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This is lyric #452

Diamonds in Her Drawer
Teresa Magee
c. 2006

Linens in her hope chest
His diamonds on her hand
She was looking at the road ahead
It was all she ever planned

Her life was filled with love and hope
Promises they made to keep
She dreamt about their future
As she drifted off to sleep

But those happy days are long gone
They hit a few bumps on the road
When she was busy dreaming
Oh, little did she know

Her linens now are tattered
Her hopes gone forevermore
Instead of diamonds on her hand
She’s got diamonds in her drawer

She takes them out and holds them
As tears run down her face
The love that they once stood for
Can never be replaced

Her linens now are tattered
Her hopes gone forevermore
Instead of diamonds on her hand
She’s got diamonds in her drawer



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This is lyric #453

GOLDEN DEWEY
by Dave Kemp

MY GRANDADDY GREW TOBACCO-HE WORE DUCKHEAD OVERALLS
HIS NAME WAS GOLDEN DEWEY-BUT WE ALL CALLED HIM PA
EVEN AS A BOY HE WORKED THE FIELDS
NEVER HAD MUCH TIME FOR SCHOOL
BUT HE GOT AN EDUCATION, BEHIND THAT OLD PLOW MULE
(SPOKEN): HE’D SAY “MAKE HASTE WHILE THE SUN SHINES
CAUSE THE RAINS ARE COMIN’ SOON”

WITH HIS TWO MULES, KIT AND ROADY, AND AN OLD FLAT BOTTOM PLOW
HE’D HEAD OUT FOR THE 'BACCER PATCH
I’D COME RUNNIN’ FROM THE HOUSE
HE HAD TWIST TOBACCO ON HIS BREATH, AS HE LIFTED ME UP HIGH
HE’D PUT ME UP IN FRONT OF HIM
AND PREACH WHILE WE WOULD RIDE

CHORUS:
HE’D ASK ME WHO’S BETTER OFF, YEA WHO’S GOT IT MADE
IT WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN THEY LAY YOU IN THE GRAVE
IF YOU WALKED WITH KINGS AND CAPTAINS
OR IF YOU FOLLOWED AN OLD MULE
IT WON’T MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU KNEW
WHEN YOUR WORK’S ALL DONE AND THE MASTER (2. JESUS) CALLS ON YOU

HE SAID SOME FOLKS LIVE WITH BLINDERS ON,
NEVER LOOKIN’ LEFT OR RIGHT
THEY NEVER LEARN WHAT LIVING IS, AND THEY’RE NEVER SATISFIED
THEY LOOK AT ME AND THINK IT’S SAD TO WORK THE DIRT ALL DAY
BUT THEY DON’T KNOW I WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY
(SPOKEN): HE’D GRIN AND SAY “IGNORANCE IS A TERRIBLE THING,
I’VE HAD TO LIVE WITH IT ALL MY LIFE”

REPEAT CHORUS

(SPOKEN): WE'D GET READY TO LEAVE HIS HOUSE AND HE'D SAY "YA'LL WATCH HARVEY NOW"
"IF I DON’T SEE YOU AGAIN OVER HERE, I’LL SEE YOU OVER THERE"




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This is lyric #454

"Katie Watie, Magic Lady"
by "Campfire" Kevin Holladay
copyright 2004

On a tip from my cousin that kids by the dozen
Were putting on shows in his barn
I saw acrobats struggle, preschoolers juggle
And girls with beards made of yarn

Then a girl took the stage, who, despite her young age
Seemed strangely world-weathered and wise
She said, "Magic surrounds you. Now let me astound you
And challenge your faith in your eyes."

Chorus:
And the doves flew straight from her hands
And she spun tales of far-away lands
And her cape shined with glitter and gold
She was only eleven years old . . .

Then she pulled a huge cat from her black, tattered hat
And exclaimed that it once was a bird
"It transformed one day on the streets of Bombay."
Though we doubted, she gave us her word

She said, "Trust when I say that I wish I could stay
But I'll give you this gift upon leaving."
"Set your mind free, and you'll see just like me
What makes a thing magic's believing."

Bridge:
I remember that summer she came to my town
With the carnival just up the street
It was only a dime for the very best time
All my friends were inspired to their feet

With a wink and a grin she said, "Won't you lean in?
There's a secret I'd like you to share."
With her hand to her heart, she said, "That's where it starts."
And she vanished right into the air

Katie Watie, Magic Lady,
I wonder where you are right now
Are you riding the night on a sled of starlight?
Are you jumping the moon on a cow?

Will I see you again in the summer, my friend?
It's been years since I saw that first show
I believe in some way that you changed me that day
And I thought that you might like to know

Chorus:
As the doves flew straight from your hands
And you spun tales of far away lands
And your cape shined with glitter and gold
You were only eleven years old

Eleven years old . . .




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This is lyric #455

Fade Into The Night
Jude Bales
(c.) 2002

When I'm riding down the road with you
Oh and with the top pulled down
any way we go feels brand new
And as the miles go by
we're just headlights in the night,yeah
This car could take us anywhere
So let's just fade into the night

You know this highway
has been callin' our names
And with it's concrete dips and
it's hypnotic shifts there's just
no turnin' it away
And with each towns neon signs
and five cent delights, yeah
We've been ridin' this dark ribbon
and it feels like heaven
So let's just fade into the night

Oh the maps on the dash
and we're just lookin' for a destination,
yeah that seems right
The place where come from
felt like it had lost it's sunlight
There's just got to be a town
where we can come in from the rain,yeah
If this car hits the right spot
on this map lottery farce
We'll just fade into the night
OOOOO Fade Into The Night
ooooo Fade Into The Night
OOOO Fade Into The Night



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This is lyric #456

Eleanor
by Vicki Genfan and Everett Bradley

V1
Two wheels thirty six spokes each one smilin' up at me
Six years been waiting that long for the day that would set me free
Cold sweat over hot skin butterflies taking flight inside
Free standing on my own keep the balance grab the handelbars and hold on tight

The more that you do it
The more you know that you can
You can soar right through it

V2
Nine years old six steps up my turn on the high diving board
Eight wet kids overflowing down below me looks like they're back for more
Ten feet below a little girl's reflection tells me I'm ok
But something deep inside my jelly belly's tellin' me I might not jump today

The more that you do it
The more you know that you can
You can soar right through it
Just let Eleanor lend a hand...and

CHORUS
Do the thing you think you cannot
Give it everything that you've got
Sing this song when you've forgotten
Who you are

BRIDGE
Six years turn into nine
Years gone by into a life
Time does fly so keep the wonder alive
Keep the Wonder

V3
Ten years you and me at the ping pong table still playin' this game
I'm tired of back and forth I told you that I love you
Tell me that you feel the same
Oh tell me that you feel...

The more that we do it
The more we know that we can
We can soar right through it
And you know Eleanor understands...

CHORUS
Do the thing you think you cannot
Give it everything that you've got
Sing this song when you've forgotten
Who you are




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This is lyric #457

“let go”
by Claire Cropper
©® 2004

[VERSE]
Off with your straitjacket;
it doesn’t matter how;
it doesn’t need to be obvious or messy.

[BRIDGE]
Lands will hold you—allow your gestures;
cities will maintain their labyrinth heft;
skies will tease answers with questions;
beetles and leopards will outsmart you.

[CHORUS]
Let go everything.
Let go anything.
Let go.

[VERSE]
Find something.
Learn to see.
Undo a stain
or a phantom pain.

[CHORUS]
Let go everything.
Let go anything.
Let go.



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This is lyric #458

ONLY ONE RACE (THE HUMAN RACE)
Francis Juma
© 2006

Verse One
So they tried to draw borderlines
Separate us by painting flags
Divide us into whites and blacks
Then try and control our lives

But we wake up to the same sunshine
How can they say some are superior
Treat others as inferior
Yet we sleep beneath the same moonlight

Chorus
We’re only one race, the human race
Living in one world, bound by the same blood
No matter your skin color, sex or age
We’re only one race, the human race
No matter where you come from, or where you go

Verse Two
We should learn to love each other
Embrace one another's culture
We all share a common future
Why can't we live together

Stop fussing and fighting ev’ryday
Making weapons of mass destruction
We are all God’s creation
Tell the children the plain truth today

Chorus
We’re only one race, the human race
Living in one world, bound by the same blood
No matter your skin color, sex or age
We’re only one race, the human race
No matter where you come from, or where you go

Bridge
On day six God created us in His image
To see the same sky, breathe the same air
We all laugh and cry, live and must die

Chorus
We’re only one race, the human race
Living in one world, bound by the same blood
No matter your skin color, sex or age
We’re only one race, the human race
No matter where you come from, or where you go



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This is lyric #459

“Waitin’ for You”
by leslee mcgee
copyright 2003

Verse 1:
Why do you keep me waitin’, for you
Up late tossin’ and turnin’, for you
When I think of you
All I do, is wait

Waitin' for flowers, at my door
You can’t just play me, like a whore
When I think of you, all I do is wait

Chorus:
I ain’t gon’ be here, forever,
You better try to remember
I got my life
You got ‘yo wife
You’re wrong, so wrong

Verse 2:
Why can’t you treat me like a lady
I’m not yo’ fellas, I’m yo’ baby
When I think of you,
All I do is wait

Waitin’ for you to, stay awhile
Waitin’ for you to, claim ‘yo chile
When I think of you
All I do is wait

Chorus:
I ain’t gon’ be here, forever,
You better try to remember
I got my life
You got ‘yo wife
I’m wrong, so wrong

Verse 3:
Why can’t I sleep good, at night
Knowin’ my creepin’ ain’t right
When I think of you
All I do is wait


Waitin’ to someday, be yo’ wife
Though you won’t claim me, day or night
When I think of you
All I do is wait

Chorus:
I ain’t gon’ be here forever
You better try to remember
I got my life
You got ‘yo wife
We’re wrong, so wrong

You play on. Play on
I’m gone, I’m gone
I’m gone…..




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This is lyric #460

Fair Isles.
Mark Ellis.
(c) 2006.

Here I roam, down the misty paths and the winding roads,
That will take me home, where wild roses grow and sweet waters flow,
And your waiting still, as the sun sets low and you shiver in the evening chill,
And I know you will save all your love for me.

Still alone, in the twilight haze, at the end of days,
And the birds have flown, into the evening sky, listen to their cry,
As you brush away a tear, and we hold on to the faith and hope,
That the time is near, there’s an end to fear, and together we will be free.

And I’m coming back to that fair place,
Where I long to hold you near, and see your face.
Through the wind and rain and across the miles,
I’m coming home to my fair Isles.

Skim a stone, across the gentle waves, look to the horizon,
And you, walk home alone, and far away, I long for the day.
When my ship appears, through the distant clouds that you gaze at through a, veil of tears.
And those lonely years will be just a memory.


And I’m coming back to that fair place,
Where I long to hold you near, and see your face.
Through the wind and rain and across the miles,
I’m coming home to my fair Isles.




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This is lyric #461

All of the Above
by LeAnne Reaves
(1990)

(Verse 1)
It wasn't taken by a stranger somewhere in the night
And friends well meant advice was not to blame
We didn't lose it in the bedroom
Although things weren't always right
And it wasn't money trouble as come claim

Can't say it was our jobs or kids
Drivin' us both nuts
Or lookin' back at all the useless if's and and's and but's
No if I had to choose one reason for our loss of love
I'd have to go with all of the above

(Chorus)
All of the above right from A to Z
From caps left off of toothpaste tubes
To infidelity
We can point the finger all day long
But when push comes down to shove
The one at fault is all of the above

(Verse 2)
It wasn't your Mother-in-Law and it wasn't mine
Our fusses and our fights weren't all that bad
Guess you could say that we got lazy
Didn't honor ties that bind
Never did appreciate just what we had

Could it be all the thoughtless words
We never can take back
Or maybe all the names and games and threatening to pack
No if I had to choose one reason for our loss of love
I'd have to go with all of the above

(Repeat Chorus)
All of the above right from A to Z
From caps left off of toothpaste tubes
To infidelity
We can point the finger all day long
But when push comes down to shove
The one at fault is all of the above

Yes we can point the finger all day long
But when push comes down to shove
The one at fault is all of the
All of the above



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This is lyric #462

LOUGH GRANEY
BY STEVEN McCLINTOCK, McJAMES MUSIC INC. BMI
COPYRIGHT 1997

ON THE BANKS OF LOUGH GRANEY
I SAW THE PAST INVITING ME
I HEARD THE GHOSTS OF KINGS AND QUEENS
WHISPERING MY NAME
I THOUGHT I’D BLINK IT ALL AWAY
SURELY IT COULD NEVER STAY
STILL THE HAUNTS OF YESTERDAY
STOOD PROUD BEFORE MY EYES
SOMETHING HAD ME IN IT’S SPELL
MY HANDS AND FEET WERE FROZEN STILL
AND WHAT I WAS I COULDN’T TELL
BUT CAPTIVE THERE I WAS
FORWARD CAME THE GRANDEST STEED
THE RIDER SHONE OF DIGNITY
AND ON THIS MOUNT HE WAS INDEED
A POWER TO BEHOLD
HE OFFERED ME A KINGLY HAND
IN HIS STEEL GREY EYES I SAW THE MAN
HE SHOWED ME HOW TO LOVE THE LAND
AND MAKE IRELAND MY HOME
TO WHATEVER BROUGHT ME HERE
BE IT HOPE, OR NEED, OR FEAR
I OFFER THANKS AND SAY A PRAYER
THAT THIS WILL ALWAYS BE
AT LAST THE FUTURE’S TAKEN HOLD
AND EVERY DREAM WILL SOON UNFOLD
MY LOVE AND I WILL JUST GROW OLD
ON THE BANKS OF LOUGH GRANEY
ON THE BANKS OF LOUGH GRANEY



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This is lyric #463

It Should’ve Been You
dennis wheeler, denniswheelermusic
c. 2004

There was something about you,
I knew it from the start
There was something about you,
That touched me in my heart
There was something about you,
I don’t know what it was
There was something about you
that made me fall in love

I tried to fill the hole,
that I had inside my soul
When I found that it was over
and she was gone
I’d thought I’d never find you
And you’re feelings just weren’t true
Now that everything is said and done,
I find it should’ve been you.

(CHORUS)
It should’ve been you, I gave it up for
It should’ve been you, I took the risks
It should’ve been you, I can never replace you’re love
And when everything is said and done, I find it should’ve been you.

There was something about you, that lingers in my mind
There was something about you, I simply cannot find
There was something about you, said trouble at first sight
And when everything was said and done, my first instinct was right

(Chorus)
It should’ve been you, I gave it up for
It should’ve been you, I took the risks
It should’ve been you, I can never replace you’re love
And when everything is said and done, I find it should’ve been you.

I wandered in the wilderness,
searching for someone
To fill the hole she’d left inside my heart,
I’d thought I’d found the answer
I didn’t see that it was true
Now that everything is said and done, I find, it should’ve been you.

(Chorus)
It should’ve been you, I gave it up for
It should’ve been you, I took the risks
It should’ve been you, I can never replace you’re love
And when everything is said and done, I find it should’ve been you.
And when everything is said and done, I find it should’ve been you.


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This is lyric #464

Free Falling From Grace
lyrics by Lorri Scott
© 2003 and © 2006

Free Falling From Grace
Free Falling From Grace

(verse)
Free falling from grace
Down jukin’ with the sparrows of sorrow
In the gutter with the clutter
Moaning low against the flutter
The flutter and the flurry
The titter and the tatter and the scurry

(bridge)
Opera of crows gather round
Strutting and fretting to the fog beating rhythm
On that brown concrete river
On that brown concrete river
On that brown concrete river

(chorus)
Free falling from grace
Free falling from grace
Free falling from grace

(verse)
33 and 1/3 black vinyl requiem
In the lost drafts of Falstaff
Spilling vile humanity
Across parking lots
Of the scrabble and scrabble
And the rabble

(bridge)
Starlings like oil slicks on the water
Beady eyes shopping for fortitude
Eyeing the pennies in the fountain turning green
Of neglect in the boarded up barroom
Itches, wishes, and anguishes
Itches, wishes, and anguishes
Itches, wishes, and anguishes

(chorus)
Free falling from grace
Free falling from grace
Free falling from grace

(verse)
Symphony of swallows taking flight
Swirling past the sodden squawks and sights
Set on the building tops to chase
Mockingbird dreams and to discover
Free falling from grace X6



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This is lyric #465

Stringing Me Along
Adam Ornstead
© 2006

Verse 1
I had a great thing, once, with you.
I wish I had it still
but now, too frequently I stew,
at your increasing chill.
I wonder why you pull away,
the reason you hold back.
Our closeness now, you hold at bay,
and there's a growing lack.

Chorus
You're just stringing me along,
and it feels very wrong.
Just one thing I'd like to say:
that your actions cause dismay.
And in stringing me along,
It won't take it very long
till me feelings wilt and die
and I fondly say goodbye.

Verse 2
I'll cut you slack & then some more.
I'll pardon several hurts.
But don't think that I'm quite so dumb
that I'll stay here, inert.
My love for you can take so much,
but not a little more.
I'd love to hold you close again
but not if it's a chore.

Chorus
You're just stringing me along
and it feels very wrong
just one thing I'd like to say
that your actions cause dismay
And in stringing me along
It won't take it very long
till me feelings wilt and die
and I fondly say goodbye

Variant Chorus:
If you feed me only crumbs,
then, while making me quite glum,
you will starve my love for you
and will make it seem untrue.
And then, when it fin'lly dies
you can't shoo away the flies.
What was starved and died for lack
even banquets won't bring back.

Final Chorus:
If you value what we had,
if it made you feel glad,
If you still have love for me,
treat me right. I guarantee
that our hearts can still be one
and we'll have a lot of fun.
Just to you I still belong.
Just stop stringing me along.



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This is lyric #466

Together
Ashley Machnick
(c) 2000

We stand behind our picket fences
while the powers that be try to convince us
In order to advance we must destroy
so we don't fall back we must employ
machines to tear the forest down
build parking lots on hallowed ground

So I stepped outside to get away
smoked my pipe and dreamed of a day
when the music that brings so many together
might somehow help us make it better

...and i dreamed

It's absurd to take just what you need
in all of us, there's a little greed
those mom and pops can't beat our price
you gotta come buy our merchandise
Nobody told you freedom is free
Now it'll cost you just to breathe
The evils that we must builled
will help to keep my pockets filled
A few more coins from yours to mine
will help us to buy more time

So I stepped outside to get away
smoked my pipe and dreamed of a day
when the music that brings so many together
might somehow help us make it better


It's absurd to take just what you need
in all of us, there's a little greed
those mom and pops can't beat our price
you gotta come buy our merchandise
Nobody told you freedom is free
Now it'll cost you just to breathe

Didn't they tell you, didn't they say
living's not easy, you'll have to pay
First with your time, your money, your car
i promise you though, we won't go too far
just a little more, your child, your wife
we promise we won't disrupt your life
Now we must have the sky and the trees
take what you can, not what you need

So I stepped outside to get away
smoked my pipe and dreamed of a day
when the music that brings so many together
might somehow help us make it better

...and i dreamed

I'm sorry there's nothing left for you here
I'm not sure what happened, it all disappeared
(But) I've put in a call, the form's on it's way
Could you come back tomorrow? We don't have it today
Lost in the mail, lost in a crowd,
lost beneathe an endless shroud.

So I stepped outside to get away
smoked my pipe and dreamed of a day
when the music that brings so many together
might somehow help us make it better

...and i dreamed



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This is lyric #467

When The Blues Takes Hold Of Me
Mark Cook, BMI/MEC JETLAG MUSIC
Copyright 2006

Here I go another sleepless night
Worrying about things that I know just ain’t right
Tryin’ to find my way to a place I use to know
It’s not easy when you got nowhere to go

Livin’ in a world that keeps tearin’ me down
Tryin’ to keep my courage up and stand my ground
I keep pushin’ harder every single day
I’m hoping someday I’ll find my way

It’s just a feeling that won’t let me be
Lord it ain’t easy when the blues takes hold of me
Let me tell ya’

CHORUS
It ain’t easy when the blues takes hold of me
It’s just a feeling that won’t let me be

VERSE
I get up every morning and do the best I can
It seems to me I was born with a losin’ hand
So many days now have come and gone
I wish I could go back and find out what went wrong

Livin’ in a world that keeps tearin’ me down
Tryin’ to keep my courage up and stand my ground
I’m a prisoner of misery I’m losing my soul
Won’t somebody help me I’ve got nowhere to go

It’s just a feelin’ that won’t let me be
Lord it ain’t easy when the blues takes hold of me
Let me tell ya

CHORUS
It ain’t easy when the blues takes hold of me
It’s just a feelin’ that won’t let me be
It ain’t easy when the blues takes hold of me
It’s just a feelin’ that won’t let me be



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This is lyric #468

Walls
David W Shepard
written 2006

Daddy worked hard
All his life
In his spare time
He’d read at night
He didn’t know sports
He didn’t know cars
But man
He could play those cards

Aces are high
Deuces are wild
Suicide kings
And one eyed jacks
Play like Wild Bill
Keep those walls at your back

Daddy taught me
More than just cards
Live your life clean
Work yourself hard
Do a good deed
For those in need
Love your wife
Make happiness
The focus of your life

Aces are high
Deuces are wild
Suicide kings
And one eyed jacks
Play like Wild Bill
Keep those walls at your back

Now I’m playing
On the Vegas strip
Daddy couldn’t make this trip
Those days are always on my mind
Look I just drew four of a kind
Got to love those jacks
Thanks Daddy
For always having my back

Aces are high
Deuces are wild
Suicide kings
And one eyed jacks
Play like Wild Bill played
Keep those walls at your back

To this day
I can still hear him say

Aces are high
Deuces are wild
Suicide kings
And one eyed jacks
Play like Wild Bill
Keep those walls at your back



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This is lyric #469

AFTER ALL
Daniela Brando
c. 2005

You are full of [naughty word removed]
After all, you've always been a phony
I just didn't want to see it then
I'd burn your cards and gifts
After all, there's nothing from you to burn
I didn't think it mattered then

I make love to you and you make love to yourself
I make love to you as you make love to yourself
And my eyes are closed

You are such a fool
After all, now in your eyes I see it
The picture's clear for all to see
Your money was your food
After all, you're just a high class loser
I wasn't ready to see it then

As I look at you, you look at you in a mirror
As I look at you, you look at you in a mirror
And that says it all

In a way you were my saving grace
But I don't want to see it that way
Selfish, wouldn't even share your cat
Just wipe your mouth with your fancy napkin
And go home

With this I make my peace
After all, am letting go, set you free
Only letting me down, disappointing me
As we sing good-bye
Good-bye, there's nothing left to say
Learned so much, I wash my hands

I made love to you, now I make love to me
Now my eyes are open, now I know the real you
And that says it all, that says it all
And that says it all'¦



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This is lyric #470

You heal me more…
Marjory Cafone
Copyright 01/2006

Verse #1:

Hello, how are you dear?
I want to tell you how clear I am
in my thoughts and love for you
How our time together feels to a broken, busted
heart like mine


Chorus:

You heal me more
heal me more
heal me more
Than a 1,000 buddhas lined up in a row
Gleaming down from heaven and wishing me well

Verse #2:

But like Sylvia, I got slammed from the start
By an old man with a fat, black heart
He beat me down young
And drove that stake through my soul
But I’m here now with you
In awe of it all…


Chorus:

You heal me more
heal me more
heal me more
Than a 1,000 buddhas lined up in a row
Gleaming down from heaven and wishing me well

Verse #3

I can read you well and almost tell
That your brave face won’t lie
Your eyes won’t deceive
But my scars can’t always believe
In goodness
Can you make me believe
In a life after a death?
The death of a hope, the death of a dream
Does goodness prevail?
It’s hard to trust, but because of us I do, I’m starting to…

Chorus:

You heal me more, heal me more, heal me more
Than a 1,000 buddhas lined up in a row
Gleaming down from heaven and wishing me well
Delivering me from all the hell
That I’ve lived and died through
The loss, the cut, that was so deep
The blood I nearly choked and drown in
The cruelty I could never get my mind around…

Verse 4:

I get your face, it’s tough, it’s broken
Somewhat
But still soft and full of love
For all that matters
For all that matters
It’s real, it can be true
Life can deliver hearts and flowers
To people like me
And to you
Babe, it’s true

Chorus:

You heal me more, heal me more, heal me more
Than a 1,000 buddhas shining in the sun
Tell me that I’m not alone
Anymore

Bridge:

I always suspected God would come through and deliver to me
A man like you
Who gets me the way that I get you
Tall, slick and handsome with a gleam all your own,
Baby I’m proud to know you
And to call you my own…
You give me hope to not believe the lie
That I have to die
A 1,000 deaths
Every time I try to love
Every time I try to love

Chorus:

You heal me more, heal me more, heal me more
Than a 1,000 Buddha’s gleaming down in golden rays from the sky
Bathing me in light and love
Until the day I die…




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This is lyric #471

A Little Flour Sack Dress
Lori J. Stillwell
(c)1998

v1
Crosslegged on my bedroom floor
After bedtime prayers
With Mama and her stories
'Bout the worn out dress she'd wear..
Handstitched from a flour sack
Left on her old brick porch
Courtesy of Uncle Sam
While her daddy was at war...
CHORUS:
Arkansas would come alive
I could see her dance at night
By the glow of fireflies
In her little flour sack dress..
Between Roosevelt and Jesus
She found what she believed in
Love with a heart of freedom
In her little flour sack dress...
v2
BillieJo was her best friend
Across the railroad tracks
She had to sneak to play with her
Because Billie's skin was black..
Mama gave her that cotton dress
The day Billie turned ten
Cuz it was more than a black girl had
In a Southern state back then...
CHORUS:
Arkansas would come alive
I saw Billie dance at night
By the glow of fireflies
In that little flour sack dress
Between segregation and Jesus
She found what she believed in
Love with a heart of freedom
In that little flour sack dress..
Bridge:
Mama's pictures faded amber
Sure as that dress has fed the moth
But her stories framed my growin' up
And in my soul they live on...
CHORUS:
Arkansas would come alive
I could see her dance at night
By the glow of fireflies
In that little flour sack dress..
Between history and Jesus
I found what I believe in
Love with a heart of freedom
Thru a little flour sack dress...
Tag:
Crosslegged on my bedroom floor
After bedtime prayers
With Mama and her stories
'Bout the wornout dress she'd wear...



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This is lyric #472

A Nickel In Her Ear
David Danley
Copyright 2006

Intro
She was walking through town, just wandering around
But did she know she had a nickel in her ear
Her eyes were taking it all in, the sights and the sounds
But did she know she had a nickel in her ear
Her left shoe was made for running, her right one for dancing
But did she know she had a nickel in her ear

Verse 1
She’s a wandering spirit flying free
Touching everyday things in unseen ways
She can’t ignore what cries out to be heard
As she reveals treasures we’ve overlooked
Is it because of the nickel in her ear

Chorus
There’s an understanding we don’t have
Will we find it before it’s too late
This thing we are looking for
This thing between us and what we need
But can we find it without a nickel in our ear

Verse 2
That old worn-out nickel in her ear
It’s whispering something I can’t hear
I wonder what it’s saying to her
Is it something I need to know
Will she tell us the secrets of the nickel in her ear

Chorus
There’s an understanding we don’t have
Will we find it before it’s too late
This thing we are looking for
This thing between us and what we need
But can we find it without a nickel in our ear

Bridge
There is a truth that will set us free
This thing that will bring answers to us
We search but we can’t find it
Is it because we don’t know what it is
Is it because we’re not looking in the right place
Or is it because we don’t have a nickel in our ear

Chorus
There’s an understanding we don’t have
Will we find it before it’s too late
This thing we are looking for
This thing between us and what we need
But can we find it without a nickel in our ear



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This is lyric #473

Lullabies
Arminta and Blaq Lily
Copyright 2005

Blue Skies, and a gentle breeze blowing down from the Mountains
Butterflies In a field of Clover like a dream so serene
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Lullabies hanging in the wind another vision of summer
Mesmerized by things that might have been, leave behind another winter
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Cool Mist In another time, eyes fall upon the Ocean
Cliffs tower, high above the sea, forget the world around
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Lullabies hanging in the wind another vision of summer
Mesmerized by things that might have been, leave behind another winter --------------------------
Dew fall , air so fresh and clean, early April spring day morning
Butterflies, high above the sea, leave the earth far behind
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Lullabies hanging in the wind another vision of summer
Mesmerized by things that might have been, leave behind another winter

Lullabies hanging in the wind another vision of summer
Mesmerized by things that might have been, leave behind another winter



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This is lyric #474

NEW SONG OF LOVE (for Beth)
Ken Jones
c. 1979

I was living alone
Like the words of a song
Without a melody.
Then you came my way
On that mid-autumn day
And you became music for me.

(Refrain)
You were the melody for the lyrics of my heart.
You finished the song that I could only start.
Now together we’ll sing in sweet harmony
This new song of love that you’ve given me!

Like the words in a rhyme
That often take time
Before they come to you,
You were there all along,
Just right for my song.
When I found you then I knew…

(Refrain)
You were the melody for the lyrics of my heart
You finished the song that I could only start
Now together we’ll sing in sweet harmony
This new song of love that you’ve given me!

No, it’s not hard to see
Just what you’ve done for me!
Yes, it’s plainly true
My heart sings because of you!

Now my life’s changed its key –
Moved from “I” to “We.”
I’m loving you more and more.
My solo is through,
Now it’s a duet with you,
From now to end of Life’s score.

(Refrain)
Yes, you were the melody for the lyrics of my heart
You finished the song that I could only start
Now together we’ll sing in sweet harmony
This new song of love that you’ve given me!
Oh, this new song of love, that you’ve given me!




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This is lyric #475

It Ain’t Easy
by Chuck Billingsley
(c) 2005

He lived up on a mountain
And he drove a truck most all of his life.
He had a few rocky acres that were hard to till,
A stepson and a second wife.
He’d keep the roads warm for a couple of weeks
Then come home for a day or two.
The checks they cut him didn’t cover much
But it was the best that he could do.

Chorus
It ain’t much, but it ain’t easy
Making a living out on the road.
Every city starts to look the same
No matter where you go.
It ain’t much, but it ain’t easy,
I’ve got a few more miles to go.
Just keep your hands on the wheel and stay between the lines
And get this rig back home.

One day he stopped to pick his nephew up
Before they shut the company down.
The ride he promised that little boy
Would be his last time around.
He had a twist in his back that never would heal
And the doctor wouldn’t give him a bill.
He took a job in the city, shoveling coal
To keep the house up on the hill.

Chorus
It ain’t much, but it ain’t easy
Making a living shoveling coal.
You sweat all day and your muscles burn
But your bones get so darn cold.
It ain’t much, but it ain’t easy
I’ve got a few more hours to go.
Twelve hours a day and a broken clock
The time couldn’t move more slow.

One day they found him laying in a field
Outside a muddy stall in the rain.
A little clot running through his blood
Had slipped up to his brain.
But you know that one didn’t get him,
Ten hours alone and he survived.
Now he spends his days at home in his chair
But at least he’s still alive.

Chorus
It ain’t much, but it ain’t easy
When you can’t get up on your own.
Your mind is strong, but your feet won’t move
When you tell them that it’s time to go.
It ain’t much, but it ain’t easy
Sometimes I’ll let my memories go
Back to a stretch of blacktop interstate
In a semi, rolling home.
It ain’t much, but it ain’t easy
Making a living out on the road.
Every city starts to look the same
No matter where you go.
It ain’t much, but it ain’t easy
I’ve got a few more miles to go.
Just keep your hands on the wheel and stay between the lines
And get this rig back home.



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This is lyric #476

LET THE WOMEN RULE
By ALIEN ALRIGHT
c. 2005

I want to see, if it happens to be
What would have become if we'd switched it around
It's been done before but not as a whole
Maybe Thatcher* wasn't sound, but had men to pound
This is the Men’s chance to stay at home and work on their project
Letting mothers' grace decide and perfect the performance
We'll stand on the other side
We'll watch from the other side

My philosophy is now
Let the women rule
Let the women rule
We’re just too busy being cool
Like we always did in school
We’re in control and won’t be fooled
So let the, let the, women rule

Don’t want to be a lazy ****er, you see
But don’t want to waste my life, prove that I’m right
We all know man’s ego is best kept inside of a fridge
Gadget man is in the house, left to DIY
We got this chance to sit our cucumber on top of the couch
House-husband treating himself to extra fun
Men just rule to spite
Men just rule to spite

My philosophy is now
Let the women rule
Let the women rule
We’re just too busy being cool
Like we always did in school
We’re in control and won’t be fooled
So let the, let the, women rule

What do you think we’ll give it a go?
What do you think we’ll give it a go?
Men have been ruling ever since
And now look what is happening here

I think we had more than a fair chance
Six thousand years at least, to get it fixed
Now it’s a good time for us to step aside
Women should control while men conduct their fights
When playing games, having fun, doing projects
Be with friends etc… whatever, that’s all we want
Men just want a crown
Men just need a crowd

My philosophy is now
Let the women rule
Let the women rule
We’re just too busy being cool
Like we always did in school
We’re in control and won’t be fooled
So let the, let the women rule



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This is lyric #477

Six Foot Two Mem’ry
Judy Hollier
1999/2006

Juliet gets to the office at nine
Weary from tossing and turning all night
Sits down at her keyboard and reads through her mail
And tries to pretend that she’s doing OK

She gets through the day with the help of her friends
Five o’clock comes and another day ends
A few drinks ‘til sunset to help her unwind
At home in the darkness she knows what she’ll find

A six foot two mem’ry
There in his chair
Arm ‘round her shoulder
Stroking her hair
A six foot two mem’ry
Holding her close
A six foot two mem’ry
That never left home

Not so long ago such a happy young bride
The call from his country was answered with pride
He was a hero the Padre had said
But heroes’ don’t vanish because they are dead

How could she know it would be their farewell
He left her in Heaven and marched into hell
One last embrace then too soon he was gone
His lips left home with him but his mem’ry stayed on

A six foot two mem’ry
There in his chair
Arm ‘round her shoulder
Stroking her hair
A six foot two mem’ry
Holding her close
A six foot two mem’ry
That never left home

Maybe in time she’ll move on with her life
But that won’t be easy when he’s there every night

A six foot two mem’ry
There in his chair
Arm ‘round her shoulder
Stroking her hair
A six foot two mem’ry
Holding her close
A six foot two mem’ry
That never left home




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This is lyric #478

Beneath the Stripes & Stars
by Ben Hassenger & Pat Malloy
Copyright 2005

When I was a young boy we played army all day long
A wooden rifle shooting rubber bands
Running through the backyards I felt so brave & strong
The neighborhood was under my command
My grandpa’s helmet falling over my eyes
I was a soldier and it filled me up with pride

The high school band is leading
The parade down Main Street
Playing a little out of tune
But it still sounds so sweet
A 21-gun salute
Shriners in their little cars
I’m home marching ‘neath the Stripes & Stars

When I turned 18, I signed up for the corps
The few the proud an army of one
I believed in what the fight was for
Turned in my rubber bands for bullets and a gun
In my uniform I became a man
Went off to save my country & protect our precious land

The high school band is leading
The parade down Main Street
Playing a little out of tune
But it still sounds so sweet
A 21-gun salute
Shriners in their little cars
I’m home marching ‘neath the Stripes & Stars

I was told with open arms they’d welcome us
But then I saw the fear the hate the mistrust
I began to wonder what we were doing here
Was this a fight for freedom it just seems so unclear


Late one night I was on patrol
It seemed a routine shift
The sky lit up like the Fourth of July
In my chest I was hit
As the shrapnel kissed my body, no tears ran down my face
It was the only way I’d get out of this place

But there’s no band no music
No parade down Main Street
My mom and dad are crying
My brother he can’t believe
A 21-gun salute
Shriners and the color guard
I’m home lying ‘neath the Stripes & Stars




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This is lyric #480

Swim to the Other Side
by Don Shearer
© 2006

[Verse 1]
I was the last man standing on that bloody ground,
The devil had his spear at my breast.
He said, "Your valiant fight is over, your comrades are dead,
Now it's time to go like all the rest."
He says, "The river at your back is icy and wide,
Why don't we make this quick and easy, you've got no where to hide."
I said "Thanks for the invitation but I really must decline.
I'm going to swim to the other side."

[Chorus]
Water's rising, got to swim to the other side.
Water's rising, got to swim to the other side.
Better get yourself together, you can run but you just can't hide.
Between the devil and the ever-lovin' deep blue sea
You've got to swim to the other side.


[Verse 2 ]
At the first crack of thunder Noah looks to the sky,
He says, "I do believe it looks like rain."
And then the Lord calls down, kind of serious-like,
"It's time to wash away the wicked and vain.
I'm gonna tell you just this once. This ain't no passing whim.
Frankly, your chances of survival are growing mighty thin.
You're going to build me an ark.
Get ready to embark.
Or, by God, you'd better learn to swim."
('cause I'm telling you)

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
When trouble comes knockin', cowards run for the hills,
But you know they just can't climb that high.
The fools rush in and say they're goin' to build a ship,
But you know it ain't gonna fly.
The scoundrels all fall down and pretend to pray,
But you know it's just too late.
You've got to strip it down, and jump right in,
You've got to wash away that hate.
(Don't you know that the)

[Chorus]



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This is lyric #481

LOVE LINES
J. Bevington
c. 2005

(V1)
I see you look in the mirror
Smoothing the wrinkles away
I see you stare as you brush out your hair
Searching for each strand of gray
I know just what you’re thinking
But darling, I disagree
You’ve never been more beautiful
And when I look at you I see

(Ch)
Love lines, your heart and mine
Written in time on your face
Did you really think you could love this much
And have it never leave a trace?
Love lines, there to remind you
Of all the joy we’ve shared
Each separate place is a mark of grace
Which shows how much you care
Love lines

(V2)
You wonder how this came to happen
How years could rush by like the wind
Your heart still feels like it’s twenty two
But time is a faithless friend
You think back to when we were courting
You were so carefree and young
That girl back then cannot compare
To the woman you’ve become

(Ch)
Love lines, your heart and mine
Written in time on your face
Did you really think you could love this much
And have it never leave a trace?
Love lines, there to remind you
Of all the joy we’ve shared
Each separate place is a mark of grace
Which shows how much you care
Love lines


(V3)
Some people scorn the familiar
They want everything to be new
They go through their lives but they’ll never find
A love like I have with you
There have been days I have doubted
Times I’ve been tempted to stray
But all it took was a single look
To chase those thoughts away

(Ch)
Love lines, your heart and mine
Written in time on your face
Did you really think you could love this much
And have it never leave a trace?
Love lines, there to remind you
Of all the joy we’ve shared
Each separate place is a mark of grace
Which shows how much you care
Love lines

I see love lines…



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This is lyric #482

Red Dirt Road
by Kellee Bradley, In A Big Way Music
(c) 2003

they're whispering again
they say he's coming home
5 years is a long time
she cried for him each night
he told her not to visit
and he asked her not to write

there's a house on the edge of town
he's standing in the yard
peeling paint and broken fence
he can feel the negligence
funny how the world looks
when you're not young and innocent

Chorus
and she goes
running down that dusty red dirt road
carrying her heart like it's a load
upon her shoulders
and all he has to do is hold her

and she knows
he has taken the long way back home
the road was not less traveled like that poem
because that road
brought him right back to her door
red dirt road

she has loved him half her life
she has waited patiently
but something's missing in his eyes
a spark he had that's died
like the whole world is his prison
and there's no parole in sight

Chorus
and she goes
running down that dusty red dirt road
carrying her heart like it's a load
upon her shoulders
and all he has to do is hold her

and she knows
he has taken the long way back home
the road was not less traveled like that poem
because that road
brought him right back to her door
red dirt road


one dark cloud keeps any sun
from shining on this place
what she wouldn't give
to see the smile back on his face
and she prays (somehow God has made a big mistake)
and that red dirt road
and bring that boy she loved
back home

there she goes.......

Red Dirt Road


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This is lyric #483

Daddy Take Care
Peter Davis ~ PeteSounds Music ~ BMI
© 1998

My daddy is a soldier,
And I’m a soldiers son,
Tonight he’s away, getting the job done
A part of tradition and a proud history, Protecting our nation and his family

Daddy taught me about peace,
And he taught me about war
The Army and Navy,
And the spirit of The Corp
Aloft in the sky, and under the sea
The home of the brave,
And the land of the free

Sometimes I’m lonely, frightened and scared
That’s when I stop, and sing out this prayer
Wherever you are, I know that you’re there
Lord hear this child, and daddy take care

Teddy’s Rough Riders, Patton and Grant, American heroes who never say can’t
Can do and done, that’s what they said
Well they did and they won,
‘Cause they fought and they bled

Valley Forge and Flanders, Guadalcanal,
Iwo and Pearl and that special old gal
The mighty Missouri in Tokyo Bay,
Flying the colors, battleship gray

Sometimes I’m lonely, frightened and scared, That’s when I stop and sing out this prayer
Wherever you are, I know that you’re there, Lord hear this child, and daddy take care

The best and the bravest,
The bold and the few
Proudly defending the Red White and Blue
For we know that you’ll answer,
When your nation calls
But please God don’t let him end up
Another name on the wall

Now tonight safe at home,
With the folks we hold dear
Daddy’s far away,
But in our heart he’s right here
Quietly counting each moment until,
He walks through that door
And we know that he will

Sometimes I’m lonely, frightened and scared
That’s when I stop and sing out this prayer
Wherever you are, I know that you’re there, Lord hear this child, and daddy take care
Lord hear my prayer, and daddy
Daddy take care



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This is lyric #484

Hello From Johnny Cash
John Adler
copyright 2003

His words came fighting, like thunder and lightning
Now his songs are acted out in mime
The singer, he ran out of time
And the clock keeps ticking like a bomb on the wall
I wish it would stop but it’ll outlive us all
All aboard, the Harvest Moon

Workers rattle off their rights, the seeker says he’s got sight
All make charades of being happy in their own world
While the world goes anywhere but right
An answer came dressed in the color of gloom
Giving voice to those who felt misused and marooned
All aboard, the Harvest Moon

Chorus:
All aboard the Harvest Moon
The train carrying loved ones always leaves too soon
All aboard, the Harvest Moon

No one returns from the tomb
Leaving room for doubt to consume
The visionary’s glance of another spring
Goes down like a flaming sun in ruin
And the conductor rushes up a creaking ladder
Preaching, “we’ll all be better off in the hereafter”
All aboard, the Harvest Moon

Chorus

My father met you under the same blue sky
I stand under and in the ground you lie
How he told you maybe I was your biggest fan
You took the time to shake his calloused hand
You said be sure to tell your boy from me,
Hello from Johnny Cash, now on that train you flee
All aboard, the Harvest Moon

Chorus




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This is lyric #485

The Neighbor
Bruce Goldish
(c) 2005

Hey neighbor, you don’t seem like you’re a bad kind of guy
So when I say I wish you were dead and gone, don’t be surprised, and I’ll tell you why
It’s not like you’re a crack house shooting guns off in the night
Or a cathouse or a frat house, but still, something’s not quite right

Why don’t you clean your yard
Come on, it can’t be that hard
Even if it’s just that little part I can see
Come on, neighbor, do this thing for me

I’m not looking for perfection
But man your garbage needs attention
And that stinking tire collection
Smells like a bad rubber infection

Why don’t you just clean your yard
Come on, you lazy chunk of lard
Even if it’s just that little part I can see
Come on, neighbor, do this thing for me

The sun sparkles so pretty off those shards of broken glass
Your shopping cart collection gives the whole neighborhood your special touch of class
My yard’s not perfect, I don’t worship my grass
But you, you let yours grow till it’s high as Michael Jordan’s… ask me…

Why don’t you just clean your yard
Come on, it can’t be all that hard
Even if it’s just that little part I can see
Come on, neighbor, do this thing for me

Hey neighbor, you don’t ever seem to be in short supply
Of crap that blows over from your pathetic pigsty
It’s not like you’re a killer or doing funny things to sheep
Baa’t all I ask from you neighbor, is a little basic upkeep.

Why don’t you clean your yard
Come on, you human discard
Even if it’s just that little part that I can see
Come on, neighbor, do this thing for me




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This is lyric #486

Church Street
By John Kloberdanz

They closed the church on Church Street
The pastor moved away
He tried to draw the faithful
But had nothing left to say.
The couple that planned to marry
Went to the church down the highway.
They closed the church on Church Street
There was no one left to pray.

The mayor called a meeting
And he invited all the guests.
The congressman and senator
The banker and the press.
They all sent members of their staff
Who nodded at each request
They appointed a commission,
And then they smiled and pressed the flesh.

But Sunday morning comes and goes without a single prayer,
In my town does God even know that we are there?

They closed the church on Church Street
After the factory went down
No dollars for collections
No bride to wear her gown.
First they shuttered all the workers
And then they shuttered this whole town.
They closed the church on Church Street
And the winds the only sound.



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This is lyric #487

COME SEE HER SMILE
by Faith Rivera & Daniel Ho, Daniel Ho Creations (ASCAP), Lil’ Girl Creations (ASCAP)
copyright 2004

Clear as day, she's cool as night
Strong as Skyy vodka, sublime, alive
Warm as summer, she’s pure as light
Dark as the willow's shade that I'd rest under all my days
Oh her eyes drink the world in one shot at a time
COME SEE HER SMILE ~ all that once was so wrong, feels so right
COME SEE HER SMILE

She dreams in color, she is black & white
She is but she isn't wrong nor right
Fearless wonder bounding hills & pains
Flying high in a rocket ship over doubts, that she has what it takes
Oh her eyes drink the world in one shot at a time
COME SEE HER SMILE ~ all that once was so wrong, feels alright
COME SEE HER SMILE

We run for shelter, while she plays in the rain
Splashing in puddles of thankfulness, where others they find blame
We're just spectators in this game called life
She's got the ball, oh she's running, running with all of her might
Oh her eyes drink the world in one shot at a time
COME SEE HER SMILE ~ all that once was so wrong, feels so right
COME SEE HER SMILE




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This is lyric #488

Big Ovaries
Brenda DeKeyzer Lowry
(c) 2005

They won’t write it on your tombstone, they won’t say it at your grave
that your kitchen floor was spotless or your bed was always made.
Nobody really cares if your table settings match
and only Martha Stewart makes it all from scratch.
Sometimes you have to speak up to be sure your voice is heard
and just remember “nice” and “fine” are four letter words.

(chorus)
If you’re trying to make a place in a world run by men
you need an attitude and a lot of estrogen
well-behaved women never make history
so make sure you misbehave and have...Big Ovaries.

Think of all the women who have made their mark on time
these women didn’t fit into the nice-girl paradigm
Cleopatra, Queen Liz, and Catherine the Great
and so many others whose lives can illustrate
the power of a woman to see the job through
So stand up, sister, you can be one, too.

In the Bible there was Mary and the Woman at the Well
Sarah, Rachel, Miriam, and even Jezebel
We’ve had goddesses and sinners, and saints like Joan of Arc,
And women made of steel like Molly Brown and Rosa Parks.
All the pioneer women who walked across the nation
and a few billion mothers since the dawn of creation.

If you’re trying to make a place in a world run by men
you need an attitude and a lot of estrogen
well-behaved women never make history
so make sure you misbehave and have...Big Ovaries.

Nefertiti, Margaret Thatcher, and the Queen of Sheba
Tina Turner, Dolly Parton, Venus and Serena
Annie Oakley, Dale Evans, Ginger Rogers too
Mary Shelley, Ann Rand and Maya Angelou.
Pocahontas, Princess Di, and Liliuokalani
Blondie, Lucy, Jane Jetson, Little Orphan Annie.

If you’re trying to make a place in a world run by men
you need an attitude and a lot of estrogen
well-behaved women never make history
so make sure you misbehave and have...Big Ovaries.

Now listen up, sister, there’s a moral to my story
Having big ovaries doesn’t mean a lot of glory
Some strong women had an awful lot of fame
but for many others, we don’t even know their name.
Just remember this: you can be one too
Be true to yourself in everything that you do.

If you’re trying to make a place in a world run by men
you need an attitude and a lot of estrogen
well-behaved women never make history
so make sure you misbehave and have...Big Ovaries.



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This is lyric #489

Floatin’ Round New Orleans
by Joshua "Bubba" Murrell and Brenda DeKeyzer Lowry
© 2006

Seems like yesterday
I packed my bags and crossed the Huey P.
never thought I’d leave the city
with my hopes and schemes
was a long time I stayed away
wanna go back one fine day
and all that I can say is -
I’m just floating ‘round New Orleans in my dreams.

Thinking ‘bout all the things
I loved so well
Antoines, Tipitinas,
City Park carousel
Brass bands, Dixieland
the Big Easy Attitude
Betcha five dollars I know
where ya got them shoes- in New Orleans.
(Bridge)
No left turn city, I still love you so
some things got better, some had to go
all we had, we never thought we’d lose
The river’s got the rhythm and I got the blues.
(instrumental break)
Down in de Quarter-was catfish on Fridays
Mondays: Beans & Rice; ah, Café au Lait!
tap dancing feet, I miss Bourbon Street
2nd Line pizzazz, street corner jazz...
The Picayune, the paddle boats
I wonder if the streetcars float?
Carrollton to Esplanade
I miss the beads and parades
Pete Fountain doesn’t play
Can I get some good beignets?
Did they all get washed away?
Are they still floating somewhere round New Orleans?

We all thought we had some time
you know what that means
Big Muddy changed his mind...
Now I’m just floating around New Orleans...
floating round New Orleans.



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This is lyric #490

Mama Stands Alone
by:Anna Mathea Martson
5/31/06

Verse 1:
Over homework in the living room
After school I’d pray
As mama cried softly on a bed she made
Fresh for each new day
The pain and worry after all these years
Mere tears could not erase
Our father couldn’t be a friend to us
And it showed in mama’s face

Chorus:
Now that Mama stands alone
We’ve got to make it on our own
We’ll have to work a whole lot harder
Though it’s Ma and I alone
No one hurts the one I love
Now that Mama stands alone

Verse 2:
Mama did the very best she could
She kept us safe from harm
She left with bare necessities
Like clothes to keep us warm
We barely missed the life we had
Or the family we once knew
We traded it for peace of mind
And the faith we’d make it through

Chorus:
Now that Mama stands alone
We’ve got to make it on our own
We’ll have to work a whole lot harder
Though it’s Ma and I alone
No one hurts the one I love
Now that Mama stands alone

Bridge:
Many years have come and gone since then
And Mama’s aged with grace
All the struggles that she knew
Have made her strong and wise
And I know my mother sees in me
Respect in her daughter’s eyes

Tag:
Now my Mama’s not alone
Though my Mama stands alone



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This is lyric #491

She Reminds Me of You
(by Ban Banerjee)
© 2004

It’s the way she wakes me up when I’m running late,
The way she always talks about fate,
The way she winks at me when I say something right,
And how her deep brown eyes glow in the night,
Make me wonder
If I’ll ever get over you, cuz
Everything she does reminds me of you.

The way she looks proud in her black evening dress,
And holds me close when I’m in a mess,
The way she stares at me when I spell her name wrong,
The way she remembers the words of my songs,
Make me wonder
If I’ll ever get over you, cuz
Everything she does reminds me of you.

(Bridge)
Destiny
Took you away from me
It’s been long
Since the day you were gone
But the colors you put in my life
Help me keep moving on…

The way she fixes my tie when I rush to work,
And calls my name out loud in the dark,
The way she pulls her hair when it falls on her face,
And bursts out in laughter watching Will and Grace,
Make me wonder
If I’ll ever get over you, cuz
Everything she does reminds me of you,

(Tag)
Her everything so reminds me of you.



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This is lyric #492

Where Did I Go Right
Chuck Crowe
(c) 2005

In cards and love
I had always been cursed
My palms were sweating
I was fearing the worst

You spun the room
When you smiled at me first
My heart turned balloon
It was ready to burst

Was it something I said, or something I’d done
That made you pick me over everyone
I've had this question in my mind every night
I wanna know where did I go right

One house, two cars
And three kids down the road
I’m still uncertain
Why I’m the one you chose

Was it something I said, or something I’d done
That made you pick me over everyone
The question that keeps me awake every night
I wanna know where did I go right

Been counting my blessings
But it’s like counting stars
Funny how my best times
Are wherever you are

Wasn’t something I said, it’s something I’ve done
I know why you picked me over everyone
Gonna rest easy for the first time tonight
‘cuz lovin’ you was where I went right
Lovin’ you was where I went right
Lovin’ you was where I went right



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This is lyric #493

Martyrs
Duane Michael Tucker
(c) 2003

There aren't many martyrs
although many were called
They didn't do it for the glory
or to get their names carved on walls

If you could ask Mr. Ghandi
If you could ask Mr. King
They'd say they were nothing special
They just tried to teach us some things

And though the way they chose was harder
They overwhelmed their enemies
They took their place with the true martyrs
laid down their lives for hope and peace

Now, some others have followed
through these turbulent days
Started out preaching anger
Then saw the error of their ways

Mr. Rabin, he would tell you
and so would Mr. Sadat
They'd say doubts, they sure had some
But regrets, they had not

And they deserve to be called martyrs
for there was good in their hearts
they tried to save us from ourselves
That's what sets them apart

The ones they try to call martyrs today
they're an insult to the word
To think that taking lives for hate
makes you a martyr is absurd

If you could ask John Lennon
or the man they called Christ
They'd say giving your life for love
is the only true sacrifice

If you could ask of Mohammed
or the Buddha on his hill
they'd say the last thing a martyr could do
would ever be to kill

There aren't many martyrs
although many were called
They didn't do it for the money
or to get their names carved on walls...



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This is lyric #494

“ROMEO AND JULIET”
Roger H. Morris/Kingswood Lane Music (ASCAP)
(c) 1982

Throw my suitcase on the train, in early morning,
With that old ball and chain, rememberin',
When freedom fails you, what's there to save you from
Fallin' in love again?
Passin' by the window go Romeo and Juliet.

So you draw the mirror near, like you did once before,
You go crazy in the head, you go through the guilty doors.
Truth out-distanced, keep that resistance.
Then, amusing it will seem,
Laughing in disbelief at Romeo and Juliet.

Soul shaken, eyes awakened,
Why it never lets you go.
But wherever it takes you,
Get used to being alone.

With your feet back on the ground, it may be a small cafe,
Music and laughter in the crowd, you’re still a thousand miles away.
Talk is witty, night is pretty -
Too late to catch your falling heart,
Oh, sing it one more time, for Romeo and Juliet.
Oh, sing it one more time, for Romeo and Juliet.



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This is lyric #495

OUT ON MY OWN
Madeleine Brandli
(c) 2003

Am I coming, am I going,
Are there answers in the clouds?
Can I find a way of knowing,
Should I cry out loud?
Out loud.

Am I moving, am I spinning,
Are there questions I denied?
Is my book about beginning,
Should I look inside?
Inside..

On my own
Another morning finds me on my own.
Not some other world, some other beat,
Not someone else's empty street.
But here I am!
Found a place inside to call my home,
Standing alone, out on my own
On my own two feet.
On my own.


Didn't see it coming, hear it going,
Whispers in the wind.
But I found another way of knowing
Begging to come in.
Come in.
Am I moving, am I spinning,
Are there answers I denied?
Is my book about beginning,
Dare I reach inside?
Inside...

On my own
Another morning finds me on my own.
Not some other world, some other beat,
Not someone else's lonely street.
Here I am!
Found a place inside to call my home,
Standing alone, out on my own..
On my own two feet.
On my own.
On my own.


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This is lyric #496

The Distance
by Duane Allen Harlick

You close your book and turn out the light
Seems we’re forgetting more lately
To kiss and say “good night”.
I feel out of place in this bed that we share
I’ve been gone for a week, now I’m here by your side
And it seems like you just don’t care

The distance between us has grown
I’ve done all that I can, telling myself
To hold on fast and don’t let go
But I can’t bridge the distance between us
Alone

The years pass us by like clear Autumn skies
Somehow the mystery fades
And we doubt, at times, that love is alive
But I still see in you my hopes and my dreams
And the mystery lies in days yet to come
Tomorrows we haven’t seen

But the distance between us has grown
I’ve done all that I can, telling myself
To hold on fast and don’t let go
But I can’t bridge the distance between us
Alone

Have we conceded our love…
Is the chasm too deep and wide?
Or are you reaching for me
From the other side?

This morning you smiled as we made love
It was there in your eyes, a glimmer of hope
Are you willing to try? Just let me know
‘Cause I can’t bridge the distance between us
Alone



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