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This lyric is: #402

If I Were Free
Words and music by Paul Reisler and Angela Kaset
© 2000 A. Kaset/Red Dove/Purple Sun (SESAC) and P. Reisler/Zoidsongs (ASCAP)

If I were free
I would answer any question
With a brush stroke upon canvas
And my words would all fall out in poetry
I would sing to you a sunset
Draw your face inside a symphony

If I were free
I would flee this world of sidewalks
Run barefoot up the mountain
Stand naked as a lover, breathlessly
I would lose my way by moonlight
And wake to find you sleeping next to me
If I were free

If I were free
If I were free
Free to fly
Free to fall
Safe within the mystery
Of it all

If I were free
I would kiss you like a snowflake
Rain on you in roses
Fearlessly stand back and let you be
For God above and all the world to see
If I were free


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This lyric is: #403

Lucky in Love
(Hoot Gibson. Tina Gibson)

They say true love is one in a million
and I've always been the gambling type.
Daddy sit me down and he'd say listen,
son ya gotta take a chance to get it right.
While I'm holding you it feels like heaven
I'm holding aces every time.
And when I roll the dice it comes up seven,
And in my hands your my four of a kind

Yes I'm lucky in love like the stars up above ,
you light up my darkest night.
And if i never do win on that big wheel they spin,
You can bet that I'm lucky in love.


Your my pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
My four leaf clover and my lucky charm.
Like the flowers bloom your love will grow,
Always and forever in my arms.
no price is too high for your lovin
With you the limit is the sky.
You keep the winning coins a comin,
Darling you are the jackpot in my life.

Yes I'm lucky in love like the stars up above,
You light up my darkest night.
And if I ever do win on that big wheel they spin,
You can bet that I'm lucky in love
You can bet that I'm lucky in love

(©yes) http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/339/hoot_gibson.html




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This lyric is: #404

Title: The Bijou Dream
Author: David Ashman
copyright 2001

There's frost on the window sill
And children running home from school
The snow is falling all around
That's a sure sign that autumn's gone

Downwind from the cannery
The air is filled with sweet cherry jam
And dreams from a worker's mind
Of raising family and buying land

I thank the masons and the carpenters
The townspeople and the good farmers
Who plowed the fields and made the rules
They built a town in which I could grow

(chorus)
Keep your lights on while I'm gone
I'll take the memories along
Though I may travel very far
I only get closer to where you are
When the sun goes down all is well in this fair ported town


I remember climbing up Brook's hill
I raised a flag and called it my own
I laid down to count the stars
Then I wondered about who we are

I never wanted to say goodbye
The friends I had moved on with their lives
Twenty years and I still want more
You're the place I've been searching for

(chorus)
Keep your lights on while I'm gone
I'll take the memories along
Though I may travel very far
I only get closer to where you are
When the sun goes down all is well in this fair ported town

-you can hear a sample of this song at:
www.davidashman.com/lyrics_bijou_dream


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This lyric is: #405

I'm Not Afraid

Intro: One September morn has changed the
world forevermore
Senseless inhumanity has swept us
into war
We'll do what we must until the
fight is done
And ultimately we shall overcome.

Verse 1: I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although there's danger all around
me
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although there's madness in the
air
My time is now, my place is here
We must unite and stand together
'Till we rid the world of darkness
and despair.

Verse 2: I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although they threaten and alarm
me
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although they seek to bring me
down
I won't give up, I can't give in
And 'though they try to break my
spirit
I'll prevail
I won't rest 'till we have won
And there is peace for everyone.

Bridge: 'Though the struggle may seem
endless
And the sacrifice immense
I will never cease to keep my
dream alive
And as long as I am able
I will help in any way
To do my part so freedom can
survive.

Verse 3: I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although my heart may fill with
sorrow
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although my eyes may well with
tears
I'll carry on, I will be strong
and 'though I worry, come what may
I shall not fear
For as long as I believe in life
and love and liberty
As long as I believe, I'm not
afraid.


Verse 4: I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although there's danger all around
me
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although there's madness in the
air
I'll carry on, I will be strong
and 'though I worry, come what may
I shall not fear
For as long as I believe in life
and love and liberty
As long as I believe, I'm not
afraid
Yes, as long as I believe in life
and love and liberty
As long as I believe, I'm not
afraid.

Coda: I'm not afraid x 3.

c 2001 Michael Simmons
(519) 663-8223



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This lyric is: #406

Scarecrow

Hugh DeNeal
Copyright 2002

Scarecrow stood like Jesus Christ
While the rain came down as ice
And froze his face into a twisted smile
Black crow perched atop the barn
Shaking trying to keep warm
Watching Mr. Scarecrow all the while

Black Crow knows that scarecrow dying
His face is solid frozen
And he’ll be too if he cannot get warmer
Before this mighty mean ice storm
Scarecrow kept this wealthy farm
The pride of Mr. Jebediah Farmer

Now Jebediahs gone away
Because the bills could not get paid
He flew away on bullet bound for Jesus
But still the icy rain comes down
Before long Scarecrow’s gonna drown
Unless the wind first tears him into pieces

Black Crow stands on solid steal
Looking for a solid meal
Scarecrow’s smiling saying “Come and get some”
I have nothing to defend
And I will never live again
Everything’s been pissed away to heaven

Scarecrow thought of Farmer Jeb
And the bullet he put in his head
All because he could never live a poor man
Now Scarecrow’s feeling awful cold
Half as proud and twice as bold
And curses Jeb as not worth a good goddamn

“Find a man so rich with power
But underneath is such a coward
To take his life but leave his only begotten scarecrow
He left me here to shoo the crows
From all the crops that long since froze
An ornament among the ice and snow”

Black crow listens from the barn
To his old enemy of the farm
Cause sometimes you just need someone to listen
Then he flies closer to his foe
Who keeps the food from the hungry crows
Knowing there is no more food it is all frozen

Black Crow sees the scarecrows smile
Shocked at his irreverent style
Because scarecrows are so often stern and callous
Black crow says to his old enemy
“Do you have any thing for me?
Your smile makes a starving bird so jealous”

Scarecrow says “The game is done
I guess you could say that you won
But soon you may follow me to heaven
Black Crow says “My dear old foe
That kingdom is far too cold
I was cast out once and I do not want back in”

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This lyric is: #407

Veil Of Tears.

This song is one more might have been
Another never was
It's only one I might have dreamed
Or thought I'd told you of
My life is like a drop of rain
Searching for the sea
I speak with a strangers voice
And it's echoing in me
Through a veil of tears
Veil of tears.

I'm a leaf upon the restless wind
A word upon your lips
Beyond the sunset darkness reigns
And I dream of sailing ships
To wake up falling round and round
To know my words must fail
Where sunlight fades to winter grey
Then I know I'll sail
Through a veil of tears
Veil of tears.

Feel my body growing old
Each moment bears the scars
And I feel it in my fingertips
And I see it in the stars
No use to hide or run away
We can't escape this time
But somehow in the sun we're born
And everyday we shine
Through a veil of tears
Veil of tears.

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This lyric is: #408

*** ALIEN TO ME ***
© 2002 Aaron Slater

(Verse1)
She's called Venus,
I won't admit that's simply all I know.
She's my solar tourist,
Answering questions with a neon glow,
Because she's...
...alien to me, she's an...
...alien to me.

(Verse2)
I'm so excited,
I've got another date with Sheryl Crow.
It's like I've been blinded,
Can't see the sunlight burning down my road,
Now she's an...
...alien to me, she's an...
...alien to me

(Chorus)
But when life's planned out,
And she's cast in doubt,
With an embrace that's forced to fade.
I don't know what's left,
But I've passed the test,
I don't know when I've got it made

(Verse3)
Now she's empty,
Her bedroom window is Jack Frost's home.
And now we're fighting,
I can't help thinking that something's wrong,
Now she's an...
...alien to me, she's an...
...alien to me

(Chorus)
But when life's planned out,
And she's cast in doubt,
With an embrace that's forced to fade.
I don't know what's left,
But I've passed the test,
I don't know when I've got it made...
...I've got it made


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This lyric is: #409

Baby Brother

I got a woman sheÕs half crazy
and people say IÕm the other half
When weÕre not screaming, how we laugh
SheÕs got a juvenile brother
who donÕt know much but sings just like a bird
ItÕs the damnedest thing youÕve ever heard
When we go driving heÕs in the back seat
singing and stomping time with his feet
I swear he knows every song in the world
Come on kid where headed out to
no place or another
Sing us that sad one baby brother

Their old man he served hard time
and living caged robbed him of his soul
ÒSon I spent 10 years in that hole
And every night when the guard called lights out
I prayed to God IÕd be dreaming about
Holding their sweet mother in the sun
She waited lonely
then fell in love with another
Left eyes to haunt me in baby brother
Her eyes still haunt my through baby brother

Maybe one day IÕll remember
One day IÕll remember to forget herÓ

I hear there's work outside of town
She took my ring WeÕre gonna settle down
WeÕll take our chances come what may
Rice fell on the courthouse lawn
The tavern jukebox played all night long
We drank to those far away and near
Then some jealous fool cut loose
and we dove for cover
All come up shaking except baby brother
He caught a stray one but it killed everyone
Good bye brother brother
Good bye baby brother


copyright 2002
Jon Swift

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This lyric is: #410

Whisper
-written by Jason Death
2002

as she whispers,I fall to tears
as she withers and I waste my years
she can see,she can feel
she can hope and she can pray
and yet it seems
she still cries for me
as I whisper her name
as she whispers,my image fades
as she quivers and I stake my claim
she can't sleep,she can't play
she's assured that I am dead
and yet it seems
she still cries for me
when I whisper her name
as she whispers,can't seem to break
as she shivers,I'm asleep at my wake
oh,she denies,as she replies
to everything that I send
and yet it seems
she's still haunting me
when the wind whispers her name

haunting me,taunting me,echoes of the past
they still plague my mind
falling down,all around,the pieces of my heart
they still pierce my soul
as she whispers,as she cries
as she whispers,as I die.....

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Jason E. Death
~flood~
www.floodmusic.info

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This lyric is: #411

The Dash Between The Dates
Copyright Sonny B. Bell
All rights reserved.

As I walked up to the headstone
I noticed first his name
Engraved in fancy letters
It stood out bold and plain
He was born in nineteen-sixty-four
And he died in eighty-nine
I swallowed hard when I realized
He was only twenty-five

I stood there for a moment
Sadly staring at the stone
Imagining some far off year
When my time on earth is gone
Then suddenly it came to me
As I turned to walk away
The only thing that matters
Is the dash between the dates

CHORUS:
The dash between the dates
It's so easy to ignore
It’s hardly ever noticed
But stands for so much more
It's all the time you get
Before you get to heaven's gates
Every minute of your life
Fits in the dash between the dates

On my way home that evening
I thought of all I'd seen
How some die young and some die old
And some die in between
If there's one thing that I learned that day
It's that time don't ever wait
And the only time to live
Is in the dash between the dates

CHORUS Repeat)

BRIDGE:
Don't wait until you're dyin'
To think about your fate
Don’t waste another minute
Of the dash between the dates


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This lyric is: #412

"I Don't Want"
Music & Lyrics by Brenda Caunter
© 2002 all rights reserved

You feel so much pain, you can't even cry.
Anger so deep inside, you don't know why.
Your mind is numb, there is no doubt.
Total confusion, you just want out.
I don't know how to release the chains,
(All I) All I know is never again.

Chorus
I don't want to be loved, there's nothing to gain.
I don't need to be loved, it's just not worth the pain.
So I'll just keep to myself, if its all the same.
They'll be nobody else to take the blame.

You're in a crowd, you feel all alone.
Total distraction, with nobody home.
It's not an illusion, you're not even aware.
People around you, they don't seem to care.
Time just seems to stop, or is it fate.
(All I) All I know is that I need to escape.

Chorus
I don't want to be loved, there's nothing to gain.
I don't need to be loved, it's just not worth the pain.
So I'll just keep to myself, if it's all the same.
They'll be nobody else to take the blame.

Bridge
You can tell me, its not really that way.
Don't try to convince me, there's nothing left to say.
I don't believe you, it just can't be true.
(All I) All I know is I need to be away from you.

Chorus (x2)
I don't want to be loved, there's nothing to gain.
I don't need to be loved, it's just not worth the pain.
So I'll just keep to myself, if it's all the same.
They'll be nobody else to take the blame (fade)


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This lyric is: #413

Looking through my lyrics, I came across this one. Even if it doesn't win, I thank you for helping me remember it.

Sort of rock/country/60s pop, I guess. It'd probably work in many different genres, come to think of it.

Here 'tis:

But Not My Heart


What can I do that I haven’t done?
What can I say that I haven’t said?
I know we’re through, somebody else won,
I can get you out of my head,

Chorus:

But not my heart, it won’t let you go.
But not my heart, just can’t tell it so!
We once had something together,
We finally tore it apart.
I can tell my head, “Forget her!”
But not my heart.


Where can I go that we haven’t been?
Your memory won’t let me hide.
Somehow I know that, once again,
I can find a way to fool my pride,

Chorus

Bridge:

I thought we’d never go our separate ways, but I was wrong.
Now I know the way the music plays a good-bye song;

Final half-chorus:

We once had something together,
We finally tore it apart.
I can tell my head, “Forget her!”
But not my heart.

Copyright ©1997, Bob Clayton. All rights reserved.


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This lyric is: #414

MASTER PLAN copyright 2002 steve kirkman


Well I’m bone tired waiting for my sun to shine, and walking with this cripple wind.
Left all my friends back in the Hollywood hills, now I’m alone again.
Been singing about the trials of this old cruel world, from the east coast to the west.
Me and this Chevy called a lot a places home but on the move is what we like the best.

Now you can talk about my clothes, hair, color of my skin, man I don’t care bout all that stuff.
I’m only trying to find myself a little peace of mind, to comfort me out here in the rough.
Cause some days I feel like a blessed holy saint, they’re ain’t no mountain I couldn’t move. Then I turn around and find myself starring at pavement, through the windows in both my shoes.

chorus
Well now I don’t know if there’s some master plan.
Maybe it’s better I don’t understand.
Gonna saddle up my pony, you can catch me on the backside of Eden.

verse
Now we fly around this universe in a billion dollar rocket, scouting signs to another paradise.
Taken nearly everything this whole world has to give, and the rest is running real short supply.
You can hear it on the radio, watch it on tv, feel the vibrations in your bones.
We been cultivating everything except our own salvation, a lot of bad seeds been sown.

We got cancer growing everywhere, every shape and form, spreading out and into everything.
There’s cancer in the food we eat, and the papers that we read, their putting cancer in the thoughts that we think.
I hear lot of wealthy people talking about changes, well poor folks they want changes too.
Some are born to have it all no matter what they do, others seem like they’ve been born to lose.

chorus
verse
Now I know there ain’t no freedom till we all are free, but I guess it’s just to obvious.
Holding on to everything so tight you can’t help wondering, maybe this is what keeps making life so tough.
Out there in the distance surely there must be a light, bright enough for everyone to see.
I’ve heard a lot of reasons, but none that can be proved, why there is, or there ain’t nothing to
believe.
So when I wake up in the morning and my feet hit the floor, I’ll be running down this future I behold.
But it’s getting harder everyday just to make a simple choice with all these complicated truths I’ve been told.

Chorus
Copyright 2002 steve kirkman
stevekirkman@earthlink.net


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This lyric is: #415

LONG WAY FROM KITTY HAWK

Words & music by Joseph M Lobosco c 2001

V
Brother...look what they've done,
Brother...they're on the run

Sunken...broken n' torn,
Hunted...in this sinister storm

C
But, we didn't know it,
We only wanted ta fly

We didn't know that such anger could come of the sky

V
Brother...what have we done ?
Brother...it's all comin' undone

Fallen...flattened and scorned,
Such hatred...from where is that borne ?

C
Well, we didn't know it,
'çause we only wanted ta fly

No one could notice the angry stain in their eyes

And we can't control it,
their vicious, their criminal lies,

No, we didn't know it,
no, we only wanted ta fly

V
Brother...we've done some good, haven't we ?
Wilbur...we're still good, won't they see ?

Brother... I'm shamen' so slow,
Yes, I feel it...that long heavy blow

C
But we didn't know it,no,
We only wanted ta fly

And we'd never know it,
No one could dream of such cries

And we shouldn't show this,
no, we shouldn't shoulder their sighs

Çause we didn't know it,
yeah, we only wanted ta fly

BRIDGE
So fly...lets'just fly away,
Fly...let's go back to our day

Fly, where there's no one can say,
Let's fly, back to Kitty today

Let's fly, to forget this dark day


C
Yeah, we didn't know it,
'çause we only wanted ta fly

We didn't blow it Orv,
our only sin was ta try

And we don't owe nothin', to no-one,
nowhere should we hide

'çause we didn't know it,
We only wanted ta fly

We only wanted to, wanted to,
wanted ta fly...



V
Brother...will they blame you n' me ?
Orville...was no way we could see ?

They're so tattered...and so uninformed,
Hereafter...a tall space, a burnt form

Brother...please say it ain't so,
Brother...I just need ta know

C
Well, we didn't know it,
'çause we only wanted ta fly

You-n'-me never notice the darker, deep side of life

And I wish you didn't show me,
I'd rather not see such a flight

Now we can't unknow it,
We'll think of it each time we fly



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This lyric is: #416

THE CITY GIRL AND THE COUNTRY BOY (©1996)
by Nanette Littlestone

V1
She’s a city girl from New York City
Mighty rich and mighty pretty
All she cares about is movin’ fast.
He’s a simple country boy out walkin’
Doesn’t know about fast talkin’
Tryin’ to make the beautiful things last.

Chorus:
Well, city girls and country boys
They just don’t get along.
Doesn’t matter how you try
They’ve started out all wrong.
But this boy’s gonna change that fact
He just ain’t standin’ still.
‘Cause when he saw that city girl
It gave him quite a thrill.

V2
She likes convertibles and races
Hangin’ out in fancy places
Drinkin’ wine and eatin’ caviar.
He doesn’t understand her crowd
He thinks the people are too loud
But he is confident he can go far.

[Chorus]

V3
He moved right over by her side
She didn’t have a place to hide
He gazed down into her lovely face.
She glared right back at him defiant
Even though he was a giant
She knows how to put men in their place.

But then something happened to her
She didn’t understand.
It’s just like she was floatin’
‘Cause she wasn’t feelin’ land.
He bent and kissed her on the lips
And twirled her once or twice
And said, “I want to marry you,
I want you for my wife.”

[Chorus]

V4
She looked at this big gentle guy
She had a twinkle in her eye
And said, “I don’t suppose you’d dance
with me.
I think I’d like to be your wife.”
She kissed him not just once but twice
And he just looked at her and smiled
with glee.

Well, city girls and country boys
They just don’t get along.
Doesn’t matter how you try
They’ve started out all wrong.
But sometimes people’s lives can change
With help from up above.
That city girl and country boy
They went and fell in love.

That city girl and country boy
They went and fell in love.

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This lyric is: #417

FLIGHT 93 (THEY DIED FOR ME)
By Jim Bearden (Intro by Alan Jackson)
Copyright (c) 2002

INTRO:
Where were you, when the world stopped turning, on that September day?

VERSE 1:
On September 11, a day that all of us will remember forever,
Two very different kinds of people suddenly came together.
There were some who thought that their cause was so right,
they'd send innocent people to their graves;
And some who decided, when that became clear, to risk their lives,
so others were saved.

CHORUS:
There are things that I would die for, but there are none that I would kill for;
And that's a difference that some people just don't see.
And though I was far away, all men are brothers, and I can say:
When they gave their lives on that dark day, they died for me.

VERSE 2:
Without those cell phones, we might never have known what they did, and what they knew;
And without them, they might never have known to do what they would do.
They found that trying to save their own lives would mean that others would be lost
So they decided to risk it all, even knowing what it might cost.

CHORUS

BRIDGE:
So they rushed the cockpit, they did their best, and though they made a giant hole,
We'll remember them all as heroes, and their final words: "Let's roll!"

CHORUS


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Jim Bearden
=======================================
Sky Pilot Music/Photography/Software
mailto:jbearden@ieee.org
http://www.sky-pilot.org
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This lyric is: #418

COLOR YOU IN by Jake Armerding, Copyright 1999, Joekline Music, BMI

Got my brushes, I got my crayons
Got my fingers, I got my hands
and this is an art
that I know by heart
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in

A little umber, and a little blue
A little silver residue
and I'll give you a green
that you've never seen
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in

A little jasmine, and a little jade
A little sunshine, a little shade
and I'll give you a bite
of my black and white
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in

A little golden, and a little tan
now I'm holding onto your hands
and I'll give you a drink
of my red and pink
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in

A little hazel, and a little rose
a little freckle on the side of your nose
and I'll wash over you
with my navy blue
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in
won't you let me color you in.

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This lyric is: #419

A New Life

Words and music by Joanna Katzen

When she sings,
Angels fly from her heart,
Sadness from the depths of her soul
Echoes off
The caves
Of unfulfilled love,
Forgotten dreams,
Impossible wants ...

When he dreams,
Those angels bring her to him:
Whispering, he calls her in-
To his life:
They are one,
And he sews up the wounds
And discards the blues;
They don't need them no more,
And she tells him:

(Chorus)
Close your eyes,
Rest your head;
Rock me away in your arms.
Calm your soul,
Fill your heart:
The dawn will bring a new life.

He was one,
All a-lonely, she was one, lonely too:
Together their love made them three
With the heartbeat they heard,
And she holds back the tears
And they suffer the fears
Of thousands of years.

She arrives!
Skin of velvet, eyes of deep-water blue:
Gently they gather her in-
To their hearts
And they know
That in her they'll live on
Even long after they've finished singing their song:
And he tells her:

(Chorus)
Close your eyes,
Rest your head;
And I'll rock you away in my arms;
Calm your soul,
Fill your heart;
The dawn will bring a new life.

Close your eyes,
Rest your head;
And I'll rock you away in my arms;
Calm your soul,
Fill your heart:
The dawn has brought a new life.

Copyright 2000 Joanna Katzen. All rights reserved.



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From the song "Naming the Waves"
(c) 2002 Owen Roberts
revolution against commercial music and its cultural implications

Down in the depths of the deep blue sea
Hidden from the vision of a mortal like me
Lies a box that was dropped from the pirate
ship Fate
Banned from the land of ignorance and hate

Now the ruler of the land was a man named
Jack
With a dollar in his collar and a monkey on
his back

He looked from the pyre with a fire in his
eye
As the people stood below, blinded by his
lies

And the people wasted away all night long
Lost in the in the lyric of their jubilant
song
Unaware in the glare of intoxicating light
That the waves were the way to the end of
their plight

The waves would roll right in then roll away
again
Free as a feather as it blows in the wind
But Jack's eyes opened as night turned to
day
The people were turned into slaves
And they were naming the waves

Hypnotized by his simplified lies
They followed his lead as he hid in his
disguise
They spent their cash on everything he
asked
Trapped in the grasp of the spell that he
cast

Slowly they learned to celebrate monotony
Addicted to the drug called Anti-Creativity
All around them, ringing through the
mountains
The names of the waves just as fast as they
could count them

And then one day there came from a land far
away
A ship on the horizon, only Jack knew its
name
The flag that it was flying showed a single
broken chain
But the people were trained how to behave
So they kept naming the waves

There in the distance it sounded its bells
Following the rhythm of the monotonous
spell

It swayed as the waves only heightened it
rage
Anchored in the tomb of its day and age

Standing on the shore they couldn't
distinguish the sound
It was drown in the silence of the innocent
crowd
The ship had no captain and it had no first
mate
On the side was inscribed only one word,
Fate

Fate's bells were stronger than the wind
that carried it in
When the sound hit the ground it brought an
unconcious grin

Jack rolled over in his psychological grave
He knew that they'd become too brave
To keep on naming the waves

Fate's rhythm was changing their thoughts
were rearranging
Into the shallow waters the people started
wading
A little higher, balanced on a wire
Stood Jack in a rage looking down from his
pyre

They were his human investment, on his spell
they were dependent
Until the day they realized he profits from
their ignorance
His disguise, in their eyes,
Had come to represent what was absent from
their lives

And so they opened up a box and filled it to
the top
With his mask and his lies, so full it
nearly popped
They dropped it off of Fate and sang a song
as it sank
And so began the rest of their days
And never named another wave


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I wrote this about the late Michael Houser (Widespread Panic lead guitar player), affectionately known as "Mikey".. he lost his battle with cancer on August 10th..

MIKEY’S SONG

I wrote this song for you to play
I wonder if I’ll hear it someday
It’s about a blue sky mixed with gray
And doesn’t have much more to say

When you first picked up your guitar
Did you know where it would lead?
When you last laid down your guitar
Do you know how many grieved?

How did you learn to play like that
Swirling sounds of impulsive degree
From love to fright, darkness to light
While sitting there still as a tree?

When you first started writing songs
Did you know those words would sink
So deeply into so many smiles
Who could recite them without a blink?

So goes the tale of a light too bright
Dying out way to early
Before you go, let me see your face
Beneath your hair so curly

It came time to face the music
Which for once didn’t sound so good
But you took it all in stride
I just wish I understood

I wrote this song for you to play
It’s about your life up until the day
You left this earth but I cannot say
That your spirit will ever leave

-Pete Schwartz

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King Rat
by Sally Crosthwait


I told my therapist about my life
The carrot twisting like a knife
Into my heart and out my back
And fading my blue light to black

Still I need that one more pellet.
It’s so close now, I swear I smell it
Just up ahead around the bend
That’s gotta be my rainbow’s end
When I’m there it’ll all be perfect
All this bullshit will be worth it

And I’ll be glad I spent my days
Stuck like a lab rat in a maze
Yes, I’ll be glad I spent my youth
Relentlessly in search of proof
That I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I made my life hell?
I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I don’t like myself

I keep a hairpin in my jacket pocket
In case they shut the door and lock it
I can pick my way to freedom
But I’ll stay cause they might feed me

Every morning back again
And one day soon I’m sure to win
I kiss the dice and let ‘em roll
That’s gotta be my pot of gold
When it’s mine it’ll all be fine
At last I’ll have my peace of mind

And I’ll be glad I spent my days
Stuck like a lab rat in a maze
Yes, I’ll be glad I spent my youth
Relentlessly in search of proof
That I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I made my life hell?
I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I don’t like myself

I keep a bottle hidden in my bed
In case I need to clear my head

I keep a lighter underneath my crown
Some day I’ll burn my kingdom down

I told my hairdresser about my dreams
The ones that make me wake up screaming
She said I should take a day off
But I’ll wait for my big payoff

I’ve come too far to turn back now
Besides I couldn’t find my way out
I can take a little more
I’m certain I’m about to score
When I do, I’ll finally rest
And know that this was all for the best

And I’ll be glad I spent my days
Stuck like a lab rat in a maze
Yes, I’ll be glad I spent my youth
Relentlessly in search of proof
That I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I made my life hell?
I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I don’t like myself

I keep a lighter underneath my crown
Some day I’ll burn my kingdom down

I keep up

Copyright 2000 Sally Crosthwait


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www.picnicpages.com

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This lyric is: #424

The Perfect World - by t. damian

Searching for the perfect world I try as I fumble down this shore at the age of five in one nine seven nine The sun is setting down into the nighttime sky as I listen to the sounds of the waves inside

(Chorus) And I belong to You

Searching for the perfect world as I look inside to see what I can find but there’s no one home My mom she says it’s time to go But I don’t wanna leave because I know there’s a perfect world somewhere on this shore

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
To You

Searching for the perfect world and I know I am not alone By these footprints in the sand Instead of two I’m counting four and I know that perfect world is in Your hands Lord

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
To You To You To You To You




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Daniel Kent
"Think Of You"
copyright 2002

An open field with butterflies on a bright spring afternoon
Walking or laying in the grass while the flowers bloom
Bees are buzzing, birds are singing, playing nature’s tune
And when I close my eyes I Think Of You…..Think Of You

When I close my eyes I think of you with pleasure
I see me and you inheriting Life’s treasures
I see a relationship eternity can’t measure
When I close my eyes I Think Of You…..Think Of You

Sailing in the ocean while the sun’s about to set
The moon’s reflection on the water will soon beget
Pains and sorrows left ashore I yearn to forget
And when I close my eyes I Think Of You…..Think Of You

When I close my eyes you are the topic
My mind decides that thoughts of you are erotic
At times it doesn’t appear normal, it appears exotic
My love for you is chaotic, my love for you is chaotic

I wish I was a bird who takes off when troubles draw nigh
And fly above the ground amongst the clouds in the sky
Viewing only mountain tops would cause me to sigh
And when I close my eyes I Think Of You…..Think Of You


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DURANGO
© 2001 Eileen Hemphill-Haley

Out of Four Corners
Down a two-lane road with a one-track mind
Eyes ever forward
Not a thought askew, not a glance behind
Cool wind blowing
Pushing me hard in the direction of Durango

Now me, I know these highways
I know the lay of the land that they’re drawn across
I am a map maker
I’m not capable of getting lost
But there I was stranded just a few short miles from Durango

Durango… Durango…


I met him on the roadside
Apparently I’d run out of gas
One of life’s little metaphors
I see that now, thinking back
Would he take me to the next town?
He said, what is the next town?
I said, Durango

The snow started blowing before we’d made it even two more miles
The roads were getting treacherous
It was clear we’d have to stop for a while
He said, let’s find a cup of coffee
See what we can learn about the weather
in Durango

Durango… Durango…


He was working on a novel about love gone right in a world gone wrong
Satellite positioning
That’s what I was working on
He said, this storm is getting vicious
Maybe we should find a place to sleep
A satellite wouldn’t get a fix on us again for seven weeks


If love wants to find you it doesn’t need a compass or a map
Don’t have to draw me a picture
Believe me, I know all about that
I am a map maker
And every map I make now leads to Durango

And me, I known these highways
I know the rocks and the hills and the canyonlands
If anyone can find you
Darlin’ you know I surely can
Oh I know were to find you
I know that I will find you in Durango

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www.H2Tunes.com

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I WOULD LEAVE YOU
Lyric by R. Keith Swanson


Verse I

If I had half a brain, (6) I’d be gone on that plane, (6) I would leave you, (4) Yes, I would leave you. (5)
Verse II

If my heart would obey, (6) I’d just fly high away, (6) I would leave you, (4) Yes, I would leave you. (5)
Bridge

But I find each time I do, (7) Wings and all, (3) I come falling back to you, (7) Back to you. (3)
Verse III

If I thought you would cry, (6) I would try my goodbye, (6) I would leave you, (4) And never need you. (5)
Bridge’

But I find each time I do, (7) Dreams and all, (3) I come falling back to you, (7) Back to you, (3) Can’t you see that it’s true. (6)
Verse III

If you stood in that door, (6) I’d be yours long before, (6) I would leave you, (4) Yes, I would leave you, (5) Nevermore . . . (4)


Lyric By R. Keith Swanson ©
Date: July 30, 2002
All Rights Reserved




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Blind
Written by Suzette Thompson
Copyright 2002

Verse 1
Don’t be discouraged,
and don't be ashamed.
I will pretend that
I was to blame.
Cannot afford to
linger this on.
I'll be the one who
can look beyond.

Chorus
And I can say...
I tried my best to fight.
And I can say...
I held on all this time
without a right.

Delaying my pain
will not prevent this simple cry.
For all it’s worth...you were right.
You were right.

Verse 2
You always told me
that you couldn’t stay.
Why did I think that
I'd have my way?
Breaking forth to
some kind of change.
You'd never bend or
you just might break.

Chorus
And I can say...
I tried my best to fight
And I can say...
I held on all this time
without a right.

Delaying my pain
will not prevent this simple cry.
For all it’s worth...you were right.
You were right.

Verse 3
I know you warned me.
It came right out of your mouth.
You never promised.
There was no doubt.
I was so blind then
to all that you said.
Seems like the future
was all in my head.

Chorus
And I can say...
I tried my best to fight.
And I can say...
I held on all this time
without a right.

Delaying my pain
will not prevent this simple cry.
For all it’s worth...you were right.
You were right.

After all this time...you were right.


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My Better Angel
Penned by Melissa Rose Ziemer and Gary Yerkins of The Juleps c2001 ASCAP/BMI

I am the clown
Of the class
Big smile, lots of laughs -
I’m the one who can’t turn her back on any crowd

Outspoken
Always jokin’
You get the picture of a heart never broken -
Keep going ‘till there ain’t no good times left to turn down

Sign says, “If You’re Troubled Try Prayer”
I do, but the train don’t ever stop there -
Since the day I lost My Better Angel

I am a sinner
I am a friend
A mothers daughter, a child to a man -
An afterthought to a master plan I can’t control

Dear God, did I let you down?
The time I turned your tender mercy out?
Since that day it’s been a long slow spiral spinnin’ round

Sign says, “If You’re Troubled Try Prayer”
I do, but the train don’t ever stop there
Since the day I lost My Better Angel

Spotlight on me
Let me show you what you need
Just don’t walk away
Hear what I have to say
Please

Sign says, “If You’re Troubled Try Prayer”
I do, but the train don’t ever stop there -
Since the day I gave away My Better Angel.




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"Ten Below Zero"
Lyrics by Peter Prince, Copyright 2000

Verse I
The love you feel for me girl
Is freezing up inside
You are like a winter's wind
The cold is in your eyes

Chorus
I'd like to light a flame in you
See the fire in your blood begin to start
Hey, baby, it's Ten Below Zero
Inside your heart

Verse II
You've had many lovers, girl
I know just what you've learned
You think if you turn to ice
You will not be burned

Chorus
I'd like to light a flame in you
See the fire in your blood begin to start
Hey, baby, it's Ten Below Zero
Inside your heart

Bridge
You are not like any other woman I have known
When I get too close to you
You chill me to the bone

Chorus
Girl, I'd like to light a flame in you
See the fire in your blood begin to start
Hey, baby, it's Ten Below Zero
Inside your heart
Inside your heart
Inside your heart



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"Just A Dream"
(c)2000/BMI
D'Laine Evans

Oh, I had a dream
It was just alittle dream-
along time ago
I dreamt I made a difference to this place that I call my home
I dreamt that I was joy and peace and love
living in a world where everybody's free
so what is wrong with me

Well, who have I become?
When did I forget how to be?
So who am I now?
'Cause God knows that I'm not me

Cause I see people in my world with no clothes to wear
I see children killing children with no care
I see the nature in my world treated so wrong
and I've seen loved ones who's lives were left unsung

Oh, I had alittle faith,
Oh I had alot of love to give my world.
So what is wrong with me?

Cause I see people stealin' just to make a score
I see ignorance fighting and nations still at war
I see conscience brushed away like it was dirt
How can people still be starving on this earth?

Oh, I had alittle faith,
Oh, I had alittle heart
Oh, I had alittle dream
Oh, I had alot of love to give my world

So what is wrong with me?
I'm not who I dreamt I'd be
Well I know I have to start
But where do I even start?

Have a little faith
Have alittle heart
Have alittle dream.

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A THOUSAND SAD SONGS
Copyright 1996 - Francie Wolff

CHORUS:
THERE ARE A THOUSAND SAD SONGS IN NASHVILLE
NO AUDIENCE WILL EVER HEAR
THEY'RE ALL DOWN AT THE PAWN SHOP
AND THEY'RE SUNG BY THE OLD AUCTIONEER

He gives each item its number
He knows what price it will bring
But if he could tell you their stories
This is what he would sing......

Verse 1:
See that fancy sequined outfit
That was going to be the dress
Of a country music singer
Who never found success.

Verse 2:
In the case right by the window
Sets a golden wedding ring
Worn by a man who left his wife
'Cause she wouldn't let him sing.

Verse 3:
On the hook against the back wall
Hangs a shiney red guitar
Of a man who just played back-up
While he dreamed HE was the star.

CHORUS:
THERE ARE A THOUSAND SAD SONGS IN NASHVILLE
NO AUDIENCE WILL EVER HEAR
AND THEY'RE ALL DOWN AT THE PAWN SHOP
THEY'RE SUNG BY THE OLD AUCTIONEER

Verse 4:
There's a special on a drum set
That's in excellent condition
It was played just one time
For a country show audition

Verse 5:
A member of a famous band
Once owned that saxaphone
But now that band has broken up
And that man has gone back home

Verse 6: TALKING VERSE(melody in background)
See that typewriter sitting on that table
Well, it's worth maybe just a little bit
It was owned by a girl who wrote a song
That never became a hit
(talking aside: I think it was called, "Sad Songs in Nashville", or something like that)

CHORUS:
THERE ARE A THOUSAND SAD SONGS IN NASHVILLE
NO AUDIENCE WILL EVER HEAR
AND THEY'RE ALL DOWN AT THE PAWN SHOP
THEY'RE SUNG BY THE OLD AUCTIONEER

Each one of those thousand sad songs
Is a story that's untold
The hope for fame and fortune
All dreams that have been sold

TALKING END:
Who will give me five dollars
For that rhinestone-studed cowboy hat?
Going once
Going twice
Sold! To the highest bidder!
SINGING END single refrain)
ALL DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD!

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punishment Friday 3.30pm
lorrie sprecher copyright 2001

punishment Friday 3.30pm
meet me at the National Stadium
Afghan Tourism Authority packs them in
with AK-47s and heroin gum

landmine awareness school for children
mine-sniffing dogs working hard in the sun
Toyota pickup trucks crammed with Taliban soldiers
scrap-metal-tank-jihad-Pepsi-can slum

revolutionaries gut cassettes and video tapes
you've got to be bad enough to be depraved
bad enough to be depraved
are you bad enough to be depraved
are you bad enough to be depraved
are you?



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Here I Go © 2001 Chuck Crowe

(VERSE)
Thought I’d closed the door
At least that’s what I swore
No more, no more, no more
Love’s too dangerous

No bars and no blind dates
Nothing to anticipate
Chalk it up to fate
But now look at us

(CHORUS)
Here I go doing something
I said I’d never do
Something foolish, something crazy
Like falling for you
Here I go, here I go, here I go

(VERSE)
The night that I met you
Stepped into something new
I can’t get it off my shoe
Don’t really want to

But since it all began
In spite of all my plans
I would be a happy man
Just say “I do”

(CHORUS)
Here I go doing something
I said I’d never do
Something foolish, something crazy
Like falling for you
Here I go, here I go, here I go

(BRIDGE)
My heart was busted
And I couldn’t find the glue
So please don’t be disgusted
When I give the parts to you

(CHORUS)
Here I go doing something
I said I’d never do
Something foolish, something crazy
Like falling for you
Here I go, here I go, here I go
Here I go, here I go, here I go



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Take it Away
Written by Chuck Rudder
copywrite 2002

V 1:

Life we live it
Day to day
Why's it always
Slipping away
I keep on going
Down that road
I'm always wondering
Whats the goal

C:

Take it away
Can't take no more
Take it away
close the door
Take it away
Life's to much
Take it away
Feel the crush
Take it away
The proce too high
Take it away
How long till I die

V2;

One after one their
Leaving me
Why can't life just
Leave me be
Couriosity just
Holds me back
Id take my life but there's
No turning back

C:

Take it away
Can't take no more
Take it away
close the door
Take it away
Life's to much
Take it away
Feel the crush
Take it away
The proce too high
Take it away
How long till I die

V3;

I'm always looking
Out that door
But I can't see you
Any more
The dark clouds have
Hiddin' the sky
I think it's time to
Say goodby


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"My Apology"
Written by Amanda Gardner
Copyright 2002

Musically, the choruses in this song work, I just changed the words around a little bit. It is meant to be mostly acapella with some percussion and maybe a little bass.

Verse 1:
Mama, mama I do want to come down
But I can’t seem to find my way back to the ground
These visions around me are floating so free
I'm relentlessly fighting for what I can't be

Silhouettes dancing so graceful so true
Why can’t that be me oh why can’t that be you
I’m catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror
I continue to run towards my biggest fear.

Chorus:
Do you know that this is killing me (killing me)?
Do you know that I know this too?
But surrounding me is perfection (perfection)
Did you think you’d be responsible for my resurrection?

Verse 2:
I tell all my friends do what I say not what I do
It’s a hypocrite’s way of justifying her truth
If my brother, my sister knew what’s become of me
Their sadness I’d sense their disappointment I’d see

Chorus:
Do you know that this is killing me (killing me)?
Do you know that I know this too?
But surrounding me is such beauty (such beauty)
How can I stop when this is all that I see?

Verse 3:
Your angel has fallen broken down off the shelf
Behind her eyes you never knew she needed your help
It’s amazing what clarity comes with sudden reverence
Though I continue this journey knowing all consequence

Chorus:
Please know that I don’t blame you (don't blame you)
Please know that I am truly sorry
Please know that I love you (I love you)
But it's a little too late to for my apology...


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Battle Creek
By: Geoff B Platt

Bobbi came from Battle Creek
There was nothing she could do.
You either stick around and take it
Or look for something new.
She said California
Was the only place to be.
So she bolted out of Battle Creek
When she turned 17.

It was a family tradition,
Her dad had moved out west
With just one intention:
To give his wife and girls the best.
He got started on the wrong foot,
Wandered way off track.
The ground beneath him felt like jello, he said
He never bothered coming back.

(Chorus)

And it's easier to change than it is to stay the same.
I know moss means nothing to a rolling stone.
But it's best for you and me to take heed and agree
It's well enough leaving well enough alone.

(End Chorus)

Bobbi found a place in Venice Beach
And the boardwalk was her home.
She learned the art of piercing body parts
Had a style all her own.
Tagged around with Tattoo Tony,
Was a canvas for his ink.
In the morning she rolled his zigzags,
At night she matched his drinks.

But the summer light receded;
So did the sounds along the shore.
She pierced pumpkins in the parlor
'Til it changed into a Christmas store.
Tony shook his head at her,
Said the seasons are a drag
And gathered his belongings,
Carried out the bag.

Chorus

Sunsets just got colder
And Bobbi's friends moved away.
On Thanksgiving she ate pretzels
Like it was any other day.
She heard snow had battered Battle Creek.
She missed the place somehow.
All the things that she once hated
Seemed better to her now.

Chorus

Well is it well enough leaving well enough alone?

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BLUES FOR BREAKFAST
(c) 2002 Linda Susswein

Verse

Woke up to find
No sunshine.
Went to the kitchen,
Sat down to dine
On blues for breakfast,
A brand new recipe
That makes a single serving
Of lonesome misery.

Verse

Greasy spoon at noon,
My order's no surprise.
I get the blues plate special
With an extra side of sighs.
Coffee break and heart ache,
I have 'em twice a day.
Got a dinner date with sorrow
And I just can't get away.

Bridge

Now I wish for a dish
Of tenderness, but - no.
All I eat is something
Sweet and low.

And so,

Verse

My pantry's never empty.
With all the tears I store
I can pour a pint at midnight
And another one at four.
When dawnin' turns to mornin',
I know it's gonna be
Only blues for breakfast
'Til you're home and here with me.

It's just the blues for breakfast
'Til you're back home with me.

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REQUIEM
copyright 2001 Richard Thorne

Hope’s the sailor on the shore
Who dreams of a life at sea
Anger is the ocean’s roar.
Please sail your ship carefully.
For freedom is an open sea.
And tempests crack it’s fragility.
Fear’s the child far from home.
Love is telling him that he’s not alone.

Hate’s the dogma on the wall.
Claiming truth is it’s domain.
Tyranny ‘s the night that falls
And robs the daylight of it’s rightful reign.
But somewhere far beyond that wall.
Beneath the rubble of night’s pall.
A vagabond of reason roams.
Pray that he will find his way home.

Death cannot help but offend.
It’s silence shrouds our tender ears.
But faith’s the fort we must defend.
When doubt sheds it’s frightened tears.
But maybe death is not the end,
And faith’s a most comforting friend,
Courage, hear the trumpet call.
Honor those in trying times, Who stand tall.


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ANGELS WINGS
K.L. FREEMAN

HE LIES IN THE SILENCE
EVER THANKFUL FOR HER TOUCH
WRAPPED IN THE KNOWING
THAT SHE LOVES HIM SO MUCH

HE HOLDS A LITTLE TIGHTER
TO THIS SPECIAL LOVE HE’S FOUND
SHE SIGHS IN ANSWER
AND HE SMILES AT THE SOUND

CHORUS:

AND THEY’LL FACE EACH DAY TOGETHER
NO MATTER WHAT THAT DAY MAY BRING
THEIR LOVE WILL BRAVE THE DARKEST WEATHER
AS IT FLIES…ON AN-GELS WINGS
OH, IT FLIES
ON ANGELS WINGS----------

HE WALKS WITH HER IN THE NIGHTTIME
HER HAND CRADLED IN HIS
HE’D DREAMED OF FINDING HIS TRUE LOVE
NOW HE KNOWS WHAT TRUE LOVE IS

THEY SHARE THEIR LOVE AND LAUGHTER
ALWAYS THE VERY BEST OF FRIENDS
THEY’LL HOLD ONTO FOREVER AFTER
UNTIL FOREVER ENDS---

R/C

HE SEES IN HER EYES THE MAGIC
OF THE GIRL OF YEARS BEFORE
AND HE WAITS IN ANTICIPTION
OF WHAT THEIR FUTURE HAS IN STORE

YES, HE HOLDS HER A LITTLE TIGHTER
THAN ALL THOSE YEARS AGO
SHE’S THE LOVE OF HIS LIFETIME
HE WANTS TO BE SURE SHE KNOWS

R/C

R/C

OH THEIR LOVE FLIES
ON AN-GELS WINGS

YES, THEIR LOVE FLIES
ON ANGELS WINGS…………

ON ANGELS WINGS------------------------
ON ANGELS WINGS


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Peggy’s Theme
Lyrics by Joe Matz
Copyright 2002

WHEN I THINK BACK ON WHEN WE MET AND ALL THE PLANS WE MADE

WE USE TO LAUGH ABOUT GROWING OLD TOGETHER AND IT SEEMED SO FAR AWAY

I REMEMBER YOUR SMILE AND YOUR GENTEL KISS AND HOW YOUR LAUGHTER FILLED THE AIR

AND HOW YOU HANDELED THE KIDS ALWAYS AMAZED ME AND HOW YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE

IT’S OK WE’LL BE ALRIGHT WE KNOW YOU HAD TO GO

YEA IT’S ALRIGHT WE’LL BE OK TIME WILL HEAL THE PAIN WE FEEL RIGHT NOW

THE WIND CHIMES RING BUT THERE’S NO WIND
I KNOW IT’S YOU WATCHING OVER ME

IT BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE AND SUCH SWEET MEMORIES

YES I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU’LL BE IN OUR HEART UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU SO AND I WILL FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE


IT’S ALRIGHT WE’LL BE OK THE KIDS AND ME WILL MAKE IT THROUGH

AND TIME WILL PASS TO EASE THE PAIN OF WHAT WE’RE GOING THROUGH

AND THOUGH YOU HAD TO GO BEFORE WE KNEW
I THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME MY LIFE WITH YOU

AND NOW YOU’RE GONE BUT LIFE GOES ON AND I KNOW I’LL MAKE IT THROUGH


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SUGAR IN THE RAW
(Michaelian)

(Mmmm... How do you say?)
Do it
(Mmmm... How do you say?)
Do it
Je suis desolé, Je ne parlez pas Francais
(Ooh, la la la-lalalala la)

I want you, I want you, I want you
No barrier
I want you, I want you, I want you
No barrier

Throw away the plastic glove
Tear apart the latex love
Crash and burn those mental dams
Cuz I am (yeah yeah yeah) who I am

I’m your Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)
Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)
Sugar in the Raw
I'm your Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)

Hate the way we have to play
Kickin boots the safety way
The only way, the safety way

Throw away the plastic glove
Tear apart the latex love
Crash and burn those mental dams
Cuz I am (yeah yeah yeah) who I am

I’m your Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)
Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)
Taste my Sugar in the Raw

Ain’t no shame, it’s factual
Love feels better natural
I’m your Sugar in the Raw

Je suis desolé, Je ne parlez pas Francais

(Mmmm... How do you say?)
Do it
(Mmmm... How do you say?)
Do it
(Ooh, la la la-lalalala la)

I want you, I want you, I want you
No barrier
I want you, I want you, I want you
No barrier

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MichaelianMusic

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THERE'S A VOICE
by The Hesh
(c) The Hesh Inc./BMI
www.thehesh.net

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There's a voice calling out in the air and on the streets
There's diaries, struggles and final calls
And me I'm stone tired but I can't fall asleep
Trying to make sense of it all
There's a prophet singing about a deafening silence
He begs and pleads when are you gonna come down
But I just wanna roll over and shut out the noise and violence
Even though I've always got one ear to the ground

Oh Lord protect me and mine tonight
Wherever they are make sure they reach the morning light
Oh Lord send me happy dreams tonight
Don't let the vision be obscured from sight.

There's a moon shining down and a neighborhood's at peace
And for now all seems still and quiet
But the bills are running out and time's running out on the lease
And I wonder how long before the next riot
All we need is a hair trigger to set balloon tempers off
For the storm to rise up in a fury
The masses unschooled act out passions unthought
Pronounce sentence with no court judge or jury

Oh Lord protect this city tonight
The whole country the whole world, let them all bathe in light
Oh Lord protect all those I love tonight
And all those who know how to love, by them do right.

I reach out in the darkness to touch my lover's skin
Beneath my fingertips I can feel her stirring
What a sense of contentment she's probably in
Like a cat in a human lap purring
Oh how I wish I could feel some of that contentment myself
And not conjure up all these worst case scenes
Instead of tossing and turning and shaking and burning
And wrestling with my internal screams

Oh Lord protect me from myself tonight
And from my own imagination -- I don't have the strength to fight
Oh Lord there's nothing I can do about it tonight
So let my soul in exile rest -- I've expended all my might.

Oh Lord protect this city tonight
The whole country the whole world, let them all bathe in light
Oh Lord protect all those I love tonight
And all those who know how to love, by them do right.


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You Better Be Ready

You better be ready,
On the day that God calls.
Because the life you lived,
Is the one that is saw.

You won’t know the day,
Or the minute you’ll go.
So you better be ready,
For your picture show.

Chorus:
When God looks at your life,
Will he like what he sees.
Or will the life that you lived,
Leave him very displeased.
You better be ready,
For his judgement to come.
You better be ready,
To pay for what you’ve done.

Nothing will be hid,
In life that you’ve did.
And the verdict you hear,
May be the one you fear.

You had better get right,
Before you see the light.
Because your record plays,
Everything you do and say.

Chorus:
When God looks at your life,
Will he like what he sees.
Or will the life that you lived,
Leave him very displeased.
You better be ready,
For his judgement to come.
You better be ready,
To pay for what you’ve done.

Copyright 2002 By: Glenn Smith
All rights reserved.



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"EVEN THOUGH I KNOW" (CD: MOVE YOURSELF, Band: Live Honey)
Lyrics by Steven Roiphe, © 2000


Even though I know that I'm leaving I just can't cry.
You've taken back my right to believe
and I don't want an eye for an eye.
Even though I hate that you're laughing, I love what it does for my soul.
It shines a light on a meaningful moment
that once fell within my control.


Are you sure that moment has passed?
I'm lost to the world if it has.
If you were me honey how long do you think you would last?


Even though I know there's a season I can't let it enter my mind.
Summer sun gives me blustery reason
I can't trust as far as I drive.
And although I envy your freedom, I can't bear to open the door.
And I've lost my last real sense of dignity
sleeping alone on your floor.


But sleeping beside you was bad.
A whole different way to be sad.
And I can't help but think that you never knew just what you had.


You're probably sorry
and I'm damn sure that I'm sorry too.
Oh . . . . . but it's meaningless . . . . .
Oh it's so much worse than meaningless.
I know that I'm falling
and it's much worse for me to hang on.
But if I move I don't know what I move on to
But if I stay I'm so sure that this feeling
will cleanse me and raise me
it's so strong what else could it do?


Even though I look like a tourist I'm more like a tropical storm.
I race around aimlessly, gather my anger
and break when it's windy and warm.
Even though I feel that I'm breathing, it's hard to believe I'm alive.
I've long lost my passion avoiding affection
that keeps other people alive.


My steps seem to shatter the ground.
I can't trust my sight or my sound.
I wasted my innocence chasing those feelings
you gave me when you were around.

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