Name: Stranger
Duration: P00H04M23S
Description: 'Stranger' evokes a longing sigh from a dry desert breeze somewhere in way west Texas.

Stranger

by Hope Irish

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'Stranger' evokes a longing sigh from a dry desert breeze somewhere in way west Texas.

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I've got a crush on a Stranger
he lit my cigarettes all night
yeah I know I said I'd try to quit
but at least now because of it
man, something could go right

I've got a crush on a Stranger
I've never seen nobody hold the light
like like he did
like he did right on his fingertips
like he was some big part of it
just breathed it into life
like he stole it from the night

And I never thought Id feel warm again
I figured my chest was pure ice
and I never thought I'd give a shit again
oh no after all I've been broken down
I finally feel alive.

I fell in love with a Stranger
but I went home alone again last night
see there's a man who cares about me
and just couldn't do without me
even though I'll never be his wife

So I write songs now to Strangers
I sing about what could have--no--
what might might might have been
if I hadn't promised this one man
to hold him with my broken hands
and see him through his night
if my timing could ever be right

oh I, I would learn to feel warm again
I'd let this poor chest melt her ice
and I, I would so give a shit again
oh no after all I been broken down
I would finally try try try

oh I, I would learn to feel warm again
I'd let this poor chest melt her ice
and I, I would so give a shit again
oh no after all I been broken down
I would finally try try try

credits

released February 16, 2018
Stranger was recorded at The Bubble in ATX.
Produced by Christopher Messina and Chris 'Frenchie' Smith.
Hope Irish: Rhythm Guitar/Synth, Vocals
Louis Messina: Drums
Christopher Messina: Bass, Lead Guitar, Synth
Frenchie Smith: Tambourine, Live Processors

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Hope Irish Austin, Texas

Hope Irish is an Austin Texas based musician and songwriter who stumbles the jagged line between slop and pop.

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discography

Wasteland

May 2018
Double Negative

Mar 2018
Stranger

Feb 2018
Not The Problem

Jan 2018
Laddie

Apr 2016
Pleasure Maps

Jan 2016
Here's to Holidays

Dec 2009

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