not made to be conquered
Born free to wander; wild as the western winds
We're the oceans and the waves
Never will be tamed
These wild wild wild wild wild wild wild
Wild hearts

Off we go, who knows where?
Sing my song while people stare
But I don't care
These wild days will never end
We'll stay gold and feel the sun
On our cinnamon skin

We say, "Ohhhh... we are wild and free
Ohhh.... and will always be"

Our hearts are uncharted
They're the lawless no man's land
Our hearts were not made to be conquered
Born free to wander
Wild as the western winds
We're the oceans and the waves
Never will be tamed
These wild wild wild wild wild wild wild
Wild hearts

...cannot be contained
A work of art without a frame
Like Joan of Arc, I am not afraid
I am not afraid, we are not afraid

Our hearts are uncharted
They're the lawless no man's land
Our hearts were not made to be conquered
Born free to wander
Wild as the western winds
We're the oceans, we make waves
Never will be tamed
These wild wild wild wild wild wild wild
Wild hearts

Give Love

Music and Lyrics by Rachel Garcia and Thu Tran

It's simple
Easy as 1,2,3
Fundamental
Any old fool would agree
Give love, get love, repeat

I have been waiting
for love to knock on my door
I've been mistaken
Putting the cart before the horse:
Give love, get love, repeat

I know you’ve been hurting
Oh I'm hurting too
But deep down I am certain
That love's gonna pull us through

It’s so simple
Easy as 1, 2, 3
So fundamental
Just ask the flowers how the bees
Give love, get love, repeat

Everyone's talking
Bout how this world oughta be
I'm tired of talking
I just want these actions to speak:
Give love, get love, repeat

Round and round goes the world
Here we sit: you and me
Round and round goes the love that we give
Till it comes back in the end, wait and see

Give love, get love, repeat after me
Give love, get love, repeat

Anywhere, Everywhere

Music and Lyrics by Rachel Garcia and Thu Tran

We, we are ready
We’ve got the car packed with dreams
Leave the city we once called home
Sold off everything we own
Take the highway headed east
I keep driving while you sleep

Let’s go let’s go let’s go
Anywhere and everywhere, everywhere
I'll go, you know I'll go
Anywhere if you are there
Let’s go...
Woohoo

We’re counting pennies
Hearts are heavy, losing sleep
Just a little worse for wear
You're my compass; guide me there
Static on the radio
Making this up as we go

Let’s go let’s go let’s go
Anywhere and everywhere, everywhere
I'll go you know I'll go
Anywhere if you are there
Let’s go...
Woohoo

Creaking basements, makeshift beds
Words we wished we never said
Drive-thru orders, grocery stores
The kindest strangers, open doors
Everything will be ok
Just leave it on the interstate
Shattered windows shattered dreams
All alone in New Orleans
The quarry keens in Birmingham
No sleep till Tucson if we can
Even if it turns out wrong
You were with me all along

Let’s go let’s go let’s go
Anywhere and everywhere, everywhere
I'll go you know I'll go
Anywhere if you are there
Let’s go...
Woohoo

Worried No More

Music and Lyrics by Rachel Garcia and Thu Tran

I ain't worried no more
I ain't worried no more
Life's so short
I ain't worried no more

So what, I ain't got no money?
What do I need money for?
Keep your money, honey
I ain't worried no more

So what I don't see the doctor
A doctor ain't gonna find the cure
For all of these troubles
I ain't gonna worry no more

There you go again, always trying to bring me down
Wringing your hands, furrowing your worried brow
Tonight I'm going dancing, drinking, and staying out till four
Cuz I ain't worried, I ain't worried no more

I ain't worried no more
I ain't worried no more
Life's so short
I ain't worried no more

Let me tell you bout my five year plan
I'm gonna sing as loud as I can,
50 dollars in the dresser drawer
I ain't gonna worry no more

There you go again, questioning when and where and how
Wringing your hands, furrowing your worried brow
I'm no good with numbers, so I ain't even keeping score
I ain't worried, I ain't worried no more

Keep your creature comforts for yourself
Keep your steady job and your mental health
I don't need stability, no, what for?
I ain't worried, I ain't worried no more
I ain't worried, I ain't worried no more

Show Me The Mountain

Music and Lyrics by Rachel Garcia and Thu Tran

I'm the spark that starts
Wildfires in your heart
I'm the hunger inside
Never leaves you satisfied
Mmmhmmm
Show me the mountain

I should stop, could quit
Give this up, start again
But I won't run like the river
I'll be cool as the breeze
I know the mountain's waiting for me
Show me the mountain

How did I let it go this far?
Face down on the bathroom floor
I'll do anything, I'll do anything
Show me the mountain
(Give me everything you've got)
Show me the mountain
(I'm ready for it)

Apparent Brightness

Music and Lyrics by Rachel Garcia and Thu Tran

You followed the light, followed the light
But you couldn't find us
You must have been fooled by
Our apparent brightness

A million years from now is now (to you)
The fabric of the sky lifts and fills like a parachute

But the stars don't show
The moment we stopped dancing, no
No, no one knows
Electro-magnet radio waves
Are the ghosts that show you where to go

All you could see with your naked eye
Was the trace of light we left behind
The light you saw was an old reflection
Playing reruns like on television

A million years from now is now (to you)
The fabric of the sky lifts and fills like a parachute

But the stars don't show
The moment we stopped dancing, no
No, no one knows
Electro-magnet radio waves
Are the ghosts that show you where to go

Look up at the sky
You can see we're not alone tonight
Let's go outside
We can chase the light, we can chase the light
Through space and time
But there's nothing here to find

You see...
Graveyards, old churches
We built to set our minds at ease
Our bad love, destruction
Were outside the spectrum we could see
To-do lists unfinished
Our names carved into a tree
With the plea:
Don't erase me!