"Tim is a phenomenal singer-songwriter and performer treating his audience to engaging lyrics, music and storytelling. His songs create an experience of musical immersion leaving listening audiences captivated!"
- Flourish-Arts
TIM WINCHESTER
BROKEN SATELLITE
she feels like home from this long and windy road
staring at her photograph like it’s a silent picture show
she’s the only love I’ve known but like a shipwreck in a storm
my heart is underwater now sinking like a stone
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most days go by floating through the atmosphere, a broken satellite
…all alone in time so far away, can you hear me now, is the signal down
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she feels like home when the days are dark and cold
retracing every paragraph from love letters that she wrote
she’s the one who knew me most but like an imprint on my soul
i’m reliving every memory with an ever-present ghost
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most days go by floating through the atmosphere, a broken satellite
…all alone in time so far away, can you hear me now, is the signal down
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RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT ME
drunk from your smile in the place where you left me
waving goodbye from the wrong side of fate
i scribbled a few lines and studied them closely
and littered my mind with crumpled mistakes
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oh...i’m right where you left me, oh...just in case you walk by
oh...my heart’s full of envy, oh…should you change your sweet mind
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i rushed outta bed in a fireman’s hurry
time had been waiting ten minutes that day
i slipped into something a little less worried
and made my way down to day dreams cafe
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oh...i’m right where you left me, oh...just in case you walk by
oh...my heart’s full of envy, oh…should you change your sweet mind
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well, i ended my day feeling low down and empty
the sky took a bow behind curtain drawn shades
i dove in untied to wrestle what haunts me
and emptied my pockets full of wishing well change
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oh...i’m right where you left me, oh...just in case you walk by
oh...my heart’s full of envy, oh…should you change your sweet mind
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STARTING OVER
she tried her hand at loving him for a while
hid a hotel bar in the car just in case
resentment stripped the furling lines from her smile
she was slow to break
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the more she tried, the more she knew she was dying
just a fleeting star in the dark losing shape
with one tall breath she screamed aloud in silence
she was saving face
she believed what he told her
she couldn’t see a way over
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then, the sun came out and daylight tapped her shoulder
said, the time was now and it wouldn’t wait much longer at the door
so, she turned the key and slid the deadbolt open
then drove for miles to somewhere she’d start over…starting over
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she burned it all down and reveled free in the wild
a weary heart full of scars and honest mistakes
hand over fist she climbed out from the fire
she was raised on faith, she was raised on faith
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NORTHERN LIGHTS
i’ve been waiting for this all my life
hoping, praying someday you’d arrive
now, you’re here with me
waves of emerald green are rushing over me
oh...woeful night, go easy
stars are slow to flicker
bitter cold northern lights hold my eyes
beneath this hollow sliver of gold
i’ve been saving all these words inside
for this moment to catch me by surprise
lean in close, you won’t regret it
waves of emerald green are rushing over me
oh...woeful night, go easy
stars are slow to flicker
bitter cold northern lights hold my eyes
beneath this hollow sliver of gold
HER STARLIGHT
combing the sea for lovers
wide-eyed and gainfully still
them ivory moon beams lay haunted
til her starlight lured me in
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oh…oh…oh…oh…
oh…oh…
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the lavender breeze fell on us
like two lips in need of a kiss
the tongue in her cheek rode shotgun
as silence stood pleading the fifth
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oh…oh…oh…oh…
oh…oh…
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we watered the seeds with honey
like gardeners in need of a fix
we tired them sheep from counting
and spent cold summer days sleeping in
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oh…oh…oh…oh…
oh…oh…
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STEADY AS WE GO
steady as we go child, dreamers hold the pen
clever little gold stars are bound to draw you in
wishes in the well remind us of the price we paid
hopeless is a fool’s heart believing love was meant to stay
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when these bones are laid to rest
and them diggers bear witness
and the preacher drains his breath
you better believe i’m leaving with no regrets
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a circus in the graveyard, the sky is turning heads
lilies working so hard growing reverence for the dead
ringing from the bell reminds us when it’s time to pray
we’re slow to figure out grieving is just love changing shape
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when these bones are laid to rest
and them diggers bear witness
and the preacher drains his breath
you better believe i’m leaving with no regrets
we rise and we shine and we silence the noise in our heads
silver linings lay hiding behind things that don’t make much sense…
until it makes sense
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when these bones are laid to rest
and them diggers bear witness
and the preacher drains his breath
you better believe i’m leaving with no regrets
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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
it was easier back then, the days when we were young and the simple things were enough
all the kids would play 'til our mothers called our name, riding bikes and streetball games
it was easier back then
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there’s a life inside these photographs
there were times we tried that we can’t get back
there’s a reason why it wasn’t meant to last
oh…we weren’t meant to last
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it was easier back then before work and growing up and everything became too much
summers at the lake, camping fires and rope swings, climbing trees and lemonade
it was easier back then
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there’s a life inside these photographs
there were times we tried that we can’t get back
there’s a reason why it wasn’t meant to last
oh…we weren’t meant to last
THIS HEART
this heart of pins ’n’ holes without you near me is beating slow
this bed of springs ’n’ foam without you near me is hard and cold
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i've traveled so far on this road turning each stone as i go
there’s too many pieces to hold
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i will run ’til my feet go numb
i will climb the highest rung
i won’t rest ’til the day is done
and you are near me…
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this house of sticks ’n’ stone without you near me is not a home
this field of seed ’n' rows without you near me is overgrown
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i've traveled so far on this road turning each stone as i go
there’s too many pieces to hold
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i will run ’til my feet go numb
i will climb the highest rung
i won’t rest ’til the day is done
and you are near me...and you are near me