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Mistaken

I wonder what you think of me
will I ever get the chance to see
does it matter in the scheme of things
if I’m the only one remembering how

the world stopped when I looked in your eyes
wished I ‘d remembered what you said
I knew I’d never be the same
I guess it makes no difference what was said

I could have been mistaken
I could have misread the signs
was there nothing you had to tell me
something I saw in your eyes

were it simple I’d have no fear
but you know I can’t make my intentions clear
could I tell you what I really feel
could I be brave enough to love again

you don’t know the power that you hold
you don’t see how much you mean to me
but I’m too afraid to let you know
I’m too afraid to lose so I don’t speak

I could have been mistaken
I could have misread the signs
was there nothing you had to tell me
something I saw in your eyes

Better Days

washed pale by winter skies of pearl and grey
just beneath our skins this tension never fades
April rains for us with colors blue and green
another spring another anniversary

the days go on and the years fly by
and we drift like grains of sand
and after all the questions why
do you still take my hand
when I lead you on and I let you down
and I’m just too tired to see
that after all these years
I’m still your favorite company

love is never simple and truth is hard to hear
does it bother you this life we lead
are our motives suspect our reasons clear
is it fear or generosity

the days go on and the years fly by
and we drift like grains of sand
and after all the questions why
do you still take my hand
when you lead me on and you let me down
and you’re just too tired to see
that after all these years
you’re still my favorite company

these are better days
the best we have known
if these are better days
is it ’cause anything is better
than being alone

the days go on and the years fly by
and we drift like grains of sand
and after all the questions why
do you still take my hand
when I lead you on and you let me down
and we’re just too tired to see
that after all these years
we’re still our favorite company

Let It Go

just let it go
I don’t want to hold this any closer
you know and I know
you tell me that you feel wiser
I just feel older

tried hard to love you
but you wore me down
you walked away and something changed in me
I’m not the same girl
since you’ve come back ’round
I’m looking for a reason to believe

just lay me down
leave me here beneath the debris
without a sound
close your eyes I’ll be a memory

tried hard to love you
but you wore me down
you walked away and something changed in me
I’m not the same girl
since you’ve come back ’round
I’m looking for a reason to believe

Let’s let it go
’cause I don’t think I can take this any farther
it’s hard to know
when love’s become the question not the answer

I Look Good in Black

I’ll be there at his wake
Pretend to cry for appearance sake
But trust me, its not sorrow that I feel
For years I have felt alone
My life, my dreams were not my own
Finally I am out from ‘neath his heel

It’s a good thing I look good in black
Cause this time he won’t be back
I can’t say I’m sorry that he’s gone
It’s been years since I’ve felt so free
Years that I just couldn’t leave
I know the caged bird and his song

Chasin’ girls and drinkin’ booze
this was not a life I’d choose
I had always hoped that it would change
He says he’s out playing pool
So I stay home playing fool
The more I hope the more it stays the same

Don’t have to clean his mess
Don’t have his shirts to press
Don’t have to meet his every whim
I can do as I choose
I have no one to refuse
I should never have put up with him

Things I Left Unsaid

thought that there was time enough
still you slipped away
leaving slowly by degrees
colder turning grey
this was not the life I chose
this is what remains
memories ring hollow
nothing takes your place

remember once when we were younger
so wise beyond our years
drunk beneath the sea of stars
cradled from our fears

to find my strength I’d take your hand
I would have died for you
all these things I left unsaid
I always thought you knew
I always thought you knew
I always thought you knew

Acquiescence

I could not believe your swift surrender to the fight
left us no recourse but to fall silent to the night
amazed to feel the speed of love’s decline
impossible our promises even still I’ve kept mine

I could not suppose I’d ever win you back
I’m weightless in your memory it’s gravity I lack
afraid to see the future come undone
unraveled by your thread of words I’m not the only one

so tell me to forgive my heart when I have lost control
teach me now the hardest part forgetting you and letting go

I would never tell you all the blame lay in your hands
I am just as guilty just as broken just as sad
but I will not keep vigil for the past
I know the dream has faded that it could never last

Everything

I want to tell you secrets and little white lies
to get inside your head your bed your alibis
I know you think about me it’s getting underneath your skin
and I’m achin’ to get closer to you but you won’t give in
come on baby tell me what to do

I want to be all you desire
bitter sweet true and tried
won’t you change your mind and let me in
I want to be your everything

I want to be your mother your daughter and your whore
to be your start and ending know you after and before
to be your familiar your confidant your slave
I want to make you scream in anger want to make you rave

I want to be all you desire
bitter sweet true and tried
won’t you change your mind and let me in
I want to be your everything

Something More

he is living on an island his back towards the sea
with his arms and anger rising I can’t intercede
I was raised up insulated but given wings to grow
still I can’t bridge the ocean and he can’t let me go

never thought it’d be easy
there ain’t nothing for sure
it don’t take much to please me
but is there something more

I’ve been to heaven I’ve been to Montgomery
in songs and magazines
it ain’t all bad it ain’t all lonely
it’s just somewhere in-between
tell me how do you let the calluses heal
when you’re chafed at every turn
and how do you change a man who’s indifferent
into a man of concern

never thought it’d be easy
there ain’t nothing for sure
it don’t take much to please me
but is there something more

somewhere there’s a ship that’s waiting
just beyond the verge
someday I’ll be ready someday I’ll find the nerve

never thought it’d be easy
there ain’t nothing for sure
it don’t take much to please me
but is there something more

I am living on an island
but I’m looking out to sea

Coming Home

it’s two a.m. I’m wired again and my coffee’s getting cold
the salt-kissed air that’s everywhere reminds me I’m alone
it’s just restless boredom I decide
and try hard to ignore this sinking feeling my hands are tied

but maybe I could find a way
I’ll take two days in the mountains
after twelve months by the sea
keep on driving west
I won’t stop until I see you
I’m coming home

I thought that I’d find all the answers, far away
the grass is always greener, that old cliché
you never said a word, I think you always knew
that I’d find I was blind to these foolish things I do

but maybe I’d find a way
I’ll take two days in the mountains
after twelve months by the sea
keep on driving west
I won’t stop until I see you
I’m coming home

so I’ll return the humble victor
nothing lost, little gained, not what I set out to do
but my success cannot be measured
by what’s in me but by what I’ve got in you

but maybe I’ll find a way
I’ll take two days in the mountains
after twelve months by the sea
keep on driving west
I won’t stop until I see you
I’m coming home

Simple

I like it simple ’cause I’m so confused
I like it simple I don’t want to choose
I like it simple ’cause I’ve gone too far
I like it simple no more scars

La da da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da da da

I like it simple I don’t want any sress
I like it simple so I can get some rest
I like it simple when you cry when I’m unkind
I like it simple tell me what’s on your mind

La da da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da da da

I like it simple ’cause I’m so confused
I like it simple tell me what to do
I like it simple get to the root
I like it simple that’s the truth