Angel Standing By

All through the night I’ll be standing over youAll through the night I’ll be watching over youAnd through bad dreams I’ll be right there, baby,Holding you hand, telling you everything is all rightAnd when you cry I’ll be right thereTelling you were never anything less than beautifulSo don’t you worryI’m […]


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Morning Song

Let the phone ring, let’s go back to sleepLet the world spin outside out door, you’re the only one that I wanna seeTell your boss you’re sick, hurry, get back in I’m getting coldGet over here and warm my hands up, boy, it’s you they love to holdAnd stop thinking […]


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Pieces Of You

She’s an ugly girlDoes that make you want to kill herShe’s an ugly girlDo you wanna kick in her faceShe’s an ugly girlShe doesn’t pose a threatShe’s an ugly girlDoes that make you feel safeUgly girl, Ugly girlDo you hate herCuz she’s pieces of you She’s a pretty girlDoes she […]


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Near You Always

Please don’t say I love youThose words touch me much too deeplyAnd they make my core tremble Don’t think you realize the effect you have over meAnd please don’t look at me like thatIt just makes me want to make you near me always Please don’t kiss me so sweetIt […]


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Amen

You’re mothers’ childbut night lays you downhair aflame, wile look in your eyeNaked belly to the groundA forest fireNibbles at your veinsCrawls up your armruns away with your mindAnd burns dry thoughts like leavesAmenEyes stare upbut something’s in the wayIn the Bible only angels have wingsAnd the rest must wait […]


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Painters

Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the front porchWatching the clouds roll byThey remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of times long ago.When she used to color carelessly painted his portraitA thousand times-or maybe just his smile-And she and her canvas would follow him […]


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Adrian

Adrian came home again last summerThings just haven’t been the same around herePeople talk, and people stareOh Adrian, come out and play An unforunate accident in a canoeDr. said "i’m sorry not much i can do’The air was so still, his eyes did not blinkOh Adrian, come out and play […]


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Foolish Games

You took your coat off and stood in the rain,You were always crazy like thatI watched from my window,always felt I was outside looking in on youYou were always the mysterious onewith dark eyes and careless hair,You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to careThen you stood in my doorway, […]


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I’m Sensitive

I was thinking that I might fly todayJust to disprove all the things that you sayIt doesn’t take a tallent to be meanYour words can crush things are unseenSo, please be careful with meI’m sensitive and I’d like to stay that way. You always tell me that it’s impossibleTo be […]


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Little Sister

Hey little sisterI heard you went to Mr. So and SoKnock knock knocking on his door again last nightYou said you needed it badAnd You know that ain’t rightCuz so many times you’ve come to meCry cryingYou said it hurt so badBut please don’t let you go back for more […]


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Daddy

My bones are tired, daddyI don’t get enough sleepI don’t eat as good as I could, daddyWhat’s that say about me?You know sometimes, I sleep past noon, daddyI drink lots of black coffeAnd I smoke like a chimneeAnd yes, I left the refridgerator door half open, dadyWhat’s that say about […]


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Don’t

Don’t walk too closeDon’t breath so softDon’t look so sweetDon’t singDon’t lay oh so nearPlease don’t let me fall in love with youAgain Please let me forgetAll those sweet smilesAll the passionAll of the heat, the peace, the painAnd all those blue skiesWhere your words were my freedomPlease don’t let […]


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