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You're All I See
04:05
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in a crowd
have you felt alone
with a thought
have you searched your phone
for a name that just isn’t there
you move on and pretend not to care
do you know you’re just like me
all your pain as to set you free
do you know you’re just like me
when I close my eyes you’re all I see
all this love is under my skin
I could try to fight it but I would not win
oh it’s all up to you, I’ll be fine whatever you do
do you know you’re just like me
all your pain as to set you free
do you know you’re just like me
when I close my eyes you’re all I see
oh love I’m use to fighting
but someone should be fighting for me
oh love why are you waiting
when I close my eyes you’re all I see
oh love why are you fighting
but someone should be fighting for me
oh love why are you waiting
when I close my eyes you’re all I see
you’re all I see
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2. |
As in the Wilderness
04:40
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you used to walk with me
you used to talk with me
you used to call me your own
you used to come home
oh love where have you gone
you said you'd be home but it's been so long
tell me what I did wrong
or is this just your way of moving on
you used to hear me when I called but now you don't hear me at all
oh love where have you gone
you used to hold my hand and lead me through this dark land
oh love where have you gone
as in the wilderness did you harden your heart and lose your way in the dark
oh love where have you gone
as in the wilderness did you follow your fear and forget why you're here
oh love where have you gone
oh love where have you gone
you said you'd be home but it's been so long
tell me what I did wrong
or is this just your way of moving on
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3. |
He is the Place
03:30
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I fall down to my knees and I pray
give me a path and don’t let me stray
one that teaches me what I should do
and one that gives it some meaning too
and if heaven is where this path leads you
he is the place I am going to
I’ve sung to heaven and I’ve sung to hell
of a heartache that I know well
I’ve sung loud and clear
and I’ve whispered through tears
I’m just waiting for his arms to hold me near
and if heaven is where this path leads us to
he is the place I am going to
and if heaven is where this path leads us to
he is the place I am going to
hell won’t stop me
hell won’t stop me
from loving you
hell won’t stop me
hell won’t stop me
from loving you
and if heaven is where this path leads us to
he is the place I am going to
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4. |
Mr Man
04:22
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hey Mr Man I demand to know a few things
why did you take her back and we could do nothing
I know you’re not a forgetful man, in fact you’re like an elephant
I know you’re a busy man, but all I’m asking is for you to tie a little string
and don’t leave us hanging like she did
and don’t you fail me too like he did
don’t let it be like christmas when my father never came
or let my birthday when my gifts were taken all away
hey Mr Man I really want to know you
why does he never hear, I heard that’s all you do
I heard if I call your name you will always hear
I heard if I call your name you will always be here
and never let me down
and never make cry
and never drop my love and let it die
and never make me wait til my dinner’s cold
and never let my love grow old
don’t let it be like christmas when my father never came
or let my birthday when my gifts were taken all away
if it’s up to me that will never be again
if it’s up to me that will never be again
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5. |
Just a Lie
03:04
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here at night
i see your sweet eyes
staring at me
as if there was no time
do you exist on the outside?
in the hard daylight are you still mine?
‘cause with a sigh you could start a fire
and with a lie you could break our tie
it’s so easy to lie
if you were here now I wouldn’t be singing this
I’d singing at your heart’s door to let me in
with my head on your chest wondering why
why is your heart so hard to get in
‘cause with a sigh you could start a fire
and with a lie you could break our tie
it’s so easy to lie
and that was just a lie
that was just a lie
you wanted me
here at night
i see your sweet eyes
staring at me
as if there was no time
you don’t exist on the outside
in the hard daylight you are not mine
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6. |
I Loved a Man
04:07
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I loved a man
oh too bad, oh that’s too bad
I gave him all I had
oh too bad, oh that’s too bad
he was to me like an island
in the cold and stormy sea
he was to me like a pardon
and I was a prisoner he set free
and now I see our love couldn’t stand up
to the storm the storm of he
and now I know our love was a prison
and I had to be let go
I loved a man
oh too bad, he loves another man
I gave him all I had
oh too bad he don’t want what I have
what do you do when you love someone who don’t love you
what do you say but to hold your head up high and walk away
oh walk away
I’m not going to stoop low like you want me to
I’m not going to give up like you think I should do
I’m not going to stoop low like you want me to
I’m not going to give up like you think I should do
I’m not going to stoop low like you want me to
I’m not going to give up like you think I should do
I’m not going to stoop low like you want me to
I’m not going to give up like you think I should do
here’s what I’m going to do
here’s what I’m going to do
here’s what I’m going to do
I going love again
and love him good, I’ll love him good
I’ll give him all I have
like a woman should, like a good woman should
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7. |
Don't Ask the Town
03:16
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if you ask the town they'll say I've been around
if you ask the town they'll say you cannot count
on me to come home I'll leave you alone
I'll let you down I'll sleep around
If you ask the town
but they don't know my heart, they don't know my head
they don't know nothing but what somebody said
they don't know my truth they don't know my pain
they don't know how I love you and for you I am changed
so don't ask the town
all they believe in is what was not what will be please believe
believe in what will heal and fall away from me
if you love me if you love me
Jesus said they were worthy souls so they stopped turning tricks
cause he believed in what we can't see
so if people can broken then they can be fixed if you believe
if you love me
but don't ask the town
you hear the lies long enough you start to believe
you hear the lies long enough you lose who you want to be
but no one saw me til you came around
and I will love you I won't let you down
but don't ask the town
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8. |
The Worst Kind of Whore
01:43
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you’re so perfect and so mean
you always make your breaks so clean
you know just who they want you to be
and if it hurts you won’t let them see
but me, I always wanted more
I wanted to know what you wanted me for
I give what I want you to love me for
and that makes me the worst kind of whore
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9. |
In Your Song
05:05
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I’d like to stay inside your song today
oh let it be a hundred years long
‘cause my heart it hurts and my head is worse
and I don’t like who I am
I wish I could disappear and leave just my songs here
and need nothing in return
the songs don’t ask for much
but I need your touch
I need you to love who I am
do you
do you
do you
and if you do
that makes one of us
May be this song could keep me warm
or may be keep me from harm
or may be just keep me alive
may be it can turn into a kiss
and make me forget how I miss
you my love
oh fucking hell I don’t think I’m well
and I ‘d like to go home
home’s not there no more
just some ugly walls and floor
haunted by somebody else
and the ones I love
I looked under all the drugs
but I don’t know where they’ve gone
do you
do you
do you
do you
and if you do
that makes one of us
I gave you all my money
‘cause I thought it would make you happy
but when it ran out, so did you
I can’t give you no more except my godforsaken soul
and even you know that’s not worth that much
so my one relief is your voice so sweet
coming through the radio
so if I make it through I’d like to thank you
for letting me stay in your song
tonight
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10. |
After You
07:18
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you you just got tired
of the same same place
you you just got tired
of the same same face
too bad
oh too bad
that place was our home
too bad
oh too bad
that face was my own
always passing through
the town that’ll name itself after you
oh how we wish you knew
what it looks like when you’re through
you just got tired
of the same damn rain
too bad
oh too bad
you’re the hurricane
you just got tired
of what we believed
too bad
oh too bad
you’ll only stay when you’re too tired to leave
always passing through
the town that’ll name itself after you
oh how we wish you knew
what it looks like when you’re through
tell me when you will stay
and not just move through
like a hurricane
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11. |
Neverland
07:06
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There he is, that's my father
I used to miss him
but now I know who he is
He's just like those newspaper stories
we thought were so important
but now they're just trash
Just the same as all those love letters
from my former lovers
who didn't know who I am
so I sit with the lies of my father
the prayers of my mother
and your heart in my hand
if it ends, will you jump with me?
hand in hand
just like we were Peter Pan and Wendy
off to Neverland
where it makes more sense
then these lies and their governments
the tension in these strings
its scares me just like the dark
or the thought of you turned to him
breaking my heart
these thoughts keep me awake
of wars for no reasons at all
or meaningless of losing you to a bar brawl
I swear the songs keep closer to heaven every time
all the writers of babel keep adding their own
while the rest of the world sinks closer to hell
we're just writing songs to make this feel like home
may be it will come true
just like the bible is to you
but tell me will you remember me when
you and me
we were Peter Pan and Wendy
off to Neverland
and we lived all the songs we write
we live forever in just one night
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Joy Shannon Los Angeles, California
Joy Shannon creates Celtic pagan folk music inspired by the dark recesses of Irish folklore.
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