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WHEN THE MORNING COMES - ALBUM LYRICS

THE WISHING STAR

I’m a bright burner, head turner / in the backdrop of night / She’s a daydreamer, midnight schemer / in the living and light / I am no painter, just a framer / and I’m up on her wall / She is no quitter, heart is bigger / as big as I am small / I am the wishing star / I am the wishing star / I’m just the wishing star / and all night long I hear, / “How I wonder what you are.” / But I’m just the wishing star / I’m a late bloomer, neighbors are lunar / and we hide in the day / She’s an early riser, master disguiser / of her pain and heartache / I got one reason for breathing / but I can’t get it right / So she keeps wishing, no suspicion / won’t come true yet tonight / Cause I’m just the wishing star / I am the wishing star / I’m just the wishing star / and all night long I hear, / “How I wonder what you are.” / But I’m just the wishing star / up above the world so high / She hangs her hopes on me / just outside her window as she sleeps / and looks to me for promises I can’t keep / I wish I may, I wish I might / I might sleep if I could somehow make things alright / But I’m just the wishing star / I’m just the wishing star / and all night long I hear, / “How I wonder what you are.” / But I’m just the wishing star / up above the world so high / She hangs her hopes on me / just outside her window as she sleeps / She don’t know I’m just a dreamer like her / But there’s a reason I show up when it gets dark / So I’ll go on being the wishing star

THE GOOD IN US

Early Wednesday morning / looking at the rain / The way things are going / been keeping me awake / But I see it in the way the sun slowly rises / Feel it in my mother’s arms / and that’s not too far away / We gotta find it / find it in our hearts / Be reminded / reminded who we are / All this fire’s burning the neighborhood / but the world keeps turning as it should / We gotta find it / the good in us / Maybe we’re not looking / Maybe we don’t care / Have we all forgotten? / Is it barely there? / Is it somewhere deep inside? / Could it be it’s hiding? / I see it in the stars / but that’s just way too far away / We gotta find it / find it in our hearts / Be reminded / reminded who we are / All this fire’s burning the neighborhood / but the world keeps turning as it should / We gotta find it / the good in us

SANCTUARY

Take it one day at a time / Ride the rivers, walk the wire / This old house is standing tall / but my body is feeling small / Painted sky of gray on gray / It don’t seem to matter how I look today / These four walls are all I got / From here on after, I don’t need a lot / All I want is another chance / another go around, different song and dance / I could use some solid ground / Days are short and the nights are long / Get the feeling I did something wrong / Take me where the trees are green / and build a sanctuary / Wish that I had said it first / It’s so familiar, yet unrehearsed / And there are times I feel this whole world crashing down / then I remember love don’t make a sound / All I want is another chance / another go around, different song and dance / I could use some solid ground / Days are short and the nights are long / Get the feeling I did something wrong / Take me where the trees are green / and build a sanctuary / If you’re out there, hear my prayer / from a makeshift sanctuary in the middle of nowhere / If you’re out there, hear my prayer / from a makeshift sanctuary in the middle of nowhere / I’m in the middle of nowhere / And all I want is another chance / another go around, different song and dance / Days are short and the nights are long / Get the feeling I did something wrong / Take me where the trees are green / and build a sanctuary

ALL I’M LETTING GO OF

I’ve been working a lot/and taking walks / Let the ground beneath my feet / come up and steal my thoughts / And when it asks if I’m alright / I can’t help but lie and say I’m fine / But I wanna know where it goes when you let it go / Does it just take a lap and come right back around? / And I wanna see if time has a memory / and know if love that’s lost should be forgotten or found / I wanna know where all I’m letting go of goes / Rain is falling today / but I’m okay / Got someone casting a line to make sure / I don’t wash away / Only thing I know for sure is / when it rains it pours and it’s coming down / But I wanna know where it goes when you let it go / Does it just take a lap and come right back around? / And I wanna see if time has a memory / and if love that’s lost should be forgotten or found / I wanna know where all I’m letting go of goes / Is it searching for its place? / Is it somewhere floating worlds away in another space and time? / Does it ever really leave? / Did it move just up the street / into someone else’s life? / I wanna know where all I’m letting go of goes / Yeah I wanna know where it goes when you let it go? / Does it just take a lap and come right back around? / And I wanna see if time has a memory / and know if love that’s lost should be forgotten or found / I wanna know where all I’m letting go of / I wanna know where all I’m letting go of goes

MEXICO

Caught a red-eye down to Mexico / hoping to leave behind / what happened months ago / I'm with some friends who know / how to forget about life for a while / Try not to care how I look in a bikini / Pretend to read a good book, sipping martinis / And I watch the waves leave / and bring back a little smile / Everyone I know who goes / don't wanna leave this place / I was told to throw in some extra clothes with me / just in case / Cause they got ocean views for miles / They got culture, sand, and style / They sure distract me for a while / but they aren't you / They got parties here for days / All these blue skies and mountain ranges / are beautiful but nothing changes / you're back home and I'm on my own / But thank you anyways, Mexico / Walking beaches in the twilight / And I have to admit, I've had some good times / with those friends who know how to forget about life for a while / Waterfalls and ancient ruins / well they sure know what they're doing / But I can't help wishing it was you instead right here / Everyone I know who goes don't wanna leave this place / I was told that I am not supposed to miss your face / Cause they got ocean views for miles / They got culture, sand, and style / They sure distract me for a while / but they aren't you / They got parties here for days / All these blue skies and mountain ranges / are beautiful but nothing changes / you're back home and I'm on my own / But thank you anyways, Mexico / How far do I have to go / before our memories fade / like when I'm looking out the plane window / down at the landscape? / Cause they got ocean views for miles / They got culture, sand, and style / They sure distract me for a while / but they aren't you / They got parties here for days / All these blue skies and mountain ranges / are beautiful but nothing changes / you're back home and I'm on my own / But thank you anyways, Mexico / Thank you anyways, Mexico

HOLLOW WHITE OAK

There’s an old hollow white oak / planted three lifetimes ago / if you walk behind my house / up the hill and looking south / And branch covered with moss / Sometimes I wonder what it cost / to grow so tall among the weeds / put down roots and never leave / Throw my flannel jacket on / close the back door and I’m gone / Got my journal and a pen / and a mind full of what has been / I’m headed out to sit beneath her / my wooden savior, secret keeper / Strong and steady in the wind / gentle giant, faithful friend / Entertain the young and old / under her shade, they bare their souls / In life or death, they’re bound to leave / all their stories in her rings / She’s seen love and she’s seen war, / been through storms like this before / When September comes along / listen close to hear her song / There’s an old hollow white oak / planted three lifetimes ago / If you walk by her in the rain / She’ll call out to you by name

THINGS YOU SAID TO ME

Bet you never moved to Denver / like you said you would / Bet you never read / that book I gave to you / Heard you turned around when it got dark / You always quit when things got hard / Bet you only read that book ‘til chapter two / Still remember all the things / you said when you were drunk / And I remember how it felt to sleep alone / Best thing I ever did was leave / If I know you, I guarantee / you put your money down I’d never make it on my own / Well there are things worth fighting for / when the morning comes / And there are times when letting go / hurts less than holding on / Pieces of you falling off of me / like little crumbs / Drifting away in the Dead Sea / all the things you said to me / It’s a wonder I’m not crazy like you said I was / after living everyday so close to you / Only crazy thing I ever did / was listen to a word you said / Now I’m searching for the life I never knew / Been smoking out the lies to save the truth / Cause there are things worth fighting for / when the morning comes / And there are times when letting go / hurts less than holding on / Pieces of you falling off of me / like little crumbs / Drifting away in the Dead Sea / all the things you said to me / Bet you never moved to Denver / like you said you would

LIGHT FROM ANOTHER ROOM

It can be a lot to take / the lives we live, mistakes we make / It can be a train wreck scene, / can't look away and you can't leave / It can be a sleepless night / just toss and turn, can't make things right / It can be a lot of broken things / But there's a light on / There's a light on / It can look like a scenic view / but you're out there looking for somewhere new / It can look like a walk in the park / but the easy way out never gets you far / It can look like you love yourself / but you're out there wishing you were someone else/ It can look like a one-way, dead end street / But there's a light on / There's a light on somewhere / There's a light on / There's a light on somewhere / I see it cutting through / the darkness of my deepest blues / There's a light from another room / Don't give up now / Don't you give up the fight / Don't you give up now / Every little thing will be alright / It can be a revolving door / said you'd walk away, now you're back for more / It can be a mystery / how the whole damn world repeats history / It can be a saving grace / or a silver spoon slap in your face / It can be a soul-sucking routine / But there's a light on / There's a light on / There's a light on / Yeah there's a light on somewhere / There's a light on / yeah there's a light on somewhere / I see it cutting through / the darkness of my deepest blues / Yeah there's a light from another room / There's a light from another room

NIGHT RIDER

Night Rider, so dark / take me away beyond the stars / Hand of God, 1000 years / and it burned out long before I got here / So dark / Black magic in you / looking at me wishing that I had it too / Flying out here like Superman / Look at me baby trying to give a damn / Little blue dot night and day / and it doesn’t matter much when you’re this far away / Trying to navigate without a hemisphere / but it’s okay getting lost out here / So lost / Infinite galaxies / and I don’t know

what the hell has gotten into me / Oh Oxygen, I’m out of breath / and I wonder how much longer that I have left / Oh I wonder how much longer that I have left / How much longer? / Black magic in me / Living my life like a fantasy / No armor, no suit / Every single night a new shade of blue / Stardust, cover me / I wanna die drowning in the silver seas / Oh I wanna die drowning in the silver seas / Oh I wanna die drowning in the silver seas / Night Rider, so dark / Look at me baby dancing in the stars

HERE FOR A MINUTE

Map of Ohio in my favorite room / says it was drawn in 1895 / Some nights I stare up at the glowing moon / think about life before I was alive / We’re only here for a minute / Last few years are weighing down on me / Can’t seem to wash away the residue / Like that old map, drawn in my memory / are those I love that left us way too soon / We’re only here for a minute / We’re only here for a minute / Like a gentle rain on a sunny afternoon / the sun going down painting the sky a golden hue / We aren’t here for long / so do what you wanna do / We’re only here for a minute / we’re only here for a minute / so say I love you / I dreamt a sweet dream last night / The kind that feels so real / you wonder if you ever closed your eyes / And I slept in ‘til I woke up on my own /and finally felt the promise I’m not alone, not alone / We’re only here for a minute / We’re only here for a minute / Like a gentle rain on a sunny afternoon / the sun going down painting the sky a golden hue / We aren’t here for long / so do what you wanna do / We’re only here for a minute / we’re only here for a minute / so say I love you / Say I love you

SLOW POISON - EP LYRICS

OUT THE BACK DOOR

I made you a liar / the day I touched the fire and I didn’t get burned / And you made me a sinner / when I gave you a glimmer of hope / just before your back turned / just before your back turned / So you pulled out your Bible / and prayed for our revival as I wrote on the wall / Cause I too prayed to Jesus / and He told me to leave this alone / What can I say? / You can’t win them all / Sometimes love just don’t fall into place / And you try and you try / You ask yourself why nothing stays around here anymore / Love came in through a window / and walked out the back door / Ain’t no sense in crying / I’m not dead, I’m not dying / No I’ve been here before / And I know all these alleys / these hills and these valleys by heart / Ain’t no surprise, I’ve seen it all, I’ve seen it all / Sometimes love just don’t fall into place / And you try and you try / You ask yourself why / nothing stays around here anymore / Love came in through a window / and walked out the back door / Love is walking, love keeps on walking / Love is walking, love keeps on walking on / You can’t keep holding on / It’s already gone / Sometimes love just don’t fall into place / And you try and you try / You ask yourself why / nothing stays around here anymore / Love came in through a window / and walked out the back door

SAME PAIN

Written by Lori Triplett (ASCAP/Mrs. Magillicutty Music) , Dan Wilson (BMI), Jessica Roadcap (BMI/Road to the River Music), Lacy Green (SESAC/Child of the Wild Music). Copyright 2020 Mrs. Magillicutty Music. All rights reserved.

Behind every lie ever told /After every stone’s been thrown /Every broken crown, every let down / covered up with some kind of joke / Behind every wall that you build / Under every past due bill / Every tear in your eye when life’s flying by / but you feel like you’re standing still / Same pain / We all feel the same pain / Different stories for every scar / Your own reasons for your broken heart / Every washed up dream just out of reach / making you who you are / Same pain / We all feel the same pain / What if love could win / at the end of the day? / And what if we all gave / the same grace for the same pain? / An umbrella in the same rain / Open seat on the same train / A little help with the same chains / We all need the same grace

SLOW POISON

I’ve been here before / and you have too / It’s the same old black / it’s the same old blue / I don’t agree with what you have to say / but I was just thinking how that’s okay / Are we gonna just keep colliding? / Will there ever be a reconciling? / Cause we could just keep on driving / the same car off the road / I thought maybe I could get to know ya / and you could get to know me if you wanna / Well shame on me for my cold shoulder / and the cheek I turned so slow / We cry tears, we bleed red / so maybe we could try to love instead / cause anything else is a slow poison / A slow poison/ I took a photograph / cause I had a good day / and I wanna remember / feeling this way / cause the world is spinning out of control / and I might too if I don’t let go, / if I don’t let go / Are we gonna just keep colliding? / Will there ever be a reconciling? / Cause we could just keep on driving / the same car off the road / I thought maybe I could get to know ya / and you could get to know me if you wanna / Well shame on me for my cold shoulder / and the cheek I turned so slow / We cry tears, we bleed red / so maybe we could try to love instead / cause anything else is a slow poison / A slow poison / We cry tears, we bleed red / so maybe we could try to love instead / We cry tears, we bleed red / so maybe we could try to love instead / cause anything else is a slow poison

IF MY NAME WERE NEW YORK

Went down to Carolina in the fall / late November leaves barely hanging on / Those early sunset shadows standing tall/I spent all day crossing county lines / Thought if traffic’s good I’d be there by 9:00 / When I finally made it to your door / guess I expected a little more / Cause all you talked about / were those city lights like no other place you’ve been / When I saw your eyes shining so bright / it left me wondering / At the end of the day, could you say that you need me / like you need those east coast shores / Would you love me a little more / if my name were New York? / Blue Ridge Mountains back in your rearview / You’re chasing somewhere else, I’m still chasing you / You don’t have money for us / but you’ve got money for your new tattoo / So just keep going to her instead of coming to me / I won’t be jealous of a city that never sleeps / I’m done wishing that you were here sleeping next to me / Cause all you talk about / are those city lights / like no other place you’ve been / When I saw your eyes shining so bright / I should’ve known it then / At the end of the day, you can’t say that you need me / like you need those east coast shores / Would you love me a little more / if my name were New York / if my name were New York? / Skylines in your eyes / You got no time for me / Skylines in your eyes / You got no time for me / Cause all you talk about / are those city lights / like no other place you’ve been / When I saw your eyes shining so bright / I should’ve known it then / At the end of the day, you can’t say that you need me / like you need those east coast shores / Would you love me a little more / would you try a little more / if my name were New York? / Would you love me, tell me would you love me more / if my name were New York?

THINGS I’LL NEVER BE

I painted a picture of the sea / cause it makes me happy thinking about / the tide rolling up on my feet / But I’m not an artist / I’m just a fake / I’m over here painting by numbers / and I’ve only ever seen a lake / There’s just some things I’ll never be / A fool for you, your remedy / I’m not just some knock at your door / Yeah I’ve got better things to do than wait / to be enough for you, another chase / What are you expecting from me? / There’s just some things that I’ll never be / Walk to the corner right up my street / And I’m finally thinking much clearer / It’s about time I get back to me / There’s just some things I’ll never be / A fool for you, your remedy / I’m not just some knock at your door / Yeah I’ve got better things to do than wait / to be enough for you, another chase / What were you expecting from me? / There’s just some things I’ll never be / A fool for you, your remedy / I’m not just some knock at your door / Yeah I’ve got better things to do than wait / to be enough for you, another chase / What were you expecting from me? / There’s just some things I’ll never be / A fool for you, your remedy / I’m not just some knock at your door / Yeah I’ve got better things to do than wait / to be enough for you cause I’m enough for me / What were you expecting from me? / There’s just some things that I’ll never be / There’s just some thing that I’ll never be / There’s just some things that I’ll never be

RIGHT WHERE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE

You’re right where you’re supposed to be / Ain’t no shame in being lonely / You fought hard to get off the floor / Lost some battles but not the war / When the sun goes down and don’t show her face / moonlight glow’s gonna take her place / So don’t you worry when the stumbling starts / Sometimes life tries to break your heart / Sometimes life tries to break your heart / You’re a stronger person than you were before / Crossed a hundred oceans then a million more / So it’s okay to be a little bit scared / We all need a few small repairs / We all need a few small repairs / You’re right where you’re supposed to be / Had to crawl through hell, had to find your knees / Learn how to love yourself just a little more / Now you see what all that pain was for / Now you see what all that pain was for / May the road rise up and the rain fall soft / May the wind blow sweet over green treetops / May you dream your dreams and always believe / You’re right where you’re supposed to be / You’re right where you’re supposed to be

COMING HOME ALONE - EP LYRICS

COMING HOME ALONE

Saturday morning, little half past 5 / Put off packing for the long, long drive / Roads are all icy, homes lit up every night / But this just don’t feel like Christmas time / Did all my wrapping early this year / No last minute shopping and no holiday cheer / Cause I can’t fight this feeling, I’ll just let it interfere / But this just don’t feel like Christmas is here / No it just don’t feel like Christmas is here / I already told my friends all about you / And my mom made up the bed in the guest room / And my dad thinks he can talk you into rooting for the Yanks / so I’m drawing a blank / Coulda swore I sent my wish list / but I guess I somehow missed it / cause I’ll be coming home for Christmas alone / All I got are polar bears kissing in my tacky snow globe / so I ain’t in no hurry to get out of this robe / Can’t take back all your presents or kiss you under mistletoe / So I just don’t feel like coming home / No I just don’t feel like coming home / I already told my friends all about you / And my mom made up the bed in the guest room / And my dad thinks he can talk you into rooting for the Yanks / so I’m drawing a blank / Coulda swore I sent my wish list / but I guess I somehow missed it / cause I’ll be coming home for Christmas alone / I’ll be coming home alone / I’ll be coming home for Christmas / I’ll be coming home alone / I’ll be coming home for Christmas / I already told my friends all about you / And my mom made up the bed in the guest room / All I’m left with now is another excuse / of why I’m coming home again

ALL THE GOOD MEN

They say it came upon a midnight clear /and such a silent night when good men disappeared / And Mary did you know / it would look like this all those years ago? / How’d we get in this mess? / Well I have no frankincense, gold, or myrrh / just a quiet prayer I’m hoping will be heard / for the heavy hearts walking dirty streets / O Little Drummer Boy, won’t you play your beat again? / Do you hear what I’m hearing? / A million different voices grieving / Do you know what I know? / It’s time for us to let this go / Do you see what I see? / That old star of wonder still shining / What child is this that we’ve all become? / Can’t feel our hearts grow cold / when they’ve become so numb / Waiting for the dawn of redeeming grace / to bring back joy to the world / because oh there’s no place like home for the holidays / Do you hear what I’m hearing? / A million different voices screaming / Do you know what I know? / It’s time for us to let this go / Do you see what I see? / That old star of wonder still shining / Do you hear what I’m hearing? / A million different voices singing / Do you know what I know? / We’re learning how to let this go / Do you see what I see? / All the good men returning / Do you hear what I’m hearing?

SINGLES - LYRICS

TENNESSEE

On the road again / I just gotta clear my head / Toss my bags into the backseat / Patty Griffin singing to me once again / I tried my best to love this town / It tried its best to knock me down / So I’m on the road again / I really wish that I could stay / cause half my heart’s here in Ohio / but the other half’s 500 miles away / I tried my best to stick around / but there’s nothing left except tears / and I’m drowning / So do me a favor / Say I’ll be fine / And do me a favor / Say you’ll be kinder to me / Could you do me a favor / Don’t let the rain fall too hard on me, Tennessee, Tennessee / On the road again / to a place I used to know / Mom and Dad cry as I’m leaving / but they believe in me and know I have to go / I’ll try my best to make them proud / I’ll try my best to live out loud / So do me a favor / Say I’ll be fine / And do me a favor / Say you’ll be kinder to me / Could you do me a favor / Don’t let the rain fall too hard on me, Tennessee, Tennessee / I always found a sweet relief in the sound of your melodies / So do me a favor / Say I’ll be fine / And do me a favor / Say you’ll be kinder to me / Could you do me a favor / Don’t let the rain fall too hard on me, Tennessee, Tennessee / I know I’ll be fine / I know you’ll be kind, Tennessee

CROOKED HEART

Crooked little heart / where are you taking me? / I don’t know these roads / but I don’t trust your lead / cause I’ve been fooled before / but I’m not that fool anymore / I need the truth, need the smoothness of a straight path / Sun on my face, need the tears of a good laugh / Need the storms to roll away / the peace that comes by faith over me / And I don’t need a crooked heart still guiding me / cause I am free / Crooked little heart / why do you sound so sweet? / You feel just like the rain / in the summer’s heat / But I’ve been fooled before / and I’m not that fool anymore / I need the truth, need the smoothness of a straight path / Sun on my face, need the tears of a good laugh / Need the storms to roll away / the peace that comes by faith over me / And I don’t need a crooked heart still guiding me / No I don’t need a crooked heart still guiding me /cause I am free / Who the Son sets free is free indeed / who the Son sets free / Cause I don’t need a crooked heart still guiding me / No I don’t need a crooked heart still guiding me / No I don’t need a crooked heart still guiding me / No I don’t need a crooked heart still guiding me / cause I am free / I am free

THIS STAGE

When I was 5 I’d dance around this stage / and I would smile at all the people sitting where you happen to be / Point my toes and spin around / A tiny dancer learning about / the art of putting on a little show / This stage is where I learned to shoot a basketball / and my dad was always there / showing how to play the game / And I’ll admit, I wasn’t good / But memories are what I would take away / You may laugh at my sentimental ways / I get a little teary-eyed when I think about this stage / Cause for me, it’s where I learned that I could dream / something much bigger than me / And I could live it for the day on this stage/ I close my eyes and suddenly / to my surprise I’m 17 / singing in the choir with my friends / And after school, I would return / to this very stage and try to learn / my lines and songs and dances for the play / When I think about those friends I met / and the teachers I could not forget / my heart yearns for our God to let me turn back time / I guess they really spoke the truth / when they said, “Don’t wish away your youth / It goes faster than you want it to, more than you realize.” / You may laugh at my sentimental ways / I get a little teary-eyed when I think about this stage / Cause for me, it’s where I learned that I could dream / something much bigger than me / And I could live it for the day on this stage

SAFE PLACE TO LAND - ALBUM LYRICS

BABY IS IN LOVE

Baby’s got a secret / and he don’t plan to keep it for long / Yeah it’s already leaking out into the streets / He hasn’t spoken one word / oh but nearly everyone’s heard bout it / bout the boy who’s flying like a bird / gracing the sky / Baby is in love, love, love, love / Baby is in love, love, love, love for the first time / He’s always dealt a hand of heartache / He gives his all but all he gets is takers and breakers / and bad luck he can’t shake / He just had to get out / Hopped in his truck and drove for miles / Stopped when he crossed into Ohio / And that’s where he saw the prettiest smile he’d ever seen / Now baby is in love, love, love, love / Baby is in love, love, love, love / Baby is in love, love, love, love, / Baby is in love, love, love, love for the first time / He hasn’t spoken one word / but he is flying like a bird / cause baby’s in love / Baby’s got a secret / and he don’t plan to keep it for long / Yeah it’s already leaking out into the street /Baby is in love, love, love, love / Baby is in love, love, love, love / Baby is in love, love, love, love, / Baby is in love, love, love, love for the last time / For the last time / for the last time

I DON’T FEEL SO FREE

I won’t be going out tonight / I gotta catch a flight back home / early in the morning / So I’m lying here while freedom rings / with my mind on other things…so alone / Guess I’m still mourning / how last year at this time you were mine / And you held me while the colors filled the sky / But this year, I don’t feel so free / Still bound by you and our memories / And flags of celebration fly / but this July, I don’t feel so free / I don’t feel so free / There are lawn chairs and blankets down / Along the curb, the entire town waves / for the land of the free and the home of the brave / And later when I hear the roar of fireworks / I’ll remember your sweet face / and I’ll miss you / Cause last year at this time, you were mine / And you held me while the colors filled the sky / But this year, I don’t feel so free / Still bound by you and our memories / And flags of celebration fly / but this July, I don’t feel so free / I don’t feel so free / But this year, I don’t feel so free / Still bound by you and our memories / And flags of celebration fly / but this July, I don’t feel so free / I don’t feel so free / No I don’t feel so free

SAFE PLACE TO LAND

I’m looking for a safe place to land / A safe place with no shifting sand / Somewhere I can lay my head / and still be loved when I wake again / Cause I have been chasing the wind / And I have been fighting for lost causes / And I have been searching for gold in all the wrong places / And I have been building a home / on dunes of white sand / instead of a stone / And I have been painting a wall / that’s just about to fall / I’m looking for a safe place to land / A safe place with no shifting sand / Somewhere I can lay my head / and still be loved when I wake again / I put my trust in people / but people let me down / I put my hope in love / but love don’t stick around / When you let a fallen world hold onto you / you’ll fall too / I’m looking for a safe place to land / A safe place with no shifting sand / Somewhere I can lay my head / and still be loved when I wake again / and still be loved when I wake again

AUTUMN’S SONG

Autumn wore his best tonight / He must have known we would come / And though all the stars decide to hide / there’s good conversation / And we’re freezing / but what do we care? / The breeze brushes our hair / and we breathe it in / Winter, summer, spring / well they don’t mean a thing to me / when the leaves start to fall / cause I’m swallowed by the chill / and reminded to be still / and wait for love / Will it come to call / if we talk here all night / and wade in the Fall? / I can wait for once / I can wait for once / I can wait for once / I can wait for once / so when love comes to call / like the leaves of the trees / I’ll be ready to fall / Autumn wore his best tonight / He must have known we would come

THE VERDICT

The rumor mill is spinning quickly / causing dizzy spells that turn me blue / Do I wait at the table / and leave the light on for ya baby / or believe what I’m hearing’s really true? / Cause you’re in the big time now / I’ll give ya til the count of two / to look me in the eye / and then try to deny it baby / You’ve got some explaining to do / Don’t need a judge, don’t need a jury / Tell the press in their formal dress to leave me be / Just testify and don’t ya worry / And leave the verdict up to me / / Cause you’re in the big time now / I’ll give ya til the count of two / to look me in the eye / and then try to deny it baby / You’ve got some explaining to do / Cause you’re in the big time now / Your teeth can’t hide the lies peering through / I’ve made my decision and it’s calling for division / Yeah it’s time I said goodbye to you / Goodbye to you

THE END

I dreamt that I was somewhere else / and all the madness and all the wealth / were stripped away and only we remained / No fancy homes or Cadillacs / No fashion statements worn on our backs / Simplicity was all there was to need / And I, I survived / But why are you so surprised? / You’ve heard it before, but I’ll say it again / None of it matters in the end / I dreamt that I was someone else / and I tucked my problems in a wooden shelf / and slid into a golden pair of shoes / Perfect hair and pretty skin / How life is fair when you fit in / But what is gained when the day is done? / Why waste the time / wishing for what isn’t mine? / You’ve heard it before, but I’ll say it again / None of it matters in the end / Why, why waste the time / wishing for what isn’t mine? / You’ve heard it before, but I’ll say it again / None of it matters / And maybe this time, we’ll all let it sink in / that none of it matters in the end

I AIN’T GONNA HURT YOU

You’re so sure / so absolutely certain that I / plan to do some hurtin / to your heart one of these days / Well lean in my dear / and listen while I tell you something / I’m tired of you always running / and pushing me away / And I don’t appreciate the way / you make my mind up for me / like I got no say / Cause I won’t turn my back on you / like others in your past / and baby that’s the truth / What’s it gonna take for me to prove / that I ain’t gonna hurt you?/ If I wrote a book, 750 pages / about how I’ll love you for all ages / Then would you believe? / My love is strong / It goes deeper than the deepest ocean / so tell me why you got the slightest notion I would ever leave? / And I don’t appreciate the way / you make my mind up for me / like I got no say / Cause I won’t turn my back on you / like others in your past / and baby that’s the truth / What’s it gonna take for me to prove / that I ain’t gonna hurt you?/ No I ain’t gonna hurt you / And I don’t appreciate the way / you make my mind up for me / like I got no say / Cause I won’t turn my back on you / like others in your past / and baby that’s the truth / What’s it gonna take for me to prove / How many mountains must I move before you let me in? / Can’t you see it’s hurting me / when you think I’m gonna hurt you?

DRIFTING

I’m knee high in your “I’m fine’s” / How are you? / Don’t try to lie / cause I can see right through / See lately, I been noticing a difference in your face / Though your eyes are with me / your heart’s in another place / But you don’t have to tell me / I already know what’s on your mind / I can feel you drifting / slowly leaving this behind / Don’t doubt I have loved you / And I’ll still think of you / wherever you drift to / I’m tongue tied in goodbye / so please just bear with me / I’m not used to / this point of view / or how this feels inside / But you don’t have to tell me / I already know what’s on your mind / I can feel you drifting / slowly leaving this behind / Don’t doubt I have loved you / And I’ll still think of you / Don ‘t doubt I have loved you / And I’ll still think of you/ What happens next? / Is this as good as it gets? / I was in over my head / I can feel you drifting / slowly leaving this behind / Don’t doubt I have loved you / and I’ll still think of you / wherever you drift to / wherever you drift to

WHY

The sun shouldn’t be shining today / Doesn’t it know that my heart has an ache? / Doesn’t it see the reflection of tears on my face? / Why, why, why, oh why/ Why can’t the sun take a break? / Cause here my whole world has stopped / And I lay my head on my pillow top / but how can it be / that nothing has changed past my window pane? / All lights are green / Why, why, why, oh why / Why can’t the world stop for me? / When I grow up, I want to be / the girl in the movie / whose heart is unruly and free / She wears braids in her hair and runs with the breeze / Why, why, why, oh why / Why, why, oh why / Oh why can’t that be me? / Why can’t that be me?

YOU ARE

I wanna walk beside calm waters / but these waves keep crashing over and again / Doesn’t anybody even see me? / Cause the tide’s about to pull me in / I’ve never known you to forsake me / so I know you won’t forget me / You’ll never change / On the days you seem so very far away / I know you hear me call your name / Cause you are the light in the tower / guiding me back to the shore / You are there in my darkest hour / and you save me from the ocean floor / You are, you are / So when the silence of the night comes calling / and all my stars are falling on me / and I’m overwhelmed / I’ll hold onto the promise that each day will bring / You’re the reason I will sing / You are the light in the tower / guiding me back to the shore / You are there in my darkest hour /and you save me from the ocean floor / You are, you are / You are the light in the tower / guiding me back to the shore / You are there in my darkest hour /and you save me from the ocean floor / You are my hope / You are my strength / You are my joy / You give me faith / You are there in my darkest hour / And you save me from the ocean floor / And you save me from the ocean floor / And you save me from the ocean floor

HEART OF STONE

I was glass / They could see right through me / Was frail and cracked / from careless hands / Still I dropped my guard / when I thought no one was looking / But they saw / and shards were all that they left / So I turned to stone / Cold and hard / rough and dirty / so if I was thrown in valleys low, I’d survive / Though now I’m strong / and careless hands can’t break me / I’m still far from home / Toss me to the wind / In this soil, I’m only sinking / And drop me into rivers wide and oceans deep / Cause the water cleans / and a heart of stone , it softens / And its waves will carry me back home / Its waves will carry me

SONGS FROM THE “DAWN” ALBUM CAN ALSO BE REQUESTED. TRACK LIST BELOW:

DAWN
ALL I NEED
CLEAR THE WAY
HOW TO FALL OUT OF LOVE
AMAZING GRACE*
ALL AROUND YOU
TELL ME WHEN
CLOSURE
SOMEHOW
UNDESERVING

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