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The School Session

by Oakes & Smith

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1.
Stay True 04:21
If our parting must be Please keep safe this keepsake for me The dream we dreamed As we lay with love in between It eases as I see you leave To know that we go soul to soul Stay true, stay true As I get through without you Too many things can bring me down I think of you Your truth rooted deep in the ground Your branches expand in the sky Reaching and catching the light I know that you go soul to soul Stay true, stay true
2.
Being Broken 03:46
Crack, crack went my heart And I tripped and fell right through But I don't mind being broken Into pieces over you Crack, crack went the night And my eyes flew open, awake I was blinded, looking at your face So close, yet so far from me In the breaking of the looking glass I can see the light you see Crack, crack goes the egg And a bird falls out sometimes As we are making all these plans Against the same life we live In the breaking of the coming day We can see the life we love
3.
First Flight 04:02
Going out the only way to know The way that shows you as you go Falling freely from a branch above The singing wind is cold and shrill I let the wings unfold and fill With love leading me on They all warned me what would wait for me If I left the safety nest They said it would end in tragedy But we won't know until we fall What it's like to feel our fragile wings Begin to beat Face first, eyes wide Legs in, head high Wings up and fly Getting glimpses of another life Through the wind-wet in my eyes I get the guidance of the gravity I can't escape the pull of fate It fills the belly up with weight As I take a faithful leap
4.
By the Ocean 04:16
I was young, waiting for the sun In the morning, by the ocean I would dream, writing poetry In the early dawn by the sea Half asleep, a promise to keep Diving down as deep as the sea I met myself searching for seashells The water swelled, then crashed and fell I would open up down by the ocean I would wake up from sleep by the sea As the light-up-the-sky by the rising sun Would stir up the heart inside me It stirred up the heart inside me Sand in hand, drifting on dry land Washed by waves as I tried to stand I was filled to the full by the cry of gulls I was pulled inside the tide's lull I would open up ...

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Recorded live at Pomfret School, Pomfret, CT, May 16, 2011.

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released August 8, 2011

Robert Oakes: vocals and acoustic guitar
Katherine Smith: vocals
Zack Cross: piano
Justin Hillman: acoustic guitar

Engineered by Tim Peck with Brian Mullen, Jake Lans, Derek Deboer, TJ Deary, Matt Bourdeau and Cormac Dennehy.

Guitar overdubs added by Justin Hillman at First Mark Music, Richmond, MA. Mixed and mastered by Justin Hillman.

Stay True, First Flight and By the Ocean written by Robert Oakes. Being Broken written by Robert Oakes and Katherine Smith.

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Oakes & Smith Massachusetts

Robert Oakes and Katherine Smith both hail from musical families and began playing and singing at an early age. They met in 2007 and immediately set to work collaborating on art and music projects. They formed this singing and songwriting duo in early 2010 and started performing in venues throughout the Northeastern US. Currently, they are at work on their debut full-length album. ... more

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