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3 AM

by Kira Small

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1.
Attention 04:56
ATTENTION © Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) Don't make me beg for your attention I'm so tired of asking for just a little bit of your time I know you love me but I need your attention I'm feeling lonely and last on your mind You're a hard working man – you bring it all home to me Honey I know you're tired – and you don't want company But the heart of your woman is tender And dying to know you remember CHORUS Wasn't that long ago - you were longing for me Now I feel like a child - Always tugging on your sleeve You can't seem to find enough time on your own But I can't be in love all alone I used to feel like your treasure Precious thing you held so dear I shouldn't have to miss you so bad When you're right here CHORUS Baby don't leave me lonely....
2.
Send Him Home To Me © Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) Lately when you're looking in the mirror You tell me what you see there isn't true You've been feeling like you lost yourself Well I lost someone too, the man I thought I knew And if that never was the real you Who put a ring on my hand and said “I'll love you all my life” Who whispered “I can't live without you by my side” I miss the man you said you'd be If you see him, send him home to me There's more than just this kitchen table here between us Seems you've made up your mind I can't stop you if you're leaving I'm looking in your eyes, but I don't recognize Who's telling me goodbye Cuz that's not who ran to my arms and couldn't hold me close enough Who said he'd never felt anything deeper than this love I miss the man you used to be If you see him, send him home to me If he's out there somewhere, lonely and frightened Tell him I'll leave the light on For the man with a heart as true as his word Who'd never dream of leaving me all alone and hurt If that's the man you'll never be I'll let you go, I'll set you free But if you see that man, send him home to me
3.
On The Inside © Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) You done made up your mind You don't want my love no more You ain't wasting no time Called the game – now you wanna settle up the score You got big things to do and staying's only weighing you down You got to get unwound You can cross me off your list Sign the paper, close the file Don't think twice of what you missed Baby ain't you riding high Run hard as you can but there ain't nowhere to hide Love's gonna haunt you on the inside You let go of my hand So you could reach for the stars The view up there may be grand You might think you've seen the light but I've seen your dark I know the broken places you're too scared to face That's why you walked away CHORUS Untie your strings, reign like a king Safe behind your castle walls Remember ghosts seep through like smoke When night falls Run hard as you can but there ain't nowhere to hide Love's gonna haunt you on the inside
4.
For Love's Sake © Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) Today I watched you turn and walk right out my door You couldn't even say goodbye All I heard were suitcase wheels upon the floor Is that what love sounds like when it dies? Almost begged you not to go but held my tongue and stood my ground Was there anything I could have said to make you turn around There's a morning coming when you'll wake And wonder if leaving was your worst mistake And on that day I hope it's not too late For love's sake, For love's sake I always said you were my one and only You said I was your one true love Now you're leaving me here lonely Was one true love just not enough? Now you're off to climb a mountain, hopin' it's where salvation lies Baby how have you forgotten you once found it in my eyes? CHORUS Love's the thing that sets us all free So even if you never come back to me CHORUS
5.
Stuttgart 03:40
Stuttgart © Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) I passed a sign for Stuttgart On a highway somewhere in Arkansas It was two days since you'd left me And every bit of me was raw Down the road a billboard ad for Pensacola Starting soon – 3 flights a day I can see you kneeling by the water Offering a ring and promising you'd stay And oh....there's nowhere left to go Nowhere left to hide Even when I close my eyes I see your face before me Feel your arms around me How can you be gone... And still surround me? Made my grocery list this morning And I looked down at the pen in my hand It was from that hotel in Lake Tahoe Where we made love and then made love again CHORUS I think back on the summer When I touched down in Germany Where you were waiting there in Stuttgart With open arms for me
6.
3 AM 04:29
3 AM © Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) 3 AM, cigarette Every thought a tattered thread Why's this night so long? Swirl the ice in my glass Waiting on time to pass What did I do wrong? Why was my love not enough to make you stay Bloodshot eyes, ragged breath Can't get near that empty bed I just don't know how Now that my love was not enough to make you stay I oughtta be angry cuz you left me so coldly Angry would be easier if only I could clear my head But there's no ground beneath my feet You took away my gravity What do I do now? Now that my love was not enough to make you stay The hunger in your kiss – I can't stop remembering The heat of your skin – I can't stop remembering The look only a lover knows – I can't stop remembering I can't stop remembering, I can't stop remembering I'd give anything to stop remembering But I can't forget a thing....at 3AM
7.
Fire Starter 03:40
Firestarter © Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) I shoulda known by the trail of smoke dragging in your wake You wouldn't stay Only thing you'd ever done when love dug in too deep Was burn it down and walk away You swore those days were over – you'd laid your matches down And found the one you'd never leave So tell me why I'm standing here soaked down to my skin In tears and kerosene Fire-starter - I thought you'd be a better man Fire-starter – I put my heart in an arsonist's hands but I won't burn again In the comfort of the shadows, way on out of sight You hid in shame While I stood right in the center of that roaring blaze and turned my face into the flame CHORUS Whatcha gonna do when there's nothing left to burn – fire-starter Whatcha gonna do when there's nothing left to burn – fire-starter Whatcha gonna do when there's nothing left to burn, nowhere left to turn CHORUS Ashes, ashes, I won't fall down Ashes, ashes, I won't fall down Whatcha gonna do when there's nothing left to burn – fire-starter Ashes, ashes, I won't fall down
8.
Cover My Mirrors © Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) It was dark, I was scared All alone in this home we used to share No way to know if the light would return We crashed and burned I cried in pain, I shook with rage I poured it out my pen upon the page I called to Jesus, I called to you I cursed you too But come the morning you won't find me mourning I won't cover my mirrors I won't dress all in black I'm not sorry I loved you Only that you couldn't love me back Sometimes we fly, sometimes we fall Sometimes we try and still lose it all You were strong, I was too Somewhere it was true But come the morning you won't find me mourning CHORUS I could carve this grief in stone But no I won't hide in the shadows I won't harden my heart I'm not sorry for falling Even though we fell apart I won't cover my mirrors I won't dress all in black I'm not sorry I loved you Only that you couldn't love me back
9.
Learn To Forgive © Kira Small/Amy Speace – Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) /Amy Speace Music (ASCAP) Sorting evidence as if there was a trial Like there could be a winner in this case I traded forward motion for denial Couldn't see the role I played How long can you keep someone around Who left long before he walked out of the door He didn't want to be here anyhow How am I supposed to get up off the floor Slowly, angry, reluctant and wary But necessary To see a thing for what it really is Maybe this is how you learn to forgive Didn't want to let him off the hook But it was me who was tangled in the line Maybe that's exactly what it took To get sick and tired of being sick and tired Weary, but bravely facing what's scary The part that's mine to carry And stop blaming him for doing what he did Maybe this is how you learn to forgive Every single one of us is broken open Steady, stable, finally able To be grateful For accepting that my path wasn't his Not seeing it as something that I missed Trusting there's a better way to live Maybe this is how you learn to forgive
10.
GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING © Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) He didn't wrap it with a bow Just tossed it at me as he was walking out the door Surprised me with the new adventure of trying to remember how to breathe out and breathe in His leaving was a gift that keeps on giving He didn't tell our friends I had to break that news time and time again Every letter, every call, stomach tied up in a ball I'd feel that scab start ripping His leaving was a gift that keeps on giving I didn't know how strong my heart was until it held me through this hurt He didn't give me what I wanted, but I got what I deserve I found my courage, found my pride Brothers and sisters stand like warriors at my side With my feet on solid ground, I see the blessings that abound And I feel that fog start lifting His leaving was a gift that keeps on giving The gift I thought held only darkness – was where I saw the light Buried beneath the pain and anger – I found the real prize You - you didn't wrap it with a bow Unadorned I recognized the truest heart I've ever known Every day I'm more amazed – how you love me with such grace And we're only just beginning Baby you're the gift that keeps on giving

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"Three a.m. Halfway from midnight to morning. Halfway from mourning to something better. Halfway from hurt to healing. 'I miss the man you said you’d be,' she slices, tone-true. Broken songs from an unbroken spirit, awash in beautiful, frenzied, well-whiskeyed weariness, from halfway to the other side. She sings good, too." - Peter Cooper

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released June 10, 2016

Produced and Mixed by Neilson Hubbard. Mr. Lemons Studio, Nashville, TN
Mastered by Jim Demain. Yes Master Studios, Nashville, TN
Photos: Stacie Huckeba
Design: Keith Brogdon at Thinking Out Loud Design

Danny Mitchell – Rhodes, Wurly, Organ, Piano, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Harmonium
Brian Allen - Bass
Johnny Duke - Guitar
Evan Hutchings – Drums
Roy Agee - Trombone
Doug Mosher - Saxophone
Kevin Terry - Cello
Lo Carter - Vocals
Marcia Ware - Vocals
Kira Small - Vocals, Rhodes on “Cover My Mirrors”

All songs by Kira Small - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP) except
“Learn To Forgive” by Kira Small/Amy Speace - Kilyrann Songs (ASCAP)/Amy Speace Music (ASCAP)

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Kira Small Nashville, Tennessee

Strong. Sexy. Soul.

“...like a neat glass of single malt in a world of Michelob Ultra” - Mike Reid

Kira Small is a nationally touring singer-songwriter & in demand Nashville session vocalist. She also makes lemons out of lemonade. Kira’s June 2016 release 3 AM is one of those albums where an artist, in making sense of a time of personal upheaval, almost accidentally crafts a career masterpiece.
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