LEAD
US
R. Martin
Take the reigns
So we both can rise
I've
got a handicap
You're the one who must
Lead us now.
Down the road
That twists and sways
Remember once I'd taken us this way
But it's
different now
Lead us.
Tell them nothing
Lead us
I'm not ashamed
to say
That it takes this man
To get me back to a place
Where I'm
feeling
More like a woman.
No matter how strong I am
I can be
that and needing
Lead us now
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Here
The Same But Different
R. Martin/S. Cardenas
Even if you
choose to go
On your seperate way
I'm hoping you'll be back
Here the
same but different.
Colder bodies colder still
Swollen in the morning
I remember watching you
Wake into your sorrow
Helpless there I'd
try to keep you
Safe from what's inside
Way down where I couldn't reach
you
To rest for just a while
Will you ever come to trust
In the
passing time
So they'll be room for both of us
Here the same but different.
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These
Bones Are Yours Alone
R. Martin
You're not what you say you
are
Broken and tired
These bones are yours alone.
The truth doesn't
matters
When it's twisted and mired
These bones are yours alone.
Noone
knows, noone understands
There's comfort in thinking you're alone
Stuffed
inside a pearly shell
To keep anyone from getting in
These bones are yours
alone.
You're not what you say you are
Voices and choirs
What's
yours is soon coming
It's tragic but beautiful
These bones are yours alone.
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If
Only
R. Martin
Lost entirely to a soft innocence
And
a young girls in love
Trusting everything to his hand
That's what's to
be expected
She'll give her life
Before she even knows it
Chanting
Christian vows
She barely understands If only
"God is good" she repeats
to herself
Everything's in black and white
All of the maidens all of the
men
Were taken by her beauty
She'll give her life
Before she even
knows it
Chanting Christian vows
She barely understands
If Only
In
a starry sky
Filled with flickering wishes
One for you and I
I thought
I knew
If only...
I could speak my mind
Without the chorus mocking.
If there's a god I think he'd disagree
With most everyone.
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I'd
Like To Think It's Coming
R. Martin
If your love is meant
for me
What are the questions for?
When love has come to me before
What
makes yours unique?
I'd jump through this open door
If I had your word
When everything comes crashing down
My voice could still be heard.
Is
that too much of me to ask of you?
Are you just another passing through?
To
be loved as much as I can love
I'd like to think it's coming.
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It's
Only Love
R. Martin
They were searching
In and out of
city bars
We were lucky
Nobody had found us.
In the back room
You
look like a holy man
And I believe in
Every word you're saying
Without
him she is empty.
But with him she's unsure.
Don't be afraid
Of
what you're feeling for me.
Because this mess we've made
Is only love.
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When
The Rain Comes
R. Martin
When the rain comes
To clear
the cuts of summer skins
When the rain comes in
You will find out
What
you're made of only then
When the rain comes in
There you'll know
Which
way you're going.
Start again
But I think he's watching
Once was
trespassed
Is now looked over and fenced in
Where the rain comes in.
And
you wonder
If you'll find your feet again
When the rain comes in.
Now
you know
Which way you're going.
Start again
But I think he's watching
you.
Take your chances
Leave him now while you still can
Let the
rain come in.
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It
Won't Be Long
R. Martin/R. Julian
Her loss came today
Written
out on paper
It won't be long
The tilt of it's hand
Had taken forever
It won't be long
In a world where noone
Seems to be thinking
Keep
your thoughts warm
And forgiving.
That's when you know
You're turning
a corner
It won't be long
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Learning
R.
Martin
On her way home she starts to cry
This feeling, though fleeting
Gets
worse each time
It can't be blamed
For trying
A gentle warning
Pay
no mind
All her wanting
Was met with silence.
She can't be blamed
For
trying.
In a bedroom
Of pine and grizzle
It's her home now
It's
home now
Home
Strength is a weakness sometimes
I'd comfort her
if I could
But I don't know how
You can't be blamed
For trying
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East
Andover
R. Martin
She's late again
Grab your coat and
then
Wake mother from her slumber.
Take her to the bus
Because
soon they'll be waiting at the corner.
All the times
She couldn't count
if she tried
On her second grade fingers
Wishing to be with the snow covered
trees
In the fields of East Andover
Late again
What's the hurry
then?
Sometimes mother knows best.
"The day's begun. Live it like
your last one."
In the fields of East Andover
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Old
Familiar Song
R. Martin
Another season's passed by
Without
a sign without a single word
You used to say that you loved me
And I would
say the same to you in return
Like an old familiar song I'd want to hear
Over again
I remember you in the city
With yellow hair and moon
white skin
Singing songs that brought the house down
Forgiving for whatever
mood you'd be in
You could count on it
With an old familiar song they'd
want to hear
Over again
"What a genius!
Their way with words
and melody!"
Just like me they read you wrong
In an old familiar
song we'd want to hear
Over again
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Lonesome
Town
R. Martin
I'm staying in the city
In the dim light
I feel complete
Though the plaster walls
I've worked long and hard for
Are moving in
You will find me sleeping
Without a single soul around
Someone unwinding
In a lonesome part of town
In my best dress and
make-up
To meet the night I can hardly reach the sink
Everything's cock-eyed
To
the drunk that I'm turning into
I've turned into
You will find me sleeping
Without a single soul around
Someone unwinding
In a lonesome part
of town
I don't want your sympathy
When I go to speak
Stop and
listen to me
Don't turn away
From the words of the gray and aging.
You
will find me sleeping
Without a single soul around
Someone unwinding
In
a lonesome part of town Lonesome town.
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I'm
Not Afraid
R. Martin
I don't mind that I'm not afraid
The
weight of words in a sentiment
"I can love" he said
Finally
my heart will lead my mind
Stop the maddening thoughts
And simply be with
you.
I'm not afraid
Three flights up to his tenement
"I'm alone"
he said.
Finally my heart will lead my mind
Stop the maddening thoughts
And simply be with you
I'm not afraidown Lonesome town.
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Gone
Like The Season Does
R. Martin
The wind swept through the
valley
Screaming through the willow up to me
It's mostly quiet here but
not today
What will become of me?
Just one touch love and I can see
Your hand's turned cold and stone-like
Our love's only one small part
of everything
But love is all we need
Love is all we need -
To make
the days mean something
Soft and warm as the the summers here remember?
Gone
like the season does
Gone like the season does
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I'm
The One
R. Martin
In a dream I've seen a man
Dressed
in jet black and saying, "
"For as long as I have known you there's been
trouble following you."
Like a ghost but human
In my head wanting
to touch the sands "
"For as long as I have known you there's been trouble
following you."
It's alright
Fly away
What's to come
You
needn't say
I'm the one
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Play
For Me
R. Martin
Now the door is open
Sing your melody
Play for me, love.
When all the words are spoken
Coarse and empty
Play for me
Play for me, love.
Music is for anyone
Who's open
to hear
There's nothing between us
But notes in the air
You are
a beauty
I can see you
In your song
Play for me, Love.
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