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Courage
04:20
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I know that you and I could wander off away
to a place where only summer skies and ocean breezes sway
Where the weather never turns a shade of grey
And there's nothing for us to do but play
I know the difference an imagination makes
When the world is falling down
I know the difference between love and holding back
Courage
I believe the dreams can all come true if we have faith
And courage and some patience that keep in all in place
But it doesn't mean that I haven't had my days
Where everything seems to make me so afraid
I know the difference an imagination makes
When the world is falling down
I know the difference between love and holding back
Courage
Let there be freedom
Let there be light
Let my emotions fade away and clear up my sight
I know the difference an imagination makes
When the world is falling down
I know the difference between love and holding back
Courage
Courage, courage follows me right down to the edge
Where nobody understands
What is coming or what is at hand
Neither do I
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2. |
Last The Evening
03:56
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Lonely rooms empty faces
I’ve seen them all in these saddened places
From the corner of the room
I watch them all as they dance and move
But I won’t last the evening here alone
Cause my heart is telling me it’s time to come home
So many nights I have been here
Singing my song through tears and laughter
And for a while is was really good
But that time has passed and I’ve understood
That I won’t last the evening here alone
Cause my heart is telling me it’s time to come home
So baby freak out
Come on reach on out
Someone save my soul
Cause if I stay in here too much longer
I’m gonna drown and nobody will know
For all the love I meant to save
It went wasted upon a sad end game
And trembling now upon my knees
I pray inside someone will see
That I won’t last the evening here alone
Cause my heart is telling me to come
So baby reach out
Come on freak out
Cause if I stay in here too much longer
I’m gonna drown and nobody will know
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3. |
Half Shelf Life
04:00
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I don’t want to and you can’t make me
Do what I don’t want
I am tired of being taken advantage of
So stop before you start
Cause I am not your money maker
You are not my best friend
We’d be lying to each other if we said different
These days I realize
Life goes by so fast
If I close my eyes for too long
I’m going to miss the one I have
Cause I’ve been spending time on everyone
Burning out like a smoking gun
There’ll be nobody else to blame but myself
I am tired, wasted and using all my friends
The truth is I need some time to myself
To figure out what’s next
It is lonely inside this half shelf life
I am lonely inside this half shelf life
The truth is I don’t need you
I don’t want you
So I won’t keep you
Believe me I appreciate all you think you do
But I’ve been spending time on everyone
Tripping over things I’ve left undone
I’ll be talking all about it
Just to myself
I am tired, wasted and using all my friends
The truth is I need some time to myself
To figure out what’s next
It is lonely inside this half shelf life
I am lonely inside this half shelf life
Caged little bird carry the word
Fly as fast as you can
Cause I need to know which way to go
To capture the music within
If I set you free
Will you come and find me
And show the secrets to life
So I can be magnificently
Hopeful, rejuvant and light
I don’t want to and you can’t make me
Do what I don’t want
I am tired of being taken advantage of
So stop before you start
Cause I am not your money-maker
You are not my best friend
We’d be lying to each other if we said different
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4. |
Take My Heart
04:24
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When the others come undone
You’re the only one I put my faith into
When it’s all be said and done
You’re the only one that makes me feel serene
Take My Heart
Wrap it up in Clover
Don’t Tear it a part
If you feel that love is the most important part
I’d give you mine forever
Right from the start
You came along when I was questioning everything
Confused about what was happening
And you calm me down
Now I wonder if I can do the same for you
Do you want me to?
Just tell me how
Take My Heart
Wrap it up in Clover
Don’t Tear it a part
If you feel that love is the most important part
I’d give you mine forever
Right from the start
For whatever you want
For the rest of my days
I’m going to be here
I’m here to stay
For whatever you want
For the rest of my days
I’m going to be here
I stand and pray
Cause it’s all about love
It ain’t foolish baby
Me and you baby
All our love
It ain’t foolish baby
You and me baby
Take My Heart
Wrap it up in Clover
Don’t Tear it a part
If you feel that love is the most important part
I’d give you mine forever
Right from the start
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5. |
Stupid Is
03:45
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Stupid Is as stupid does
my stupid love
The noose above is reminding me
Cause you’ll never be anything I need
No, you’ll never be strong enough for me
You should have come over
You should have fought for me
Instead of taking shots at my self esteem
Stupid Is as stupid does
my stupid love
The noose above is reminding me
Cause you’ve never seen the things I’ve seen
You never ask me how does feel
There’s gotta be someone somewhere who’ll understand me
Baby until then I’ll be rescuing me
Stupid Is as stupid does
My stupid love
The noose above is reminding me
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6. |
Breathe
04:18
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Hey little girl are you crying cause you’ve been broken down
Well you’re not the one to blame for all the mother fuckers hangin about
Nothing’s gonna change if you don’t go and figure it out
So pack your bags get going
Let’s go show how you kick, scream and shout
Come on baby breathe girl
Dig deep and breathe
Come on baby breathe girl
Dig deep and breathe
Hey little girl have you gotten all your dreams written out
Well you better get them straight if you want to get the story on out
Nothing’s gonna change if you don’t go and figure it out
So pack your bags. Get going.
Let’s go show them how you kick, scream and shout
Come on baby breathe girl
Dig deep and breathe
Come on baby breathe girl
Dig deep and breathe
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7. |
Hide A Lie
03:18
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How’s it gonna go this time for me
Tell me what the future hides
Tell me what my eyes cannot see baby
Set me free. Baby set me free.
Cause I cannot hide
I cannot hide a lie
Even if I wanted
No I cannot hide
I cannot hide a lie
Even if I wanted to
Tell me how the road turns this time for me
How am I gonna figure it out
If the road turns away from me this time baby can’t you see
Come one can’t you see
That I cannot hide
I cannot hide a lie
Even if I wanted
No I cannot hide
I cannot hide a lie
Even if I wanted to
The future will turn around and rear it’s ugly head
Turn to me with the widest smile and treat me like I’m dead
And I can’t see the way before my eyes and I’m full of dread
Not he turns and says it’s a pity because it’s all in side your head
I cannot hide
I cannot hide a lie
Even if I wanted
No I cannot hide
I cannot hide a lie
Even if I wanted to
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8. |
Trafalgar Square
03:25
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In Trafalgar Square I stood with wet hair and I was
Running away
Cause you’d let me down again
My so-called best friend
And it seemed easy enough
No it hadn’t look that tough
In Trafalgar Square I stood with blood red hair and I bent
To pick up my emotions
You would think that after all this time
I would’ve grown a steel spine
But I found myself just broken
And down in despair I couldn’t think of anywhere to go
But a bar all night
Where everybody lowers their sights
For the first time I believed the only way out for me
Was to drown…
In Trafalgar Square the truth hanging in the air and I was
Wishing that none of it could hurt me
You can thank your lucky stars
If you’ve healed from all your scars
Cause there are others who cannot
Whether they want to or not
But don’t you worry bout me tonight
I always seem to see the light
I carry dumb luck
I carry dumb luck
I Carrie dumb luck
I carry dumb luck
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9. |
Halo
04:01
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They say it’s impossible today
But I don’t believe it’s true
To find a love that conquers all
And always follows through
Friends come round
Bring the thorny crown
Shout out martyrdom
And sing Hallelujah
They say it’s impossible to fail
But I know that it’s not true
For everything I’ve taken on
It’s always fallen through
So friends come round
Bring the thorny crown
Shout out martyrdom
And sing Hallelujah
When the others fade
I want to feel like sunshine
On a rainy day
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10. |
Back & Forth
04:06
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Restless I was a gag
Uncontrollable
For future reference my dear
I’ve been inconsolable
Let sweet relief come to me in the form of a glass of wine
In the form of a friend talking on the telephone line
Ah useless I was a ghast
I was singing
For four hungry years I’ve been waiting
So let this thing take me
And let sweet relief come to me in the form of a glass of wine
In the form of a friend at the other end talking on the telephone line
It always hurts in the end don’t know
Can’t you hear the music now
Feel the beat feel the beat
All in my chest make my ass sway
Easily
I was aghast
I was aghast
Useless I was aghast
And I was singing
For four hungry years I’ve been waiting
So let this thing take me
And let sweet relief come to me in the form of a glass of wine
In the form of a friend at the other end talking on the telephone line
It always hurts in the end don’t know
Can’t you hear the music now
Feel the beat feel the beat
All in my chest make my ass sway
Easily
Sweet relief comes to me in the form of a glass of wine
In the form of boy in bed talking but I’m not listening
It’s gonna hurt in the end don’t you hear the music now
Feel the beat. Feel the beat
All in my chest make my ass sway
Easily
Back and forth
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11. |
Secret
07:03
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Someone make this go easier
I feel broken inside
And I do not have any answers
Something with come through tonight
Just when you think you’re paying attention
The truth is, I never did
I thought my love would take care of it
Look what an idiot kid
Something I’ve done and has come undid
My secret is gonna
Come crashing down tonight
I do not wanna convince myself it’s alright
My secret is going to be coming down tonight
I do not wanna admit my failure tonight
I’d being getting by on a wave of compulsion
For a short while it seemed to do me well
But the ends never played the way I wanted
Then out the back door went myself
I put everything I loved up on a shelf
My secret is gonna
Come crashing down tonight
I do not wanna convince myself it’s alright
My secret is going to be coming down tonight
I do not wanna admit my failure tonight
Someone make this go easier
I feel broken inside
And I do not have any answers
Something with come through tonight
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Carrie Akre Seattle, Washington
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