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Closer To You
03:50
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When you're gone
I just sit and stare out my window
Wishing to see you drive up the road
I don't care if they say that I'm wasting my time
Even when we're apart your heart is still mine
I just want you to know
That I won't give up hope
This void that I feel inside
Would leave if I could look in your eyes
Cause we belong
Together as we deserve
Fight no more
Against all odds holding us
Back from love
A love that could mean the world
You're the light when I'm
Closer to you
Why do they
Always say that love’s not supposed to come easy
Cause now that you're with me
I can fly
I don't care if they tell you I might fly away
You may be a fool in love but a loved fool you may
Disagree
Cause baby its you and me
Cause we belong
Together as we deserve
Fight no more
Against all odds holding us
Back from love
A love that could mean the world
You're the light when I'm...
Cause we belong
Together at last
Fight no more
Nothing is holding us
Back from love
A love that could wake the world
You're the light when I'm
Closer to you
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You looked up when you saw me across the way
You weren't more than 22
And I knew from the start
That we were worlds apart
But you said baby come along
And lemme lemme show you a good time
And you said hey
I wasn't born this way
But five years of rainy days
Can make a man drink his soul away
And I'd be a wiser fool to let another love find you
But girl you stole my heart
And you could be my light
Here in the dark
Oh girl
You were runnin from somethin
Either runnin from or chasin down
A dream I can't compete with
I was afraid to let you in
But I think it's time I put my faith
In somethin I believe in
So I said hey
I wasn't born this way
But you're a pretty girl in this messed up world
And I think that you could save me
I'd be a wiser fool to let another love find you
I give you my heart
Cause you could be my light
Here in the dark
Oh here in the dark
I was closin in
But here in your arms
I can finally begin
And I said hey
I wasn't born this way
But I fell in and love begins to wash it all away
I'd be a wiser fool
To never never never let go of you
I give you my heart
Cause you could be my light
Here in the dark
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Everything Else
03:40
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Well you know
How it goes
When the winds change
And the rain starts to fall
When the world
Turns black and blue
And it just flows right through you
And you can count
On your fingers
The tears you've cried
Since you were young
But now that's slipping away
And all you can do is
Take a breath
And wait this moment out
Don't fade away
It will pass
Just like everything else
No need to say
More today
You've said it all
With that look in your eye
Cause you're still hurting
And yes it shows
And you know it's gonna be hard for a while
So take a breath
And wait this moment out
Don't fade away
It will pass
Just like everything
And you've seen this
Life's no mystery
For tomorrow you'll be sleepin again
If you breathe in
You may find that
There's a light left in you now
So take a breath
And wait this moment out
Don't fade away
It will pass
Let the light within you fill you now
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Love is kind
And it fills you up
And when you find yourself down on your knees
It gives you strength to get back up
And when you know how
To love somebody else
The gods will open up the skies
For the odyssey you tell
And the children hear our story
And grow up to love in turn
So build them on our dreams
And all our lessons learned
Cause the water is wide
And they can't cross over
Nor have wings to fly
I must build a boat
To carry them over
And pray they'll reach the other side
Cause the water is wide
You must know
How it feels
To look over your shoulder
And see the past right at your heels
For all you know now
And all you've done
Is hung up on the wall
And the shift has begun
You feel it in your bones
As you smile at way back when
We thought we were invincible
It's hard not to pretend
The water is wide
And they can't cross over
Nor have wings to fly
We must build a boat
To carry them over
And pray they'll reach the other side
Cause the water is wide
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Take Me As I Am
03:42
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I fell down on my knees today
I put my hands together and prayed
For someone to come and take me away
I tried calling out on the hills
Tried everything, those little magic pills
But when the days start to fade
It only seems like a waste
I wasn't born yesterday
From her redeeming grace
Oh take me as I am
Use of me what you still can
Love me love me for what's left I am
Oh the things I said I'd never do
How they've become routine too soon
And the darkness don't scare me like holidays do
So I find myself down on my knees
Saying words like lord and anything and please
And though they've never meant that much to me
I need something to hold onto in my sleep
Oh now don't look at me
With that face full of pity
Or like you wanna run away
All I've ever wanted was to end up okay
Oh take me as I am
Use of me what you still can
Love me love me for what's left I am
Oh take my hands before they crumble
Kiss my cheeks before they sink
Lay my weary head on flesh still warm enough to comfort me
I may be thin and sore and weak
But the bull's still in there inside of me
Waitin and wishin to be let free
Oh take me as I am
Use of me what you still can
Love me love me for what's left I am
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Sweet Lovin Boy
02:55
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I fell in love with a boy
Who lights up my world
Every time he's here
He'd fix all my troubles
Anytime he'd come around
And on a stormy day of June
Oh he could make the flowers bloom
Oh he'd wake me up with god's sweetest kisses
He knew the pleasure of an afternoon
But when my loneliness stings like a bee
That sweet lovin boy was gone so soon
I fell in love with a boy
Who lights up my world
Anytime he's here
He'd fix all my troubles
Anytime he'd come around
And on a stormy day of June
Oh that man could make the flowers bloom
Oh he'd wrap me up in the morning
Make sweet love to me all afternoon
But when my darkest hours cling to me
Oh you know that
That sweet lovin boy was gone so soon
Oh but when my loneliness was a dagger in me
Oh you know it's cause
That sweet lovin boy was gone too soon
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Gypsy Song
04:10
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Oh summer oh come soon
Whisper all your trees a bloom
Tell me how to get to the ferry and
Watch over me for now
Oh fiddle tell my tale
Riddle won't you fill my pail
Willow marry us while we're fickle and
Sing me sweetly goodnight
While I'm gone
While I'm on my way
Oh sun warm my back
Moonlight won't you guide my path
River take us to the ocean's edge
And wash the little that I have
While I'm gone
While I'm on my way home
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Laura Auer Los Angeles, California
My grandfather always said that we are here for two reasons; to experience love and to experience beauty.
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