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Oh Tamara

from Light In The Dark by Matt Nakoa

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Oh Tamara

You were hanging off the edge of the bed
Smoking the last cigarette
Humming someone else’s song that stuck in your head
When you said you didn’t care anymore
Girl, I know you don’t care anymore

Oh, Tamara
I always knew you’d leave me
On the floor
Fast asleep and dreaming
While you were leaving

Wearing our love like a crown
We used to drive all over the town
Breaking in, breaking out, breaking up, breaking down
Starting all over again
I'll never know why but I fell
I never heard the sound of the bell
You were a first-round knock-out story to tell
Hell, I won’t be getting up today

Oh, Tamara
I always knew you’d leave me
On the floor
Fast asleep and dreaming
While you were leaving
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Oh, Tamara
I always knew you’d leave me
On the floor
Fast asleep and dreaming
While you were leaving me alone

Now I’ve found love has a ghost
Comes around wearing your clothes
Telling me just how little I know
‘Cause I really wanna see you tonight
Girl, I just wanna see you tonight

Oh, Tamara
I always knew you’d leave me
On the floor
Fast asleep and dreaming
While you were leaving
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Oh, Tamara
I always knew you’d leave me
On the floor
Fast asleep and dreaming
While you were leaving me alone

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from Light In The Dark, released March 17, 2012
Matt Nakoa - vocals & piano. Eric French - guitars. Jamila Weaver - bass. Seth Romano - drums. Maximillian Haft - violin 1. Onur Dilisen - violin 2. Annie Garlid - viola. Robin Ryczek - cello. Joe Brogan - trumpet. Toby Karlin - alto sax. Sara Honeywell - trombone.

Recorded by Corey Schreppel @ The Schrepcot Center, Mike Kemp @ Red Phone Recording, and Neale Eckstein & Eric Pfiefer @ Fox Run Studios
Mixed by Corey Schreppel @ The Schrepcot Center
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner @ M-Works Mastering
Produced by Matt Nakoa & Corey Schreppel

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Matt Nakoa New York

Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. A modern troubadour, he makes his home on the highways and concert stages of America, and appears regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush. The Boston Globe says of Nakoa, “Between his piano chops and heartfelt originals on guitar, he drops jaws.” ... more

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