Kathryn Erbe - Riding Toward Albany

This is a song (I cut it down a little) by the band Minus Ted. Kathryn Erbe sings it with them (She plays Detective Alex Eames on L&O Criminal Intent). It is called "Riding Towards Albany". I heard that Kathryn wrote it with them too, but not sure how true that is.
I found this song posted on another site and thought it should be posted - I don't own the audio to this - that belongs to Minus Ted!

Here are the lyrics (Thanks to geocities.com/psigirl99/ for them!)

Angela is waiting for the train to come
No one on the platform today
Her mind is heavy and her body is numb
There was nothing more to say

Sitting in her bathtub with her shower on
Listening to the water like rain
Small voices deep inside say carry on
With the rising steam her thoughts will fade

Her father's hands
(She had a dream of emtpy boats)
Uncertain feel
(The water rushes by, she floats)

They were never kind
Now change is falling down
The mountains all around her

Riding towards Albany
The sun is setting, now she can settle down
Doesn't have to go there anymore
Riding towards Albany
The train is running right up the riverside
And she's looking for another door
Leaving one behind
Leaving one behind

Manhattan staring like a surgean's face
Can't believe she ever lived there
She still hears the sound
But cannot remember the place
She's looking back on all that she dared
When she lived there

Her father's hands
(She had a dream of emtpy boats)
Uncertain feel
(The water rushes by, she floats)

They were never kind
Now change is falling down
The mountains all around her

Riding towards Albany
The sun is setting, now she can settle down
Doesn't have to go there anymore
Riding towards Albany
The train is running right up the riverside
And she's looking for another door
Leaving one behind

Leaving one behind
Leaving one behind

She had a dream
Of empty boats

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• Albany

[calimsanimal45]

And yes I am sure it's her singing. She's friends with the band Minus Ted. And they even wrote a song for her daughter, Maeve! So yes, it's definitely her singing :)

[OnlyJustWhisper]

I love this song! Thanks for putting it up :)

[calimsanimal45]

You're welcome :)

Do you mean you've heard it before?

[topawk2]

KATHRYN! :D

[JJJZANESVILLE2]

I just watched a short interview with Kathyrn. She seemed so sweet and intelligent. A wonderful combination. And she sings? She sings!

And acts so well LAO:CI. Life can be good. Love toward you, Kathyrn...and, of course, Minus Ted. Beautiful.

[FannyHolm]

Anyone have chords for this one?

[eamesgoren]

Whoa, she has a beautiful voice, I like the song. Thank You for posting this!!

[lillyCI]

...such a great song ♥

[BOSOX9004]

Great song

[jane1975]

Its on a website somewhere about the band, and yes that is Kathryn, she has a nice voice.

[lozziecap]

I've heard it before, quite a few times, and last week I bought the album it is on "Hope and Damage Revisited" on CDBaby. It's a superb album. Thank you for posting this!

[ffrmusicwench]

Thanks for posting this. I found it on Rhapsody, too. The band also wrote a song for her daughter Maeve - it's entitled Maeve.

I love that she sings, dances and acts. :-)

[lozziecap]

I bought the whole album on the strength of this one song, and the rest of it is fantastic, too. Kathryn is listed as the only other singer on this track besides the guys themselves.

Could she possibly get any more awesome? Hmm?