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Jennifer Love Hewitt: You

Hold me now
Stop the morning light from breaking
Something's coming over me
Don't know what it is sub-saving
The clocks expire
They just might change everything
If I don't give you all that's waiting
Who knows what tomorrow will bring
If I try not to need you I'll be hiding from myself

If tomorrow never comes
I would do it all again
If the light never breaks through
I would stay until the end
If I saved it all for you
I would have my faith again
Then, then I would know it's you

Won't shed a tear for more than just a moment
Try not to let myself go crazy
Tomorrow may not come
So I won't
Hold you here
Unless you wanna fight about it
I would gladly let you win
Cause I don't need to write this ending
If I just trust the stillness
Somehow it won't hurt so bad

If tomorrow never comes
I would do it all again
If the light never breaks through
I would stay until the end
If I saved it all for you
I would have my faith again
Then, then I would know

If tomorrow never comes
I would do it all again
If the light never breaks through
I would stay until the end
If I saved it all for you
I would have my faith again
Then, then I would know
Then, then, then I would know it's you

Stupid Thing-Aimee Mann

Nothing was saving our day
there was nothing to say,
but you said something anyway
claiming I stepped out of line
which forced you to leave me,
as if that idea was mine.
Oh, you stupid thing
speaking of course as your dear departed
oh, you stupid thing
it wasn't me that you outsmarted
oh, you stupid thing
stopping it all
before it even started.
I bet you knew it would come
that's just like you to sit back
and just play it dumb
one word of warning would help
but that sacrifice was made
trying to save yourself
Oh, you stupid thing
speaking of course as your dear departed
oh, you stupid thing
it wasn't me that you outsmarted
oh, you stupid thing
stopping it all
before it even started.
Maybe that's just how I am
to fall where I stand, or I'm
weak for that kind of man
one who looks helpless and brave
but you turned into a coward
I don't care for the parts you saved.
You stupid thing
speaking of course as your dear departed
oh, you stupid thing
it wasn't me that you outsmarted
Oh, you stupid thing.

Extraordinary - Liz Phair

You think that I go home at night
Take off my clothes, turn out the lights
But I burn letters that I write
To you, to make you love me

Yeah, I drive naked through the park
And run the stop sign in the dark
Stand in the street, yell out my heart
To make, to make you love me

I am extraordinary, if you'd ever get to know me
I am extraordinary, I am just your ordinary
Average every day sane psycho
Supergoddess
Average every day sane psycho

You may not believe in me
But I believe in you
So I still take the trash out
Does that make me too normal for you?

So dig a little deeper, cause
You still don't get it yet
See me lickin' my lips, need a primitive fix
And I'll make, I'll make you love me

I am extraordinary, if you'd ever get to know me
I am extraordinary, I am just your ordinary
Average every day sane psycho
Supergoddess
Average every day sane psycho
Supergoddess

See me jump through hoops for you
You stand there watching me performing
What exactly do you do?
Have you ever thought it's you that's boring?
Who the hell are you?

I am extraordinary, if you'd ever get to know me
I am extraordinary, I am just your ordinary
Average every day sane psycho
Supergoddess
Average every day sane psycho

Average every day sane psycho
Supergoddess
Average every day sane psycho

Average every day sane psycho
Supergoddess
Average every day sane psycho

Average every day sane psycho

Lay My Head Down (Indigo Girls)

Oh, the party's kicked up a few notches
look at us getting loose
she leans back against the wall
and she watches
tugging her collar
like it might be a noose

And everyone's tied to their thing
to their past
to their drink
or the date that they bring
I just get tired
all of a sudden
taking it in

[chorus]

Oh, they say don't waste too much time planning
or you'll get the rug
ripped out
and the only way you'll be satisfied
is learning to live
without

Well, some plan for the kingdom of heaven
and some take their chances and bet lucky seven
I don't know what to believe
I just show up and breathe
anymore

[chorus]

A room full of dressers
professors
lookers
hookers
if I don't get out I'll do something
I don't wanna do
and I wanna lay my head down on you

Was is so long ago
that we sat & talked in your car
Your things were all packed
and the place you were headed
not really that far
Years later I think
that I would've been much more alive
to have taken you up on your offer
and taken that drive

Ah, well, everything that's come before us
leads us to where we are now
and that's simple, I know
so why can't I let go
of the feeling that I'm lost, somehow
I'm just a ghost
looking in
out of my own life
just visiting
in search of a body
to have and to hold
and to keep
and to sleep

[chorus]

A room full of mischance
slow dance
cold fate
heartache
I showed up for a party
saw my life's story full view
and I wanna lay my head down on you

What's She Like?: Roxette

What's she like when she turns around to kiss you goodnight?
When she wakes up in the morning by your side?
What's she like?

What's she like?
The yellow moon or the deep blue of the sea?
Do you feel the same way you did when it was me?
What's she like?

Oh I've been holding on
I've been holding on for far too long
I've been holding on
I've been holding on much too long.

What's she like when you're making love and stars are in her eyes?
When you're looking for the answers in her smile?
What's she like?

Oh I've been holding on
I've been holding on for far too long
I've been holding on
I've been holding on much too long
Too long.

I never knew I could love somebody the way I loved you
I never thought I'd be the broken-hearted
Well, nothing hurts you like the truth.

So what's she like when she turns to you, when push comes to shove?
When she whispers in your ear that she's in love?
What's she like?

Oh I've been holding on
I've been holding on for far too long
I've been holding on
I've been holding on much too long
So what's she like?

I Envy the Wind - Lucinda Williams

I envy the wind
That whispers in your ear
That howls through the winter
That freezes your fingers
That moves through your hair
And cracks your lips
And chills you to the bone
I envy the wind

I envy the rain
That falls on your face
That wets your eyelashes
And dampens your skin
And touches your tongue
And soaks through your shirt
And drips down your back
I envy the rain

I envy the sun
That brightens your summer
That warms your body
And holds you in her heat
And makes your days longer
And makes you hot
And makes you sweat
I envy the sun
I envy the wind, I envy the rain, I envy the sun, I envy the wind

This is not the kind of song that usually appears here, but it fits my current mood.

Living Years - Mike + the Mechanics

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So Don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be O.K.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

This song does fit the mood of this place, and I will always remember it thanks to a moment I shared long ago with a man who is now no longer with us. We discussed a woman in the family the song definitely symbolized while listening. Granddaddy, this one's for you.

On the Verge
by Collin Raye
album: I Think About You (1995)

Well they shouldn't have played that good
I got carried away and let the music go to my head
Well she shouldn't have worn that dress
The way it curled around when she was spinning
Just killed me dead

My heart had began to tell my body and my soul,
that it had gotten in the mood to lose control

Oh, no. When did neon lights turn into moonglow
when did that jukebox turn into a rainbow
I'm about to give into this urge
One more slow dance, with her arms around me
One more long glance, nothing will slow down me'
I got no chance, if i'm not in love i'm on the verge

All I wanted to be was cool
It ain't my style to overheat, much less burn
But as we floated across the floor
All at once I flashed right past the point, of no return

And when we said goodnight, the sun was on the rise
and any stars that hadn't set had fallen in my eyes

Oh, no. When did neon lights turn into moonglow
when did that jukebox turn into a rainbow
I'm about to give into this urge
One more slow dance, with her arms around me
One more long glance, nothing will slow down me'
I got no chance, if i'm not in love i'm on the verge

Oh, no. When did neon lights turn into moonglow
when did that jukebox turn into a rainbow
I'm about to give into this urge
One more slow dance, with her arms around me
One more long glance, nothing will slow down me'
I got no chance, if i'm not in love i'm on the verge

"Testimony"
Dana Glover

It's just another, testimony
That you are my, my one and only
You're my kind, my perfect find
And you are mine

It's just another, testimony
Make me believe, in matrimony with you baby
You're my kind, my perfect find
And you are mine

Everybody knew that I'd never be the one
To give my love no I'd turn and I'd run in the other direction
Now nobody can believe just what they see
But they see you and they see me give all my love and affection

Another testimony
That you are my, my one and only
You're my kind, my perfect find
And you are mine

Now well, I can't explain it
Thought I'd never entertain it
I'm picturing a ring on my finger
And now that I'm alone at home I hold your favorite cologne
Sometimes I'll spray it and let it linger

You're my kind

(Everybody knew that I'd never be the one
To give my love no I'd turn and I'd run)

Whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa

(Now nobody can believe just what they see
But they see you and they see me love)

Whoa whoa whoa

It's just another, testimony
That you are my, my one and only
You're my kind, my perfect find
And you are, and you are, and you are heeeey

It's just another, testimony
Make me believe, in matrimony
You're my kind, my perfect find
And you are and you are mine

You're my kind, my perfect find
Heeeey
You're my kind, my perfect find

Just another, testimony
Just another, testimony
Just another, testimony

Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm
Mmmm testimony
Mmmm testimony
Mmmm testimony
Mmmm testimony

Testiony testimony testimony testimony

Mmmmm

Whoaaaa

Champagne Supernova - Oasis

How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you when we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannon ball
Where were you while we were getting high?
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky

Wake up the dawn and ask her why
A dreamer dreams she never dies
Wipe that tear away now from your eye
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannon ball
Where were you when we were getting high?

Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky

Cos people believe that theyre
Gonna get away for the summer
But you and i, we live and die
The worlds still spinning round
We dont know why
Why, why, why, why

How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you when we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannon ball
Where were you while we were getting high?

Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky


Cos people believe that theyre
Gonna get away for the summer
But you and i, we live and die
The worlds still spinning round
We dont know why
Why, why, why, why

How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you when we were getting high?
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high

'Mama He's Crazy' ~ The Judds

Mama, I found someone
Like you said would come along
He's a sight, so unlike
Any man I've known
I was afraid to let him in
'Cause I'm not the trustin kind
But now I'm convinced
That he's heaven sent
And must be out of his mind

Mama, he's crazy
Crazy over me
And in my life is where he says
He always wants to be
I've never been so loved
He beats all I've ever seen
Mama, he's crazy
He's crazy over me

And, Mama, you've always said,
"Better look before you leap"
Maybe so, but here I go
Lettin' my heart lead me.
He thinks I hung the moon and stars
I think he's a livin' dream
Well, there are men
But ones like him
Are few and far between

Mama, he's crazy
Crazy over me
And in my life is where he says
He always wants to be
I've never been so loved
He beats all I've ever seen
Mama, he's crazy
He's crazy over me

Dealing with a troll on another board. This fits my mood.

From Depeche Mode:

People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully
People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours
And we're different creeds
And different people
Have different needs
Its obvious you hate me
Though Ive done nothing wrong
Ive never even met you
So what could I have done?

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully
People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully
Help me understand
Help me understand

Now youre punching
And youre kicking
And youre shouting at me
And Im relying on your common decency
So far it hasnt surfaced
But Im sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fist (head to your fists)

I cant understand what makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully
People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

I cant understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
I cant understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
I cant understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
I cant understand (people are people)
What makes a man (why should it be)
Hate another man
Help me understand...

Nicotine ~ Ani DiFranco

I hate you sometimes
But I love to be your queen
You are my muse
Got me smoking nicotine

I watch you sometimes
From oh so far away
But I can't forget you
Or anything you said

You sang that song in my ear
And it tickled those tiny hairs

Love is a puzzle
Some pieces they adjoin
It's not like that with us
But I keep flipping that coin

I watch you sometimes
From oh so far away
But I can't forget you
Or anything you say

You sang that song in my ear
And it tickled those tiny hairs

Not The Doctor: Alanis Morissette

I don't want to be the filler if the void is solely yours
I don't want to be your glass of single malt whiskey
Hidden in the bottom drawer
I don't want to be a bandage if the wound is not mine
Lend me some fresh air
I don't want to be adored for what I merely represent to you
I don't want to be your babysitter
You're a very big boy now
I don't want to be your mother
I didn't carry you in my womb for nine months
Show me the back door
Visiting hours are 9 to 5 and if I show up at 10 past 6
Well I already know that you'd find some way to sneak me in and oh
Mind the empty bottle with the holes along the bottom
You see it's too much to ask for and I am not the doctor

I don't want to be the sweeper of the egg shells that you walk upon
And I don't want to be your other half, I believe that 1 and 1 make 2
I don't want to be your food or the light from the fridge on your face
At midnight, hey
What are you hungry for?
I don't want to be the glue that holds your pieces together
I don't want to be your idol
See this pedestal is high and I'm afraid of heights
I don't want to be lived through
A vicarious occasion
Please open the window

Visiting hours are 9 to 5 and if I show up at 10 past 6
Well I already know that you'd find some way to sneak me in and oh
Mind the empty bottle with the holes along the bottom
You see it's too much to ask for and I am not the doctor

I don't want to live on someday when my motto is last week
I don't want to be responsible for your fractured heart
And it's wounded beat
I don't want to be a substitute for the smoke you've been inhaling
What do you thank me
What do you thank me for?

Simple Gifts by Elder Joseph Brackett

Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come round right.

Punky's Dilemma by Paul Simon

Wish I was a Kellogg's Cornflake
Floatin' in my bowl takin' movies,
Relaxin' awhile, livin' in style,
Talkin' to a raisin who 'casion'ly plays L.A.,
Casually glancing at his toupee.

Wish I was an English muffin
'Bout to make the most out of a toaster.

I'd ease myself down,
Comin' up brown.

I prefer boysenberry
More than any ordinary jam.
I'm a "Citizens for Boysenberry Jam" fan.

Ah, South California.

If I become a first lieutenant
Would you put my photo on your piano?
To Maryjane--
Best wishes, Martin.
(Old Roger draft-dodger
Leavin' by the basement door),
Everybody knows what he's
Tippy-toeing down there for.

White Flag - Dido

I know you think that I shouldn't still love you,
Or tell you that.
But if I didn't say it, well I'd still have felt it
where's the sense in that?

I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I know I left too much mess and
destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "it's over"
then I'm sure that that makes sense

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

And when we meet
Which I'm sure we will
All that was there
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on....

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

No wind when I took the watch
My ship was still and waitin'
I lay on that mirrored sky
A restless sailor, waitin'
I closed my eyes said the
Words of will for the gentle
Breathin' that moves the seas
Make my sails fill

Whisper waves cloud the glass
Awake at last like a lover
It rushed around the talkin' sweet
Roll over, roll over, roll over
And in my ear he blew his name
It sound so strange but I heard it plain
Mistral Mistral wind

I have always held the wheel but
I let the wind steal my power
Spin me 'round lose my course
Nights run be like hours
Well, it would show me the way
To the deepest mountains
Too high and beautiful to be
Mistral, mistral wind

All the hours on the watch
I wait for that breeze to move me
And blow me back to that place
Magic space all through me
And I sigh your name
Across the empty water
You made a crazy dreamer out of me
Mistral, mistral, mistral, mistral,
Mistral, mistral

One Day in Your Life - 54-40

One day in your life
Shouldn't be a problem
One day in your life
Shouldn't cause you pain
Because it's one day that
You might never be around here
And I'll never ever see you again

One day in your life you
Don't have to worry
One day in your life you
Don't have to cry
Because it's one day that
You might never be around here
And I'll never ever see you alive

(Chorus)
One day
One day

One day in your life you feel
Something in you
One day in your life your
Heart will free your fear
Because it's one day that
You might never be around here
And I'll never ever see you alive

Go back
There's nothing you can do about that
Go back
The only one talking talks back
Go back
Inside, you must serve inside

If You Go Away - Emiliana Torrini

If you go away
On this summer day
Then you might as well
Take the sun away
All the birds that flew
In the summer sky
When our love was new
And our hearts were high
And the day was young
And the nights were long
And the moon stood still
For the night bird's song

If you go away
If you go away
If you go away...

But if you stay
I'll make you a day
Like no day has been
Or will be again
We'll sail on the sun
We'll ride on the rain
And talk to the trees
And worship the wind

But if you go
I'll understand
Leave me just enough love
To fill up my hand


If you go away
If you go away
If you go away...

If you go away
As I know you will
You must tell the world
To stop turning
'til you return again
If you ever do
For what good is love
Without loving you?
Can I tell you now
As you turn to go
I'll be dying slowly
'til the next hello

If you go away
If you go away
If you go away...

But if you stay
I'll make you a night
Like no night has been
Or will be again
I'll sail on your smile
I'll ride on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes
That I love so much

But if you go
I won't cry
Though the good is gone
From the word goodbye

If you go away
If you go away
If you go away...

If you go away
As I know you must
There is be nothing left
In this world to trust
Just an empty room
Full of empty space
Like the empty look
I see on your face
And I'd been the shadow
Of your shadow
If you might have kept me
By your side

If you go away
If you go away
If you go away...

If you go away
If you go away
If you go away...

I Believe in Love (Indigo Girls)

When we try to rework all of this
each to her rendition
we painted ourselves in a corner
lost for ideas, blindly fishin'
for a compliment or kindness
just to bring us into view
but you could not interpret me
and I could not interpret you

I remember that cold morning
when the trees were black with birds
tryin' to make out some connection
we were at a loss for words
after all that we've been through
I could not see givin' up
despite the picture of our coffee
growin' colder in the cups

[chorus]
So we went rollin' on down through the years
takin' time - all we could steal
until the thief of things unreconciled
stuck a stick into the wheel
and now we're tumbling in a free fall
no one's gonna go unscathed
but it's not because you held back
and it's not how I behaved

[chorus]

There are avenues and supplements
and books stacked on the shelf
labyrinths of recovery
in search of our best self
most of what may happen now
is way out of our hands
so just let it go
and see where it lands

[chorus]



Enjoy Nova Scotia, my friend.

impressive said:

I Believe in Love (Indigo Girls)
Enjoy Nova Scotia, my friend.

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Road To Mandalay: Robbie Williams

Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach
What a lovely holiday
There's nothing funny left to say

This sombre song would drain the sun
But it won't shine until it's sung
No water running in the stream
The saddest place we've ever seen

Everything I touched was golden
Everything I loved got broken
On the road to Mandalay
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

There's nothing left for you to give
The truth is all that you're left with
Twenty paces then at dawn
We will die and be reborn

I like to sleep beneath the trees
Have the universe at one with me
Look down the barrel of a gun
And feel the moon replace the sun

Everything we've ever stolen
Has been lost returned or broken
No more dragons left to slay
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach
What a lovely holiday
There's nothing funny left to say

Will you be there (in the morning)
Heart
I'm lying beside you just thinking about us
Too tired to go to sleep and too much in love
I know I'm crazy but I can't close my eyes
I'm scared you won't be there in the morning when I rise
Will you be there?
Who do you dream about are you alone in your sleep?
To who will you reach out?
Oh, let it be me
Oh baby, you're my obsession, my addiction, my drug
Don't want to be without you when I wake up
Will you be there in the morning, will you be there when I want you?
Will you be there when I wake up, Oh I need you to be there in the morning
Will you be there?

Well, you're so close to me but I feel so alone
The more I touch you the more I want
Don't know what to do about me loving you but I pray to God that you feel it too
You're my obsession, my addiction, my drug, so let the candle grow into a great fire of love
Will you be there in the morning, will you be there when I want you?
Will you be there when I wake up?
I need you to be there in the morning!
I wanna love you forever,
Don't want a love that's now or never
Can't you see you got me down on the floor.
I want more MORE!

Will you be there in the morning, will you be there when I want you?
Will you be there when I wake up?
Will you be there in the morning?
Will you be there?

1000 Words
Yuna ~ Final Fantsy X-2

I know that you're hiding things
Using gentle words to shelter me
Your words were like a dream
But dreams could never fool me
Not that easily

I acted so distant then
Didn't say goodbye before you left
But I was listening
You'll fight your battles far from me
Far too easily

"Save your tears cause I'll come back"
I could hear that you whispered as you walked through that door
But still I swore
To hide the pain when I turn back the pages
Shouting might have been the answer
What if I'd cried my eyes out and begged you not to depart
But now I'm not afraid to say what's in my heart

Though a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They'll fly to you
Crossing over the time and distance holding you
Suspended on silver wings

And a thousand words
One thousand confessions
Will cradle you
Making all of the pain you feel seem far away
They'll hold you forever

The dream isn't over yet
Though I often say I can't forget
I still relive that day
"You've been there with me all the way"
I still hear you say

"Wait for me I'll write you letters"
I could see how you stammered with your eyes to the floor
But still I swore to hide the doubt
When I turn back the pages
Anger might have been the answer
What if I'd hung my head and said that I couldn't wait
But now I'm strong enough to know it's not too late

Cause a thousand words
Call out through the ages
They'll fly to you
Even though we can't see I know they're reaching you
Suspended on silver wings

Oh a thousand words
One thousand embraces
Will cradle you
Making all of your weary days seem far away
They'll hold you forever

Oh a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They'll fly to you
They'll carry you home and back into my arms
Suspended on silver wings ohhh

And a thousand words
Call out through the ages
They'll cradle you
Turning all of the lonely years to only days
They'll hold you forever

WHERE'VE YOU BEEN
J. Vezner & D. Henry (c) 1989

Claire had all but given up
When she and Edwin fell in love
She touched his face and shook her head
In disbelief, she sighed and said,
"In many dreams I've held you near
Now, at last, you're really here."
"Where've you been?
I've looked for you forever and a day
Where've you been?
I'm just not myself when you're away."

He asked her for her hand for life
And she became a salesman's wife.
He was home each night by eight
But one stormy evening, he was late
Her frightened tears fell to the floor
Until his key turned in the door.
"Where've you been?
I've looked for you forever and a day
Where've you been?
I'm just not myself when you're away."

They'd never spent a night apart
For sixty years she heard him snore
Now they're in a hospital
In separate beds on different floors

Claire soon lost her memory
Forgot the names of family
She never spoke a word again
Then one day, they wheeled him in
He held her hand and stroked her hair
In a fragile voice she said,
"Where've you been?
I've looked for you forever and a day
Where've you been?
I'm just not myself when you're away.
No, I'm just not myself when you're away."