Rainy Days

Looking back on rainy daysHow I’d hate those rainy daysStayin’ home, watch the wind blowAll alone by my window Now, I love those rainy daysYou and I just locked awayLying here, love surrounds usThe skies are clear all around us Funny, for me, everything has changedAnd the bad days feel […]


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I Remember

I remember skyIt was blue as inkOr at least, I thinkI remember sky I remember snowSoft as feathers,Sharp as thumbtacks,Coming down like lintAnd it made me squintWhen the wind would blow And ice like vinyl on the streets,Cold as silver, white as sheetsRain like stringsAnd changing thingsLike leaves I remember […]


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Another Woman in Love

Nothing’s worse than redundancyHow true, how trueBut I keep thinking the same old thoughtsWhen I’m with youThis has gone way past affectionIt’s my favorite directionShe’s right there in my reflectionI’m another woman in love My horoscope gave the go-aheadI know…you knewAnd here’s the proof that I’m looking forThe sky is […]


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I Could Have Been a Sailor

I’m a happy womanI made my choice in lifeI chose to settle downI chose to be a wifeAnd I take pleasure in my quiet hearthAnd happy homeI never gave my heartIts chance to roam I could have been a sailorAnd sailed the seven seasThe wind in my face all dayCan […]


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I Like You, You’re Nice

I like you, you’re niceSeems like I’ve known you for yearsBut we met just a moment agoWouldn’t you know we’re such old friends?And I like you a lotSo, don’t go You’re nice, you’re very much meHow very nice we could beBut we wouldn’t have all that we haveLet’s never know […]


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Something I Thought I’d Never Do

Too many times,I’ve sat across a tableLending a sympathetic earKnowing exactly what I’ll hearConcealing my impatienceWith a friend who falls apartWho’s let some guy walk off with her heartHe’s gone, she can’t forget, it’s nothing newDepending upon your point of view So many times,Women have a weaknessFor building their lives […]


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Right as the Rain

Right as the rainThat falls from aboveSo real, so rightIs our loveIt came like the springThat breaks through the snowI can’t say what it may bringI only know, I only know It’s right to believeWhatever gave your eyes this glow,Whatever gave my heart this songCan’t be wrongIt’s right as the […]


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Confession

I never kissed a man beforeOh, isn’t that a shame?I never kissed a man before,Before I knew his name I never had a taste for wineOh, isn’t that a sin?I never had a taste for wine,For wine can’t compare with gin It’s nice as nice can beMy faith is at […]


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Some Other Time

Where has the time all gone to?Haven’t done half the things I want toOh well, we’ll catch up some other time This day was just a tokenToo many words are still unspokenOh well, we’ll catch up some other time Just when the fun was starting,Comes the time for partingBut let’s […]


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Make the Man Love Me

You kissed me once by mistakeThought I was somebody elseI felt that kiss and I enviedThat somebody elseI wanted you for myselfI guess I was shameless and boldBut I made a plan in my heartI’ve never breathed, I’ve never told I must try to make the man love me,Make the […]


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Long Ago (and Far Away)/All the Things You Are

Long ago and far away,I dreamed a dream one dayAnd now, that dream is here beside meLong the skies were overcastBut now, the clouds have passed:You’re here, at last! Chills run up and down my spineAladdin’s lamp is mineThe dream I dreamed was not denied me Just one look and […]


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