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Ordinary Blues

from North by Heather Styka

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Flooding in the valley, frost is on the ground / Droplets on the window, cold is moving back to town / Been a long year since I saw you / Guess you and I are much the same / Wishful thinking that we’ve cleaned up / While we still play the poet game // CHORUS: There was a time when I would have done anything / Anything to make you want me / I’m not crying because we never did anything / I’m crying cause that’s all behind me now // And how I worshipped at the altar / of hurt and heartbreak for so long / Made saints out of wanderers / And hymns out of their songs / How I wanted to be like you, tough and reckless and strong / Watching you taught me both sides / Living right and living wrong // CHORUS // Guess this is how it feels to have made it / Disillusioned with illusions I was chasing / No trophies or parades, just the quiet realization / I’m free of the old enchantments on my heart // I really was no different than any kid with a guitar / Trying to make someone love me by trading songs and scars / You really were no different than any hero I could choose / Beneath all the wisdom, there’s only ordinary blues / Beneath all the wisdom, there’s only ordinary blues // CHORUS //

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from North, released May 18, 2018

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Heather Styka Chicago, Illinois

Though rooted in folk and Americana, Chicago singer-songwriter Heather Styka's songs are as fresh as they are memorable, chronicling the human cycles of despair and redemption, and analyzing the importance of places and relationships. Touring nationwide and having received airplay globally, Styka is a familiar face in the Chicago music scene, at venues including Schubas and the Old Town School. ... more

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