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1. |
My Side Of Your Story
03:23
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Consequently damage, darling, is done again.
Apparently daring astrology has worked again.
Still, I find in your eyes the spell that breaks again
making itself, or are we making amends?
Under the watch of the Universe.
Conseqeuntly realize just how long you've been in my life.
When, even bluntly, these rapids rise
look at me here how I float; I materialize.
Still, it's no surprise the truth has trumped again
taking me down or are we truly friends?
Under the wing of the Universe.
'Cuz with your life changing so, I find, Honey...
consequently so has mine.
So has mine, so I wonder...
If consequently we'll go under like New Orleans.
Or maybe, gently, these rapids rising will weather us clean.
'Cuz with this new life conditions come again to be undone, so then
I'll know if I'm love or only pretend.
Under the watch of the Universe.
'Cuz with your life changing so, I find, Honey...
consequently so has mine.
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2. |
Before I Break
02:58
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I want to be seen
I want to be heard
I want to be holding you tight, whoever you are, tonight
I thought I was brave
But take a look at this slave
I’ve gone and spent all of three years digging a grave
To lay down his handsome body, oh my
Lay down his handsome body and give me a break
I burn in the sun
To keep the pure driven snow
Now I’m weathered in all of those places that he’ll never know
Now I just want to be seen
I want to be heard
I want to be held in those places that he never learned.
So lay down his handsome body, oh my god
Lay down his handsome body and give me a break
‘Cause I’m not having any more fun
I’m not having any more fun,
He took my breath, fine, now run, run, run
I’m not having any more fun
So give me a break with your handsome body
Give me a break.
Still I’ll be holding him tight when we say “goodbye”
With all of my might, in this dream goodbye
It’s the only way I have
To lay my hands on his handsome body before the break
‘Cause I’m not having any more fun
I’m not having any more fun
He took my life away, now run, run, run
I’m not having any more fun (repeat)
So give me a break with that handsome body (repeat)
Give me a break.
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3. |
Summer 9
02:28
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I knew all that you were
When the summer sun setting occurred
When we talked that night at work;
Cigarettes and your beautiful hands
Taking turns to turn me on
You obscured the setting sun
When we talked that night it led to us
Lighting the place instead
Will I ever have the wonder of watching you with a laugh?
Again, wondering, “Where did he come from”?
Instead of “Where has he gone”?
I knew all that you were
When the summer sun setting occurred
When we talked that night at work;
Cigarettes and your beautiful hands
Taking turns to turn me on
You obscured the setting sun
When we talked each night it led to us
Lighting the world instead
Will I ever have the wonder of watching you with a laugh?
Again, wondering, “Where did he come from”?
Instead of “Where has he gone”?
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4. |
Save My Ego
02:55
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Save my ego, I won’t ask a thing
Why you weren’t affected just the same
All the questions may or not remain
But today it’s April
And the sun’s shining and the air’s fine and you’re finally in my life.
I believe ‘cause I’ve been a-prayin’ too
That you might find the peace that was due for you
Little Danny Boy you’re only half of one
But still that Irish Luck will hit you like
The Sun shining and the air’s fine and you’re finally in my life.
Da da dee dee dee dee dee dee dum
La da da da dee dum etc.
Did you know that night I went and hit the floor?
And in a way I cried, I never heard before
Can’t believe you wander, the only one,
Who didn’t know when you left you took
My sun shine but now it’s back shining and the air’s fine and cool
And you’ve come back too
La da dee dee dee dee dee dee dum
La da dee dee da dum etc.
Save my ego I won’t ask a thing
Why you weren’t affected by the pain
All our feelings may or not remain
But today it’s April
And the Sun’s shining and the air’s fine and you’re finally in my life
Sun’s shining, air’s fine and cool, you’ve finally
Come back too
Da da da dum da da da da da dum
La da da da da da etc.
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5. |
The Ending
03:56
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We had a terrible ending
I’ve been rewinding since
What a fire, a terrible ending
Turned ashes into dust
I’ve been rewinding since that moment
Oh, and you think I was all wrong, don’t you?
Did you need a bad guy to blame?
Day before the day we ended
I looked up and asked for God
To see if I should stop us
In a life with no pretending
It still comes as a shock
The truth was all I got: “Time to close that door”
You think I was all wrong don’t you?
You needed a bad guy to blame
I can’t believe I can’t change your mind
I can’t change the way you want to be
But I’ll be here on my knees ‘til you see
Bad guys still bleed
True Love is unrelenting
True action’s just as harsh
I swore I broke your heart.
In a love with no pretending
When truth was all you sought
Man, the truth was all I got,
Watch me close that door.
You think I was all wrong don’t you?
I gave you my bad side to blame
I can't believe I can't change your mind
I can't change the way you want to be
But I'll be here on my knees 'til you see
Bad guys still bleed
Bad guys still bleed
In the light it’s all depending if I think I’m close to you
The trouble is I do, I really do.
After all the terrible endings I want that closeness too
The trouble is I don’t know if you do
Oh, do you still need a bad guy to blame?
You know my name
I can't believe I can't change your mind
I can't change the way you want to be
but I'll be here on my knees for you pleading
a bad guy still bledding 'cuz
bad guys still bleed
bad guys still bleed
bad guys still bleed
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6. |
Mountain
03:42
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I don’t have a mountain to climb
But I have you
And memory so high and strong
I don’t have a dessert to cross so I can finish it for you,
But I have a mountain of memory so high and strong.
I don’t have an ocean to swim or chart a course through
To find you
But I have been wandering and now I know life without water
Since I had you
The journey is so hot and long
Since I had you
I don’t have an ocean to part and walk my way through
To save you
But I have been wandering in this unholy hour
Since I had you
The journey is so deep and blue
Since I had you
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7. |
Scared To Leave You
02:32
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I’m scared to leave you
One more time again
Should I believe you and say I’m leaving too?
Is that what I’m born to do?
I’m scared to see
who on earth I’m trying to be without you
Could I be a better person, despite the truth,
if I stayed waiting for you?
Is that what I’m born to do?
“Stay”, I can’t stay that to your face any more
But if I love another person who wasn’t you
Could I swear that it was true?
Is that what I’m born to do?
Safe, you wanted to be safe, so did I
You say you love me in the same breath as “goodbye”
To love you, I tried
But “goodbye”
I can’t say that to your face any more
But if I see another woman beside you
I’ll swear that it’s true
And let go of you (bye bye)
If that’s what I’m born to do
If that’s what I’m born to do
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8. |
All Day
02:54
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I’m dreaming of you
I’m dreaming of you
I’m dreaming and scheming
And scheming and dreaming
What’ll I do?
I’m waiting for you
I’m willing the day to do something for me
So I can see you tonight and feel like I’ve earned it
Kiss you all night like it’s been burned in my mind
All day all day all day
All day all day all day all day
How can I prove what’s a wish and what’s true?
You came from the sky just a little bit, didn’t you?
What’ll I do?
I’m waiting for you
I’m willing my work to be done, only working
So I can see you tonight like I’ve earned it
Kiss you all night like it’s been burned in my mind
All day all day all day
All day all day all day all day
How dare I say you must be perfect?
Or else it’s just a waste of time
How dare I say I don’t deserve this?
‘Cause for the first time in my life
I feel like I’ve earned it
So I’ll kiss you all night and let it burn in my mind
All day all day all day all day
All day all day all day
All day all day all day all day
All day all day all day…. etc.
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9. |
Baby
03:08
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Baby, I called you "baby" in my bed
You never knew how much that meant
to have you, baby, in my bed.
Baby, you called me almost everyday, you would
The little things made you such a good man
in such a simple way.
But, baby, you've got a lot to learn
I wonder if you will?
Maybe I was just too insecure for you, baby.
Baby, you called me 'baby' in your bed
A little thing and yet you said it to me, a Romantic,
I came undone then
Baby, I cried out everytime you changed between
the man you were and the one I wanted you to be so badly.
'Cuz baby I've got a lot to learn, I thought I knew it all
Or maybe you were just too immature, for me baby,
After all is said and done I'm glad you were The One,
If only for a little while there.
"Cuz baby, however you meant 'baby',
I really meant it, baby
Man you showed me how to live a little
You showed me how to live a little
You showed me how to live.
Cuz baby, that's my name too.
Whenever we went out, we made 'em shout
"baby, hey look at them they're crazy"
I really loved it, baby, man we showed 'em how to live a little
we showed them how to live a little
you showed me how to live.
So baby, though you're no longer in my bed
These little things, let it be said
Made life worth living in the end.
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Jamie Lawrence Los Angeles, California
Jamie Lawrence is a singer-songwriter who loves rhythm, lyrics and (occasionally theatrical) self-expression. She grew up in Van Nuys, CA watching musicals, listening to 60's music and making music videos in the garage with her sister. She started writing songs in 2003 because she missed a guy. She keeps writing songs because she keeps missing guys. ... more
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