Paulina (demo)

by Liana Warren

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a mexico city sunbeam streams
across the bed where you lay
you say this city's got you crucified
and it'd be nice to leave it all behind
and in my half a mind
i'm here kissing your sick lips blind
teeth to teeth, eye to eye, arm in arm
like we've known each other all this time
the streets, they beat us red and black
yet i find scripture in a mailbox tag
and salvation in the grass as you reach out a hand
and i bloom
with the jacaranda trees

you know jesus never told a lie
he was born again cuz he really died
but maybe if the circumstance is right
it's not so wrong to lie

so paulina
tell me what i wanna hear
your eyes are my mirror
showing visions of forever
paulina
paint me a rose with no thorns
place a green-eyed baby in my arms
and talk to me about family

in the grips of another long afternoon
making peace with the noise from the cars
the question of love sticks to your tongue
as an answer to those who ask why
but i can't quite define
why i follow so steadfast behind
as plaza dancers, park poets, drug slingers, and i
all turn disciple in kind
the cathedral leaves its doors open wide
we hurry in cuz it's cool inside
and i'm not a pious man
but just this once i think i understand

yet still, somehow, the pink night comes falling
spinning on the rooftop, dizzy with wanting
and i get the feeling jesus just closed his eyes
to savor the water like wine

so paulina
tell me what i wanna hear
your eyes are my mirror
showing visions of forever
paulina
paint me a rose with no thorns
place a green-eyed baby in my arms
and talk to me about family
paulina
tell me what i wanna hear
your eyes are my mirror
showing visions of forever
paulina
paint me a rose with no thorns
place a green-eyed baby in my arms
and talk to me about family

paulina
tell me that now it's my turn
i swear i've got the lessons all learned
just promise me forever

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released September 7, 2023
written and recorded by liana warren in 2023

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Liana Warren Oakland, California

wistful bedroom folk for sad girls and fingerpickin fiends

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