k.d. lang

When the sun goes down here
And darkness falls
The blanket of winter
Leaves no light at all

You search for shelter
To calm the storm
Shaking with an instinct
Just to stay warm

Chorus:
But I'd walk through the snow barefoot
If you'd open up your door
I'd walk through the snow barefoot

You hear the howling
Of dogs and wind
Stirring up the secrets
That are frozen within

The ice will haunt you
It lays so deep
Locking up inside you
The dreams that you keep

Chorus

This wind ... through my soul ... blows cold

Chorus

Folks been diggin' into the ground
Won't be stoppin' until it's found
They might dig all the way to China
That would be just fine
You understand what I'm sayin'
They don't wanna work
They're hopin' and a prayin' for
Pay dirt

Folks are goin' to the rivers
And siftin' in the sand
All they've been findin'
Is the lids of tin cans
Of course it doesn't stop 'em
There's big bucks sellin' junk
Then turn around and buy it
For more than it's worth
They gamble and they bargain for
Pay dirt, pay dirt, pay dirt
Pay dirt

Well, I heard tell that some folks
Won't fall in love
Unless the one they's courtin'
Got more than enough
Well, nothin' gets the heart a goin'
Faster than a wad of dough
Unless it's the price of
A tease and a flirt
And promises of fistfuls
Pay dirt, pay dirt
Pay dirt

Two cigarettes in an ashtray
My love and I in a small cafe
A stranger came along
And everything went wrong
Now there's three cigarettes
In an ashtray


I watched her take him from me
Now his love is no longer my own
now they have gone
And I sit alone
And watch one cigarette
Burn away

I'm feelin' mighty lonesome
Haven't slept a wink
I walk the floor from nine to four
In between I drink
Black coffee
Love's a hand-me-down brew
I'll never know a Sunday
In this weekday room

I'm talkin to the shadow
One o'clock till four
And Lord, how slow the moments go
And all I do is pour
Black coffee
Since the blues caught my eye
I'm hangin' out on Monday
My Sunday dreams to dry

Now man was born to go a lovin'
But was a woman born to weep and fret
And stay at home and tend her oven
And down her past regrets
In coffee and cigarettes

I'm moonin' all the mornin'
Moanin' all the night
And in between it's nicotine
And not much heart to fight
Black coffee
Feelin' low as the ground
It's drivin' me crazy
This thinkin' 'bout my baby
Might maybe come around
Come around

I'd have time on my hands
Time to make some plans
Time to take a different point of view
I'd have time to be alone
Time to stay out all night long
But you know
I'm too busy being blue

I'd have time to fool around
Time to paint the town
Time to spend each night with someone new
Time to take a walk
Time to sit and talk
But you know
I'm too busy being blue

I'd have time to leave behind
Thoughts of you and all your kind
Time to leave behind the world we knew
But I'm still occupied
Just remembering how we cried
And you know
I'm too busy being blue

Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Don't let the moon break your heart
Love blooms at night
In daylight it dies
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Oh keep your heart for me
For someday I'll return
And you know (see) you're the only one
I'll ever love

Too many nights, too many stars
Too many moons could change your mind
If I'm gone too long
Don't forget where you belong
when the stars come out
Remember you are mine

(repeat *)

Too many miles, too many days
Too many nights to be alone
Oh please keep your heart
While we're apart
Dont't linger in the moonlight
While I'm gone

(repeat

In the evenin', in the evenin'
Baby, when the sun goes down
In the evenin', in the evenin'
Baby, when the sun goes down
Ain't it lonesome, ain't it lonesome
When your baby can't be found

Well, now if you love your baby
And you treat him right
But he keeps on fussin' at you
Every day and night
He's gonna trifle on you

Oh come on in Miss Kitty

They'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin'
Lord, you really lose your mind

Now if your baby's mean
Take a tip from me
Wanna lock him up at home
And throw away the key
He's gonna trifle on you
Trifle on you
They'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin'
Lord, you really lose your mind

Blues stay away from me
Blues why don't you let me be
Don't know why you keep a hauntin' me

Love was never meant for me
True love was never meant for me
Seems somehow we never can agree

Where's my baby, where's my darlin'
Baby, where you been so long
Where's my baby, where's my darlin'
Baby, where you been so long
Drop the money in the jukebox
And play another honky tonky song

Yeah

Ain't that right, Loretta?

You got it, kid.

I wish I didn't love you so
My love for you
Should have ended long ago

I wish I didn't need your kiss
Why must your kiss
Torture me as long as this

*I might be smiling by now
With some new tender friend
Smiling by now
With my heart on the mend
But when I try
Something in my heart says no
You're still there
I wish I didn't love you so

(repeat *)

I wish I didn't love you so

The coffee's all gone
And my eyes burn like fire
It's way past the hour
When most folks retire
You told me you'd call me
But you haven't yet
And I'm down to my last cigarette

I'm down to my last cigarette
For I know what made you forget
You're sill out there somewhere
With someone you met
And I'm down to my last cigarette

I can't leave this room
You might call while I'm gone
The minutes seem like hours
Its soon will be dawn
And on top of all
Of my tears and regrets
I'm down to my last cigarette

I'm down to my last cigarette
And I'm trying so hard to forget
But you're still out there somewhere
With someone you met
And I'm down to my last cigarette
Oh I'm down to my last cigarette

Someday I won't come runnin'
When you call
The way you hurt me
It's a wonder I'm still here at all

Someday you'll wake up
And you'll find yourself alone
Lock, stock and teardrops
I'll be gone

I can't go on
The way you make me feel
You make me cry
And every time expect me to forgive

Someday you'll wake up
To a cold and lonely dawn
Lock, stock and teardrops
I'll be gone

Oh someday I'll wake up
And find the strength to carry on
And lock, stock and teardrops
I'll be gone
Lock, stock and teardrops
Lock, stock and teardrops
Lock, stock and teardrops
I'll be gone

I'm a shadow since you're gone
Just a shadow in the dawn
That breaks in the sand
A shadow lost in shadowland

My poor hear just flew away
When it realized one day
The dreams that we planned
Would only end in shadowland

I always wondered
Why you had to go
Whatever blunder I mad
I don't know
I guess that something
Turned out wrong
Didn't quite belong
In this lover's song

I'm a shadow, but you know
I'm the one who loves you so
So please, take my hand
And lead me out of shadowland
And lead me out of shadowland

When it's sugarcane time
And around about June
I'll be walkin' with my sugar
'Neath that old sugar moon

All the lovin' I missed
I'll be gettin' it soon
I'll be gettin' it from my sugar
'Neath that old sugar moon

*
I can see us right now
Get the calendar down
(And) Draw a circle around
The day we're heaven bound
When it's sugarcane time
And around about June
All the birds will be singin'
'Neath that old sugar moon

(repeat*)
(repeat

Tears don't care who cries them
They don't care at all
Any time a heart starts breaking
They will fall and fall

Rich man, poor man, beggar
Tears can fill each eye
They don't care who cries them
You just cry, cry, cry

* Once my love and dreams
Were in your keeping
Then you walked away
With someone new
Once you laughed at me
When (While) I was weeping
What happened to me

Has happened to you
Tears don't care who cries them
But my eyes are dry
I'm laughing now while you learn how
To cry, cry, cry

*Repeat

Western stars light up the sky
Hear the desert wind roll by
Tonight, tonight

Western stars can break your heart
They keep shinin' when we're apart
Tonight, tonight

I watch, I wait
How long will my heart ache
Tonight, oh tonight
I watch, I wait
My heart is bound to break
Tonight

Western stars light up the sky
Tonight I'm alone to cry
Tonight

I watch, I wait
My heart is bound to break
Tonight

(repeat*)

Tonight, tonight

oh can't you feel my love a'growin
can't you feel it
ain't it showin
oh you must be knowin
i got a big big love
it's not the type to be concealing
it's the type to be revealing
oh, you must be feeling
i got a big big love
i think it's time we done some walkin
i think it's time we done some talkin
well there's a great big moon above
honey, i got a big big love
this is not infatuation
it's true love's sensation
it's not my imagination
i got a big big love
for you
it's time we done some walkin
i think it's time we done some talkin
well
there's a great big moon above honey
and i got a big big love
this is not infatuation
it's true love sensation
it's not my imagination
i got big big love
it's not the type to be concealing
it's the type to be revealing
oh you must be feeling
i got a big big love
i got a big big love
i got a big big love
i got a big big love for you

she was a big boned gal
from southern alberta
you just couldn't call her small
and you can bet every saturday night
she'd be heading for the legion hall

put her blue dress on
and she'd curl her hair
oh she's been waiting all week
and with a bounce in her step
and a wiggle in her walk
she'd be swinging down the street

you could tell she was ready
by the look in her eye
as she slipped in through the crowd
she walked with grace
as she entered the place
ya, the big boned gal was proud

hey hey the big boned gal
ain't no doubt hse's a natural
shakin' and a'snakin'
and a'breakin' up across the floor
hey hey the big boned gal
ain't no doubt she's a natural
reelin' and a'rockin'
and she's yelling out for more
now people would come
from miles around
and gather there to dance
but when the big boned gal came shufflin' in
she'd hold them in a trance

k.d. lang/Ben Mink
when I spoke to you
i spit it out with honest tongue now
didn't i
and all i got from you
was this thread of hope that i hung to
didn't i
for all the times i could let go
i dangled there to let you know now
didn't i
then i spoke to you
and you took away what i clung to
oh didn't i
love you baby
baby
oh didn't i
love you baby
how long till i panic
how long do i wait

Coyote, oh coyote
can you tell me why
everytime the big moon shines
you sit right down and cry
he says 'it's not because i'm sad
that i sing all night long,
i'm looking for someone to love
and this is my love song'

Oooooooooooooo,
oh i go crazy when that
moooooooooooon shines above
Oooooooooooooo
won't someone save me
from that full moon full of love

Baby, oh sweet baby
can you explain this
everytime the big moon shines
i finally get a kiss
you said it's just the moonbeams
that make you do these things
well, i think that i'll just sit right here
and let that coyote sing

OOOOOOOooooooooo
oh i go crazy when that
Mooooooooooooon shines above
Ooooooooooooo
won't someone save me
from that full moon full of love

k.d. lang/Ben Mink
what you see on t.v.
all them sparkles
it ain't me
i am givin' what i can
what i can

things that i may tell you
honey, i ain't lyin'
it ain't me
all this talkin' is how i feel
how i feel

i'm not asking for the world
i just wanna be an ordinary girl
might not be all you want
but it's all you get, it's me

on them shiny pages
all that hairdo
it ain't me
i am showing just what i am
what i am

i can feel a mountain rain
that'll wash away
and shine again
empty my pockets
that were weighing me down
sift through my soul
to see what's lost and found
gonna walk away from trouble
with my head held high
then look closely you'll see
luck in my eyes

i can hear a howling wind
that sweeps away
the pain that's been
take all my sorrow
and i'll cast away
the worries tomorrow
that i had today
gonna walk away from trouble
with my head held high
then look closely you'll see
luck in my eyes

all my troubles, all my troubles, gone
with luck in my eyes
all my worry's all my worry's, gone

as things start to surface
and tears come on down
the scars of childhood
in a small town

the hurt she pushed inward
is starting to show
now she'll do some talking
but he'll never know

the tables have turned now
with a child of her own
but she's blind to the difference
what's taught is what's known

numbed by reaction
and stripped of the trust
a young heart is broken
not aware that it's just

a family tradition
the strength of this land
where what's right and wrong
is the back of a hand
turns girls into women
and a boy to a man
the rights of the children
have nowhere to stand

the memories of children
are written in stone
and some they get buried
not to be shown
but still they do linger
deep down inside
like a seed that's been planted
and won't be denied

k.d. lang/Ben Mink
out of nowhere this gust of wind
brushed my hair and kissed my skin
i aimed to hold a bridled pace
when with love itself i came face to face

pullin' back the reins
trying to remain
tall in a saddle
when all that we had well
ran away
with a will of its own

i know your soul is wild and free
like this galloiong inside me
tossed by instinct and where we land
is vast and certain of all that's planned

you know, i learned to break the run
and gently harness the love of someone
yes, and equal parts of wait and trust
is in control of the both of us

willie nelsonfaron young
three days that i hate to see arrive
three days that i hate to be alive
three days filled with tears and sorrow
yesterday, today, and tomorrow

there are three days i know I will be blue
three days i'll dream of you
and it does no good to wish these days to end
`cause the same three days start over again

three days that i dread to see arrive
three days that i hate to be alive
three days filled with tears and sorrow
yesterday, today, and tomorrow

k.d. lang/Ben Mink

trail of broken hearts
looking back at you
now and from the start
these words will travel true
the godspeed of trust
will settle the dust
we've been passing through
leaving just a part
down the trail of broken hearts

broken trail so long
a long and tired past
an emptiness has gone
i've found this place at last
and here will remain
with only the aim
of staying sure and fast
leaving just a part
down the trail of broken hearts

k.d. lang/Ben Mink
problems find you, at least they try to
sometimes too easy, just to teach me
some things that i dare, others they don't care
but still i know there's

always somebody there to tell me
'bout deep muddy water, why do they bother
won't be roped and tied down
no i can be found, comin' back 'round
cause i know

all your lovin', all your charms
all the things that keep me calm
time apart can do no harm
walkin' in and out of your arms

K.d. lang/ben mink
Propped up against the gymnasium wall
Leaning with surface lament
Not one whispered word
Nor crack of a smile
Emotions as solid cement
There's no need to sympathize
For kind and sure are those eyes

Are you getting scared my dear
Are you getting scared
To shyly compliment the mirror
To balance the compared
Then falls one solitary tear
Oh, to be the stared
And stumble with the inflicted faults
While stepping the wallflowerr waltz

Held and pushed by unleashed desires
Tethered in self-sacrifice
Reluctantly charmed by being approached
But guarded by one's own device
There's no need to criticize
For kind and sure are those eyes

Even through the darkest phase
Be it thick or thin
Always someone marches brave
Here beneath my skin

And constant
(Constant)
Craving
(Craving)
Has always
(Always)
Been

Maybe a great magnet pulls
All souls to what's true
Or maybe it is life itself
That feeds wisdom to its youth

Constant
(Constant)
Craving
(Craving)
Has always
(Always)
Been

Craving
Ah, constant craving
Has always been
Has always been

Constant
(Constant)
Craving
(Craving)
Has always
(Always)
Been
Constant
(Constant)
Craving
(Craving)
Has always
(Always)
Been

Craving
Ah, constant craving
Has always been
Has always been
Has always been
(Has always)
Always been
(Has always)
Always been
Has always been
Has always been
Has always been

(kd lang/Ben Mink)

Just a kiss just a kiss
I have lived just for this
I can't explain why I've become
Miss Chatelaine

Just a smile just a smile
Hold me captive just a while
I can't explain why I've become
Miss Chatelaine

Every time your eyes meet mine
Clouds of qualm
Burst into sunshine

Just a sigh just a sigh
Words my love just reply
I can't explain why I've become
Miss Chatelaine
Miss Chatelaine

Zing!!!

Just a smile just a smile
Hold me captive just a while
I can't explain why I've become
Miss Chatelaine

Every time your eyes meet mine
Clouds of qualm
Burst into sunshine

Just a kiss just a kiss
I have lived just for this
I can't explain why I've become
Miss Chatelaine

Miss Chatelaine
Miss Chatelaine
Miss Chatelaine
Miss Chatelaine

A thin ice covers my soul
My body's frozen and my heart is cold
And still so much about me is raw
I search for a place to unthaw

Something in me broods love into fear
It veils my vision, leaves my thoughts unclear
And my eyes from blue turn to grey
Hoping to mask what they say

I've been outside myself for so long
Any feeling I had is close to gone
I've been outside myself for so long

I have been in a storm of the sun
Basking, senseless to what I've become
A fool to worship just light
When after all, it follows night

I've been outside myself for so long
Any feeling I had is close to gone
I've been outside myself for so long
So long

I've been outside myself for so long
Any feeling I had is close to gone
I've been outside myself for so long.

(kd lang/Ben Mink)

Save me
Save me from you
But pave me
The way to you
Lead me upon the captive free
Gracious and tame like love can be
Lead me upon

Spoil me
Spoil me with you
And sell me with the world of you
Watch over me with a mother's eyes
Judging my worth only to glorify
Watch over me


Save me save me
Save me save me
Carry
Carry me through
And bury all my doubts of you
Clothe my desire with spell or prayer
I'll shroud every sign of need I swear
Clothe my desire

Save me save me
Save me save me
Save me save me
Save me save me

(kd lang/Ben Mink)


Keen to the shifting of wind
I bend to it blind
To rid these kisses of sin
That must stay behind

Sour the fruit of neglect
The core of my doubt
Deprived are my veins you infect
With or without

Fate must have a reason
Why else endure the season
Of hollow soul
The ground on which we leave on
How strangely fuels the season
Of hollow soul hollow soul

Seed of uprooted chance
are grains of goodbye
Waving boughs so slowly dance
Questioning why

Fate must have a reason
Why else endure the season
Of hollow soul
The ground on which we leave on
How strangely fuels the season
Of hollow soul
La la la la ...
Fate must have a reason
Why else endure the season
Of hollow soul hollow soul

Fate must have a reason
Why else endure the season
Of hollow soul
La la la la ...
Fate must have a reason
Why else endure the season
Of hollow soul
La la la la ...
Fate must have a reason
Why else endure the season
Of hollow soul hollow soul

(kd lang/Greg Penny)


Shadows
Now curtain the moon
But faith swears
It will shine again soon
Shine with love
You've been hiding from me

Your kiss
Has hindered the day
A longing
That won't go away
You just keep knocking
And waking my heart
Like daylight chasing the dark

I can exist being caught by your kiss
Willingly
Or grant you control
Of my body and soul
Ask it and so it shall be

Shadows
Now curtain the moon
Still faith swears
It will shine again soon
Shine with love
You've been hiding from me
With that love
You've been hiding from me

I can exist being caught by your kiss
Willingly
Or grant you control
Of my body and soul
Ask it and so it shall be
Ask it and so it shall be

(kd lang/Ben Mink)


I often wonder
Is it so
All I am holding
Wants let go
How could I manage
I don't know

I often question
Is it so
Life's contradictions
Tend to grow
Spawning the choices
And the woe

But, still somehow thrives this love
Which I pray I'm worthy of
Still somehow thrives this love

I often wonder
Is it so
The lessons of patience
Are learned slow
And earnings of labour
May never show

But, still somehow thrives this love
Which I pray I'm worthy of
Still somehow thrives this love

(kd lang/Ben Mink)

Love
Thing of might and dread
Stays the saviour and poison to all
Of heart and head

Love
Force of death and birth
Still lies naked when next to the truth
So spins the earth

The tears of love's recall
Like blood to chocolate fall
(And) love
The common salt of thirst
Runs like water and cuts through the lives
Of blessed and cursed

The tears of love's recall
Like blood to chocolate fall

The tears of love's recall
Like blood of chocolate fall

(kd lang/Ben Mink)


Talking to myself
Causing great concern for my health
Where is your head Kathryn
Where is your head

I'm trying hard to escape
This constant pull towards ache
Why do you fight Kathryn
Why do you fight

Surely help will arrive soon
And cure these self induced wounds
Why hurt yourself Kathryn
Why hurt yourself
Why hurt yourself

Can your heart conceal
What the mind of love reveals

I'm taking to myself again
It's causing great concern for my health
Where is your head Kathryn
Where is your head
Where is your head Kathryn
Where is your head

Can your heart conceal
What the mind of love reveals
Can your heart conceal
What the mind of love reveals
(Can your heart conceal)
What the mind of love reveals

You swim
Swim through my veins
Drown me
In your reign

My desire
Carries no shame
My will
Will harbour no pain

Wash
Wash me clean
Mend my wounded seams
Cleanse my tarnished dreams

Drink
Drink from my spell
Quench
Love's drying well

Wash
Wash me clean
Mend my wounded seams
Cleanse my tarnished dreams

As a child my dreams ran wild
Through fields of disobey
Wandering, wandering,
Wanting it all
A curious soul astray

As a child my heart ran wild
Through fields of disobey
Loving and laughing
And longing to fall
A curious soul astray

*I ran with a passionate story
I ran for the wisdom and glory
Away, away I ran
As a child my dreams ran wild
Through fields of disobey
Wandering, wandering,
Wanting it all
A curious soul astray

*Repeat

As a child my dreams ran wild
Through fields of disobey
Wandering, wandering,
Wanting it all
A curious soul astray
A curious soul astray

I pin myself against the walls
Stationed like a horse in stall
Just wishing
They might call me art
There I hung in the hall
Collecting dust, that's all
It's all I needed to do

While in the corner, quite a size
He sits talking, whiskey-wise
Hopin' to throw me off
But no matter how he tries
I'll just look him in the eyes
It's all I need to do

*That's all it took to see
I was wastin' time
It's all it took to see
I was walkin' the line
I'm going to ride high as can be
I look behind
And see them followin' me

So my friends don't delay
Unless of course
You'd rather stay
Lemming heads for the cliff
Found them up
They're going astray
Take the lead take the way
That's all that we need to do

*Repeat
I'm going to ride high as can be
I look behind
And see them followin' me

**Hush sweet love, hush
And gently hold me
In your trust
Lay down your walls
Let me love you with lust
Hush sweet love, hush
And gently fold me
In your touch
I beg of you hush, lover hush

*Fall sweet lover, fall
Fall, giving me all
All you can give
Lover please give me all

Hush sweet lover, hush
And gently sway
This waking crush
Soothe my desire
And my wanting you so

Hush sweet lover, hush
And gently stay
Within our trust
I beg of you hush,lover hush

*Repeat

I'm willing to fall
I'll give you my all
All I can give
I'll give my all

** Repeat

Hush sweet lover, hush
And gently fold me in your touch
I beg of you hush, lover
I beg of your hush, lover
I'm begging you hush, lover hush

Moving, give me motion

Grooving, I'm an ocean
Ooh (moving)
Feeling, getting higher
Feeling with desire
Just keep me moving
Ooh (moving)

Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Free

Feeling, keep it coming
Rhythm, keep it pumping
Just keep me moving
Ooh (moving)

Moving, give me motion
Ooh (moving)

Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Free

Just keep me moving ( x 11)

I long to be lifted
I long to be lifted
Lifted high, lifted high
High by love

I long to be carried
I long to be carried
Carried by, carried by
By love

Lifted high
Carried by
By love
By love
Love
Love, love, love
Love, uhmm love

Sweet little Cherokee
We'll meet by the linden tree
There, beneath to
Stars that shine
That's where
I will make you mine

When campfires glow
I'll be dreamin' of you
When soft winds blow
They will say I love you

Be tender, heart for me
My sweet little Cherokee

Be tender, heart for me
My sweet little Cherokee

Come on Come on
Shed the skin that's held you in
Yeah, held you far too long

Now how bad could it be,
If you should fall in love with me ?
Now how bad could it be ?
Sexuality

Come on Come on
Kiss away the ones who say
"The lust you feel is wrong"

Now how bad could it be,
If you amuse yourself with me ?
Now how bad could it be ?
Sexuality

*Release yourself upon me
And free the realms of chastity
Unleash your sexuality
On me

How bad could it be,
If you should lose yourself in me ?
Yeah, how bad could it be ?
Sexuality

*Repeat

*Repeat

these immoral questions
this trial of faith
that we go through
the fuel of our oppressions
is the fuel of freedom too

oooh
oooh
oooh
these immoral questions
what on earth
are we to do
offer our confessions
offer ourselves to you

oooh
oooh
oooh

acquiesce
acquiesce
acquiesce
acquiesce
all in us

these immoral questions
what on earth
are we to do

oooh
oooh
oooh

acquiesce
acquiesce
acquiesce
acquiesce
all in us

everyone, everyday
looking for some
along the way
sometimes you wonder why
it seems love just passes by
sometimes you wonder when
love will pass your way again

anytime, anywhere
you turn around
and love is there
someone with something new
right there in front of you
someone with the stuff
you can't get enough
of it

　

love...
when love surrounds you

go on, get some
take all that you're given
go on, get some
get some of the love
that you're giving someone


love...
when love's around you
when love...
when love surrounds you

go on, get some
take all that you're given
go on, get some
get some of the love
you're given

just go on, get some
get some of the love
you're giving someone

all of your body
all of your mind
all your affection
all of the time

all of the comfort
all of the ache
all of the giving
all of the take

every ounce of you
and your love
ah, is all i need
strong or tender
oh, surrender
i am on my knees

all the illusion
all of the truth
all the confusion
all of the proof

all of the pleasures
all of the pain
all i am losing
all that i gain

i want it all
i want it all
i'll take whatever you can give me
but i want it all

If I could only be
The queen of popularity
Things would just com to me
So easily
What I would do...
What I could do...

If I could only be
Miss cogeniality
No one could stand to be
Away from me
What I would do...
What I could do...

I could do anything
If I were you
I would have everything
If I were you

What I would do...
What I could do...

I could do anything
If I were you
I would have everything
If I were you

maybe i am crazy
maybe i'm confused
maybe i've misconstrued
maybe be i...
love you

maybe i am dreaming
maybe i am doomed
maybe i'm destitute
maybe i...
love you

oh...
maybe i'll ask or
no...
maybe i won't
oh...
it could be disaster
no...
maybe it won't

maybe if i do
it may be
that maybe you
love me too

maybe i've misconstrued
maybe i...
love you

oh...
maybe i'll ask or
no...
maybe i won't
oh...
it may be disaster
no...
maybe it won't

Come on, come on
Shed the skin that's held you in
ya, held you far too long

Now how bad could it be
If you should fall in love with me
How bad could it be
Sexuality

Come on, come on
Kiss away the ones who say
The lust you feel is wrong

Now how bad could it be
If you amuse yourself with me
How bad could it be
Sexuality

Release yourself upon me
Free the hounds of chastity
Unleash your sexuality
On me

Now how bad could it be
If you should lose yourself in me
How bad could it be
Sexuality

Release yourself upon me
Free the hounds of chastity
Unleash your sexuality
On me

with all good intent
i come running
to give you a world
full of me
and if then you find
there is one thing
the one thing you want
i can be

you ask me to find
you an answer
of what you and i
could be
and if there in fact
is a chance here
this could be love
indeed

believe in this
believe in this
believe in this
believe in this

with all good intent
i'll keep running
to give you a world
full of me
and if then you find
there is one thing
the one thing you want
this i'll be

believe in this
believe in this
believe in this
believe in this

far from above
a soul watched in silence
she dreamed of love
and innocence

the soul thought "how odd
and rare this beauty
this creature of god
that lies before me"

the touch of the sun, was
caressing her skin
the realm of the reason
came from within
and so the world love
begins...

the warm scent of musk
came rising slowly
lavish and lush
divine and holy

the touch of the sun, was
caressing her skin
the realm of the reason
came from within
and so the world of love
begins...

this was a dance
smiling with desire
this was romance's
burning fire

the touch of the sun, was
caressing her skin
the realm of the reason
came from within
and so the world of love
begins...
and so the world of love
begins...

I am wrought with paranoia
For I have brought myself before you
nakedly awaiting your o.k.

Now could it be that I annoy you
Flaunting ways that I adore you
I have no control here either way

* I awake at night with it
and in spite of it
it unravels me
It's begun to frighten me

Is it so that my persistance
Blocks the path of least resistance
Maybe I'm just getting in your way

** But I'm alright
if you're o.k.
yeah, I'm alright
if you're o.k.

Can you offer some assistance
let me in on how, for instance
I should be convincing you to sway

(repeat *)

(repeat

I left a note on the dresser
And my old wedding ring
These few goodbye words
How can i sing
Goodbye old sleepy head
I'm packing you in like i said
Take care of everything
I'm leaving my wedding ring

Don't look for me
I'll get ahead
Remember darling
Don't smoke in bed

Don't look for me
And i'll get ahead
Remember darling
Don't smoke in bed

Jane Siberry
We made love last night
Wasn't good wasn't bad
Itimate strangers made me kinda sad
Now when I woke up this morning
Coffee wasn't on
It slowly dawned on me that my baby is gone
My baby's gone

Guess I shoudln't be so shocked
I guess I shouldn't be so surprised
Guess i sorta noticed the sadness in your eyes
All this time together
And I still feel so alone
Two of us together couldn't make this house a home
My baby's gone
My baby's gone
Oh so long

Umf maybe I'm a little bit relieved
Maybe even a little bit glad
Now that you're gone maybe I won't feel so sad
So I'm packing your things and
Leaving them outside and
Neighbours can talk themselves up into a storm I'll survive
My baby's gone
My baby's gone
Oh ... so long

Did you forget something my love
I see you're back outside
Looking at your suitcases looking oh so surprised
Hain't it funny
One of life's little jokes
Thought you'd gone for good
But you'd only gone ... for smokes

What is love
You called it heaven above
Star that shine in the night
A bird that sings in its flight
A flower that blooms in the spring
There's no such thing

Love's like a cigarette
You know you had my heart aglow
Between your fingertips
And just like a cigarette
I never knew the thrill of life
Until you touched my lips
Then just like a cigarette
Love seem to fade away and leave behind ashes of regret
And with a flick of your fingertips
It was easy for you to forget
Coz love is like a cigarette

Then just like a cigarette
Love seem to fade away and leave behind ashes of regret
And with a flick of your fingertips
It was easy for you to forget
Coz love is like a cigarette

The room in the morning
Watching the rain turn to snow
But outside my window
Sometimes the rain falls harder than you'll ever know
Sometimes the things that you love in the night
The morning will choose to forget

I have a habit i have been trying to lose
Everyone thinks that they know what they want
Sometimes your drug chooses you
There are some things that i've promised myself
Things i haven't done yet

It's my last cigarette
This is my last cigarette

Sometimes the people you love in the night
The morning will choose to forget

This is my last cigarette
My last cigarette
This is my last cigarette
My last cigarette

My old addiction
Changed the wiring in my brain
So that when it turns the switches
Then I am not the same

So like the flowers toward the Sun
I will follow
Stretch myself out thin
Like there's a part of me that's already buried
That sends me out into this window

My old addiction
Is a flood upon the land
This tiny lifeboat
Can keep me dry
But my weight is all
That it can stand

So when I try to lean just a little
For just a splash to cool my face
Ahh that trickle
Turns out fickle
Fills my boat up
Five miles deep

My old addiction
Makes me crave only what is best
Like these just this morning song birds
Craving upward from the nest
These tiny birds outside my window
Take my hand to be their mom
These open mouths
Would trust and swallow
Anything that came along

Like my old addiction
Now the other side of Day
As the springtime
Of my life's time
Turn's the other way

If a swan can have a song
I think I know that tune
But the page is only scrawled
And I am gone this afternoon
But the page is only scrawled
And I am gone this afternoon

Smoke dreams
From smoke rings
While a cigarette burns
I keep yearning for you
Through smoke dreams
From smoke rings
That old feeling returns
Can't believe that we're through
I try to pretend
Our love has ended
But my heart tells me no
The dreams I resist
Won't be dismissed
Though I try to forget
With each cigarette
Still smoke rings
Bring smoke dreams
And although you are gone
Our love story goes on

Tell me where do they go
These smoke rings i blow each night
What do they do these circles of blue and white
Why do they seem to picture a dream of love
Why do they fade my phantom parade of love

Puff puff puff puff your cares away
Puff puff puff night and day
Blow blow them through the air silky little rings
Those little smoke rings i love take me above with you

Puff puff puff puff your cares away
Puff puff puff night and day
Blow blow them through the air silky little rings
Those little smoke rings i love please take me above
Take me with you

If I could make a wish,
I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need -
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound,
Nothing to eat, no books to read.

Making love with you
Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired.
What more could I ask?
There's nothing left to be desired.
Peace came upon me and it leaves me weak.
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep.

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you.
All I need is the air that I breathe,
Yes, to love you.
All I need is the air that I breathe.

Making love with you
Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired.
What more could I ask?
There's nothing left to be desired.

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you.
All I need is the air that I breathe,
Yes, to love you.
All I need is the air that I breathe.

Peace came upon me and it leaves me weak.
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep.
Sleep, silent angel, go to sleep.

Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
Cause I speak of the pompitous of love

People talk about me, baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry baby
Don't worry
Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home

Cause I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one

I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
Wooo Wooooo

You're the cutest thing
That I ever did see
I really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you a good time

Cause I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run

I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun

I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one

Wooo Woooo

People keep talking about me baby
They say I'm doin' you wrong
Well don't you worry, don't worry, no don't worry mama
Cause I'm right here at home

You're the cutest thing I ever did see
Really love your peaches want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Come on baby and I'll show you a good time

Gotta get off gonna get hafta get off of this ride
Gotta get hold gonna get need to get hold of my pride
When did i get where did i how was i caught in this game
When will i know where will i how will i think of my name

When did i start feeling sure feeling safe
Asked i wondering why
Is this a dream am i here where are you what's in back of the sky
Why do we cry

Gotta get off gonna get outta this merry-go-round
Gotta get on gonna get need to get on where i'm bound
When did i get where did i why am i lost as a lamb
When will i know where will i how will i learn who i am

Is this a dream am i here where are you
Tell me when will i know how will i know when will i know why

Stood together in an open field
and share the secrets of the night reveal
Then we chase the light
Racing through the sky

Can we untangle guilt and innocence
How hard we torture this ambivalence
Night will bring no dawn
Where's the power gone

For i'll steal your dreams while you are sleeping
And sell them for dust and cheap lust
And i'll turn your hope while you are weeping
And cover your eyes with sad lies and dark skies

Come closer to me on your hands and knees
Alone when your will's gone
How much is not enough how much is through
How long will i be getting over you
How much grief and sin
Till the heart caves in
Till the heart caves in
Till the heart caves in

The medicine has taken you over
Washing away any desire
How does it feel at the end of the day
When your energy's gone and it's slowly replaced
By the numbing sensation
Cleaning both sides of your brain

I remember the stars in your eyes
But even the bright stars will fade out sometimes
Do you remember our very last kiss
Are you aware that you're terribly missed
Do you remember how to remember

I should have seen through your smoke screen

your life is a story
I've already written
the news is that I am in control

and I have the power
to make you surrender
not only your body but your soul

tomorrow never dies, surrender
tomorrow will arrive on time
I'll tease and tantalize with every line
till you are mine
tomorrow never dies

whatever you're after
trust me, I'll deliver
you'll relish the world that I create

tomorrow never dies, surrender
tomorrow will arrive on time
I'll tease and tantalize with every line
till you are mine
tomorrow never dies

the truth is now what I say
I've taken care of yesterday

tomorrow never dies, surrender
tomorrow will arrive on time
I'll tease and tantalize with every line
till you are mine
tomorrow never dies
tomorrow never dies
tomorrow never dies

All too often I set my life aside.
All Too often my dreams went sailing by.
A chance of freedom, a chance of fate, a chance I'll take.

Oh leave it all to disappear. I'm heading anywhere but here.

All too often the dreams I've dreamed have died.
And all too often I'm never satisfied.
A chance of freedom, a chance of fate, a chance I'll take.

Oh leave it all to disappear. I'm heading anywhere but here.
Because I want a life, a souvenir.
I'll find it anywhere but here.

(California is gonna be the place for me.)

Oh leave it all to disappear. I'm heading anywhere but here.
Because I want a life, a souvenir.
I'll find it anywhere but here.

I'll find it anywhere but here.
I'm heading anywhere but here

curious and bored
stumbled through the door
tripping over expectations
she never knew before

then, curiosity
turns her gaze to me
i think she caught me staring at her
but i just had to see

the beauty of desire
is shamelessly inspired
god, it's overwhelming me

and basking in the sun
seems dangerous and fun...

god it's overwhelming

curiosity...
curiosity...
curiosity...
is killing me

this infatuation
is getting out of hand
in this kind of situation
one needs discipline

my ordinary days
are spent inside the maze
of never changing ways

such ordinary days
my ordinary spin
showed itself again

it never seemes to end

then you came waltzing in
waltzing in
i'm falling...
i'm falling in
i never knew
the likes of you

extraordinary thing
i do believe
you are indeed, an extraordinary thing
my ordinary game
predictable and plain
has never been the same
since you came waltzing
waltzing in
i'm falling...

everything i do
deliberately for you
everything i see
i'm seeing differently
from every point of view
it's happening with you

in this crazy
world full of lemons
baby...
you're lemonade

everywhere i go
i'm going with the flow
every turn i take
becomes a piece of cake
no matter what i do
it's happening with you

everything i say
comes out a different way
every sound i hear
is music to my ears
it's too good to be true
it's happening with you

love's great ocean
came crashing down on me
overflowing with
possibility on me

pull me under
eternal wave
pull me under
i promise i'll behave

love's great ocean
come sweeping over me
with this notion of
positivity on me

here in the ocean
the ocean of deep blue dreams
i'm dreaming of you
here is the ocean
the ocean i'm longing to be
streaming into

you know it's true
there's not much you can do
but just try and ride it through

let love carry you
only love
can bring you down

only love
brings you back around
take this advice...

these words from the wise
to know of love's sacrifice...
is a truth of living life

and only love
can bring you down
only love
brings you back around
with every drop of life inside us

with every heart we've left behind us
everywhere you'll find
it's only love
brings you back around

flawless light in a darkening air
alone...and shining there
love will not elude you

love is simple
i worship this tenacity
and the beautiful struggle we're in
love will not elude us

love is simple
be sure to know that

all in love
is ours
and love, as a philosophy
is simple

i am calm in oblivion
calm, as i ever have been
love will not elude me
love is simple
be sure to know that
all in love
is ours...
is ours...

that all in love
is ours
and love, as philosophy
is simple...
and ours...

so peculiar
you're way too familiar
oh and so hard to ignore
but somehow it makes sense
that this acquaintance
keeps me coming back for more

then suddenly
you got me
got me thinging i might have been here
before

my only distraction is this attraction
that i'm dying to explore
suddenly i remember you with me
truly you're someone
worth waiting for

early morning mid july
anticipation's making me high
the smell of sunday in our hair
we ran on the beach with kennedy flair

sweet sweet burn of sun and summer wind
and u my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling
laugh oh how we would laugh at anything
and so pretend a neverending summer fling

this uncommon kinda breeze
did with our hearts whatever it pleased
forsake the logic of perfect plans
a perfect moment slipped thru our hands

sweet sweet burn of sun and summer wind
and u my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling
laugh oh how we would laugh at anything
and so pretend a neverending summer fling


strange the wind can change so quickly without a word of warning
rearrange our lives until they're torn in two

sweet sweet burn of sun and summer wind
and u my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling
laugh oh how we would laugh at anything
and so pretend a neverending summer fling

Are you breathing
What I'm breathing
Are your wishes
The same as mine

Fire you needing
What I'm needing
I'm waiting for a sign

My hands tremble
My heart aches
Is it you calling
If I'm alone in this
I don't think I can face

The consequences of falling
Are you thinking
What I'm thinking
Does your pulse
Quicken like mine

Are you dreaming
What I'm dreaming
I can't read your mind
One step towards you
Two steps back
Feels like I'm crawling

If I'm alone in this
I don't think I can face
The consequences of falling

tell me
of the things you feel
of the visions inside your head
surely

your symphony
could be playing with me instead
can't you see me standing here
hoping for the depths of blindness
for the world to see

why this
synthesis
whenever you are near
truth is
delirious

in love's great atmosphere
can't you see us standing here
just hoping for the depths of blindness
for the world to see

what better said
what better heard
melt my heart with just one word

what better said
what better heard
say this love is so observed

remembering the wind
kiss soft the evening's end
I'm floating in a world of
where I wanna be
I've played it in my mind
at least a million times
rewinding to the world of
where I wanne be

when we collide
a universe of stars fill our eyes
when we collide
like heaven has exploded inside

suspended in mid-air
blissfully aware
I'm drifting in a world of
where I wanna be

there must be something wrong
all gravity is gone
now I'm flying in a world of
where I wanna be

as the sun
has begun to rise
I realize my pride
all my fears
fall like tears of joy
whenever we collide

Are you breathing
What I'm breathing
Are your wishes
The same as mine

Are you needing
What I'm needing
I'm waiting for a sign

My hands tremble
My heart aches
Is it you calling
Is it you calling

If I'm alone in this
I don't think I can face
The consequences of falling

Are you thinking
What I'm thinking
Does your pulse
Quicken like mine

Are you dreaming
What I'm dreaming
I can't read your mind
One step towards you
Two steps back
Feels like I'm crawling
Feels like I'm crawling

If I'm alone in this
I don't think I can face
The consequences of falling

Are you breathing
What I'm breathing
Are your wishes
The same as mine

Are you needing
What I'm needing
I'm waiting for a sign

My hands tremble
My heart aches
Is it you calling
Is it you calling

If I'm alone in this
I don't think I can face
The consequences of falling

Are you thinking
What I'm thinking
Does your pulse
Quicken like mine

Are you dreaming
What I'm dreaming
I can't read your mind
One step towards you
Two steps back
Feels like I'm crawling
Feels like I'm crawling

If I'm alone in this
I don't think I can face
The consequences of falling