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This Lyric is: #100

Safe Harbor
© 2002 Vondelle L. Hebert


1.
Watching you gaze out on the shining sea
Knowing it's time for you to take that journey
Setting sail with all your dreams.

Chorus
I'm wishing you safe harbor
Like a ship sailing into a quiet bay
Safe harbor
Where the sun shines gently everyday
May your love be such a place
A shelter full of grace
I'm wishing you safe harbor.

2.
Walking on the beach on a stormy day
Watching the waves and feeling the spray
Knowing some storms are headed your way.

I'm wishing you safe harbor
Like a ship sailing into a quiet bay
Safe harbor
Where the sun shines gently everyday
May your love be such a place
A shelter full of grace

I'm wishing you safe harbor
Like a ship sailing into a quiet bay
Safe harbor
Where the sun shines gently everyday.
May your love be such a place
A shelter full of grace
I'm wishing you safe harbor.

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This Lyric is: #101

Title: One Wish

What would *YOU* wish for ... if *YOU* had found that genie in a bottle?!
-steale


Story Behind the Song:
As I laid in bed on a Saturday morning
my 5 year old daughter crawled in next
to me. She asked me, "If you could have one wish, daddy, what would it be?" ... I thought about her mom ...
The song was written that same day.
-steale

1ST-VERSE:
I walked along the ocean
Like a thousand times before
Lost in thoughts of you
I noticed something on the shore
It was a bottle made of gold
And when I wiped the away the sand
Towering before me
Stood the image of a man

2ND-VERSE
He said that I had set him free
And fate had just smiled down on me
One and only one wish now was mine
All the riches of the world, you see
Were at my beckon call
Whatever I decide, yeah
I would have it all


1ST-CHORUS:
Then suddenly it was clear to me
No decision to be made
If one and only one wish would come true,
Then I wish that I could stop loving you.


3RD-VERSE:
He said I am the greatest
That has ever walked this land
I've made kings, queens and history
Ever since the dawn of man
Then his eyes filled with sadness
As he looked down towards the sand
And said, "Though I am the greatest of them all..."

2ND-CHORUS:
There is one thing I confess to you
That even such as I can't do
There's one wish even I can't make come true
He said he couldn't stop my heart from loving you.


BRIDGE:
Somethings in this old world
Are forever cast in stone
So my memories and love for you
Are better left alone

Though the stars burn out,
the earth stand still
And the sun refuse to shine
This pain that lives inside of me
Is with me for all time

(Instumental)

1ST-CHORUS:

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Steale

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This Lyric is: #102

Morning in the Promised Land

Snow drifts down like wasted time,
parachuting ecstasy,
with promises of better times
while birds warm up their melodies,
feeding on the scattered crumbs.
We're waiting for the light to come,
while I hold your little hand,
this morning in the promised land.


The traffic coughs along the street
churning snow to smoke and ash.
The radio admits defeat,
tossing hope into the trash,
leaving love somewhere behind,
buried in this heart of mine,
to make its solitary stand
this morning in the promised land.

Chorus:
And as I watch the falling snow
I think of all the cold and bitter things
no six-year-old should ever have to know.
It’s something I don’t understand,
But every time I take your hand,
it's morning in the promised land.


It was nearly seven years ago
when I was wearing out my shoes
watching bills pile up like snow,
when your mother broke the news,
and people said this crowded world
had no use for one more girl,
as if they could have ever planned
this morning in the promised land.


(Chorus)


But now we celebrate the day
when you were born and grew in faith,
who taught her sister how to pray
for promises that Jesus made.
I love to see you smile like that,
a princess in a party hat,
who helped her father understand
it's morning in the promised land.


(Chorus)


Copyright 1998, 2000 Michael R. J. Roth


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This Lyric is: #103

Walk Away
Copyright 1/14/02
Written By: T.K. Durham


I grew up in a real small town
My daddy was seldom around
I was so young when I heard him say
“I may or may not be back tonight”
And then he walked away
And then he walked away

Daddy spent his life workin’ on the loadin’ docks
‘Cause that was all that he could do
One day daddy just didn’t come back
I guess he’d had enough too
So he walked away
Then he walked away

Momma sat me down in that kitchen chair
She said son sometimes life just ain’t fair
So listen close to what I say
Sometimes the best thing you can do...
Is walk away
Oh walk away
I heard her say... walk away

Late one night in a real small town
I saw a big man knock a pretty girl down
So I ran up and did the same to him
But he never got up again
I should’ve walked away
I should've walked away

As I looked down in her pretty bruised face
She looked up at me and quickly looked away
And so I asked her “Gonna be ok?”
She just whispered “I think…...
You better walk away…
You better walk away…..
I heard her say….
You better walk away

And as I did I felt so sad
‘Cause that was the last time I ever saw my dad
As I walked away…I walked away…
I walked away…I walked away…...
I grew up in a real small town



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This Lyric is: #104

Secondary Roads


The house needs some new siding
And there’s a junker in the yard
Ed’s workman’s comp ran out last month
And life is just damned hard

Inside him there’s a tug-o-war
For land he swore’d never be sold
But developers pay top dollar
Out on secondary roads

Since ’89 the corral’s been empty
And now there Dixie and Clyde
Hope seemed a long time comin’
But now the smiles are hard to hide

Teaching kids the love of horses
Was the dream of Ken and Rose
Now the dream’s coming ‘round again
On this secondary road

Chorus
The stories are full of passion as the snowy silent dark
When winter’s icy pincers grip the land
It’s a hang-on fight to stay and make a go
But one by one they’ll tell you,
For better or for worse
Life in all its grit and glory lives
Down secondary roads

Townships on the interstate
Build more suburbs every year
They sell ‘em off for half a million,
A tiny lot and not a tree

God knows where the money comes from
I don’t even want to know
But I know my dreams are richer
Out on secondary roads

On the chance I get to Heaven
I’ll admire those streets of gold
But I expect that I’ll find Jesus
Out on secondary roads

Chorus
The stories are full of passion as the snowy silent dark
When winter’s icy pincers grip the land
It’s a hang-on fight to stay and make a go
But one by one they’ll tell you,
For better or for worse
Life in all its grit and glory lives
Down secondary roads




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This Lyric is: #105

"YOU ARE MY HOME"
(Mike Hansen)

(verse 1)
There are millions of people on this earth
That bring one another light
And there are many roads along the way
Which offer wrong and right
Well the road I took that led to you
Was lit so bright
Like an Angel’s light
Struck and lit a fuse…

(Chorus)
You…you are my home, you are my resting place
You’re my center of gravity in this space
When I’m cold inside, you warm my soul
When I fall apart, you make me whole
With you by my side, wherever we may go
I’m at peace…Cause you’re my home

(Verse 2)
There are so many that drift along through their lives
And that’s fine for some to be
I Thank God that you reached far beyond
And awakened reality
You came along and took my life
And filled it up
For the world to see
With you I’m truly free…

(Chorus)
You…you are my home, you are my resting place
You’re my center of gravity in this space
When I’m cold inside, you warm my soul
When I fall apart, you make me whole
With you by my side, wherever we may go
I’m at peace…Cause you’re my home

(tag)
With you by my side, wherever we may go
I’m at peace…Cause you’re my home
You…you are my home, you are my resting place…


© 2002 Mike Hansen ASCAP


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This Lyric is: #106

Title: FINE LINE
Author: Arthur L. Smith
Copyright 2002

Fine Line

Verse:
There's a fine line
In this life we live
Between reality
And dreams

We keep searching
To find out where we stand
We keep sifting
Through the sand

Chorus:
I'm gonna use my two hands
And dig as far as I can

Verse:
There's a fine line
In the things we do
Some are false
And some are true

We keep searching
Trying to decide
Just which feelings
We should hide

Chorus:
I'm gonna use my two hands
And dig as far as I can

Break:
Instrumental

Verse:
There's a fine line
In the hearts we hold
Between the young
And the old

We keep searching
For something in between
For a place
That we can meet

Chorus:
I'm gonna use my two hands
And dig as far as I can

Break:
Instrumental

Verse:
Theres a fine line
That we can search for
To find the answers
To this war

Chorus:
I'm gonna use my two hands
And dig as far as I can

Break:
Instrumental

Chorus:
Instrumental
Copyright Lee Smith

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This Lyric is: #107

Reflections in a Bottle
Marty Helly © 1978. 2001


Waste away my life
Facing every day
Working on another bottle of gin
Wish that I could know
Would someone please tell me
How to get out of this state I'm in


Because I'm killing myself slowly
I'm dying all the time
This poison that's inside me keeps me going
I am so alone
Hiding in my bottle
To try and keep my loneliness
From showing


Times always so short
It seems to fly on by
Hung over in the morning and drunk at night
If I could touch your hand
See the smile on your face
Maybe I'd have the courage to set things right


But I am killing myself slowly
I'm dying all the time
This poison that's inside me keeps me going
I am so alone
Hiding in my bottle
To try and keep my loneliness
From showing


A smile on my face
Glazed look in my eyes
Stare at the glass and take another shot
There's a reflection in the bottle
I see your picture on the wall
Reminding me again of what I haven't got


So I keep killing myself slowly
I'm dying all the time
This poison that's inside me keeps me going
I am so alone
Hiding in my bottle
To try and keep my loneliness
From showing




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This Lyric is: #108

I Can't Stand The Pain
© Words and music by Calvin Stewart(2002)


Intro...............

A sad wind blows
The blues my way
Here's the reason why

My baby's gone
My sky's are grey
She told me goodby

CHORUS
The girl that stole my heart away, has found somebody new
I need someone to please tell me, what's a man to do
I'll grab a silver needle and , I'll stick it in my vein
I need a shot of something cool, before I go insane
You might not understand my ways, please let me explain
I can't live witout her love, I can't stand the pain

Instrumental break..........

I need her love
For ever more
You know that's no lie

But she just walked
Right out the door
Left me a lonely guy

CHORUS
The girl that stole my heart away, has found somebody new
I need someone to please tell me, what's a man to do
I'll grab my shiny fourty four, and put one in my brain
Or lie down on the cold steel tracks, and wait there for the train
You might not understand my ways, please let me explain
I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain


The end is here
They've dug my hole
But there's no need to cry

Cause I think God
Will bless my soul
He knows that I tried

Cause I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain
Cause I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain
Cause I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain
Cause I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain

Outro....




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This Lyric is: #109

Midnight Angel
(c)1995 Thomas Owen Miller

Verse 1
Why is it raining on a sunny day
And why are all my hopes and dreams,
Babe, gone away
I tried to do my best for you
And you know, that's all I could do
Is try--- Lord knows I tried

Verse 2
Then when I looked into your big brown eyes
I saw your love for me was gone
Had to realize
That this whole life was over,
And you and I were through
So, it's goodbye my Dana

Goodby my Dana
Goodbye my Dana
You chose to go


Verse 3
Why did you leave me here, Babe
All alone
It's cold out here, Mamma
I'm on my own
No one to tell my troubles to
And everytime I think of you
I cry, and then I die
(build)

Chorus:
Cause I love you,
My Midnight angel
And it hurts so bad
That you don't even know
That the monkey on your back
Won't let you go
Yes, the monkey on your back
I've come to know

Verse 4
Maybe someday
You'll grow up to see
The monkey will have gone away
And set you free
You'll be so much happier
Things will be much better
Believe you me
Believe and you will see
(build)

Chorus:
Cause I love you
My midnight angel
And it hurts so bad
To see you go this way
Cause the monkey on your back
won't let you go
And the dealer has an angel by the toe

Verse 5
Why is it raining on a sunny day
And why are all my hopes and dreams, Babe,
Gone away
I tried to do my best for you
But, Honey, you said we were through
So, it's goodbye my Dana

Goodbye, my Dana
Goodbye my Dana
You chose to go




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This Lyric is: #110

All Over You
Words and Music by Kurt Chandler

Off the top of my head
You're in the back of my mind
I'm in the palm of your hand
You're running up and down my spine
When I'm flat on my back
There's nothing more I can do
I'm all over you, I'm all over you

Right in front of your eyes
Right at the end of your nose
If I'm up to your neck
Or down to the tip of your toes
When I'm all out of breath
There's nothing more I can do
I'm all over you, I'm all over you

When I'm on my last leg (Standing solo)
You're at my fingertips (Nowhere to go)
On the tip of my tongue (Down so low so)
Or with a shake of your hips (You don't know)

The corner of my eye
Then I'm up to my ears
Right behind my back
I'm laughing in my own tears
Now you're just out of reach
There's nothing more I can do
I'm all over you, I'm all over you

With a nod of your head (Standing solo)
With a flick of the wrist (Nowhere to go)
You got me under your thumb (Down so low so)
And in the clench of your fist (You don't know)

The bottom of my heart
Deep inside my chest
Now you're out of my hands
Time to give it a rest
I go out of my mind
There's nothing more I can do
I'm all over you, I'm all over you



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This Lyric is: #111

HAVEN’T MET YOU YET written by Heidi Kristina Howe Copyright 2000

THE WAY YOU LAUGH WHEN MY JOKES AREN’T FUNNY
YOU FISHED MY WEDDING RING OUT OF THE DRAIN
THE WAY YOU DON’T MIND WAITING FOR ME
YOU PULL THE CAR AROUND IN THE POURING RAIN
IT TEARS AT MY HEART WHEN I SEE YOU HUG MY MOM
I THINK IT’S SWEET THAT YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOWER FROM YOUR PROM
WHEN IT IS MY BIRTHDAY I CAN BE SURE YOU WON’T FORGET
I LOVE YOU MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU
I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET


THE WAY YOU PLAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON SUNDAYS
YOU GET THE PAPER EVEN WHEN IT’S COLD
AND WHEN I’M MAD YOU SAY DARLIN IT’S NOT SO BAD
AND YOU REMIND ME THAT YOU’LL BE THERE WHEN I’M OLD
YOU SAY THAT I’M PERFECT EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW I’M NOT
YOU DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME COUNTING THE BLESSINGS YOU AIN’T GOT
I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE THERE IS A MAN I DON’T REGRET
I LOVE YOU MY HEART AND SOUL ARE TRUE
I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET

BRIDGE: YOU’VE GOT THAT SOMETHING I CAN’T PUT MY FINGER ON
THOUGH I’D LIKE TO TRY TO PUT MY FINGER ON IT ALL NIGHT LONG
I DON’T DO ANYTHING AT ALL UNSELFISHLY
I DON’T LOVE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE
BUT FOR WHO YOU MAKE ME BE


WHENEVER I’M WITH YOU I KNOW THAT I’M AT HOME
I CAN TELL YOU HONESTLY THE THINGS THAT I DON’T KNOW
CAUSE YOUR HEART IS ALWAYS OPEN AND YOUR MIND IS NEVER SET
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MORE THAN I WANTED TO
I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET


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This Lyric is: #112

Birthday Bliss
Written on June 1, 2002 (my mother's birthday) by Jamie Cunningham
Copyright © 2002


Today would have been her birthday
Had she lived
Now there's no need to celebrate
No card to give

She wanted no funeral
She hated anything to do with God
Hypocrites they all are
A false, superficial facade

She didn't pretend
To be something she was not
She drank and lived hard
No room for tommyrot

Children-well they were things that happened
In a drunken stupor
Fathered by God knows who
Considered just another blooper

Babies kept coming
Eight in all
Born to raise themselves
As mommy's thoughts ran of alcohol

Drunken nights
After the bar closed
Wake up the kids
Where anything goes

Children grew
Escaped at their first chance
Knowing things weren't normal
Feeling like a pissant

Holidays
They turned into a family brawl
Blame running rampant
Free to disenthrall

Finally they just stopped coming
Who needs this?
Dislocate from them all
No sweet family bliss

Then comes the news
That's she's dying
Wants to see you
Some sort of rectifying

Regrets
For not being a better mother
Drink came before
Any other bother

She died in bed
Weighing less than 90 pounds
Forgiveness
Makes the mind sound

So today would have been her birthday
Do you think she would have wanted a drink?
Just one for the road
To celebrate


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This Lyric is: #113

Mobster in Costume (July 2001)

You led me into a twisted world
I guess I should write a book about you.
But I wouldn’t know where to start.

In the park?
A stolen car?
Ten thousand dollars in your pocket.
We had ourselves one wild first time.

The buzz of adrenaline was as addictive as the heroin you peddled.
In two short days, I was hooked on you.

One crazy scheme after the next,
You were nonchalant about things
After all, it was ‘just business’

Mobster in costume
Hollywood makes films about you

You’re infamous in Antwerpen
The diamond merchants are you friend and villains.
They’ll hire you out
And then they’ll turn you in.

And man, you’ve got a vengeful streak.
You’d even up the score with style.
You could leave them quakin in their boots.

Mobster in costume
Hollywood makes films about you
Mobster in costume
Won’t forget the day I met you

You told me more than I should know.
At times, I had to flee the town for safety.
The best way they could get you was through me.

You wouldn’t stop your wild ways
Really couldn’t
Even if you tried.
There’s no escape once you’ve been inside.

Mobster in costume
Hollywood makes films about you
Mobster in costume
Won’t regret the day I left you


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This Lyric is: #114

BREAK OF DAY
words and music by Michael Maffei,
copyright 2001 by Michael Maffei
and Falling Star Music, BMI

Come to me now, in a dream again.
Hold on to me like you used to, when
The stars were setting on the Boulevard-
We were trying not to crash too hard.

Doing shots at dawn, at the Blue Dot Bar.
Never wondering how we got that far.
We'd welcome the day,
Yet we prayed for the dark-
Craving one last needle,
One last spark.

Now, my cigarette was just a running light
On that late flight we took every night.
Those days-
We were squeezing the life from a stone.
Never admitting-
We were too scared of going home alone.

Years went by, we all moved on.
I guess I thought all the feelings were gone, Until I got that call one late summer's night-
A friend said you'd either won or lost your fight...

There was so little left for me to do-
Plane reservations, a card or two...
You know I've never even
Seen your grave-
This was one thing
I could not control or save,

Now, my cigarette's just a running light
On this late flight that I'm on tonight.
These days,
I'm still squeezing the life from a stone.
Never admitting-
I'm too scared of going home alone.

Never admitting-
I'm too scared of being alone...


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This Lyric is: #115

I wrote this song, lyric and music, in the week before the tragic events of 9/11. Never thought it would have the meaning that it turned out to have -- a soldier in a war zone writing a letter to his wife back home...

SINCERELY YOURS
© 2001 Tom Guertin, All Rights Reserved
-------------------------------------------

(Verse 1)
Thought I’d share my love in a letter
Cheer you up, make you feel better
With the stroke of a pen I’m in your heart

Wish upon a four-leaf clover
My tour-of-duty will soon be over
End the lonely miles keepin’ us apart

Sincerely yours

(Verse 2)
Think of you in the mornin’ sunrise
Dream of your magnetic blue eyes
A vision of beauty etched in my mind

Day and night my thoughts will wander
To the life I love to ponder
With you and the kids I left behind

Sincerely yours
Sincerely yours

(Bridge)
Can’t wait to get back home
My love, my love, my love (Back-up singers)
I'm weary of the combat zone
My love, my love, my love (Back-up singers)
Soon I’ll be callin’ on the phone
My love, my love, my love (Back-up singers)
To hear your voice whisperin’,
Whisperin’ (Back-up singers)
To hear your voice tremblin’
Tremblin’ (Back-up singers)
When knowing that I’m finally...
On my way

(Verse 3)
I send all my hugs and kisses
To the woman I call my missus
Knowin’ that you love me I will survive

I’ll seal this letter as the sunsets
Now a tear’s as close as it gets
To make me feel that I’m alive

Sincerely yours
Sincerely yours
Sincerely yours
Sincerely yours



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This Lyric is: #116

Jesus Put You Into My Life
Robert H. Mahone (c) 1997


{ verse 1}
I remember the first time that I saw
In Heaven there is no marriage,
(There’s no marriage!) Just the power of God

I was devastated, thinking that this
could mean forever I’d miss
The greatest pleasure that a heart could ever own.

But then it occurred to me I’ve got eternity
And once the truth is revealed you will see
That the greatest joy of my time on this earth
Has come from loving you for all that I’m worth.

{ chorus 1}
I know that
Jesus put you into my life
My heart is pumping so strong
I could love you Forever and a day
I’m no longer of this world and it’s strife
I’m reconciled unto God
Where love just goes on
Forever and ever and more
Forever .. and ever
forever
forever and ever and more
{}

{ verse 2}
Ever since the day the Lord showed you to my heart
I’ve treated you as mine, yes I’m believing we will never part (We’ll be together)

There are so many people who’ve been burned before
And they would rather not trouble themselves with love anymore

Undeniably I’ve known failure in my life (in my life)
So I’ve been hesitant to even consider a wife

But then I fell down on my knees
To the One who strengthens me (my Jesus)
And I asked Him comfort you
So you too will see

By the washing of the water of the word (with a brand new heart)
I can love and share with you that my Jesus is Lord

{ chorus 2}
Believe me
Jesus put you into my life
My heart is pumping so strong
I could love you Forever and a day
I’m no longer of this world and it’s strife
I’m reconciled unto God
Where love just goes on
Forever and ever and (more)
Love is forever (Forever)
and ever (Forever)
Forever and ever and more
{}

{ Bridge }
When scripture says put not your trust in a man
It’s telling you about salvation which only Christ has to give (Jesus alone)
But from the start of God’s eternal plan
He made a true love relation as the way we should live

If the day never came that we married (that’s okay)
I’d have done what my Lord had told me (He said to love you)
For He’s certain to come and not tarry (Look up be ready)
Then together we’ll step into eter-nity

One thing I know (Ahhh)
Will make it through the fire (I uh)
And that’s my earnest desire (I)
that you know (know)

that
Jesus put you into my life (I’m so happy)
My heart is pumping so strong
I could love you Forever and a day (Look what God has done)
I’m no longer of this world and it’s strife (He’s let me love you)
I’m reconciled unto God
Where love just goes on
Forever and ever

Jesus put you into my life (I didn’t know what to do)
My heart is pumping so strong
I could love you Forever and a day (Then my Jesus He gave me you)
We’re no longer of this world and it’s strife (And He told me I’m supposed to love you)
We’re reconciled unto God
Where love just goes on
Forever and ever and more (I’m gonna love you)
Forever and ever and more (For my Jesus)
Forever and ever and more
Forever and ever, forever and ever
Forever and ever, forever and ever and
Love is forever (and ever)
Forever
Forever and ever and more

Jesus Put You Into My Life
Robert H. Mahone (c) 1997


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This Lyric is: #117

All Very Well by Simon Holden
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Copyright 2001

They say there’s billions of stars in the sky
But I only see one and I’m wondering why.
They say there’s plenty more fish in the sea
My only question is which one’s for me?

Sayings are all very well.
Sayings don’t tell my story at all.

They say there’s nothing to worry about
But try telling that one to a drowning boy scout.
Statistically speaking, your chances are fine.
Compared to your chances, I’d rather take mine.

Numbers are all very well.
Numbers don’t tell my story at all.

They say you can find it all on the Net
But a virtual sauna won’t make you sweat.
They say you’re only as old as you feel
But you’re too senile to know these feelings aren’t real.

It’s not lies!
It’s not true!
It means nothing
Unless it means something to you.

They say that housewives have all these old tales,
That little boys are made of puppy-dogs tails
And little girls are all sweetness and light.
If you ask my opinion, it’s a load of old shite!

Lyrics are all very well.
Lyrics don’t tell the whole story at all.

They say that many a truth is spoken in jest
And that Oscar Wilde always put it best.
They say that beauty’s in the viewer’s eyes.
Well, so very often it’s just a good disguise

This song is lies!
This song is true!
This song means nothing
Unless it means something to you.

It’s not lies!
This is true!
Words mean nothing
Unless they mean something to you.


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This Lyric is: #118

Candy On A Tray - erin gailsdaughter copyright 2001


verse 1:

Well you've gotta be kidding,
You want me again?
Your finger on the doorbell
When you've already let your
Self in.
Your vaselined tooth smile,
Your candy on a tray...
And I am watching my
Own mouth move in
Disbelief as
I ask
You to
Stay.

verse 2:

Don't you
Beg I
Am not
Listening.
Don't just
Stand there
A starving child!
Don't you
Even
Try to
Tame me,
I was
Born to
Be this wild...

bridge:

We've all become so easy...
Hand me a pill to please me, I've forgotten
Why I tried...
Sometimes it's only your face and daises,
That pick me up where I'm lazy and can
Bring me...
To the other
Side!

chorus:

Cause this monkey on my back,
Keeps clinging through this shaking.
And the pieces of myself
Are begging to be taken
Back!
This one-way whispered
Coversation selling
Cellular sedation, I

outro:

Want to feel!
I want to
fee
e
e
e
e
e
eel..
I
Want
To
Feel!
...Maybe I just want to feel,
...Maybe i just want to feel,
Maybe
I
Just want
To be

Real...



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This Lyric is: #119

Fixer-Upper

My poor old pickup is a long time paid for
But she don’t run the way she used to do
Th’guy I bought her from neglected to tell me
She had been abused
She’s got a lot of heart and decent tires
Too bad the owner was a jerk
It’s not her fault that she’s not what she used to be
She just needs a little work

chorus:
You’re talkin’ to me with your hungry eyes
but I smell a smokin’ gun
I know you’re lonely since she broke your heart, but
I don’t need another one-
I don’t need another fixer upper
I don’t need another one

Had a lover once I gave my heart to
He filled me up, he made me feel so fine
Then the shadows of his past brought rain clouds
Shadows of other times
He couldn’t trust me and he feared my freedom
He didn’t know that he was hurting me
I couldn’t prove that I was not the same as
The one who made the memory

Repeat first chorus

2nd chorus:
Someday the sky will clear and memories leave you
your heart will be your own
Come and see me when the hurt’s healed over
I don’t need another one-
I don’t need another fixer upper
I don’t need another one

Steve Lester, Darlene Lester
© 1999 Hanged Man Music BMI
from the CD 'I'm Ready'
artist Kristina Quigley
label: New Moon Records


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This Lyric is: #120

TITLE: "Doorway Of My Soul"
COPYRIGHT: Mary A. Lobsinger(Ali)
November 2001


In the Doorway of my Soul
I saw you standing there
How Long had you been watching
What did you come to share?

This wall around my heart now
Has never been exposed
You came into my life
through the Doorway of my Soul
through the Doorway of my soul

(chorus)
The doorway of my soul
the doorway of my soul
The door was open
Baby walk on through


I can not fight your presence
I can not stop this train
How long will we be riding
Is the question that remains

I can not turn around now
and yesterdays so far
I only know that I want you Baby
No Matter where you are
No Matter where you are

(chorus)
The doorway of my soul
The doorway of my soul
The door was open
Baby Walk on through

Take all of me you need now
And Fill your every wish
For when its time to leave me
Your Love is what I'll miss

I will always treasure your love
I'll never be the same
For I'll always feel this longing Babe
At the mention of your name
the mention of your name

(chorus)
The doorway of my soul
The doorway of my soul
The door was open
Baby walk on through...
The door was open
Baby walk on through...
The door was open
Baby walk on through



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This Lyric is: #121

Again
©2002 Raymond G. Mills

I hold you in my arms again
I try to read your mind again
I hold this moment
Like a childhood music box
I watch you dance into my veins

Our hearts so young, our hearts so pure
I gave you the key and you opened up the door
With only candlelight
I let you look inside
You lit a fire I cannot hide

I hold you in my arms
And I will never let you go
Again

Is this passion or the rain?
Both crept up on us and can wash us just the same
But your words like razors cut
So deep across my veins
Why did it have to come to this?

I hold you in my arms
And I will never let you go
Again

Never let you go again
Never let you go again…

I hold you in my arms
And I will never let you go
Again


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This Lyric is: #122

“In Black And White”
copyright '97 Katherine Sawyer Hand Wash Music/BMI

All these words that I've written seem to go nowhere
They sit in piles and wrinkle
No one to read them

All my fears

And aches and pains remembered in some new way
As I write them out
Page by page

Let them drain, trickle out through the years
No one to read them

All my fears

Forget the price they may bring
With some new light shed
Never to illuminate
As if the language could recreate
The things I feel

All these words go by me
Never enter me
Always leaving me more alone
Exploring me

All my fears

Never heard
Deafening
Endless suffering

All my fears

I give to you
I want you to know them too

All my fears

Take them from me and hold me
Near

Forget the price they may bring
With some new light shed
Never to illuminate
As if the language could recreate
The things I write

All these words define me
Explain away my life
There in black and white
Filling all the lines

All my fears



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This Lyric is: #123

SWEPT AWAY
LYRICS & MELODY & MUSIC BY RUTH M. WARE

MUSIC
VERSE 1
Seems I've been misled and I don't understand
Why you choose to play I only want to please you
You say loves for real but you've got a wind that you can't shield
VERSE 2
You pick me up then you let me down
Up and down you twirl my love around
So I had to boy make sure if our love would ever endure
So I built a castle around you boy
Built it so strong so no one could blow it down
CHORUS
Every time I build love up you tear it down swept away
I've been swept away ayee I've been swept away
I'd do anything that you want me to
But boy you've got to give me your love too
I've been swept away (here comes) thunder and pain, I've been swept away
VERSE 3
I noticed since the day we met you've been trying to play hard to get
So I had to play your game and fake it
It was a chance I had to take
VERSE 4
I had to come on strong cause boy I had to find out what turned you on
So I built a fort around my heart, but then you came along and you tore it down
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Baby how can I make you understand that I love you, and I need you
I wanted to know what turned you on
Just like the wind you come and go, your blowin' my mind
CHORUS/AD-LIB
Every time I build love up you tear it down
I, I, I want to know what turns you on
I've been swept away, I've been swept away
(here comes) thunder and pain
I thought our love was built on solid ground but every time I build love up you tear it down
Oho I love you, and I need you, I wanted to know what turned you on
I've been swept away ayee
Swept away in a hurricane, swept away in a hurrincane (here comes) thunder and pain
All through the night I hold my pillow tight
Thinking of you in a very special way
Your not around, your not around, your not around baby

(c)1994 Ruth M. Ware (BMI)

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This Lyric is: #124

BABY DON'T GIVE UP ON ME
© 2001 moses hauffen

You lay my clothes outside the door I guess I know what you're intendin'

An' I stand frozen I can't speak All I wanna' do is disappear

Then I tremble like a winter leaf Waitin' for the final chillin' breeze

To tear me from your tree
Baby don't give up on me
Baby don't give up on me


We were too young I will admit Being married's harder than pretendin'

An' I'm forgetful about you
So you ask yourself why keep me here

Then I crumble like an Oreo All dunked out with no where else to go

It's silly yeah I know So baby don't give up on me
Baby don't give up on me


Baby don't give up on me please believe I never meant to hurt you
Lovin' you has been the only thing I've tried to do right
So baby don't give up on me

Baby don't give up on me please believe I never would desert you
Lovin' you has been what gets me through this life
So baby don't give up on me


Your mama say's I'm a good man
That only needs some understandin'

But when's the last time you recall That we understood 'bout anything

So I'm pleadin' for my life with you Be my judge be my jury too

Be the sentence that I need But baby don't give up on me

Baby don't give up on me Baby don't give up on me
Baby don't give up on me




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This Lyric is: #125

Happy
by Jen Tobey
c 2002

And my mind's turning to stone
Where has my body gone?
Lie as you've done to me
And let my body greive

What it takes to make me happy?
It's unlike anything you've seen!
And I can't stand to be exactly
What you want me to be
'Cause I'm already torn

Bruises fit the lives they leave
Colored by the jaded lives we lead
You can't do much to take it back
The past is already gone away

What it takes to make me happy?
It's unlike anything you've seen!
And I can't stand to be exactly
What you want me to be
And I just want to be me
'Cause I'm already torn




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This Lyric is: #126

author: robbin thompson
copyright: 2002
title: ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE BLUES

you do everything to mak'em go away
but you know in the end there's nothin' you can do.
they tell you that it's part of lifes price you pay
so you try not to let'm get the best of you.
buildin' walls behind you,
hopin' that they won't find you
but you know when they do
you're gonna let'em walk on thru
so, you're tryin to stay...
one step ahead of the blues.

there ain't nobody that's immune.
though i've seen a lot of people hide it all inside.
but when they're alone it's a different tune,
tears tumble down like a landslide.
'cause when they've finally found you,
the walls crumble down around you,
you're hopin' that it's wrong,
but you know it's true...
your just tryin to stay...
one step ahead of the blues.
tryin to win in a game,
your bound to loose.
you tried every trick in the book,
you knew how to use,
there just ain't no way you can stay...
one step ahead of the blues.

...buildin' walls behind you,
hopin that they won't find you,
cause you know when they do
you're gonna let'em just walk on thru...
so you're tryin to stay...
one step ahead of the blues.
tryin to win in a game,
that your bound to loose.
you've tried every trick in the book,
you knew how to use,
but there ain't no way you can stay
a step ahead of the blues.
you keep tryin to stay...
one step ahead of the blues.

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This Lyric is: #127

TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS
Mollie Baxter
(c) 2001

Tissue paper flowers arranged in my window
On my hands I had a few spare hours
So I made a summer in a day
This morning it was raining
But now the sun is shining
And there’s no work tomorrow and so
Everything’s ok

Chorus:
Dung dung dung dayoh godayoh
Day lay lay dung a dayoh
Umbum bum dikada dum
Umbum bum dikada dum
Dung dung dung dayoh godayoh
Day lay lay dung a dayoh
Bum bum dikada dum

I have a friend called Lazy
She lives in the room above
Sometimes I hear her singing
When she thinks nobody else is home
She has her hair in beads and braids
When she walks sometimes it sounds like rain
We keep meaning to do my hair that way
But we never get round to it

Chorus

Sometimes I go to Samuel’s
Buy a coffee and sit for an hour or two
Writing things as the people pass outside
Something Lazy says she could never do
She says I’m self-contented
I try to tell her I’m just bad tempered
And not used to this people-thing just yet
There’s far too much catching up to do

Chorus into Bridge:

Throw your window open wide
See pavements grow slick with caught sunlight
If you stand just so you can see right through
Breathe it in and fall into the blue

Lazy’s sister Katy is counting her footsteps
On the pavement below
She’s been finding the price of things too high
Leaves a trail of sand wherever she goes
She says she’s wasting time
The grains are falling fast in the hourglass in her mind
I’m not sure if she really needs to find
A man to turn it for her

Chorus


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This Lyric is: #128

The lyric: A GIFT

Here I have a gift
I'm giving you my heart
My heart's my gift for you
I want to see it through
All I want to do is give


With this gift to you
You must hold it true
For if not I'll be blue
Which then will show you
My heart's not for you.

A gift so true
A gift pure without blue
I give my heart to you
My heart's my gift for you


Therefore deep within
I hope you don't pretend
But take this gift (my heart)
My heart's mt gift to you
All I want to do is give

I have a gift for you
All I want to do
So take my heart
A gift

So take my heart
A gift so true
My gift to you....

By: Andrienne Tazari "Angel"

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This Lyric is: #129

little box of fantasy
(c)2002 marie taziki

v1
you know it's been rough
but i still hang tough
through all the years ive conquered fears
and etched in time i'll make my mark
with a bit of rhyme and a bit of spark

v2
if i'm walkin through molasses
i might need a pair of good glasses
on my feet to see beyond this flight
which i place my heart yes i place my sight
yes i place my sight

ch
i see my dreams reality
in my little box of fantasy
it's full of possibilities
my little box of fantasy

br
my heart extends my soul
for my fingers to enroll
i seek to set you free
my dreams that come lately

instr

v3
it feels like it's tangible
like you can touch you can feel
it then becomes so incredible
like something odd and sureal
odd and sureal

ch
i see my dreams reality
in my little box of fantasy
it's full of possibility
my little box of fantasy

i seek to set you free
my dreams lately


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This Lyric is: #130

IN A LIFE by Steve Goldberger
From my new album, GUMBO DREAMS.
To hear a clip of this song: www.stevegoldberger.com
---------------------------------------------
In A Life (S. Goldberger)

In a life there's hope and dreams of love and wishes made of gold
But as years go by reality sinks in
And takes its bitter hold and stays until you're old.

In a life we live and dream of a peace that can't be bought and sold
But the fear and hate that has lived forever
Will always be our ball and chain as we cause each other such pain

In a life, the moments just speed by
In a life, they're gone in the blink of an eye

In a life you hope to have good friends who'll be there when you cry
Oh but when your world comes crashing down,
And you thought that they would be around,
They always let you down.

In a life, the road you take is your own
In a life, sometimes you gotta go it alone
In a life, the time goes by so fast
In a life, gotta make the good times last

In a life we have a power to heal and help our fellow man
But we sit around crying 'why why me?"
When we could be out there lending a hand -
And doing the best that -
-- could be out there taking a stand -
-- could be out there leading the band
And doing the best that we can.

Steve: bass, acoustic guitar, kalimba, synthesizer, lead and background vocals
Eric Mahar: guitar / David Norris: drums
Penner MacKay: djembe, triangle, shaker
Conrad Kipping: mandolins / Jan Hanko: fiddle / Mark Lalama: piano
Rob Wilikinson: tin whistle /Jane Johanson & Jenny L. Wright: vocals
copyright 2001 SOCAN Dory Cottage Music


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This Lyric is: #131

Copyright 1999 Bruce Madole

Paris in the Spring

Paris was a girl of most particular delights
she liked her lipstick shiny and she loved her dresses tight
and in the evening she would stroll along the boulevard
she loved the way men smiled at her when she wasn't even trying hard
and she wrote her letters home and laughed and signed them
always Paris in the Spring

Paris said the world is made of stories, line by line
and some of us are fairy tales and some of us are lies
and we invent ourselves by merely daring to have dreams
though someone else would do that for us even while we sleep
and she wrote her letters home and laughed and signed them
always Paris in the Spring

And Paris she was beautiful as spring leaves in the rain
when the branches stand out black and wet against the bursting green
and we will never see the like of Paris here again
here along these mean and gritty streets, oh, these lonely, lonely streets

Paris filled our glasses then she said, I have to go
like a strange exotic butterfly that fluttered through my window
we used to drink our wine here in this café, don't you know
I imagine that I'll sit here every night till I grow old
but she left me with a letter, signed it Love,
always Paris in the Spring.



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This Lyric is: #132

"Thousand Years"
words & music by Jim Quinlivan
(c) 2001 Room 908 Music/BMI

Standing at the crossroads
Of another place and time
Flashing back and moving on
And walking down the line
The years are just like numbers
Counting down inside my mind
These days are like no others
There is nowhere left to hide

These are millennium days
If ever there was time for change
...Make it now

And either way the wind blows
It's hard to know where you'll land
The twenty-first century shadow
Of a twentieth century man
And dreams you've held your whole life long
Can slip right through your hands
So I am holding fast and strong
With all the power of my prayers

Through these millennium days
If ever there was time to change
...Take it now

Yes, these are days for holding on
Times may change but time goes on
And we go on...

Through these millennium days
If ever there was time for change
...It's now
Oh, these are millennium days
Nothing can remain the same
If ever there was time to change...

It's midnight, Cinderella
But it's not your last chance
Here's another thousand years
To find some happiness
Find some happiness
Find some happiness...

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This Lyric is: #133

Brandon Moved Away
By Judy Domeny Bowen
Copyright 1999

Tommy raced in with a shout, "Mrs. Bowen!" he called out,
"Did you know Brandon moved away?"
Tommy ran off to his seat as my heart fell to my feet
Because Brandon moved away.
It wasn't that I'd miss him, oh, no quite the opposite,
He was trouble every minute of the day.
But as hard as he would fight me I would try that hard and more,
Now I don't know where he is and I just pray

Chorus
Brandon, wherever you are
I hope you're warm and safe as you can be,
I pray someone will have heart enough
To see that you are not so tough
As you would like the world to believe,
I wish you love within a family.

"Teacher," asked young Tommy, "did he get to say good-bye
Before Brandon moved away?
Did you know he's got a new school and a brand new family,
Though he don't know how long with them he'll stay.
Hey look--he left his schoolbox in his desk, do you suppose
That I could have it? There's not very much inside.
Just a few old broken crayons and a Valentine from you...."
And with that I couldn't help but start to cry

Chorus

I turned to see his drawing on the wall behind my desk,
A tiny person, scribbled out in black.
Just a kindergarten kid with no one to call his own,
It hurts that Brandon won't be back.
Abandoned by his mother when the boy was only two,
Where his father is we simply do not know.
Moving 'round in foster care, throwing tantrums, throwing chairs,
Lord, I wonder where in life that boy will go

Chorus

Brandon, you'll always be loved by me.

------------------
Judy Domeny Bowen


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This Lyric is: #134

"Sea of Spirits" c 2002 Royce Miller

Today I heard you went away
On the sea of spirits
Through the screen I looked upon
A vast expanse of green
It rolls on forever, like eternity
I could feel your spirit on the sea

Today I saw you drift from me
On the sea of spirits
Through my tears I spotted you
Moving to the shore
It was not as far away as I once imagined
I saw you go through a bright pearl door

Then peace embraced my soul
As I looked on the sea of spirits
There you stood and looked at me
From the other side
We are separated by this ocean for awhile
But I called out your name and saw you smile.


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This Lyric is: #135

HEAVEN WAS FILLED WITH ELECTRICITY
By: Jan S Johansen (c)2001
Homepage: http://hometown.aol.co.uk/janvaljohansen/MrJan.html
1.Verse:
Heaven was filled with electricity
Last night when Heaven set eyes on me
I felt a shiver go through my spine
When your sky-blue eyes lit up like mine

2.Verse:
You were surrounded by quite a few
Yet each one around faded but you
No one can stop time or save blind souls
But when you smiled I swear you came close

CHORUS:
YOU LIT A YEARNING DEEP IN MY SOUL
THAT JUST TOOK THE BREATH OUT OF ME
AND AS IT WAS BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
HEAVEN WAS FILLED WITH ELECTRICITY

3.Verse:
Heaven was filled with electricity
The moment you made a move for me
I senses my racing heart skip a beat
And just stood there rooted to my feet

4.Verse:
Right in the middle of the dance floor
We stood in silence knowing the score
Sometimes I can't find the words to say
I guess those times are best left that way

CHORUS:
YOU LIT A YEARNING DEEP IN MY SOUL
THAT JUST TOOK THE BREATH OUT OF ME
AND AS IT WAS BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
HEAVEN WAS FILLED WITH ELECTRICITY

5.Verse:
Heaven was filled with electricity
As you touched my arm oh so gently
I felt your tight grip inside my chest
And just cannot remember the rest

bridge:
though I tried to fight it
my burning yearnings exploded
and later ........ much later
I saw your soul Rise in your sky-blue Eyes

CHORUS:
YOU LIT A YEARNING DEEP IN MY SOUL
THAT JUST TOOK THE BREATH OUT OF ME
AND AS IT WAS BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
HEAVEN WAS FILLED WITH ELECTRICITY

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This Lyric is: #136

"The Driving Song"
-by Maggie Daly (of Jackson Daly)

What's your driving song
what pumps you up
which broken-hearted, sad song
really rips you up
What do you like to hear,
wind blowing through your hair
smoke blowing back at you
ashes, too, but you don't care

What is it that crosses your mind
when nothing more than you and time
are hanging out, side by side by side...

What's your living song
what jams you out
what funky, feel-good, strong tune
really kicks it out
What do you like to see,
what makes you tick
what long-lost, ancient memory
hits you like a brick

What is it that crosses your mind
when nothing more than you and time
are hanging out, side by side by side...

They say it's a 'guy thing'
a man and his car
I guess my masculinity, well,
it takes me pretty far
This is my music,
it's written in gold
pouring out my molten soul
along the road we toll

What is it that crosses your mind
when nothing more than you and time
are hanging out, side by side by side...

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This Lyric is: #137

Thrift Store T-Shirt
(c) 2002 by Lee Simmons

I had a dream
About a suit size 13
A vintage all-weather
With corinthian leather
A lavender piece of work
Made me look like a jerk
Jonesin' like some fool
Missed the bus to the old school
So I set out this morning
With very little warning
And a vision of grandeur
For a new look de rigeur
I found the answer
A little trendy enhancer
In a throwaway bin
That delivered me from sin

Some say a man without style
Is a man full of hurt
But I feel no pain in my
Snappy new thrift store t-shirt

Well I'm not opposed
To expensive new clothes
But my shirt exceeds
All others in deeds
With its vintage silk screen print
On aqua marine tint
I'm a rebel with panache
In my cold machine wash

Some say a man can't survive
On only dessert
But I take the cake in my
Sassy new thrift store t-shirt

And I'm wearing it well
Out from my Tommy Boy shell
Everyone is ditching the cat walk
And living to tell

Well some tell the future
By learning the past
The mistakes that were made
The successes that last
Like Klein and Armani
Chanel, Rebagliati
Donatella and Gianni
And the Family Versace
All bellwethers to be sure
Of the new haute couture
To each his own forte
In the old pret-a-porte

If the clothes make the man
Then I'm better off wearing a skirt
But I found religion in my
Brand new thrift store t-shirt

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This Lyric is: #138

ALL I WANT NOW
(c) 20002 Margaret MacDonald

V1: Red bougainvillea grows
Out by the garden wall
Goes well with weeds and rust
Sun fades the photographs
And bakes the dusty road
Where we once played our games

CH: I didn't wait around
To see how you turned out
But you're all I want now

V2: We sang Amazing Grace
Just like a gospel choir
I dressed up as a bride
We had a hiding place
Up in the old elm tree
We planned our great escape

I didn't wait around
To see how you turned out
But you're all I want now

BR: And my heart never left here, just went for the ride
And I didn't really think I'd miss you
Look how long it took me just to realize
That I really need to be back here with you

V3: House needs a lick of paint
And a bit of window glass
And fresh new curtains too
You know I'm not a saint
And I don't have an alibi
For all those years away

I didn't wait around
To see how you turned out
But you're all I want now
You're all I want now





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This Lyric is: #139

The Wisdom Of A Child
c. 2002 by Lisa Lukas

Verse 1:

The minute you were born,
I belonged to you,
My child and my new teacher
Your arms outstretched,
Flapping like a baby crow.

They laid you down
Inside my arms and I could
Hear you softly whisper
Your new born voice
Gave me all I need to know, 'cause

CHORUS:

The wisdom of a child
Sees better than I
The heart is big as the sky
How to let this life just be, and then
Like a blade of grass
That bends in the wind
Going up and down and up again,
With a spirit that is free and wild
I learned how to love --
From the wisdom of a child.

Verse 2:

How could I have ever known
That you would leave
This earth before me?
Now I am lost, &
Searching for you everywhere

A bird is flying high
Up in the air
The waves crash down below me
Is that a sign from you?
Are you still here? -- 'cause

CHORUS:

The wisdom of a child
Is hiding from me
& I can no longer see
Will you cradle me to end this pain
'Cause my heart won't heal
Til I find you again
Now my sorrow is the winter rain
& your silence is so deep and wild
That I will go mad
Without the wisdom of a child.

BRIDGE:

Whisper to me
Inside my dreams
I will be listening to all that you say --
You are the wind
That blows through the trees
& I will be waiting to meet you someday -- 'cause

CHORUS:

The wisdom of a child
Understands more than me
To look beyond what I see
How to find your beauty in a stone
With the endless sea,
I will not be alone
And I know your memory is my home
Like a spirit that is free and wild
Teach me how to live on
From the wisdom of a child.




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This Lyric is: #140

"Breathing Underwater"

I found you on your island warm and dry
You never waded in over waist high
But my home is far from shore and the current runs strong
and I cannot stay in shallow water for long

I’m breathing underwater
I’m not fighting for air
I may drown in the deep
but I don’t care
cuz I love you and you love me
but I cannot make you swim with me

My skin is glistening listening to you lie
beside me on terra firma explaining why
For a few precious moments I felt alive
and I don’t know how but I know I’ll survive

I’m breathing underwater
I’m not fighting for air
I may drown in the deep
but I don’t care
cuz I love you and you love me
but I cannot make you swim with me, swimming in the deep

I know it’s safer in the water you tread
but I’d rather dive in over my head

cuz I’m breathing underwater


Written by Ali Handal
© 2002 Alivibe (ASCAP)


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This Lyric is: #141

"Dear God"

Verse:
Dear God, are You listening?
Dear God, are You there?
I’ve been wondering lately, what You might have to say
About all the struggles and pain. Is it fair?

Verse:
Dear God, can You hear me?
Dear God, are You really what You say?
Creator of the universe, Maker of all things
I just don’t seem to understand. Help me to understand,
Understand Your way.

Verse
Dear God, can You help me?
Dear God, sometimes my doubt just takes control.
Blessed are those that believe, but have not seen.
Lord, can You show me? Is there any in between?
I mean no dishonor,
But I’m blind by what I see, Dear God.

Bridge:
I am just a man who seeks Your heart.
Searching as my world falls apart.
Hoping for a chance to see Your face.
I’m astounded by Your gift of grace.

Verse:
Dear God, do You love me?
Dear God, why do You even care?
When I just ignore You, don’t have the time to spare.
I hope You’ll forgive me, when I come to see You there.
I pray You’ll forgive me, Your love’s beyond compare.
Dear God.
I pray You’ll forgive me, when I come to see You there.

© Copyright 2002 Fred Said Productions ASCAP
7206 Carrie Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46237
(317) 887-2046
Email: synthkbd@hotmail.com
Words & Music By Frank D. Jones
Web: http://frankjonez.tripod.com

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Keep Looking Up!

Frank D. Jonez

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This Lyric is: #142

DAZE LIKE THIS (Bruce Irving)

Walked out the door again with my shoes on the wrong feet
Tried to find my car but it was parked on another street
In the few days since I met you, girl
It's like I'm living on a tilt-a-whirl
Goin' up the down escalator
It's my new infatuator - puts me in a

chorus
DAZE LIKE THIS
Like a wakin' dream I'm walkin' around in a
DAZE LIKE THIS
After just one kiss I knew I'd be happy to live
The rest of my DAYS LIKE THIS

The first time you smiled at me I was too tongue-tied to speak
And all that night I tossed and turned, it was impossible to sleep
I can't do much but think of you
But that's all that I want to do
You've got to be the best thing ever
And I never want to stop - living in a

CHORUS

Words & music by Bruce Irving © 2002, all rights reserved

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This Lyric is: #143

TALKIN’ LIKE AN ANGEL
Music by Beth Thornley and Rob Cairns
Lyrics by Beth Thornley
copyright Stiff Hips Music, 2001

V1: Talkin’ like an angel while I left you there to dangle.
I was talkin’ like an angel, so devine.
Spinning pretty, spinning fine, wings and fingers intertwine.
And I was talkin’ like an angel while I left you there to dangle.

V2: You were more intriguing ‘cause I knew that I’d be leaving.
Timing always has been everything.
But I can’t remember when I didn’t ache from end to end
and you’re a sweet relief, however brief, you suspend your disbelief.

Chorus: Talkin’ like, talkin’ like, talkin’ like an angel.
Talkin’ like, talkin’ like, talkin’ like an angel.

V3: Never one for rumours I’ll just say I never knew you.
Redemption comes in every size and style.
And it’s better if forever lasts for just a little while
and there’s no guarantees or quick remedies for most of these miles

Bridge: And this isn’t gonna hurt a bit, after all it helps when I close my eyes.
And everything is gonna be alright, after all an angel never lies. (to chorus)


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