Weight Of Lies

The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town
Cause nothing happens here that
Doesn't happen there
So when you run, make sure you run
To something and not away from
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane
To chase you anywhere

The Weight of Lies
Avett Brothers

Addicted to Love

Whoa, you like to think you're immune to the stuff, Oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer

All My Days

Well, I have been searching all of my days
All of my days
Many a road,  you know
I've been walking on
All of my days
And I've been trying to find
What's been on my mind
As the days keep turning into nights

All My Days
Alexi Murdoch

Deny

Oh my Lord, why's it taken you so long?
To give me grace and the dignity to right these wrongs
I will lead today, and I will follow you tomorrow
When the gloaming of my life,
Brings the promise of a peaceful night
And there's just one thing that I need to know

That you will not deny, you will not deny me now

Deny
Jonatha Brooke

Brand New Day

Well, all the dark clouds roll away
And the sun begins to shine
I see my freedom from across the way
And it comes right in on time
Well it shines so bright
And it gives so much light
And it comes from the sky above
Makes me feel so free
Makes me feel like me
And lights my life with love

And it seems like and it feels like
And it seems like, yes it feels like
A brand new day, yeah
A brand new day

Brand New Day
Van Morrison

Sometimes it's just time to move on

It Doesn't Matter Any More

There's no use in me a cryin'
I've done everything and
Now I'm sick of tryin'
I've thrown away my nights
And wasted all my days
over you

Well, you go your way and
I'll go mine
Now and forever
Till the end of time
I'll find someone new and, baby
we'll say we're through and
You won't matter any more

"It Doesn't Matter Any More"
Buddy Holly

It just doesn't.

Don't Be Late For Your Life

You've been saying for the longest time
that the time has come
You've been talking like you're of a mind
to get some changing done
Maybe move out of the city,
find some quiet little town
Where you can sit out on your back porch step
And watch the sun go down

No one knows where they belong
The search just goes on and on and on
For every choice that ends up wrong
Another one's right

A change of scene would sure be great
The thought is nice to contemplate
But the question begs why would you wait
And be late for your life

Now you might never find that perfect town
But the sun still sets on a rooftop where the city
Sounds like a Gershwin clarinet
And you might still be searching every face
for one you can't forget
Love is out there in a stranger's clothes
You just haven't met him yet

No one knows where they belong
The search just goes on and on and on
For every day that ends up wrong
Another one's right

Call it chance or call it fate
Either one is cause to celebrate
Still the question begs why would you wait
And be late for your life

Call it chance baby, call it fate
Either one is cause to celebrate
And the question now is why would you wait
Don't be late for your life

"Don't Be Late For Your Life"
Mary Chapin Carpenter

Time to be present in my life - enough time wasted on people and things that don't deserve it - haven't earned it.  Time to move on.

When Will I Be Loved

I've been cheated
Been mistreated
When will I be loved

I've been made blue
I've been lied to
When will I  be loved

I've been put down
I've been pushed 'round
When will I be loved

When Will I Be Loved
Everly Brothers

True Colours

You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you fell so small

But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you

so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show

your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

True Colours
Cyndi Lauper

I know!  I know!  I posted this song before but today I'm thinking about Greg.  After 18 years, he lost his job with the company he's worked for since he was 19.

My instant reaction was relief - joy.  The job was so hard on Greg - and Amy - and their kids.  Too many hours.   I know there's a better life waiting for them.

Greg is an amazing young man.  I'm so very proud of him - for a million different reasons.

Faith - trust.  This a good thing for all of them - I feel it.

Life is good!

Strong Enough

God, I feel like hell tonight
Tears of rage I cannot fight
I’d be the last to help you understand
Are you strong enough to be my man?

Nothing’s true and nothing’s right
So let me be alone tonight
Cause you can’t change the way I am
Are you strong enough to be my man?

I have a face I cannot show
I make the rules up as I go
It’s try and love me if you can
Are you strong enough to be my man?

When I’ve shown you that I just don’t care
When I’m throwing punches in the air
When I’m broken down and I can’t stand
Will you be strong enough to be my man?

Lie to me
I promise I’ll believe

Strong Enough
Sheryl Crow

The Wanderer

Oh well, there's Flo on my left
And there's Mary on my right
And Janie is the girl that I'll be with tonight
And when she asks me which one I like the best
I tear open my shirt - I got Rosie on my chest

'Cause I'm the wanderer
Yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around

The Wanderer
Dion Dimucci

Melt

But last night, i had a dream
I saved your life
I proved my love
I took the bullet
I killed a shark
1 kissed your hand
I thawed your heart
I thawed your heart

Melt
Phil Roy

We saw Phil Roy last night at the Keswick and
I found myself smiling at the knowledge that
romance is alive...
somewhere

I and Love and You

When at first I learned to speak
I used all my words to fight
With him and her and you and me
Oh but its just a waste of time
Yeah its such a waste of time

I and Love and You
The Avett Brothers

This is so true for me.  For so many years I had no voice.
When I finally found my voice, I discovered that it was
filled with anger. 

Hopefully, the pendulum is swinging back.

Hopefully.

The Power of a Moment

You know the number of my days
So come paint Your pictures on the canvas in my head
And come write Your wisdom on my heart
And teach me the power of a moment
The power of a moment
The power of a moment

The Power of a Moment
Chris Rice

Amen

Centerfield

Well, beat the drum and hold the phone
The sun came out today!
We’re born again, there’s new grass on the field.
A-roundin’ third, and headed for home
It’s a brown-eyed handsome man;
Anyone can understand the way I feel.

Oh, put me in, coach - I’m ready to play today;
Put me in, coach - I’m ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be centerfield.

Well, I spent some time in the mudville nine
Watchin’ it from the bench;
You know I took some lumps
When the mighty casey struck out.
So say hey willie, tell Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio;
Don’t say "it ain’t so", you know the time is now.

Oh, put me in, coach - I’m ready to play today;
Put me in, coach - I’m ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be centerfield.

Got a beat-up glove, a homemade bat
And brand-new pair of shoes;
You know I think it’s time to give this game a ride.
Just to hit the ball and touch ’em all - a moment in the sun;
(pop) And you can kiss that one good-bye!

Oh, put me in, coach - I’m ready to play today;
Put me in, coach - I’m ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be centerfield.

Centerfield
John Fogerty

Memories of a happier time when life was easy
(and we didn't even know it).

Nobody Knows Me

But it was a dream made to order
South of the border

And nobody knows me like my baby

And she cried, "Man how could you do it?"
And I swore that there weren't nothing to it

But nobody knows me like my baby

Nobody Knows Me
Lyle Lovett

Where does trust go when you lose it?
It feels like a hole that gets deeper and deeper
with every lie and untruth
with every con and manipulation
until trust is so far down the hole
you just can't reach it any more
no matter how hard you try

When It Don't Come Easy

So many things that I had before
That don't matter to me now
Tonight I cry for the love that I've lost
And the love I've never found

When It Don't Come Easy
Patty Griffin

Nobody Cryin'

Well a long night turns into a couple long years
Of me walkin' around, around this trail of tears
Where the very loud voice of my own fears
Is ringin' and ringin' in my ears

It says that love is long gone
Every move I make is all wrong
Says you never gave a damn for me
For anything, for anyone

But darling, I wish you well
On your way to the wishing well
Swinging off of those gates of hell
But I can tell how hard you're trying,

Just have that secret hope
Sometimes all we do is cope
Somewhere on the steepest slope
There'll be an endless rope
And nobody crying.

May you dream you are dreaming, in a warm soft bed
And may the voices inside you that fill you with dread
Make the sound of thousands of angels instead
Tonight where you might be laying your head
 
Nobody Cryin'
Patty Griffin

Kathy's Song

I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls.

Kathy's Song
Paul Simon

Changes

Sit by my side, come as close as the air,
Share in a memory of gray;
Wander in my words, dream about the pictures
That I play of changes.

Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall
To brown and to yellow they fade.
And then they have to die, trapped within
the circle time parade of changes.

Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind,
Visions of shadows that shine.
Til one day I returned and found they were the
Victims of the vines of changes.

The world's spinning madly, it drifts in the dark
Swings through a hollow of haze,
A race around the stars, a journey through
The universe ablaze with changes.

Moments of magic will glow in the night
All fears of the forest are gone
But when the morning breaks they're swept away by
golden drops of dawn, of changes.

Passions will part to a strange melody.
As fires will sometimes burn cold.
Like petals in the wind, we're puppets to the silver
strings of souls, of changes.

Your tears will be trembling, now we're somewhere else,
One last cup of wine we will pour
And I'll kiss you one more time, and leave you on
the rolling river shores of changes.

Changes
Phil Ochs

Don't Think Twice It's All Right

So long honey, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
Good-bye's too good a word, babe
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better
But I don't mind
You just kinda wasted
My precious time
But, don't think twice it's all right

Don't Think Twice It's All Right
Bob Dylan

Poor Man's House

You know you've done enough
When every bone is sore
You know you'be prayed enough
When you don't ask any more

You know you're coming to
Some kind of understanding
When every dream you've dreamed
has passed and you're still standing

Poor Man's House
Patty Griffin

The Umbrella Man

Toodle - lumma lumma
Toodle - lumma lumma
Toodle - aye-aaaaa
Any umbrellas, any umbrellas
To mend today?

Bring your parasol, it may be small. It may be big
He'll repair them all with what you call a thing-a-ma-jig

Pitter patter patter! Pitter patter patter!
It looks like rain.
Let it pitter patter. Let it pitter patter.
Who minds the rain?

He'll mend your umbrellas, then go on his way
Singing toodle lumma lumma.
Toodle lumma lumma.
Any umbrellas to mend today.

When there's a lull
And things are dull
He'll sharpen knives for all the wives
In the neighborhood
And he's very good.

He'll darn a sock
Or fix a clock
An apple cart
A broken heart --
He'll mend anything
but he'd much rather sing -

Toodle - lumma lumma
Toodle - lumma lumma
Toodle-aye-aaa
Any umbrellas - any umbrellas
To mend today?

He'll mend your umbrella
Then go on his way singing
Toodle lumma lumma
Toodle lumma lumma
Any umbrellas to mend today

The Umbrella Man
Kay Kyser

The rain today reminded me of this song - and my mother.  It was one of her favorites.

Where is that umbrella man when you need him???

I WIll Not Be Denied

Finally made me realize
That I tried and tried
But you can't get enough
So you lied and lied and lied

I Will Not Be Denied
Jerry L. Williams
*Performed by Bonnie Raitt

Angel Doves

When it's hard for you to breathe
Keep a clear mind
When it's hard for you to be
Just to be yourself sometimes

Keep on believing God is
Soaring above a world that is
Running out of love
Pouring hope out over us
His angel doves

Angel Doves
Mindy Smith

Mad Mission

It's a mad mission
Under difficult conditions
not everybody makes it
To the loving cup
It's a mad mission
But I got the ambition
Mad, mad mission
sign me up

Mad Mission
Patty Griffin

Come Away With me

And I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come?

Come Away With Me
Norah Jones

Motherless Child

O sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
O my Lord, sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Then I get down on my knees and pray
Then I get down on my knees and pray

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

I found notes on this Negro spiritual dating back to 1870 - a song of slaves.

Tell Me Lies

Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
Tell me lies

Oh no no
You can't disguise...
Tell me lies

Tell Me Lies
Christine McVie
Eddy Quintela

You're Still The One

I looked at your face every day
But I never saw it 'til I went away

You're Still The One
Orleans

Brand New Day

Most kind of stories
Save the best part for last
Most stories have a hero who finds
You make your past your past
Yeah you make your past your past

It’s a brand new day
The sun is shining
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
In such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok

Brand New Day
Joshua Radin

I heard this on Pandora yesterday and couldn't get it out of my head - especially the verse and chorus above. I'm counting on it!

Let My Love Open The Door

When everything feels all over
When everybody seems unkind
I'll give you a four-leaf clover
Take all the worry out of your mind
Let my love open the door

When tragedy befalls you
Don't let them bring you down
Love can cure your problem
You're so lucky I'm around
Let my love open the door

Let My Love Open The Door
Pete Townshend

Of all the "happy" songs that I go back to when I need a "happy song", this one is one of my favorites!  

Into The Mystic

We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun

Smell the sea and see the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly...

Into the Mystic
Van Morrison

Let your soul and spirit fly...

You Don't Know Me

Oh I'm just a friend.
That's all I've ever been.
Cause you don't know me.
(no you don't know me)

You Don't Know Me
Cindy Walker

I'll Take My Chances

I take my chances;
yes, forgiveness doesn't come with a debt
I take my chances;
I take my chances every chance I get

I've crossed lines of words and wire,
and both have cut me deep
I've been frozen out and I've been on fire,
and the tears are mine to weep
But I can cry until I laugh, or laugh until I cry
So cut the deck right in half,
I'll play from either side

I'll Take My Chances
Mary Chapin Carpenter

Forgiveness doesn't come with a debt

True Colours

You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you fell so small
But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there
And I'll see your true colors
shining through 
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

True Colours
Cyndi Lauper

Can't pick a line - or a verse - I just love it - every word.

Raggedy Ann

So when did I get so broken?
I wouldn't notice...
Everything just breaks away from me.
Hey! When did I get so broken?
I wouldn't notice...
Everything important leaving me.

Raggedy Ann
Mindy Smith

Melissa

Crossroads
Seem to come and go, yeah
The gypsy flies
From coast to coast

Knowing many, loving none
Bearing sorrow, havin' fun
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa

"Melissa"
Steve Alaimo, Greg Allman

Never trust a gypsy

Silver Springs

So I'll begin not to love you
Turn around, you'll see me runnin'
I'll say I loved you years ago
And tell myself you never loved me... No...

Time cast a spell on you
I know I could have loved you
But you would not let me

"Silver Springs"
Steve Nicks

Drift Away

And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue
The guitar's comin' through
To soothe me

Thanks for the joy that you've given me
I want you to know I believe in your song
And rhythm and rhyme and harmony
You help me along
Makin' me strong

Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away

"Drift Away"
Dobie Gray

Across the Universe

Sounds of laughter, shades of life
are ringing through my opened ears
inciting me, inviting me

Limitless undying love
which shines around me
like a million suns

it calls me on and on
across the universe

"Across the Universe"
John Lennon -Paul McCartney

The Alpha - the Omega - the Beginning - the End - the All in All.

The Other Side

I have reason to believe
that if i were just a little taller
I'd be better off

I have reason to believe
that if my head came with a switch
I'd turn it off

"The Other Side"
Bob Schneider

Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream

Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war

I dreamed I saw a mighty room
Filled with women and men
And the paper they were signing said
They'd never fight again

And when the paper was all signed
And a million copies made
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful pray'rs were prayed

And the people in the streets below
Were dancing 'round and 'round
While swords and guns and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground

Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd never dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war.


"Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream"
written by Ed McCurdy
 
Takes me back to the 60s.  It is true.  The more things change, the more they stay the same. 

Song For You Far Away

Sitting here all alone
Is bringing it on again I'm gone again

Sitting here thinking of you
Is driving it home again

This is a song for you far away so far away
This is a song for you far away from me

Open the door it takes me back
Oh it takes me back

Mention your name and I'm gone again
Oh I'm gone again

This is a song for you far away from me
Far away from me

"Song For You So Far Away"
James Taylor

Tin Man

Oz never did give nothing to the tin man
That he didn't, didn't already have

"Tin Man"
Dewey Bunnell
Performed by America

Good to remember  :)

Chasing Cars

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life

"Chasing Cars"
Jonathan Quinn, Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Paul Wilson, Tom Simpson
Snow Patrol

Blue as You

Interstellar Rainbows
On a cosmic wheel
Rollin' where the wind blows
Never standin' still

"Blue as You"
Shawn Mullins

This one is just sitting in my mind these days.  I like Shawn Mullins more all the time.

Useless Desires

Every day I take a bitter pill
     that gets me on my way
For the little aches and pains
     the ones I have from day to day
To help me think a little less
     about the things I miss
To help me not to wonder
     how I ended up like this

"Useless Desires"
Patty Griffin

'nuff said
(and i love the bass line)

Runaway Feeling

Tell me I'm the one you wanna play with
Tell me I'm the one you really need
Tell me I'm the one you're bound to stay with
When you're free to do what you please

"Runaway Feeling"
The Thorns

Everyone should be loved on Valentine's Day, - at least once in their life.

Mr. Tambourine Man

To dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free.

"Mr. Tambourine Man"
Bob Dylan

yes

Here Comes The Sun

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

"Here Comes The Sun"
George Harrison
 
Two back-to-back snow storms have had us all snowed in for over week.  As much as I love the snow, when I was sitting here this afternoon - feeling the warmth of the sun coming in the window beside me, all I could think of was this song.
 
Here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

If I Had a Boat

If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat

If I were Roy Rogers
I'd sure enough be single
I couldn't bring myself to marrying old Dale
It'd just be me and trigger
We'd go riding through them movies
Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail

And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat

The mystery masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said kemo sabe
Kiss my ass I bought a boat
I'm going out to sea

And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat

And if I were like lightning
I wouldn't need no sneakers
I'd come and go wherever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree
And I'd scare 'em by the light pole
But I would not scare my pony
On my boat out on the sea

And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat

"If I Had a Boat"
Lyle Lovett

No special meaning here.  This is just a song that makes me smile every time I hear it. 

Except for the verse about Tonto, I think it would make a GREAT children's book!! BUT having said that... I do love that verse!

Getting Late

While you're watching over
The moments that make up your life
It's getting late, it's getting late
It's getting late, yeah it's getting late

"Getting Late"
Rob Thomas

I and Love and You

Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
I and love and you
I and love and you

"I and Love and You"
Avett Brothers

Sometimes we say the words we said yesterday, but they don't mean the same thing.