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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
Well the sky might fall and I'm Chicken Little yelling
While I am floating out to sea Well I am tugging at your ear for some attention Don't you give a damn about me? I'll be the first to say there's a child inside my body Can't pay the bills but I can spend Will you love me when I am torn and terrible? Will you even know me then? I am a lion, I am lamb Will you love me as I am? As I am Well the earth is shaking right below your feet you know 'Cause I am crawling underground Say you love me, you can tell and I will show Don't you even know what you've found? I am a lion, I am lamb Will you love me as I am? As I am Well you can take or you can leave me I am not God so don't believe me Tell me how you'd like to need me Love is all Love is all Will you love me for what is right before you? What you see is what you get Well I am growing old and life may be downhill Don't think I haven't reached my potential yet I am a lion, I am lamb Will you love me as I... As I am As I am |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
This is cold and dark, this place
You are broken, what will replace The hole that has been dug here Emptiness left where Once I was so aware Aware of you You are quiet, you are meek Unlike me so indiscreet I am plainly alone Once you open up, you close I fell, I'm winning, then I don't know Who you are You came to me so battered and alone You wondered how to go on Life is unforgiving And you need to forgive Well look at me, your childhood friend Who's never had the trouble to be stepped on I wish you'd see That you can borrow me So push me where you want Let in all the ghosts to haunt I welcome such trouble But what if things don't change And you find yourself to blame For all this alone Well I have listened to your silence These walls are beaming with forgiveness You are up and then you're down But mostly you're somewhere in-between You should be free Until then borrow me Borrow me Carry your troubles so heavy Over your heart and then through me Your mind's a separate matter When your eyes are blind, I see When your voice is swallowed, I speak free And love you like I do Well I am not an angel Sent from heaven to save your soul I am just a no good sinner Who loves you more than life You could be free Wouldn't you rather borrow me? |
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The number to the house is on the door
But every time you open it as if you are not sure If you even live here anymore Anymore Well, I know what you're about to say I know that look there on your face But I'm tired of reading your mind this way So why don't you say it? You're tearing me up inside Tearing me up inside It feels like something in me died Feels like something in me died All of the bright colours that lived inside of me Are now just tiny little pieces of what used to be And it just feels like confetti Well, I remember on our wedding day Thinking that all of those flowers would all just fade away And it seemed like such a waste Of beauty And now you're tearing me up inside Tearing me up inside It feels like something in me died Feels like something in me died All of the bright colours that lived inside of me Are now just tiny little pieces of what used to be And it just feels like confetti Confetti Isn't it a crying shame That nothing ever stays the same? I can't fit into that wedding dress Or be twenty-three again But you're looking at me now Like you don't know who I am And it's tearing me up inside All of the bright colours that lived inside of me Are now just tiny little pieces of who I used to be And it just feels like confetti Confetti Confetti |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
don't tell her that I drink tea and not coffee
I'd prefer if you didn't talk at all about me even in a brief casual chat don't tell her how I loved your smile, or things like that don't tell her how I was your best friend don't tell her how it could never work out in the end don't tell her how you learned a lesson from me and that's why you have to take things slow and easy if you can forgive me for my faults then maybe it can work out after all I can't stand anybody knowing me the way you do and I can't stand the thought of her knowing you don't tell her about that camping trip we took don't tell her how I bite my lip and never finish a book don't tell her how I like to sleep in late or that I believe in romance and fate well, what if we meet on some cross-town street? and you'll introduce us and we'll finally meet and I'll be alone when you're walking away and I'll be wondering what she's going to say well, I know we'll never be the way we were but don't tell her don't tell her that I'm too old for my age don't tell her that this love of mine was just a stage she doesn't need to know my point of view she'll never love you like the way that I do |
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from Lori Mckenna - Unglamorous (2007)
I went to high school with that kid
He was even strange back then The type whose eyes don't leave the floor Blend in with the cement Well, I felt so bad for that kid One day I saw his face turn green And as he tumbled to the floor The thought of reaching out never occurred to me Why don't we open up Knowing that we all falter? When will we learn To reach out for each other? Well, he lived out on the edge of town And I'm pretty sure he had a brother It seemed that boy could walk for days I suspect to avoid his mother And I always knew he had it bad Tougher than any of us others did Still, I never asked him how he was doing What could I do? I was just a kid Why don't we open up Knowing that we all falter? When will we learn To reach out for each other? So, now he's the new town bum He talks to himself and picks up cans all day And when my kids ask me about him What'll I say? What'll I say? Why don't we open up Knowing that we, we all falter? And when will we learn? When will we learn to open up Knowing that we all falter? When will we learn? (When will we learn?) I said, when will we learn? When will we learn To reach out for each other? |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
Well I know your life has been hard
I see it in your eyes and I feel it in your heart When your eyes move down to the floor And your mouth changes shape, and your voice sounds sore I can hold you close in my arms And tell you that you're special And that you treasure such great charms And that you always keep my heart full But I'm hardly speaking a word I'm hardly speaking a word And I know these things should be heard But I'm hardly speaking a word And your struggle never changes me I'll never be able to see the things you see They say that you see things differently Just because it's different doesn't mean it can't be free But I'm hardly speaking a word I'm hardly speaking a word So I wonder, what do they know Maybe the problem is me not letting go Of a little boy who's smarter than me Who can't sit still and sees things differently And I'm yelling when I should be whispering I'm pushing when I should be carrying And I don't understand anything I've heard I should be yelling I love you But I'm hardly speaking a word So I wonder, what do I know Maybe the problem is me not letting go Of a little boy who's smarter than me Who can't sit still and sees things differently And I'm yelling when I should be whispering And I'm pushing when I should be carrying And I don't understand anything I've heard I should be yelling I love you I should be yelling I love you I should be yelling I love you But I'm hardly speaking a word |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
HOLY WATER
(recorded live at The Blackthorne Tavern, per liner notes) by Lori McKenna Ain't going to sell my soul, well I'm not that dumb Things are never what they seem. Down at the cross roads I got better things to sell, I'm going to sell some of my dreams... Going to package them up, Two for a buck, And with any luck I'll buy me some Holy Water, gonna to wash me clean, And that Holy Water is gonna to wash me clean... Well, I've seen the devil, says he's going to buy me time, make my dreams come true I say baby, baby, baby you don't know my kind. this is what I'm going to do. Going to package them up, Two for a buck, I'm going to sell them cheap and keep the water running. Gimme some Holy Water, going to wash me clean And that Holy Water is going to wash me clean... If you see me with the devil by my side Well I am guilty by association, I can't lie. But I can hear their cries and I can hear their screams I'm going down to the crossroads to sell myself some dreams... Oh hear me now, hear me now.... I line up with the sinners and wait my time, saying I'm the one with dreams for sale Dreams aplenty, two for ten dimes, buy a lot and they won't fail... Going to package them up, Two for a buck, I'm going to sell them cheap and keep the water running. Gimme some Holy Water, You gotta get me some, you gotta get me some Holy Water, it's going to wash me clean... And that Holy Water is going to wash me clean... |
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from Lori Mckenna - Unglamorous (2007)
You knocked those pictures right off the wall
I slammed the bathroom door so hard it doesn't close right at all Last week we broke my mother's favourite serving plate All just casualties of a love that's lost it's way You and I baby don't even know how to fight We don't know nothin' 'bout nothin' Except how to survive How come we keep this TV up so loud? What are we so afraid of that we keep drowning out? Well, this is not the life that we deserve And talking might make it better But what if it makes it worse? Cause you and I baby don't even know how to fight We don't know nothin' 'bout nothin' Except how to survive We take times just coming out for real Oh, and I could cry about it but my tears don't work around here Last night I caught myself just looking at you But I only saw a stone wall, impossible to break through Oh, you and I baby don't even know how to fight We don't know nothin' 'bout nothin' Oh, we don't know nothin' bout nothin' Except how to survive How to survive How to survive |
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from Lori Mckenna - Unglamorous (2007)
You never woke up beside a stranger
But you never spent the night alone In your jacket is a flask of Southern Comfort In your pocket you got a comb I know you I know you You've been pushed right to the limit Lived on a lonesome road Chopped up an old pine dresser To heat the house once in the cold I know you Yeah, I know you Well, I know where you go when you want to be alone I know just how hard you work and how much money you bring home You love the sound of church bells but you hate sitting in the pew Baby, I know you D.H. Lawrence wouldn’t be your favourite poet If you thought poetry was cool You have too much pride to be a thief And just enough gut to be a fool Baby, I know you, I know you Well, I know the sound of your thunder And I know the smell of your rain I know every time you walk out that door You might stumble back in it again Yeah, I know you Yes I do, baby blue, I know you Well, I know that you feel bad for every bad thing that you do You got a scar on your right cheek and the fear of God embedded in you Your mother had a wooden spoon and a shamrock tattoo Baby, I know you Well, no other woman's gonna feel beneath the skin that you are in No other woman's gonna read your mind or be sorry for your sins I know you I know you Well, I know what you look like just before you cry I know how to make you sick and I know how to make you die The only thing I could never do is let you say goodbye Say goodbye ‘Cause I know you I know you You never woke up beside a stranger But you never spent the night alone In your jacket is a flask of Southern Comfort In your pocket you got a comb |
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from Lori Mckenna - Unglamorous (2007)
Well, I can fall in love in the middle of the afternoon
With the TV blaring in the very next room I fall in love again at the end of a raging fight The kind that keeps us staying up all night But baby, I'm not crazy I just love the way you look at me Baby, I'm not crazy I just expect ecstasy And I'm trying not to take everything to the extreme I'm wide awake and you're still my dream Baby, I'm not crazy Sometimes I hear a voice telling me that you're the only one And I'd be nothing but a fool if I let this all come undone Every now and then I see the vision of a perfect man When you turn around and smile like you understand That baby, I'm not crazy I just love the way you look at me Baby, I'm not crazy I just expect ecstasy And I'm trying not to take everything to the extreme I'm wide awake and you're still my dream Baby, I'm not crazy Well, there's a dull sweetness in this life of ours Pretty as graffiti And I'm dancing without any music on But you're the only one who sees me Hey, baby, I'm not crazy I just love the way you look at me Baby, I'm not crazy I just expect ecstasy And I'm trying not to take everything to the extreme I'm wide awake and you're still my dream Baby, I'm not crazy Oh, no Baby, I'm not crazy I just love the way you look at me I just love the way you look at me I just love the way you look at me I just love the way you look at me |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
It's easy when you smile
We can talk a while Just lie here in my arms Safe and warm Outside the night is so unclear Stay here And everything will disappear It's easy when you laugh Troubles cut in half Where I will go without you? I don't know Outside the night is breezing by Don't cry And everything will be alright Hold me, hold me, stay Tomorrow's far a way And so are we And that's why it's easy It's easy when you say We can find a way Don't worry about it now We'll get through it some how Outside the night is almost gone Stay strong And maybe we can still go on Hold me, hold me, stay Tomorrow's far away And so are we It's easy when you smile We can talk a while Just lie here in my arms Safe and warm Oh... oh easy It's so easy when you smile |
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from Lori Mckenna - Unglamorous (2007)
I am six years old in the back of my mother's car
And I will be seven in December She will be gone by the beginning of next spring And I will be left to remember To remember I ask my little questions and she laughs a little laugh But she won't tell me where we're going She looks in my eyes with her eyes in the mirror And says, "Some things you're better off not knowing" Not knowing But I don't know what her voice sounds like I don't know what her skin feels like I only know what it might feel like When a mother holds her daughter When that mother knows she's leaving this life Leaving this life She's left with that reflection of me at six years old And I have her eyes in the mirror Well, she and I, we are defined by what we have lost Don't you wonder whose loss is dearer? Dearer She doesn't know what my voice sounds like She doesn't know what my skin feels like And I only know what it might feel like When a mother holds her daughter When that mother knows she's leaving this life Leaving this life And I don't know what her voice sounds like And I don't know what her skin feels like I only know what it might feel like When a mother holds her daughter When that mother knows she's leaving this life Leaving this life Leaving this life Leaving this life Leaving this life |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
You and I for so many years
It's just not that easy to pack up the tears and the pain And forget We just can't end it when I'm not through with it yet We build our walls and divide And it's so much simpler when we don't have to decide Who is right... as if it matters There's never any doors and we've burned all our letters But it's wrong To live life without you It's gone, I know it's gone But I can't let it go Knowing it will never be back You and I through so many fights And it's not about the one that we had the other night It's the ones we've never had When you close your eyes to me and pretend you're not mad What if this is our one chance? What if it's a test And we failed? We failed You and I for so many years It's just not that easy to pack up the tears and the pain And forget We just can't end it when I'm not through with it yet And it's wrong To live life without you It's gone, I know it's gone But I can't let it go Knowing it will never Well I can't let it go Knowing it will never I can't let it go Knowing it will never be back Knowing it will never be back |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
One thing I've never learned is how to give up
So it's my destiny to bear this fate They say that I'm still young but I'd better hurry up And they're talking 'bout change And it's a little too late I'm really not just jumping to conclusions It's all a matter of fact clear of illusions You'll never love me the way I love you So I'm paying the price All my life Just when I think I'm moving along You come back singing a different song A song of love, a song of sweet regret Full of promises which are never met And I'm paying the price All my life I know I'll love you still when I have grown old Though you'll have taken all of my good years And you'll have taken every chance away from me My master for life All my life Just when I think you'll let me be I'll awake knowing you've been haunting me All day long I'll hear you singing in my head The voice I love, the voice I dread And I'm paying the price All my life Just when I think I'm finally free I hear a voice gently calling me Saying I'm just a little melody What could be the harm in writing me? And I'm paying the price All my life And I'm paying the price All my life Paying the price All my life Paying the price |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
Ruby's shoes would take her
A mile or so to school every day Where the white people hated her They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away But Ruby's will was stronger Than the bigots with the signs could ever know She stopped every morning on the corner And prayed that someday the pain would go And she'd stop and she'd pray That all the hatred would go away She was only six years old but she knew Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes Ruby sat alone in the classroom She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come They hated her for the color of her skin Well color is such an amazing illusion She'd stop and she'd pray That all the hatred would go away She was only six years old but she knew Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes Now Ruby knew about Dorothy And the ruby shoes that she wore She wondered about Oz sometimes Well, well no other child ever walked her shoes before And she'd stop and she'd pray That all the hatred would go away She was only six years old but she knew Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes Ruby, if birds can always fly Why oh why can't you and I? Ruby's shoes would take her A mile or so to school every day Where the white people hated her They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away And she'd stop and she'd pray That all the hatred would go away She'd stop and she'd pray That no other children would be raised this way Ruby's shoes If birds can fly Then why oh why If birds can fly then why oh why can't I |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
You say you think you can help me
Think of me as someone who bleeds Well I never told you to love me That's your sort of greed I can make my own decisions I can do what I want to do And I don't have to share my addiction With any of you I'll be just fine out of my mind I like it this way, I know when to pray I'm in control till it swallows me whole I know you'd like to control me You always need to be right Because I'm late once or twice Lose a job or stay out all night But I can see high above it The world is a boundary for you And I know that you'd like to see through it The way that I do I'll be just fine out of my mind I like this it this way, I know when to pray And I don't need any until I need more I said I was sorry a hundred times before And I'm in control till it swallows me whole Well you say that you have to leave now You can't stand the things that I do And you know that I'll need this more Than I'll ever need you I'll be just fine out of my mind I like this it this way I know when to pray And I don't need any until I need more And I don't need any until I need more And I don't need any until I need more And I'm in control Till it swallows me whole Till it swallows me whole Swallows me whole |
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from Lori Mckenna - Unglamorous (2007)
Understated, overrated site
Carnival ride Curtains faded, thread bill rugs real nice The baby stayed up all night How wonderful Rhinestones on black satin shoes How beautiful The ones I never get to use No frills, no fuss, perfectly us Unglamorous Frozen dinner, jelly, glass of wine Tastes just fine Two bread winners, five kids in short time With eyes just like mine How wonderful Crowded dinners at the kitchen table How beautiful One TV set, no cable No frills, no fuss, perfectly us Unglamorous No diamonds in our bathtub rings Peanut butter on everything No frills, no fuss Unglamorous Unglamorous How wonderful A gravel road leading to a front door How beautiful Old wool socks on a bedroom floor No frills, no fuss, perfectly us Unglamorous Unglamorous Unglamorous |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
Tell me once that you love me, love me
Tell me lies that you'll call but I know you won't I know you don't All you want is to meet discretely To make sure you don't still love me And talk over coffee I have cried your name so many times What's one more time I have cried these tears for you So many times Tell me once that you need me, need me Not now, but you did need me then I like to pretend The place is cold and the table's sticky I take a napkin, you watch me wipe it down I'm just spinning round I have cried your name so many times What's one more time I have cried these tears for you So many times What's one more time And you will pay for my coffee So you don't feel guilty And then you'll go on and on about How it's not me, it's you I have cried your name so many times What's one more time I have cried these tears for you So many times What's one more time I never took to smoking cigarettes I never finish any drink I start But you broke my heart |
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from Lori Mckenna - Unglamorous (2007)
Someone was crying and the bells rang
Then I don't remember a thing You were talking but the words came From somebody else Someone said “kiss her” and so you did I was smilin' like a little kid You kissed my teeth and then we both hid Inside each other's arms All you really need is someone to be here Someone who never lets you disappear And I will be that witness to your life This may be just be a softer place to fall But somebody will answer when you call And I will be that witness to your life You got that job and joined the Union Fought every urge that told you to run Stared down the barrel of an empty gun And wondered a bit Stopped listening to all your friends They think this is where life begins and ends No one reaches, no one transcends They just learn to live with it All you really need is someone to be here Someone who never lets you disappear And I will be that witness to your life You should never have to be alone Someone will always call you home And I will be that witness to your life All you really need is someone to be here Someone who never lets you disappear And I will be that witness to your life Baby, I will be that witness to your life I float, your car comes into view And from our front lawn I just smile at you And everyday I thank the Lord that you Took the right road home |
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from Lori Mckenna - Paper Wings & Halo (1999)
I can see clear through your thoughts some times
I know I can When you say you need more time And you think that I'll under stand Well you can put your finger to your nose You can tell me just where I should go Then you can fly And I'll wonder why What if I could leap tall buildings in a In a single bound? What if I could tell the world I loved you Without even making a sound? What if I was smarter than Einstein's daughter? What if I had x-ray eyes? What if I could run to the top of the sun And not even look like I tried? Would you love me then? Things are never easy Nothing's ever clear cut Just when I thought you wanted more You tell me that you've had enough Well I know I'm not beautiful And I'll never be tall and thin But these things mean so much When you feel with your eyes and not within What if I could leap tall buildings in a In a single bound? What if I could walk a cross the country With out even touching the ground? What if I was sorry for your sins? What if I was Prince Charles's next of kin? What if could change the world for you I could make you love me if I wanted to Would you love me then? Would you love me then? Would you love me then? What if I could leap tall buildings in a In a single bound? What if I could tell the world I loved you Without even making a sound? What if I was smarter than Einstein's daughter? What if I had x-ray eyes? What if I could run to the top of the sun And not even look like I tried? Would you love me then? |
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from Lori Mckenna - Unglamorous (2007)
Well, I left your life by the side of the road
I got a clear conscience, decoded the code Your bags are packed, you're already gone And that's the last you'll hear of me Move on, move on I got a 'For Sale' sign and a brain in my head I have paid my dues, I'm not crazy or dead I know life is hard, well so am I Don't cry for me, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye ‘Cause I have laid down my guns and ammunition You can go now, you can go now, you can leave now This is my written permission Well, I've been fighting for you for most of my life I fought as a girlfriend, I fought as a wife Oh, prisoners they say are no one to love Well, I am throwing in the towel, I am taking of the gloves ‘Cause I have laid down my guns and ammunition You can go now, you can go now, you can leave now This is my written permission So when you tell Susan that you love her you can look her in the eye And when you tell Gina you can look her in the eye. You can sleep with yourself, you can sleep with your lies Your lies, your lies, your lies I'm okay now Goodbye Some do it for the kids, some do it for God Some do it forever but some are frauds Some taste perfection and love the flavour But don’t stay beside me thinking you’re doing me some sort of favour ‘Cause I have laid down my guns and ammunition You can go now, you can go now, you can leave now I have laid down my guns and ammunition You can go now, you can go now, you can leave now This is my written permission Written permission Written permission |
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from Lori Mckenna - Unglamorous (2007)
Well, she lives a few doors down
Says she wants you to take her out Have some coffee somewhere Just some coffee You saw her out in the parking lot And any plans you had you can break So wash your face Let yourself go Everybody is a sinner Everybody makes mistakes And there ain't nobody Who needs nobody Don't forget to look her in the eye Laugh and show your smile There's not much more to lonely Than being less lonely I stood and watched the stars fade Right there, from your eyes Baby, I think I know just What your next lover will be like You hate cigarettes so she won't smoke But she don't mind this bar you're in She sits right up there on that stool Puts her pocketbook down and smiles at you You think she's about five foot three That makes her taller than me But you're not thinking about that now No, it ain't right to think about that now I stood and watched all the stars fade Right there, from your eyes Baby, I think I know just What your next lover will be like And I hope she can fix you And I hope she's someone Who will never let you down I hope she reminds you nothing of me and As crazy, as crazy as it sounds. I hope she's beautiful ‘Cause I still watched all the stars fade Right there, from your eyes Baby, I think I know just What your next lover will be like ‘Cause there ain't nobody who needs nobody There ain't nobody who needs nobody |
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