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Kindling Hour

Donny Hayworth
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Donny Hayworth
R&B / Soul3:24April 28, 2026
0:00 3:24

Influenced by Donny Hathaway, Bill Withers, Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder. Donny Hayworth never planned to be a musician. Raised in Baltimore's Roland Park, he was halfway through a Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins before he finally surrendered to the songs he heard in his head, swapping a stable future for $60,000 in student debt and a vintage Wurlitzer. His intimate, conversational soul music is a direct line to his life now: grappling with a recent breakup, talking to the houseplant his ex left behind, and trying to make sense of his choices in the quiet of his Hampden apartment.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The patent-leather shine on a boot, Charles Street North.
Saturday, the sixth of February, nineteen-four.
The dormant ivy on the brick of the Merchants Club wall.
The afternoon light through the dust in a train station hall.

[Chorus]
Hold this frame, hold this light.
Before the Sunday night.

[Verse 2]
The smell of coal smoke hanging heavy over the harbor.
The clatter of a horse-drawn dray on the cobblestone yard.
"Another cold one," the newsboy said, stamping the ground.
Your great-grandmother's needle, not making a sound.

[Chorus]
Hold this frame, hold this light.
Before the Sunday night.

[Bridge]
And I want to scream at the sky, I want to warn them all.
Just to save one stupid, perfect, ordinary wall.

[Outro]
The city breathing in.
Just breathing in.

About Donny Hayworth

Donny Hayworth never planned to be a musician. Raised in Baltimore's Roland Park, he was halfway through a Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins before he finally surrendered to the songs he heard in his head, swapping a stable future for $60,000 in student debt and a vintage Wurlitzer. His intimate, conversational soul music is a direct line to his life now: grappling with a recent breakup…

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