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"Only god knows tomorrow"
copyright 2002, Harry Francis

VERSE 1:
What if there's no reason?
What if there's no rhyme?
What if pushing up daisies from the bottom of a Grover C. box is the view at the end of the line?
Would you still love me?
Would you still care?
Would you still live by the means of a pocket of greens in a godless web of air?
In a stained glass house,
on a celebate field,
I'm gonna sell my soul to the agent of the man upstairs for some wine and a wafer meal.
(pre-chorus)
And who's to say that it's all just a lie and a big charade?
And who's to say that I'm not going to heaven in a float parade?
And who's to blame for the lives that were lost in the name of? for the game of...

CHORUS:
Yeah only god knows tomorrow
before the headlines wet the page.
And what do you believe when you are
locked inside your own cage?
Yeah, only god knows tomorrow
and the rules to play his game.
But don't bet on black when red is in the
groove...
don't go across the grain when it's your
turn to move...
you gotta keep on keepin' on keepin' your
check in tune.

VERSE 2:
So what about heaven and hell?
and what really is fire and rain?
and is it all about peace and love like the picture tube says or a wish from a field of dreams?
It's the blind that lead the blind to feed on your soul and on your mind.
Don't let your heart go blind.
(pre-chorus)
And who's the one to decide if we go or stay?
And who's to say we're the only ones in the Milky way?
And who's to blame for the lives that were lost in the name of? For the game of...

(CHORUS REPEAT)

Bridge:
So live for today, cause tomorrow comes too
soon.
Don't look at yesterday or live in the
shadow of a blue moon.
Seize the moment. Carpe Dieme. Listen to
your favorite tune.
Cause you never know what you get...
and you never know where it's at...
and you never know what you'll find on the
other side.

(Repeat Chorus 2x then out)

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SANCTUARY
copyright 2002,Kevin Matthews


v1

Your name came up today in conversation
Have I seen you lately and how have you been
I choked on the words in desperation
I said you were fine -it was all I could say
and I whispered it again
I whispered it again


v2

8:17 Saturday morning
My stomach felt so empty, like I didn't eat for days
I drew my knees to my chest and without warning
I dropped like a stone through a current so strong
that I drifted away
So far away


pre1

Haunted silence
is broken by a voice inside
I can't quite recognize
as my own


chorus

When souls collide
and choose the same direction
In tandem they fly
in love or intrigue -I could
Never sacrifice
enough to change the imperfections
Now the very things you loved
drive you away from me
and decorate this sanctuary


v3

Some stray morning light crept from my window
found its way through my fingers and reflected off my tears
I'd squeeze my eyes tighter in those useless shadows
But permanence in such asylum is
not welcome there


pre2

Silence haunted
By the moments I relive
Only weaves a thousand tales
of fiction


chorus

When souls collide
and choose the same direction
In tandem they fly
in love or intrigue -I could
Never sacrifice
enough to change the imperfections
Now the very things you loved
drive you away from me
and decorate this sanctuary


break

Everyone
looks so familiar -all of a sudden
Everything
seems to hold some memory -that used to be nothing
Fading photos now hallow your name
while serving their sentence in second hand picture frames
And quietly echo the songs of our lifetime


buildup

Now the air is too thick too breathe
Saturated by contempt that I hold for myself
Lost in another delusive search for false redemption
-for being human


pre3

Chained by silence
trying so hard to believe
I'm at least a pleasant memory
that still haunts you...


chorus

When souls collide
and choose the same direction
In tandem they fly
in love or intrigue -I could
Never sacrifice
enough to change the imperfections
Now the very things you loved
drive you away from me
and decorate this sanctuary


...your name came up today in conversation

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Chorus: We can rise above it all,
Though eventually we fall,
Don't know how much time we have to spend,
Just got this moment this moment this moment
This moment this moment this moment
(repeat last 2 lines)

Verse 1:
You know the story 'bout a man with no shoes
Running round singin' the blues
Til he finally found the truth on the street,
Saw a man who didn't have no feet.

I often used to lament and sigh,
bout all my troubles I'd weep and cry,
Then my friend a year after she wed,
Had a seizure and died in bed.

Chorus: We can rise above it all,
Though eventually we fall,
Don't know how much time we have to spend,
Just got this moment this moment this moment
This moment this moment this moment,
(Repeat last 2 lines)

Verse 2:
Life drains the passion from romance,
We get together when we get the chance,
Meter's running and it drives me mad
But I wouldn't trade a moment of what we've had.

I wish I really knew where it all ends,
Are we reborn, all our sins cleansed,
Or just absorbed into the universe,
Ah, being human's such a blessing and a curse!

Chorus: We can rise above it all,
Though eventually we fall,
Don't know how much time we have to spend,
Just got this moment this moment this moment
This moment this moment this moment
(repeat last 2 lines)

Verse 3:
Took a cruise across the sea,
A hurricane washed over me,
I see it as a second chance,
To change the rhythm in my dance.

I guess this call's my 9-1-1,
My waking life has just begun,
I see the world through different eyes,
Will I bewilder or be wise?

Chorus:
We can rise above it all,
Though eventually we fall,
Don't know how much time we have to spend,
Just got this moment this moment this moment
This moment this moment this moment
Ah this moment...this moment
Ah this moment...this moment!

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"Within A Whisper"

© DANOLYRICS(BMI) 2002 [Dan Fenstermacher]
music © Chuck Crowe 2002

"I love you",
"Please don`t go",
"Stay with me",
"You`ll never know",

"Not here, not now",
"Please don`t cry",
"I need you",
"Look into my eyes",

From "I`m so glad you`re here",
To "God, I really miss her",
Some of the loudest words appear,
Within a whisper.

"In your dreams",
"Please hold me",
"We`ll be okay",
"We`re meant to be",

"I`m so sorry",
"Feel my heart beat",
"You smell so good",
"Make love to me",

From "I`m so glad you`re here",
To "God, I really miss her",
Some of the loudest words appear,
Within a whisper.

It seems like time is frozen,
Almost captured by the moment,
With the silence barely broken,
When hushed tones are spoken.

"I love you",
"Please don`t go",
"Stay with me",
"You`ll never know",

From "I`m so glad you`re here",
To "God, I really miss her",
Some of the loudest words appear,
Within a whisper.

Within a whisper...


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Lyrics to "Vegetarian Blues" by Christopher Thomas Copyright 2000.

I won't eat anything with a face.
It won't pass my lips if there's even a trace.
I ate my last burger about two years ago.
I don't even miss it, it just goes to show that I've only begun to pay my dues so I can sing the vegetarian blues.

I feel better than I did before I stopped being a carnivore.
I feel really good and I'm resting well.
I've reached the pinnacle of intestinal health.
Well you can too, if you choose.
You can sing the vegetarian blues.

Well I'm the same as you, I still use a fork.
So pass the beans but just hold the pork.
We all bleed and we all bruise and that's why it's called the vegetarian blues.

Everywhere I go people are serving meat, so it's just the side dishes that I eat.
I can't trust soup in restaurants because even the vegetable's got beef broth.
I read the ingredients to get my clues.
That's why I sing the vegetarian blues.

I can't eat jello 'cause I've seen the proof that gelatin is made out of animal hoofs.
All of life's questions come down to this: do I or don't I want to eat fish?
I'm a hypocrite with my leather shoes.
That's why I sing the vegetarian blues.

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Bodacious Victory
(c) 2002 Veronica Bianqui

VERSE 1
Visualize what I'm saying
You'll escape high into the sky
If you wanna know how to succeed
Then you're gonna have to learn to fly
CHORUS
Fly. Just glide away, to another plan.
To that magical mystery land
Free. Oh you got to be free.
Don't wanna be, another somebody

VERSE 2
It starts within your heart
It moves down to your soul
Once this feeling takes you in
It's hard to let it go

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
The feeling's like floating with the fireflies
Freeing away from the fire
Soaring so high it's a site for sore eyes
And you sink into your own attire

REPEAT CHORUS

This is me

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(Dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER

I remember 1968
Like it was yesterday
And the burning hunger for the truth
That fueled our crusade
We were searching for some answers
About love and life and war
Standing for equality
Our spirits free to soar

Our dreams were never driven by
A need for earthly things
We never let our egos clip
The feathers from our wings
Rejecting all hypocrisy
Flying high and feeling love
Our naked souls embracing
The symbol of the dove

IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Why are our nations fighting still
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Why do our children shoot to kill
Where did love go
How can we close our eyes while hatred takes its toll
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER

As long as there are racial wars
Our vision must survive
For as long as there are tender hearts
Our hope remains alive
Sometimes it seems impossible
To turn the social tide
But if we have the hunger still
These questions burn inside

IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Why are there nations fighting still
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Why do our children shoot to kill
Where did love go
How can we close our eyes while hatred takes its toll
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER

I have a dream
Let freedom ring
Sweet liberty
Of thee I sing

Where did love go
How can we close our eyes while hatred takes its toll
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER

(c) 2002 Catherine Powers (ASCAP)



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Tomorrow to Yesterday
(c) 1997 Dan Merrill/ Paul French
LCB Music ASCAP

We were dreamers
With all our lives before us
The world could not ignore us
We were young and strong

True believers
Never to be shaken
Heroes in the making
How could we go wrong?

Where do dreams go?
Why do lives change?
When do thoughts turn
From tomorrow to yesterday?

Compromises
Some too small to mention
We should have paid attention
To voices in our hearts

We lost sight of
All the things that mattered
Plans were slowly scattered
Til we missed the mark

Where do dreams go?
Why do lives change?
When do thoughts turn
From tomorrow to yesterday?

Bridge:
What if we find we can't fly?
Why look to the sky?
When we were younger we knew
a thousand reasons why...

Where do dreams go?
Why do lives change?
When do thoughts turn
From tomorrow to yesterday?




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Nothing at All
copyright MagDawg Music ( Mikki Bakken )
ASCAP
<< Done in the key of C BLUZZZZZ .... >

Well I try - try to fight the gravity
I try - Have i lost my dignity?
Lookin at the sunrise
Just another hill to climb

Time- the ticking keeps me up at night
Next time- watch the ceiling count the lights
You'd learn to love me -
If we only had the time

Chorus

All of the dreams in my head are snowed under
Every morning - well it seems I start over
All of the dreams in my head
turn to nothing at all
But all that I wanted to be is your lover
Spending my time trying hard to recover
All of this love in my heart
just comes to nothing at all

Well I wait- waiting for the phone to ring
I wait- wonderin' what tomorrow brings
find myself doing
all the things I love to hate

Some day- cut the rope the ties that bind
Some way- free the body free the mind
When you comwe near me-
I will learn to walk away

CHORUS

Bridge
So wont you comfort me?
Cause Im feeling down...
Comfort me
Won't you give me some steady ground?

vocal improv

Chorus


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Mikki Bakken

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Through A Child's Eyes
Lisa Medill
Copyright 2002

(Verse 1)
It's so hard to believe what my little eyes had seen
From such an early age, all the yelling and the rage
It was tough to be a kid when I saw what Daddy did
I wanted to tell him but didn't know how
To ask him please, please stop this now

There were days when he got mad
From all the drugs and drinks he had
The tears welled up within my eyes
When will somebody recognize that

(Chorus)
Children are supposed to play
Laugh and ride their bikes all day
Run around play hide and seek
Not have bruises on their cheek
This kind of life just isn't livin'
When it's love that you're not given
Listen to these words so wise
Try looking through a child's eyes

(Verse 2)
Daddy won't you stop to see that you're so much bigger than me
Don't need to hear excuses why
I want to hear the truth not lies
Won't you hear these words I say
Look at what I made today
When will you ever understand
I need your heart and not your hand

A child's trust cannot be bought
It's through kindness he is taught
They need your love and not regrets
To feel safe and not hear threats
Listen when they want to speak
Help them happiness to seek
Just reassure them of your love
And from our dear God above, yes (to chorus)

(ending)
Don't judge them by their smaller size
Some things you can't compromise
Those early years we all must prize
Try looking through a child's eyes

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ME & BUDDY
lyric by Derek Stephen McPhail

ME & BUDDY, DRIVING DOWNTOWN
FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS TO THE "LOST & FOUND"...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY,
WHERE WE'LL DO OUR PART...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
TO SATISFY THE HUNGER &
THE THIRST OF THE HEART...
TO SATISFY THE HUNGER...

ME & BUDDY, DRIVING ALL AROUND
READING THE SIGNS,
LISTENING FOR THE SOUND...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY,
ITS READY TO START...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
WE JUST CAN'T FIND IT,
EVEN WHERE TO PARK...
WE JUST CAN'T FIND IT...

ME & BUDDY,
GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT
BABES ARE WAITING,
FEAST'S LAID OUT...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY,
WHERE WE'LL DO OUR PART...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
TO SATISFY THE HUNGER &
THE THIRST OF THE HEART...
TO SATISFY THE HUNGER...


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Uncle Steve

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~c u again...tribute...9-1-1...wtc
Black Flamingo
Copyright ©2002

just an ordinary day
just an ordinary argument, it's all ok &
just an ordinary kiss goodbye
now all i can do is wonder why & why & why?...&

will i ever c u again?
will i never ever c u again?

just an ordinary morning
just an ordinary way to go on our way
just an ordinary day
in just one moment everything has changed
it's not ok &

will i ever c u again?
will i never ever never c u again?...again

the world trade center stood very tall
no one ever thought that it could fall
how did it fall &
how can we ever say goodbye
our hearts are broken all we can do is
cry & cry & cry &

will i ever c u again???
will i never ever never c u again?...again

just an ordinary day
the sun is shining everything's ok
it's not ok &
just an ordinary kiss goodbye, we said goodbye
now all we do is cry & cry & wonder why &

will i ever c u again???
will i never ever c u again?

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Category: Pop Ballad
© Copyright 2002 - Adam McCarthy
All rights reserved

"It's Too Late"

Shame on me to take you away from home
Away from the only world you've known
But look into your heart it tells a tale

That it's too late to see the light
There's too many feelings here to leave it all behind
I didn't want you to understand
And it's too late to change your mind
In this world gone crazy, you'll see this all in time
Didn't you know you could understand?
Understand...

Lately I've been feeling so amiss
(what a shame it's all gonna end tonight)
The iridescent world that you dismiss
(Your pretty face keeps falling)
Look into your eyes I'm so amazed
(Your pretty face keeps falling down)

And it's too late to see the light
There's too many feelings here to leave it all behind
I didn't want you to understand
And it's too late to change your mind
In this world gone crazy, you'll see it all in time
Didn't you know you could understand?
Understand


 
 
 




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don’t bother going home
(in key of c, with a jazz rap groove)

don’t bother going home there’s a leopard living on your lounge
once a pussycat, a sweet little purrer....pprrrrrr
don’t bother going home there are spots on the carpet so deep
too deep for you, the type you’d fall through, or even catch

don’t bother going home there’s a trampoline on your bed
bound to throw you out, way out, get out!
you may very well land on that needle in a haystack

incidentally...that is all that’s left of your garden
aside from a few weeds & fungi tops
but don’t bother looking under those, no fairies under there
no fairies anywhere
the dream dried up in the heat of it all
heat of it all

& don’t bother looking in there are blinds on her eyes
the bars are down too
& don’t bother talking, there’s nothing left to say
now the text is smudged all over the walls
& those photos are bleeding nostalgic monotony
& seeping through all

your framed insect collection has come alive!
now there’s nothing but the sound of pinned wails
pinned wails & twitching leopard tails
crawling their way through corridors
echo sirens warning ‘don’t go there’

if you go home stay on your guard
that soldier’s come back from the war
he’s limbless & blind but you know he’s still a crackshot!
if you go home, go well armed - a torch might help – no – don’t bother come to think of it
your hose has been hacked, it’s no wonder the terrapin died – and the rose

furthermore....the oxygen has been cut off
pay the bill! though it’s too late really
now that love has been sucked down the plughole
the noise of which awoke the neighbours so you’ve been evicted anyhow
just don’t bother...love has been sucked down the plughole
the dream dried up in the heat of it all heat of it all


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BELIEVE IN SOMETHING MORE
(C) Gary Gadoury 2002

Look to the sky
believe in something
now close your eyes and feel

Don't ask why
we can't know everything
bow your head and kneel

believe in something
believe in something
believe in something more_

All of time is precious
born from an unknown source
and washed upon our shore

In this life we cherish
we take our chosen course
like those who came before

believe in something
believe in something
believe in something more

Why not live each day
like there were no others
and there'll be no more

Remember what they say
All men are brothers
now and forever more

believe in something
believe in something
believe in something more_

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ONE WAY THE DEVIL COMES
Words & Music by Harland Giesbrecht

IN MY LEFT HAND THERE'S A BOTTLE
IN THE RIGHT IS A SMOKING GUN
MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON ME
FOR THIS EVIL THING I DONE

TRIED TO DROWN LOVE'S PAIN IN WHISKEY
IT CAME BACK LIKE THE ENDLESS TIDE
TIL MY ANGER TURNED INTO MADNESS
AND I BOUGHT A ONE WAY RIDE

BUT THERE AIN'T NO HELL ANY WORSE
THAN THE ONE I'M IN
JUST KNOWING WHAT IT IS I DONE
WHILE THE LORD IS WORKING IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE
IS ONE WAY THE DEVIL COMES

IF I COULD I'D TURN THE TIME BACK
AND SWALLOW MY FOOLISH PRIDE
I'D LAY RIGHT OFF OF THE LIQUOR
AND TAKE CONTROL OF MY JEALOUS MIND

EVERYBODY TRIED TO TELL ME
BUT I WAS RIGHT AND THEY WERE WRONG
SO I TOLD THEM ALL WHERE TO GO TO
NOW I'LL BE GOING THERE BEFORE TOO LONG

WHERE YOU GONNA RUN
WHEN YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM YOURSELF
AND THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD FORGIVE YOU
LIES THERE EMPTY LIKE A SHELL

BUT THERE AIN'T NO HELL ANY WORSE
THAN THE ONE I'M IN
JUST KNOWING WHAT IT IS I DONE
WHILE THE LORD IS WORKING IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE
IS ONE WAY THE DEVIL COMES


c 1991 Harland Giesbrecht

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Goddess Song
Lyric by j. poet (copyright 2002)

She is the soft silk that threads through the eye of a needle
She is the power that sleeps in the eye of the storm
She is the blossom that blooms when two lovers are naked
She is the shield that protects every being from harm

CRS
She is the axe that is thirsty for bloodshed
She is the gold string that vibrates with song
She is the monster with ten thousand eyestalks
She is the green hill where the blind poets walk

She is the slumbering womb full of stars in the ocean
She is the sweet lips that suckle each breast everywhere
She is the house made of mud on the banks of a river
She is the fire that warms every beast in its lair

CRS
She is the egg and the crown of creation
She is the sound of a baby’s first breath
She is the is the scream of an old woman strangled
She is a word in the black book of death

She is the one who caresses the cocks of the young boys
She is the skull sleeping peaceful and white in the tomb
She is the one who has bathed in the warm sperm of eagles
She is the face that looks out of the eye of the moon

CRS
She is the maiden whose skin is a flower
She is the thorn on the thigh of a rose
She is the insect that’s coated with pollen
She is the secret that everyone knows




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Sentimental You
© 2002 Sherrie Davis

Sentimental you
Sentimental you
Never knew your softer side
But it’s showing through tonight
Sentimental you
Sentimental you
Are those tears you’re trying to hide,
As we talk about old times?

Well, I would’ve never guessed I meant that much to you
I thought we were friends at best, but tonight, there’s something new
As we laugh about old times we had together
There’s a look in your eyes that’s growing ever tender

Sentimental you
I always remembered you as tough
But your eyes are filled with puppy love
Sentimental you
Never knew you felt that much
But your eyes, they talk of love

Well, I’ve tried my very best not to show how much I care
But tonight I can’t suppress what inside’s been always there
As we laugh about old times we had together
There’s a look in my eyes that’s growing ever tender

Never knew of your softer side
But it’s showing through tonight
Are those tears you’re trying to hide
As we talk about old
As we talk about old times? I never, I never knew…I never knew….

Sentimental you
I always remembered you as tough
But your eyes are filled with puppy love
Sentimental you
Never knew you felt that much
But your eyes, they talk of love, of love
Sentimental you
Never knew your softer side
But it’s showing through tonight
Sentimental you
Are those tears you’re trying to hide
As we talk about old times?
Sentimental you (3X and outro)



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Liza Brown
words and music by rich lacina
c 1999 16 dreams

Liza Brown
I think of you
When summer comes my way
I miss your smile
I miss your laughter
The music that we made
Eyes blue green
That looked at me
And never turned away
A white rose in your raven hair
It seems like yesterday

When Liza Brown
Came around
We shared one moment at a time
Locked away in memories
Like childhood nursery rhymes
Now I'm waiting
For the sun
To shine on me once more
Take me back to yesterday
And Liza at my door

When Liza Brown
Came Around
When my Liza Brown
Came Around

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Writer :Naveen Jain

Title: This ain't a love song

I wanna say you something,
I am not the same sweet dream,
words only deepen the pain,
When you wrote me such thing.

I never saw my face in mirror again,
From the day you broke me.
I forget to live,I don't remember anything
You are all my life.

I hurted you all because of strain,
I shouted on you,I lost my sense.
Your face is made up of sun,
Take me out from this dark den.

Now either you come or let me fly
I can't show how i need you.
I need you to feel strong
And this ain't a love song.


Naveen Jain

Copyright ©2002 Naveen Jain




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What's The Solution?
by Michele Bass
Copyright 2000

VERSE

What about the boy who's stuck inside
his little mind and he can't get out
And the girl who looks behind
and sees the shadow of her doubt
All the people waiting in line
for a dime, too sick to shout
At the sun that never shined
That's what their lives are all about
What's the solution to it all?

CHORUS

If we could just rehearse
our time in this universe
Next time around it would be easy
If it was just a game
we wouldn't have to wonder whether we were sane
Next time it would be easy

VERSE

The suicidal couple who cried
One cried wolf, but didn't die
And the other didn't know that he lied
so off the roof, she took a ride
And there was no turning back
Jill was dead, because of Jack
And when he found out, he cracked
broke his head, and that was that
What's the solution to it all?

CHORUS

If we could just rehearse
our time in this universe
Next time around it would be easy
If it was just a game
we wouldn't have to wonder whether we were sane
Next time it would be easy, easy

MIDDLE 8

Coloring outside the lines might be nice
living in logical fantasy
Time, is it measured by what turns out right?
Maybe, or maybe not
Tomorrow's not all we got
Today can be close behind
Just look beyond the corners that may blind you

CHORUS

If we could just rehearse
our time in this universe
Next time around it would be easy
If it was just a game
we wouldn't have to wonder whether we were sane
Next time it would be easy


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MOBILE I'M COMIN HOME
words/music by Donnie Mills (c)2002

MOONLIGHT DANCES ON THE SHORELINE
CASTING IT'S REFLECTION DOWN ON MOBILE BAY
SOUTHERN BREEZES BLOWING, AS IF KNOWING
IT'S THE CLOSING OF ANOTHER DAY....
DOSE'NT SEEM THAT LONG AGO
THAT MOBILE WAS A MEMORY,
NOW I'M GOING HOME

(chorus)
TO WHERE MY HEART BELONGS
A PLACE WHERE IN MY YOUNGER DAY
I LEARNED RIGHT FROM WRONG
IT'S A PLACE KEPT DEEP INSIDE MY SOUL
REGUARDLESS OF THE PATH I TAKE
A COUNTRY ROAD OR INTERSTATE
I PAVED THEM ALL WITH MY MISTAKES
MOBILE I'M COMING HOME

I HAD TO SOW MY OATS, SPREAD MY WINGS
TAKE A CHANCE AND SEE WHAT I MIGHT FIND
BUT EVERY CHOICE I MADE HAD ME AFRAID
WHAT I'D BEEN SEARCHING FOR WAS LEFT BEHIND
THEN I HEARD YOU CALL TO ME
HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS, AND WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.........(chorus).....end....


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“BEYOND GOODBYE”
(Ó 2002 Dwain C. Hathaway)

We had seven years together with so many ups and downs.
The show is over baby ‘cause I’m not your circus clown.
I’ve said “goodbye” so many times before I’m turnin’ blue
So let me put it in a way there’s no confusing you.

CHORUS:

It’s more like “you are out of here” and “you’re already gone”.
Take a good look out the window. Your stuff’s out on the lawn.
No matter how I say it, I don’t need a reason why.
So long, farewell, forever. I am well beyond goodbye.

I gave you all I had to give. You only wanted more.
You’ve taken all you’re gonna take. Now you can hit the door.
You don’t have to leave the key. I changed the locks in case you try
To come back where you don’t belong. I’m well beyond goodbye.

(CHORUS)
(SOLO AS CHORUS)

BRIDGE:

I tried so hard to tell you nice time and time again
But there’s no getting through to you. Good riddance and amen.

Then I woke up from this crazy dream and much to my surprise.
She’s standing right in front of me with fire in her eyes.
This dream is comin’ true but in a way I’m gonna dread.
I think she’s well beyond “goodbye” ‘cause this is what she said:

(CHORUS TWICE)


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DADDY'S HEART
(c) Wayne Gardner 1998

Daddy was due home on Christmas eve,
He'd been working away for a while,
But as I woke on the 23rd,
I just couldn't raise a smile,
For I dreamt that night that his plane went down,
Just a mile from leaving the ground,
And although they'd found about everyone,
My Daddy hadn't been found.

My Mama asked me what was wrong,
Why I looked like I could cry,
And when I told her about my dream,
She said that dreams often lie,
She told me that I shouldn't worry now,
He'd be home tomorrow for sure,
But every second that passed that day,
I worried a little bit more.

That night I prayed to the stars above,
And anyone listening to me,
To help me touch my Daddy's heart,
And help to make him see,
That he should catch the train back home,
Or wait for another flight,
For although my Mama thought it wrong,
I knew that I was right.

Next morning we stood in the airport lounge,
As the news came filtering through,
The thing that I was dreading most,
Was suddenly all to true,
The plane had taken off on time,
And crashed just a mile away,
Although they hoped that all had survived,
They just couldn't say.

Last night I prayed to the stars above,
And anyone listening to me,
To help me touch my Daddy's heart,
And help to make him see,
That he should catch the train back home,
Or wait for another flight,
For, although my Mama still thought it wrong,
It looked like I was right.

Then the news came over that all were safe,
Except one man not yet found,
They feared the worst as the plane had split,
By his seat as it hit the ground,
My Mama shook her head real hard,
And cried "He can't leave us alone",
Then a voice came over the tanoy,
Asking me to pick up a phone.

Then my Daddy told me . . . . .
Last night I watched the stars above,
And could have sworn that I heard you,
I felt you as you touched my heart,
And what I heard I knew was true,
And although I wanted to be home soon,
I waited for another flight,
Your love had reached me across the miles,
To help me be with you tonight.

What better present could I have received,
Than to see my Dad Christmas night.

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In My Dreams You Run
Timothy A. Perry © 2002

Verse 1:
The day that you were born, you didn’t hear me cry.
My tears were mixed with equal parts, agony and joy.
Was this God at work,
Or maybe mother nature’s quirk,
That laid this rocky path for you to try?

Chorus:
In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.
In my dreams you’re free to jump and play beneath the sun.
Everyday I see you struggle till the day is done.
But In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.

Verse 2:
Crutches for the house, walker for the classroom hall.
Wheelchair for the other times you can’t afford to fall.
Braces for your shaky thighs,
Kisses for your lonely sighs.
A father’s love to help you through it all.

Chorus:
In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.
In my dreams you’re free to jump and play beneath the sun.
Everyday I see you struggle till the day is done.
But In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.

Verse 3:
I recall the day, when I first heard you sing.
Notes so pure and simple overshadowed everything.
In that moment carved in time,
Childhood tune and easy rhyme
You traded in your walker for some wings.

Bridge:
I’ve come to know that solace follows on the heels of grief.
We are all much stronger than we ever dare believe.

Chorus:
In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.
In my dreams you’re free to jump and play beneath the sun.
Everyday I see you struggle till the day is done.
But In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.


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This lyric is: #378

Sleep ( Katie’s Lullabye )
Kevin McKrell c 2002 BMI

Sleep like a river dreams they flow.
Struggles of the day.
All your burdens drift away.
Slowly sail into the night.
Peace comes with the morning light.

Sleep casting dreams into the night .
Like dry leaves blown .
Their destination unkown.
With no direction planned.
Like sand through your hands
It’s there and gone.

Sleep welcomes you with open arms.
Quietly lie,surrender soflty.
Close your eyes.
Darkness holds no fear for such as you.
For you know the day will dawn
When night is through.


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This lyric is: #379

Listen for the Angels

when there's nothing left inside you
and your life seems almost gone
when the blues won't leave your doorstep
and everything seems wrong

when the sun won't rise in your life
and the moon just brings remorse
when the birds won't sing a sweet song
and you have lost your course

listen for the angels
they're singing up above
listen for the angels
to find a little love

when there's nothing to hold onto
and your best friend is away
when the bed becomes your home now
and you sleep away your day

when the laughing has grown silent
and the tears don't seem to stop
when the music has grown cold now
and your life seems so lost

listen for the angels
they're singing up above
listen for the angels
to find a little love

and we all go through these
times of darkened woes
life is wrought with hardship
as we fall to the floor
there's nothing to be scared of
for love is always there
so reach out
and listen
its somewhere in the air

listen for the angels
they're singing up above
listen for the angels
to find a little love


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Dancing Flowers
Copyright (C) 1987 Felipe Fransioli

There once was a knight
In the pure days of old
And he shone in his armor
And he rode a bright horse
And he looked so princely
That all the court maidens
Did vie for his pleasure
His glance opened doors

Now you lie beside me
Contained in our quietness
And touch when you feel
There's something to hold
We each have known sorrow
And shed slowly our armor
Touching with peace the realms
Where once sadness grew

In the bright fields
And the sky overturning
The knight often wandered
With maidens quite fair
And they lie in the flowers
Crushed blossoms beneath them
Spent long lusty hours
In sun-ripened play

The flowers you touch in me
Do bloom still and rise
To your voice they rise opening
And dance for your eyes
They dance for your eyes.


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This lyric is: #381

"Texas Lady"
The road ahead looks brighter
Since she's running from the past
Still a few more miles to go
Till the road reads free at last

Oh, the radio's playin
Her life's in every word
No man could ever make her stray
From this rodeo world.

Chorus:
Oh, this little Texas Lady
She's America's girl
She has her heart and her mind both set
on taking on the world

Oh, this bull riding extrordinare
There's no hiding she's a rodeo queen
With a smile of a child
she can be any man's dream.
end chorus:

She said I learned it the hard way
Now I dance to another tune
I'm gonna set this world on fire
You can bet on seeing it to

Got a fire in her soul
Just like an untamed colt
They're both born to run
And they're both hard to hold

Repeat Chorus:

She will take you on, take my word on that
There's no stoppin her
She's got passion to burn.

Repeat Chorus till fade:

Written By: Tara B. Daniel
Co/writers:Lisa Vivian, Peter Cupples

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This lyric is: #382

Medal'd


Medal cents, billfold stuffing-
federal paper pressed
with lined esses,
pecking beaks eat dead shells.

Nested eggs, feathers dead,
slugs stream slimelines,
sandbagged soldiers -
ditched young eyes die.

Baked bricks,
cement walls of dwelling, swelling,
barriers broken-
needlessly, endlessly, easily;
nothing's solid.

Meadows sniffed, combed,
waters dredged,
hook lifeless forms decaying.

Bicuspid impressions,
once grinning expressions,
life's impressions
left dead for the rest to box and bury.

Thrills and terror,
kills and horror
mystery's 'morrow-sorrow.
Lambs slaughtered,
field-flying mortar,
streets...jungles-
no difference, minds loiter.

Sunny dead scents,
death-sentenced heads repent,
hunters free-fed,
they're bored killing the four-legged.

Standing-two targets challenge,
p.i. desk light, halogen,
p.d. cabinets wail,
judicial systems fail.

Reduced, let loose-
why bother bailing,
systems fail,
p.d. cabinets wail, wail.

Missing, ditching, hitching
-what is life anyway-
it's taken away every day.

Today's list is long-
a twenty-four hour song.
wail why wail why wail wail,
wail wail why wail why?
Scream, cry, cry!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
why why why...
twenty-four hour song
wail why wail why wail wail,
wail wail why wail, WHY?

F**king cry, cry
suck it up ... cry, cry...
list is long...
twenty-four hour song...
suck it up... cry, cry...
list is long...
die,
bury,
f**king CRY!

July 21, 2002
Day after Ozzfest 2002, Holmdel, NJ
Nancy (Miller) Cisneros-Lanza
Copyright©2002

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Song title: Hole
Author: Duane Allen Harlick
Copyright: 2002

I guess it came as no surprise
I've seen the writing for some time
But now it's right before my eyes
And somehow, still it blows my mind
The truth revealed
The fate I've sealed

Chorus:
There's a hole underneath the piano
There's an emptiness that I can't fill
And everything she sings just brings us back to when
The bottom fell out of secrets.


Reckless abandon in the corner
Soft and low beneath the table chat
Finger dancing, unrelenting
Like a Chinese acrobat
He's come undone
He can't find one

(Chorus)


I never meant for you to know the truth that you have found
Now everything you made of me comes crashing to the ground


So now I find that I
Prefer to stand alone beside an empty chair
To face an endless stream
Of images and broken dreams that takes me there
No more, no less
But I digress…

(Chorus)

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This lyric is: #384

Nice Man With Money
2001 Jeanay Say Qua

Although he knew I wasn't dense
my father tried to push some sense
into my head
about the man
who might affect my future plan
"Look at the facts and don't berate
the alarming rise of the divorce rate
you might be cute
to some, a beauty
but loosened morals means lessened duty
You don't need to learn a hard lesson
just go to school and get
a profession"

I tried to follow what he said that made sense
Although I knew I wasn't dense
my wanderlust
and creative heart
seemed to override the intellectual part
So unconcerned with the idea of marriage
just give me a plane boat train or carriage
with my own two eyes
and my own two feet
just let me observe the man on the street

If no one ever asked me why
I wouldn't even try to try
to explain the need
I had to go
and why the world intrigued me so

I remember Loveness from Zimbabwe
with thirteen children
a fourteenth on the way
wondering why I didn't hurry
to add to the population flurry

And Ruby the eccentric traveler
who could read people's palms
and could see the future
She said, "You don't have to worry yet honey,
just find yourself a nice man,
with money!"

And in Jamaica there was Scaramoochie
All huffy and a puffy and a
tryin to smooch me
He said,"Don miss de mos greates ting in life
Me have four or five pickney
but me nah have nah wife!"

And Okaasan from Osaka writes me to this day
how she worries, "Jeanchan no koto shimpai"
so she'll say
If love hasn't gotten to get me bewitched
couldn't a matchmaker help me get hitched?

But I dream of Cuba
and a really good dance
Fresh seafood, cigars, and really big plants
I dream of a villa where all friends can come
to escape from the stress, ratrace, and humdrum
I'm hearing music with poetry in it
and I'm seeing cotton with bright patterns on it
With no man and no master's
I might end up in the skids
but I don't dream of suburbs with 2.5 kids

Even the love of my life decided to run
when it looked like my time for children had come
My friend Molly one day somehow knew it was time
To get a house and a husband and doctor in line
If that works for her
but I beg to defer
I want romance and true love
or not much at all
I've got nothing against it, but all that I see
Makes me wonder much less about this mystery

So I'll sing
and I'll dance
and I'll dream
and I'll bet
I'll still hear them all ask
Aren't you settled down yet?!

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This lyric is: #385

The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
Words and Music ©2001 Butch Ross

Ain´t that the Pot calling the Kettle Black.
Telling me to let her be, while you help your girl unpack.
You´re no stranger to the danger of loving psychotic ex-teenagers.
But you act like there´s a manger where she gave birth in the back.
I´ve had enough of the hypocracy.
There´s a postcard here from troubleville and it´s not addressed to me.
See she´s a sea of trouble you should let her go,
there´s other fish in the sea y´know
but that´s the pot calling the kettle black.

and like the Pot calling the Kettle Black,
eyeing me suspiciously while she sells our stuff for crack.
You are just another rube who fell for lucifer with boobs.
I hear-tell better men than you have lost their pegs in her beartrap.

You best wake up to this reality.
you are not the only one who´s fallen for this fallacy.
I know it´s nice having her around,
but the TV is pawnshop bound
and that´s the Pot calling the Kettle Black.

and like the Pot calling the Kettle Black,
you are talking on the phone saying "don´t you take her back"
but there´s someone in the kitchen,
I´m not complaining,
I´m not bitching,
but i´ve got a strong suspicion,
it ain´t you who bagged the trash.

Hey, you and I, we must like living dangerously,
there´s a growing list of psycho-bitches with apartment keys.
I know mine´s been on your nerves of late,
but at least she don´t pontificate
and when was the last time that girl ate
(you know she just pushes that stuff around on her plate)
you´re not the only she calls her mate,
I could go on all night but wait...
that the Pot calling the Kettle Black.
yeah, that the Pot calling the Kettle Black.


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This lyric is: #386

You'll always be there:Written by Nesbit and Greta Changur(50/60s style)
You'll always be there
The way you've always been
You'll always be there
In every song we sing
With sparklng eyes that glow
That light up every heart
And a smile that we know
That came straight from the heart

If you could only here
The hearts that love you dear
How each beat cries a tear
You'll know how much they care
And tho you're now a bright star
Shining down from where you are
You'll be here with us for-ever
Every day in our prayer

You,ll always be there
When the autumn leaves fall
You'll always be there
When the first snowflakes fly
And over the rainbow
You'll hear angels sing
This song that we send you
This song that we sing

Re-mem-ber re-mem ber re-mem-ber re-mem-ber

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Title: PUNCHLINE
Writer: Kathryn Louise Ann Brown
Copyright: 2001

V1:
You have yourself a perfect sense of timing
And I'm hanging on to each and every word
But something's always lost in the translation
And what I have to say is left unheard

CH:
You keep me in stitches
I cry so hard I laugh
It's all that I can do to keep a straight face

V2:
I might just have to have myself committed
To finding ways to break the spell you've bound
Your death defying logic with its stranglehold
Keeps me from getting up from off the ground

CH:
You keep me in stitches
I cry so hard I laugh
It's all that I can do to keep a straight face

BR:
Seems as though you went into the wrong line
And your ship is never coming in
But for now you have me as your captive audience
And I'm waiting for the lights to go down
And the first act to begin

CH:
You keep me in stitches
You keep me in stitches I cry
You keep me in stitches I cry so hard
You keep me in stitches I cry so hard I laugh
But why am I still waiting for the punchline

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This lyric is: #388

“Trying To Get The Most Out Of Life”
Copyright 1998 Robert Barry Knox

Yes, I’ve walked many roads in my life, and I’ve seen all the evils and strifes.
Some people are stealing, wheeling and dealing, trying to get the most out of life.

They were trying to get the most out of life.

Yes, I known many problems in my time, and I’ve met many people of all kinds.
Some of them crying, lying or dying, trying to get the most out of life.

They were trying to get the most out of life.

Do you know what you know, is it real? Do you beg, do you borrow or steal?
As you wrinkle all over, and keep getting older, trying to get the most out of life.

Are you trying to get the most out of life.

I’ll tell you a truth my friends, that faith conquers all in the end,
and fairness last longer, it’ll make you much stronger, trying to get the most out of life.

As you’re trying to get the most out of life.




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This lyric is: #389

TWO BY TWO

Yard sale sign on my corner lot
I have to sale everything I got
I didn’t think she’d be leaving so fast
Should of known it wasn’t gonna last
Sold the dryer and the washing machine
A pair of boots and a pair of blue jeans
Everything’s leaving two by two….. but me… and you
Two….. by….. two…… but me and you

Cars drive by and don’t even stop
The quickest way I’ve ever seen to shop
She’s headed west to chase her dreams
I bet by now she’s past New Orleans
20 dollars for the pair of bar stools
The pair of dressers and my old box of tools
Everything’s leaving two by two….. but me… and you
Two….. by…. two…… but me and you

Driveway full of lookie Lou’s
Trying to cut me down a buck or two
I bet she’s gonna give me a call
Wondering if I ever sold it all
The pair of speakers and a ol pair of tires
A pair of skates and the Radio Flyers
Everything’s leaving two by two….. but me…. and you
Two…. by ….two……..but me and you

I guess it’s time to close up shop
What’s left over I’ll just have to hock
A ball a bat a baseball glove
What’s the price ya gonna put on love
50 dollars for the new wedding bands
We didn’t even ware em on our left hand
Everything’s leaving two by two…..but me…. and you
Two…. by …..two ………but me and you

Lyrics by Patrick Wilberding
08/01


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This lyric is: #390

thomas, Stephen Cohen c. 2000


There was a little boy named Thomas
He was a little bit shy
He would not play with the other kids
He would not look you in the eye
He just recited numbers, just as far as he could go

Thomas liked to stage his secret shows

The first time I saw Thomas, it was in a special school
I took him to the music room, he sat down on a stool
He yelled “danger” at the piano, I yelled “monster” at the drums

Thomas liked to sing his secret songs

There was a little boy named Thomas, he was a little bit strange
He liked to spin in circles, and he smiled when he sang
He really was intelligent, people called him slow

Thomas liked to stage his secret shows

The last time I saw Thomas, he was crying in a yard
A friend of his was leaving, and he always took things hard
He yelled “monster” at the piano, I yell “danger” at the drums

Thomas liked to sing his secret songs

And if the world’s not right with Thomas, then something must be wrong
And if the world’s not right with Thomas, then something must be wrong










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One People (C) Brenda MacIntyre 1991-2002
Lyrics & Composition by Brenda MacIntyre
** I debuted this song at a peace concert on Sept. 11, 1991. In response to Sept. 11, 2001, I reworked and recorded the song in early 2002.

Intro:
Don't you know
Don't you know that we are one people

Verse 1:
Many spirits gathered together
We need to be there for each other
But now we’re caught up in segregation

Everywhere there is starvation
People on a path to destruction
Poverty it breeds desperation

Pre-Chorus:
Celebration, oh, we are one people
Many generations, yeah, we are one people
One creation, oh, we are one people, yeah
Appreciation, give thanks, 'cause we are one people, everyone

Chorus:
Don’t you know that we are one people
And we were created equal
Strugglin' together for survival, one people
Don’t you know that we are one people
And we were created equal
Strugglin' together for survival, one people

Verse 2:
We were born to love one another
Created as sister and brother
Together we can change the situation

There’s no place for discrimination
A disgrace to civilization
We need to learn communication

Pre-Chorus:
Celebration, oh, we are one people
Many generations, yeah, we are one people
One creation, oh, we are one people, yeah
Appreciation, give thanks 'cause we are one people, everyone

Chorus:
Don’t you know that we are one people
And we were created equal
Strugglin' together for survival, one people
Don’t you know that we are one people
And we were created equal
Strugglin' together for survival, one people

Outro:
Yes, we are one people
We are one people
We are one people
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Peace,
Midnight Rainbow

Listen to a clip of One People here:
http://midnightrainbow.ca/songs.html

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THE HEART CRAVES

1st Verse
Maybe I’m guilty of all those things
You couldn’t find in your heart to forgive
You said your love was just dyin’ slow
And that’s not how we’re meant to live

Climb:
Now I pretend that I don’t miss
Getting lost in your touch and your tenderness
But the lies betray me with all these memories
That haunt me ‘til I confess...

Chorus:
The heart craves what it can’t forget
I never knew lonely ‘til the day you left
Time might heal this hurt and yet
The heart craves what it can’t forget

2nd Verse
I know it’s over; you’ve gone to stay
Still I think of what might have been
This empty house gets so quiet and gray
It’s hard to breathe when the night closes in

Climb
So I walk these streets and I drift
Through a night as black as the night can get
In the cold moonlight I see you there
In every shadow and silhouette

Chorus
The heart craves what it can’t forget
I never knew lonely ‘til the day you left
Time might heal this hurt and yet
The heart craves what it can’t forget

Bridge
I stop at an old shop
That we passed by everyday
I write your name in the window’s frost
And as the sun comes up
I watch it fade away

Chorus
The heart craves what it can’t forget
I never knew lonely ‘til the day you left
Time might heal this hurt and yet
The heart craves what it can’t forget


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BLOODY HARLAN
A little ditty about a mining town in eastern KY
(John Dawahare)

A shotgun blast in the dark of night
Someone screamin’ in the street
A man dead on the railroad track
A gun lyin’ at his feet

Now, you got men from out of state
Lookin’ for trouble in Lynch
The miners are gettin’ restless
And they’re swearin’ for revenge

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

They shut us down six months ago
I ain’t had a job since then
Now, I’m told I’m about to lose
My unemployment pension

This strike’s bustin’ up families
It’s dividin’ life long friends
But, we’ve got the union behind us
And we’ll fight until we win

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

Now, my wife’s got that look in her eyes
She seems distant and far away
She stands cryin’ in the kitchen
I send the kids outside to play

Sometimes, she says she’s eaten
Says she ate ’fore we sat down
She just says that for the kids
’Cause there ain’t enough to go around

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

Some nights, I drink to forget
I drown my sorrows in whiskey
And I wish I was buried in that mine
With every sin I carry with me

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

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(up beat quick lyric)

HIDE

I looked out the window past the fence To see what lives outside
There’s a billion people looking back at me From the places that they hide
They peer from behind their darkened glasses Or their tinted window car
They turn their heads in their SUV It don’t matter who you are

Everybody needs a place to hide
Tell me how many places have you tried
You lost your faith but you try to keep your pride
Everybody needs a place to hide

I take a ride on my Japanese bike As I’m flying down the street
I get the finger from every single Harley Davidson that I meet
I fly on by and give a nod to the good old boys
Their place to hide is on their ride Behind the chrome and noise

Everybody needs a place to hide
Tell me how many places have you tried
You lost your faith but you try to keep your pride
Everybody needs a place to hide

Hide and seek take a peek Tell me what you see
Who’s that in the mirror looking back at me?
Stop look listen what ya got to loose
Come out from your hiding ‘hind your money and the booze

Everybody needs a place to hide
Tell me how many places have you tried
You searching for truth and all you get is lie, lie lie
Everybody needs a place to hide

I’ll stop for a beer or maybe two At my friendly neighborhood bar
And I see those vanity license plates On almost every car
You see the windows are dark but they want you to know Who that is inside
Be it Dr, lawyer or just plain loser You Gotta have a place to hide


Everybody needs a place to hide
Tell me how many places have you tried
You lost your faith but you try to keep your pride
Everybody needs a place to hide

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This lyric is: #395

Brave New Day – Finlay © 1997 Bill Finlay

Well I’m sorry that I’m not there yet
I was surfing on the Internet
I took a virtual right turn
And found myself alone

I called you on your cell-o-phone
The message says that you’re not home
But it ain’t got a clue if you’re alone

CHORUS
Have your machine call my machine
And we’ll do lunch one day
Maybe even interface,
If we recall the way

Now it’s hard down on the accelerator
Got to run, I’ll see you later
I’m off to face another brave new day

VERSE 2
Now in all the places we have been
The consequences unforeseen
It seems there were so many bridges
Left in flames
Our heroes fade out much too soon
They try to hide out in their rooms
They don’t want to face
Another brave new day

CHORUS
And the information highway on ramp
Backed up miles today
The promises we made ourselves
All seemed to slip away

Now it’s hard down on the accelerator
Got to fly I’ll catch you later
I’m off to face another brave new day


VERSE 3
Now don’t get me wrong, I do not care
For good old days which never were
What’s gone is gone, but still you know
The piper must be paid

It kind of caught me unaware
I gained some weight, I lost some hair
Chasing after all those brave new days

CHORUS
And I guess it’s not unusual
To feel lost out at sea
When the message that they’re sending
Just ain’t getting through to me

But it’s one more on the accelerator
See you later, alligator
I’ve got to face another brave new day

Another brave new day




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THE HARDER ONES
by jerry greene, 2001

i think i'm walking on a sinking floor
i feel a heartbreak knocking at the door
and the voice says "girl are you ready
for a bumpy ride"

making friendly with the blue jeans and shirts
apologies worth their weight in dirt
and the nights i couldn't tell the difference
between shouldn't and should

all that dancing lead to feeling fine
add some drinking and you blur the line
with an excuse so worn out and flimsy
he finally understood

i guess i like the harder ones
with the pain a little wisdom comes
like a dashboard light saying
"that was something worth living for"

i feel the heat from the august sky
on the porch waiting for good bye
and i'm hoping there just might be something
we forgot to say

i feel his arms around me once more
we cry and kiss i thought for sure
but he's still just watching the game
in the kitchen

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This lyric is: #397

PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE


PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
NOT LITTLE CHILDREN A WORD TO THE WISE

DON'T BULLY ANYONE SMALLER THAN YOU
TOMORROW WILL COME YOU'LL GET YOUR DUE
THE SICKNESS IS PASSED FROM FATHER TO SON
PASSED TO THE ONE UNABLE TO RUN

PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
NOT LITTLE CHILDREN A WORD TO THE WISE
PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
STOP ALL THE SICKNESS STOP ALL THE LIES

A MAN AIN'T A MAN WHEN HE BEATS ON HIS KID
IT MIGHT TAKE A MAN TO ADMIT THAT HE DID
GET SOME HELP WHATEVER IT TAKES
GET SOME HELP FOR CHILDRENS SAKE
THERE'S JUST NO EXCUSE FOR CHILD ABUSE
THERE'S JUST NO EXCUSE FOR CHILD ABUSE
THERE'S JUST NO EXCUSE FOR CHILD ABUSE
THERE'S JUST NO EXCUSE

BEATING YOUR WIFE MOLESTING YOUR CHILD
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT CHARGES ARE FILED
PLENTY OF MEN THAT WILL GLADLY FIGHT
TO STOP THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN OF LIGHT

PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
NOT LITTLE CHILDREN A WORD TO THE WISE
PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
STOP ALL THE SICKNESS STOP ALL THE LIES

A MAN AIN'T A MAN WHEN HE BEATS ON HIS KID
IT MIGHT TAKE A MAN TO ADMIT THAT HE DID
GET SOME HELP WHATEVER IT TAKES
GET SOME HELP FOR CHILDRENS SAKE

PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
NOT LITTLE CHILDREN A WORD TO THE WISE
PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
STOP ALL THE SICKNESS STOP ALL THE LIES

A MAN AIN'T A MAN WHEN HE BEATS ON HIS KID
BUT IT MIGHT TAKE A MAN TO ADMIT THAT HE DID
GET SOME HELP WHATEVER IT TAKES
GET SOME HELP FOR CHILDRENS SAKE

Copyright@1989 by Stan Agol

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