Words, They Fail

from BARE: Baritone Ballads by David Guilbault

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"I try to hear. She tries to tell. But, words, they fail."
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"WORDS, THEY FAIL" by David Guilbault

She tells me words fail her.
They can’t find their voice.
Thoughts inside her head can’t find their way.
Thinking in patterns
That only she knows.
What she really means she’s not ready to say.

My words come so easy,
Finding voice in the air.
Thoughts inside my head come crying out loud.
I listen for echoes,
For new things to know,
For ev’ry spoken truth to be found.

I try to hear.
She tries to tell.
But, words, they fail.

I don’t know what she’s saying.
She doesn’t say what she means.
Still we try and try to understand
What each one is thinking
In such diff’rent ways.
To know it like we know the touch of our hands.

I try to hear.
She tries to tell.
But, words, they fail.

She tells me words fail her.
They can’t find their voice.

"Words, They Fail" © 1998 David Guilbault

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from BARE: Baritone Ballads, released June 6, 2017
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Produced by Jason Goessl
Released by True as Blue Music & DistroKid
ISRC: QMPKX1733588
ISWC: T-921.302.354-2
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David Guilbault: Vocals
Jason Goessl: Baritone guitar
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Words & Music by David Guilbault (BMI)
"Words, They Fail" © 1998 David Guilbault
BMI Work No: 024335793

Recorded & Mixed by Jason Goessl, Parlour Trick Studio, Seattle
(parlourtrick.com/about/)

Mastered by Blake Bickel, Dynamic Sound Services, Seattle
(dynamicsoundservice.com)
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Photos: David Guilbault
Portrait: Kate Vrijmoet
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Seattle singer-songwriter David Guilbault writes, records & performs honest-to-goodness soulful music of love, life and loss - heartfelt songs that live in the truth.

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