View pdf of Front Cover View pdf of Back Cover Track Listing 01 Flowers in the River  [play] 02 Early  [play] 03 Hills Afire  [play] 04 Sometimes a Girl’s Gotta Put Herself First  [play] 05 Sweet and Wonderful  [play] 06 Without You, My Home is Just a House  [play] 07 So What If I Dream?  [play] 08 Stay With Me Tonight       [play] 09 Sing Your Blues Away  [play] 10 I'm Satisfied  [play] 11 A Simple Life for a simple girl  [play] 12 When the Water Calls  [play]

Marion has taken her songwriting and singing skills to a new level on "Early." She has fine-tuned her sound, in no small part due to the talents of her exceptional back-up band, which includes Vancouver musicians Chris Warunki (drums), Bruno Hubert (piano), and Sean Cronin (bass), with special appearances by Dave Cormin (electric guitar and keys), Karen Graves (saxophone) and Joe Waters (fiddle). "Early" was produced by Tyler Pearson at DCM Studios, and engineered and mastered by Brandon Cherrington. Click here to purchase Early.

Flowers in the River [listen] music and lyrics by Marion Walsh I’m gonna go and see him Because I miss him so He says he’ll meet me by the river And then he has to go He’s on his way to someplace But he can’t tell me where He's bringing me some flowers And I don’t even care River take my flowers To the place where rivers go Take away the flowers that he gave me And if he really loves me Please tell him to come home Flowers in the river for my baby We’re gonna have a baby Ten fingers and ten toes And he won’t even be around To watch our baby grow My baby’s mamma loves her But her daddy don’t Some girls would grow up empty But my baby won’t Great big sky above me Cold dark earth below And me here in the middle with either way to go the only thing for certain is I miss him every day He was my best companion Until he went away People think that girls like me Are trouble from the start But I never knew no trouble ‘til I opened up my heart Hills Afire [listen] lyrics by Marion Walsh music by Marion Walsh and Tyler Pearson There’s fire in these hills And why it’s burning still, I’ll never know The trees are crying, yeah I can hear them crying These are the only hills I know I see you in these hills I see you and I know I cannot stay And even though you’re gone, long gone The fire will not burn away Burning are the mountains, burning are the hills Burning is my heart because I love you still And I will not return here until the fire burns away I will not return until I know I’ll stay Hills afire See the colors in these hills In autumn afternoons when the shadows fall See the light, the way it glows, it is October now Do you remember me at all? I left here in the morning I kissed you as you slept, the sun was rising gold And then I walked away from all this glory With only memories to hold Flames burn to ashes, ashes turn to dust I’m leaving now because I know I must And I will not return here until the fire burns away I will not return until I know I’ll stay Hills afire See the colors in these hills And why it’s burning still the trees are crying, yeah, I can hear them crying, These are the only hills Hills afire Hills afire Hills afire Sweet and Wonderful [listen] music and lyrics by Marion Walsh You’re my sweet and wonderful Love you all the time When you’re in my neighborhood The sun’s gonna shine, shine, shine I don’t give a damn what the neighbors say You can bring your sweet old self my way I love you, sweet wild wonderful From the bottom to the top Like a planet going round the sun I’m never gonna stop, stop, stop I don’t care if it shows I’m gonna sing this song ‘til the whole world knows Don’t mind me if I blush But it makes me crazy when we touch When we touch my heart goes crazy Something tells me that I love you baby You love me like it matters, You love me like you care You make me feel beautiful No matter what I wear You’re making my rules come undone But I don’t mind, let’s have some fun When we touch my heart goes crazy Something tells me that I love you baby I love you baby I love you baby So What If I Dream? [listen] lyrics by Marion Walsh music by Marion Walsh and Tyler Pearson In my imagination I am happy In my imagination I am free No one ever wants anything from me In my imagination I am the squeaky wheel I do what I want, not what I should In my wildest dreams I am completely understood People say I must be crazy Others think I must be lazy Dreaming up the things I never do But even if I never do them What’s it matter to them You gotta have your dreams to get you through So what if I dream? So what if I dream? So what if I dream? Dreaming is free In my dreams the snow stays white forever It’s always breezy, and I’m in the sun I live on the edge of a canyon, and everything I do is fun In my fantasies, there’s no confusion I am exactly who I want to be Anything goes! in my reveries Some people want to drag me down Keep me in their tiny town Where all that matters is what you can see They should listen to their dreams Life is more than what it seems I don’t have to see it to believe In my head I’m never disappointed Everything is as good as it seems You can mess with my life, but you can’t touch my dreams Sing Your Blues Away [listen] music and lyrics by Marion Walsh Mother sister daughter wife Where are you going with your life? Anything you can do is inside of you Make up your mind you’re running out of time Father brother uncle son Can you see the damage done Anything you want you must feel for it to be real If it’s understanding you must find I will give you mine This may not be your night, this may not be your day But you’ll be alright just sing your blues away What’s the matter sister what’s the matter friend Have your dreams come to an end If you are feeling blue there is only one thing to do Sing yourself a song and nothing can go wrong A Simple Life for a Simple Girl [listen] music and lyrics by Marion Walsh I love my dogs and my dogs love me We go walking in the woods, we three Rain or sun, mud or snow, nothings’ gonna stop us if we wanna go It’s a simple life, don’t you know Got me a mom, got me a dad, The best damn parents a girl could ever have The two of them made the one of me and the three of us make a family It’s a simple life, can’t you see I once was small, but now I’m grown And I don’t mind my time alone Got my dogs, my guitar We don’t have to travel far We’ve got enough, right where we are It’s a simple life for a simple girl In a big old complicated world And I’m trying to make my way Along this long and rocky road Oh my my my, yes indeed, I’ve got everything I need Got my friends and my family, Got my dogs and I got me I’ve got no use for email letters Pen and paper suits me better If I need to talk, I’ll use the phone Or I’ll stop by if I know you’re home There’s always time when you live alone When I wake up I got no plan, I take a look at where I am I say a prayer, I check the sky Then we go out, my dogs and I It’s a pretty good life, you ought to try This song’s got no point, it don’t mean nothing That’s just what I am discussing I made it up, and now I sing it Though there really ain’t no meaning in it It’s a simple song for a simple girl In a big old complicated world

Early [listen] lyrics by Marion Walsh music by Marion Walsh and Tyler Pearson It’s okay to wake me up early We’ll be the first to see the day We’ll watch the sky make its arrangement And hear what the earth has to say Don’t let me sleep in Be sure to wake me up early I’ll watch our boy as he sleeps Behind those closed eyes are adventures And dreams only little boys keep Don’t let me sleep in If love could show up in the mirror It would look just like our baby’s face I can’t believe that we made her This love is a beautiful place Don’t let me sleep in If you should forget to wake me I’ll sleep ‘til the day says hello But I’ll miss the sunrise and the look in your eyes And the kiss that I get when you go Don’t let me sleep in I don’t want to sleep in I love your voice in the morning the way that you whisper my name so gentle and slow, like newfallen snow and then you repeat it again Sometimes a Girl’s Gotta Put Herself First [listen] music and lyrics by Marion Walsh Wake up, I’ve got something to say I love you but I have to go away I’ll be back, I don’t know when I know you might not be here then I might lose you, and that hurts But sometimes a girl’s gotta put herself first Things are great, things are good But lately I’m not feeling the way that I should Its like the clothes I’m wearing are just too small It’s nothing personal, I’m just growing, that’s all I might lose you, and you know that hurts But sometimes a girl’s gotta put herself first It’s got nothing to do with you A girl’s gotta do what she’s gotta do So treat me right or treat me wrong I’m leaving you baby, and this is my song Well I might be crazy, but I think I’m not I’m giving this leaving all that I’ve got I might be lonely, I might get lost But I’ve gotta grow, no matter the cost I might lose you, and you know that hurts But sometimes a girl’s gotta put herself first Wake up, I’ve got something to say I love you but I have to go away I’ll be back, I don’t know when I know you might not be here then I might lose you, and you know that hurts But sometimes a girl’s gotta put herself first Without You, My Home is Just a House [listen] music and lyrics by Marion Walsh Deep as the sea is my sorrow Wide as they sky is your smile I’d give up all that I asked for If I could hold you for a while Dark as the night is my sadness Bright as the sun are your eyes My heart comes up empty, where once there was plenty I can’t fill it up, so I cry Without you, my home is only a house And nobody lives here but my sad, sad heart If I can’t have you I don’t want nobody else Without you, my home is just a house My arms are so lonely without you My dreams they don’t know where to land I could regain my direction If only I could hold your hand The day that you left me, my darling was the day that the sun never shined I could make my way in the darkness If I could have your heart in mine I’ve got my home in the country I’ve got my white picket fence If my house can’t have you in it living here don’t make any sense Stay With Me Tonight [listen] music and lyrics by Marion Walsh Sorrow, Lord sorrow Take it all away from me tomorrow Today, I’m okay I will walk and I will pray And I’ll be alright If you stay with me tonight Crying, oh yeah I’m crying Can’t see the river for to cross, even though I’m trying There are mountains in my way I can’t go, but I won’t stay And I’ll be alright If you stay with me tonight Lonely, Lord I’m so lonely Try to find you in the dark, but it’s me only The curtains are all open And I’m wishing and I’m hoping That I’ll be alright If you stay with me tonight Today I miss you Skies would shine brighter If only I could kiss you Soon I will smile It may take a little while And I’ll be alright If you stay with me tonight Sorrow, Lord sorrow Take it all away from me tomorrow Soon I will smile It may take a little while And I’ll be alright If you stay with me tonight Stay with me tonight Stay with me tonight I’m Satisfied [listen] music and lyrics by Marion Walsh I’m satisfied, I’m satisfied I’m satisfied, but if you ask me I’ll admit it, I could use some company Places to go, I’ve got places to go And people to see, but what I don’t have I’ll admit it, Is someone to go with me In this world, some things I see Make me as sad as I can be At the end of the day, I’ll be okay I’ll be happy anyway Because I’m satisfied with me Mornings will come, And mornings will go They’re coming and they’re going, without me ever knowing How it feels to have someone When the Water Calls [listen] music and lyrics by Marion Walsh She heard the river calling Of a Sunday afternoon She got up from the table And she knew just want to do She jumped into the water Summer dress and all She said “you’ve got to get wet when the water calls.” Way across the river Where the magic passes through I saw her in the water And I tried to go in too I put one toe in the water And I turned right back around My feet feel better when they’re on the ground When the water calls, If the water calls And you answer, She’ll take you home When the water calls, If the water calls, And you answer, She’ll dance you home Me, I don’t like swimming I never do get wet And if the water’s calling me I have not heard her yet But take me to the desert That’s where I hear my song That’s where I’ve done my dancing all along Some folks like the water Some folks like the land Others like the great indoors It’s what they understand Whatever blows your hair back You’ve got to let it blow Just make sure you’re dancing when you go