Name: The Bookstore
Duration: P00H05M15S
Description: I'm pretty sure she has hipster glasses. I'm pretty sure his jeans are not cool. And his shoelaces are pulled too tight. But she admires him anyway for his reading habits.

The Bookstore

by Sara Quah

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I'm pretty sure she has hipster glasses. I'm pretty sure his jeans are not cool. And his shoelaces are pulled too tight. But she admires him anyway for his reading habits.

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The Bookstore
Turn between the covers
To the other side
Look outside the window
Dilate my eyes
What happens next
The day I open up the door?
You’ll be passing on the sidewalk
I’ll be sliding to the floor

These dreams, as yet, unrealized
My spine it rests upon the shelf
These dreams, not yet, materialized
But I still read them to myself

You slide your offer over
All the distance mine
Magnified by lenses
I pretend to smile
My hands are cold
At night I read a book in bed
You might be staring at the silence
But I’ll be hearing words instead

These dreams, as yet, unrealized
My spine it rests upon the shelf
These dreams, not yet, materialized
But I still read them to myself

Your throat it clears and swallows
And it beckons me to follow
Though the floor is so uneven
My eyes roll for no good reason
The wooden frame I hide behind
Is broken when your glasses slide
I miss the name you start to tell
And my fingers they forget to spell
I ask again and we talk awhile
With your lips apart in a halfway smile
All the books you like to read
And how the pages sound to me

credits

released November 11, 2015
Music and lyrics by Sara Quah
Vocals and acoustic guitar: Sara Quah
Bass Guitar: Dale Griffith
Percussion: Tony Sanfilippo
Produced and recorded by Tony SanFilippo at Oxide Lounge in Bloomington IL.
Mastered by Scott Craggs at Old Colony Mastering, Boston, MA.

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Sara Quah Normal, Illinois

Sara Quah is a singer/songwriter/woke human being from not-so Normal, IL.
Elaborate melodies and intricate lyrics are the foundation of her vintage songwriting.
Her newest full-length, full-production LP is called Taking Me Back and was released May 2017.
Learn more about her all-that-ness at saraquah.com.
Follow her on social media @sarabquah. ... more

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