LYRICS


Reasons

You say you never loved me
And the ground drops from under my feet
I see you’re not sorry in the way that you’re looking at me
Maybe we’re strangers, but I’d have sworn that we felt the same way
Seems like we don’t have today or tomorrow, but can’t you just leave yesterday?

I was there, and I don’t have to prove
That you cared the way I do for you
You’ve got your reasons and all they reveal
But I’ve got the way that I feel

Don’t know why you keep telling me
Do you think I could ever forget?
Maybe one day it won’t hurt so much 
But that day hasn’t come around yet
Everything changes, every blue sky will fade into gray
I see that we don’t have today or tomorrow, but why can’t you leave yesterday?

I was there, and I don’t have to prove
That you cared the way I do for you
You’ve got your reasons and all they reveal
But I’ve got the way that I feel

Up in the heights I was hypnotized and so so surprised
That this closed rose had opened, I’d really stopped hoping
I know that I said I would go there alone and
If that’s how it went, don’t regret that I went solo
Cuz you know I don’t need you to lift me
And I’ll go, but I felt you there with me

I was there, and I don’t have to prove
That you cared the way I know you do
You’ve got your reasons and all they reveal
But I’ve got the way that I feel
You’ve got your reasons, I know they are real
But I’ve got the way that I feel

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Another Love, Another Season
               
I can see you for a moment, just a moment
And I know it, I don’t know you anymore, know that I don’t know you anymore
So familiar but a stranger, when I see you, feel the danger
Cuz I don’t you anymore, notice I don’t know you anymore

And we don’t have much to say cuz the wall that’s in the way took a lifetime building
But we don’t have to spell it out, we know the reason
Another love, another season

There’s a feeling, can you feel it, so revealing, can’t conceal it
When I don’t need you anymore, feeling I don’t need you anymore   
Was it growing, did I show it, didn’t know it til I wrote it
But I don’t need you anymore, feeling I don’t need you anymore

We can go our separate ways, cuz you’ve told me you need space for the last time, darling
But we don’t have to spell it out, we know the reason
Another love, another season

I don’t know why I found you, wrapped my arms around you
Something in my soul just whispered, let him through
But I know you never saw me true

No, those dreams were built on sand, and the drug that holds your hand is a lonely lover 
But we don’t have to spell it out, we know the reason
Another love, another season
Yeah, those dreams were built on sand, couldn't've gone the way I planned, I'm a lonely lover 
But we don’t have to spell it out, we know the reason
No, we don’t have to spell it out, we know the reason 
No, we don’t have to spell it out, we know the reason, oh
​Another love, another season 

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Anymore

I can’t do this anymore, I know I said that I could take it
I gave you my heart just to break it, but I can’t do this anymore

I can’t do this anymore, with all the silence you remind me
It’s time to leave the dream behind me, I can’t do this anymore

You take the stardust that I offer, and then you pour it down the drain
You tell me all my gifts are softer, then you throw them all away

Someday soon I’ll smile, and I’ll be grateful then that I’m finally free
But right now I’m grieving for the man you turned out not to be

It may take awhile, I see him now and then, and every time I do
He seduces me to let him in, makes me think he’s you

I can’t do this anymore, I used to love how you’d surprise me
Now even I don’t recognize me, I can’t do this anymore

We’ve been here before, you always rope me in with your golden glow 
Like a riptide suck me out to sea just to let me go

I’ve been on the shore, I finally washed up here 
When you come around, but I want someone who lifts me up, doesn’t drag me down

I can’t do this anymore, I’m sick of making your excuses 
When I should know now what the truth is, I can’t do this anymore

I can’t do this anymore, and if I could, I’d reconsider 
Before the sweet all turns to bitter, I can’t do this anymore

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 

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Pedestal

I’ve done the work, I’ve learned a thing or two
Seen in reverse, I’ve known some guys like you
You come on so strong, pull me along, that’s what you do
But when we get close, that’s when you go, you’re chasing after a ghost

And we won’t say ever after
I won’t laugh with your laughter
Hand in hand we won’t stand at the altar
But maybe when these memories falter
Lately I can see you recall her greatly
But maybe one day you’ll see through it all
And place me on her pedestal
Encase me on her pedestal

I never saw you coming – from the start you seemed like someone so open at heart
You know I’d be running if I’d known all the ways you'd get thrown
Cuz I’ve got a heart easy to open, oh and so hard to close
And yours has a switch that makes you feel broken when somebody gets close

So we won’t say ever after
I won’t laugh with your laughter
Hand in hand we won’t stand at the altar
But maybe when these memories falter
Lately I can see you recall her greatly
But maybe one day you’ll see through it all
And place me on her pedestal
Encase me on her pedestal

Watching your hands dance in the firelight
Melt when you move into me in the moonlight
Your body wrapped around mine in the sunlight, the starlight, at midnight, and all night
These are the scenes haunting the dreams 
That you and your pedestal precious keep ripping apart at the seams

So we won’t say ever after
I won’t laugh with your laughter
Hand in hand we won’t stand at the altar
But maybe when these memories falter 
Lately, oh it seems you recall her greatly
But maybe one day you’ll tear down your wall
And face me, risking it all 
Embrace me, let yourself fall
Or place me on her pedestal 

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This Way

I never noticed, you’re a surprise
I might’ve known by the look in your eyes
Turning in circles, spinning in place
Suddenly I’m seeing you face to face

We could be wrong, we’ll only know if we give it a try
I have been wrong so many times, but I think we’re right
Cuz you know I’m not perfect but you like me like that
You know we can work it and, oh, we are worth it

Oh, I don’t want to have to change, and you’re not asking me to
And I really want to stay
So I’m glad you like me this way

You take me to your friends, and you do hear me out
We’re holding hands as we walk through the town
Always been there when I’ve needed you
I know you see I believe in you even when you don’t seem to see anything in yourself

But we could be wrong, we’ll only know if we give it a try
I have been wrong so many times, but I could be right, I could be right
Cuz I know you’re not perfect but I like you like that
I know we can work it and, oh, we are worth it

Oh, you don’t want to have to change, and I’m not asking you to
And you really want to stay
So I’m glad I like you this way

When you lay with me and say
Come away with me and play
Will you stay with me, if it’s fantasy, let’s not wake

Cuz I know we’re not perfect but I like us like that
I know we can work it and, oh, we deserve it

Oh, we don’t want to have to change, no 
Oh, and we really want to stay
So I’m glad we like us this way
Come away with me and play
​Find your way with me today
What a time to be, so sublime to be in this way

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Step Aside, Joe

You said that you would be a bridge
You took a liminal kind of stand
Now four years later saying look at all I did
You should you choose me once again

But you’ve taken, but you’ve taken, but you’ve taken your final bow
You’re mistaken, you’re mistaken, that was then, and this is now

Stop playing the fool, so dangerous to do 
Stop, time to let go, step aside, Joe

I believe in credit where it’s due
And you have earned your share, I know
But now like him you make it all about you
When you’re refusing to let go

You keep stumbling, and you’re mumbling, while you’re thumping your tired chest
Should be humbling how you’re fumbling, this is not about doing your best

Stop playing the fool, so dangerous to do 
Stop, time to let go, step aside cuz

You know the stakes couldn’t be higher
Here on this funeral pyre
The devil comes dressed as a liar
And you have been playing with fire

It may be late to go with grace
But you can save your legacy
Stand down for someone who is there to take your place
Who goes by her and not by he

You should know now, you should know now, you should know that it’s out of reach
Better go now, better go now, catch the sunrise at the beach

Stop playing the fool, so dangerous to do 
Stop dragging us down, look around
The devil is lying in wait on the other side
Spewing his lies and hate while you are choking on your pride
Stop, time to let go
Step aside, Joe
Step aside, Joe
​Move over, Joe
Move over, Joe
​Step aside, Joe

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Overtime

I don’t know how late it is
When I’m in flow, time seems to stop
I’m always shocked when I look up, up

I don’t know how late it is
It always cuts me down to size
The way it takes me by surprise

(It’s a little bit strange the way I can’t get over time)

It could really be anything, I hyperfocus 
And I do not notice how the time is marching on
Maybe I’m making music or I’m sharing photos 
And before I know it I am facing down the dawn
Until the sun makes an appearance, I don’t know yesterday is gone

Oh, I don’t know how late it is
When I’m in flow, time seems to stop
I’m always shocked when I look up, up

I don’t know how late it is
It always cuts me down to size
The way it takes me by surprise

(It’s a little bit strange the way I can’t get over time)

Though I love the sunshine, there is
Magic in the twilight
Time cracks open when I am gazing at the moon
And I can while away the hours like it’s Sunday afternoon

Oh, I don’t know how late it is
When I’m in flow, time seems to stop
I’m always shocked when I look up, up

I don’t know how late it is
It always cuts me down to size
The way it takes me by surprise

It’s a little bit strange the way I can’t get over time
It’s a little bit strange the way I can’t get over time
It’s a little bit strange the way I can’t get over time

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Say Goodnight

Maybe it’s wrong, maybe it’s right
May we belong, one on one
Maybe we’re gonna find out tonight
We drew a line in the sand
Years ago when we tied our own hands
What did we know, we were so young

Say good night, everyone thinks you are going
Turn down the lights, you know my door will be open
It’s all right, I know that vows have been spoken
But it’s been a long, long time, and I’m tired of hoping

Friend of my boyfriend, brother of my friend
Seems we’ve always been forbidden
But rivers they run to the sea
Now our time has come, and we will be forgiven

Say good night, everyone thinks you are going
Turn down the lights, you know my door will be open
It’s all right, I know that vows have been spoken
But it’s been a long, long time, and I’m tired of hoping

Now I see you standing at my door
I hear you whisper, are you sure, yes, I’m sure
I know your scent, it still melts me like before
Each moment with you only makes me want you more, down to my core 

So say good night, everyone thinks you are going
Turn down the lights, you know my door will be open
It’s all right, even though vows will be broken
Cuz it’s been a long, long time, and I’m tired of hoping 

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Sure

She puts it like an ordinary question, oh
I think she’s trying to teach me a lesson, oh
I keep waiting for a perfect situation, I
Am thinking I may need to take myself a long vacation when she says

Can you be sure of me, sure of me? She says to me
Can you be sure of me, sure as you surely should be

Now I’ve started paying attention, I, I
I keep waiting for her confession, I don’t know why
Every time I see her dressing up to go somewhere
I could swear she’s sending me the message that she just don’t care

Can you be sure of me, sure of me, like light in the day and
Can you be sure of me, I hear her sayin’ to me

To be honest I had one foot out the door
But all that changed when I noticed that she, she don’t need me, no, anymore
Now she means so much to me

Can you be sure of me, sure of me, all of the time 
Can you be sure of me, sure of me, and she’s looking so fine 
Can you be sure of me, I remember when she was mine, when she was mine
Can you be sure of me, I really wish I could be
I wish I could be, I wish I could be
I wish I could be sure as she is about me 

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Inside

You wrote a book about it all, you tried to show me
Told a story about a world ten leagues below me, below me
Now every time I turn around, people act, people act like they know me
You took care of you, but you owe me

So tell me is there any inside left
You’ve been talking yours to death
Did you get it off your chest
Tell me did you ever do your best
Was I doomed to fail your test
So you played me like a B-side
When I stayed by the seaside
It’s not for me to decide, but is there inside left?

Now everything we said to start was all true
You wanted sunshine, I saw, but you were the star that everything is drawn to
I tried to love you from afar, but it was so hard to do
When I always end up on the dark side of you

So tell me is there any inside left
You’ve been talking yours to death
Did you get it off your chest
Tell me did you ever do your best
Was I doomed to fail your test
So you played me like a B-side
When I stayed by the seaside
It’s not for me to decide 

How you hold all we’ve been through, the little things we used to do
You wrap yourself in a mirrored view, and who shines a light on you?

So tell me is there any inside left
You’ve been working yours to death
Did you get it off your chest
Tell me did you really do your best
You made me up like all the rest
Then you played me like a B-side
When I stayed by the seaside
It’s not for me to decide, but is there inside left?  

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Never Enough

Never enough, no, it’s never enough
Counting our luck, but it doesn't up
​Time rolls around and finally calls our bluff
We know it’s not enough

Hard to pick well when the pickings are slim
​So hard to tell when we’re trying to fit in
Caught in a spell that leads us to begin
And time turns into chagrin
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It’s blue and gray, and it seems far away, maybe it’s down when it’s up
Look for the ones that get lost on the way, seems like it’s never enough

Picture a world where the figures are clay
Easy to bend, to you can shape ‘em to stay
They may go soft on a rainy day
But they’ll never turn away

It’s blue and gray, and it seems far away, maybe it’s down when it’s up
Look for the ones that get lost on the way, seems like it’s never enough

Oh, seeds beneath the snow
They'll freeze in place til the snow melts away, after the melt they’ll grow

And in the middle of a moonless night
The tide is rising up at last
You take the high road, and I’ll take the lifeboat
Wave as you’re driving past

It’s blue and gray, and it seems far away, maybe it’s down when it’s up
Look for the ones that get lost on the way, seems like it’s never enough
Look for the ones that get lost on the way, seems like it’s never enough 

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Yesterday

Seaweed scent on salty air, your fingers whisper to my hair
​And suddenly I’m pulled through time, I’m 
Floating in a warmer place, my hair is splashed across your face
And I feel your fingers laced through mine, mine

And all I really really want to know, I need to know
Can you really really take it slow?

We can dance the night away, make believe that when the moon grows pale
We’ll go back to yesterday
We can dance the night away, take a chance that our romance will 
Take us back to yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday, back to yesterday, yesterday, yesterday

I gave up on fairy tales, those fantasies where all ends well
Didn’t want to feed myself those lies, wise
But as we move across the floor I feel what I felt once before
And I see memory in your eyes, eyes

And all I really really want to know, I need to know
Can you really really take it slow?

We can dance the night away, make believe that when the moon grows pale
We’ll go back to yesterday
We can dance the night away, take a chance that our romance will 
Take us back to yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday, back to yesterday, yesterday, yesterday

I believe that love finds a way to transcend
I believe in stories that never end
I believe I’d know you in the next life or the last 
I don’t believe the future is written by the past

And all I really really want to know, I need to know
Can you really really take it slow? Please go slow

We can dance the night away, make believe that when the moon grows pale
We’ll go back to yesterday
We can dance the night away, take a chance that our romance will 
Take us back to yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday, going back to yesterday, yesterday, yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday, going back to yesterday, yesterday, yesterday 

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Pictures Made in Snow

Waiting at the station with my bags too stuffed to stand
When I met a man who seemed to travel light
We got to talking and he offered me a hand
And so began a ride that changed my life

To be fair, I didn’t know where I was going
I was searching for a different point of view
He told me, you seem like you’ve learned some things worth knowing
And in my time I have learned a thing or two

Hard to get it right as often as we’d like
But regret can come to take a heavy toll
So I let all that go just like a picture made in snow
I’m a little bad but good enough I know

We passed through coastal towns and forests green with fern
And I told him of my joys and of the pain
So many happy times but always I return to the memory of the things that I can’t change

He told me, seems you learned what you were meant to
But I see that your heart is heavy still
We may not live our lives as well as we intend to
But you love, always did and always will

Hard to get it right as often as we’d like
But regret can come to take a heavy toll
So I let all that go just like a picture made in snow
I’m a little bad but good enough I know

Everyone’s broken, everyone’s whole
Every one of us is learning as we go
And the world turns round and round
Every day we stand on new ground

Hard to get it right as often as we’d like
But regret can come to take a heavy toll
So I let all that go just like a picture made in snow
Gotta give it my best shot then let it go     
Yeah I let all that go just like a picture made in snow 
I’m a little bad but good enough I know 

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How Many Times

Stare at the screen where moments ago I saw your face
Why does it seem we always end up in the same place?
Same bitter taste

When it gets rough, they say it’s a phase, just give it time
But that’s a bluff, only a line, they don’t know
The distance between us grows

How many times will you break my heart?
How many nights will I cry?
The ties that we share can’t be torn apart 
But sometimes it seems like you try

Days turns to nights, nights into years
I feel the pain, I look in the mirror
But it can’t explain, doesn’t get clearer

Rung by rung, you break down my ladder
Then you move on, and I just get sadder when you’re gone
It only feels so wrong, all wrong

How many times will you break my heart?
How many nights will I cry?
The ties that we share can’t be torn apart 
But sometimes it seems like you try

You try to show how easy it would be to forget me
But do you know how well I would love you if you’d only let me, oh

How many times will you break my heart?
How many nights will I cry?
The ties that we share can’t be torn apart
But sometimes it seems like you try
Oh, sometimes it seems like you try 

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Questions

Tell me when we will shake off the chains of the chains that we built this land on?
And how can we ever explain all the necks that we’ve taken a stand on?
How long will we just stand by with the bystanding toll multiplying?
Oh, it’s wrong, but the years they just roll by when we’re not the ones who keep dying

Why is this night so long waiting for the light of dawn?
2020, I cannot believe this goes on and on and on
Why can’t we get along, find a way to right this wrong?
You know that it’s wrong, you know that it’s wrong, you know we all belong
Don’t we belong?
Don’t we belong?

I have a dream of the way things could be if we reach out and love one another
All of us free from the sea to the sea, every brother embraced as a brother
How long will we just stand by with the bystanding toll multiplying?
Oh, it’s wrong, and it’s time we ask why it is always the same mothers crying

Why is this night so long waiting for the light of dawn?
2020, I cannot believe this goes on and on and on
Why can’t we get along, find a way to right this wrong?
You know that it’s wrong, you know that it’s wrong, you know we all belong
Don’t we belong?
Don’t we belong?

Don’t we belong in a world where we don’t have these questions?
Taking so long, why can’t we seem to take in these lessons?
When will it end? How can we learn to trust one another?
How many men have to die calling out for their mother?

Why is this night so long waiting for the light to dawn?
We are all human, I cannot believe this goes on and on and on
Why can’t we get along, find a way to right this wrong?
You know that it’s wrong, you know that it’s wrong, you know that it’s wrong
You know that it’s wrong
You know we all belong
We all belong 

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I Said No

Hey get your fingers off my low back, oh
Shouldn’t have to say it 
Cuz it’s basic and you didn’t ask, no
But you should know, oh
No, no, shouldn’t have to say it, but I did, I did
I said no

Some of you younger guys are throwbacks, oh
Nobody likes choking
Did you learn that on a porn app, oh
Listen close, I said 
No, no, shouldn’t have to say it, but I did, I did
I said no

It’s enough to make me sick
All the shit you get away with
Loving doesn’t count unless it’s free, uh uh
And how can you think you made it
When you know you had to take it
Take is a lonely place to be, you know

Take it as a standing order
Get in your head
Shouldn’t be my job to warn you
You should be checking with me instead
Really shouldn’t have to do it
There’s no way to misconstrue it
All the times that I’ve been through it
Even though I said, oh, I said 
No, no, shouldn’t have to say it but I did, I did, I said 
No, no, no, oh, I said, I said no
Don’t say it sounded like a question
When I said, I said no
It really wasn’t a suggestion
When I said, I said no, uh uh
When I said, I said no
When I said, I said no
Yes, I said, I said no

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Quiet (I'll Be All Right)

I’ll be all right, but I hope it won’t be long
When I’m in flight, I am a bird without a song
When I sing, oh, all the words come out wrong
I’ll be all right, but I’m a bird without a song
I am a bird without a song

You can ask my friends, I’m a fan of happy endings
I don’t want to break, so I’m trying to work on bending
And I want you to know that I’m taking it slow
When my demons come around, and they pull me to the ground, I say

I’ll be all right
I’ll be all right

Quiet’s overrated
Vocal diet, oh I hate it but I don’t have a choice
Can't seem to find my voice
All these fears stuck in my head
Swallowed tears that can’t be shared

But I’ll be all right
I’ll be all right

Play it or fold, never mind the things that you’ve been told
You don’t get to play the hand you had – just the one that you hold
And either way you will grow old
Think of all those pretty dreams still waiting to unfold

But I’ll be all right
I’ll be all right

Quiet’s overrated
Vocal diet, oh I hate it but I don’t have a choice
Can't seem to find my voice
​All these fears stuck in my head
Swallowed tears that can’t be shared

But I’ll be all right
​I’ll be all right
I’ll be all right
I’ll be all right

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Jewel Box Dancer

She is a tiny jewel box dancer, knows every step so perfectly
But you won’t find her taking chances, doesn’t know what it means to be free

She is a technical romancer, makes every move advisedly
But there’s a question she can’t answer, who is she, who is she, who is she?

She says, can you see, can you see, can you see me?
Looking out, looking out, is anyone there?
I can scream, I can shout, but nothing comes out
I wonder if anyone hears me?
Hey

Can you free, can you free, can you free me?
Spinning round and around between these four walls
Got my feet on the ground, I don’t want it all  
I just want to know how to be me
That’s all

She’s got a thousand small devices, reads all the books, takes every class
But in this existential crisis, doesn’t know how to break through that glass 

She says, can you see, can you see, can you see me?
Looking out, looking out, is anyone there?
I can scream, I can shout, but nothing comes out
I wonder if anyone hears me?
Hey

Can you free, can you free, can you free me?
Spinning round and around between these four walls
Got my feet on the ground, I don’t want it all  
I just want to know how to be me

I'm living inside this box
Hearing the bells on the clocks
Spinning around, I want to be found
Who has the key to these locks?

If there’s a crack inside, I’m praying that the light comes through to find me
Cuz I keep wondering what the real me would do if she could
Break free of the walls that confine me
I see the world outside and wonder what I’d do if I were in it
It’s the fight of my life, I’ve got to win it

Can you see, can you see, can you see me?
Looking out, looking out, is anyone there?
In a dream, I can shout, but nothing comes out
I don’t know if anyone hears me? Hey!

Can you free, can you free, can you free me?
Spinning round and around between these four walls
Got my feet on the ground, I don’t want it all  
I just want to know, can anyone show how to be me, all of me, that’s all, that’s all

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Armageddon


What do you do when the numbers don’t count anymore?
Twenty small children bleed out on the floor
I thought this was a moment
Maybe now things will change
But the ones who could stop it just hold out their hands
To the ones who keep doling out pain

Yeah, they just hope and pray while children are dying 
They shrug and walk away, I don’t know what to say
So I’m writing music cuz it soothes my spirit
When all this is gone there’ll be no one to hear it

My grandchildren’s grandchildren don’t stand a chance, so I hear
If they grow up at all, they will live in a world filled with famine and fear
Forests on fire while ice swells the sea 
But the ones who could save us just hold out their hands
And say, tell me what’s in it for me

Yeah, they just hope and pray while oceans are rising
They shrug and walk away, I don’t know what to say
So I’m writing music cuz it soothes my spirit
When all this is gone there’ll be no one to hear it at all

Have we missed the last call?

It’s not hard to say what the truth is
I die a little each day
I’m so sick of all the excuses
So I grab my guitar and I play

When they just hope and pray, I wish they’d do something 
They shrug and walk away, it’s so hard to keep faith
But I’m writing music cuz it soothes my spirit
When all this is gone there’ll be no one to hear it at all

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Unbroken

If I could, I would change my mind
Feel things that I don’t feel
Heal things that I cannot heal
It hurts me to leave us behind
A scrapbook memory of a sweet and tender time

I hear you crying every night
And I’ve been trying, but I know I can’t make it right
If I could, I would find a way
To mean the simple words you’re wishing I would say

My heart has spoken
Just because we’re breaking don’t mean we’re broken
It might be a token
But just because we’re breaking don’t mean we’re broken

You taught me words get in the way
Feel deep to the inside
Faith keep, and those feelings will be my guide
We didn’t know we would see the day
When all those feelings would be pulling me away

I hear you crying every night
But I’d been lying if I said I could make it right
If I could, I would find a way
To mean the simple words you’re wishing I would say

My heart has spoken
Just because we’re breaking don’t mean we’re broken
It might be a token
But just because we’re breaking don’t mean we’re broken, oh

Your crooked smile and the way you say hello
I’ll miss them so, oh
It’s hard to go and know I leave us in the past
But we didn’t fail just because we couldn’t make it last

My heart has spoken
Just because we’re breaking don’t mean we’re broken
It might be a token
But just because we’re breaking don’t mean we’re broken
I know we’re shaken, but we’re unbroken

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Nancy's Song (venue version)

Picture this, it’s a sunny day we’re lying out on the Green
Pink blossoms and people watching, Ever True, what a scene
Well, we can laugh just a little, laugh as much as we like
I laugh all the time now that I’ve got you in my life

Skip the VP debate, we’re dining out at Rue de L’Espoir
Oh, shit, it’s Professor Tate, you know he knows who we are
We will blush just a little, but we will make it all right
I’m laughing my ass off, it’ll be fine – you’re at my side

Different times, different climes
Burning dimes on the telephone lines
Wherever we are, we’ve got us, and everything’ll be just fine

Now we’re raising families and we’re touring DC at night
So sorry about the White House, we didn’t say to look right
Well, Jim will laugh just a little, he will be so polite
Wish I could have raised these kids right here with yours at their side

Different times, different climes
Burning dimes on the telephone lines
Wherever we are, we’ve got us, and everything’ll be all right

All of the joys and the tears we have lived on the phone
I’ll always wish you were nearer, but I never feel alone

Years later and getting older, we’re still having a time
In dark hours you know I’ll be here, in light I’m harder to find
We can cry in the middle, we can hold on tight
But I’m laughing at least a little when I’ve got you on the line

Different times, different climes
No more dimes and no telephone lines
New York to Cali, we’ve got us, and everything will be all right
Wherever we are, I am blessed you are in my life

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Nancy's Song (party version)

Picture this, it’s a sunny day we’re lying out on the Green
Pink blossoms and people watching, Ever True, what a scene
Well, we can laugh just a little
Laugh as much as we like
I laugh all the time now that I’ve got you by my side

We skip the VP debate, we’re dining out at Rue de L’Espoir
And bringing soda to Eric N., though he won’t come to dinner
We will blush just a little
But then we’ll laugh all night
I’m laughing my ass off, it’ll be fine, cuz you’re at my side

Different times, different climes
Burning dimes on the telephone lines
Whatever happens, we’ve got us, and everything’ll be just fine

Flash forward to San Francisco, here’s a black limousine
You’re chatting with Robin Hood, you know he knows what you mean
Well, we will blush at the riddle, and then we’ll make it all right
Six kitties and I are grateful you are here for this night

Different times, different climes
Burning dimes on the telephone lines
Whatever happens, we’ve got us, and everything will be all right

Now we’re having babies, and we’re touring DC at night
So sorry about the White House, we didn’t say to look right
Jim will laugh, but just a little, and he will be so polite
Wish I could have raised these kids right here with yours by their side

Different times, different climes
Burning dimes on the telephone lines
Whatever happens, we’ve got us, and everything’ll be all right

Years later and getting older, we’re still having a time
In dark hours you know I’ll be here, in light I’m harder to find
We can cry in the middle, we can hold on tight
But I’m laughing at least a little when I’ve got you on the line

Different times, different climes
No more dimes, no telephone lines
New York to Cali, we’ve got us, and everything will be all right
Wherever we are, I am blessed cuz you are in my life

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Northern Lights

It's been a day now since you told me you’d be home for dinner
Twenty hours since I stood here and I begged you not to go
Feels like a lifetime, but I’ll try to find a way to let this go cuz I know

When I look in your eyes, I will see the Northern Lights
I don’t know if it’s wrong or right but I will
Lay the plates out on the table long as I am able to

Beached in a northern town with darkness all around
You showed me light and laughter, I still can hear that sound
You said, I’m not too good at daily
But you can trust what I say
And I believe that I will love you always
You lifted me so high up, I float above the ground
And I’m not going back into the dark where I was found

When I look in your eyes, I still see the Northern Lights
I don’t know if it’s wrong or right but I will
Lay my cards out on the table long as I am able to

So much grief in this life, pain that cuts like a knife
Gotta believe in something that makes me feel alive, I'm alive

When I look in your eyes, I can feel the Northern Lights
I don’t know if you’re Mr. Right, but I will
Lay my heart out on the table long as I am able to
Long as I am able to
Nothing else for me to do

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In the Morning

Thought I’d see you in the morning
Thought I’d see you in the morning
I know it’s been a long time
But I thought I’d see you in the morning

I’ve been waiting for the morning
Watch the blue and violet dawning
And though it’s been a long time
I'm still waiting for you coming

Over and over I have watched the gold paint the clover
But day by day, that feeling never fades
That you’ll be here in the morning

Mourning came without a warning
Mourning came without a warning
​​I know it’s been a long time
But mourning came without a warning

Over and over I have watched the gold paint the clover
But day by day, that feeling never fades
That you’ll be here in the morning
​Day by day, that dream still has its way
That you’ll be here in the morning

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Look at Me

Hey, are you there?
I’ve got something to share
By the way, hope that you’re feeling better
How to begin?
How can I rope you in?
Maybe this – would you please read my letter?

Hoping she’ll see
There is no one like me

Look at me! Look at me! Aren’t I amazing!
Listen to all the great things people said!
Aren't I funny – me, me – always grazing?
Hard to get full when it goes to your head
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I’ve got the spotlight right here where I like it
If I turn it on you, I’ll pull it right back
But now and then, I may throw a big compliment your way
It’s my way to keep you on tap

Hey! Are you there?
If you go away, I'll be nowhere

Look at me! Look at me! Aren’t I amazing!
Listen to all the great things people said!
Aren't I funny – me, me – always grazing?
​Hard to get full when it goes to your head
​Hard to get full when it goes to your head
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I have the sense
You like your importance

Look at me! Look at me! Aren’t I amazing!
Would you be kind and repeat what you said?
I know you've noticed how I'm always grazing
Hard to get full when it goes to your head

Look at me! Look at me! Aren’t I amazing!
Listen to all the great things people said!
Aren't I funny – me, me – always grazing?
​Hard to get full when it goes to your head
​Hard to get full when it goes to your head
I'm never full when it goes to my head

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No Such Thing as Dying

How many heartbeats in a life?
How many blue moons on warm summer nights?
Will there be time to get it right?
How many questions will I leave behind?
Will I leave behind?

There’s a Spanish man with truth in his bow
I hear him playing all night, he says
Though I’m old, there’s so much I don’t know
​Some day I may see the light

No such thing as dying
And that moment ain’t arrived
My time ain’t multiplying
But if I’m not dead I’m alive
If I’m not dead, then I – I am alive, I am alive

If we could live outside of time
Would there be magic in pink winter skies?
Why does it take us by surprise?
We see it coming, but it sneaks up behind
​It always sneaks up from behind

But there’s a mother whose pain isn’t new
She keeps on falling behind, she says
Walking backwards I may get a new view
There’s still so much here to find

No such thing as dying
And that moment ain’t arrived
My time ain’t multiplying
​But if I’m not dead I’m alive
If I’m not dead, then I – I am alive, I am alive

Easy to hold onto the past
Collecting teardrops for things that don’t last
​I know we don't last

But it ain’t over yet, so much to do
Some day I may get it right, right
It’s not true I’m addicted to youth
​I’m just addicted to life

​No such thing as dying
And that moment ain’t arrived
My time ain’t multiplying
​But if I’m not dead I’m alive
If I’m not dead, then I – I am alive, I am alive
I am alive, I am alive

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Willow

There’s a tree right outside with a warm, cozy hollow
In the day when it’s light where the baby raccoons go
Mom and her cubs outside your window
You always find the silver line

And I know you’re alarmed when you’re hearing the wind blow
I will keep you from harm, lay your head on my pillow
Wherever I go, you can follow
Wherever you are I will find

You’re strong, like a willow
Shelter from the storm
If you feel cold when the wind blows
Hope you know that I will keep you warm

Middle child with no baby to nurture or care for
Just your bunny and creatures that you’re always there for
There’s so much you could not prepare for
I’m so much prouder than you know

You’re strong, like a willow
See how tall you stand
If you feel scared when the wind blows
I’ll be there, just hold my hand

We’ll fly away, see how high we climb
You and I, we’ll touch the sky
And we’ll laugh when we land

Grab a blanket and books and we’ll read by the fire
Or we’ll write up some hooks, and we’ll make our own choir
What is it, darling, you desire?
Anything I will give

You’re strong like a willow
Filled with grace and ease
I see you dance when the wind blows
Swaying in the breeze
Live your days with ease

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Now + Then

Now and then I think about the color of her hair
Now and then I picture all the puffy snowman suits she used to wear
Blue immersion, the lazy Sunday winter evening version
Everything after that was only a perversion
All the same, I miss her now and then

Now and then I think about the rules we used to make, our mistake
Screw all the talking, we came here to play, this ain’t your mama’s coffee break
There were warnings, crazy, cracked-up, pseudo-cocaine mornings
Music made it so easy to miss the brewing storming
All the same, I miss her now and then

Groggy days, sleepless nights
Red and gray emergent lights
All those hidden truths that cut like lies
Hard to call it kind when everyone else pays the price

I really thought this was a story that might have a happy end
But I’m feeling lighter since the moment I hit send

All the same, I miss her now
All the same, I miss her now
All the same, I miss her
I miss her now and then

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Taken

Would you play that slow song?
The one you wrote for him
I could listen to it all night long
Seeps right through my skin
Blinding spotlights hiding what is not right
In a rainbow flash I see you slither to his side
Would you play that slow song?
You moved in, I saw you dance with him

I learned the hard way, looks like you will, too
A man who can be taken ain’t worth holding onto
No, a man who can be taken ain’t worth holding onto

I still see you here before me
Through all the smoke and steam
In the silence words are forming, like a fevered dream
It’s a mystery seeded in my history
Why you linger here when he didn’t mean that much to me
When I play that slow song
You rush in, I hear your voice again

I learned the hard way, looks like you will, too
A man who can be taken ain’t worth holding onto
No, a man who can be taken ain’t worth holding onto

​But if a man who can be taken ain’t worth holding onto
Why am I still holding onto you?

I learned the hard way, I wonder, when will you?
A man who can be taken ain’t worth holding onto
No, a man who can be taken, ain’t worth holding onto

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I Always Knew

I always knew this day would come
Staring down the barrel of a gun
Just a pop and blow me open, and the life that you’ve been hoping for has begun

Maybe we’re better off this way
But hear me out, I’ve got something to say
If you’re wondering if I’m lonely, yes, I am
But you were always going, that was part of the plan

I’m staring out at eternity on my own
Knew this day was coming, didn’t know I’d be all alone

Still hear your laughter in your room
I know those echoes will be fading soon
And the passing weeks will slowly dry my tears
As they wash away the footprints that we made over all these years

I’m staring out at eternity on my own
Knew this day was coming, didn’t know I’d be all alone

Take another tasty little nugget of my inside out
Leave you something sweet to help you wash it down
That’s what I’m talking about
You know, I know, everybody knows that’s how it goes
I’m aware it’s what I chose

Nobody here to light up the Christmas tree
Nobody sees the things I see
Call out your name, and all I hear is me

I’m staring out at eternity on my own
Knew this day was coming, didn’t know I’d be all alone

All alone, all alone
I always knew this day would come

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Focus

Something’s happening to me
I keep smiling at everyone that I see
Were the skies always so blue?
I get butterflies every time that I’m here with you

Ain’t it strange how things change?

Air is thin, and there’s a lot of it below us
Swear I’m spinning in a field of purple crocus
What I really want to know is something only time can show us
If I let you in, can I keep you in focus?

I’ve been hypnotized before
Climbed aboard when I really should have stayed onshore

And those long nights at sea took me so far from me

Air is thin, and there’s a lot of it below us
Swear I’m spinning in a field of purple crocus
What I really want to know is something only time can show us
If I let you in, can I keep you in focus?

Such a long way down if we’re not going hand-in-hand
We’re so high up now, but we don’t know where we’ll land

Still I’m lighter on my feet
I’ve been whistling as I’m walking along the street

Like a scene in a dream

Air is thin, and there’s a lot of it below us
Swear I’m spinning in a field of purple crocus
What I really want to know is something only time can show us
If I let you in, can I keep you in focus?
I really hope I’ll keep you in focus

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You Can't Say

You can’t say I’m only dreaming
Cuz every day, every day I get this feeling
Don’t you tell me to stop crying
Cuz you don’t know, you don’t know how hard I’m trying

I’ve been roaming around on a Saturday
Chasing the memories we lost on the way
And I’ve been going to places where the lovers go
Asking myself what they know that we don’t

So you can’t say I’m only dreaming
Cuz every day, every day I get this feeling
Don’t you tell me to stop crying
Cuz you don’t know, you don’t know how hard

I’ve tried to be blind
As I sift through all the pieces of those earlier times
We were easy as the breezes that would tease us at night
With our sweet talk and wine
​​We were free, but we agreed that we would keep our hearts

On the line
We lived there together for a long, long time, such a long time
And I know you’re saying we’re fine
But I feel the truth here in this breaking heart of mine

You can’t say I’m only dreaming
Cuz every day I get this feeling
Don’t you tell me to stop crying
Cuz you don’t know what I know

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Younger

You’ve heard the story of earlier days and their glory
The hero’s journey that’s over before it’s begun
How about the romance that lives in a second or third chance?
Here’s to the story in all of the journeys to come

Everybody's crazy about youth and its power
I don’t want you counting me out
This is my finest hour

I’m a few years older than I was before
But I know so much more than I knew then
Yes, it’s true, I’m older, and we all want more
But I’m younger than I’ll ever be again

Remember all the things that they told ya, the bill that they sold ya
When you get older, it’s all done?
Don’t you be the youth that is wasted, be sure that you taste it
You’ll always chase it, have your fun

Everybody's crazy about youth and its power
I don’t want you counting me out
This is my finest hour

I’m a few years older than I was before
But I know so much more than I knew then
Yes, it’s true, I’m older, and we all want more
But I’m younger than I’ll ever be again

Let me lay it on the line
Listen close, I'll show you how
Don't try to tell me what you've heard about my time
Cuz I'm here to say, this is my time now

I’m a few years older than I was before
But I am so much more than I was then
Yes, it’s true, I’m older, and we all want more
But I’m younger than I’ll ever be again
Yes, it’s true, I’m older, and we all want more
But I’m younger than I’ll ever be again

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Waking Prayer

In these waking moments of my day
When it’s cold out, and the sky is painted gray
Fill my heart with tenderness, let loving light my way
Take my tears and scatter them away

In these waking moments of my day
When I’m scared I’m running out of things to say
Fill my heart with gratitude, let wonder light my way
Take my fears and scatter them away

Can I be strong?
Can I learn to lighten up and laugh along, laugh along?
Can I celebrate more often?
Can I listen more than talking?
Can I let go of the ways that I’ve been wronged?

In these waking moments of my life
Can I finally feel that everything’s all right?
And can I finally find a way to find out what’s inside?
In these waking moments of my life

Can I finally find out that I’m fine with what’s inside?
In these waking moments of my life

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Good Enough

I am the girl with my hand up
At the base of my belly is a pit
But with my heart in my throat, I stand up
When the voice in my head tells me to sit, I won’t quit

But I really wish that I knew, will I ever be, ever be, ever be good enough
Before my time is through
Cuz no matter what I do, I just can’t help but feeling I’ll never be good enough
Never be good enough for you

I sense a playground here inside me
But you keep a knee on my chest
And with devious devices you divide me
And make sure I’ll never know me at my best, I’m so stressed

And I really wish that I knew, will I ever be, ever be, ever be good enough
Before my time is through
Cuz no matter what I do, I just can’t help but feeling I’ll never be good enough
Never be good enough for you

Maybe in time, holding hands on the other side
Ten thousand lives, wait until
If I had the choice, I’d tune to a truer voice
But I’m starting to think I never will, never will

And I really wish that I knew, will I ever be, ever be, ever be good enough
Before my time is through
Cuz no matter what I do, I just can’t help but feeling I’ll never be good enough
Never be good enough for you
Never be good enough for you
Will I ever be good enough for you?

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For the Money

In the end I know few things matter
And your opinion is not on my list
I'm not pretending I don't hear the chatter
There's no defending those notes that I miss
But I don't spend my laters thinking about the haters
And I'll tell you this

I don't do it for the money
I don't do it for the fame
I know you think it's kind of funny
Nobody knows my name
But I don't do it for you
And I don't need your approval to do what I came here to do

She is so amazing have you met her?
Maybe she could help you make it better
And everything everything everything you like to tell
But when I step outside and soak myself in winter moonlight
Your brittle shadow releases its spell
And I won't spend my laters thinking about the haters
So hear me well

I don't do it for the money
I don't do it for the fame
I know you think it's kind of funny
Nobody knows my name
But I don't do it for you
And I don't need your approval to do what I came here to do

Cuz I go flying higher than you know, I'm in flow
And when I'm flying, I don't hear those haters down below, oh

Once upon a time you had the power
Creeping closer you could make me cower
And I'd forget everything I came to say
But I am older now, I've seen the years go by like hours
And I won't surrender one more day
So kindly take a seat, drink up, and tip your server nicely
Or just go away

Cuz I don't do it for the money
I do it for love
And I ain't gonna hide my light, light's meant to shine from above
I won't do it for you
And I don't need your approval to do what I came here to do
No I don't need your approval to do what I came here to do

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First Train

Seemed like we were going somewhere, you and I at the station, getting high on the jasmine air
But seasons changed, and you are still there
When did you get so scared?

God knows, I’ve been patient, I thought that time would show you how
But I’m standing at the station, and I can see my train is leaving now, now

I’ll take the first train, and you take the last
Cuz I’m looking forward, and you’re looking back
I don’t know what you are waiting for
But, baby, I know I’ve got to go

I see you watch the world through pages and screens, hanging back at the station, keeping track of those moving scenes
Don’t you get tired of living in dreams
Trapped in the same routines?

Six years, I’ve been patient, I thought that time would show you how
But I’m standing at the station, and I can see my train is leaving now, now

I’ll take the first train, and you take the last
Cuz I’m looking forward, and you’re looking back
I don’t know what you are waiting for
But, baby, I know I’ve got to

Stand up and face the future now, now, face this moment with a whispered prayer
And if I don't know, I'll learn how, you won't find me going nowhere
No, I'll take that first train

I'll take the first train, and you take the last
Cuz I'm moving forward, and you're in the past
I don't know what you are waiting for
But, baby, I know, I've got to take that first train
I'll take the first train
I'll be on that first train
My train is leaving now

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Bubble

Cross over, hopping lily pads
Don’t want to land in toxic weeds
Those red ones really bring me to my knees
Up on the hill they gather close and whisper fevered fantasies
Our nation dying by degrees
And I wear my veil to stave off that disease

I may be living in a bubble where almost everyone agrees with me
But I’ll tell you, I like what I see
No guns and ammo at the checkout
And folks take science seriously, really
And I’ll tell you, that’s all right with me

Cuz each time I stop, look around at those red lands in between
I just drop to the ground, I'm so grateful that it's green
I know that there are lots of folks who agree to disagree
So I’m glad that they’re not living here with me

I don’t know when it got so bad
But maybe history repeats
They used to hang folks up from trees
And when we talk about our parties now
We speak like enemies
Caught up in lethal rivalries
But I’m glad that I get to choose my company

I may be living in a bubble where almost everyone agrees with me
But I’ll tell you, I like what I see
No guns and ammo at the checkout
And folks take science seriously, really
And I’ll tell you, that’s all right with me

We compromise all the time
But there’s no barter when your soul is on the line
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I know that there are lots of folks who agree to disagree
But I’m glad that they’re not living here with me
Oh, I’m glad that they’re not living here with me
I am so glad that they’re not living here with me

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Somebody's Daughter

There was a little girl
She lived in a little town
Everyone loved her
She was known all around
Her mother had waited so long
Longed for a girl to call her own
She’d never leave her all alone

Eight summers come and gone
They gave her a pony all her own
Be sure you care for him
Don’t go riding alone
A summer night bright with moonlight
She slipped out to take him for a ride
Returned to a house of ash and stone

And all the things her mother taught her washed away in fire and water
Fire and water
She holds onto the horse they bought her, a little girl, somebody’s daughter
She’s somebody’s daughter
She’s somebody’s daughter

They built up the walls inside
But nothing could make that house a home
Her brothers all grown with lives of their own
Her father held on a few years
Then drowned in a bottle filled with tears
Nobody left for her to phone

And all the things her mother taught her washed away in fire and water
Fire and water
She holds onto the horse they bought her, a little girl, somebody’s daughter
She’s somebody’s daughter
She’s somebody’s daughter

Some ponies live for a long time, longer than brothers
But they don’t outlast little girls or the ghosts of their mothers
And though there are parties and rides on the beach
There’s a feeling that something remains out of reach

And all the things her mother taught her washed away in fire and water
Fire and water
She holds onto the horse they bought her, a wistful girl, somebody’s daughter
She’s somebody’s daughter
She holds onto the horse they bought, she’s got a child of her own but it still seems she ought to
Be somebody’s daughter
Somebody’s daughter
She was somebody’s daughter

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Lonely Road

I could hear the alarm, so I braced for a storm
Closed the shutters and pulled down the blinds
Just stay down, wait it out, it may take some time

Saw the trees were all bare as I spun through the air
And I landed in such a strange land
Not a cloud, but no one's out, I don’t know where I am

What is this lonely road I’ve landed on?
I wish I could tap my heels and go home

If I stay in one place, I can probably stay safe
But this place doesn’t feel like my home
Warm blue skies, balmy nights, but I’m chilled to the bone

And if I go down the road, I’ll be traveling alone
And I don’t even know where I’m going
Will this road keep me safe, bring me closer to knowing?

What is this lonely road I’ve landed on?
I wish I could tap my heels and go home

All those nights in the colored lights
All the sounds of the songs that we played
I ache for the music that we made

There’ll be new trails to take and new music to make
And I try not to wish all my time away
But if these days paid the toll to the old days, I’d pay

What is this lonely road I’ve landed on?
I wish I could tap my heels and go home
What is this lonely road I have been stranded on?
​I’ve been on this lonely road for so long

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Learning to Daydream

Been down the rabbit hole, didn’t see it coming, coming
I’ve been clicking, swiping, picking, liking
Been in a daze, my eyes are glazed
At the end of the day, just a foggy breeze where there used to be memories
And I want to know – where did the time go?

I’m learning to daydream, cleaning out the clutter in my mind
I’m learning to daydream, time for me to take hold of my time
I’m learning to daydream, daydream, unshackling the shutters to my soul
I’m learning to daydream, daydream, can’t wait to see where I will go, go

I’m trying something new when I hear it calling, oh
I just stop – take it slow
No checking headlines, weather, is covid better
Outside my window is a hummingbird in the milkweed
But I’d never know, wouldn’t know when it’s calling, calling, calling

I’m learning to daydream, cleaning out the clutter in my mind
I’m learning to daydream, time for me to take hold of my time
I’m learning to daydream, daydream, unshackling the shutters to my soul
I’m learning to daydream, daydream, can’t wait to see where I will go, go, oh

In my dreams are seeds of melodies to future memories
It is time I wean from the dopamine of the small blue screen cuz I know
Where it’s calling me from
I won’t go
When I fall in, I’m numb

I’m learning to daydream, cleaning out the clutter in my mind
I’m learning to daydream, time for me to take hold of my time
I’m learning to daydream
I’m learning to daydream
I’m learning to daydream
I’m learning to daydream

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Ride the Breeze

If I could’ve picked myself a sister, I’d take you straight off of the rack
And it won’t be long before I, I write a song to show why
Why I would never send you back

I see you draped in golden glitter, you’re dancing under a rainbow, oh
In the crinkle round your eyes, mirth and surprise and a small trace of sorrow

Ride the breeze, sail the sky
It’s easy to see that you were born to fly, fly
You don’t need to ask, you just do as you please
You know you were born to ride the breeze

First time I spoke to you, something so real and true, I knew, your light shined right through
And it wasn’t long before I'd see we belonged to the same tribe
You with me, and me with you

Ride the breeze, sail the sky
It’s easy to see that you were born to fly, fly
You don’t need to ask, you just do as you please
You know you were born to ride the breeze

And if somebody tells you to shade who you are, and take care that you don’t cross a line
Remember, some folks they burn when they gaze at a star
But we don’t ask the sun not to shine

I love your endless sense of wonder, the way you leap and stretch to grow, oh
If there’s a tide that pulls you under, I know you’ll swim out with a pearl
Can’t wait to see where you will go

Ride the breeze, sail the sky
I hope you can see that you were born to fly
You don’t need to ask, you just do as you please
You know you were born to ride the breeze

​Don’t even ask, you just do as you please
You know you were born to ride the breeze

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Little Bit of Something

I’m sleeping better now
And dreaming better now
And every day I have the chance for a first kiss
So why you coming around, talking about
All of the things that you think I should miss?

All the lonely years when I was deep in, I was just wasting my time
I like the company that I’ve been keeping, even when it’s just mine

And a little bit of something is more than half of nothing
Where you been?
I’m not hating, but I stopped waiting, and it’s too late to let you in
I’ve grown too comfortable in my own skin to begin with nothing

Wonder what I was afraid of
Maybe I thought that I was too late to be loved
But now I’m coming around, feet on the ground
And there is so much sweet to be found

All the lonely nights that I was deep in, I was half out of my mind
I like the company that I’ve been keeping, even when it’s just mine

And a little bit of something is more than half of nothing
Where you been?
I’m not hating, but I stopped waiting, and it’s too late to let you in
I’ve grown too comfortable in my own skin to begin with nothing

Love, love, love
One essential thing I can’t be sure of
From somebody else
And I will always leave the door half open for someone who's open, as well
In the meantime you won't find me broken, I'm loving myself

Cuz a little bit of something is more than half of nothing happening
I’m not hating, but I stopped waiting, and it’s too late to let you in
I’ve grown too comfortable in my own skin to begin with nothing

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Half of Me

In the middle of this place they call a town, there are three buildings
Last time I saw them, they were all painted gray
Pulled into a station, it was late and my car needed filling
Next time I woke up, they had locked me away
Lost track of years when I stopped counting the days

And half of me dreams about the colors I see on the ridge when the sky is low
And half of me wonders if I had the key, would I ever go?
And will I ever know?

Day after day, I’m like a tiger in a cage, just pacing
Catch my reflection, and I’m ready to strike
I try to escape into the dreams that these walls are erasing
Pass my inspection with a heart like a knife
I need correction, this is not my life

And half of me dreams about the colors I see on the ridge when the sky is low
And half of me wonders if I had the key, would I ever go?

Oh, oh, oh

Nobody cares, nobody wants to hear the same sad story
Nobody wants to hear your story at all
You console yourself with your illusions and your dreams of glory
But you know pride, they say, it leads to a fall
Did you decide to stay between these gray walls?

And half of me reaches for the colors I see on the ridge when the sky is low
And half of me wonders if I’ll only ever, ever, ever, ever, ever be
Half of me
Half of me

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Can't Tell Anymore

It's a small thing, but I hold onto it
Sometimes I feel like I could let it go
It would be light, and I might
It's not that I need to be right
And more that we've become all about this fight

I ask myself every day, is this worth fighting for, fighting for?
A voice inside me starts to say, I can't tell anymore

In the beginning, we would breeze right through it
I used to see you in full color
Now the rainbow's gone
There's only black and white
The air is thick with fight or flight
And I hear goodbye each time that we say good night

I ask myself every day, is this worth fighting for, fighting for?
A voice inside me starts to say, I can't tell anymore

Some things are made to last forever, others for a spell
And though I may not always like you, I like to think I've loved you well
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But I ask myself every day, is this worth fighting for?
And if I'm honest, I will say, I can't tell anymore
Anymore
Anymore

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Have Some Fun

Everything is done that needs to be done
Everything is done that needs to be done
Don’t you think it’s time that we had some fun?
Let’s just have some fun
Let’s just have some fun

I know you’re searching for a big idea, and truth is hard to find
You get so nervous, oh, when things aren’t clear, you’re not used to flying blind
Oh, we could work all night, straight through to the dawn
We try and we try to get it right, but sometimes we get it wrong
Move on

Cuz everything is done that needs to be done
Everything is done that needs to be done
Don’t you think it’s time that we had some fun?
Let’s just have some fun
Let’s just have some fun

Sometimes we worry, wonder what it means when at times we disagree
But there will always be a space between us – you are you, and I am me
Oh, we can talk about things that we can’t show
We try and we try to talk it out, but sometimes it just won’t go
But you know

Everything is done that needs to be done
Everything is done that needs to be done
Don’t you think it’s time that we had some fun?
Let’s just have some fun
Let’s just have some fun

We always speak our mind
You’ve got yours, and I’ve got mine
And when we don’t align, sometimes we cross a line
Cross a line
We’ll be fine

Cuz everything is done that needs to be done
Everything is done that needs to be done
Don’t you think it’s time that we had some fun?
Let’s just have some fun
I really think it’s time that we had some fun
Let’s just have some fun
Let’s just have some fun
Let’s just have some fun

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No Way

There was no way of knowing
Last time was the last time to see you smile
I’d been going to go when
You said, could you stay here for awhile?

Oh, the ground had been frozen
And I’d somehow chosen that night to make my stand
Cuz there was no way to know then
Last time was the last time
Last time was the last time
To hold your hand

I’ve been hoping to open
Places that we’ve never really been
I keep choking and choking
Tell myself that next time I’ll try again

I keep stoking the coals
But the fire just grows cold
And this darkness, it never ends
And there was no way of knowing
Last time was the last time
Last time was the last time
To make amends

Snow, falling slowly around me
Keeps turning me around
And I don't know if I will find my way home

I’ve got pictures of Christmas
I don’t know if they’re story or really fact
But every year on my wish list
I wish that I could have some of those times back

I’ve been over and over
Why we couldn’t be closer
And I, I don’t know why
But there was no way of knowing
Last time was the last time
Last time was the last time, oh
Last time was the last time
Last time was the last time, oh
Last time was the last time
Last time was the last time
To say goodbye
To say goodbye

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Picture Book Story

I don’t want a picture book story
I don’t need someone new, no
Not looking for someone else to make my dreams come true
I don’t need you down on one knee
Not trying to say I do, no
I don’t want a picture book story, a picture book story
I just want you

We go out driving all the time, and we can ride in silence
We love the spaces that we find
We don’t argue much but, when we do, there is no trace of violence
Our strongest words are always kind
And you show that you care what’s on my mind

So I don’t want a picture book story
I don’t need someone new, no
Not looking for someone else to make my dreams come true
I don’t need you down on one knee
Not trying to say I do, no
I don’t want a picture book story, a picture book story
I just want

Waiting on the front porch swing when you tell me you have something for me
Loving all the love you bring me, there’s no limit to our story
And I’ll never say you’re the one that got away
Cuz we wake every day and say yay

I don’t want a picture book story
I don’t need somebody new, oh, no
Not looking for someone else to make my dreams come true
I don’t need you down there, kneeling before me
Not trying to say I do, no
I don’t want a picture book story, a picture book story, a picture book story
I just want you
I just want you

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Vertigo

I know there is no use in swearing off you
I close the door, and you come sailing through with some line
And I will bite every time

It’s not like I can choose to care or not to
I chose before, and my heart just laughed at my mind
Said, I was right, read the signs

Aw, but lately you make me crazy
With all the little games that you play with me
And we are not right in the spotlight
But how I love to kiss you on a hot night

I have tried to let you go
That is why I let you know
You drive me right from high to low, oh, oh

You’re on fire and then go cold
My desire has been on hold
But we can say goodbye and we won’t go

Vertigo, oh
Vertigo, oh

I’m not the kind to like a rollercoaster ride
But in my mind we’re like a movie poster come alive
Feels so right, every time

Aw, but lately you make me crazy
With all the little games that you play with me
And we are not right in the spotlight
But how I love to kiss you on a hot night

I have tried to let you go
That is why I let you know
You drive me right from high to low, oh, oh

You’re on fire and then go cold
My desire has been on hold
But we can say goodbye and we won’t go

Vertigo, oh
Vertigo, oh

Aw, but lately you make me crazy
With all the little games that you play with me
And we are not right in the spotlight
But how I love to kiss you on a hot night

I have tried to let you go
That is why I let you know
You drive me right from high to low, oh, oh

You’re on fire and then go cold
My desire has been on hold
But we can say goodbye and we won’t go

Vertigo, oh
Vertigo, oh

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By the Trees

I've been thinking about how we kissed by the trees
I'm remembering how I went weak in my knees
When we kissed by the trees

Come and see me right now, we could kiss by the trees
I remember our vow, kissing's all we will be
Oh, but it’s sweet
When we kiss by the trees

Now the dark miles are rolling away
They say that a kiss has a half-life of one day
Just a single day

In this moment it’s hard to conceive
The feeling of kissing you could ever leave me
Do you believe me?

I've been thinking about how we kissed by the trees
I'm remembering how I went weak in my knees
When we kissed by the trees

Come and see me right now, we could kiss by the trees
I remember our vow, kissing's all we will be
Oh, but it’s sweet
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Oh, but it’s sweet the way it always feels like the first time
And for the moment our hearts are on the line
I feel yours next to mine

I know it’s brief, and we may never have more than these nights
But nothing ever before had the taste of moonlight
Feels so right

I've been thinking about how we kissed by the trees
I'm remembering how I went weak in my knees
When we kissed by the trees

Come and see me right now, we could kiss by the trees
I remember our vow, kissing's all we will be
Oh, but it’s sweet
When we kiss by the trees
When we kiss by the trees
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Personal

Watched him walk away
All I could hear was all that he said
I was so torn up by him
I didn’t see the way that he bled
But I know where I’ve been, making stranger out of friend
I won’t live that way again
Cuz in the end it’s not personal
In the end it’s not personal
In the end it’s not personal

I stood up beside her
I gave her everything I could give
She pushed me aside and said
I’ve got my own life to live
But I know where I’ve been, making stranger out of friend
I won’t live that way again
Cuz in the end it’s not personal
In the end it’s not personal
In the end it’s not personal

All of the smoke around me
Is blinding me so I don’t look down and see
The match at my feet

I can see the storm now
See arrows floating down just like snow
It took me a long while
And I’ve got snowy miles to go
But I know where I’ve been, making stranger out of friend
I won’t live that way again
Cuz in the end it’s not personal
In the end it’s not personal
Tell myself again, it’s not personal

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We Don't Cry

I hate you
I love you
I can't get enough of you
I've told you, but you keep turning away

It's late at night
And I will pick a fight cuz
Fuck you hurts less than nothing much left to say

And it's hard to show sometimes
Just how small I feel inside

But we don't cry, we don't cry
We push down all the pain inside
We drink poison, hope the other guy will die

No, we don't cry, we don't cry
We lash out like we're justified
Standing toe to toe with our pride
But we cry inside
Yeah, we cry inside

I always start with good intention
An open heart and I don't mention
Broken parts that need attention I put away

But in time you will find that
I'm just a girl inside
And like you I am just trying to find my way

And it hurts to show sometimes
Just how small I feel inside

And we don't cry, we don't cry
We push down all the pain inside
We drink poison, hope the other guy will die

No, we don't cry, we don't cry
We lash out like we're justified
Standing toe to toe with our pride
But we cry inside
Yeah, we cry inside

We always end at the beginning
When there is so much left to say
And the back and forth it leaves me spinning
But it's hard to walk away

And we don't cry, we don't cry
We push down all the pain inside
We drink poison, hope the other guy will die

No, we don't cry, we don't cry
We lash out like we're justified
Standing toe to toe with our pride
But we cry inside
Yeah, we cry inside
We cry inside
Yeah, we cry inside

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Love Logic

Love logic
The thing we do
When the chemistry is hot
Myopic
We try to prove
That we’re something we are not

Drawn to your light
Moth to a flame
Know it ain’t right
Go just the same
Cuz love ain’t logical

Love logic
Thrilling me
But there’s one thing I forgot
This love
Is killing me
Oh, and logical it’s not

Drawn to your light
Moth to a flame
Know it ain’t right
Go just the same
Cuz love ain’t logical
Ain’t real
Can’t trust the way I feel
It’s biological and psychological
But love ain’t logical

Drawn to your light
Moth to a flame
Know it ain’t right
Go just the same
Cuz love ain’t logical, oh, oh
Love ain’t logical, oh, oh
It’s biological, oh, oh
And psychological, oh, oh
And sexological, oh, oh
But love ain’t logical

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Alive

Water’s rising all around you
You don’t know what the future brings
But you know, I have seen you flying, baby
So don’t you act like you don’t have wings

You know you’ll find a way to get high
We all find a way to survive
And this is a great moment to be alive

You’ve got a world around you, baby
And I know you don’t like giving up things
But you know, I have seen you flying lately
And I can hear when your heart starts to sing

And I know you’ll find a way to get high
We all find a way to survive
And this is a great moment to be alive

So I sing, I am alive, I am alive
I am alive, and I am high, I am alive

We’ll find a way to get high
We all find a way to survive
And this is a great moment to be

Laying it all on the line, see if it stands or falls
Once there was nothing but time, now there is none at all

But we’ll find a way to get high
We all find a way to survive
And this is a great moment to be alive

So let's sing, I am alive, I am alive
I am alive, and I am high, I am alive

We’ll find a way to get high
We all find a way to survive
And this is a great moment to be alive
This is a great moment to be alive

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The Flip Side

I catch you in my reflection
I like a view I can’t lose
And some folks they say, she should take a new direction
Like that’s a thing I could choose
Like that’s a thing I could choose

But I can see you laughing in the morning
Having the time of your life
Cuz it’s true, I believe, that children never really leave
Though they are on the flip side
Though they are on the flip side

I think of a dam in the river
The sticks and the mud it accrues
And if still water’s deep
Then the dark fathoms of grief build up until they break through
They build up until they break through

But I can see you dancing in the morning
Having the time of your life
Cuz it’s true, I believe, that children never really leave
Though they are on the flip side
Though they are on the flip side

And on the flip side, all of your best days
Having the time of your life
I’d prefer you were here, but I know you are always near
Though you are on the flip side
Though you are on the flip side

And I can see you, Zoe Claire, in the morning
Having the time of your life
Cuz it’s true, I believe, that children never really leave
Though they are on the flip side

And I can see you, Zachary, in the morning
Having the time of your life
Cuz it’s true, I believe, that children never really leave
Though they are on the flip side

And on the flip side is my mama
She's having the time of her life
Cuz it’s true, I believe, that children never really leave
Though they are on the flip side
Though they are on the flip side
Though we are on the flip side

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What We Don't Know

You take a view of the situation, plain
And you keep imagining nothing new here, nothing ever change, change

But you know we don’t know, oh, that we don’t know what we don’t know, oh
No we don’t know that we don’t know what we don’t

Everything we do for the destination game
Cuz we keep imagining something truer, some things never change, change

And you know we don’t know, oh, that we don’t know what we don’t know, oh
No we don’t know that we don’t know what we don’t know
That we don’t know

Been a long time, and so much knowing all around
And in a long line, questions frozen in the ground

You know we don’t know, oh, that we don’t know what we don’t know, oh
No we don’t know that we don’t know what we don’t

​You know we don’t know, oh, that we don’t know what we don’t know, oh
No we don’t know that we don’t know what we don’t know
That we don’t know what we don’t know
That we don’t know what we don’t know

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Already Gone

Let’s not talk about it

Let’s not talk about the future
Let’s not talk about the past, we didn’t last
And I am moving on from you

You paint such a pretty picture
Then you burn it all to ash in a flash
That's why I’m going on without you

Yeah, I’m already gone, I’m already gone

Let’s not talk about it
Let’s not talk about it

Let’s not talk about the night
I saw you leave with someone else, in her spell
You only ever thought of yourself

But I’m already gone, I’m already gone

Can’t believe my heart still races
In the twilight hours I hear your voice
Those were other times and other places
This time I make another choice

Let’s not talk about the weather
When there’s so much more to say, it’s your way
But I am sick of all of it

You can drop the ball forever
Give and go, then run away, that’s your play
But I ain’t playing ball with you, no

No, I’m already gone, I’m already gone
I’m already gone, I’m already gone
Let’s not talk about it
Let’s not talk about it
Let’s not talk about it
Let’s not talk about it

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Play for Likes

Every day you find a way to tell me how the things I say are wrong
You hate the way I’m late, the way I play, the way I stay up until dawn

I try not to overreact, but every time you attack, and I don’t push back
I stick a knife in my own back

So back off, you’re out of line
You’ve got a number, but you don’t have mine
Go tell it to your shrink cuz I’m not paid to listen to you
Back off, you’re in the drink
Your breath is nasty and your clothes stink
And as for your diatribe, don't make me say this to you twice
Fuck off, I'm done playing nice
I don’t play for likes, I don’t play for likes

You stand up on the stage and spill your rage into a mic, aren’t you a star?
You prey on folks who bleed and stitch your need up with a spike, does that get you far?

I try not to overreact, but every time you attack, and I don’t push back
I stick a knife in my own back

So back off, you’re out of line
You’ve got a number, but you don’t have mine
Go tell it to your shrink cuz I’m not paid to listen to you
Back off, you’re in the drink
Your breath is nasty and your clothes stink
And as for your diatribe, don't make me say this to you twice
Fuck off, I'm done playing nice
I don't play for likes, I don't play for likes

May be a reason for my compulsive people pleasing, it may have served me in the past
But I'm leaving pleasing behind, and I am done toeing the line
I can't control how you act, but I won't take your flak, and I won't stick a knife in my own back

So back off, you’re out of line
You’ve got a number, but you don’t have mine
There's steel inside my spine, and you're not gonna break me
​Back off, you’re out of line
You've got a number, but you don't have mine
​​And as for your diatribe, don't make me say this to you twice
Fuck off, I'm done playing nice
I don’t play for likes, I do what I like
I’m done playing nice, I don’t play for likes

No, oh, no

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Kiss Me Baby

I’ve known you for a long while
I could trace the dimples in your smile
It might’ve happened sooner, but the time was never right

Now it’s snowing on a misty winter’s night
And I am seeing you through new eyes here beneath the pale moonlight

So kiss me, baby, show me that I’m on your mind and that you see me, you do
You know, baby, I won’t let you waste my time, but I’ve got my mind, my mind
On kissing you, on kissing you

Long walks on lazy Sundays
Late night movies that stretch into Mondays
It should’ve been so clear, but we just brushed it to the side

Snow is falling on a misty winter’s night
And I am seeing you through new eyes here beneath the pale moonlight

So kiss me, baby, show me that I’m on your mind and that you see me, you do
You know, baby, I won’t let you waste my time, but I’ve got my mind

On all of the things we might be if we don’t go down in flame
And when the sun has chased away the moonlight, will we still feel the same?
​Feel the same

Snow is falling on a misty winter’s night
And I am seeing you with clear eyes here beneath the blue moonlight

So kiss me, baby, show me that I’m on your mind and that you see me, you do
You know, baby, I know you won’t waste my time, and I’ve got my mind, my mind
On kissing you, on kissing you, on kissing you
Do you wanna kiss me, too?
I know you do

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Favorite Sad Person

You are the warm inside
Stars in a dark night
The light that paints the breeze

But you are fearful of losing love
You cry where no one sees

But look inside you, can’t you see
See yourself the way I do?
I love you happy, but you know when you are sad
My favorite sad person is you, is you

I’ve seen you rise out of ash of burnt love
That life has dragged you through
You worry I will go, but you don’t know
That I see all of you

So look inside you, can’t you see
See yourself the way I do?
I love you happy, but you know when you are sad
My favorite sad person is you, is you

There was a tender place
And a kind face that shined its gaze on you
Then you got stuck outside on a dark night
The child believed was true

One day many seasons after
Hungry seasons of the mind
You stumbled on reasons for the loving and the laughter
And reached for the child left behind

It was a dark night, but your light is here to guide you through
And there are miles to go, but you know
That I’ll be here with you

So look inside you, can’t you see
See yourself the way I do?
I love you happy, but you know when you are sad
My favorite sad person is you
My favorite sad person is you
My favorite sad person is you

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Third Time's the Charm

First time we met it was a movie scene
You stepped into my life right off of that screen
And said, hey, babe, it’s been so long

But I got nervous just as things got real
Too many things I was afraid to feel
I said, hey, maybe this is wrong

It may be crazy
But baby maybe
Don’t they say third time’s the charm?

The second time we had a better ride
You were over almost every night
You lived to lay here in my arms

And all the things you whispered in my ear
Made it surprising when you disappeared
Although you say you meant no harm

It may be crazy
But baby maybe
Don’t they say third time’s the charm?

I would’ve sworn I was done with you
Been here before, and it was fun with you – ‘til I was crying every night
But maybe there’s more than the some that we’ve been through
Another story left to write

Now you’re standing here at my front door
Talking magic that we can’t ignore
Which I’ve been saying all along

So I decide to give you one more try
Just wanna see if we can get this right
I’ll be OK if things go wrong

It may be crazy
But baby maybe
Don’t they say third time’s the charm?
Don’t they say third time’s the charm?
Don’t they say third time’s the charm?

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Turnaround

In the end, does truth come out?
It’s too easy to get tangled up in doubt
But you say it isn’t real
And only trust what you can see
And every time I try to tell you how I feel, you turn it around on me
​You turn it around on me

Talk is cheap, but rage is free
I see you, why won’t anyone see me?
But there are things you cannot steal
And dressed in lies you’ll never be free
Though every time I try to tell you how I feel, you turn it around on me
Turn it around

You say you forget me
Just like that summer breeze
But I’d speak my truth if they’d let me
You brought me to my knees

Ten old men with dirty minds
Forty like them are pretending they are blind
But I am sick of your excuses
And I don’t need your sympathy
Just want to hear you say we all know what the truth is, though you turn it around
You turn it around
You turn it around on me
You turn it around on me
You turn it around on me

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Fool's Game

I wanna hear from you
But I won’t text you
Cuz I'm not tryna connect
Just want to know you want to

It’s been a day too long
And too confusing
But I won’t reach out to you
Cuz if I do I’m losing
It's a fool's game

Did you forget the promise that you made me when we met?
My only rule - if you are leaving, tell me that we're through
And if it’s time to let you go
Why won’t you let me know?

Checking my phone again
But still no you
​I need a dose of something
Refresh my page views

And lonely hours bludgeon
Go by like days
My phone’s not buzzing
So I write to push the silence away
It's a fool's game

Did you forget the promise that you made me when we met?
My only rule - if you are leaving, tell me that we're through
And if it’s time to let you go
Why won’t you let me know?

You know your silence is turning me inside out, and I told you so

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, uh-oh, oh, oh, oh

Did you forget the promise that you made me when we met?
Don't fool me twice, you wanted love - well, talking is the price
So is it time to let you go?
Just tell me yes or no

Because your silence is tearing me up inside, and I told you so
I told you so
I told you so

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Somebody New

It’s true, I knew that you and I wouldn’t last too long
Some loves grow up, they last a season and some for a song

Didn’t think that I would regret you cuz what we had wasn’t much
But since the moment I left you, all I can feel is your touch

This is the way things are, I will accept it somehow
You’re writing love songs to somebody new, and
This is the way things are now

If you and I were stuck together, I’m sure we could love
But here and now where there’s a choice, we don’t want to be stuck

I thought that I would forget you, that we’d be better apart
But since the day that I left you, you’ve had a hold on my heart

This is the way things are, I will accept it somehow
You’re writing love songs to somebody new, and
This is the way things are now

And somebody new can tell you new stories
Somebody new can hide the things you don’t want to see
And somebody new can take you to all the new heights and glories
I wish there were somebody new for me

I thought that I would forget you, it wasn’t much what we had
But since the day that I left you, I just can’t shake it, I’m sad

This is the way things are, I will accept it somehow
You’re writing love songs, I’m alone at the bar, and
This is the way things are now
You're writing love songs to somebody new, and
This is the way things are now

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Just a Guy

Oh, I was high before you took me a little higher
I saw your light and said I think that I’ll go play with fire
Think I’ll dance close to the flame

Before I knew it you were the frame around my sunrise
I couldn’t see myself unless I looked at me through your eyes
It was such a losing game

I told myself it’s silly, yep, yep, it’s silly
If I could change it, I would do it oh so willingly
Then it came to me one day

You’re a guy, just a guy
And, yeah, you caught my eye
I used to look up at the moon and think you hung it in the sky
Now I don’t know why
I finally realize you’re just a guy

You’re a guy, just a guy
I know you caught my eye
I used to breathe you in as though you were my oxygen supply
But now I feel so high
I finally realize you’re just a guy

I started getting dizzy, could not get off your ride
When you were always busy, I just felt so sick inside
Say hello to fight or flight

And then I saw you one night, you seemed so ordinary
And all the weight inside was suddenly so light to carry
I stood up and said, good night

I told myself it’s silly, yep, yep, it’s silly
If I could change it, I would do it oh so willingly
Then it came to me one day

You’re a guy, just a guy
And, yeah, you caught my eye
I used to look up at the moon and think you hung it in the sky
Now I don’t know why
I finally realize you’re just a guy

You’re a guy, just a guy
I know you caught my eye
I used to breathe you in as though you were my oxygen supply
But now I feel so high
I finally realize you’re just a guy

I wanna laugh out loud
Ha ha, when I remember I don't have to wake up full of all that doubt
I got out

Cuz you’re a guy, just a guy
I know you caught my eye
I used to breathe you in as though you were my oxygen supply
Now I feel so high
I finally realize you’re just a guy

You’re a guy, just a guy
I can look you in the eye
And I can tell you when I know that what you’re telling me’s a lie
And I can say goodbye
I finally realize you’re just a guy
Yeah, I can say bye bye, I finally realize you're just a guy
​I feel so high
I finally realize you’re just a guy

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You Break Mine

You came to me draped in flags
But your light was so bright I didn't see they were red
You told me about your jags
But your song was so sweet I forgot what you said
When you whispered
Take care of yourself because I don’t do this very well
I insisted, I said I will find out for myself

And I can hear you telling me, I adore you
Standing there and filling me with light
Wish I could be the one waiting for you
Telling you everything’ll be all right
But every time you take your heart off the line
You break mine

Take a walk in my shoes
You might learn a few things, and I don’t think you do
You came through like a train
But you stayed at the station so long I forgot what you said
When you whispered
Take care of yourself because I don’t do this very well
I insisted, I said I can look out for myself

And I can hear you telling me, I adore you
Standing there and filling me with light
Wish I could be the one waiting for you
Telling you everything’ll be all right
But every time you take your heart off the line
You break mine
​You break mine

And you told me you are careless
But you know that don’t give you a pass
As for me, in fairness
I would do it all over again even though it won't last

But there was a moment we almost made it
You stepped up and pulled me through time

And I can hear you telling me, I adore you
Standing there and filling me with light
Wish I could be the one waiting for you
​Telling you everything’ll be all right
But every time you take your heart off the line
You break mine
You break mine
You break mine

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Love You Anyway

I never know where you are
And I couldn’t hold you if I tried
To keep you here by my side

We’d never match on Tinder
You’re spring, and I am winter, so
It may surprise you to know

That I think about you all the time
And when I think we’re through, you change my mind

It doesn’t mean that I’ll be here tomorrow
Doesn’t mean that you’ll decide to stay
And loving you won’t shelter me from sorrow
Baby, I just love you, anyway
Baby, I just love you, anyway

The things you would think would break us
Don’t ever seem to shake us up
We’re so unconditional

And I’m so surprised each time I
Look in your eyes – it’s so sublime
The way your soul touches mine

But I think about you, and I know
Each time I hold you, I will let you go

It doesn’t mean that I’ll be here tomorrow
Doesn’t mean that you’ll decide to stay
And loving you won’t shelter me from sorrow
Baby, I just love you, anyway

This thing between us
A song that fills my dreams
But when the morning comes
Who knows what it means?

And I think about you, but I find
That I don’t care if I can call you mine

It doesn’t mean that I’ll be here tomorrow
Doesn’t mean that you’ll decide to stay
And loving you won’t shelter me from sorrow
Baby, I just love you, anyway
Loving you won’t shelter me from sorrow
Baby, I just love you, anyway
Baby, I just love you, anyway

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Waiting

When the last cigarette burns on the floor
And the hopes that you had turn to the door
You’ve been here before, and you're waiting

When things fall apart, you turn to the bar
And you pour out your heart – you don’t care where you are
But you don’t get far, and you’re waiting

You could call out the lies and see where they land
You could drop your disguise and reach out your hand
You could take a stand, but you’re waiting

It’s always the same thing
And always the main thing
And nothing became of waiting

Oooooooh

Now you long for the day when you could go home
But you don’t know the way, you’ve lost that road
And you’re the last to know when you’re waiting

It’s always the same thing and always the main thing
And nothing became of waiting

It’s always the same thing and always the main thing
And no one to blame when you’re waiting

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Love Again
​
If I ever love again
This is how I want to feel
I don’t know who, where, or when
This is how I want to feel

I see you watching me
Your steady gaze just cracks me open
I let go
But I don’t know you, and you’re young, so I’m not wasting time on hoping
But here’s what I know

If I ever love again
This is how I want to feel
I don’t know who, where, or when
This is how I want to feel

Your blue eyes penetrating
Have me feeling that we must have loved in other lives
And I’m not hesitating or concealing just how deep you’ve touched
Though I’m surprised

Cuz this sweet feeling of surrender
Is something I don’t know at all
But you see me, and I feel my heart so soft and tender
I want to fall
I want to fall
I want to fall

If I ever love again
This is how I want to feel
If I ever love again
This is how I want to feel
This is how I want to feel
This is how I want to feel

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Robotic Apology

​You told me once that I am like the ocean
And you get scared of all that deep emotion, oh
But you envy all that I am feeling
Cuz when you take a leap, you hit the ceiling, low
I run warm and you showed
The blood in your veins is cold
I should’ve learned that the first time I was told

But I said, I’m done
I said, don’t start
You can take your robotic apology
And stick it right there where there’s supposed to be a heart
You can take your robotic apology
And stick it right there where there’s supposed to be a heart

I knew that we were headed for a showdown
Although we both agreed that we would take it slow
I wish I hadn’t given you the lowdown
I told you things that you did not deserve to know
Still I’m glad that I tried
To find out how we’d coincide
A little romance reminds us we’re alive

But I said, I’m done
I said, don’t start
You can take your robotic apology
And stick it right there where there’s supposed to be a heart
You can take your robotic apology
And stick it right there where there’s supposed to be a heart

You have taken my rhyme
And you’ve been taking my time
But you’re mistaking the signs
If you think I will let you shake my peace of mind

Cuz I said, I’m done
I said, don’t start
You can take your robotic apology
And stick it right there where there’s supposed to be a heart
You can take your robotic apology
And stick it right there where there’s supposed to be a heart
You can take your robotic apology
And stick it right there where there’s supposed to be a heart

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Meaningless Kiss

I know you, and I notice
There’s something going on – I can’t control this
But it’s all right

We’ve been talking about songs
You ask me how my new tune is coming along
We keep it light

I know you know that I like you
But not the way the other girls do
And all I mean is this – I want a meaningless kiss
I want a meaningless kiss
Like this

We’re flirting onstage
And I know that you’re only half of my age
But it’s all right

We take turns advancing
And if there’s a groove, we might find ourselves dancing
All night

I know you know that I like you
But not the way the other girls do
And all I mean is this – I want a meaningless kiss
I want a meaningless kiss

When I was young, there were judgmental voices
And I think that they really got in my head
They made me believe to be kissing was all about choices
And I’ve got no business with this one if I really want that one instead

Well, I’ve come a long way
I’m not the girl I was that long ago day
I’ve seen the light

This life is for living
And I know these kisses are made to be given
It’s so right

And I know you know that I like you
But not the way the other girls do
And all I mean is this – I want a meaningless kiss
I want a meaningless kiss
I want a meaningless kiss
Just a meaningless kiss

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Mansplain

Shut up
I know by now you must have bored yourself
Quit running off your mouth, or better yet go talk to someone else

Cuz you look like I’m hanging on each word you say
And I’m just trying to think how I can get away

Cuz you know you mansplain when you stand there and explain
As though I may not have a brain
And you show you mansplain because it’s plain with everything you know
I don’t care what you’re saying

Alert
I think it’s time you learned some social cues
Who taught you how to flirt
If that is what you are trying to do, ew

Cuz you look like I’m hanging on each word you say
And I’m just trying to think how I can get away

But maybe I’ll leave you a memento
In social situations it’s the rule
It’s not enough for you to change your tempo
Sometimes you should shut up and let yourself get schooled

Bye bye
Your face is turning pink – it’s time to go
I don’t care what you think – you’ve told me more than I had ever hoped to know

But you look like I’m hanging on each word you say
And I’m just trying to think of how I can escape

Cuz you know you mansplain when you stand there and explain
As though I may have half a brain
And you show you mansplain because it’s plain with everything you know
I don't care what you’re saying
You know, I don't care what you’re saying
You should know, I don't care what you’re saying

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Simmer

You’ve got a secret, I can see it in your smile
And I’m just noticing you, though you say you’ve been here for awhile
I’m kind of used to my own rhythm, but there’s a groove I can’t deny
So if you’re in the mood for giving, come on and give me your best try

I wasn’t hungry when you came here, though I admit the menu’s been the same
But if you’re cooking up some dinner, you should know I love a simmer

How’s about you come and have a dance with me?
I feel you breathing, and I hear my heart start counting, one-two-three
Well, there are things we should consider, though you just might be what I need
So if you think you can deliver, come on over here with me

I wasn’t hungry when you came here, though I admit the menu’s been the same
But if you’re cooking up some dinner, you should know I love a simmer

Oh, oh, oh

You’ve got a fever, I can see it in your eyes
You’re in a hurry, come on, slow down, let’s just try it on for size
You’re looking for that happy ending, but there is heat here at the start
And all the signals that you’re sending say be careful with your heart

I wasn’t hungry when you came here, though I admit the menu’s been the same
But if you’re cooking up some dinner, you should know I love a simmer

I kinda think you can deliver
But you know, I love a simmer

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Soul of a Sailor

​I see a girl, she is standing at the pier
In her pocket is a picture of a sailor
And though she can’t recall the last time he was here
In her daydreaming he can never fail her

It wasn’t love, though he stayed around for years
In his own dreams, he was much more than a father
And so she spends her evenings wandering the piers
Looking out at all the ships across the water

My arrows are broken, I’ve buried my spears
And when my shadow arrives, I’ll unveil her
But I can’t help the times when I wish you were near
Though I know yours is the soul of a sailor

She sees his face in the stars up on the screen
And from time to time she joins him on the waters
But when she goes to sleep, the fathers in her dreams
Oh, they are all the ones who stand beside their daughters

And as the years pass, she blames him
And blames herself for all she can’t forgive
Because she knows there is one love, one life to live

I see a boy, he is standing on the pier
Saying, Mother, did I ever have a father?
She says, don’t worry son, your mother’s always near
And you will know a father when you have a daughter

My arrows are broken, I’ve buried my spears
And when my shadow arrives, I’ll unveil her
But I can’t help the times when I wish you were near
Though I know yours is the soul of a sailor
No, I can't help the times when I wish you were near
​Though I know yours is the soul of a sailor

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George Bailey

All through the years I've been asking myself what it takes to make a good life
Is it fame, is it service?
Is it struggling and strife?

There's snow on the ground, and my thoughts turn around to George Bailey and Mary, his wife
I remember if you lead with your heart, you can have a wonderful life

So here’s a good life, though at times it seems small
Here’s to George Bailey and the magic that lives in us all

I’m not much for churches or spiritual searches that ask me to bow to the ground
But each fine December I always remember the hero of one little town

He dreamed about travel and building big cities, pulling his roots from the ground
But Fate had other plans, and he never left his town

He always was there for the people he cared for, his principles did not bend
And if you asked round that tiny old town, you’d hear, George Bailey’s my friend

So here’s a good life, though at times it seems small
Here’s to George Bailey and the magic that lives in us all

He was a son and a brother, but mostly just like you and me
All of us here touch each other, but it’s mostly in ways that we don’t even see

Well, I’m not much for churches or spiritual searches that ask me to bow to the ground
But each fine December I always remember the hero of one little town
Each fine December I always remember the hero of one little town

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Last Night

I dug my garden up to grow you
Planted all your dreams in place of mine
With sleep and smiles and tears I sowed you
And I gave you all my time

And last night you were here beside me
But the days are shorter than I think
Cuz last night you were at my table
And tonight there are dishes in the sink

I never had much of a green thumb
But I tended you right from the start
And I grew roots here in this garden
Until your harvest plucked my heart

And last night you were here beside me
But the days are shorter than I think
Cuz last night you were at my table
And tonight there are dishes in the sink

Well, I was fine before you came here
And I know that I’ll be fine again
It’s just that things are not the same here
So I keep going back to then

And last night you were here beside me
But the years go faster than I think
Cuz last night you were at my table
And tonight there are dishes in the sink
Last night love was at my table
And tonight there are dishes in the sink

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Zing

How you do? It’s been awhile since I’ve seen you
You ain’t been coming around
But I just knew somehow you’d show up
When you heard I moved to higher ground

And all the things I feel when you come closer
They start to spin me out
You know this dance is like a rollercoaster
And what goes up comes down, comes down

But we soar when we fly, and there’s a blanket of stars in the sky
I told you long ago I am not giving up
So you should really quit asking me to try
I told you long ago I am not giving up
So you should really quit asking me to try

I know you’re there, I can call when I need you
You never let me down
But I’ve been trying to fly this plane on my own
And I’m liking all the places I’ve found

And all the things I feel when you come closer
They start to spin me out
You know this dance is like a rollercoaster
And what goes up comes down, comes down

But we soar when we fly, and there’s a blanket of stars in the sky
I told you long ago I am not giving up
So you should really quit asking me to try
I told you long ago I am not giving up
So you should really quit asking me to try

Hell, yeah, all right
I’m done coloring in between the lines
I’ve been leaning on you so long
It’s time that I learned my own mind
It’s taken me so long to see the signs

And we soar when we fly, and there’s a blanket of stars in the sky
I told you long ago I am not giving up
So you should really quit asking me to try
I told you long ago I am not giving up
So you should really quit asking me to try
I told you long ago I am not giving up
So you should really quit asking me to try

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Monday Song

I’m calling this my Monday song
The one that I will sing today
It came to me when I was sleeping
I almost let it slip away
I almost let it slip away

I’ve been judging for so long
I find a fault most every day
So when I heard this Monday song
I invited it to stay

I hate to think of all the good things all my doubts have scared away
So when my dreams bring me a song, I’ll be asking it to stay

I couldn’t tell you for how long
Another song may take its place
But I’m not singing about tomorrow
I’m just thankful for today, I'm so thankful for today

I hate to think of all the good things all my doubts have scared away
So when my dreams bring me a song, I’ll be asking it to stay

Sometimes I wonder where I’m going
But I remind myself each day
Who knows where we will be tomorrow
This is where I am today
Who knows where we will be tomorrow
This is where I am today

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Every Time

I’m alone
I see you on the phone
From time to time
I miss the days when you would long to stay by my side

And I’ve been told
To suffer is to hold on
And life is the ever changing tide, an endless sea of goodbye

And every time you’re here
Every time you try to say
You’ll be seeing me so soon
All I hear is goodbye

We all know
A house is not a home
It’s the light of the people here inside
The light and the love that’s here inside

But every time you’re here
And every time you try to say
You’ll be seeing me so soon
All I hear is goodbye

And every time you go
Every time I cry and say
Will you ever just be home?
All I hear is goodbye

Looking back it’s clear
I’ve been craving
I’ve been craving so much love
Craving so much love

And every time you’re here
Every time you try to say
You’ll be seeing me so soon
All I hear is goodbye

And every time you’re here
Every time you say
Put your arms around me cuz I’ll be seeing you so soon
All I hear is goodbye
I’ll be seeing you so soon
But all I hear is goodbye
So put your arms around me now
Cuz all I hear is goodbye

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Drawing Board

It’s warm in San Francisco
But I can feel a chill ahead
And all of the memories we made
Run around now in my head

I’ve been staring at your photo
Looking for someone I know
And talking myself in a circle
It’s so hard to let you go

And there are things that I would like to let you know

It’s a long way back to the drawing board, I can't deny it
And the quiet is like a storm
I think you know that I have been here before, but I keep on trying
Though I’m crying, I’ll be back for more

I never saw you coming
And I didn't hear you call
And I know that far too often
​I didn't see myself at all

All of the words we left unspoken
And the places I had planned for us to go

And there’s something that I would like to let you know

It’s a long way back to the drawing board, I can't deny it
And the quiet is like a storm
I think you know that I have been here before, but I keep on trying
Though I’m crying, I’ll be back for more​
I keep on dying and come back for more

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Save Me

There’s a light by the lake
And I know you didn’t sleep
And the plans that we make
Have been so hard to keep

You tell me that you’re wearing down
Hanging around what is left
I’m just tuned into the sound of your breath

But you can save me when you’re alone
You can blame me when you are wrong
Complicate me when things get too easy

It’s the same theme as when you were young
And the same dream you’ve known all along
And you say that you mean to go it alone
But you know you can keep coming home
Coming home

I know you’ve been giving some thought to the life that you lead
And I have been waiting for you to say what you need
You’re looking back over the years and all the trails that we leave
The talks and the tangles and tears
How we bleed

But you can save me when you’re alone
You can blame me when you are wrong
Complicate me when things get too easy

It’s the same theme as when you were young
And the same dream you’ve known all along
And you say that you mean to go it alone
But you know you can keep coming home
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It’s easy for me to say here is what you need or this is the way things should be
And I know how you feel
But this is your ride
And if you’re the one driving, it only makes sense that it’s you behind the wheel

But you can save me when you’re alone
You can blame me when you are wrong
Complicate me when things get too easy

It’s the same theme as when you were young
And the same dream you’ve known all along
And you say that you mean to go it alone
But you know you can keep coming home
Coming home
Save me

Copyright Daphne Moore 2017. All rights reserved.


Happy Song

When I was 22, I thought I figured out my life
I thought that I'd be all right as long as I was someone's wife
Now it is hard to find the person I was in those days
So I’m glad to say the plans I made got lost along the way

Cuz I like these sleepy hills
Making soup on Sunday
I don’t find myself getting lost in dreams of one day
Staying up all night
And singing ‘til it’s light
It’s belated, but I'm glad to say it
I finally love my life

I was a city girl
I grew up on the city streets
I carved my name there at the corner where we’d meet
Now ‘stead of danger, I’ve got deer outside my door
And I’m still surprised that I don’t miss that life I had before

Cuz I like these sleepy hills
Making soup on Sunday
I don’t find myself getting lost in dreams of one day
Staying up all night
And singing ‘til it’s light
It’s belated, but I'm glad to say it
I finally love my life

Some of us move along a straight line
Counting our footsteps, marking time
But all of the zigs and zags they show us where we stand
So I’m glad that most of the lines that I made were sketched out in the sand

Cuz I like these sleepy hills
Making soup on Sunday
I don’t find myself getting lost in dreams of one day
Staying up all night
And singing ‘til it’s light
It’s belated, but I'm glad to say it
I finally love my life
It’s belated, but I'm glad to say it
I finally love my life
Consecrate it, celebrate it
I love my little life

Copyright Daphne Moore 2017. All rights reserved.


Pretty Lies

You tell me lately I’ve been crying in my sleep
And you say, you’re going to your mother’s house so you can get the rest you need
And you hope that while you’re gone I’ll figure out what’s wrong with me, uh huh
But I see through ya, and here’s my answer to ya

You can gather all your pretty lies and line them up there in a row
Yeah, you can run around and talk me down to all the people that we know
And you can kick my ass in any argument, you can say I told you so
Well, you can do anything your heart desires if you take your shit and go

Looking back on how we came to be a we, I noticed
I’d look into the mirror then, and I did not like what I’d see
So I was thankful for those scraps you gave to me, uh huh
But since then I’ve found that you’ve been dragging me down

So you can gather all your pretty lies and line them up there in a row
Yeah, you can run around and talk me down to all the people that we know
And you can kick my ass in any argument, you can say I told you so
Well, you can do anything your heart desires if you take your shit and go, and go

I hear you talking, I'm not listening anymore
I'd be walking, but it's my name on that door
So quit your knocking, you're not welcome anymore

You can gather all your pretty lies and line them up there in a row
Yeah, you can run around and talk me down to all the people that we know
And you can kick my ass in any argument, you can say I told you so
Well, you can do anything your heart desires if you take your shit and go
Yeah, you can do anything your heart desires if you take your shit and go
Yeah, you can do anything your heart desires if you take your shit and go

Copyright Daphne Moore 2017, 2023. All rights reserved.


Pictures

I met you across the ages
Two stories on separate sets of pages
So many stages

You came from a world of danger
And I was an old familiar stranger
An old shape changer

I tried so hard to be the haven that you need

But I am not the one I let you see
So I can understand if you are blaming me
The truth inside is always crying to be free
But you have pictures of the way things used to be
When you believed in me

Through all of the years together
I was your port in any weather
For worse and better

And each time the world betrayed you
I would try harder to persuade you
I’d never play you

But even Careful throws a spark eventually

And I am not the one I let you see
So I can understand if you are blaming me
The truth inside is always crying to be free
But you have pictures of the way things used to be
When you believed in me
So you’ll be leaving me

God knows I love you – you are like my family
But being true to you betrays a piece of me

And I am not the one I let you see
So I can understand why you are blaming me
The things we hold inside will cut until we bleed
But you have memories of the way I used to be
When you believed in me
So you’ll be leaving me
You are leaving me

Copyright Daphne Moore 2017. All rights reserved.


Let Go

I hope you’re fine
It’s been nine and a half days, and I’m still here watching the time
It gets harder, I find

Searched my mind
Are you hurt? Did I cross an invisible line?
I’ve been looking for signs

But I know what this place is – I’ve been here before
Where the silence creeps in from behind

And all I can do is let go
Whatever you’re feeling, I may never know
The more I pursue, the more I lose control
So all I can do is let go

Remember the day
When the soft purple light at the beach was fading to gray
And you said, this is our time

And I know that things change
But after all we have shared I would say we’ve earned a goodbye
The kind that’s spoken, not implied

But I know what this place is – I’ve been here before
Where the silence creeps in from behind

And all I can do is let go
Whatever you’re feeling, I may never know
The more I pursue, the more I lose control
So all I can do is let go

So many things hard to say
With our fear and our pride in the way
But ain’t that the price of living, loving

And all I can do is let go
Whatever you’re feeling, I may never know
The more I pursue, the more I lose control
So all I can do is let go
All I can do is let go
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Copyright Daphne Moore 2017. All rights reserved.


If I Called You Mine

I was never looking for a romance
Or a lover – I just love to dance
That’s how I came to know the singer with the magical smile

He told me

I’ve been loving all the talks and tea,
But would you maybe take a chance with me?
Think it over now – I don’t mind waiting ‘round for awhile,
But you should know that I’m completely beguiled

And I said

Your smile is sublime – I would stand in line to see you
And here in my mind it’s all about you
But I’m taking my time because I’m fine without you
And I would miss how you shine if I called you mine

Once upon a time I had a husband
We were younger and we kind of rushed in
Thought with anything that came along we’d make it all right

We didn’t

In the meantime there have been some boyfriends
Enough to realize the magic ends
Makes me wonder ‘bout this sweet thing keeping me up at night
And all my friends they laugh at me with delight

When I say

Your smile is sublime – I would stand in line to see you
And here in my mind it’s all about you
But I’m taking my time because I’m fine without you
And I would miss how you shine if I called you mine
If I called you mine

I’ve heard it said before – better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all
I’ll think of you wherever you are
But maybe I would love you longer if I loved from afar

I called a friend up, and I said, let’s meet
Yes, I’m single, but I am complete
Let’s get together and discuss some things I don’t understand

Lately

We saw you coming from across the street,
And I do better when I’m on my feet
So I looked around and said it’s time that I take a stand

But you just smiled and you extended your hand

When I said

Your smile is sublime – I would stand in line to see you
And here in my mind it’s all about you
But I’m taking my time because I’m fine without you
And I would miss how you shine if I called you mine

Your smile is sublime – I would stand in line to see you
And here in my mind it’s all about you
But I’m taking my time because I’m fine without you
And I would miss how you shine if I called you mine
If I called you mine
I think I would miss how you shine if I called you mine

Copyright Daphne Moore 2017. All rights reserved.


Dreams

When I was a little girl, I dreamed that I would have a big life
Oh, a beautiful life
I saw my face on the newsstands, maybe my name up on the marquee
Oh, my fame, it would mark me

With all the winding and unfolding
I keep on finding what’s consoling

I was a lonely girl
I dreamed of houses with five children, oh, a mother and father
I’d fill my home with laughter
There would be light and love around me – all my sons and my daughters

With all the winding and unfolding
I keep on finding what’s consoling

And someone’s dreams work out
We lose ourselves in how
There’s beauty in the now
And someone’s dreams work out
But the now is lovely

You know it happened once before - love came to my door
And I was sleeping
So there’s a risk that I will take
Wherever this life leads me, I’ll stay awake

I have a beautiful dream
And it looks like the life before me
Yeah, the life before me
But if I had my own fairy queen
I would like someone to adore me, someone who’d be good for me

With all the winding and unfolding
I keep on finding what’s consoling

And someone’s dreams work out
We lose ourselves in how
There’s beauty in the now
And someone’s dreams work out
But the now is lovely

Copyright Daphne Moore 2017. All rights reserved.


What If I Love

First time I heard of free love, I said, you must be cracked
My love is free, thank you very much, as long as you love me back,
You love me back
Oh, and one more thing you should know
From now on I’m the only one in the show, oh
Those other girls have to go
Before I love

And what if I love more than I’m loved?
What if I give my all and it’s not enough – call your bluff?
People trying to tell me
Cut your loss and run
But what if I love more than I’m loved?

Some years on, I was hanging on my own at a movie
Heard ‘em say, it's about what I do, not what you do to me
Blew right through me, oh
I can love whom I choose
The love I'm bringing is one thing that I won’t lose
And I’ll sing the blues if I love
More than I’m loved

So what if I love more than I’m loved?
What if I give my all and it’s not enough – call your bluff?
People trying to tell me
Cut your loss and run
But what if I love more than I’m loved?

Just take a chance and be free with all the loving in your heart
That’s how it’s should be – only fear is keeping us apart, scared to start
Oh, and I’ve been noticing that I’m missing all the signs, too busy patting my own back
May not be fact that I love more than I’m loved

But what if I love more than I’m loved?
What if I give my all and it’s not enough – call your bluff?
You keep trying to tell me
Cut your loss and run
But what if I love more than I’m loved?
What if I love more than I’m loved?
What if I love more than I’m loved?

Copyright Daphne Moore 2017. All rights reserved.


End of the Line

I woke up this morning
And thought of the warning
You gave me before we were through

Of faraway faces
And dark, empty spaces
And all of the things that you told me were true

I’ve tried to move on
Change the lines to this song
But my dreams always lead me to you

If I could change my mind
Reach through the veil of time
I’d still be here
But you’d still be mine

I’d give you all my heart
Is it too late to start?
Tell me there’s time
Cuz I’d like to see you
Before we reach the end of the line

Remember the times
When I’ve had to remind you
Of memories that we never made

And looking at photos
I curl up my toes
When I think about all of the plans we delayed

My mind wanders back
To the memory of standing
In front of the stone that we laid

If I could change my mind
Reach through the veil of time
I’d still be here
But you’d still be mine

I’d give you all my heart
Is it too late to start?
Tell me there’s time
Cuz I’d like to see you
Before we reach the end of the line

Is it over now?
Do your dreams ever lead you to me?
Am I wasting my time?
Think it over now
Is your new life all that you had hoped it would be?

And though through the years
I’ve made peace with my fears
I admit that I still have a few

Love comes and goes
But I’m happy alone
And I smile every day like you asked me to do

I wouldn’t go back
But I wonder if I could still
Pick up the pieces with you

If I could change my mind
Reach through the veil of time
I’d still be here
But you’d still be mine

I’d give you all my heart
Is it too late to start?
Tell me there’s time
Cuz I’d like to see you
Before we reach the end of the line
The end of the line
Before we reach the end of the line

Copyright Daphne Moore 2016. All rights reserved.


My Time

There’s a downy veil across the moonkissed sky
And not a house light on the hillside
The streets are quiet
Quiet creatures pass me by
Urban graces in the secret spaces
This is my time

You came down to tell me just how late it was
I can’t sleep with you beside me
If I could be one who goes along just because
Then I’d belong instead of all alone here
Stuck in my time

But from twilight to twilight
I’m secure in the sweet glow of my light
Here to guide me
Burning even in the darkest season
I like what’s inside me

All those lonely nights before you gave a damn
I lay awake reciting rhyme
But every time I try to tell you who I am
You remind me there’s no one behind me
Here in my time

But I can skate down Park Avenue
Hold the hand of Time
This dreaming city’s mine
Velvet Valentine
So lonesome, but so sublime

There’s a world I know so wild and so free
Where the magic sings in whispers
And visitors can brush against eternity
And deep believing where there’s space to breathe in
This is my time
My time

Copyright Daphne Moore 2016. All rights reserved.


Younger Dreams

Maybe you’ve kept me from harm and thriving
Sounding out every alarm while I’ve been
Trying to tell you I’ll be fine here on my own

You’ve taken the wheel for too long, I’m driving
I’ve known the way all along, surviving
All of the struggles and the doubts that you have sown
And together I would rather be alone

I’m coming out
You’ve got something I can live without
From shall to have been
Is so much briefer than it ever seems
In younger dreams

Stitching myself at the seams and hiding
All of the souls of my dreams colliding
Turning to ash whenever you wish me awake

Entangled in fears imbuing
All of the hopes of the years when you’ve been
Chasing away the chances I was scared to take
But I’m older now, there’s more and less at stake

I’m coming out
You’ve got something I can live without
From shall to have been
Is so much briefer than it ever seems
In younger dreams

And on a winding road you showed me
How to lay my load down and hold me

I’m coming out
You’ve got something I can live without
From shall to have been
Is so much briefer than it ever seems
And sweeter than it seems
In younger dreams

Copyright Daphne Moore 2016. All rights reserved.


Freak Flag

Na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na

They told me pretend you don’t know
So you don’t scare the boys
Lay low, go with the flow, with the flow
And don’t you be real
Don’t tell the world how you feel, how you feel
Keep it inside, swallow your pride
Well, that’s not my ride

I’m singing na-na-na-na, I’ll be shining my light
Na-na-na-na, I’ve got me by my side, by my side
With my freak flag flying

Be sure you listen a lot
and you talk about him
Go on hikes
Like what he likes, what he likes
Be what he needs
Don’t drag him down in the weeds, in the weeds
Put on a show, and don’t you ever say no
That’s not how I roll

I’m singing na-na-na-na, I’ll be shining my light
Na-na-na-na, I’ve got me by my side, by my side
With my freak flag flying

I’m up all night
I love to be right, to be right
And I’ll get to the bottom of what makes us laugh every time
I’m all about soul
I like to control, to control
And I love to spend my days on island time

How to resist the appeal of this fearful advice
Stay true, you just do you, you do you
Find out who you are
You’re more than the sum of your flaws, sum of your flaws
Sing your own song, and check out who sings along
That’s where you belong

You’re singing na-na-na-na, I’ll be shining my light
Na-na-na-na, I’ve got me by my side, by my side
Hear me singing na-na-na-na, I’ll be shining my light
Na-na-na-na, I’ve got me by my side, by my side
With my freak flag flying
I’ll be all right
With my freak flag flying

Copyright Daphne Moore 2016. All rights reserved.


Far Behind

I think of all the years I’ve tried to make it right
And all those early days when you were full of light
And I’ve been wondering if we might be out of time
Cuz I know I don’t have the heart for one more fight

And you’re leaving
You’re leaving

I’ve been searching
You’ve been hard to find
You’ve been far ahead
And I’ve been far behind
Far behind
I can’t seem to get you off my mind
Off my mind

I close my eyes sometimes, I see you close your door
I take myself back to the way we were before
When there was laughter, I could hold you in my arms
A cross word here and there so easy to ignore

But you’re leaving
Oh, you’re leaving

I’ve been searching
You’ve been hard to find
You’ve been far ahead
And I’ve been far behind
Far behind
I can’t seem to get you off my mind
Off my mind

I know there have been times when I’ve been hard on you
I get so worn down by the painful things you do
And I keep hoping that one day you’ll change your mind
And say, hey, I’m so sorry I have made you blue

And I love you
Oh, I love you

I’ve been searching
You’ve been hard to find
You’ve been far ahead
And I’ve been far behind
Far behind
I can’t seem to get you off my mind, off my mind, off my mind
I can’t seem to get you off my mind

Copyright Daphne Moore 2016. All rights reserved.


Golden

I walk to the park
Head for the highest piece of ground
I look west
A prayer
As the sun sets

I’ve lived in the dark
I know that I’ve got to leave this town
Find my way
I hear you calling to me every day

Golden
With all we’ve said
We still have things to say
And I’m not afraid to say I love you

I’ve chosen
I know that you think I lost my way
But I’m not too lost to find my way back home

Time doesn’t change
The romance I felt still runs as strong today
The Golden Gate still takes my breath away

And all that was strange
Now so well-known and at all at once a thrill
Chilly evenings and your golden hills

Golden
With all we’ve said
We still have things to say
And I’m not afraid to say I love you

I’ve chosen
I know that you think I lost my way
But I’m not too lost to find my way back home

Before I found one familiar face
I knew I’d found my place
Foghorns and whispering trees became the sound of home

I’ve never believed
Where we were born is where we’re meant to be
Our birth is not our destiny

Sometimes we must leave
To find what aligns with our intent and dreams
Be patient when we don’t know what it all means

Golden
With all we’ve said
We still have things to say
And I’m not afraid to say I love you

I’ve chosen
I know that you think I lost my way
But I’m not too lost to find my way back home
You know I'm not too lost to find my way back home

Copyright Daphne Moore 2016. All rights reserved.


Song for Tim

I’ve been twisting myself around
Hiding underground
Saying all the right things
Without making a sound

And the letters I found
They all talk of despair
Why am I grounded when I’m up in the air?
Up in the air

I’ve been waiting so long
Wandering around on my own
Wondering where I belong
Trying to find my way home

Even when I was young
Caught between not enough and none
Trying to make it all right
Make up for where we had begun

It’s not about blame
Though there is some, I suppose
We all carry pain from things that nobody chose
And nobody knows

I’ve been waiting so long
Wandering around on my own
Wondering where I belong
Trying to find my way home

Been here before
I carved my name in the sand
Tossing up coins just to see how they land
See how they land

And it’s not about blame
Though there is plenty, I know
We all carry pain, oh, we all reap and we sow
Though we try to let go

I’ve been waiting so long
Wandering around on my own
Wondering where I belong
Trying to find my way home

I’ve been waiting so long
Wandering around on my own
Wondering where I belong
Trying to find my way home

Copyright Daphne Moore 2016. All rights reserved.


What We Started

You broke the mold
You said things that I thought could not be told
You brought us home

We've been so pressed
Not good enough sometimes has been our best
But you said no

We've got some dreams to repair
But our differences don't add up to much
Next to the things that we share

It's not too late
To finish what we started
Join where we have parted, open-hearted
Why waste our hour
Magnifying doubt?
If we can work this out
Let's work it out

You took a stand
And told the world that no one gave a damn
We made a deal
Then I said you flied
And you stood up and called me unqualified
Are you for real?

We've got some dreams to repair
But our differences don't add up to much
Next to the things that we share

It's not too late
To finish what we started
Join where we have parted, open-hearted
Why waste our hour
Magnifying doubt?
If we can work this out
Let's work it out

And together we can run this race
Find a way to embrace
Unity

It's not too late
To finish what we started
Join where we have parted, open-hearted
Why waste our hour
Magnifying doubt?
If we can work this out
Let's work it out

This isn't play
The wall is climbing
Rising every day
And we pay
It's not too late
To finish what we started
Join where we have parted, open-hearted, open-hearted

Copyright Daphne Moore 2016. All rights reserved.


Like Rain (Zachary's Song)

I laughed when I learned you were coming
Always thought you would come to stay
Made a home in a deep green forest
And sang a song so you’d find your way

But sometimes lightning strikes on a cloudless night
And tears come falling down like rain
Down like rain, down like rain

Aries son of a Pisces mother
Wrapped in laughter and love and cheer
You used your charm to defuse my critic
I use your memory to soothe my tears

Cuz sometimes lightning strikes on a cloudless night
And tears come falling down like rain
Down like rain, down like rain

There’s a life left to live
There is love left to give
No one’s taking your place

But I will never be through
I will keep loving you
Wishing for your embrace

Some’ll say, live in the moment
But I made plans for you every year
Walked around as though I deserved to smile
They dropped the axe when I dropped my fear

Cuz sometimes lightning strikes on a cloudless night
And tears come falling down like rain
And sometimes dreams survive after hope has died
And tears come falling down like rain
Down like rain, down like rain, down like rain
​Down like rain, down like rain, down like rain
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Copyright Daphne Moore 2016. All rights reserved.


Candle

You leave a candle glowing, but you forget to mention that you’re going
You ask me how I’m feeling, but you’re so coy about all you’re concealing
When you hold me close and kiss me, I try to believe that you would miss me
But here I am alone in the glowing candlelight

You ask for trust implicit, faith that you would never need to solicit
You say how much you need me and that you would never mean to mislead me
Then you leave a candle glowing, but you forget to say that you’re going
To leave me all alone in the glowing candlelight

Well, it seems to me that I am far too easy to leave
Though I’ve been told a few times I have some pretty good qualities
But being lively and light is not the same as being right
And here I am alone in the glowing candlelight

Remember when we met, you told me you hoped I never would forget you
Your eyes so kind and clear, I noticed that I felt right when you were near me
Now you leave a candle glowing, but you forget to say that you’re going
To leave me all alone in the glowing candlelight

Well, it seems to me that I am far too easy to leave
Though I’ve been told a few times I have some pretty good qualities
But being lively and light is not the same as being right
And here I am alone in the glowing candlelight

Is there luck in love?  A smile from up above?
Was this life I’ve known decided before I was grown?  
Is it all just fate – before we begin it’s too late?
To not be here alone in the glowing candlelight
You leave me alone in the glowing candlelight

Copyright Daphne Moore 2007,, 2018. All rights reserved.


Given Time

Hey, there, baby, are you sad today?
I’m so sorry that you’re feeling that way, remember
When blue skies lose their magic, and smiles are hard to find
You won’t feel so tragic given time

Wait a minute, did I hear you say?
It breaks my heart that you feel that way, you know that                                   
I’m always thinking of you, can I help you see?
There is no cloud above you              
After each day’s another, I promise you will recover
When blue skies lose their magic, and smiles are hard to find
You won’t feel so tragic given time

I have heard you say so many times – worst day of my life
When that pain wells up inside you   
Come here and find me, you’ll never need to remind me
I can’t erase your sorrow, but I know you will find
A bluer sky tomorrow given time 

Hey, there, baby, are you sad today? 
I’m so sorry that you feel that way, but know that 
When blue skies lose their magic, and smiles are hard to find 
You won’t won’t feel so tragic given time
I know you will find your magic given time

Copyright Daphne Moore 2006 All rights reserved.


She Goes Home

He hears a sound
Could she be laughing?
He can't recall it
She’s not around
And now her voice
​Almost a whisper                       
And he has missed her
Wonders – did he let her down?    

He reaches out
His hand is trembling
She’s so dissembling
There is no doubt
That something's wrong
Is it about him
Or just without him
Was she lying all along?

She goes home to California
Well, she was born there
Always said he'd come along
She moved beyond him
​Didn’t really wrong him
Why’s he feeling so wrong?

There is a song in the morning
It’s like a warning
He sings along
And it seems wrong
To lie without her
He thinks about her
Always about her, and she is gone

She goes home to California
Well, she was born there
Always said he'd come along
She moved beyond him
Didn’t really wrong him
Why’s he feeling so wrong?  

It’s late at night
They hear the phone ring
Always a lone ring
And then so long
He hears her voice
Could she be crying?
There’s no denying
Now that he is really gone

She went home to California
Well, she was born there
Always said he'd come along
She moved beyond him
​Didn’t really wrong him
​Why’s she feeling so wrong?

Copyright Daphne Moore 2005 All rights reserved.


Take Me

You say that you love me, you spill your light across my dreams
But when I ask you if you’re sure, you say you're not sure what love means
Then when we’re together, it seems you look into my soul
I feel your love inside me and I feel myself unfold   

Take me as you find me, take me for a ride
When I'm down remind me everything will be all right
Take me to the water, take me by the hand
Just be sure you take me, take me as I am

Two months and two days now, hard to believe that's all it's been
You're such a part of all my ways now, didn't think I'd feel this way again
Sometimes when I’m dreaming, my dreams like children race ahead
I hope for so much now, I hope that I won’t be misled

Take me as you find me, take me for a ride
When I'm down remind me everything will be all right
Take me to the water, take me by the hand
Just be sure you take me, take me as I am

Sometimes I want to run, that siren calls out from afar
But without that siren call, maybe you wouldn't be who you are

Your love is good to me, I feel my fears all melt away
Seems you see right through me yet you still want me to stay
It's true that I have ghosts and other complications, too
But I can take care of me if you'll just take care of you

Take me as you find me, take me for a ride
When I'm down remind me everything will be all right
Take me to the water, take me by the hand
Just be sure you take me, take me as I am
Just be sure you take me, take me as I am 

Copyright Daphne Moore 2003 All rights reserved.


Hollow Victory

The moon is low and the stars are bright,
There's a blackbird in the old pine tree
I'm out here with a glass of wine, you're inside watching TV
And when I said that I had some doubts
I never thought this was how it would be year after year
What a lonely destiny

When I was trying to win your heart, I never dreamed this was how our life would be
And I won, but what a hollow victory

I can't recall if there was a time when you could see me for me
I was a foil for all your rage
You were a foil for my dreams
I was so righteous in argument, made my point so unassailably
And every time you'd turn your back and walk away from me

Always so certain that I was right, always a victim of indignity 
And I won, but what a hollow victory
I was so unromantic, sold out my Cinderella fantasies 
Here we are, what a hollow victory

Can we escape our history?
Maybe outrun our sins
And is there room for mystery?
Does being together mean forever circling round where we've already been?

I do regret that I made you feel you’d never be enough for me
I never really betrayed you, but I walked the line so delicately
And all the restlessness in my soul made it impossible for me to see
In the end it would be you'd be untrue to me

I never gave into temptation, could not imagine that you'd do that to me 
Guess I won, but what a hollow victory
When I was trying to win your heart, I never dreamed this was how our life would be 
Here we are, what a hollow victory
Here we are, what a hollow victory 

Copyright Daphne Moore 2003 All rights reserved.