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I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired. The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth. And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say come dance with me and murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At seventeen. A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce said, Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve. The rich relationed hometown queen she marries into what she needs A guarantee of company And haven for the elderly. Remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain Indebentures of quality And dubious integrity. Their small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received At seventeen. To those of us who know the pain Of valentines that never came, And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball. It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today And dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me. We all play the game and when we dare To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say, come dance with me and murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me At seventeen. |
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I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens and high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The friday night charades of youth were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen, I learned the truth And those of us with ravaged faces lacking in the social graces desperately remained at home inventing lovers on the phone who called to say "Come dance with me" and murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems at seventeen A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs whose name I never could pronounce said "Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve" The rich-relationed hometown queen marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly Remember those who win the game lose the love they thought to gained in debentures of quality and dubious integrity Their small-town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen To those of us who knew the pain of valentines that never came and those whose names were never called when choosing sides for basketball It was long ago, and far away The world was younger than today when dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me We play the game, and when we dare we cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown that call and say "Come dance with me" and murmur vague obscenities at ugly girls like me, at seventeen |
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Hope dies, withered on the vine,
Old before its time. Water into brine. And dreams die, waiting to be fed, Long before they’re wed to life. So here we are, two ships without a sail, No rudder for the gale winds or the tailspins. I miss you even when you’re near You’re leaving, pouring out like tears. If dreams die before we give them life Why should love survive? Hope tries. First you’re holding hands Then dreams become demands And passion turns to plans And love tries, blinded by its youth, To turn its anger into truth. So here we are, two ships upon the land, No anchor for the sand dunes when the earth moves. I miss you even when you’re near You’re leaving, pouring out like tears. If hope tries to fight the test of time Why can't you and I? Feed me. Pluck me from the vine Stop the hands of time Turn water into wine And see me. Treasure every seed Pleasure in the need -- be mine. Here you are, my comet in the sky, Afraid to spin too high, and burning as you fly. I miss you even when you’re near You’re leaving, pouring out like tears. If dreams die, then why should you and I? We were born to fly. |
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from I Write The Songs: 36 Singer Songwriters Performing... (2005)
Jesse come home
There's a hole in the bed Where we slept Now it's growing cold Hey Jesse, your face In the place where we lay By the hearth, all apart It hangs on my heart And I'm leaving the light on the stairs No I'm not scared - I wait for you Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home Jesse, the floors and the boards Recalling your step And I remember, too All the pictures are fading And shaded in grey But I still set a place On the table at noon And I'm leaving a light on the stairs No I'm not scared - I wait for you Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home Jesse, the spread on the bed Is like when you left I've kept it up for you And all the blues and the greens Have been recently cleaned And it's seemingly new Hey Jes, me and you We'll swallow the light on the stairs We'll do up my hair And sleep unaware Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home |
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from Janis Ian - Miracle Row (2005)
don't let the sun go down on me
I do not want to be alone tonight We'll be right, you'll see Night is a shadow on the soul and if you want to set me wholly free stay by me tonight I've been afraid of love knowing I need you to stay I've been ashamed to love knowing you're leaving me day after day I'm begging you, pleading I like you best when night runs a shadow on the soul No more empty hands to hold Don't let the evening sun go down I haven't found a way to trade the night sheer delight burning bright candlelight Lay me down - astound me Not a sound- surround me Skies unbound, I'm unwound Lay me down I've been afraid to love This is no time to hesitate I've been ashamed to love but lay me down, I just can't wait I like you best when night is a pleasure you can give Lay me down - now I know how to Lay me down - now I know how to lay me down Now I know how to live |
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don't let the sun go down on me
I do not want to be alone tonight We'll be right, you'll see Night is a shadow on the soul and if you want to set me wholly free stay by me tonight I've been afraid of love knowing I need you to stay I've been ashamed to love knowing you're leaving me day after day I'm begging you, pleading I like you best when night runs a shadow on the soul No more empty hands to hold Don't let the evening sun go down I haven't found a way to trade the night sheer delight burning bright candlelight Lay me down - astound me Not a sound- surround me Skies unbound, I'm unwound Lay me down I've been afraid to love This is no time to hesitate I've been ashamed to love but lay me down, I just can't wait I like you best when night is a pleasure you can give Lay me down - now I know how to Lay me down - now I know how to lay me down Now I know how to live |
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from Janis Ian - Miracle Row (2005)
Friendly stranger
look what you do to me Smiling faces and I melt inside singing praises of your company I want to lay me down Stay all through the night You are too good to be wholly and totally mine You are too good to be slipping away like wine and I'm waiting, praying skating on the edge of the line Let me down easy Let me down easy chorus: I want to make you love me and I want to make you smile and I want to be your family for just a little while I get frightened by the thunder and the lightning roars like a bullet in the pourin rain I get heightened by your wondering arms Lay me down- do it all over again you are too good to be wholly and totally mine You are slipping away and I'm making you stay and I'm waiting for the sun to shine I go rolling down the incline holding on a lifeline stopping on the edge of a dime Let me down easy Let me down easy repeat chorus |
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Friendly stranger
look what you do to me Smiling faces and I melt inside singing praises of your company I want to lay me down Stay all through the night You are too good to be wholly and totally mine You are too good to be slipping away like wine and I'm waiting, praying skating on the edge of the line Let me down easy Let me down easy chorus: I want to make you love me and I want to make you smile and I want to be your family for just a little while I get frightened by the thunder and the lightning roars like a bullet in the pourin rain I get heightened by your wondering arms Lay me down- do it all over again you are too good to be wholly and totally mine You are slipping away and I'm making you stay and I'm waiting for the sun to shine I go rolling down the incline holding on a lifeline stopping on the edge of a dime Let me down easy Let me down easy repeat chorus |
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I'll cry tonight
night is the enemy Poisons the memory Martyrs it secretly Midnight comes too fast It comes too silently The moon has no mercy now to live anymore One day the rains will come and wash away the tears Sunlight will fade the years Midnight comes too fast and I don't want the night to last Shadows on the glass Faces in window panes Old lace and picture frames rattle their ancient chains Midnight will surprise moonlight at the door The night has a thousand eyes and i don't know why to live any more They told me how you loved me when I finally got the bravery to look beyond these prison walls and shadows hanging over me I cannot find a way to be a lover for your life, although they tell me it comes easily I somehow cannot let the seasons pass without demanding that they last and though I know forever well, I also know my private hell Silent voices in the night They are crying- Sacrifice One day the rains will come and wash away the years Sunlight will fade the tears Midnight comes too fast and I don't want the night to last |
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Ooo, let me be lonely
I'd rather be by myself than with you acting holy I want to be with the one I want to be or else I want to be free Ooo, let me be lonely Saving up for a rainy day or donate to charity? Impossible Think you'll make history? improbable give your love to me Ooo, let me be wanted I've a right to tonight to delight when you got it you flaunt it and if you're not what you seem to be then how come you're coming on strong? Ooo, let me be wanted all you do with your time is tease me Couldn't you find the time to please me? With your kind it looks so easy shoving the blues away Ooo - let me be lonely I'd rather be by myself acting holy I want to be with the one Ooo, let me be lonely All you do with your time couldn't you find the time? With your kind it's done |
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Ooo, let me be lonely
I'd rather be by myself than with you acting holy I want to be with the one I want to be or else I want to be free Ooo, let me be lonely Saving up for a rainy day or donate to charity? Impossible Think you'll make history? improbable give your love to me Ooo, let me be wanted I've a right to tonight to delight when you got it you flaunt it and if you're not what you seem to be then how come you're coming on strong? Ooo, let me be wanted all you do with your time is tease me Couldn't you find the time to please me? With your kind it looks so easy shoving the blues away Ooo - let me be lonely I'd rather be by myself acting holy I want to be with the one Ooo, let me be lonely All you do with your time couldn't you find the time? With your kind it's done |
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Marie lives on Miracle Row
She tells fortunes, you know at a dollar a throw Every pimp and every gigolo has made love in the afternoon to the lady by the windowsill Five healthy children and a home of your own Back on Miracle Row they all follow the show Soap opera in the afternoon And the old ladies swear at the sun like a sauna on the tenement tair all the boys play the conga there's a chill in the air and yes they're gonna break out of here Tv in the summer heat Talk show hard to beat 'till she hits the street Rippiing pavementunderneath her heels with the poetry of motion in chains and the lady by the window pane Five healthy children and a home of you own Back on Miracle Row they all follow the show Love interest in the afternoon and the old men swoon and the sun gets hotter someone mumbles a tune and the young men spot her running up to the room and yes they tgotta get out of here soon five healthy children and a home of your own Back on Miracle Row they all count on the show Soap opera in the afternoon the old ladies swear at the boys pklaying conga on the tenement stair and the sun is like a sauna ther's a chill in the air and yes they're gonna break out of here Oh Maria Your eyes are like a demon lover's child and lips of velvet issue invitation every time you smile you sucked me in, I must admit that I was waiting for a sign won't you leave me on the corner by the light? because I'm steppng out tonight Oh Maria I envy any man who knows your name though once I knwe you well I'm not ashamed to be the one who drags you down your life is like a movie like a story pasted up on subway walls Won't you leave me something sacred when you fall? unless there's nothing left at all Your llips are like a faded Spanish rose ande every movement strikes a pose on every technicolor close And other women show their teeth and schoolboy husbands beg relief and empty lovers search the street Maria, convince me in th night you know the way though every lover brings another screaming to the light of day Won't you leave me by the lamp post? In the haze of your parfume night fades away Won't you leave me by the lamp post? In the haze of your perfume night fades away |
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Marie lives on Miracle Row
She tells fortunes, you know at a dollar a throw Every pimp and every gigolo has made love in the afternoon to the lady by the windowsill Five healthy children and a home of your own Back on Miracle Row they all follow the show Soap opera in the afternoon And the old ladies swear at the sun like a sauna on the tenement tair all the boys play the conga there's a chill in the air and yes they're gonna break out of here Tv in the summer heat Talk show hard to beat 'till she hits the street Rippiing pavementunderneath her heels with the poetry of motion in chains and the lady by the window pane Five healthy children and a home of you own Back on Miracle Row they all follow the show Love interest in the afternoon and the old men swoon and the sun gets hotter someone mumbles a tune and the young men spot her running up to the room and yes they tgotta get out of here soon five healthy children and a home of your own Back on Miracle Row they all count on the show Soap opera in the afternoon the old ladies swear at the boys pklaying conga on the tenement stair and the sun is like a sauna ther's a chill in the air and yes they're gonna break out of here Oh Maria Your eyes are like a demon lover's child and lips of velvet issue invitation every time you smile you sucked me in, I must admit that I was waiting for a sign won't you leave me on the corner by the light? because I'm steppng out tonight Oh Maria I envy any man who knows your name though once I knwe you well I'm not ashamed to be the one who drags you down your life is like a movie like a story pasted up on subway walls Won't you leave me something sacred when you fall? unless there's nothing left at all Your llips are like a faded Spanish rose ande every movement strikes a pose on every technicolor close And other women show their teeth and schoolboy husbands beg relief and empty lovers search the street Maria, convince me in th night you know the way though every lover brings another screaming to the light of day Won't you leave me by the lamp post? In the haze of your parfume night fades away Won't you leave me by the lamp post? In the haze of your perfume night fades away |
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from Janis Ian - Miracle Row (2005)
Party lights
is there anybody here tonight? Doesn't anybody have a light? Party lights Champagne and caviar cocaine and Shalimar Don't push too far your party lights People tell me that I'm fading fast but I can't last the whole night through Everybody now it's closing time I can't find my way to you don't lose your head Remember all those things your mama said but every vampire here appears well-fed You look half-dead They like you, kid Party games somebody pinned a needle in me and I went insane Walking on the edge of the line in the driving rain I felt no pain It's a hell of a game People tell me there's an end to this but one last kiss turns into two Everybody can't leave now i don't know how to make it through Heady wine moving too slow for me can't keep time watching the silent movie for a sign in my prime heady wine You move too slow I'm drowning- don't let go I'm drowning- can't say no keep it low hell of a show People tell me that I'm fading fast but I can't last the whole night trough Everybody now it's closing time I can't find my way to you |
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Party lights
is there anybody here tonight? Doesn't anybody have a light? Party lights Champagne and caviar cocaine and Shalimar Don't push too far your party lights People tell me that I'm fading fast but I can't last the whole night through Everybody now it's closing time I can't find my way to you don't lose your head Remember all those things your mama said but every vampire here appears well-fed You look half-dead They like you, kid Party games somebody pinned a needle in me and I went insane Walking on the edge of the line in the driving rain I felt no pain It's a hell of a game People tell me there's an end to this but one last kiss turns into two Everybody can't leave now i don't know how to make it through Heady wine moving too slow for me can't keep time watching the silent movie for a sign in my prime heady wine You move too slow I'm drowning- don't let go I'm drowning- can't say no keep it low hell of a show People tell me that I'm fading fast but I can't last the whole night trough Everybody now it's closing time I can't find my way to you |
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Slow dance
romance put your arm around me you make me feel so old Take me to the drive-in movie wont't you move me now before I get too cold Popcorn serenader won't you take her down easy you make her feel like gold Midnight crusader when you take her easily make her feel like gold Boom town hoe down run across the track don't look back just lay low Party pants running romance interference got to make appearance sooner or later I'm told Slow dance promenader want to make her feel easy make her feel like gold midnight crusader when you take it easy make it feel like gold What a line was a long time wasn't moonshine, wasn't wiskey, wasn't even party glow got no looks wasn't half-hooked must've been some kind of book they took that showed 'em where to go midnight persuader got to break this town down slow moonlight serenader when you make it easy make it feel like gold |
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Slow dance
romance put your arm around me you make me feel so old Take me to the drive-in movie wont't you move me now before I get too cold Popcorn serenader won't you take her down easy you make her feel like gold Midnight crusader when you take her easily make her feel like gold Boom town hoe down run across the track don't look back just lay low Party pants running romance interference got to make appearance sooner or later I'm told Slow dance promenader want to make her feel easy make her feel like gold midnight crusader when you take it easy make it feel like gold What a line was a long time wasn't moonshine, wasn't wiskey, wasn't even party glow got no looks wasn't half-hooked must've been some kind of book they took that showed 'em where to go midnight persuader got to break this town down slow moonlight serenader when you make it easy make it feel like gold |
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from Janis Ian - Miracle Row (2005)
She is too old to care
Why not just leave her there? We'll se her once a week If we have the time, we'll speak This is the sunset of your life The old ones like to claw and clutch Be careful not to offer much They understand the fist and crutch Their skin like leather to the touch This is the sunset of your life The empty mile the frozen face the drooling child humiliates If I were you I think I'd die here in the sunset of my life The long and lonely night has just begun This withered witch cannot be you There will be no sun |
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She is too old to care
Why not just leave her there? We'll se her once a week If we have the time, we'll speak This is the sunset of your life The old ones like to claw and clutch Be careful not to offer much They understand the fist and crutch Their skin like leather to the touch This is the sunset of your life The empty mile the frozen face the drooling child humiliates If I were you I think I'd die here in the sunset of my life The long and lonely night has just begun This withered witch cannot be you There will be no sun |
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from Janis Ian - Miracle Row (2005)
Blue sky morning, red sky night
Sailor take warning when the eagle takes flight If I had wings I would delight and fly away Black cloud riding on the cotton fields back home Every man's an island in the desert of his soul take to the sky - there's nowhere else to go - and fly away I can rememer all the days of my life cold, dark september when the eagle took flight I had to stay, I had to stay I cried a river to the empty sky someone deliver me by and by I'll fly away, Il'll fly away It don't take nothing to be lonely It comes too easy to be holy It does nothing for the soul but tear holes in tomorrow Somebody somebody said I don't want to be nobody saidI don't want to see nobody said I don't want to need nobody said nothing at all Sitting and waiting for the axe to fall Sun come raining, lighten up the day I ain't complaining I got nothing to say I'll fly away, I'll fly away If I had the courage to be flying blind I'd fly too high to buy my way home somebody wants somebody to be lonely and nobody settling only for love- how much time can you borrow? Making it easy to lie Faking it on the sly Shaking and stammering taking it up to the sky Hammering nails in tomorrow Sun come raining lighten up the sky I ain't complaining I get no reply I'll fly away, I'll fly away When I get the courage to be flying blind I'll fly to high to buy my way home |
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Blue sky morning, red sky night
Sailor take warning when the eagle takes flight If I had wings I would delight and fly away Black cloud riding on the cotton fields back home Every man's an island in the desert of his soul take to the sky - there's nowhere else to go - and fly away I can rememer all the days of my life cold, dark september when the eagle took flight I had to stay, I had to stay I cried a river to the empty sky someone deliver me by and by I'll fly away, Il'll fly away It don't take nothing to be lonely It comes too easy to be holy It does nothing for the soul but tear holes in tomorrow Somebody somebody said I don't want to be nobody saidI don't want to see nobody said I don't want to need nobody said nothing at all Sitting and waiting for the axe to fall Sun come raining, lighten up the day I ain't complaining I got nothing to say I'll fly away, I'll fly away If I had the courage to be flying blind I'd fly too high to buy my way home somebody wants somebody to be lonely and nobody settling only for love- how much time can you borrow? Making it easy to lie Faking it on the sly Shaking and stammering taking it up to the sky Hammering nails in tomorrow Sun come raining lighten up the sky I ain't complaining I get no reply I'll fly away, I'll fly away When I get the courage to be flying blind I'll fly to high to buy my way home |
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Someone is waiting
over by the window just beyond the stairwell someone's crying Drowning in the words of the prophets that are written for the dead and the dying someone's lying No one's buying Someone is dying Panic in the streets can't get no release someone escaping waiting on a line for the holy revolution parading illusion someone's using Most amusing Will you dance? will you dance? smell of caviar and roses Teach your children all the poses How familliar are we all... will you dance? will you dance? light fantastic in the morning How romantic to be whoring boring though it may be who'll survive if you and I should fall? someone is bleeding crimson in the night strangers, in the light a sudden meeting Greeting one by one every life rund flashing before those dashing eyes Will you dance? will you dance? take a chance on romance and a big surprise? |
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Someone is waiting
over by the window just beyond the stairwell someone's crying Drowning in the words of the prophets that are written for the dead and the dying someone's lying No one's buying Someone is dying Panic in the streets can't get no release someone escaping waiting on a line for the holy revolution parading illusion someone's using Most amusing Will you dance? will you dance? smell of caviar and roses Teach your children all the poses How familliar are we all... will you dance? will you dance? light fantastic in the morning How romantic to be whoring boring though it may be who'll survive if you and I should fall? someone is bleeding crimson in the night strangers, in the light a sudden meeting Greeting one by one every life rund flashing before those dashing eyes Will you dance? will you dance? take a chance on romance and a big surprise? |
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Someone is waiting
over by the window just beyond the stairwell someone's crying Drowning in the words of the prophets that are written for the dead and the dying someone's lying No one's buying Someone is dying Panic in the streets can't get no release someone escaping waiting on a line for the holy revolution parading illusion someone's using Most amusing Will you dance? will you dance? smell of caviar and roses Teach your children all the poses How familliar are we all... will you dance? will you dance? light fantastic in the morning How romantic to be whoring boring though it may be who'll survive if you and I should fall? someone is bleeding crimson in the night strangers, in the light a sudden meeting Greeting one by one every life rund flashing before those dashing eyes Will you dance? will you dance? take a chance on romance and a big surprise? |
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I'm still in love
though I don't care to let you know there's something there it doesn't show but when you're near silly habits mean a lot I've been alone now for quite some time, it's true but every night when I come home I'm coming home to you I listen for your footsteps Sometimes I even knock Silly habits mean a lot I've been parading and I've led a lot astray Why bother waiting? when you can have it all today You may remember I like my coffee hot Silly habits mean a lot So you go your way and I'll go mine Maybe someday our paths will re-entwine I used to say "I love you" but one day I forgot Silly habits mean a lot |
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I'm still in love
though I don't care to let you know there's something there it doesn't show but when you're near silly habits mean a lot I've been alone now for quite some time, it's true but every night when I come home I'm coming home to you I listen for your footsteps Sometimes I even knock Silly habits mean a lot I've been parading and I've led a lot astray Why bother waiting? when you can have it all today You may remember I like my coffee hot Silly habits mean a lot So you go your way and I'll go mine Maybe someday our paths will re-entwine I used to say "I love you" but one day I forgot Silly habits mean a lot |
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from Janis Ian - Janis Ian (2005)
I'm still in love
though I don't care to let you know there's something there it doesn't show but when you're near silly habits mean a lot I've been alone now for quite some time, it's true but every night when I come home I'm coming home to you I listen for your footsteps Sometimes I even knock Silly habits mean a lot I've been parading and I've led a lot astray Why bother waiting? when you can have it all today You may remember I like my coffee hot Silly habits mean a lot So you go your way and I'll go mine Maybe someday our paths will re-entwine I used to say "I love you" but one day I forgot Silly habits mean a lot |
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from Janis Ian - Janis Ian (2005)
Faithful is a lie
Freedom's just a game somebody tacked onto your ball and chain Love is a drug You've been canonized Want to be a high priestess? then you got to sacrifice Somebody wants you to put out your eyes and drag you lower on the ladder than he is Reel you in slowly kingfish on a line Some people get a kick out of making you suffer You try the patience of the gods in the heat of a moment's pleasure and your sad retreat Mistake the moment for the song The actor for the role The neon light for day Somebody wants you to clip your wings Take shelter in the dark and the savage heat Mocks you with the burning sky and drops you in the ring Somebody gets a kick out of seeing you suffer He can't take pleasure He feeds on pain He ain't no gambler He just likes to play the game It's a measure of a man It's a candle in the rain to treasure the link and not the chain |
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from Janis Ian - Janis Ian (2005)
Faithful is a lie
Freedom's just a game somebody tacked onto your ball and chain Love is a drug You've been canonized Want to be a high priestess? then you got to sacrifice Somebody wants you to put out your eyes and drag you lower on the ladder than he is Reel you in slowly kingfish on a line Some people get a kick out of making you suffer You try the patience of the gods in the heat of a moment's pleasure and your sad retreat Mistake the moment for the song The actor for the role The neon light for day Somebody wants you to clip your wings Take shelter in the dark and the savage heat Mocks you with the burning sky and drops you in the ring Somebody gets a kick out of seeing you suffer He can't take pleasure He feeds on pain He ain't no gambler He just likes to play the game It's a measure of a man It's a candle in the rain to treasure the link and not the chain |
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from Janis Ian - Breaking Silence/ 24k Gold Limited Edition (2004)
Breaking Silence
Come into my solitude tho i weary be COme into my tenderness dream along with me listen to the wispers sing listen to the singers shout come into my solitude me and my big mouth thoughts unspoken thoughts unsaid lies of hearth and home children broken on the bed and left to lie alone things you talk around scum you chock on down come into my solitude step on sacred ground we were speaking of values and violence breaking silence fathers who are lovers to the daughters that they own mothers who dont leave a child in a single saftey zone people so unhinged, that death is much to kind come into my solitude, step over that line thought i was the only one thought i was the only one thought i was the only thought i was the only only one breaking silence come into my solitude welcome to the wheel come into this wonderland of wounds that will not heal walls that do not speak steps that do not sound come into my solitude burn this building down |
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from Janis Ian - Breaking Silence/ 24k Gold Limited Edition (2004)
hide me in your hollows
taste the salt that clings to me shipwrecked in your shadows sanctify the sea hide me in the wisdom of your thighs ride me like a wave chart my secret places navigate my shores map the oceans traces lick them from my pores drown me in delusion and desire ride me like a wave cover me in spray promise you will stay I remember mornings waking by your side your scent on the pillow, fever in your eyes cast upon the waters, shipless I surrender lead me to your harbour cover me in splendor drown me in delusion and desire ride me like a wave (cover me in spray) other seas will call you... farther shores will shine tempt you with their treasures bordering to mine still the safest harbor will be mine ride me like a wave ride me like a wave |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
Just the pattern of sunlight on a building
Just a flash in a window I was passing Just a frame in a movie I remember Amsterdam Just the sound of a wheel in the gravel Just the click of a heel in the pavement Just a moment like any other moment Amsterdam I remember your lips I remember your eyes And the taste of the kiss And your graceful goodbye You lied… goodbye Just the scent of perfume on the linen Just the print of a palm on the pillow Just the hint of the moon from the window Amsterdam Just a ghost in the steam on the mirror Just a shadow of motion in the water Just a need to look over my shoulder Amsterdam I remember your lips I remember your eyes And the taste of the kiss And your graceful goodbye You lied… goodbye Just two lovers asleep in the silence As I walk from the door Just the weight of a heart As it's falling nothing more I remember your lips I remember your eyes And the taste of the kiss And your graceful goodbye you lied… Goodbye goodbye, goodbye |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
billie's tears fall like dust
from the air into my eyes seeping in before they rust spilling secrets words can't hide i am standing on the bones of a mound too high to climb selling secrets to atone for a song that is not mine billie's bones are white and bleached piled high and hard to reach and the top looks cold and bleak but i see farther when i stand on billie's bones in billie's land there's an orchid in her hair there are bruises on her lips i would worship if i dared kneeling at her fingertips i would tell her how i've yearned to be worthy of the grail all these years and all i've learned is just how brilliantly i fail billie's bones are white and bleached piled high and hard to reach and the top looks cold and bleak but i see farther when i stand on billie's bones in billie's land now the flesh of earth has passed now the joints have come undone all that's left of her is ash scattered on the air like crumbs there are voices on the wind stolen whispers, sacred moans you can hear them through your skin and the singing of the bones when the wind blows from the east i can taste her on my tongue and the grave is lined and paved with all the songs we never sung billie's bones are white and bleached piled high and hard to reach and the top looks cold and bleak but i see farther when i stand on billie's bones in billie's land |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
Who will die by fire?
Who will seek the flame? Whose heart's desire has the most to gain? Who will beg for mercy? Who will bow their head? Who will suffer gladly? Who will welcome death? Who will play the hero? Who will turn and run Who will always follow someone else's drum? Who will die of beauty? Who will die of hope? Who will tell it truly? Who will leave it cloaked? Dead men walking in the night Dead men talking in my ear I am afraid to ask too much and disappear When they are near Who will call me lover? Who will call me friend? Who'll be my brother? Who will just pretend? Who will I surrender? Who will I defend? Will I be remembered? Will I rise again? Dead men walking in the world tonight Dead men talking in my ear I am afraid to ask too much and disappear When they are near Carve my name upon your heart Let it leave an everlasting scar A shooting star Dead men walking in the world tonight Dead men talking in my ear I am afraid to ask too much and disappear Dead men walking in the world tonight Dead men talking in my ear I am afraid to ask too much when they are near Dead men walking in the world tonight Dead men talking in my ear I am afraid to ask too much |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
If I could only hear my mother sing again
If I could close my eyes and hear your voice as then All the friends and family Would sing along with me And set your spirit free In my heart I hear you sing again Every note as natural as then When I sing those songs With family and friends In my heart I hear you sing again I know the troubled times that turned your hair to grey And all the tears and sorrows followed to your grave But deep within the heart of hunger There were always melodies Passed from you to me In my heart I hear you sing again Every note as natural as then When I sing those songs For family and friends In my heart I hear you sing again And it's a long, long road I've come Since my mother's songs were heard But the child I can't outrun Still hangs on every word In my heart I hear you sing again Every note as natural as then When I sing those songs With family and friends In my heart I hear you sing again |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
Mary's eyes are startling blue
And her hair's Newcastle gold And she walks the thin white line Between the body and the soul She's as faithful to her history As a novice to his fast For she is standing on the bones Of Ireland's past She is singing of the troubles And a fire in the land 'til I can almost feel the famine Slipping through my trembling hand And I wonder as I hear her That the spirit still shines through And she can reach across the ocean deep And break my heart in two Mary's wise as she is foolish She's as constant as the tide For it's a woman's heart that beats beneath That stubborn Irish pride We are saints and we are sinners We are heroes we are thieves We are all of us beginners On the road to Galilee She is singing of the troubles And a fire in the land 'til I can almost feel the famine Slipping through my trembling hand And I wonder as I hear her That the spirit still shines through And she can reach across the ocean deep And break my heart in two So let us hoist a pint of silence To the east where Ireland lies And we'll stare across the waters For a glimpse of Mary's eyes We are ships without a harbour We are sailors on dry land And the song goes on forever Even though the record can't She is singing of the troubles And a fire in the land 'til I can almost feel the famine Slipping through my trembling hand And I wonder as I hear her That the spirit still shines through And she can reach across the ocean deep And break my heart in two |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
If I had a mockingbird
For every tear I've shed The skies would rain with laughter Every time I raised my head And every drop would be a tear That fell upon the ground Until the waters rose so high That I must surely drown And it's cold, cold, cold And no hint of spring Yes it's cold, cold, cold When the mockingbirds sing When I used to walk this earth Beneath the harvest moon All the heavens rose above me Silent as a tomb Now the skies are filled with noise The moonlight wears a shroud Black enough to bury Every broken ugly vow And it's cold, cold, cold And no hint of spring Yes it's cold, cold, cold When the mockingbirds sing If I had a mockingbird For every lie I found The sky would fill with laughter 'til it shattered from the sound And every piece that fell to earth Would land with such a spark That finally there'd be flame enough To warm my broken heart And it's cold, cold, cold And no hint of spring Yes it's cold, cold, cold When the mockingbirds sing |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
When all my dreams have been shattered
And the fabric of life comes undone When it seems like nothing matters And all of my good times are gone There's a place that I've kept sheltered From the sight of my sorrow and shame Though it's years since I beheld her She still calls my name I'll go home, I'll go home Where the wild shadows roam And the dawn over mountaintops spills Where the deer pause in flight On the edge of the night I'll go home to my Tennessee hills I'll go home to my Tennessee hills When all my vows have been broken And my wild heart can't be tamed When I've loved and lost once too often And failure is my middle name There's a place that holds forgiveness And the promise of peace in despair When I'm down to my last witness I'll be going there I'll go home, I'll go home Where the wild shadows roam And the dawn over mountaintops spills Where the deer pause in flight On the edge of the night I'll go home to my Tennessee hills I'll go home to my Tennessee hills |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
Every time I see you, I see Paris in your eyes
A hint of the forbidden, Brigitte Bardot style Every time I dream of you, I dream that distant land Where I once held tomorrow in my hand First time I saw Paris in your eyes You told me how you loved me Under blue Picasso skies We spoke of Michelangelo And we solved each others' lives The first time I saw Paris in your eyes Every time I touched you, I could taste a breath of spring April in Paris is every lover's dream Every time I'd call your name, It would sound so much in tune Just like Notre dame cathedral at high noon First time I saw Paris in your eyes You told me how you loved me Under blue Picasso skies We spoke of Michelangelo And we solved each others' lives The first time I saw Paris in your eyes Now every time I see you April showers seem to start And they rain on every hope I have 'Til they hurricane my heart And every time I dream of you I dream of what we had And wonder how could something so good go so bad The last time I saw Paris in your eyes You told me you were leaving Under blue Picasso skies We spoke of Michelangelo And believed each others' lies The last time I saw Paris in your eyes The last time I saw Paris in your eyes |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
In the heart of the city
Is the beat of a soul? And it stares out the window As the cars come and go And it hungers for heroes And it dreams of open skies And there's no expectation That the sun will rise You better save somebody Save somebody Before the moment slips away You better save somebody Who'll be lonely? When you walk away There's a crack in the heavens And a tear in the sky It cuts through the shadows Living in her eyes And the gates of the city Are closed until dawn When the ghosts of midnight Have come and gone And the hearts of the weary carry on You better save somebody Save somebody Before the moment slips away You better save somebody Who'll be lonely? When you walk away And I'm thinking of your silence How the memory lingers on And I wonder do you miss me Now that I am gone Now that I am gone You better save somebody Save somebody Before the moment slips away You better save somebody Who'll be lonely? When you walk away |
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from Janis Ian - Billie'S Bones (2004)
They said lay down in the water
Even though you don't believe All your sins will be forgiven And your soul will be redeemed So I walked into the water And I fell down to my knees And I took out some insurance And I bought a little peace But when I lay down, I lied When I lay down, I lied He said - darling do you love me I and I said - sure I do And I led him to believe me As I proved that it was true Well I let my body love him God knows I really tried And the comfort of it touched him And his heart was satisfied But when I lay down, I lied When I lay down, I lied …to make them happy And I lied so they would care I lied 'cause I was lonely And I lied 'cause I was scared I lied so some would leave me And I lied so some would stay I lied until I lied my life away I dreamed my life was over And they laid me in my grave I was frightened of forever And the price I'd have to pay And I thought that god would hate me 'cause I'd lived my life in sin But (I felt the truth embrace me) (he knelt down to embrace me) (As heaven let me in) (And together, we walked in) And when I lay down I lay down and cried |
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from Janis Ian - Night Rains (2001)
Anonymous autonomous will likely get the best of us yet
Before you disappear if you can lend me half an ear, I'll regret If I treat you like a number It's because I can't remember your name, mmm So have another cigarette and help me to forget why I came Run too fast, fly-y too high, Run too fast, fly too high On dark and lonely nights I'm only right when things are bright on the floor Dancin' and romancin', gallivanting with a handsome I score And if you don't believe me you should see me when I'm ready to roar 'Cause I'll lose my concentration with a new infatuation I'm sure You run too fast, fly-y too high, Run too fast, fly to high-igh-igh You got no past, no goodbyes, You run too fast, and you fly too high Would you believe I was once gonna be somebody-y-y-y I packed up my bags and I took what I had to the city-y-y-y Man it was rough to find the best I could be Waitin' for the limit on a colour TV Now I've made it this far, Got a room on the park and a view Brand new, Fly too high Full Boar version ends here, Night Rains version continues: Run too fast, Fly too high, Run too fast, Fly too high Hanging around on the infield, what do you steal But another feel at the top Making believe in the long run, when a shotgun Is the way to get out of the shop Hang tail in a new jail, You can go bail You can dance until you drop 'Cause there's no fool like an old fool, in a new school You just can't stop Run too fast, fly-y too high You run too fast, fly-y too high-igh-igh Run too fast, fly-y too high, mmm-mmm Run too fast, fly to high (fade) |
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