Name: Desire Lines
Duration: P00H03M28S
Description: "Desire Lines" is the name that urban planners give to shortcuts that are created by people and animals. Many thanks to my friend Sonia for sharing that term with me.

Desire Lines

from Desire Lines by LittleFox

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"Desire Lines" is the name that urban planners give to shortcuts that are created by people and animals. Many thanks to my friend Sonia for sharing that term with me.

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Desire Lines - A.J. Jenkins [2021]

We walk these desire lines
the dirt underneath our feet
the distance between two places
the track leading from the street

The City is waiting, watching
as these paths are born unplanned
and sometimes it tries to stop us
but sometimes it understands

And if we walk them oh so often
we will make the shortest way
Home

Sometimes I go out exploring
where nobody else will go
and sometimes it ends in heartache
but oh how I love it so

I’m making up my own path
a goat track, a bootleg trail
a scar or an artery
but will it succeed or fail

Sending tendrils through tall grasses
powerlines and overpasses
Cutting corners, never minding
We’re wayfaring, we’re wayfinding

If you’ve spied me, walk beside me
and I’ll show you the shortest way
Home

The heart has desire lines
the path that my fingers trace
The secrets that only we share
the way that I know your face

And you were not on any map, but
you’ve become my shortest way
Home

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from Desire Lines, released May 15, 2022
Alison Jenkins: Vocals, Ukulele, Marimba, Bass
Liam MacDonald: Percussion

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LittleFox Vancouver, British Columbia

LittleFox is a Vancouver-based band featuring the music of singer/multi-instrumentalist Alison Jenkins. Her first EP, Desire Lines, was released in 2022 and her second EP, Ghost In This House, is coming May 2023.
Ranging from folk to bluegrass to blues, her original songs are about love, longing, and finding your way in strange times. ... more

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