Home If You Were Here

by Kelli Caldwell - Songwriter

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I wrote this song on a rooftop, while living in the East Village in NYC.

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Here Could Be Anywhere

The roof gets hot in the summer
No place else to escape
And me and myself
Listen to the world race by—below

Little do they know
Up here—we're conquering our fears—
In one more day I plan to say
I'm over you

Chorus:
But if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—
(Home if you were here/da da da da da da)

The concrete stretches forever
Grey on grey getting old
And me and head
Scouring the steeled and stoned—for more/life

It may be for the hundredth time
But I’m making up my mind—
In one more day I plan to say
I’m over you

Chorus:
But if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—

Chorus:

Bridge:
I could sleep on cold, hard granite
And I could live on a distant planet
And I would love it all
If you were here—
If you were here

Chorus:

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released March 1, 2012
Written by Kelli Caldwell
Produced by Anne Weiss
Vocals: Kelli Caldwell
Piano: Anne Weiss
Bass: Julio Appling
Drums: Spank Hopkins
Sound Engineer: Adam Sweeney

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Kelli Caldwell Portland, Oregon

With her distinct vibrato, Caldwell’s sound is very unique. Though compared to that of Alanis Morrisette, Gigi Love, or “a cross between Tracy Chapman and Nancy Griffith,” her voice and style are all her own. But it’s the lyric, the storytelling that drives her…“I love trying to settle into someone else’s soul for awhile, trying to tell their story honestly.” ... more

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