Just Before the Dawn

from Beautiful Thing by Peach & Quiet

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lyrics

When the weight of the world is on my shoulders
In the dark just before the dawn
Alone in our bed, with my lonely dreams
I am tossed like a ship upon storm

Oh I will wait, I will wait
I will wait for his song
For every note in the soft melody
Brings me close to the nest of his arms

Every sound on the wind tunes the hair on my skin
Holds me rapt, and waiting
For the rasp in his voice and the notes that he sings
Mend the places in me, that were broken

Oh I will wait, I will wait
I will wait for his song
For every note in the soft melody
Brings me close to the nest of his arms

In that morning hour just west of the sun
The old owl cries, her nightly mourn
I will wait in my bed for my only love
With infinite expectation of the dawn *

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*Henry Thoreau quote

credits

from Beautiful Thing, released January 20, 2023
Lyrics and melody: Heather Read
Vocals and guitar: Heather Read
Vocals and guitar: Jonny Miller
Guitars and pedal steel: Steve Dawson
Bass: Jeremy Holmes
Drums: Gary Craig
Keyboards: Chris Gestrin

Produced by Peach & Quiet, with Steve Dawson and the Henhouse Express.

Recorded in Nashville, Toronto, Vancouver, and on Pender Island
Mixed by Steve Dawson
Engineered by Sheldon Zaharko
Mastered at Railtown Mastering

Dedicated to our brother, Tom, and Michael Wrycraft.

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Peach & Quiet Victoria, British Columbia

Peach and Quiet, is a partnership in music, romance and life from the lushly forested and rocky shores of Pender Island, just off Canada's west coast. This duo of Heather Read and Jonny Miller are releasing their first album, Just Beyond the Shine in early 2021. ... more

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