Lyrics

Fly

You said goodbye on a Tuesday

And the light left my eyes

When I saw the way you saw me that day

It cut me right down to size

I’ve been drinking now for ten days straight – it doesn’t help

But I don’t know what will

And I can make my way in the dark to that well

But I can’t seem to get my fill

So I’ll fly, I’m letting you go

Fly, I’m letting you go

It was a long night, a long flight

But I’m back from the city

So much easier to be stoic among strangers

My sweet anonymity

But I kept my promise. I stayed away

No I behave as the wind behaves

I’m free, lucky me

But reacting to forces that don’t come from me

When I fly, I’m letting you go

Fly, I’m letting you go

And I never thought I would lose

No, this wasn’t part of the plan

But how well you must do

With all of the cards in your hand

And hey, they told me, I wouldn’t be defeated

If only I gave my heart

So why can’t you see that I’m just what you needed

Why do we all fall apart

Fall apart

So I’ll fly, I’m letting you go

Fly, I’m letting you go

Frostbite

There's a shadow on the lake

Reminding me of old mistakes

You counted every day

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Sunshine makes me think of you

But not the way it ought to do

I’ll go somewhere full of rain

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Where the air feels new

And there’s no shit to get through

And nobody’s tellin’ me what I ought to do

And there’s 1,500 miles between me

And the likes of you

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There’s not a lot that I get right

And you punish me with frostbite

I can’t melt away

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And maybe i deserve it, too

the loneliness i feel with you

But I knew I wouldn’t stay

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I’ll go where the air feels new

And there’s no shit to get through

And nobody’s tellin’ me what I ought to do

And there’s 1,500 miles between me

And the likes of you

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And the snow falls

Outside your walls

And I climb

And fall behind

And I can’t win

And I try to get in 

Over and over

And over and over again

I’ll go where the air feels new

And there’s no shit to get through

And nobody’s tellin’ me what I ought to do

And there’s 1,500 miles between me

And the likes of you

There’s a shadow on the lake

Reminding me of old mistakes

You knew every one

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Give In

Give in, say goodbye

He’s no good for you; you’re wasting your time

Its ok to let it go

Remember who you were three years ago

It’s a broken heart, that’s all

You’ll be back on your feet in no time at all

Cry. Call his name

But know all the time he won’t feel the same

Go to sleep for a while

And stop always thinking you’ve got to smile

Through your broken heart, you crawl

You’ll be back on your feet in no time at all

Give in, run away

As fast as you can and don’t turn around again

Close your eyes, thank a chance

Drama is not the same thing as romance

Write a song. Change your hair

Find out who your friends are and make sure they stay there

Kiss a boy.  Make a mess

Learn how to fly.  Go buy a new dress

Just run…run

Give in, say goodbye

He’s no good for you; you’re wasting your time

Good For Something

It’s led me astray

It’s made a wreck of my happy home

It’s run away 

With those who would leave me alone

And even though it’s left me with nothing

I’m sure this heart is still good for something

It lets me have dreams

I can’t reach no matter how hard I try

It makes me believe things

In people that are really a lie

And even though it’s left me with nothing

I’m sure this heart is still good for something

It burns like fire

It can be cold as a stone

When I’m out on the wire

I fall just as soon as I’ve flown

But it beats strong and true

Mighty and brave

Then it breaks right into

The moment you turn it away 

And even though it’s left me with nothing

I’m sure this heart is still good for something

Hot Tin Roof

I am a girl who’s travelled the world

And I've met all manner of men

Yeah  have been burned, you’d think that I’d learn

But I'm doomed to do it all again

You're my hot tin roof

Your my bad idea, what I shouldn’t do

But I’ve never been known to choose right over wrong

So why should I start with you

You are a boy, capricious and coy

A bad choice for anyone to make

Oh but I’m at your door, cuz I want some more

Everybody makes mistakes

You're my hot tin roof

Your my bad idea, what I shouldn’t do

But I’ve never been known to choose right over wrong

So why should I start with you

When the devil wants in, oh the devil gets in

So if all your days are bluster and blaze

If you always have something to prove

If you can’t find your heart and tear others apart

Baby, that’s when I’ll make my move

You're my hot tin roof

Your my bad idea, what I shouldn’t do

But I’ve never been known to choose right over wrong

So why should I start with you

Oh, why should I start with you

I Already Know

I already know what you did

It’s all over town

Yeah my time may come when it’s all said and done

But your time It’s a’comin' right now

My Uncle Bill has some land

and he ties a red ribbon around

the trees full of disease and

then big yellow tractor tears ‘em down

My Uncle Bill knows what to do

And I have been thinking it through

He went to the wood shed and brought me some ribbon red

And i’m gonna tie it round you

Ch

My momma don’t much leave the house

but she was an outlaw in a pretty pink blouse

a kingpin with a sheepskin and 85 pounds

of pot til she got caught and the cops brought her down

Momma said just say when

she ain’t keen in the routine treachery of men

She hated being married, knows where all the bodies are buried

and she thinks you’d fit right in

Ch

Oh what a charmer

I almost admire the skill

a well trained total disarmer

It’s been a privilege

its been a thrill

Ch

I Brought My Pajamas, Let’s Get Drunk

I’m comin' over, I slipped my pen

Spent a month of Sundays paying for all my so called sins

but a little liquor and some fun

never hurt anyone

open up your door i’m comin’ in

I brought my pajamas let’s get drunk

Let’s drink away our thinking til all out thoughts are thunk

I may not need them anyway, you never were a monk

but I brought my pajamas, let’s get drunk

Here’s to the fools who wear the crown

Here’s to the loves we’ve lost and loves we’ve never found

Immo toast to all or none

May fortune favor everyone

drink it up and smash our glasses down

I brought my pajamas let’s get drunk

Let’s drink away our thinking til all out thoughts are thunk

I may not need them anyway, you never were a monk

but I brought my pajamas, let’s get drunk

We’ll howl at the moon

then you can be the little spoon

I brought my pajamas let’s get drunk

Let’s drink away our thinking til all out thoughts are thunk

I may not need them anyway, you never were a monk

but I brought my pajamas, let’s get drunk

Into The Sun

I, I’m gonna let you down

I’d like to fly and you’d like your feet on the ground

It’s such a shame that you still feel this way

Wish I could turn you around

But I, I’m gonna let you down

You ring my bell

Who knows how hard I woulda fell

But you tend to madness and you’re set on sadness

And I can’t break that spell

But oh, oh you ring my bell

I want to fall free into the sun 

I want to risk it all and you want to run

I know you’re scared

And I know you wouldn’t dare

So I, I’m gonna let you go

I’d like to fly and you’d like stay safe below

I don’t blame you for feeling this way

And sometimes I’m sorry I don’t

But I, I’m gonna let you go

I want to fall free into the sun 

I want to risk it all and you want to run

I know you’re scared

And I know you wouldn’t dare

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It Is What It Is

Seven days of nothing new

Same old me, same old you

A casual eye, a wandering eye

And all the hope in the world won’t do.

It is what it is; never what it should be

Not enough to settle for, and not enough for me

No, not enough for me.

You’ve stolen who I used to be

With such a cruel civility

Oh, I disappear, hell, there’s no one here

Just an empty shell of me

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It is what it is; it’s not even what it was

I stayed to long like everyone does

Oh, and everyone does.

Seven months of nothing new

And do I even know you

Oh, were you really mine, I’m waiting on a sign

Anything, anything from you.

It is what it is; it’s not even what it was

You get what you settle for, everyone does

It is what it is; it’s only what you choose

It is the game we both will lose

Josephine

Don’t be mad, Josephine, don’t be mad

I never had all the things that you had

A gilded mirror with a gilded brush

A hundred acres in the cotton rush

Every boy, every crush

I never had the things that you had, Josephine don’t be mad

Well I’d never mean to hurt you

I’d never let you down

You took me under your wing

Even gave me all of your hand me down things

In school he sat right beside you

But you never paid him no mind

Until you saw us talking in the schoolyard

Then all of a sudden he was just your kind

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Ch.

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You could have any boy in town

Yeah crush them all under your shoe

you always got what you wanted

but you never wanted what wanted you

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we’ll marry at the end of September

He met my father today

please won’t you give us your blessing

Don’t’ think I could do it any other way

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Ch.

Just Give Me Tonight

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I’m so tired, but I can’t stay

Please my love, don’t stand in my way

Been fighting for so long, I’m trying to be strong

I just need one day on my own

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And we’ll be all right

Just need a little time

Don’t think that I don’t care

Just give me tonight

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I’m so tired, I need to head home

Please my love, just one night alone

We’re lost if I stay, the cruel words we say

I just need one day away.

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And we’ll be all right.

Just need a little time

So don’t think that I don’t care

Just give me tonight

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Like A Good Girl Should

Maybe my baby called

Maybe he’s changed his mind

I’d better get back inside

Maybe my baby’s here

Maybe he’s coming down the drive

I’d better get this one right

I’ll work it so carefully

‘til he can’t live without me

Maybe, maybe there’s time to turn it around

Lord knows I would if I could

Shut my mouth, put the bottle down

And behave like a good girl should

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Maybe my baby knows

There’s no one like me

He just needed time to see

Maybe he’s at the door

Maybe the sun will shine again

Lord knows how dark it’s been

I’ll work it so carefully

‘til he can’t live without me

Maybe, maybe there’s time to turn it around

Lord knows I would if I could

Shut my mouth, put the bottle down

And behave like a good girl should

Losin’ Time

Love don’t last and peace won’t do

Nothing’s good enough for you

You’re sinking in your old dog ways

Wondering why no one stays

Everything’s a fight It has no end

You were happy once but can’t remember when or why

I feel I’m losing time and time again, I can’t ever seem to win

You drag me down and pull me in that bitter world you’re living in

Again and again

It must be tough to live this way

With never nothing good to say

Everybody lets you down

You’ve blown your own damn candle out

Do you wonder why you’re there alone

You killed the light all on your own

I feel I’m losing time and time again, I can’t ever seem to win

You drag me down and pull me in the bitter world you’re living in

Again and again

I’m gonna run fast as I can

‘til my dreams come back to life again

It’s knee jerk shit you put us through

You even fight when I agree with you

Do you wonder why you walk alone

In the dark with a broken throne

A fist of booze to get fine

Keep you tight and make you blind, too

I feel I’m losing time and time again, I can’t ever seem to win

You drag me down and pull me in the bitter world you’re living in

Again and again

I’m gonna run fast as I can

‘til my dreams come back to life again