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This Lyric is: #150

I've Found My Own
Words and Music by Laura Berman
Copyright Orange Ray Music, BMI

I've often wondered if every yes, or no, or maybe is why I'm here
And why the twists and the turns have left me limber with an open mind
And maybe mistakes may have only been choices that felt right then

The spirits move me where I need to go
The Universe shows me my place
I trust in it all but most of all
I trust in me to see...that

I've found my own
I've made my way home
And if I drive myself off my track
I rest assured, I'll steer myself back

I've often seen the pulls left and right
Leave the center all alone
Is there fear when you feel all alone?
Where once there was fear now there's sweet solitude

choices that felt right then

The spirits move me where I need to go
The Universe shows me my place
I trust in it all but most of all
I trust in me to see...that

I've found my own
I've made my way home
And if I drive myself off my track
I rest assured, I'll steer myself back

It's not about knowing, but finding out
What turns our wheels is this burn to find out
I read once
I read once
That success is not a destination but a journey...

I've found my own
I've found my own
I'm home now.

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This Lyric is: #151

You Never Knew About Me
(c) by Joe Burke

A pig can't dig what enough is
The smooth don't groove what the rough is
The strung-out doubt where the stuff is
And you never knew about me

The hot ain't got what the cold was
The shy can't buy what the bold does
The new can't clue what the old was
And you never knew about me

The wet can't get what the dry is
The land can't stand where the sky is
The low don't know what a high is
And you never knew about me

A mink can't drink like the drunks do
Gazelle don't smell like the skunks do
A plant can't chant like the monks do
And you never knew about me

The turn won't learn what the straight is
The fence can't sense where the gate is
The flea don't see what his fate is
And you never knew about me

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This Lyric is: #152

"The Birds and The Bees"
by LeAnne Reaves
(copy 2001)

(Intro)

When I was a small child my natural curiosity
Led my parents to tell about the birds and the bees
Then when my own little ones questions were the same
It became my job to explain
Our children's children's children
Will all ask in their own way
But my fear is that down the line a future child might say

(Chorus)

Mother tell us what were birds?
Father what were bees?
These are only just strange words
To my friends and me
Mother what were birds?
Father what were bees?
Won't you tell us - won't you tell us please?
All about the birds and the bees

(Bridge)

The story goes that they could fly
But how could that be true?
You surely know if it's a lie
That's why we're askin' you
And were they pretty colors
Like you said the earth once was?
Could the birds really sing?
And why did the bees buzz?

(Repeat Chorus)

(Tag)
Why is it such a secret
A secret no one will explain?
And what did Great Granddad mean
When he said you're all too ashamed?

Mother what were birds?
Father what were bees?
Won't you tell us - won't you tell us pretty please
All about the birds and the bees
All about the birds and the bees


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This Lyric is: #153

We Danced The Night Away

Can you recall when we were seventeen
and we were with that really happen'in scene
On Friday night we would begin our rounds
we must have danced in every club in town

We never got tired
We would always stay late
Come Saturday night
We were still feeling great

As we would dance the night
Dance the night away
Seems just about every song was our song that they'd play

Although I'm standing here an old old man
above your simple grave
I can still see us as we danced the night away

We lived our lives the way we used to dance
A winning team with just a touch of romance
I never thought that there might be a day
my dancing partner would be taken away

We never got tired
We would always stay late
Come Saturday night
We were still feeling great
As we would dance the night
Dance the night away

Seems just about every song was our song
that they'd play
Although I'm standing here an old old man
above your simple grave
I can still see us as we danced the night away

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This Lyric is: #154

BREATHE OUT

Words & Music: Mitchelle Tanner
(c)2002 Brave Imaginations Music
(www.touch4you.com/breatheout.mp3)

The village splits and the ocean fills dry land
From out of the shadows a cat’s eyes blaze to life
Mirror of the one source of the one fire
That lights us all

And there’s a long road
Out beyond the other side of temptation there is
Nothing to believe in when there are no words

CH:
But sometimes you’ve just gotta let it all go
And breathe out, breathe in
And start again
(And love again)

BR:
And the water as it rises
Washes you out to sea
But Atlantis still stands
At least some people believe
And as you tumble in the wreckage
Of your heart’s darkest night
Remember when you surface
Once again you’ll take flight

But the earth shifts and the deserts they sink into the shadows
Of rooms that are hidden and dark
From way back in the season when there was no reason
To believe anything we were taught

Ah but the tribal man he whispers a story we all know
And the bats and the birds in a blaze of wings
Break through the walls
Bringing thunder from the heart of the darkness
Thunder from the heart of the darkness
That we all know, deep in our souls
Deep in our souls
Deep in our souls
Yeah, oh yeah

(CH, V1, CH, End)


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Mitchelle Tanner
www.mitchelletanner.com
Take a listen at: www.mp3.com/mitchelletanner

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This Lyric is: #155

ALRIGHT
(c) 2001 mallory mckendry

I'm just a girl with a guitar
And some drive and a dream
I guess I've got a voice
And a soul that wants to sing
But all that really matters
Is shooting for moonbeams
And dancing to the strumming
Of your spiritual strings

Be in spired
Be alive
Walk the wire
Don't just live to die
Wear your heart
Out on your sleeve
And always believe
It's all alright

I go out climbing in the mountains
Dancing in the sea
Swimming soulful fountains
Living my life free
Looking all around the World
To see what I can see
It's so beautiful everywhere I stand
There's nowhere else I'd rather be

Be inspired
Be alive
Walk the wire
Don't just live to die
Wear your heart
Out on your sleeve
And always believe
It's all alright

I've lead a life of great adventure
Great heartache too
I've always sought the answers
And questioned every rule
Yet here I am all fat and happy
And how are you?
Do you love the life you live?
'Cuz that's all you've got to do

So
Be inspired
Be alive
Walk the wire
Don't just live to die
Wear your heart
Out on your sleeve
And always believe
It's all alright

Always believe
It's all alright

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This Lyric is: #156

Worlds Apart
By: Jonathan Nethery

Verse 1
-------
You say,
"We come from different worlds."
And I say,
"That's what makes us great."
You say,
"How could it not matter?"
But I say,
"Put some trust in fate."
You say...

Chorus
------
"We're worlds apart."
But that's how it starts
And when we collide
Nothing can be denied - we're worlds apart

Verse 2
-------
Well you say,
"Let's try and take it slow."
And I say,
"Let's start trying tonight."
You say,
"If it happens, it happens." And that's okay
But I say,
"I won't give up the fight."
You say...

(chorus)

Bridge
------
Well opposite's attract
And our polarities
Are definitely different

(chorus - x2)

We're worlds apart
We're worlds apart
We're worlds apart
Nothing can be denied
When we're worlds apart

-End-

Worlds Apart(C)2002 Jonathan Nethery

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Jonathan Nethery
Satellite's Landing

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This Lyric is: #157

KEEPIN’ ME
Composed by:
Gerald H. Beulah, Jr. & Tejai Beulah
© 2001 SOUL FOOD MUSIC (BMI)


I’d like to grow up, be the best that I could be
Maybe see the world – by air, land or sea

I wanna run barefoot, let my hair grow free
I could, if you would consider
Keepin’ Me

I’d like to come home and show you my Report Card
Graduate, become a scientist, or operate on the heart

Maybe be a great orator with some wisdom to impart
Perhaps you would agree and consider
Keepin’ Me

Keepin’ Me
Might make all the difference in the World
You’d be just fine raisin’ a happy boy or girl

Keepin’ Me
May even turn your dark to light
It’s not about wrong or right

It’s about Me…

I’d like to One Day laugh with my best friend
Cry when I didn’t win
Feel your love through thick and thin
It seems we might as well begin
As far as I can see
If you would decide to be
Keepin’ Me


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This Lyric is: #158

Bring It Back
words/music "Guitar" Pete Mahan
copy write May, 2000

My baby just left me and she's cruisin' on down the road. Yeah! My baby just left me and she's cruisin' on down the road. She took all my money and then she took my love.

Well, she's a beautiful lady and she really stands out in a crowd. She's a beautiful lady and she really stands out in a crowd. With a metal flake paint job makes a statment that isn't too loud.

Chorus--Come on Baby bring me back my beautiful car. Yeah! Do it right now before you get too far! Come on Baby give me back my car!

Solos...

Chorus--Come on Baby bring me back my beautiful car. Yeah! Do it right now before you get too far! Come on Baby give me back my car!

It's 68 mustang dual quads and more, tuck and roll upholstry with four on the floor. She's my...my beautiful lady. So... Come on baby bring me back my beautiful... Come on honey bring me back my beautiful... Come on baby bring me back my beautiful car.



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This Lyric is: #159

Night
by Toni Brown (c)2002 T.Brown

When night spreads its wings o'er the city
And the dank streets fall quiet and dark
Into your arms I will wander
Bright in love's passionate spark

There dreams will turn into shadows
Unreal in life's fathomless swell
Where love can conquer all demons
Surreal is love's hynotic spell

Chorus: I call your name to the wind
And it howls through concrete canyons
Echoes softly in dark alleys
Lighting my way
A street lamp is flickering
My footsteps are quickening
Need you to draw me near
Silence my fear

Your hand touches me and it's quiet
The clamorous roar has just faded away
In your eyes I see sunlight
You've eased another night into day

The most sinister sights now lack horror
Black fades to a much lighter hue
The city I once thought so dreary
Is brighter because now there's you

(chorus)

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This Lyric is: #160

When Life Begins
(C) Copyright 1999 by D.A. (Doug Allison)
All rights reserved. Copyright registered.

<Verse 1>
Stumbling down
The dirty dusty road of life
Check the map for the hundredth time
To see if my way is right
But the journey’s left it faded
Many pages are torn
To get to where I’m going
I must rely on more

<Chorus>
This is when I find out
If I sink or swim
This is where the road
Meets the rubber
And life begins
Put my faith into action
Listen to the voice inside
And pray to God that little voice
Is a true and faithful guide

<Verse 2>
Chose my path, get on my way
And it’s quite a surprise
The view from here is stunning
A spectacular high
But soon the road is rocky
A constant uphill climb
I must decide if where I’m going
Is really worth my time

<Chorus>

<Bridge>
Can’t go back
I reminisce
But I’ve seen what’s there
Could stay here
But my soul is bare
Must move forward
The only question is where

<Instrumental/Bridge 2>
This is when I find out...
The road meets the rubber..
Put faith into action...
Listen to the voice inside..

<Chorus>


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This Lyric is: #161

SCARLET
song by Laya Fisher
c.2001 All Rights Reserved
email:laya@layafisher.com
http://www.layafisher.com


V1:I know a girl with licorice lips
Cinnamon on dimpled cheeks
The most amazing windblown skintone
And wild widow’s peak

She’s forever stopping traffic
Leaving lipstick prints on glass
She is brazen, has no shame
In fact she’s lacking any class.

Chorus: Scarlet is a whore
An apple rotten to the core
A firecracker carrot top
A danger signal flame
A harlot, Scarlet is her name

V2: She’s wicked,she’ll stick her rare meat
hooks
Into your red-blooded man
To paint the town she’ll use her beauty
Any way she can

Chorus

Bridge: A firecracker carrot-top
A danger signal flame
When she goes snap, crackle, pop
She’ll leave a cherry stain
Scarlet is a harlot
if there ever was a whore
To paint the town, open up any door

V3: Scarlet’s skirts are hiked up thigh-high
And as far as I can see
Girl has got a clue but has not
Got much mystery.

Chorus(Outro)




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This Lyric is: #162

SERMON ON THE MOUNT
© 2002 Ken Glaser

(v1)
Here you sit between the speakers, man
Will you please put down your drink
I’m here to present my plan
I wanna know what you think

(prechorus 1)
First we’ll gather the thousands
Then honor the one
Who’ll silence the thunder
As we circle the sun

(chorus 1)
You see, I want to make it all right, friend
But by and large, by all accounts
This is only a rant, sistah
We want your sermon on the mount
Let’s hear your sermon on the mount
Give us your sermon on the mount!

(v2)
This ain’t no intermission, dear
Let’s get one thing straight
I’m gonna put you in charge, here
And set a tentative date

I wanna blow the lid off their scheme, son
They want your sacrifice
All your spirit and passion
There’s no need to think twice

(prechorus 2)
We’ve studied the millions
And you are the one
Now silence the thunder
As we circle the sun

(chorus 2)
You see, I want to make it all right, friend
But by and large, by all accounts
This is only a rant, dad
We want your sermon on the mount
Let’s hear your sermon on the mount
Give us your sermon on the mount!

(v3)
Now get up off your ass, kid
And put down that drink
It’s time for you to deliver
Tell them what you think

(prechorus 3)
We counted the billions
But it takes only one
To silence the thunder
As we circle the sun

(chorus 3)
You see, I want to make it all right, friend
But by and large, by all accounts
This is only a rant, ma
We want your sermon on the mount
Let’s hear your sermon on the mount
Give us your sermon on the mount!



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This Lyric is: #163

ORDINARY


The gift of an ordinary day
I won’t let this treasure slip away any more
I think of those who died without their loved ones at their side
And try to honor them, in my own way.

The gift of an ordinary day
Can, in an instant, be stolen away
Life was almost endless, so I thought,
But September has taught me
To remember…

The gift of an ordinary day
Each moment my life touches another.
I am a wife and mother who is humbled every minute
By the miracle of family
And the power deep within it.
I think of those at rest
And know
That I
Am blessed by…

The gift of each ordinary day
I don’t say “Goodbye” without “I love you,
My family”
Without saying “I love you”
To my family
I love you…my family.

c 2002 Ruth Rosen Greenwood

This was written for a 9/11 fundraising CD, a ballad that ends in an unresolved cadence (which explains the last few lines...)

With music: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/ruthrosengreenwood_music.htm


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This Lyric is: #164

Key Am. Folk

Eighteen and a Day

Chorus:
Well I'm off now Ma, give us a smile,
I'll write in a week, I'll be home in awhile,
Give us a kiss and wish me goodbye,
Don't worry Mother I'm too young to die.

Those were the last words that I heard him say,
Gone from me at Eighteen and a Day.

His Father was fifty when he took me for wife,
I was nearly forty when I gave my son life,
I thought an old spinster is what I would be,
And I cried with joy at fates kindness to me.

Ah what a wee terror, a typical lad,
Dirty and threadbare and proud of his Dad,
Fishing on Sundays, down by the canal,
An old soldier and a young boy, a couple of pals.

Chorus:

Dad told the boy stories of comrades and war,
Nights in the desert, the Africa Corps,
How they turned the fox and pushed from the sea,
Gave a leg for a medal on the sands of Tripoli.

He went to the army, although I weren't willing,
But the old man was proud when he took the queens shilling,
And well I remember the tear in Dad's eye,
As the band and the colours and his son marched on by.

Chorus:

On his eighteenth birthday he was sent to be seen,
On the streets of the North amidst orange and green,
He was there but a day, when a bomb blew apart,
A young man's body, and an old womans heart.

(Optional)
In a strange kind of way, I'm feeling the sorrow,
Of yesterdays mothers, and those of tomorrow,
For the millions of sons, who've marched out to die,
Nothings been changed, and mothers still cry...

Chorus:

@Graham Johnson 1990. All rights reserved.



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This Lyric is: #165

One More Day

Surrounded by the darkness
Of life's pain and despair
Feeling ever so hopeless
Your life's going nowhere
Your world fades to black
You no longer care
Your thoughts of tomorrow
Are not clear

You don't have to go there
Give it one more day
Don't let it slip away
All the pain you're feeling
Will fade away
Give it one more day

Feeling so confused now
Felling empty inside
Trying to ride out
The emotional tide
Darkness surrounds
Life's pain is great
The walls are closing in
You can't escape

You don't have to go there
Give it one more day
Don't let it slip away
All the pain you're feeling
Will fade away
Give it one more day

Think twice, before you cross that line
Give it one more day
Cuz you can change your mind

Give it one more day
Don't let it slip away
All the pain you're feeling
Will fade away
Take my hand
Let me show you the way
All I ask is give it one more day
One more day
One more day

Copyright 2000 Robert J. Cernik

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Robert J. Cernik
Destiny Enterprises

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This Lyric is: #166

Under

We could be good, you and me
Better than all the rests and inbetweens
Your tired of all the hearthache and heartbreak
You know I won't let you down
But timing is everything,
And lately you've been getting pushed around
<Break>
But you keep saying,"If it were any other time... but now...
If it were, any other time........
<Chorus>
But now I'm getting under, your skin
your walls are falling
and I'm comeing in
Getting under, your skin
Your walls are crumbling
and I'm getting in
<2nd Verse>
There a sweetness in your eyes
A softness in your grace
Your drawn to me, see right through me, as you touch my face..
You say,"I need you, I want you, but the timing just isn't right...
"But your getting closer.. and I just might....
<Break>
<Chorus>
<Last Verse>
"But your getting closer and I just might...
Give you tonight...................
Give you tonight.........................

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This Lyric is: #167

Lyrics: "SECOND WIND" (© 2000, Jon Belcher, Jamie Dru)

FIRST VERSE [A]:
(I)/
look for you at midnight, the/
past has be-gun to fade, and I/
know-that-I'm-lost without you, now-that-the/
games, have been-played/

SECOND VERSE [A1]:
All-the-times I've known you, your/
Mem-or-y in my mind, if you/
Just-trust-your-heart and call me, then-I-know/
We'll both be-fine/

CHOROUS, 1st X [B]:
Sec-ond-wind/
Now's-the-time, (well)/
You must know by-now/
You can read my mind, (I'm)/

CHOROUS, 2nd X [B]:
Sec-ond-wind/
Now's-the-time, (well)/
You must know by-now/
I can read your mind, (I'm)/

VERSE [A2]:
Look-ing-for you at mid-night, the/
Past-has-be-gun to fade, and I/
Know-I'm-still-lost with-out you, with-all-the/
Games we have played.

© Copyright 2000, Jon Belcher, Jamie Dru,
for Irrational Behavior Productions


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This Lyric is: #168

GRANDFATHER AND ME

Grandpa played his concertina,
Singing if we go and fight this war
The rich folks just get richer.
That’s what this war is for.

Oh, those Oklahoma farmers,
Picked green corn for their march on Washington.
The working class, opposing the draft,
And corporate use of the gun.

Green corn rebellion
Was sent to Oklahoma jailers.
On the first of July in Boston streets
We were beat up by soldiers and sailors.

Hard times in the city,
Company men coming round,
Mama didn’t come home after work,
Grandpa’s tears were flowing down.

Hard times in the country;
Red scare running wild.
Grandfather left in the middle of the night Carrying a child.

Out to a mountain, Grandfather & me;
Take what you can carry
With a child & your history.

Sacco was a good man. I knew Vanzetti too.
God I never thought when they picked you up, They’d turn the juice on you.

Free speech has no season.
Penalty is up to 20 years.
Union’s another name for treason,
Says the Ministry of Fear.

Out on a mountain, grandfather and me;
Turn every rock and boulder
To feed your family.

Grandpa never lost his humor,
But some days he’d hold his head and cry.
He taught me what life was like to struggle; And sing me to sleep with a lullaby.

Out on a mountain, grandfather and me;
Turn every rock and boulder
To free your family.

Copyright Tom Neilson 1990



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This Lyric is: #169

FREEDOM
Copyright 2002 Hillbunny Productions
Words and Music by Bunny Sings Wolf

Freedom frightens faint-hearted ones for they’re afraid to fly
Rather than walk in beauty, they just choose to die.
For freedom chases a rainbow and catches it in a dream
Swallows it whole inside itself, as a river consumes a stream.

Freedom is a star fire shining, so far above the moon,
And lacks nothing in it’s passion, for it’s always full of room
And freedom glows with sunlight and helps the flowers bloom.
Oh won’t you COME along, and LEARN freedom’s song?

Chorus:
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo. Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi

It’s natural ways are foreign to the likes of modern man,
Yet it drifts high with clouds of laughter and loves where ever it can
And tracks across the night snow just to kiss a distant land.
Oh won’t you come along, and SING freedom’s song.

Chorus:
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo. Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi

I fly high without a parachute, I fly high without a plane,
My wings aren’t drenched in alcohol,
I fly high without cocaine,
For I am high on the GIFT of life,
that runs rampant in our veins.

I thrill with the love of brotherhood, and I know this love
Can bring world change.
I’m flyin high, I’m flying free,
since I learned that true freedom LIVES (in me)!


Freedom walks before me, now I follow in her step.
Confinement no longer hides me, I no longer feel inept.
She takes me to her mountain where now I sing out her song
A lullaby of comfort with the sounds to heal all wrong
Oh won’t you sing along, yes sing freedom’s song.

Chorus:
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo. Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi


If only they would listen, if everyone would see,
ALL could live in freedom and learn her melody,
oh how grand this life would be!
Yes the whole world would be free and sing
“Freedom lives – in me!”
Oh won’t you sing along,
and LIVE IN freedom’s song!

Chorus:
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo. Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi

Taninyan nawajinyo okihi
Wa o, Wicozani
Oyate! Iya wa oo welo Yanipi kta ca


Footnote: Chorus TRANSLATION:
Respectfully - following is the Lakota translation of chorus – roughly:
Hoye - Send a voice – as in a prayer put into action
Hoye wa yelo - I am sending a voice
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi - Stand up, manifest it, it can be done.
Wa o – I come
Wicozani – Good health
Oyate – Nation! (Not just relatives or extended family, but ALL our relations, the four legged, two legged, plant and root “people”, stars, rocks – all that IS, creation)
Iya wa oo welo yanipi kta ca – that the “people (Oyate)” – may LIVE!

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Bunny Sings Wolfhttp://www.bunnysingswolf.com

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This Lyric is: #170

BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN YOU
Edgar Struble & Elizabeth Gray
Copyright 2002

I pray in the morning
Asking God to get me through
Help me find my life without you
It’s slowly dawning
That you’re gone from my tomorrows
God take my emptiness, my sorrows

Chorus: I was blessed to have known you
So much of me was you
And the love that you’ve shown me
Still gets me through

When all had been spoken
And we knew it was your time
The last goodbye you heard was mine
Something inside me
Doesn’t want to let you go
Even though you’d want me to, I know.

Chorus:

Bridge: When the angels come for me
I’ll be with you again
God please still my heart, till then

Chorus:
Chorus:
Still gets me through


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This Lyric is: #171

My Bride
(c) 2002 Robin Renée

My Bride is restless
She waits for our day
And I twist up the telephone wire
Maybe I’m nervous- She’s self-assured
And she’s quiet, but never retiring
She speaks with all of her voice
Without compromises- She’s full of surprises

My Bride- so beautiful
We sing at the altar
No longer lovers at odds
At the end of the party, revealing ourselves
In the eyes of the state and the gods

And I’ve seen people carry on
Oh so aimlessly
I have seen all that’s good in humanity- Everything we can be
Let it be you and me

My Bride is wearing white
He loves tradition
But doesn’t much care for the rules
He stands beside me so confidently
As he slips past his childhood foolish lies
I see the allure of his veil
And I embrace all of him-
Every embroidered detail

And I’ve seen people carry on
Oh so aimlessly
I have seen all that’s good in humanity- Everything we can be
Let it be you and me

My Bride fixes his stockings
Beneath the gown that he bought and I see for the first time today

Maybe we’ll marry one day
Maybe I’ll marry one day


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This Lyric is: #172

I HAVE FAITH
copyright 2001
Mary Beth Stone

Little girl murdered by someone down the road
Twelve-year-old rapist tried as an adult
Folks shootin’ deer cause they stray into the mall
Could be the human race ain’t human after all

Sure get’s me feelin’ like there’s no rhyme or reason
and there’s no point in goin’ on
But I never give up hope, ‘cause in my heart I know
It’s darkest just before dawn

And I have faith…that it’s gonna be all right
I have faith…that we’re gonna see the light
and with God’s grace we’re all gonna fly
Oh…I have faith
I have faith

Easter Sunday comin’ in a couple of days
Little church in Louisville goes up in flames
Synagogue cross town hears the news
Opens up that temple for those Christians to use

A Palestinian downed by a Jewish gun
But his heart is still alive
The man to whom they gave it, he wears a Star of David
Are you starting to see why…

I have faith…that it’s gonna be all right
I have faith…that we’re gonna see the light
and with God’s grace we’re all gonna fly
Oh…I have faith
I have faith

That love is risin’ up and Heaven on Earth is comin’
and we’re gonna be saved

Yeah, I have faith…that it’s gonna be all right
I have faith…that we’re gonna see the light
and with God’s grace we’re all gonna fly
Oh…I have faith
I have faith…that it’s gonna be all right
I have faith…that we’re gonna see the light
and with God’s grace we’re all gonna fly
Oh…I have faith
I have faith



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This Lyric is: #173

Belle From San Antone

Well she was a beauty like nothing I'd seen
And I've been from Alaska to old New Orleans
She could walk like a princess in an old pair of jeans,
That Belle From San Antone.

She could drink more liquor than anyone in a crowd
She'd joke how it would've made Papa proud
When she cried, she cried softly
When she laughed, she laughed loud
That Belle From San Antone

(chorus)
Her Mama always told her "Stay away from the man
who puts gold in your pockets, but not on your hand"
But she loved the night life more than a wedding band
That Belle From San Antone

Well, she fell in with a drifter who just blew into town
I'd guess she loved him the best she knew how
But he's gone two years now, and she's still around
That Belle From San Antone

Her Mama always told her "Stay away from the man
who puts gold in your pockets, but not on your hand"
But she loved the night life more than a wedding band
That Belle From San Antone

Coryright 2001 by Jonah Howard

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This Lyric is: #174


"VIRGINIA"

Verse 1: You are so fine so beatuful
you are mine,to me so meaningful
I love you so, please don't ever
tell me no.
Give me your love which shines
forever, and like a dove girl
you would never,regret the day
you told me you love me so

Chorus : Virgina, you're my hero,
you're my hero
and that's the way you will
always be
Virgina, you're my hero,
You're my hero
don't say no,don't take your
love from me.

Verse 2: Roses are red and violets are
blue, taste sugar instead it's
not as sweet as you,
Virginia in your case you must
know this has to be true
You give me so much
satisfaction, the reason for
the physical attraction
Give me your love and all you
want I will surely do.

Lyrical Bridge : You have lit my life
just like a good wife
who has come to stay
with me both night and
day

Emmanuel Oluwatoyin Odutayo
C 1996

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This Lyric is: #175


........SHAME ON ME.......

(C) 2002 by W.L. “Bill” Cooper


V-1
Where did she go
that girl I knew.
She wouldn’t lie
and cheat like you.
A stranger stands
in front of me
How could I love
the girl I see.


(Chorus)
Well shame on me
and shame on you
Shame on a love
that can’t be true.
Don’t understand the things you do
SHAME ON ME FOR LOVIN’ YOU


V-2
Seems like it was
just yesterday.
You vowed your love
to me always
False promisees
you made with tears
Turned into lies
and wasted years.


(Chorus)
Well shame on me
and shame on you
Shame on a love
that can’t be true.
Don’t understand the things you do
SHAME ON ME FOR LOVIN’ YOU.


(bridge)
You wear my ring
and use my name.
and all you bring
to me is shame


V-3
I’m at a wall
to tall to climb
and gettin’ taller
all the time.
Just tell me please
which way to go.
Who do you love
or do you know.


(Chorus)
Well shame on me
and shame on you
Shame on a love
that can’t be true.
Don’t understand the things you do
SHAME ON ME FOR LOVIN’ YOU.

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This Lyric is: #176


MY ANGEL’S WINGS
(c) 2002, Shelly Thompson James

Verse 1
Treasured moments I remember
When Mom would tuck me into bed
And tell a story about the angels
Looking down above our heads
Each night before I’d drift off
To meet them in my dreams
I’d think about Mom’s story
What did it really mean?

Verse 2
I’d study my dear angels
In pictures hanging on my wall
How could they be so strong
That they’d never let me fall
As I grew so did the wonder
And I prayed someday I’d find
An angel with an answer
To the question on my mind

Chorus
Oh what did God use
To make my angels’ wings
Are they feathered like a dove’s
Or made from other things
Like the finest silk and satin
Bound with love and compassion
What did God use
To make my angels’ wings

Verse 3
One night as I laid thinking
About the stories Mom had told
God brought to me a vision
Mom was clothed in white and gold
Yes, He helped me to realize
I didn’t have to search at all
My angel with the answer
Lived just down the hall

Chorus
Mom, what did God use
To make my angel's wings
Are they feathered like a dove’s
Or made from other things
Like the finest silk and satin
Bound with love and compassion
What did God use
To make my angel's wings

Bridge
She said she was not an angel, just a Mom
Caring for her gift received from God
That night as I was drifting off to dream
I heard Mom ask this question of me

Chorus
Oh what did God use
To make my angel's wings
Are they feathered like a dove’s
Or made from other things
Like the finest silk and satin
Bound with love and compassion
What did God use
To make my angel's wings

Tag
What did God use
To make my angel’s wings?

_____________________________________________
Shelly James
belle_fsi@yahoo.com

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This Lyric is: #177

Her Amazing Love
©2000 by Charlie Ernst

Verse:
Looking back, I was on my knees
Asking her to marry me please
Found a house in a sleepy town
Drove to work in a hand-me-down
Oh she never knew, never had a clue
How much I needed her
The kind of love I was dreaming of
Was her amazing love

Verse:
There were toys all around the place
A few more wrinkles runnin' 'cross her face
Everynight the house was filled with noise
From the laughter of our little boys
Like the years before, only more and more
I wanted her
The kind of love I'd been dreaming of
Was her amazing love

Bridge:
Unselfishly, she made my dreams come true
I couldn't live without her in my life

Verse:
Time flew by, we were old and gray
Our empty house was full of yesterdays
We sat and talked, we reminisced
I held her hand, we softly kissed
It was near the end, I tried to pretend
I wasn't losing her
Oh the kind of love I'd been dreaming of
Was her amazing love

Tag:
Yes I had the love that I was dreaming of
Her amazing love


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This Lyric is: #178

Angel in my Soul
Words and Music by:
Daryl R. Kimberly
Copyright 2002

We decided we should be together
Our two separate lives should be as one
It seemed for all the world we’d be forever
Our love beyond compare, second to none

The joining of our lives was something special
So I went looking for that special thing
A gift that would proclaim to her forever
A solid gold and sparkling diamond ring

I saw it on display there in that window
A little shop just off the beaten path
It had to find it’s way to Angel’s finger
A symbol of a love I knew would last

CHO There’s an Angel in my soul
Don’t ask me how or why I know that she will always be my true and guiding light
She’ll always be with me through thick and thin her face I’ll see
As I go through this life one thing I know
There’ll always be an Angel in my soul

So, I worked a little deal out with the owner
I said as far as rings this is my first
I put soma money down and signed some papers
And walked out with that gold ring in my shirt

Later that same evening we ate dinner
I asked that girl if she would be my wife
I placed that golden ring on Angel’s finger
As the tears welled in her eyes she said, “For life”

She said let’s go home and show my family
So proud was she of that small diamond band
So fast it was she never saw it coming
God had touched her with his mighty hand

I reached for her amidst the tangled wreckage
She looked at me and gently touched my face
“I don’t have much time, Babe, Wont you hold me?
Closely Sweetheart, ‘till I leave this place.”

CHO

We shared a world of love in those few moments
And held each other then I heard her say;
“Remember Sweetheart, I will always love you.”
I felt my love, my life just slip away

CHO repeat intro and fade


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This Lyric is: #179

Dare To Dream

c.2002 Glen King

1st. Verse:

He may not impress you
Inching along,
But, a catepillar, on a leafy spear,
Has got his mind on
Being something better
Than first, it would appear,

Lift:

Inside a softly woven tent
His colors multiply,
And, if you want, you can be
Just like that butterfly:

Chorus:

Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
There is no limit
To the things you can achieve,
Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
The world is at your doorstep,
If you will believe.

2nd. Verse:

You may never see her
Weaving a web
But, a tiny spider, in a maple tree,
Has got her mind on
Capturing a treasure
On which her pride can feed,

Lift:

No matter if it's hot or cold
Her patience wins the prize,
And, if you want, you can find
The same success in life:

Chorus:

Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
There is no limit
To the things you can achieve,
Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
The world is at your doorstep,
If you will believe.

Bridge:

Drops of rain can smooth a rock
The moon can lift the tide,
Whatever you....aspire to
Is right behind your eyes:

Chorus:

Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
There is no limit
To the things you can achieve,
Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
The world is at your doorstep,
If you will believe.

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"The process of learning is often more important than what is being learned"
-----The Kat----

Coming soon. New site, new songs.
Glen King
http://www.hear.cd

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This Lyric is: #180

A Million Miles
lyrics by Paul Mascott (The Drop Band, "There's Only Sound", Syberdelix Records)
copyright 2002 Masco Music


A million miles from home
a million days remembered
a couple smiles ago
a tear became befriended

A thousand spots of light
a hundred days beside me
a thousand miles in front
a billion fears behind me

and when I wake to find a friend
in dreams and thoughts and never ending light
I find the end of time
I look behind and smile at you
my friend

it's funny how we try
to live in days remembered
a thousand miles in front
a million miles remembered

I take a little time
to take stock of the journey
a million miles away
you'd think I'd still be learning

and when I wake and it's begun
in time I think I'll never run
tonight I find the light, I find
the end of time and smile at you
my friend

It's been a little while
Since I saw a grey December
a thousand miles in front
a million miles remembered

So take a little time
to taste the warming weather
the ending of the line
can be warm and tender

And when I fall asleep tonigt
in dreams and thoughts and never ending light
I find the end of time
I look behind and smile at you
my friend

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This Lyric is: #181

A PLACE IN AMERICA

Lyrics by Michael "Foxfire" Evangelista
from the CD Living in a Dream
by Nowhere Blue


Once was a place in America
small country town name of Free
once was a time,
you could make a dime
being what you want to be


But now, the time has come
this place has gone like the wind
now, the time has come, my friend
to get back to freedom again


Once was a thing in America
green little plant called a tree
once was a day the children would play
and people got apples for free


Now, the time has come
these things have gone like the wind
now, the time has come, my friend
to get back to forests again


Once was a dream in America
of the way that our good life could be
no hunger no war,
who could ask for more
but simple sweet equality


But now the time has come
we can't go on like the wind
now the time has come my friend
to get back to dreaming again
to get back to forests again
to get back to freedom again

© 2001 Nowhere Blue (BMI)

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This Lyric is: #182
ON SUNSET

WRITTEN BY: MIKE SIMMONS, JOHN ANTHONY GUY & SHAWNA GUY (Lic. under ASCAP)
COPYRIGHT SIMMONS, GUY AND GUY 2000

VERSE I

WALKING DOWN THE AVENUE/ YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS ARE NOTHING NEW/ FOR MANY MORE HAVE WALKED BEFORE ON SUNSET. / THE CAFES THEY DOT THE STREET/ THE SIDEWALKS HOT, YOU FEEL THE HEAT/ THE COP HE WALKS THE BEAT RIGHT HERE ON SUNSET.

VERSE II

THE WORLD IT SEEMS TO TURN SO FAST/ YOU DREAM OF FAME BUT DO DREAMS LAST/ FOR MANY TEARS ARE SHED EACH DAY ON SUNSET./ LIMOSINES CRUISE UP THE STREET/ YOU TRY TO GUESS WHO'S IN THE SEAT/BUT STILL YOU FEEL THE HEAT ALONG ON SUNSET.

BRIDGE

SEE THE GIRL WITH THE WILD HAIR/ TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO'S NOT THERE/ SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE WALKED ON BY./ OPULANCE IS EVERYWHERE/ AS THE HOMELESS SIT AND STARE/ WONDERING IF THE WORLD AROUND WILL EVER CARE.

LEAD GUITAR (ACCOUSTIC)

VERSE III

YOU'LL FIND THE WORLD RIGHT HERE/ WHAT DO YOU WANT EVERYTHINGS HERE/
THE LOVE AND HATE YOU'LL FIND EACH DAY ON SUNSET./ RICH AND POOR AGREE/JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES THERE'S MUCH TO SEE/ BE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE SITTING ON SUNSET.

ENDING BRIDGE

COOL OF NIGHT/AND HEAT OF DAY/ FANCY CARS, PEOPLE AT PLAY/ LIFE IS GOOD/AS SOMEONE'S CRYING OUT/ MANY THINGS HAVE COME AND GONE/ BUT JUST REMEMBER WHAT'S GOING ON/DON'T LOOSE YOUR DREAMS, THERE VERY HARD TO FIND.

LEAD BREAK

AT NIGHT THE STRIP IT COME'S ALIVE/ SOME PEOPLE TAKE IT ALL IN STRIDE/ SOME PEOPLE TRY TO HIDE AT NIGHT ON SUNSET/ REMEMBER ONLY JUST ONE THING/ GLITTERING GOLD AND ALL IT BRINGS/ BUT STARS WILL ALWAY'S SHINE ABOVE ON SUNSET.


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This Lyric is: #183

" Little Feet, Little Minds"
[a foster parents story]

They come into our lives, one small child at
a time. Always scared and lonely and wondering what they'll find.
Their minds so full of questions and their
eyes filled with fear. Always listening closely just to see what they can hear.


Once someone's little angel, sent from heaven up above. Now battered, bruised, and
broken only wanting love. You offer them affection just to see them pull away, But
you keep on trying, every single day.

Little feet, little minds. So many children
so little time.


A child is like a garden-without love it
won't grow. But give it to them daily and
soon it starts to show. You see a little sparkle in eyes once filled with fear, you
hear a little laugh that sounds oh-so-dear.

Once somone's little angel, now ours for
awhile, That gives us hugs and kisses, and
a big warm smile. Now all those deep dark
secrets they've kept locked up inside, they
start to tell them to you a little at a time. As you sit and listen to the words they say. You ask yourself,"How come life
turns out this way."

Little feet, little minds. So many children
so little time.

Now the days are passing by and all their
fears are too. You hope you've made a
difference with all you say and do. And you
know you have when you hear I love you. It
makes it all worth while when bedtime comes
at night, and you get those hugs and kisses
when you turn out the lights.

Now as the love inside grows more and more
each day. The call you knew was coming finally comes your way. They're coming to get the angel that someone threw away. Now
your heart is breaking because you know that
they can't stay.

Little feet, little minds. So many children
so little time.

As you pack the memories that all of you have made. You gently wipe the tears streaming down your face. And as you place each item a reflection you will see, of the
child as they are today and how they used to be.

Once again the house falls silent of tiny
little feet. Gently softly running playing
hide and seek. Even though you're leaving
in our hearts you'll always stay, In a special place safely locked away.
GOD bless all little angel's from heaven up
above. May they all find family's, filled with happiness and love.

Little feet, little minds. So many children
so little time.


Writen by E. L. Davis
daddy lee. a foster parent
7/31/2002
copyright 2002

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This Lyric is: #184

Make Me Whole
© 2002 Warren J. Wagner
All Rights Reserved


Vs 1:
Unable to move forward
Unwilling to look back
I'm locked within the prison
From the mirror staring back
An incompleted entity
An unfinished soul
Longing always longing
Find the pieces
Make me whole

Vs 2:
That our lives were so connected
I never realized
But now that yours is gone
Mine's been compromised
The lessons that I'm learning
Exact a growing toll
And leave me always longing
Find the pieces
Make me whole

Bridge:
And so I reach out for you
But my arms are far too short
I call to you each evening
Though your name impales my heart

Half verse
The answers you took with you
To the questions I must bring
So now deep into this song
I reach for hope to sing

Vs 3:
I sing this song with anger
I sing this song in tears
And hope that in its singing
This song allays my fears
For I must go on living
Though I've heard death bells toll.
And end this endless longing
Find my pieces
Make me whole


Warren J. Wagner

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This Lyric is: #185

Love Hopes and Dreams
(c)2001 Kenneth Franz

1)I promised you a castle
Thought we would have had it by now
I feel just like Jack with a handful of beans
Instead of holding on to that cow
I know I've messed a few things up
Most of our dreams have not come true
You haven't got what you deserve
When I said I'd take care of you

Ch)We keep trying to make ends meet
but sometimes we barely get by
People say you can live on love hopes and dreams
But Lord how we try.
We keep looking for that rainbow's end
to find the gold inside it's pot.
Sometimes you live on love hopes and dreams
when that's all you've got.

2)Robbing Peter to pay Paul
to buy us a little more time.
It seems that once the bills are paid
we're barely left with one thin dime.
But those bills keep piling up
My check is gone before it hits my hand
We've cut back to bare necessities
and I still can't understand

Chorus:
Br) You're love keeps me going
to push on another day
I still hope to get us through this
and dream of taking you away
Chorus:


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This Lyric is: #187

"Cherish This Moment"

Written by Becky Wright, Copyright 2001
Published by CCMA Songs/ASCAP

Vs.1:
Go to sleep, my darling baby, rockin on my knee; No need to rush or hurry, take all the time you need;
There's so many responsibilities bidding for my time; But none so urgent, none so precious... as holding you, my child.

Refrain:
Cherish this moment, treasure this day;
Don't be so eager for tomorrow to wish the time away;
'Cause the little ones won't be little for long, they'll be grown and gone away;
So cherish this moment, treasure this day.

Vs. 2:
Daddy, won't you play with me, take a walk or sing me a song;
Hold me close and tell me a story, it won't take very long.
I don't mean to be any trouble, and I know you're busy, too;
But all the love you show to me will be multiplied to you.

(REFRAIN)

Bridge:
One day ten tiny fingers and ten little toes will turn to twenty short years........
May our memories be filled with joy, not regret and bitter tears.

(Refrain)

Ending:
Momma, won't you stay, Daddy, won't you play with me?
Momma, won't you play, Daddy, won't you stay with me? ..... and cherish... this moment.

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This Lyric is: #188

IF YOU DON'T MIND DRIVING
copyright 2002 Rhonda Fletcher

Is he gone again
left you there alone
Do you feel the rage once more
are you even surprised he's gone
Is it really over this time
or will you stay on the ride
Everything must be replaced
do you have the ability inside
I need to tell you a truth
one you've always refused to hear
You don't have to chase what's yours
and love's not made out of pain...or fear

Pick yourself up
don't stop striving
Salvation does exist
if you don't mind driving

I know the edge is close
and that you're slipping fast
Reach for one who'll catch you
someone whose love will last
How much more can be given
if no heart or soul is left
As once again you're hurting
and waiting only for death
Warning others of the road
you lie down there instead
Waiting for the impact
as he crashes
...leaving you for dead

Pick yourself up
don't stop striving
Salvation does exist
if you don't mind driving

You lost your place again
one you decided to deserve
you mean so little to him
that he threw another curve
It hurts doesn't it
dropped and stepped on again
Losing so much you can't pray
to find out what was your sin
It's been full speed ahead
toward the wrong horizon
Just let go and turn around
head to where the sun is rising

Pick yourself up
don't stop striving
Salvation does exist
if you don't mind driving


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This Lyric is: #189

Love Can Do Anything

Love has soft hands and a tender voice
Love can make you laugh, make the world rejoice
Love can set your soul on fire, fill your heart with desire
Love can make you go insane, love can make you burn with pain
Love can set the world free, love can bring misery
Love can make you feel alive, love can make you want to die
Love can take or love can bring
Love can soothe, love can sting

Chorus: Love can do anything
Love can do anything
Love can do what you want it to
Love can come to you

repeat chorus

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This Lyric is: #190

Welcome...me
(c) Emiliano Santoro 2001

Felt like a son
When the unscarred sun took me on his knee
He told of wind-storms and ships that fall from the sky
“Time has been lost” he said “far from and high”
keep my eyes on sun…
screamin’ whacked

Welcome……me

I gave up the run as the butterfly gave up his wings
Followed the one-way sign as ships fall from the sky
Please kill my choices, please kill my love-knots, kill me and all
Wreck down my life and in the sun we’ll be as one

Welcome…… me

Shut in a box
White dirty walls set the stage
Lookin’ for weak size where ships can’t fall from the sky
Aimless means all we said got no pretence
Mellow pillow cracks………
don’t you think?

Welcome……me



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This Lyric is: #191

THOUGHTS

ANSWER ME IN WAYS
OF WHAT YOUR HEART PORTRAYS
DRAW FOR ME YOUR MIND
ALONE I CANNOT FIND

ISOLATION IS MY TERROR
ALIVE IN DEATH FOREVER
CHEATED IN MY DREAMS
AWAKE FOR YOU IT SEEMS

DO YOU KNOW MY FEARS
TO ASK OF ME…TO ASK OF ME
NO TEARS
I AM MY OWN CREATION

THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOR

RECEIVE MY ONLY PASSION
WITH OPEN SOUL COMPASSION
FOREVER IN TWO DAYS
YOU’VE ANSWERED ME IN WAYS

DO YOU KNOW MY FEARS
TO ASK OF ME…TO ASK OF ME
NO TEARS
I AM MY OWN CREATION

THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOR


©1996 BMI
Katherine Pittman (lyrics)
George “Scoot” Pittman (music)
CHARLOTTE, NC 28277
704.591.7168


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This Lyric is: #192

Hi there,

Just saying hello and submitting a lyric entry.


Dorothy’s Reply
(words and music by Allison Tartalia)

dorothy strikes with her pen again
she was a nerdy girl and words were her weapon of choice
so she picked up her guitar and gave it a voice
but you know i’m not the kind to hold a grudge
i sing these things off my chest straight away
and i always keep an appetite for the s**t i dish out
so grab a fork--
touché

you suggest i surrender
well i never knew that there was a war
i came i saw i clicked my ruby red heels
and i was out the door
you run a pretty impressive city
i know it can’t be easy being green
but you’ve got a bunch of disgruntled munchkins
i’m just the loudest one that you’ve seen

refrain:
cause the wicked witch of the west
she already put me to the test
said, “girl, you better change out of the blue gingham dress
cause from here on out it’s gonna be a mess”
and those damn winged monkeys really freaked us out
they were so furious and funky
and the trees laughed and threw things this way and that
said, “if you ain’t got the chops, dot, you’d better turn back”
the trees laughed and threw things this way and that
said, “if you ain’t got the chops, dot, you’d better turn back”

so you would like to believe that
dorothy told her story for revenge
well i hate to break it to you babe
no one gives a f**k about the wizard in the end
you want some sympathy
it’s hard to sort out all the wheat from the chaff
well if you don’t like wheat may i kindly suggest
don’t build your house in kansas

refrain

well in the end it’s just a crazy dream
we’re both spinning on the same damn wheels
of that hollywood machine
in the end it’s just a crazy dream
and no one know where the house is gonna land
in the end it’s just a crazy dream
and you were there and you were there
and you were there and you were there…


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This Lyric is: #193

Two Moons
by Tim LaBorie
© 2001

We touched down on a foreign world, just to dig the mines.
I put my hands into the earth, left my heart behind.
Annie was a kitchen maid, the only comfort there.
She's doing well, that's what I hear.

Leaving home for a better life, we crossed the Milky Way.
Sleeping in the freezing hull, get drunk every day.
Playing cards on credit, 'till our sun was far away.
When we came into phase I owed them two year's pay.

Chorus 1:
Love is a stone that you carry to your grave.
Sometimes like a good luck charm, sometimes a weight.
If only Annie would come back here again
I would do anything, we could ship out for the moon.

Going to the mine each day, the first moon is on the rise.
Coming home in the dust at night, the second is in the sky.
Someone said there is a time they cross about mid-day
Well I don't know, I never see the light of day.

Chorus 2
Two moons are always in her eyes;
One that glows in the morning mist, one that sets at night.
If only Annie could come back here again
I would do anything, we could ship out for the moon.

Sometime back in my seventh year I finally got ahead.
Got myself a private room, a kitchen and a bed.
A letter from a lawyer came, it said that I was dead.
Well I don't know, that's what it said.

Chorus 1

Annie shipped out years ago I was working in the mine.
Nothing left to hold her, nothing left behind.
I look out on a crowded sky with nothing left to lose,
She's doing well, I just can't move.

Chorus 2
Chorus 1

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This Lyric is: #194

HELLO MOM IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU
(c) (p) Joe Piasecki 2002 BMI

I was nervous as I walked up to the door
my heart was beating as hard as a rock
I had never met you before
so I took a deep breath and I knocked.
You looked at me and said, “Hello
how can I help you today”.
It must have sounded funny, yes I know
but this is what I had to say.

(chorus)
Hello Mom it’s nice to meet you.
You look just like me.
It took a long time to find you
through that agency.
Hello Mom it’s nice to meet you.
What is my history.
Who am I and where do I come from
can we trace my family tree?

I stood there and waited for you to react.
I was looking right into your eyes.
You let out a gasp,took a couple steps back and then you began to cry.
You said, “Come on in and pull up a chair. I’ve thought about you everyday
and every night I would say a prayer
that someday you would find me and say”.

repeat chorus

(bridge)(spoken)
She told me that my father had been killed in the war while she was still
expecting. She was 17 and those were different times. She didn’t want me to
be neglected. I told her my story of how I grew up and showed her pictures
of my family. She said she knew she had done the right thing. She always wanted
the best for me. She always wanted the best for me.

It was getting late, time for me to go
all of our talking was through.
She said,“ There’s one thing I want you to know.
I have always loved you”.
I call her up every now and then
and we get together sometimes.
I’m grateful that we can still be friends and leave all that past behind.

repeat chorus

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This Lyric is: #195

LETTING YOU GO
by Patti Best
Copyright 2002 Patricia M Best

1)I memorized all your moves
and every look of your face
I still see you clearly now
as I think of your embrace
We shared something so special
We had years filled with fun
Till the day you decided
I was not the lucky one

2)It was so damned hard
for me to realize
I hungered for your love
at any kind of price
You tried to tell me so many times
in so many ways
didn't want to see it but it was
right there on your face

Chorus)
LETTING YOU GO
I should've done it so long ago
I was young and naive and just didn't know
I hope you know
I never wanted to smother you
You were always the nicest soul to talk to
I'm LETTING YOU GO

Bridge)
You were in my dream last night
a bright blue bird in flight
and I heard you sing
Then you were a swift red kite
anticipating flight
so I cut the string

3) I hope that life shines brightly
wherever you are
Think of me sometime when you
gaze up at a star
I can't forget the fine love affair
that we once had
I remember only the best
I've let go all the bad

Chorus)
LETTING YOU GO
But I learned a lot from you
Things that to this day I still hold true
I love you so
By letting go we'll both be free
Now I know how love's supposed to be
I'm LETTING YOU GO



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This Lyric is: #196

The Speed of Love Copyright(2002)S. Terakami


I can feel it moving like a warm summer wind coming closer with every new day

Its like the rush I get while on a roller coaster falling fast and takes me away

I tried to learn what its all about, tried to figure it out

Sighed whenever I had some doubt while racing at the real speed of love

(II)
It was lost in the ruins of my poor broken heart left me cold and drowning in tears

All alone, emotions like a teeter totter in a world where nobody cares

I cried when I thought that I would give up, cried cause I wasn’t so tough

Sighed when I shouted I had enough while crawling at the cruel speed of love

(Bridge)
Then your voice took away my fear

All I did was follow your lead

And the message is crystal clear

Its you, you’re all that I need

(III)
Now I see it coming even closer now in your smile, the look in your eyes

I feel a rush I get while on a roller coaster it’s a thrill I just can’t disguise

I ride on the beams of the moon above, ride on the wings of a dove

Sighed when I found out what it’s all about, I’m traveling at the true speed of love



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