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Red Letter Day

from KIVA by The KIVA Band

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Recorded July 2013 to April 2014.

Annie Kingsbury: Vocals, recorder
Meg Veale: Violin
Tim Isherwood: Acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Michael Amos: Acoustic 6 and 12 string guitar, bass guitar, percussion

lyrics

Red Letter Day
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Trade you a secret, a smile, and a thought and I,
Think that the sun will come through,
Waiting to see the next move,
Waiting for you.

Send me a whisper uncurled on the phone and I,
Think you are beautiful now,
I think that we’ll make it somehow,
Make it my vow.

Ice cream, sunshine, red letter day,
When you were talking to me.

Sing me a lullaby, we could make stories,
We could make princes and kings,
And sail them on crazy hawk’s wings,
Why don’t we sing?

A clear night of starlight, of moonshine and laughter,
Of music and muses and Gods,
We didn’t take it too far,
Or care for the odds.

And if I don’t remember,
Close my eyes and sing.

Life is a joke on the banks of a river,
A sand dune that stretched to the sky,
Watching the people go by,
Bicycle ride.

Sharing a kiss on a long lazy summer,
The stretch of a lifetime ago,
Nothing to prove or to show,
Taking it slow.

Ice cream, sunshine, red letter day,
When you were talking to me.
Ice cream, sunshine, red letter day,
When you were talking to me.

Refrain
The sun comes through,
The mountain moves,
Let’s make a beautiful noise.

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from KIVA, released January 10, 2015
Words Amos, music and arrangement: Amos / Isherwood / Kingsbury / Veale

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The KIVA Band Oxford, UK

The KIVA Band are a British recording indie/folk band based in Oxfordshire.

They write original material that draws on traditions as diverse as folk, pop, indie-rock, and classical music. Their songs twist and turn in unexpected directions yet always keep melody at their heart. Their words explore life and love, by turns funny, sad, lost, and found. ... more

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