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1. |
She Can't Kiss You
04:07
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She can’t kiss you in the winter,
She can’t warm you in the cold,
She cannot feed your desire,
Desperate for a spark of her own,
She can’t love you like a sinner,
Penance hanging like a stone,
She can’t kiss you in the winter,
With her blood like ice to the bone,
With her blood like ice to the bone.
Memory movie haunting her,
Flashback baby, won’t leave her alone,
Phantom steals the show, steals her mind,
Her mind’s got a mind of its own.
Wait for the thaw, wait for the sun,
Wait for the pain to melt and run.
Wait for the thaw, wait for the sun,
Wait for the pain to melt and run.
She can’t kiss you in the winter,
She can’t warm you in the cold,
She cannot feed your desire,
Desperate for a spark of her own,
She can’t love you like a sinner,
Penance hanging like a stone,
She can’t kiss you in the winter,
With her blood like ice to the bone,
With her blood like ice to the bone.
Trembling daydream taunting her,
Takedown pictures, don’t leave her alone,
Hammer on the door, hammers home her,
Looking glass, mind is blown.
Wait for the thaw, wait for the sun,
Wait for the summer, summer will come.
Wait for the thaw, wait for the sun,
Wait for the summer, summer will come.
She can’t kiss you in the winter,
She can’t warm you in the cold,
She cannot feed your desire,
Desperate for a spark of her own,
She can’t love you like a sinner,
Penance hanging like a stone,
She can’t kiss you in the winter,
With her blood like ice to the bone,
With her blood like ice to the bone.
She can’t kiss you in the winter,
She can’t warm you in the cold,
She cannot feed your desire,
Desperate for a spark of her own,
She can’t love you like a sinner,
Penance hanging like a stone,
She can’t kiss you in the winter,
With her blood like ice to the bone,
With her blood like ice, oh
With her blood like ice to the bone,
To the bone.
She can’t, she can’t,
She can’t, she can’t,
She can’t, she can’t,
She can’t, she can’t.
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2. |
Knew It All Along
04:39
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In Boston cold, I was dying,
Sick of flying solo, crying out,
Into the small unknown.
In rebel hideouts,
You were searching,
Seeking, hurting, then deserting,
Casting about, you know.
Left love crying, oh crying,
Where are you?
When will you walk in?
Where are you?
I know I’m all in, oh
All in for the everlong,
I dreamed of you for so long.
Meet me where we belong,
We knew it all along,
We knew it all along,
Where are you?
Crystal clear, your eyes reveal,
Secret is in waiting for what is real,
Let time steal, can I appeal?
To be united,
Only to be unrequited,
Oh can we overnight it,
Despite these obstacles,
To this new timeline?
Oh love’s crying, oh crying,
Where are you?
When will you walk in?
Where are you?
You know I’m all in, oh
All in for the everlong,
I dreamed of you for so long.
Meet me where we belong,
We knew it all along,
We knew it all along,
Where are you?
Please don’t look at the time,
Hold me in your ocean’s stained-glass eyes.
See us through eight past lives,
Please love don’t, don’t look at the time,
I’m crying out, I’m crying out, I’m crying out loud.
Where are you?
Love, who just walked in?
Where are you?
You know I’m all in, oh
All in for the everlong,
I dreamed of you for so long.
Meet me where we belong,
We knew it all along,
We knew it all along,
All in for the everlong,
I dreamed of you for so long.
Meet me where we belong,
We knew it all along,
We knew it all along,
Where are you?
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3. |
If Only
04:36
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Perfect storm of circumstance,
Dissonant chord, no second chance,
Secret pain, lost in the rain,
No way to cope.
Oh oh.
Shrinking world, walls closing in,
Should be on tour, should have taken it in,
The love, the care, the bond I swear,
What you thought was gone,
Was all right there.
If I were to say what you needed to hear, oh
Could you stick around,
Or would you disappear?
I wish I knew, I wish I knew,
If only, if only, if only, oh If only.
Roughest edge, cut deep despair,
Talk you off the ledge, we were unaware.
Changed our lives a thousand-fold,
Opened our eyes beyond the status quo.
Oh oh.
If only you saw you were not alone,
You always belonged,
Should have made it known.
The love, the care, the bond I swear,
What you thought was gone,
Was all right there.
If I were to say what you needed to hear, oh
Could you stick around,
Or would you disappear? oh
If I were to say what you needed to hear, oh
Could you stick around, or would you disappear?
I wish I knew,
If I were to say what you needed to hear, oh
Could you stick around, or would you disappear?
If I were to say what you needed to hear, oh
Could you stick around, or would you disappear?
If I were to say what you needed to hear, oh
Could you stick around, or would you disappear?
I wish I knew, I wish I knew, I wish I knew, oh If only, oh if only, oh if only, oh
If only, if only.
If only, oh if only, oh if only.
If I were to say...
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4. |
Own Kind of Savior
04:05
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Superman ain't coming,
If he does, he's never gonna stay,
You knew not to count on him that way.
Lesser heroes are running in the wrong direction,
They're running away,
You knew not to count on anybody anyway,
So you
Stand up, speak out,
Become your own kind of savior,
Your own best friend today.
Oh stand up, speak out,
Become your own kind of savior,
You're gonna save the day.
From a very early time,
You could read the signs in someone else's mind,
When they were too blind,
They couldn't see you for the world,
When you were a girl you knew,
You knew not to count on someone else,
You relied on yourself,
You relied on yourself, and now you
Stand up, speak out,
Become your own kind of savior,
Your own best friend today.
Oh stand up, speak out,
Become your own kind of savior,
You're gonna save the day.
And in the very worst night,
When the pain was unimaginable,
You were so far down,
You couldn’t see the light,
You wanted to lean, you wanted to give in,
You wanted to lay down,
But you stood your ground,
No matter how you cried,
No matter how you cried, you knew to
Stand up, speak out,
Become your own kind of savior,
Your own best friend today.
Oh stand up, speak out,
Become your own kind, your own kind,
Your own kind of savior,
Oh stand up, speak out,
Become your own kind of savior,
Your own kind of savior.
Oh stand up, speak out,
Become your own kind of savior,
You're gonna save the day.
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5. |
As Good a Day as Any
03:55
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I wish I could say I’m sorry for the trouble,
I’m sorry for the way it went,
I’m sorry I didn’t figure you out sooner.
I wish I could say, it’s okay, we’re family,
But even blood between us,
Ain’t gonna heal these gaping wounds.
And I want to believe in second chances,
But we’ve been down that road,
You left me by the side,
So today is just as good a day as any
To say goodbye,
To say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
I wish I could say I forgive you,
Purge the hurt and turn the page,
On your script of tragedy.
Wish I could know,
That would erase the scars you left,
The scars you carved so deep, oh
Rooted so deeply in me.
And I want to believe in second chances,
But we’ve been down that road,
You left me by the side,
So today is just as good a day as any,
To say goodbye, to say goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Wish I could excuse your behavior,
Blame it on the drinks and drugs,
And your ever-troubled mind,
But I cannot be another casualty,
On your front line,
Oh no, not this time.
I want to believe in second chances,
But we’ve been down that road,
You left me by the side,
So today is just as good a day as any,
To say goodbye, to say goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye,
Goodbye.
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6. |
Walk Among the Dead
04:03
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I'd wake, I'd make no effort,
I'd sleep, no dreams, no dreams to hurt,
Live like no tomorrows, no yesterdays,
Eyes open, heart empty,
‘Cause empty hearts won't break, oh
Every nick and scrape, the deepest cut;
You’d never feel the bite.
Every word they’d say could never reach;
You’d never hear the slight.
Wouldn't have to breathe,
Wouldn't have to grieve,
Wouldn't be the one who's left.
Nothing left to do,
Put your eyes in front of you and walk,
Walk among the dead.
I'd seek no company to keep,
I'd leave no memories to bleed,
Break up with desire, oh there's no need,
Take comfort in the shadow,
And concrete at my feet, oh
Every nick and scrape, the deepest cut;
You’d never feel the bite.
Every word they’d say could never reach;
You’d never hear the slight.
Wouldn't have to breathe,
Wouldn't have to grieve,
Wouldn't be the one who's left.
Nothing left to do,
Put your eyes in front of you and walk,
Walk among the dead.
Walk on, walk on, walk on, oh walk on.
I'd wake, I'd make no effort,
I'd sleep, no dreams, no dreams to hurt,
Live like no tomorrows, no yesterdays,
Every nick and scrape, the deepest cut;
You’d never feel the bite.
Every word they’d say could never reach;
You’d never hear the slight.
Wouldn't have to breathe,
Wouldn't have to grieve,
Wouldn't be the one who's left.
Nothing left to do,
Put your eyes in front of you, and walk,
Walk among the dead,
Walk among the dead,
Walk among the dead,
Walk among the dead.
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7. |
Counterpart
04:04
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Help, I need some help,
My head is just above the waterline.
Help, I need a lifeline,
Can’t you see it in my eyes?
Won’t you reach out your hand?
Help another stand?
Lay down your pride,
Step across the line,
Set aside your time,
Here in my paradigm.
Lay down your heart,
Set aside your fear,
I am your counterpart,
Living on the other side,
Living on the other side.
Look and see me now,
With more than just your eyes,
I live here too.
There is no “somebody else”,
I hope there’s still a soul in you.
Won’t you reach out your hand?
Help another stand?
Lay down your pride,
Step across the line,
Set aside your time,
Here in my paradigm.
Lay down your heart,
Set aside your fear,
I am your counterpart,
Living on the other side.
Oh, you could save me,
In a minute,
With a little kindness.
Oh, do more than pray for me,
You got it in you,
Just a little kindness,
Show a little,
Show a little kindness.
Lay down your pride,
Step across the line,
Set aside your time,
Welcome to my paradigm.
Lay down your heart,
Set aside your fear,
I am your counterpart,
Living on the other side.
I’m living in your paradise,
I’m living in your paradise,
I’m living on the other side.
Lay down your pride,
Step across the line,
Set aside some time,
Here in my paradigm,
Living in your paradise,
Living in your paradise,
I’m living on the other side.
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8. |
Quiet
03:46
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Wild bees are hiving around in my head,
Wild bees are swarming around in my head,
And I don’t know what to do,
Their buzzing’s getting through,
And the bears are trying to get in.
I need some quiet,
I need some quiet,
I need some quiet,
I need some quiet.
Grey wolves are prowling around my ears,
Those wolves are howling and growling,
Around in my ears,
And I don’t know what to do,
Their crying’s getting through,
And the bears are still threatening.
I need some quiet,
I need some quiet,
I need some quiet,
I need some quiet.
Is this what it’s like to go insane?
Something’s missing in your brain,
Or something needs to be cut out?
All I know is it’s too loud.
Is this what it’s like to lose your mind,
Certain that you’ll never find it again?
You need peace in the end,
In the end.
I need some quiet,
I need some quiet.
God, I need some quiet, some quiet, some quiet,
Can I get some quiet?
I need some quiet,
Lord I need some quiet, quiet, quiet,
Some quiet,
I need some quiet.
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Ripped raw from my father’s head,
My father’s thoughts, left with my nature,
In my nature to bleed, to weave, to dream,
Feed me from the branches of the olive trees,
When my armor’s thin,
And my heart’s grown heavy.
Soothe me with the sound of night falling,
Soothe me with the sound of night falling,
Soothe me with the sound of night falling free.
Let me be small, invisible even,
And go where the sun goes when it’s going down.
I didn’t ask for this, I didn’t ask to be your goddess,
Don’t wanna wear your crown.
I don’t wanna hold love and hate in the same hand,
Don’t want to be your fight or your medicine.
Let me be, let me be small.
No more than a seed in hand,
I see your mind, seeds on the wind fly,
Bearing your burdened name,
Seed of truth, borne in my eye,
Buried in the stream run between us now,
Shed the metal from my skin.
Soothe me with the sound of night falling,
Soothe me with the sound of night falling,
Soothe me with the sound of night falling free.
Let me be small, invisible even,
And go where the sun goes when it’s going down,
I didn’t ask for this, I didn’t ask to be your goddess,
Don’t wanna wear your crown.
I don’t wanna hold love and hate in the same hand,
Don’t want to be your fight or your medicine.
Let me be, let me be small.
Let me be, let’s be small again,
Let me be nothing at all again,
Let me be oh so small again,
All that could be in the blink of an eye,
All that could be in the blink of an eye,
All that could be in the blink of an eye.
Soothe me with the sound of night falling,
Soothe me with the sound of night falling,
Soothe me with the sound of night falling free, oh
Let me be small, invisible even,
And go where the sun goes when it’s going down.
I didn’t ask for this, I didn’t ask to be your goddess,
Don’t wanna wear your crown.
I don’t wanna hold love and hate in the same hand,
Don’t want to be your fight or your medicine.
Oh, let me be, let me be small.
Let me be, let me be, let me be,
Let me be, let me be,
Soothe me, fall free, let me be small.
Let me be, let me be small.
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10. |
Lost Art
05:03
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The films I’ll never see,
The pages I’ll never read,
Your photos, would have moved me;
They’re flying in the wind.
The music’s running on past,
Where you should’ve sung,
With your crucible voice,
Beautiful boy, left me
In this gallery, where the walls are empty,
A place to display my broken heart,
In this gallery, where the walls are empty,
They should have been full of you,
A tribute, not a shrine to my lost art.
Oh, the shades you’re never gonna know,
The passion in you that can’t grow now,
Your babies,
They’re never gonna come, no.
The change in scene you won’t see,
Standing in the sun with me,
How the world’s become more colorful, like you.
In this gallery, where the walls are empty,
A place to display my broken heart,
In this gallery, where the walls are empty,
They should have been full of you,
Beautiful and shining, my lost art.
I hold a fragile cup in my hand,
Don’t dare drink,
Just a smooth blue bowl
Where you should stand, I can’t think,
Umbrella painting raining in the closet, also blue,
The closest thing I have to holding you.
That little cup you made, I can’t think,
How that blue bowl you painted,
Remains in the sink.
Umbrellas raining down in the closet
Should be a clue,
To finding more beautiful pieces of you.
In this gallery, where the walls are empty,
It should have been full of you,
Not my broken heart,
In this gallery,
Oh it should have been full of you,
Beautiful and shining, beautiful and shining,
It should have been you, should have been you,
Not my broken heart, not my broken heart.
Oh, this gallery,
It should have been full of you,
Beautiful and shining, beautiful and shining,
My lost art.
Oh, in this gallery, ooo.
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11. |
Love Me Gently
03:49
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It’s never a question of love,
That’s a given, forever, always.
It’s not a question of need,
Every second, each and every day,
Need your love to breathe.
It’s about time to heal,
It’s a matter of trust,
Can’t be rushed, meanwhile
Love me gently, please be kind,
Don’t let it hurt so bad like before.
Oh love me truly, give me time,
‘Cause my heart can’t take,
That kind of break again,
My heart can’t take any more,
My heart it can’t take any more.
It’s never a question of want,
The thought of you
Thrills me through and through.
It’s not a matter of desire,
Beyond words how I feel,
When I’m with you.
Need your love it’s true.
It’s about time to heal,
It’s a matter of trust,
Can’t be rushed, meanwhile
Love me gently, please be kind,
Don’t let it hurt so bad like before.
Oh love me truly, give me time,
‘Cause my heart can’t take,
That kind of break again,
My heart can’t take any more.
No my heart can’t take,
That kind of break again.
My heart can’t take any more,
My heart it can’t take any more,
Any more, any more.
Oh love me gently,
Babe, love me gently,
Oh love me gently,
‘Cause my heart can’t take,
Any more.
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12. |
Counting My Lucky Stars
04:35
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When clouds cover my sky,
But offer no hope of rain,
The day's end squeezed me dry,
Left me bare, left me in pain,
I come home to you,
You wipe away the world's stain,
I return to you, you make me whole again.
When darkness falls, I'm slipping,
I'm stuck out on the ice,
You find me frozen, caught in the storm,
My mind is like a vice,
You bring me home to you,
You bring me home to you,
I return to you and you make me whole,
Like only you can do.
I’ll always be grateful,
I see my glass is full,
I'm counting my lucky stars,
You fell to Earth for me,
I'm counting my answered prayers,
The greatest of these is you,
Oh my stars, you are.
When the pressure's coming down,
And there's no more weight I can bear,
Oh the burden's overwhelming,
I'm struggling for air,
I come home to you, you take away every care,
I return to you, you help me rise,
Despite the world out there.
I’ll always be grateful,
I see my glass is full,
I'm counting my lucky stars,
You fell to Earth for me,
I'm counting my answered prayers,
The greatest of these is you,
Oh my stars, you are.
You wrap me up so warm in your magic spell,
Your arms save me from the freezing fires of hell,
With you I walk through valley untouched by fear,
No shadow falls near, your love is all I hear,
It's all, it's all I hear.
I’ll always be grateful,
I see my glass is full,
I'm counting my lucky stars,
You fell to Earth for me,
I'm counting my answered prayers,
The greatest of these is you,
Oh my stars, you are.
Oh you are, oh you are, you are.
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Sometimes Julie San Diego, California
Sometimes Julie, one of San Diego’s most engaging and original rock bands, is the musical brainchild of singer/songwriters
Monica Sorenson and Rick Walker.
Sometimes Julie is thrilled to release their fifth and latest album, Seven Wishes. As with their previous albums, the songs on Seven Wishes are steeped in Sometimes Julie’s rock roots. But pop, country, and blues territories are also explored.
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