New York City lyrics - Paula Cole
You left me standing there
At the top of the stoop
Of a federal brown stone
You left me standing there
With my heart in my hands
At Hudson & Barrow
Oh, life didn't let me
Oh, pity
New York City
You left us standing there
In our favorite cafe
Mon Petit [?]
I saw the future landscape
Of different families
Divided in two states
Oh, life didn't let me
Oh, pity
New York City
All those dreams
On my sleeve
Star maker machinery looking down at me
Laughing at my idiocy
All those dreams
So naive
What am I gonna do now I've lost everything?
What am I gonna do now I've lost everything
In the same city
In the same city that made me?
I left you wiser there
With realizations
Of romance and sorrow
I sailed up North again
Back to my homeland
And left you forever
Oh, she loved you, didn't she?
Oh, pity
New York City
At the top of the stoop
Of a federal brown stone
You left me standing there
With my heart in my hands
At Hudson & Barrow
Oh, life didn't let me
Oh, pity
New York City
You left us standing there
In our favorite cafe
Mon Petit [?]
I saw the future landscape
Of different families
Divided in two states
Oh, life didn't let me
Oh, pity
New York City
All those dreams
On my sleeve
Star maker machinery looking down at me
Laughing at my idiocy
All those dreams
So naive
What am I gonna do now I've lost everything?
What am I gonna do now I've lost everything
In the same city
In the same city that made me?
I left you wiser there
With realizations
Of romance and sorrow
I sailed up North again
Back to my homeland
And left you forever
Oh, she loved you, didn't she?
Oh, pity
New York City
Salt Of The Sea lyrics - Paula Cole
I'm but a lover
I was a map for love
(No)
Leaders or partners
They rule from all their thrones
Give it a, give it a
Give it a go
Give it a, give it a go
I will relinquish
The kingdom and Queen-ship
If you will have all of me
I am not peace
I am not ease
I am the salt of the sea
And if you want me
You have to love me
For all that I am
Sensitively
I am a lover
That's all that I want to be
(Yeah)
But though I'm a poor one
Will you still have me?
Give it a, give it a
Give it a go
Give it a, give it a go
I never wanted
This proclivity
To wear so much heart on my sleeve
I am not peace
I am not ease
I am the salt of the sea
And if you want me
Then love all of me
For all that I am
Sensitively
And I didn't hurt you
And I didn't fall
I'm just a reminder
Of the truth and the known
I am not peace
I am not ease
I am the salt of the sea
And if you want me
Then love me for of me
All of my sensitivity
I am not peace
I am not ease
I am the salt of the sea
And if you love me
Then hold on to me
And love all the salt of the sea
Give it a, give it a
Give it a go
Give it a, give it a go
I was a map for love
(No)
Leaders or partners
They rule from all their thrones
Give it a, give it a
Give it a go
Give it a, give it a go
I will relinquish
The kingdom and Queen-ship
If you will have all of me
I am not peace
I am not ease
I am the salt of the sea
And if you want me
You have to love me
For all that I am
Sensitively
I am a lover
That's all that I want to be
(Yeah)
But though I'm a poor one
Will you still have me?
Give it a, give it a
Give it a go
Give it a, give it a go
I never wanted
This proclivity
To wear so much heart on my sleeve
I am not peace
I am not ease
I am the salt of the sea
And if you want me
Then love all of me
For all that I am
Sensitively
And I didn't hurt you
And I didn't fall
I'm just a reminder
Of the truth and the known
I am not peace
I am not ease
I am the salt of the sea
And if you want me
Then love me for of me
All of my sensitivity
I am not peace
I am not ease
I am the salt of the sea
And if you love me
Then hold on to me
And love all the salt of the sea
Give it a, give it a
Give it a go
Give it a, give it a go
Life Goes On lyrics - Paula Cole
Love child accident born to children themselves,
She nearly died on the table giving birth to her first back in ’63,
That was my sister Irene.
Moved into the trailer park in Ithaca, New York,
Took another job while he was going to school,
Another mouth to feed,
Well, that was me.
[Chorus:]
Oh round and round and round we go,
The seasons melt away like snow,
Oh round and round and round we go,
The years they pass away and life goes on.
Couldn’t stop trying too damned hard,
Being everything to everybody but he couldn’t hold up his heart,
And it broke him down.
So he left that town.
Moved again to the cold blue North, little town on the sea,
Innocent dreams of hope that they’d grow to be,
A little better than what he had.
[Chorus]
Father, eagle-scout, mentor, boy.
Silence the table with that bear in your voice.
My frozen fear, my swallowed tears,
Always coming down the hardest on the ones that you love best.
All my life I’ve looked to your eyes.
I’m looking back on the younger me trying so hard,
A fragile bird in the golden girl seeking love,
Her father’s child, walking in his stride.
And I’m looking now at the older man you’ve turned out to be,
The hardness has softened to empathy,
We’ve made amends, we’re better friends.
[Chorus]
She nearly died on the table giving birth to her first back in ’63,
That was my sister Irene.
Moved into the trailer park in Ithaca, New York,
Took another job while he was going to school,
Another mouth to feed,
Well, that was me.
[Chorus:]
Oh round and round and round we go,
The seasons melt away like snow,
Oh round and round and round we go,
The years they pass away and life goes on.
Couldn’t stop trying too damned hard,
Being everything to everybody but he couldn’t hold up his heart,
And it broke him down.
So he left that town.
Moved again to the cold blue North, little town on the sea,
Innocent dreams of hope that they’d grow to be,
A little better than what he had.
[Chorus]
Father, eagle-scout, mentor, boy.
Silence the table with that bear in your voice.
My frozen fear, my swallowed tears,
Always coming down the hardest on the ones that you love best.
All my life I’ve looked to your eyes.
I’m looking back on the younger me trying so hard,
A fragile bird in the golden girl seeking love,
Her father’s child, walking in his stride.
And I’m looking now at the older man you’ve turned out to be,
The hardness has softened to empathy,
We’ve made amends, we’re better friends.
[Chorus]
Strong Beautiful Woman lyrics - Paula Cole
Strong, beautiful woman, oh so don’t let the world get you down,
Look within yourself and remember who you are.
Ten years old in braids and skirts, I’m flying down the hill,
Down the street to Grandma’s house, I step inside her world.
First she’d hold me, feed me, scold me, patiently she’d heed my moaning,
Then she’d sit me down and tell me this.
You’ll be a strong, beautiful woman, and I won’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth.
You’ll be a strong, beautiful woman, and I won’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who you are.
Twenty-six and leading the band, the troubadour traveling show.
Working in a world of men, broken-hearted and alone.
I lift my head up just long enough to cease self-pitying and doubt,
I feel her spirit with me now.
You are a strong, beautiful woman, so don’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth.
You are a strong, beautiful woman, so don’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember, who you are.
Decades come and decades go, the thirties, forties, on it goes,
Seems I’m always holding on to this.
You are a strong, beautiful woman, so don’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth.
You are a strong, beautiful woman, so don’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who you are.
Look within yourself and remember who you are.
Ten years old in braids and skirts, I’m flying down the hill,
Down the street to Grandma’s house, I step inside her world.
First she’d hold me, feed me, scold me, patiently she’d heed my moaning,
Then she’d sit me down and tell me this.
You’ll be a strong, beautiful woman, and I won’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth.
You’ll be a strong, beautiful woman, and I won’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who you are.
Twenty-six and leading the band, the troubadour traveling show.
Working in a world of men, broken-hearted and alone.
I lift my head up just long enough to cease self-pitying and doubt,
I feel her spirit with me now.
You are a strong, beautiful woman, so don’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth.
You are a strong, beautiful woman, so don’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember, who you are.
Decades come and decades go, the thirties, forties, on it goes,
Seems I’m always holding on to this.
You are a strong, beautiful woman, so don’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth.
You are a strong, beautiful woman, so don’t let the world let you down.
Look within yourself and remember who you are.
Eloise lyrics - Paula Cole
I know I’m not the woman you married,
those things we promised aren’t true
Like better for worse and loving as well as we could.
The most beautiful woman I witnessed,
I knew when your eyes met my eyes,
I thanked sweet Mary cause inside I died
Eloise, Eloise, forgive me please
So how did dark clouds come over,
and hurricane through our home,
you fell out of love,
And started to look around.
the jealousy I feel inside me,
is a tiger I cannot control.
I'm loving you, hating you
Spiraling down to hell.
Eloise, Eloise, forgive me please
You borrowed my Ford 55’ pickup,
I found it parked in the lot
[?]
You alone in my truck.
And then I don’t’ know what came over,
cause I don’t’ remember the blood,
From the bullet holes, the handcuffs, the cops,
Eloise, Eloise, forgive me please
Still you arrive at the hour,
still you stay married to me,
Our love will live through this.
Eloise, Eloise, forgive me please
those things we promised aren’t true
Like better for worse and loving as well as we could.
The most beautiful woman I witnessed,
I knew when your eyes met my eyes,
I thanked sweet Mary cause inside I died
Eloise, Eloise, forgive me please
So how did dark clouds come over,
and hurricane through our home,
you fell out of love,
And started to look around.
the jealousy I feel inside me,
is a tiger I cannot control.
I'm loving you, hating you
Spiraling down to hell.
Eloise, Eloise, forgive me please
You borrowed my Ford 55’ pickup,
I found it parked in the lot
[?]
You alone in my truck.
And then I don’t’ know what came over,
cause I don’t’ remember the blood,
From the bullet holes, the handcuffs, the cops,
Eloise, Eloise, forgive me please
Still you arrive at the hour,
still you stay married to me,
Our love will live through this.
Eloise, Eloise, forgive me please
Sorrow-On-The-Hudson lyrics - Paula Cole
Saturn returned to Aries and my star rose and rose,
I found my little town shoes walking down a red carpet,
Naively placed by flashing bulbs.
At school we were lovers then reunited in the eye of this storm,
But love and luck collided and I followed the work,
Arm in arm at the shining top but crumbling inside,
Smiling for the public but still holding back the nervous breakdowns.
Saturn returned to Aries and my love dove and dove.
The separation ache forked our way,
And you silently withheld.
With trust and courage we confessed to a steely-eyed counselor,
But it was too late we had paved our fate,
An abyss behind Saturn’s door.
There’s a sorrow on that Hudson,
There’s an eagle who is flying looking for
a single treetop to alight and make her nest.
Saturn returned to Aries in this house I bought for two,
So cavernous and lonely in this ivory tower,
Here without you.
Oh pain my teacher, my embittered friend,
Here you come to guide me again and again and again.
And I look outside my window and all I see is you:
Sorrow-on-the-Hudson, sunsets withering West,
I wake up, palpitations screaming in my breast,
I will get over this, I will grow past you,
Sorrow-on-the-Hudson show me what to do.
There’s a sorrow on that Hudson,
There’s an Indian who’s crying to the buildings
that are built upon his fathers’ fathers.
There’s a me who dying in your cold and mighty waters.
I found my little town shoes walking down a red carpet,
Naively placed by flashing bulbs.
At school we were lovers then reunited in the eye of this storm,
But love and luck collided and I followed the work,
Arm in arm at the shining top but crumbling inside,
Smiling for the public but still holding back the nervous breakdowns.
Saturn returned to Aries and my love dove and dove.
The separation ache forked our way,
And you silently withheld.
With trust and courage we confessed to a steely-eyed counselor,
But it was too late we had paved our fate,
An abyss behind Saturn’s door.
There’s a sorrow on that Hudson,
There’s an eagle who is flying looking for
a single treetop to alight and make her nest.
Saturn returned to Aries in this house I bought for two,
So cavernous and lonely in this ivory tower,
Here without you.
Oh pain my teacher, my embittered friend,
Here you come to guide me again and again and again.
And I look outside my window and all I see is you:
Sorrow-on-the-Hudson, sunsets withering West,
I wake up, palpitations screaming in my breast,
I will get over this, I will grow past you,
Sorrow-on-the-Hudson show me what to do.
There’s a sorrow on that Hudson,
There’s an Indian who’s crying to the buildings
that are built upon his fathers’ fathers.
There’s a me who dying in your cold and mighty waters.
Manitoba lyrics - Paula Cole
Falling North, of the Arctic Circle inside of you,
The bleakness, the cold eye of ice in you.
Tundra-heart, you banish all memories, all feeling,
You’re a distant cold-shoulder, I’m reeling.
Oh, we’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba.
(oh, oh, oh, oh)
Therapy, that big trigger-word that changes you,
And touches the bulls-eye of rage in you.
What’s your fear?
Remembering the abandoned little child,
Retreating in books while your father’s wild,
Oh, we’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba
Oh, we’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba.
(oh, oh, oh, oh)
Right by your side, naked and wide,
I feel my insides, start to come up inside my mouth.
It’s what I give, into this sieve,
It’s worse than lonely,
It’s hot tar on my innocence.
We’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba,
We’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba,
We’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba.
It’s what I give, into this sieve, it’s worse than lonely,
It’s hot tar on my innocence,
Right by your side, naked and wide,
It’s worse than lonely, it’s hot tar on my innocence.
The bleakness, the cold eye of ice in you.
Tundra-heart, you banish all memories, all feeling,
You’re a distant cold-shoulder, I’m reeling.
Oh, we’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba.
(oh, oh, oh, oh)
Therapy, that big trigger-word that changes you,
And touches the bulls-eye of rage in you.
What’s your fear?
Remembering the abandoned little child,
Retreating in books while your father’s wild,
Oh, we’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba
Oh, we’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba.
(oh, oh, oh, oh)
Right by your side, naked and wide,
I feel my insides, start to come up inside my mouth.
It’s what I give, into this sieve,
It’s worse than lonely,
It’s hot tar on my innocence.
We’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba,
We’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba,
We’re as dead as doors, we’re as dead as ashes,
Walking through your Manitoba, walking through your Manitoba.
It’s what I give, into this sieve, it’s worse than lonely,
It’s hot tar on my innocence,
Right by your side, naked and wide,
It’s worse than lonely, it’s hot tar on my innocence.
Scream lyrics - Paula Cole
Everyone is happy here
Until you walk in
Tossing your poison around and
Silencing with your toxicity
You cannot hear me scream.
Morning routines, bedtime routines,
Going through our motions here
Living inside the romanticizing,
That trapped us in a wicked dream.
I have lost my scream.
I am all alone on the rooftops
Wanting to fall.
I will let the wind hold my body
Drowning me out.
Can’t believe, can’t believe,
I’m back here at the table,
Watching your crooked ways
As you sashay through the kitchen scene,
God where is my scream?
I am all alone on the rooftops,
Wanting to fall.
I will let the wind into my heart
and devour these killing thoughts.
Somehow, somehow,
I’ve gotta pull myself through this,
There is a way to peace,
Discovering the dormant beast.
The one lost in my scream.
Open up my feelings.
God where is my scream?
Until you walk in
Tossing your poison around and
Silencing with your toxicity
You cannot hear me scream.
Morning routines, bedtime routines,
Going through our motions here
Living inside the romanticizing,
That trapped us in a wicked dream.
I have lost my scream.
I am all alone on the rooftops
Wanting to fall.
I will let the wind hold my body
Drowning me out.
Can’t believe, can’t believe,
I’m back here at the table,
Watching your crooked ways
As you sashay through the kitchen scene,
God where is my scream?
I am all alone on the rooftops,
Wanting to fall.
I will let the wind into my heart
and devour these killing thoughts.
Somehow, somehow,
I’ve gotta pull myself through this,
There is a way to peace,
Discovering the dormant beast.
The one lost in my scream.
Open up my feelings.
God where is my scream?
Imaginary Man lyrics - Paula Cole
I see him in my father,
I sense him in my mother,
My sister holds it in her hands,
It’s the heart of the Imaginary Man,
Oh I’ll do everything I can,
For the heart of the Imaginary Man,
I want to give all I can.
I look around me, the crowd about me,
There’s nobody to call to, nobody to hear me,
I’ll turn my back on them, I’m, I’m giving you my heart,
There’s somebody who loves me, who’s in my arms.
He comes to me when I’m sleeping,
To confess and tease and keep me bound,
He comes to me when I’m dreaming,
To ask me for my hand in vow,
Oh I’ll do everything I can,
For the heart of the Imaginary Man,
I want to give all I can.
I look around me, the crowd about me,
There’s nobody to call to, nobody to hear me,
I’ll turn my back on them, I’m, I’m giving you my heart,
There’s somebody who loves me, who’s in my arms.
Call me a lunatic for what I care, who on earth is better than the air –
Spiking the hair upon the small of my back,
Keeping me collared, enslaved and daggered,
No one knows my man, no one knows my secret plan –
I look around me, the crowd about me,
There’s nobody to call to, nobody to hear me,
I’ll turn my back on them, I’m, I’m giving you my heart,
There’s somebody who loves me, who’s in my arms.
I sense him in my mother,
My sister holds it in her hands,
It’s the heart of the Imaginary Man,
Oh I’ll do everything I can,
For the heart of the Imaginary Man,
I want to give all I can.
I look around me, the crowd about me,
There’s nobody to call to, nobody to hear me,
I’ll turn my back on them, I’m, I’m giving you my heart,
There’s somebody who loves me, who’s in my arms.
He comes to me when I’m sleeping,
To confess and tease and keep me bound,
He comes to me when I’m dreaming,
To ask me for my hand in vow,
Oh I’ll do everything I can,
For the heart of the Imaginary Man,
I want to give all I can.
I look around me, the crowd about me,
There’s nobody to call to, nobody to hear me,
I’ll turn my back on them, I’m, I’m giving you my heart,
There’s somebody who loves me, who’s in my arms.
Call me a lunatic for what I care, who on earth is better than the air –
Spiking the hair upon the small of my back,
Keeping me collared, enslaved and daggered,
No one knows my man, no one knows my secret plan –
I look around me, the crowd about me,
There’s nobody to call to, nobody to hear me,
I’ll turn my back on them, I’m, I’m giving you my heart,
There’s somebody who loves me, who’s in my arms.
Billy Joe lyrics - Paula Cole
The snowstorm blankets Cinncinnati.
A black crow flies straight to my window
He looks me in the eye and tells me,
The price for this will bring you sorrow.
Billy Joe, I cast a shadow, from the darkness in my soul,
Billy Joe, I lost control, the little girl who can’t say no.
The bus pulls in another city,
Wake up and don’t know where we are.
Four months without a loving shoulder.
At night I cannot fight the loving you start.
Billy Joe, I cast a shadow, from the darkness in my soul,
Billy Joe, I lost control, it was just a passing whimsical…
Billy Joe, Billy Joe, Billy Joe
Billy Joe, Billy Joe, Billy Joe
The price for this will bring you sorrow…
Billy Joe, I cast a shadow, from the darkness in my soul,
Billy Joe, you think you know - once burned twice sociological,
Billy Joe, don’t be cold, my mistakes are no worse than yours,
Billy Joe, this lonely road, conjures up the inner ghosts,
Billy Joe, I let you go, spread my legs to ease this woe,
Billy Joe, It was just a moment, don’t you see that I am yours.
Billy Joe, Billy Joe, Billy Joe.
A black crow flies straight to my window
He looks me in the eye and tells me,
The price for this will bring you sorrow.
Billy Joe, I cast a shadow, from the darkness in my soul,
Billy Joe, I lost control, the little girl who can’t say no.
The bus pulls in another city,
Wake up and don’t know where we are.
Four months without a loving shoulder.
At night I cannot fight the loving you start.
Billy Joe, I cast a shadow, from the darkness in my soul,
Billy Joe, I lost control, it was just a passing whimsical…
Billy Joe, Billy Joe, Billy Joe
Billy Joe, Billy Joe, Billy Joe
The price for this will bring you sorrow…
Billy Joe, I cast a shadow, from the darkness in my soul,
Billy Joe, you think you know - once burned twice sociological,
Billy Joe, don’t be cold, my mistakes are no worse than yours,
Billy Joe, this lonely road, conjures up the inner ghosts,
Billy Joe, I let you go, spread my legs to ease this woe,
Billy Joe, It was just a moment, don’t you see that I am yours.
Billy Joe, Billy Joe, Billy Joe.
Secretary lyrics - Paula Cole
I’ll be your secretary, oh.
I’ll fetch your vodka on the rocks,
I’ll be your secretary, oh,
I’ll reach up towards the highest shelf and,
You’ll sidle up behind me,
I do not know you’re there,
Until I feel your hands are sliding hands up my two thighs and I…
And I want it violent,
And I want it mental,
And I want it gentle.
I’ll be your secretary, oh,
I’ll kneel down on the floor (in front of you)
I’ll be your secretary, oh,
I’ll open up my mouth and you will
lift me up and lay me over
Your secretary,
Until I feel your hands are sliding hands up my two thighs and I…
And I want it violent,
And I want it mental,
And I want it gentle.
I’ll be your secretary, oh,
So kneel down on the floor in front of me,
You’ll be my secretary, oh,
Now come and be my Florence Nightingale.
I want you in my apron,
I want you to paint the walls,
I want to come and smack you,
Make you hot and sore, now get down on the floor, and I…
And I want it violent,
And I want it mental,
And I want it gentle.
I’ll be your secretary, oh.
Why Don't You Go? lyrics - Paula Cole
Don’t believe, you’re still with me,
How much pain, can we take?
Why don’t you go?
Why don’t you go?
Why don’t you go a-lookin’ boy,
and find another girl,
Why don’t you go.
Do you really want me?
All of my ugly?
Seems I bleed the one,
the one I love this deeply.
Why don’t you go?
Why don’t you go?
Why don’t you go a-lookin’ boy,
and find another girl,
Why don’t’ you go.
A plague of low self-esteem.
Pathetic, fulfilling needs.
Just leave me emptier.
The shame to face the mirror.
I see her she’s calling, calling.
She’s crying for freedom, freedom.
The light in her eyes is an angel’s.
With love she’ll break from her shell.
How much pain, can we take?
Why don’t you go?
Why don’t you go?
Why don’t you go a-lookin’ boy,
and find another girl,
Why don’t you go.
Do you really want me?
All of my ugly?
Seems I bleed the one,
the one I love this deeply.
Why don’t you go?
Why don’t you go?
Why don’t you go a-lookin’ boy,
and find another girl,
Why don’t’ you go.
A plague of low self-esteem.
Pathetic, fulfilling needs.
Just leave me emptier.
The shame to face the mirror.
I see her she’s calling, calling.
She’s crying for freedom, freedom.
The light in her eyes is an angel’s.
With love she’ll break from her shell.
Red Corsette lyrics - Paula Cole
I am not your enemy, I am not your dream unlived.
I am just this song I have today.
All I have is melody and string.
If Frida Kahlo could see us here together, here today,
She’d paint us in some churches, in some feathers, in some gray.
She’d see us in our suffering and cut our arteries,
And there would flow down fountains, flow down fountains
From my Red Corsette.
Whale bone from the killing of the largest peaceful being,
Is blue and bound around my waist and will not let me sing,
I cannot breathe, I feel too faint just as they’d have me be,
But I do not belong here, I am shedding off this, shredding off this
Red Corsette.
I am not your enemy, I am not your dream unlived.
I am just this song I have today.
All I have is melody and pain.
I don’t have the words inside for oceans upon oceans cried,
All I have is this song today.
And I’ll sing it now for those who cannot,
Sing it now for those who dare not,
Sing it now for those who know not,
Red Corsette.
I am just this song I have today.
All I have is melody and string.
If Frida Kahlo could see us here together, here today,
She’d paint us in some churches, in some feathers, in some gray.
She’d see us in our suffering and cut our arteries,
And there would flow down fountains, flow down fountains
From my Red Corsette.
Whale bone from the killing of the largest peaceful being,
Is blue and bound around my waist and will not let me sing,
I cannot breathe, I feel too faint just as they’d have me be,
But I do not belong here, I am shedding off this, shredding off this
Red Corsette.
I am not your enemy, I am not your dream unlived.
I am just this song I have today.
All I have is melody and pain.
I don’t have the words inside for oceans upon oceans cried,
All I have is this song today.
And I’ll sing it now for those who cannot,
Sing it now for those who dare not,
Sing it now for those who know not,
Red Corsette.
The Hard Way lyrics - Paula Cole
What a fall from Grace, what a cruel deceit,
What a lack of love behind the sociopathy.
Used me for your secrets, used me for some dimes,
Breaking blood upon this single mother’s whipping hide,
And this bitter wisdom makes me quiet and still.
Peace and happiness, in our hearth and home,
Just optimistic wishes from my blind and trusting hope.
If only I had listened to that inner voice,
I never would have carried out that people-pleasing choice.
And this bitter wisdom makes me scared to trust again.
I found out the hard way, I tasted the apple.
Found out the hard way, abandoned the garden of innocence.
Yes I walked the aisle to make a man of you,
But those very papers brought me unexpected truth.
Crawling back to zero, these lessons in my life,
Bring me closer to the tender mortal life am I,
And this sober wisdom brings silver linings to light.
I found out the hard way, I tasted the apple,
Found out the hard way, I played in the lightning,
Found out the hard way by pushing the boundaries,
Found out the hard way, abandoned the garden of innocence.
Found out the hard way, discovered a backbone,
Found out the hard way, I learned to love myself,
Found out the hard way, the payment for freedom,
Found out the hard way, abandoned the garden of innocence.
What a lack of love behind the sociopathy.
Used me for your secrets, used me for some dimes,
Breaking blood upon this single mother’s whipping hide,
And this bitter wisdom makes me quiet and still.
Peace and happiness, in our hearth and home,
Just optimistic wishes from my blind and trusting hope.
If only I had listened to that inner voice,
I never would have carried out that people-pleasing choice.
And this bitter wisdom makes me scared to trust again.
I found out the hard way, I tasted the apple.
Found out the hard way, abandoned the garden of innocence.
Yes I walked the aisle to make a man of you,
But those very papers brought me unexpected truth.
Crawling back to zero, these lessons in my life,
Bring me closer to the tender mortal life am I,
And this sober wisdom brings silver linings to light.
I found out the hard way, I tasted the apple,
Found out the hard way, I played in the lightning,
Found out the hard way by pushing the boundaries,
Found out the hard way, abandoned the garden of innocence.
Found out the hard way, discovered a backbone,
Found out the hard way, I learned to love myself,
Found out the hard way, the payment for freedom,
Found out the hard way, abandoned the garden of innocence.
Waiting On A Miracle lyrics - Paula Cole
A tree it grows in Brooklyn, the force it grows in me,
I’m cracking up the concrete of a life that nearly killed me.
A woman’s just a man away from Welfare so they say,
And Lord I know it to be true, when you’re married by the State.
Yes I’m waiting on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in,
Waiting, on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in.
No restraining order, what a fool was she,
A trusting small-town innocent in love with mystery,
You can take the boy from the ghetto, but the ghetto from the boy?
I guess he won his fool’s gold from another woman’s life.
Yes I’m waiting on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in,
Waiting, on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in.
Thank you for the laughter, thank you for these tears,
Thank you for my daughter and teaching me no fear,
The money never mattered, just to pay to get us free,
I have my girl, now leave my world, good luck back on the street.
Yes I’m waiting on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in,
Waiting on a miracle, waiting for the sun to shine in.
I’m cracking up the concrete of a life that nearly killed me.
A woman’s just a man away from Welfare so they say,
And Lord I know it to be true, when you’re married by the State.
Yes I’m waiting on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in,
Waiting, on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in.
No restraining order, what a fool was she,
A trusting small-town innocent in love with mystery,
You can take the boy from the ghetto, but the ghetto from the boy?
I guess he won his fool’s gold from another woman’s life.
Yes I’m waiting on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in,
Waiting, on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in.
Thank you for the laughter, thank you for these tears,
Thank you for my daughter and teaching me no fear,
The money never mattered, just to pay to get us free,
I have my girl, now leave my world, good luck back on the street.
Yes I’m waiting on a miracle, yes I’m waiting for the sun to shine in,
Waiting on a miracle, waiting for the sun to shine in.
Music In Me lyrics - Paula Cole
The echo of shame, the voice inside my head,
The need for love, the insecurity.
Cutting me down, to the fourteen year old girl,
The Father Figure criticizing me.
Go on – through the darkest night,
Cause I know inside the answer’s here in me.
There’s blood on my soul, for speaking out my pain,
Perpetuating hurt in family.
My mother in me – I cannot explain,
My need for love from her will never wane.
Go on – through the darkest night,
Cause I know inside the answer’s here in me.
Go on – the shadowboxing fight
Disappears when all the music’s here in me.
Like an oracle the music’s here in me.
And I thank you God for music here in me.
Go on – through the darkest night,
Cause I know inside the answer’s here in me
Go on – the shadowboxing fight
And I’ll heal with understanding,
And I’ll deal with patient loving,
And I’ll make it cause the music’s here in me.
The need for love, the insecurity.
Cutting me down, to the fourteen year old girl,
The Father Figure criticizing me.
Go on – through the darkest night,
Cause I know inside the answer’s here in me.
There’s blood on my soul, for speaking out my pain,
Perpetuating hurt in family.
My mother in me – I cannot explain,
My need for love from her will never wane.
Go on – through the darkest night,
Cause I know inside the answer’s here in me.
Go on – the shadowboxing fight
Disappears when all the music’s here in me.
Like an oracle the music’s here in me.
And I thank you God for music here in me.
Go on – through the darkest night,
Cause I know inside the answer’s here in me
Go on – the shadowboxing fight
And I’ll heal with understanding,
And I’ll deal with patient loving,
And I’ll make it cause the music’s here in me.
Elegy lyrics - Paula Cole
Who is this hurting mother?
Don’t want to be her now.
Who in the hell’s that sad reflection?
How did I lose myself?
How many times I walk the river, wondering what life’s for,
Sobbing beneath the staid performance,
Too scared to let it out.
Duty calls…duty calls…
Who is this hurting daughter,
Going down the rabbit hole?
Falling into a crushing darkness,
Shedding skins of the soul.
How many times I walk the river, wanting to lose myself?
Weight of an overcoat of sorrow,
Too sensitive for this world.
Duty call…duty calls…
Time to do the drop off, time to make the meals,
Time to greet the neighbors, be a perfect ten,
Smiling in the exterior, but nervous and distressed,
Plodding on this treadmill, take another pill.
Start another morning, wake to the alarm,
Rise up in the darkness, get inside the car,
Join the rank and file, thousands in the flow,
Minnows on the freeway, on and on it goes…
I don’t want to go.
I don’t want to live this.
I don’t want this life.
There is more than this.
Who is that serious child,
The one left alone?
Mother is in the kitchen crying again,
No use to ask for help
So it goes...so it goes...
Don’t want to be her now.
Who in the hell’s that sad reflection?
How did I lose myself?
How many times I walk the river, wondering what life’s for,
Sobbing beneath the staid performance,
Too scared to let it out.
Duty calls…duty calls…
Who is this hurting daughter,
Going down the rabbit hole?
Falling into a crushing darkness,
Shedding skins of the soul.
How many times I walk the river, wanting to lose myself?
Weight of an overcoat of sorrow,
Too sensitive for this world.
Duty call…duty calls…
Time to do the drop off, time to make the meals,
Time to greet the neighbors, be a perfect ten,
Smiling in the exterior, but nervous and distressed,
Plodding on this treadmill, take another pill.
Start another morning, wake to the alarm,
Rise up in the darkness, get inside the car,
Join the rank and file, thousands in the flow,
Minnows on the freeway, on and on it goes…
I don’t want to go.
I don’t want to live this.
I don’t want this life.
There is more than this.
Who is that serious child,
The one left alone?
Mother is in the kitchen crying again,
No use to ask for help
So it goes...so it goes...
Come On Inside lyrics - Paula Cole
You mean the world to me, I knew that moment then.
Your eyes poured into mine, I saw myself.
You now are home to me, it’s in the little things.
We now have years between, silences of knowing,
Eternities in seconds, unfolding in dreams I feel the future of our lives.
Come on inside this broken heart and make a home.
Come on inside these empty arms and hold me close.
Come on inside the bedtime covers, feel my warmth.
Come on inside my secret places, I am yours.
There is a universe, there is a galaxy,
There is an easy chair, here inside of me.
Waiting here for you and me,
Let’s build a life together - I’ve waited too long.
Come on inside this broken heart and make a home.
Come on inside these empty arms and hold me close.
Come on inside the quilted covers, feel my warmth.
Come on inside my secret places, I am yours.
Maybe fire raged, maybe karma played its way,
Maybe all my life was blind so I could find you.
Come on inside this broken heart and make a home.
Come on inside these empty arms and hold me close.
Come on inside the nighttime covers, feel my warmth.
Come on inside my secret places, I am yours.
Your eyes poured into mine, I saw myself.
You now are home to me, it’s in the little things.
We now have years between, silences of knowing,
Eternities in seconds, unfolding in dreams I feel the future of our lives.
Come on inside this broken heart and make a home.
Come on inside these empty arms and hold me close.
Come on inside the bedtime covers, feel my warmth.
Come on inside my secret places, I am yours.
There is a universe, there is a galaxy,
There is an easy chair, here inside of me.
Waiting here for you and me,
Let’s build a life together - I’ve waited too long.
Come on inside this broken heart and make a home.
Come on inside these empty arms and hold me close.
Come on inside the quilted covers, feel my warmth.
Come on inside my secret places, I am yours.
Maybe fire raged, maybe karma played its way,
Maybe all my life was blind so I could find you.
Come on inside this broken heart and make a home.
Come on inside these empty arms and hold me close.
Come on inside the nighttime covers, feel my warmth.
Come on inside my secret places, I am yours.
P.R.E.N.U.P. lyrics - Paula Cole
Prenup, babygirl, prenup baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
This is a page from my own life,
Here’s some advice:
Before you sign on the dotted line,
Filled with hope for the perfect life,
Love yourself enough for peace of mind.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup, baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup, baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
Think of the years you dedicate
Think of today.
Billie and Aretha sang - mind yourself with some self-respect,
Self-love indeed is highest love.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup, baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup, baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
In a D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
Self-R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
F.Y.I., I’m T.C.B.
Cause I.O.U. nothin’ baby,
My P.O.V.’s here for posterity
So you’ll be free A.S.A.P.
P.R.E.N.U.P,
P.R.E.N.U.P.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
This is a page from my own life,
Here’s some advice:
Before you sign on the dotted line,
Filled with hope for the perfect life,
Love yourself enough for peace of mind.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup, baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup, baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
Think of the years you dedicate
Think of today.
Billie and Aretha sang - mind yourself with some self-respect,
Self-love indeed is highest love.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup, baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
Prenup, babygirl, prenup, baby, P.R.E.N.U.P.
In a D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
Self-R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
F.Y.I., I’m T.C.B.
Cause I.O.U. nothin’ baby,
My P.O.V.’s here for posterity
So you’ll be free A.S.A.P.
P.R.E.N.U.P,
P.R.E.N.U.P.
Violet Eyes lyrics - Paula Cole
Years keep dripping away, I notice the little things,
Moments in a mirror, holding the paper farther.
Moving slower and feeling colder,
Scared to trust my heart to another.
But I realized in the bottom of my well, that I was nowhere: safe but still in hell.
I had to pick myself up and believe that I would love again.
Yes, I will love again.
And I’ll love you for life, heart of my cry, darling of mine.
And I’ll walk through this fire, lay down my life, my violet eyes.
Oh Universe, oh Godly place, delivered you in a Christmas cake.
Sweaters and cheddars and knowing your mother,
Poems, and lamas, and children among us,
Valentines, and showing spine,
Going after what was mine
So divine, those kisses on our first night,
And patience and wisdom pulling us to each-other, blessings in finding our life together,
I’m picking myself up and believing that I will love again.
Yes I do love again.
And I’ll love you for life, heart of my cry, darling of mine.
And I’ll walk through this fire, lay down my life, my violet eyes.
A notarized paper will never together make our unity.
The wreckage of marriage, the bloody damned baggage between you and me,
Won’t tarnish this silent of sacred decrees,
That I will, I will be
Yours eternally.
And I’ll love you for life, heart of my cry, darling of mine.
And I’ll walk through this fire, lay down my life, my violet eyes,
Violet eyes, violet eyes.
Moments in a mirror, holding the paper farther.
Moving slower and feeling colder,
Scared to trust my heart to another.
But I realized in the bottom of my well, that I was nowhere: safe but still in hell.
I had to pick myself up and believe that I would love again.
Yes, I will love again.
And I’ll love you for life, heart of my cry, darling of mine.
And I’ll walk through this fire, lay down my life, my violet eyes.
Oh Universe, oh Godly place, delivered you in a Christmas cake.
Sweaters and cheddars and knowing your mother,
Poems, and lamas, and children among us,
Valentines, and showing spine,
Going after what was mine
So divine, those kisses on our first night,
And patience and wisdom pulling us to each-other, blessings in finding our life together,
I’m picking myself up and believing that I will love again.
Yes I do love again.
And I’ll love you for life, heart of my cry, darling of mine.
And I’ll walk through this fire, lay down my life, my violet eyes.
A notarized paper will never together make our unity.
The wreckage of marriage, the bloody damned baggage between you and me,
Won’t tarnish this silent of sacred decrees,
That I will, I will be
Yours eternally.
And I’ll love you for life, heart of my cry, darling of mine.
And I’ll walk through this fire, lay down my life, my violet eyes,
Violet eyes, violet eyes.
Somethin' I've Gotta Say lyrics - Paula Cole
I lost but I did not lose the lesson,
No, I was so lonely there at the top of my mountain,
And I can be the Joan of Arc of courage,
But with one touch of lust I crumbled in his arms.
Maybe I don’t understand what it takes to make it last,
It doesn’t help when little girls are pushed too far and too damned fast,
They grow up to be the woman dancing in a cage,
And learning too late the acquiescing turns to rage.
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say.
What I love is also what I hate.
This music kills me then forces me to stand up straight,
So don’t confuse positivity for naïveté,
The great ones walked through hell to become that way.
And oh my God the tests get harder,
My love and I are torn apart,
Why do I feel I must choose between my music and my heart,
Futile pressure running on this hamster wheel,
I will walk down the path of motherhood I feel.
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say, say, say, say.
All my life I strove to be the first one in my family to achieve,
Grab a hold of that brass ring,
But money’s so empty, the road will leave you lonelier than lonely, I’m sorry,
I learned my lesson late in life and love, forgive me.
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say, in my life, in my time, talking about it.
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say, say, say, say and today’s gonna be my day.
No, I was so lonely there at the top of my mountain,
And I can be the Joan of Arc of courage,
But with one touch of lust I crumbled in his arms.
Maybe I don’t understand what it takes to make it last,
It doesn’t help when little girls are pushed too far and too damned fast,
They grow up to be the woman dancing in a cage,
And learning too late the acquiescing turns to rage.
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say.
What I love is also what I hate.
This music kills me then forces me to stand up straight,
So don’t confuse positivity for naïveté,
The great ones walked through hell to become that way.
And oh my God the tests get harder,
My love and I are torn apart,
Why do I feel I must choose between my music and my heart,
Futile pressure running on this hamster wheel,
I will walk down the path of motherhood I feel.
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say, say, say, say.
All my life I strove to be the first one in my family to achieve,
Grab a hold of that brass ring,
But money’s so empty, the road will leave you lonelier than lonely, I’m sorry,
I learned my lesson late in life and love, forgive me.
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
Somethin’ I’ve gotta say,
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say, in my life, in my time, talking about it.
There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say, say, say, say and today’s gonna be my day.
Sex lyrics - Paula Cole
Come down here and lie with me,
Tonight the soil is wet and ready,
I watched the way you danced tonight,
And I’m picturing you as I touch my inside.
Full pink lips and fingertips,
I’m drinking you in little sips,
God I love you, God I love you,
I’m going to do some things I never dared to do.
I’m going to whisper in your ear,
Tell you little things,
Nasty, trashy, dirty love letters,
More creative than the magazines,
I’ll breathe until you come,
Kiss you ‘til you’re done,
Three thousand miles away,
In another state,
Talking on the telephone.
My sugar’s down deep in South America,
Singing in Brazil,
Where the women shake their nature,
Greased up with fuck-me-pumps and a postage stamp thong.
Better go back to your room,
And call me on the telephone,
Get on my roller coaster ride,
My tilt-a-whirl,
My tunnel of love will make your heart unfurl.
I’m going to whisper in your ear,
Tell you little things,
Nasty, trashy, dirty love letters,
More creative than the magazines,
I’ll breathe until you come,
Kiss you ‘til you’re done,
Three thousand miles away,
In another state,
Talking on the telephone.
Now that you're gone and I'm on the road,
Now that you're gone, I'll love you from afar.
Now that you're gone and I'm on the road,
Now that you're gone, I'll love you from afar.
Get back down upon your knees.
Rip, unzip, undo me, please.
My legs are oiled up, Mamita's down.
I've got my brand new four-inch high heels on.
I’m going to whisper in your ear,
Tell you little things,
Nasty, trashy, dirty love letters,
More creative than the magazines,
I’ll breathe until you come,
Kiss you ‘til you’re done,
Three thousand miles away,
In another state,
Talking on the telephone.
Now that you're gone and I'm on the road,
And now that you're gone, I'll love you from afar.
Now that you're gone and I'm on the road,
And now that you're gone, I'll love you from afar.
Tonight the soil is wet and ready,
I watched the way you danced tonight,
And I’m picturing you as I touch my inside.
Full pink lips and fingertips,
I’m drinking you in little sips,
God I love you, God I love you,
I’m going to do some things I never dared to do.
I’m going to whisper in your ear,
Tell you little things,
Nasty, trashy, dirty love letters,
More creative than the magazines,
I’ll breathe until you come,
Kiss you ‘til you’re done,
Three thousand miles away,
In another state,
Talking on the telephone.
My sugar’s down deep in South America,
Singing in Brazil,
Where the women shake their nature,
Greased up with fuck-me-pumps and a postage stamp thong.
Better go back to your room,
And call me on the telephone,
Get on my roller coaster ride,
My tilt-a-whirl,
My tunnel of love will make your heart unfurl.
I’m going to whisper in your ear,
Tell you little things,
Nasty, trashy, dirty love letters,
More creative than the magazines,
I’ll breathe until you come,
Kiss you ‘til you’re done,
Three thousand miles away,
In another state,
Talking on the telephone.
Now that you're gone and I'm on the road,
Now that you're gone, I'll love you from afar.
Now that you're gone and I'm on the road,
Now that you're gone, I'll love you from afar.
Get back down upon your knees.
Rip, unzip, undo me, please.
My legs are oiled up, Mamita's down.
I've got my brand new four-inch high heels on.
I’m going to whisper in your ear,
Tell you little things,
Nasty, trashy, dirty love letters,
More creative than the magazines,
I’ll breathe until you come,
Kiss you ‘til you’re done,
Three thousand miles away,
In another state,
Talking on the telephone.
Now that you're gone and I'm on the road,
And now that you're gone, I'll love you from afar.
Now that you're gone and I'm on the road,
And now that you're gone, I'll love you from afar.
2 Lifetimes lyrics - Paula Cole
We were born into this life to cry and yearn and learn and die.
We lose the plot, we play the parts,
But only once we have this heart,
This chance between...
2 lifetimes, constellations-sparkling-lectric-energy,
The pull between,
2 lifetimes, take my hand and walk upon the path with me,
Reality, is love.
All we leave behind is lost,
Just things to gather lust and dust.
The house for sale, the grand estates,
The echoes of the somebodies,
Who sought love in...
2 lifetimes, constellations-sparkling-lectric-energy,
The pull between,
2 lifetimes, blessed holy moment in the unity,
The most sacred thing,
2 lifetimes, take my hand and walk upon the path with me,
Reality,
2 lifetimes, rivers under bridges past and future meet,
The way between...
2 lifetimes.
All that lives is love.
We lose the plot, we play the parts,
But only once we have this heart,
This chance between...
2 lifetimes, constellations-sparkling-lectric-energy,
The pull between,
2 lifetimes, take my hand and walk upon the path with me,
Reality, is love.
All we leave behind is lost,
Just things to gather lust and dust.
The house for sale, the grand estates,
The echoes of the somebodies,
Who sought love in...
2 lifetimes, constellations-sparkling-lectric-energy,
The pull between,
2 lifetimes, blessed holy moment in the unity,
The most sacred thing,
2 lifetimes, take my hand and walk upon the path with me,
Reality,
2 lifetimes, rivers under bridges past and future meet,
The way between...
2 lifetimes.
All that lives is love.
Comin' Down lyrics - Paula Cole
Lord make me a lightning bolt to burn off this ring
(comin' down, comin' down),
Lord make me a Skilsaw to cut through these chains
(comin' down, comin' down),
Lord give me the clarity to see through this smoke,
And salvage the woman comin' down.
Lord make me an arrow to pierce through the lies
(comin' down, comin' down),
Lord make me a lens to better see my life
(comin' down, comin' down),
Lord make me an instrument to sing away the pain,
This rushing river, comin' down.
I'm free, here in the mountains of peace may I be.
I see the greatness above and the smallness of me.
Lord I'm mistaken in the choices that I made
(comin' down, comin' down)
I made me a prison that should've been a man
(comin' down, comin' down)
Lord help me discover the courage to Be,
To handle these changes comin' down.
I'm free here in the mountains of peace may I be,
I see the greatness above and the smallness of me.
So free, here in garden awake consciously,
I see the greatness within; the greatness in me.
Lord I'm your instrument, I'll shoulder the weight,
Of feeling emotions in a deeper shade.
I'll be the one who puts them to song,
And liberate the heartache comin' down.
(comin' down, comin' down),
Lord make me a Skilsaw to cut through these chains
(comin' down, comin' down),
Lord give me the clarity to see through this smoke,
And salvage the woman comin' down.
Lord make me an arrow to pierce through the lies
(comin' down, comin' down),
Lord make me a lens to better see my life
(comin' down, comin' down),
Lord make me an instrument to sing away the pain,
This rushing river, comin' down.
I'm free, here in the mountains of peace may I be.
I see the greatness above and the smallness of me.
Lord I'm mistaken in the choices that I made
(comin' down, comin' down)
I made me a prison that should've been a man
(comin' down, comin' down)
Lord help me discover the courage to Be,
To handle these changes comin' down.
I'm free here in the mountains of peace may I be,
I see the greatness above and the smallness of me.
So free, here in garden awake consciously,
I see the greatness within; the greatness in me.
Lord I'm your instrument, I'll shoulder the weight,
Of feeling emotions in a deeper shade.
I'll be the one who puts them to song,
And liberate the heartache comin' down.
Love Light (Cardinal) lyrics - Paula Cole
Crimson cardinal sees his life,
Into the glass he fl ies.
The perfect partner he does spy,
A moment's glance of eyes.
Refl ections of a future love,
Feel the pull of fate.
The perfect love turned out to be,
Himself in haste and vain,
Passion's fl ash of red,
Bloodied on the pane.
In your eyes I fi nd,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight.
Blinded by surprise,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight.
All the qualities I loved,
Now bite me black and blue.
All the joys you loved in me,
Come biting back at you.
So innocent we found ourselves,
Becoming what we feared.
'Til death do us our shadows part,
Make room through all these tears,
'Til something new appears,
Reborn in this nadir.
In your eyes I fi nd,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight.
Blinded by surprise,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight.
I won't fi nd happiness, looking outside myself.
I'll fi nd my happiness, looking inside myself.
Into the glass he fl ies.
The perfect partner he does spy,
A moment's glance of eyes.
Refl ections of a future love,
Feel the pull of fate.
The perfect love turned out to be,
Himself in haste and vain,
Passion's fl ash of red,
Bloodied on the pane.
In your eyes I fi nd,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight.
Blinded by surprise,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight.
All the qualities I loved,
Now bite me black and blue.
All the joys you loved in me,
Come biting back at you.
So innocent we found ourselves,
Becoming what we feared.
'Til death do us our shadows part,
Make room through all these tears,
'Til something new appears,
Reborn in this nadir.
In your eyes I fi nd,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight.
Blinded by surprise,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight,
You are my lovelight.
I won't fi nd happiness, looking outside myself.
I'll fi nd my happiness, looking inside myself.
El Greco lyrics - Paula Cole
I'm black on blacker velvet,
Milk skin and veins,
Like some El Greco painting,
So full of pain.
So full of longing for light of day.
I thought I knew who I was in the world.
But here I am twice blind at being born,
Crawling to my buried voice, within.
And I've forgotten who I used to be.
And I've forgotten the woman in red,
Living her dream.
And I've forgotten the courage I used to be.
Happiness is overrated,
It never lasts.
Skating the surface of oceanic depths.
Oh may the fruit of my life be meaning.
So please forgive me all my seriousness,
My so-called spirituality,
I'm just a mess.
I'm tears and anxiety,
But I'm unafraid to See.
And I've forgotten who I used to be,
The leader in her glory shining, divining.
And I've forgotten, the courage I used to be,
The middle passage is so damned humbling, persona crumbling,
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.
And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try.
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know,
And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try.
Like some El Greco painting,
No sun or sky.
No lantern, no candle needed to light,
The holy radiance behind the eyes.
And I've forgotten who I used to be.
And I've forgotten the woman in red, living her dream.
And I've forgotten the courage I used to be.
I don't know...
Milk skin and veins,
Like some El Greco painting,
So full of pain.
So full of longing for light of day.
I thought I knew who I was in the world.
But here I am twice blind at being born,
Crawling to my buried voice, within.
And I've forgotten who I used to be.
And I've forgotten the woman in red,
Living her dream.
And I've forgotten the courage I used to be.
Happiness is overrated,
It never lasts.
Skating the surface of oceanic depths.
Oh may the fruit of my life be meaning.
So please forgive me all my seriousness,
My so-called spirituality,
I'm just a mess.
I'm tears and anxiety,
But I'm unafraid to See.
And I've forgotten who I used to be,
The leader in her glory shining, divining.
And I've forgotten, the courage I used to be,
The middle passage is so damned humbling, persona crumbling,
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.
And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try.
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know,
And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try.
Like some El Greco painting,
No sun or sky.
No lantern, no candle needed to light,
The holy radiance behind the eyes.
And I've forgotten who I used to be.
And I've forgotten the woman in red, living her dream.
And I've forgotten the courage I used to be.
I don't know...
Lonely Town lyrics - Paula Cole
Spin the globe, stop and start.
Come to a place that's torn apart.
Here's a secret, it's my heart,
Oh well,
It's only...
Broken shutters, whistling wind,
Vultures circling overhead,
Tumbleweeds fl y,
Dust in my eyes,
Guess it's not my feelings crying.
Peeling paint on empty homes,
Where people lived in this town long ago,
Packed their bags, nailed down the door,
To Lonelytown.
Oh I once had a love of my life,
The sun of my soul.
But I took him for granted,
Ignored all the signs,
And now it's just memories and passing ghosts.
Spiderwebs and weeds waist high,
Abandoned schoolyards and rusted wire.
Looking for love,
Looking for life,
In Lonelytown.
If you're lucky with a love of your own.
Remember this in a nutshell I've told:
Hold them close and don't let go,
And cherish forevermore.
Or you will live in Lonelytown.
Come to a place that's torn apart.
Here's a secret, it's my heart,
Oh well,
It's only...
Broken shutters, whistling wind,
Vultures circling overhead,
Tumbleweeds fl y,
Dust in my eyes,
Guess it's not my feelings crying.
Peeling paint on empty homes,
Where people lived in this town long ago,
Packed their bags, nailed down the door,
To Lonelytown.
Oh I once had a love of my life,
The sun of my soul.
But I took him for granted,
Ignored all the signs,
And now it's just memories and passing ghosts.
Spiderwebs and weeds waist high,
Abandoned schoolyards and rusted wire.
Looking for love,
Looking for life,
In Lonelytown.
If you're lucky with a love of your own.
Remember this in a nutshell I've told:
Hold them close and don't let go,
And cherish forevermore.
Or you will live in Lonelytown.
14 lyrics - Paula Cole
Your eyes, they conjure up those cliffs of Moher
Far away I'm not listening anymore
Dreaming of life on another shore
Not here, not now with me the bore
So I stopped talking and fade to bleak
Feeling insignificant after feeling weak
Even though it's not who I know myself to be
The queen, the confidence doesn't speak
[Chorus]
But I was 14 with my passion and 15 with my best
16 with ego and zero with the rest, oh yeah
My heart is a POW tangled in my chest
I don't know how to communicate in a cardiac arrest
Your eyes they, drown me in your sadness
Your words, they bring hurricanes
I'm braving Shakespearian tempest
The mighty tiger doesn't blink
[Chorus]
I think you were the one
Silent suffering inside
The one got away
I was too dangerous to hide
[Chorus]
So I stopped talking, baby
Cause you always want me to shut up
Take this ever stage me
While I become you trusted silent prop
So take good care
This mighty woman's ready to explode
Fire here on the surface of my volcano
Hard To Be Soft lyrics - Paula Cole
Where's my white knight,
My prince to save the day?
I've always paved my own way.
I'm all alone, Bringing home the bread,
Raising the kid, fi xing the bed.
I wanna be a star, Like Marilyn Monroe,
A Cinderella Fantasy, A naive Clara Bow,
A princess and the pea, I try to play the part,
Surrounded by society, Hypnotizing me,
It's hard to be soft.
I'm all alone, At the mommy and me,
Wishing for some company,
I'm the only one, Keeping the home alive,
Making the meals, She's 9 to 5.
I wanna have a star, Like Marilyn Monroe,
A Cinderella fantasy, A naive Clara Bow,
A princess and the pea, We try to play the part,
Surrounded by society, Hypnotizing me,
It's hard to be soft.
Out there on my own,
Successful in the world,
It works to be so strong,
But when I come home,
My pendulum's outta control,
I'm passive or I let my fi re blow.
In a man's world it's hard to be soft.
I don't want to be a star,
Like Marilyn Monroe,
A Cinderella fantasy,
A naive Clara Bow,
A princess and the pea,
I try to play the part,
Surrounded by society,
Hypnotizing me to be,
Home-baked apple pie,
A centerfold in heels,
A Betty Crocker Pamela,
Complacent to believe,
In my Mr. Right,
A pipe and slippers guy,
A ready, steady, rock-hard Eddy,
Oops not always, guess it's only,
Hard to be soft.
My prince to save the day?
I've always paved my own way.
I'm all alone, Bringing home the bread,
Raising the kid, fi xing the bed.
I wanna be a star, Like Marilyn Monroe,
A Cinderella Fantasy, A naive Clara Bow,
A princess and the pea, I try to play the part,
Surrounded by society, Hypnotizing me,
It's hard to be soft.
I'm all alone, At the mommy and me,
Wishing for some company,
I'm the only one, Keeping the home alive,
Making the meals, She's 9 to 5.
I wanna have a star, Like Marilyn Monroe,
A Cinderella fantasy, A naive Clara Bow,
A princess and the pea, We try to play the part,
Surrounded by society, Hypnotizing me,
It's hard to be soft.
Out there on my own,
Successful in the world,
It works to be so strong,
But when I come home,
My pendulum's outta control,
I'm passive or I let my fi re blow.
In a man's world it's hard to be soft.
I don't want to be a star,
Like Marilyn Monroe,
A Cinderella fantasy,
A naive Clara Bow,
A princess and the pea,
I try to play the part,
Surrounded by society,
Hypnotizing me to be,
Home-baked apple pie,
A centerfold in heels,
A Betty Crocker Pamela,
Complacent to believe,
In my Mr. Right,
A pipe and slippers guy,
A ready, steady, rock-hard Eddy,
Oops not always, guess it's only,
Hard to be soft.
It's My Life lyrics - Paula Cole
That quiet voice inside of my soul
It's rising up again
Oh I know it's the time again, life is short
Gotta grab the wheel of life.
Indecision, should-haves, could-haves
will only rip my joy away.
This inner cross-roads may define me,
but it's the only way.
'Cause it's my life
And I am free
To live my life
The way I feel
For all the people who hear my song
Why not take a chance?
By keeping the child alive in our heart
There's truth and meaning there.
Trusting beauty
Truth, perfection
I'll never lead my light astray
Listen to my intuition
Gather up my faith
'Cause it's my life
And I am free
To live my life
The way I feel
Deep inside I know I can,
Deep inside I'm beautiful,
Tell myself I won't give up,
Tell myself have courage now,
Willingness and openness
Step by step and day by day,
Over time a thousand fields,
Will have passed beneath my feet.
'Cause it's my life
It's rising up again
Oh I know it's the time again, life is short
Gotta grab the wheel of life.
Indecision, should-haves, could-haves
will only rip my joy away.
This inner cross-roads may define me,
but it's the only way.
'Cause it's my life
And I am free
To live my life
The way I feel
For all the people who hear my song
Why not take a chance?
By keeping the child alive in our heart
There's truth and meaning there.
Trusting beauty
Truth, perfection
I'll never lead my light astray
Listen to my intuition
Gather up my faith
'Cause it's my life
And I am free
To live my life
The way I feel
Deep inside I know I can,
Deep inside I'm beautiful,
Tell myself I won't give up,
Tell myself have courage now,
Willingness and openness
Step by step and day by day,
Over time a thousand fields,
Will have passed beneath my feet.
'Cause it's my life
Safe In Your Arms lyrics - Paula Cole
Sometimes I'm too bold for my own good
I go out swinging hard and fast
This world is beating me broken
I need a home to rest
Too quick in the first round
Too slow in the second
Now I'm here in the third
And I need your attention.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
Safe in our home.
Safe in our land.
Safe in our world.
Safe in your arms.
It don't matter how strong I think I am.
I always need another heart.
To bind me in the moment.
To help me see myself.
Alive in the fourth round.
Collapsed in the fifth.
Now I'm here in the sixth
And I need your belief.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
Safe in our home.
Safe in our land.
Safe in our world.
Safe in your arms.
I go out swinging hard and fast
This world is beating me broken
I need a home to rest
Too quick in the first round
Too slow in the second
Now I'm here in the third
And I need your attention.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
Safe in our home.
Safe in our land.
Safe in our world.
Safe in your arms.
It don't matter how strong I think I am.
I always need another heart.
To bind me in the moment.
To help me see myself.
Alive in the fourth round.
Collapsed in the fifth.
Now I'm here in the sixth
And I need your belief.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
I wanna be safe in your arms.
Safe in our home.
Safe in our land.
Safe in our world.
Safe in your arms.
I Wanna Kiss You lyrics - Paula Cole
I wanna kiss you. I wanna kiss you.
I wanna stop the conversation,
I wanna kiss you.
Oh, lie beside me now,
Funny papers, morning sunlight streams,
Oh fantasize me now,
I'll kiss your neck and make your toast and tea,
Oh won't you marry me?
I see a little church atop a hill.
But in the meantime I wanna lose my shame.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna kiss you.
I wanna stop the conversation.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna feel you.
I wanna feel you.
I wanna lean my body into yours.
I wanna feel you.
Oh believe me now,
Walk with me upon the path I see.
Oh a cozy home,
Nestled in an English garden scene.
You will write your books,
And I will paint my paintings by the sea.
But now I'll be Lolita if you please.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna kiss you.
I wanna stop the conversation.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna hold you.
I wanna hold you.
I wanna wrestle you down to the ground.
Oh...
I wanna kiss you. I wanna kiss you.
I wanna stop the conversation.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna have you.
I wanna have you.
I wanna be a possessive girl.
I wanna have you.
Hold you, hurt you, love you, need you, love you, wrestle you down to the ground,
Bite you, love you, hold you,
I wanna kiss you.
I wanna stop the conversation,
I wanna kiss you.
Oh, lie beside me now,
Funny papers, morning sunlight streams,
Oh fantasize me now,
I'll kiss your neck and make your toast and tea,
Oh won't you marry me?
I see a little church atop a hill.
But in the meantime I wanna lose my shame.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna kiss you.
I wanna stop the conversation.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna feel you.
I wanna feel you.
I wanna lean my body into yours.
I wanna feel you.
Oh believe me now,
Walk with me upon the path I see.
Oh a cozy home,
Nestled in an English garden scene.
You will write your books,
And I will paint my paintings by the sea.
But now I'll be Lolita if you please.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna kiss you.
I wanna stop the conversation.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna hold you.
I wanna hold you.
I wanna wrestle you down to the ground.
Oh...
I wanna kiss you. I wanna kiss you.
I wanna stop the conversation.
I wanna kiss you. I wanna have you.
I wanna have you.
I wanna be a possessive girl.
I wanna have you.
Hold you, hurt you, love you, need you, love you, wrestle you down to the ground,
Bite you, love you, hold you,
I wanna kiss you.
In Our Dreams lyrics - Paula Cole
(Holding on, holding on, holding on...)
Here in this vacancy,
Where we existed,
I carry on in life like some puppet acting her part.
The very core of me,
An empty garden.
The tree of life once fl owered her arms to open sky.
An angel guided you home, now I'm alone, now I'm alone,
The living on's the hardest part,
And the days are endless hours.
This house is silent now.
The bed's much bigger.
The television's constant to keep me company.
The Maker guided you home,
Now I'm alone, now I'm alone,
The living on's the hardest part,
And the days are endless hours,
But then at night when my soul is in fl ight,
And together we meet in the galaxy,
Love know no lease,
We're here in the meadow of grace and peace,
We meet again in our dreams.
So if you hear me now,
'Cause I know you're out there.
Wait for my homecoming when I cross the other side.
A little bird fl ew you home,
Now I'm alone, now I'm alone,
The living on's the hardest part,
And the days are endless hours.
But then at night when my soul is in fl ight,
And together we meet in the galaxy,
Love knows no lease,
We're here in the meadow; our secret place.
We meet again in our dreams.
In our dreams.
In our dreams.
Some days we meet again in our dreams.
Here in this vacancy,
Where we existed,
I carry on in life like some puppet acting her part.
The very core of me,
An empty garden.
The tree of life once fl owered her arms to open sky.
An angel guided you home, now I'm alone, now I'm alone,
The living on's the hardest part,
And the days are endless hours.
This house is silent now.
The bed's much bigger.
The television's constant to keep me company.
The Maker guided you home,
Now I'm alone, now I'm alone,
The living on's the hardest part,
And the days are endless hours,
But then at night when my soul is in fl ight,
And together we meet in the galaxy,
Love know no lease,
We're here in the meadow of grace and peace,
We meet again in our dreams.
So if you hear me now,
'Cause I know you're out there.
Wait for my homecoming when I cross the other side.
A little bird fl ew you home,
Now I'm alone, now I'm alone,
The living on's the hardest part,
And the days are endless hours.
But then at night when my soul is in fl ight,
And together we meet in the galaxy,
Love knows no lease,
We're here in the meadow; our secret place.
We meet again in our dreams.
In our dreams.
In our dreams.
Some days we meet again in our dreams.
Until I Met You lyrics - Paula Cole
Crumbling down, My life,
All these lies, I put on a pedestal.
Walking around, Broken down shoes,
Broken down vows, My same broken heart.
And I know the silence is good for me. And I know how to be alone.
And I know I'm trying to wait this out. And I know, I gotta go.
Then our eyes meet 'cross the room, And I feel like I'm flying outside myself.
I can't catch my breath, I just feel something switch,
Can't explain myself.
I thought I was happy, Until I met you.
I see a house, There's a child,
Alone on a swing, Where's his mother been?
She's in the back, Hiding her tears,
Making it work, The way it's worked for a thousand years.
I don't know why I walk through the same charade,
I don't know what I'm feeling right now,
But I know I'm tired of the same old tears,
And I know something's gotta change.
Then our eyes meet cross the room, And I feel like I'm flying outside myself.
I can't catch my breath, I just feel something switch,
Can't explain myself.
I don't know why I walk through the same charade,
I don't know what I'm feeling right now,
But I know I'm tired of the same old tears,
But I know I gotta go.
Then our eyes meet cross the room, And I feel like I'm flying outside myself.
I can't catch my breath, I just feel something switch,
Can't explain myself.
We meet cross the room, And I feel like I'm flying outside myself.
I can't catch my breath, I just feel something switch,
Can't explain myself.
I thought I was happy, Until I met you.
Until I met you. (Something inside of me tells me to change my life)
Until I met you. (Something inside of me tells me to fly)
And now I've met you.
All these lies, I put on a pedestal.
Walking around, Broken down shoes,
Broken down vows, My same broken heart.
And I know the silence is good for me. And I know how to be alone.
And I know I'm trying to wait this out. And I know, I gotta go.
Then our eyes meet 'cross the room, And I feel like I'm flying outside myself.
I can't catch my breath, I just feel something switch,
Can't explain myself.
I thought I was happy, Until I met you.
I see a house, There's a child,
Alone on a swing, Where's his mother been?
She's in the back, Hiding her tears,
Making it work, The way it's worked for a thousand years.
I don't know why I walk through the same charade,
I don't know what I'm feeling right now,
But I know I'm tired of the same old tears,
And I know something's gotta change.
Then our eyes meet cross the room, And I feel like I'm flying outside myself.
I can't catch my breath, I just feel something switch,
Can't explain myself.
I don't know why I walk through the same charade,
I don't know what I'm feeling right now,
But I know I'm tired of the same old tears,
But I know I gotta go.
Then our eyes meet cross the room, And I feel like I'm flying outside myself.
I can't catch my breath, I just feel something switch,
Can't explain myself.
We meet cross the room, And I feel like I'm flying outside myself.
I can't catch my breath, I just feel something switch,
Can't explain myself.
I thought I was happy, Until I met you.
Until I met you. (Something inside of me tells me to change my life)
Until I met you. (Something inside of me tells me to fly)
And now I've met you.
I Believe In Love lyrics - Paula Cole
It all started nine years ago
You sat to my left back in school
The future showed itself to me
The god in you, the god in me, stood together like two trees
I was so shy to inquire If you would like tea sometime
Then in my Mercury
Hand on hand, hand on knee,
mercy, mercy, mercy me
And I believe in love To be the center of all things
And I believe in love to be the way
And I believe in love To be the center of all things
And I believe in love to be the way
To find our inner light
I saw a vision where we
Were opening presents Christmas Day
But we were not all alone The wedding was shotgun
We had a daughter and a son
So how cruel to realize
You had a woman all the time
But my love burns bright as the sun
The clouds may come, the clouds may go
And I'll still be here at your door
And I believe in love...
Thank you for waiting through my lovers
Knowing we could come home to each other
Yes, I have waited through these winters
My true one was waiting here
And I believe in love...
You sat to my left back in school
The future showed itself to me
The god in you, the god in me, stood together like two trees
I was so shy to inquire If you would like tea sometime
Then in my Mercury
Hand on hand, hand on knee,
mercy, mercy, mercy me
And I believe in love To be the center of all things
And I believe in love to be the way
And I believe in love To be the center of all things
And I believe in love to be the way
To find our inner light
I saw a vision where we
Were opening presents Christmas Day
But we were not all alone The wedding was shotgun
We had a daughter and a son
So how cruel to realize
You had a woman all the time
But my love burns bright as the sun
The clouds may come, the clouds may go
And I'll still be here at your door
And I believe in love...
Thank you for waiting through my lovers
Knowing we could come home to each other
Yes, I have waited through these winters
My true one was waiting here
And I believe in love...
Amen lyrics - Paula Cole
I'm siphoning gass from the high school bus
Into the tank of my beat-up bug
So I can drive away from the shouting and misery
I drive into the night, to the hill, to the water tower
To lie on my back and drink in the meteor shower
Knowing that many men have lain as I do now
Ptolemy, Copernicus, Carl Jung Pondering his existence,
pondering, Is God with me now?
And I look to the sky And I ask these questions
Yes, I feel something I don't understand
Can somebody say Amen?
My life is but a short and precious seed
Like three seasons of life in a leaf on a tree
And when I cascade to the ground I will not be done
I will mingle with the earth and give life
To the roots again
Can somebody say Amen?
And I look to the sky And I ask these questions
Yes, I feel something I don't understand
Can somebody say Amen?
Amen for the drivers in their garbage trucks
Amen for our mothers, for the lust to fuck
Amen for the child with innocent eyes
Amen for Kevorkian and the right to die
Amen for NASA, The NSA It's all a front anyway
Amen for Marilyn Manson, Saddam Hussein
Amen for America and the Milky Way.
Amen for Elvis, for Betty Page
Amen for Gloria Steinham and Ronald Reagan
Amen for O.J., Clinton too
Amen for the Republican witch hunt coup
Amen for Gandhi, for Malcolm X
Amen for the uprising of the weaker sex
Amen for Babylon, the third world's call
Amen for the unity of us all
Amen, Amen, Amen
And I am not unique.
We are all leave on this great big tree
This tree that is life, that is God, that is you, that is me
And I lie under my tree like the Buddhas before and after me
And I ask the stars, "What for?"
Yes, I feel something I can't explain
A light that flickers off and on again
And I look to the sky And I ask these questions
Yes, I feel something I don't understand
Oh, can somebody say Amen?
Into the tank of my beat-up bug
So I can drive away from the shouting and misery
I drive into the night, to the hill, to the water tower
To lie on my back and drink in the meteor shower
Knowing that many men have lain as I do now
Ptolemy, Copernicus, Carl Jung Pondering his existence,
pondering, Is God with me now?
And I look to the sky And I ask these questions
Yes, I feel something I don't understand
Can somebody say Amen?
My life is but a short and precious seed
Like three seasons of life in a leaf on a tree
And when I cascade to the ground I will not be done
I will mingle with the earth and give life
To the roots again
Can somebody say Amen?
And I look to the sky And I ask these questions
Yes, I feel something I don't understand
Can somebody say Amen?
Amen for the drivers in their garbage trucks
Amen for our mothers, for the lust to fuck
Amen for the child with innocent eyes
Amen for Kevorkian and the right to die
Amen for NASA, The NSA It's all a front anyway
Amen for Marilyn Manson, Saddam Hussein
Amen for America and the Milky Way.
Amen for Elvis, for Betty Page
Amen for Gloria Steinham and Ronald Reagan
Amen for O.J., Clinton too
Amen for the Republican witch hunt coup
Amen for Gandhi, for Malcolm X
Amen for the uprising of the weaker sex
Amen for Babylon, the third world's call
Amen for the unity of us all
Amen, Amen, Amen
And I am not unique.
We are all leave on this great big tree
This tree that is life, that is God, that is you, that is me
And I lie under my tree like the Buddhas before and after me
And I ask the stars, "What for?"
Yes, I feel something I can't explain
A light that flickers off and on again
And I look to the sky And I ask these questions
Yes, I feel something I don't understand
Oh, can somebody say Amen?
La Tonya lyrics - Paula Cole
(Didn't your Mama tell you how to behave, girl?
Didn't your Daddy tell you not to wear that little thing?)
Been told you never get something for nothing
My stepfather Dickie say I just might get hit If I don't give
The girls all shisper 'hind my back They try to break me with cruel attacks
The boys they want only one thing And so I give it, don't complain
Daddy's gone, Mama lost her job Our house ain't a home no more
Still my faith's unshaken in God I feel so lonely for hope and company
I don't take much and I give everything for free
(So, don't you want me?) The girls all whisper'hind by back
My baby brother's smoking crack The boys they want only one thing
And so I give it, don't complain
Daddy's gone, Mama lost her job Our house ain't a home no more
Still my faith's unshaken in god I dream I get a record deal
I'll buy a way out of here Or maybe a new Lexus jeep Or just a friend
(Am I dreamin'? Am I dreamin'?)
There's Mr. Roberts, Juan and Paul All waiting for me down the hall
But then tomorrow they don't call Still a moment's better
than none at all Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore)
Our house ain't a home no more (I'll be sixteen in August)
Since Mama broke her soul (I like to sing in chorus)
Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore)
Our house ain't a home no more (I'll be sixteen in August)
Still my faith's unshaken Lord won't you please save me?
Is this the new slavery? Here on the ghetto pavement?
But I believe in you baby
Yes, my faith's unshaken In God.
Didn't your Daddy tell you not to wear that little thing?)
Been told you never get something for nothing
My stepfather Dickie say I just might get hit If I don't give
The girls all shisper 'hind my back They try to break me with cruel attacks
The boys they want only one thing And so I give it, don't complain
Daddy's gone, Mama lost her job Our house ain't a home no more
Still my faith's unshaken in God I feel so lonely for hope and company
I don't take much and I give everything for free
(So, don't you want me?) The girls all whisper'hind by back
My baby brother's smoking crack The boys they want only one thing
And so I give it, don't complain
Daddy's gone, Mama lost her job Our house ain't a home no more
Still my faith's unshaken in god I dream I get a record deal
I'll buy a way out of here Or maybe a new Lexus jeep Or just a friend
(Am I dreamin'? Am I dreamin'?)
There's Mr. Roberts, Juan and Paul All waiting for me down the hall
But then tomorrow they don't call Still a moment's better
than none at all Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore)
Our house ain't a home no more (I'll be sixteen in August)
Since Mama broke her soul (I like to sing in chorus)
Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore)
Our house ain't a home no more (I'll be sixteen in August)
Still my faith's unshaken Lord won't you please save me?
Is this the new slavery? Here on the ghetto pavement?
But I believe in you baby
Yes, my faith's unshaken In God.
Pearl lyrics - Paula Cole
Humility on Bleecker Street Exposed my faults until
I'm left defeated It's been three years into this relationship
This is longer than I ever could commit But I feel I'm near
But I feel my fear I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life
Gotta face my steppenwolf Gotta drag you through the mud
When I get there I will see myself
I will look for strength within I will be a better woman
Hang in there baby, I'm the grain of sand Becoming the pearl
There are no roll models in rock 'n' roll
No women who could have it all
The long career, the man, the happy family
And here I stand and god I do demand it
And I feel I'm near But I feel my fear
I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life
Gotta face my steppenwolf Gotta drag you through the mud
When I get there I will see myself I will look for strength within
I will be a better woman Hang in there baby, I'm the grain of sand
Becoming the pearl
It's dark in here-Don't know who I am
Memories come-I'm wading through the moon
Evil side-Wants to drag me down Will power-God,
please give me some (I'm hanging onto hope now)
I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life
Baggage from my family Going back to therapy
I will kneel, be humble, tow the weight
I will look for strength within I will be a better woman
Hang in their baby, I'm the grain of sand
Becoming the pearl.
I'm left defeated It's been three years into this relationship
This is longer than I ever could commit But I feel I'm near
But I feel my fear I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life
Gotta face my steppenwolf Gotta drag you through the mud
When I get there I will see myself
I will look for strength within I will be a better woman
Hang in there baby, I'm the grain of sand Becoming the pearl
There are no roll models in rock 'n' roll
No women who could have it all
The long career, the man, the happy family
And here I stand and god I do demand it
And I feel I'm near But I feel my fear
I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life
Gotta face my steppenwolf Gotta drag you through the mud
When I get there I will see myself I will look for strength within
I will be a better woman Hang in there baby, I'm the grain of sand
Becoming the pearl
It's dark in here-Don't know who I am
Memories come-I'm wading through the moon
Evil side-Wants to drag me down Will power-God,
please give me some (I'm hanging onto hope now)
I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life
Baggage from my family Going back to therapy
I will kneel, be humble, tow the weight
I will look for strength within I will be a better woman
Hang in their baby, I'm the grain of sand
Becoming the pearl.
Be Somebody lyrics - Paula Cole
I wanna be somebody...
I wanna make a difference...
Little boy caught in a drive-by
Witnessed the killer who made his daddy die
And 'cause he identified and signed the dotted line,
He could feel it in his stomach, he signed away his life
Little boy who once was the leader of his class
The little source of joy, always neatly dressed
Now would hang his head and be left crying at his desk,
Was found with his mother, lying in her lap
With two bullets in his chest
And, oh my God, what is this madness?
I will not let it kill my gladness
And, oh my God, what is this sadness?
My joy inside will send this message
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Mother
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Father
Outspoken man, leading sisters and brothers,
Picked himself up from hustling, drugs and gutters
Doing time on the inside, he found a higher power
Now, back with a mission to help us help each other
Respected from bourgeoisie to homeless in the street
From universities, Africa, the Middle East
And throught the threats of death he spoke truth and set men free
But the power of the truth made enemies of the weak
He was killed by his own people
And, oh my God, what is this madness?
I will not let it kill my gladness
And, oh my God, what is this sadness?
My joy inside will send this message
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Mother
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children
Ignite This Fire inside, this light that is the Truth
Shake off the system's chains, no longer be their fool
In the face of brutality, show the other cheek
Trigger-happy policing will never kill our dignity
And, oh my God, what is this madness?
I will not let it kill my gladness
And, oh my God, what is this sadness?
My joy inside will send this message
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Mother
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Father
(Lift up your heart and See
Open your heart and See
Lift up your voice and Sing...)
I wanna make a difference...
Little boy caught in a drive-by
Witnessed the killer who made his daddy die
And 'cause he identified and signed the dotted line,
He could feel it in his stomach, he signed away his life
Little boy who once was the leader of his class
The little source of joy, always neatly dressed
Now would hang his head and be left crying at his desk,
Was found with his mother, lying in her lap
With two bullets in his chest
And, oh my God, what is this madness?
I will not let it kill my gladness
And, oh my God, what is this sadness?
My joy inside will send this message
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Mother
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Father
Outspoken man, leading sisters and brothers,
Picked himself up from hustling, drugs and gutters
Doing time on the inside, he found a higher power
Now, back with a mission to help us help each other
Respected from bourgeoisie to homeless in the street
From universities, Africa, the Middle East
And throught the threats of death he spoke truth and set men free
But the power of the truth made enemies of the weak
He was killed by his own people
And, oh my God, what is this madness?
I will not let it kill my gladness
And, oh my God, what is this sadness?
My joy inside will send this message
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Mother
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children
Ignite This Fire inside, this light that is the Truth
Shake off the system's chains, no longer be their fool
In the face of brutality, show the other cheek
Trigger-happy policing will never kill our dignity
And, oh my God, what is this madness?
I will not let it kill my gladness
And, oh my God, what is this sadness?
My joy inside will send this message
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Mother
I wanna be somebody
I wanna make a difference,
For we all are children of the Father
(Lift up your heart and See
Open your heart and See
Lift up your voice and Sing...)
Rhythm Of Life lyric - Paula Cole
To the critics and the cynics who don't understand the lyrics
To the atheists and the pessimists
Wanting company in their darkness
You may see me as a fool,yes, a charlatan, an egotist,
But I'd rather be this in your eyes
Than a coward in His
I began as Isis, the high priestess
My arms stretched to Sirius, me, the serpent Venus
Awaken the fetus, fertility to Jesus
Come and meet us (you are the seed in us)
Looking within I can see beyond my sight
The cities, the sky, the planets roll by
I awake and I die, yeah, I awake and I die, yeah
This is the rhythm of life
Next I was lightning, God energy fighting
To tell my widow surviving I was still alive in
Another place of life n' I struck him seven times
He finally looked to the sky
Shed a tear and joined me dying
Looking within I can see beyond my sight
The cities, the sky, the planets roll by
I awake and I die, yeah, I awake and I die, yeah
This is the rhythm of life
Rhythm of life, rhythm of life, this is the rhythm of life
Now I am me, in diffident lead, responsibility
Trying to face my fear, from the trailer park to here
Over mountains, through my death
From Harbinger to Amen
May my actions outweigh my words
May my lifetime be of worth
Looking within I can see beyond my sight
The cities, the sky, the planets roll by
I awake and I die, yeah, I awake and I die, yeah
This is the rhythm of life
All the word's a stage,
And all the men and women,
merely players
They have their exits,
And their entrances
And one man in his time,
Plays many parts.
To the atheists and the pessimists
Wanting company in their darkness
You may see me as a fool,yes, a charlatan, an egotist,
But I'd rather be this in your eyes
Than a coward in His
I began as Isis, the high priestess
My arms stretched to Sirius, me, the serpent Venus
Awaken the fetus, fertility to Jesus
Come and meet us (you are the seed in us)
Looking within I can see beyond my sight
The cities, the sky, the planets roll by
I awake and I die, yeah, I awake and I die, yeah
This is the rhythm of life
Next I was lightning, God energy fighting
To tell my widow surviving I was still alive in
Another place of life n' I struck him seven times
He finally looked to the sky
Shed a tear and joined me dying
Looking within I can see beyond my sight
The cities, the sky, the planets roll by
I awake and I die, yeah, I awake and I die, yeah
This is the rhythm of life
Rhythm of life, rhythm of life, this is the rhythm of life
Now I am me, in diffident lead, responsibility
Trying to face my fear, from the trailer park to here
Over mountains, through my death
From Harbinger to Amen
May my actions outweigh my words
May my lifetime be of worth
Looking within I can see beyond my sight
The cities, the sky, the planets roll by
I awake and I die, yeah, I awake and I die, yeah
This is the rhythm of life
All the word's a stage,
And all the men and women,
merely players
They have their exits,
And their entrances
And one man in his time,
Plays many parts.
Free lyrics - Paula Cole
I keep walking down the same city streets
The same city lines, to the same lonely beat
People say hello but I don't know what to say
I don't know how I feel, I just can't act that way
I wanna hide form all these strangers
I wanna run home to you
All I need is your compassion
Then we can be free, yes
I wanna be free, yes
I wanna be free
I wanna be free
Oh the way I'm shut out by your silence
It's the loudest thing I've ever known
You leave me, leave me hanging
'til I feel useless with my hope
Oh it's lonely in the city
It can be lonely next to you
Just have the courage to open up to yourself
Then we can be free, yes
I wanna be free
I wanna be free
I wanna be free
The same city lines, to the same lonely beat
People say hello but I don't know what to say
I don't know how I feel, I just can't act that way
I wanna hide form all these strangers
I wanna run home to you
All I need is your compassion
Then we can be free, yes
I wanna be free, yes
I wanna be free
I wanna be free
Oh the way I'm shut out by your silence
It's the loudest thing I've ever known
You leave me, leave me hanging
'til I feel useless with my hope
Oh it's lonely in the city
It can be lonely next to you
Just have the courage to open up to yourself
Then we can be free, yes
I wanna be free
I wanna be free
I wanna be free
Suwannee Jo lyrics - Paula Cole
Idiot kitty to New York City
Living in a kennel and lookin' big and pretty
Meet the munch for business lunch
But your feet bleed under the table
But Suwannee Jo, you're dark and slow
You dance with a broom and you're filled with ghosts
You smell like liquor and you're high as a hawk
You laugh to yourself but you talk like a rock
Scaredy Kate, back in the Haight
Doesn't answer the phone and eats like a tapeworm
She met Mr.Mike in'89
But she's a hundred pounds heavier and won't go outside
But Suwannee Jo, You're dark and slow
You dance with a broom and you're filled with ghosts
Suwannee Jo, strange beautiful gold,
You can take a woman's husband
but you don't want to marry him
You just want to hold him
Nora Mable, behind your table
Expensive knowledge from ten years of college
But when it comes to livin', the book isn't written
Your brain's under "M" in the library missing
Suwannee Jo, you follow your soul
(Nothing more important than following your soul)
Living in a kennel and lookin' big and pretty
Meet the munch for business lunch
But your feet bleed under the table
But Suwannee Jo, you're dark and slow
You dance with a broom and you're filled with ghosts
You smell like liquor and you're high as a hawk
You laugh to yourself but you talk like a rock
Scaredy Kate, back in the Haight
Doesn't answer the phone and eats like a tapeworm
She met Mr.Mike in'89
But she's a hundred pounds heavier and won't go outside
But Suwannee Jo, You're dark and slow
You dance with a broom and you're filled with ghosts
Suwannee Jo, strange beautiful gold,
You can take a woman's husband
but you don't want to marry him
You just want to hold him
Nora Mable, behind your table
Expensive knowledge from ten years of college
But when it comes to livin', the book isn't written
Your brain's under "M" in the library missing
Suwannee Jo, you follow your soul
(Nothing more important than following your soul)
God Is Watching lyrics - Paula Cole
Whether it be across that sea
Kosove, Baghdad, Korea
Or here at home, right under our fingertips
In new slavery prison systems
Holding one in four black American brothers
The one percent wealthy profiteering
From the business that is war
Yeah, go to war
God is watching us play our ghetto wars
God is watching us play our games
God is waiting for us to overcome
God is wating for us to just love one another
Whether we be cracker or black or
Brown, red, yellow
From the land of sky or sea
We are family
Wake up and see
Our planet is a tiny atom in God's kingdom
It's our only home
A new millennium
Can we all just get along?
God is watching us play our ghetto wars
God is watching us play our games
God is waiting for us to overcome
God is wating for us to just love one another
Kosove, Baghdad, Korea
Or here at home, right under our fingertips
In new slavery prison systems
Holding one in four black American brothers
The one percent wealthy profiteering
From the business that is war
Yeah, go to war
God is watching us play our ghetto wars
God is watching us play our games
God is waiting for us to overcome
God is wating for us to just love one another
Whether we be cracker or black or
Brown, red, yellow
From the land of sky or sea
We are family
Wake up and see
Our planet is a tiny atom in God's kingdom
It's our only home
A new millennium
Can we all just get along?
God is watching us play our ghetto wars
God is watching us play our games
God is waiting for us to overcome
God is wating for us to just love one another
Tiger lyrics - Paula Cole
Where do i put this fire
this bright red feeling
this tiger lily down my mouth
he wants to grow to twenty feet tall
[CHORUS:]
i've left bethlehem
i feel free
i've left the girl i was supposed to be and
someday i'll be born
i'm so tired of being shy
i'm not that girl anymore
i'm not that straight A anymore
i want to sit with my legs wide open and
laugh so loud that the whole damn restaurant
will turn and look at me and say
look at the tiger jumping out of her mouth
[CHORUS:]
no more sex-starved teachers
trying to touch my ass
i can finally be a teenager at age twenty-six
go to hell lions, tigers, and bears
i'm not afraid of you anymore
and my fear broke apart like fifty balloons
and i'm thrown around the room like party confetti now
[CHORUS:]
someday i'll be born
someday someday someday i'll be born
someday someday someday i'll be born
high and noon [x13]
this bright red feeling
this tiger lily down my mouth
he wants to grow to twenty feet tall
[CHORUS:]
i've left bethlehem
i feel free
i've left the girl i was supposed to be and
someday i'll be born
i'm so tired of being shy
i'm not that girl anymore
i'm not that straight A anymore
i want to sit with my legs wide open and
laugh so loud that the whole damn restaurant
will turn and look at me and say
look at the tiger jumping out of her mouth
[CHORUS:]
no more sex-starved teachers
trying to touch my ass
i can finally be a teenager at age twenty-six
go to hell lions, tigers, and bears
i'm not afraid of you anymore
and my fear broke apart like fifty balloons
and i'm thrown around the room like party confetti now
[CHORUS:]
someday i'll be born
someday someday someday i'll be born
someday someday someday i'll be born
high and noon [x13]
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? lyrics - Paula Cole
One two three four
Oh you get me ready
In your '56 Chevy
Why don't we go sit down in the shade
Take shelter on my front porch
The dandelion sun scorching
Like a glass of cold lemonade
I will do the laundry
If you pay all the bills
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone
Why don't you stay the evening
Kick back and watch the T.V.
And I'll fix a little something to eat
Ohh I know your back hurts
From working on the tractor
How do you take your coffee my sweet
I will raise the children
If you pay all the bills
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone
I am wearing my new dress tonight
But you don't, but you don't even notice me
Say our goodbyes
Say our goodbyes
Say our goodbyes
We finally sell the Chevy
When we had another baby
And you took that job in Tennessee
You made friends at the farm
And you join them at the bar
Almost every single day of the week
I will wash the dishes
While you go have a beer
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone
Where is my Marlboro Man
Where is his shiny gun
Where is my lonely ranger
Where have all the cowboys gone
Where have all the cowboys gone
Where have all the cowboys gone
Oh you get me ready
In your '56 Chevy
Why don't we go sit down in the shade
Take shelter on my front porch
The dandelion sun scorching
Like a glass of cold lemonade
I will do the laundry
If you pay all the bills
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone
Why don't you stay the evening
Kick back and watch the T.V.
And I'll fix a little something to eat
Ohh I know your back hurts
From working on the tractor
How do you take your coffee my sweet
I will raise the children
If you pay all the bills
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone
I am wearing my new dress tonight
But you don't, but you don't even notice me
Say our goodbyes
Say our goodbyes
Say our goodbyes
We finally sell the Chevy
When we had another baby
And you took that job in Tennessee
You made friends at the farm
And you join them at the bar
Almost every single day of the week
I will wash the dishes
While you go have a beer
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone
Where is my Marlboro Man
Where is his shiny gun
Where is my lonely ranger
Where have all the cowboys gone
Where have all the cowboys gone
Where have all the cowboys gone
Throwing Stones lyrics - Paula Cole
So call me a bitch in heat and
i call you a liar
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
there you go again you cut me off from talkin'
you bask in the glory
the center of the circle
all the friends think you're a fuckin' comedian
so kind and generous
but i am suffering
away from here
i wanna be
away from here
away from here
away from every little thing I have
every little thing
i used to love your every little every little thing
now you call me a bitch in heat and
i call you a liar
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
you're the puppeteer and i'm the puppet
you manipulate me with your real catholic shit
everytime i try to talk it through
you turn it around and make us out like david and goliath
away from here
i wanna be
away from here
away from here
away from every little thing I have
every little thing
i used to love your every little every little thing
now you call me a bitch in heat and
i call you a liar
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
your arms beneath me
you're lying inside me
i used to love your every little every little thing
your eyes grews stars
your hand in my purse
and now i hate your every little everything
oh mama
i didn't know life was this hard
oh mama
my innocence has been tarred
my inner vision, dulled and darkened
i give myself away to you
i felt my sorrow humble me
and throw my crown upon the ground
it's you i hope for
and us i pray for
and me that i believed that was wrong
and now my anger is my best friend
be careful i may bite your head off
liar
so call me a bitch in heat and
i'll call you a liar
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
so call me a bitch in heat and
i'll call you a mother fucker
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
i call you a liar
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
there you go again you cut me off from talkin'
you bask in the glory
the center of the circle
all the friends think you're a fuckin' comedian
so kind and generous
but i am suffering
away from here
i wanna be
away from here
away from here
away from every little thing I have
every little thing
i used to love your every little every little thing
now you call me a bitch in heat and
i call you a liar
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
you're the puppeteer and i'm the puppet
you manipulate me with your real catholic shit
everytime i try to talk it through
you turn it around and make us out like david and goliath
away from here
i wanna be
away from here
away from here
away from every little thing I have
every little thing
i used to love your every little every little thing
now you call me a bitch in heat and
i call you a liar
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
your arms beneath me
you're lying inside me
i used to love your every little every little thing
your eyes grews stars
your hand in my purse
and now i hate your every little everything
oh mama
i didn't know life was this hard
oh mama
my innocence has been tarred
my inner vision, dulled and darkened
i give myself away to you
i felt my sorrow humble me
and throw my crown upon the ground
it's you i hope for
and us i pray for
and me that i believed that was wrong
and now my anger is my best friend
be careful i may bite your head off
liar
so call me a bitch in heat and
i'll call you a liar
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
so call me a bitch in heat and
i'll call you a mother fucker
and we'll throw stones until we're dead
Carmen lyrics - Paula Cole
Carmen, i don't know i don't know i don't know if i can go back
carmen i'll never be never be never be the same again
carmen [x6]
the way you set the table
the way you lean to tell me something soft
the way i can see into you
the way you tell me i talk too much about myself
it's true i talk too much about myself
but right now all i wanna talk about is you now
carmen, i don't know i don't know i don't know if i can go back
carmen i'll never be never be never be the same again
carmen [x6]
i love the way you think
is it biological or all the acid
you've eaten
just take me into your body
i wanna be drunk i wanna be high
i wanna be drunk i wanna be high on you
carmen, i don't know i don't know i don't know if i can go back
carmen i'll never be never be never be the same again
carmen [x6]
i don't know i don't know i don't know
i don't know i don't know i don't know
if i can go go go go go go go go back home
i don't know i don't know i don't know
i don't know i don't know i don't know
if i can be seen again
carmen i'll never be never be never be the same again
carmen [x6]
the way you set the table
the way you lean to tell me something soft
the way i can see into you
the way you tell me i talk too much about myself
it's true i talk too much about myself
but right now all i wanna talk about is you now
carmen, i don't know i don't know i don't know if i can go back
carmen i'll never be never be never be the same again
carmen [x6]
i love the way you think
is it biological or all the acid
you've eaten
just take me into your body
i wanna be drunk i wanna be high
i wanna be drunk i wanna be high on you
carmen, i don't know i don't know i don't know if i can go back
carmen i'll never be never be never be the same again
carmen [x6]
i don't know i don't know i don't know
i don't know i don't know i don't know
if i can go go go go go go go go back home
i don't know i don't know i don't know
i don't know i don't know i don't know
if i can be seen again
Mississippi lyrics - Paula Cole
I know I'm big and proud all over, not just on the stage
my secret self has many sides
that laugh and crush and sting
I'm red and thick like fire
I like it from behind
round to back
red to white
I'm pure inside and silent
[CHORUS:]
I've got a piece of my heart
on the sole of your shoe
I've got a little bit of thunder
trapped inside of that cloud
that dog in you spit me out into the mississippi
I know who can love my many selves
the wife the bitch the rapunzel?
the one who cries and calls for you
the one who is always alone
[CHORUS:]
oh Mississippi come and wash my pain away
oh Mississippi come and take my pain away
I feel I'm drowning
I feel I'm drowning
I feel I'm...
I feel I'm... dying
[CHORUS x3]
my secret self has many sides
that laugh and crush and sting
I'm red and thick like fire
I like it from behind
round to back
red to white
I'm pure inside and silent
[CHORUS:]
I've got a piece of my heart
on the sole of your shoe
I've got a little bit of thunder
trapped inside of that cloud
that dog in you spit me out into the mississippi
I know who can love my many selves
the wife the bitch the rapunzel?
the one who cries and calls for you
the one who is always alone
[CHORUS:]
oh Mississippi come and wash my pain away
oh Mississippi come and take my pain away
I feel I'm drowning
I feel I'm drowning
I feel I'm...
I feel I'm... dying
[CHORUS x3]
Nietzsche's Eyes lyrics - Paula Cole
How many times did I have to hear you say to me
Self obsessed artist,
Center of your universe?
Well, I believed your every word
And I believed you were my God
Nietzsche's eyes, Nietzsche's kite
Failed in flight to us, and oh my love...
Grandmother, mother, and now I see it in myself
I take on the water
until the dam threatens to break
I became a little doll
My voice became too small
Nietzsche's eyes, Nietzsche's kite
failed in flight to us, and oh my love...
I'm shakin', I'm shakin', I'm gettin' down this fantasy
And I'm shakin', I'm shakin', I'm gettin' down this, gettin' down this
You were not my Superman
I didn't know, just how I fell
Oh my love...
I'm shakin', I.... oh, I'm gettin' down this,
You were not my Superman...
I wasn't honest, I tried to philosophize
Only too late did I see that I wore Nietzsche's eyes
Now that I step back to see, I haven't been me...
And oh my love...
Nietzsche's eyes (oh my love), Nietzsche's kite (oh my love)
failed in flight to us (oh my love), and oh my love
I'm shakin', I'm shakin', I'm gettin' down this fantasy
And I'm shakin', I'm shakin',
I'm gettin' down this, gettin' down this
gettin' down this, gettin' down this, gettin' down this
gettin' down this, gettin' down this, gettin' down this
gettin' down this, gettin' down this, gettin' down this...
Self obsessed artist,
Center of your universe?
Well, I believed your every word
And I believed you were my God
Nietzsche's eyes, Nietzsche's kite
Failed in flight to us, and oh my love...
Grandmother, mother, and now I see it in myself
I take on the water
until the dam threatens to break
I became a little doll
My voice became too small
Nietzsche's eyes, Nietzsche's kite
failed in flight to us, and oh my love...
I'm shakin', I'm shakin', I'm gettin' down this fantasy
And I'm shakin', I'm shakin', I'm gettin' down this, gettin' down this
You were not my Superman
I didn't know, just how I fell
Oh my love...
I'm shakin', I.... oh, I'm gettin' down this,
You were not my Superman...
I wasn't honest, I tried to philosophize
Only too late did I see that I wore Nietzsche's eyes
Now that I step back to see, I haven't been me...
And oh my love...
Nietzsche's eyes (oh my love), Nietzsche's kite (oh my love)
failed in flight to us (oh my love), and oh my love
I'm shakin', I'm shakin', I'm gettin' down this fantasy
And I'm shakin', I'm shakin',
I'm gettin' down this, gettin' down this
gettin' down this, gettin' down this, gettin' down this
gettin' down this, gettin' down this, gettin' down this
gettin' down this, gettin' down this, gettin' down this...
Road To Dead lyrics - Paula Cole
Dead dead dead dead walking down to the road to dead
Welcome to the church of me
Where they stand in a line in need
Of water from my eyes
And a song for comfort
You say Jesus Christ
Well, I feel like him
I feel one, two, three
Nails through me and
Four through the heart
[CHORUS:]
You walk the road to resurrection
And I walk the road to dead
And I never knew my devotion
But I walk the road to dead
I held you
And wrapped you in the heat of my hand
And prayed for my soul
Now I want you back
As you walk away from my love
You need to need
Strength is threatenous
I filled you will faith
And that filled me with pain
What the hell am I doing
Falling in love with pain again and again and again and again
[CHORUS:]
Dead dead dead dead walking on to the road to dead
Welcome to the church of me
Where they stand in a line in need
Of water from my eyes
And a song for comfort
You say Jesus Christ
Well, I feel like him
I feel one, two, three
Nails through me and
Four through the heart
[CHORUS:]
You walk the road to resurrection
And I walk the road to dead
And I never knew my devotion
But I walk the road to dead
I held you
And wrapped you in the heat of my hand
And prayed for my soul
Now I want you back
As you walk away from my love
You need to need
Strength is threatenous
I filled you will faith
And that filled me with pain
What the hell am I doing
Falling in love with pain again and again and again and again
[CHORUS:]
Dead dead dead dead walking on to the road to dead
Me lyrics - Paula Cole
I am not the person who is singing,
I am the silent one inside.
I am not the one who laughs at people's jokes,
I just pacify their egos.
I am not my house, my car or my songs,
They are only stops along my way.
I am like the winter, I'm a dark cold female,
With a golden ring of wisdom in my cave.
[CHORUS:]
And it's me who is my enemy
Me who beats me up
Me who makes the monsters
Me who strips my confidence
I am carrying my voice
I am carrying a heart.
I am carrying the rhythm
I am carrying my prayers,
but you can kill my spirit, it's old and it is strong,
And like a mountain I'll go on and on.
But when my wings are folded,
The brightly colored moth blends into the dirt into the ground
And it's me who is my enemy.
Me who beats me up.
Me who makes the monsters.
Me who strips my confidence.
And it's me who's too weak,
And it's me who's too shy to ask for the thing I love.
And it's me who's too weak,
And it's me who's too shy to ask for the thing I love.
But I love
I am walking on the bridge,
I am over the water,
And I'm scared as hell
But I know there's something better.
(Yes I know, yes I know, yes I know, yes I know)
[CHORUS x2]
I am the silent one inside.
I am not the one who laughs at people's jokes,
I just pacify their egos.
I am not my house, my car or my songs,
They are only stops along my way.
I am like the winter, I'm a dark cold female,
With a golden ring of wisdom in my cave.
[CHORUS:]
And it's me who is my enemy
Me who beats me up
Me who makes the monsters
Me who strips my confidence
I am carrying my voice
I am carrying a heart.
I am carrying the rhythm
I am carrying my prayers,
but you can kill my spirit, it's old and it is strong,
And like a mountain I'll go on and on.
But when my wings are folded,
The brightly colored moth blends into the dirt into the ground
And it's me who is my enemy.
Me who beats me up.
Me who makes the monsters.
Me who strips my confidence.
And it's me who's too weak,
And it's me who's too shy to ask for the thing I love.
And it's me who's too weak,
And it's me who's too shy to ask for the thing I love.
But I love
I am walking on the bridge,
I am over the water,
And I'm scared as hell
But I know there's something better.
(Yes I know, yes I know, yes I know, yes I know)
[CHORUS x2]
Feelin' Love lyrics - Paula Cole
You make me feel like a sticky pistil
Leaning into her stamen.
You make me feel like Mr. Sunshine himself.
You make me feel like splendor in the grass where we're rolling
Damn skippy babe
You make me feel like the Amazon's running between my thighs.
You make me feel love. . .
You make me feel like a candy apple red and horny
You make me feel like I want to be a dumb blonde
In a centerfold, the girl next door.
And I would open the door and I'd be all wet
With my tits soaking through this tiny little t-shirt that I'd be wearing
And you would open the door and tie me up to the bed.
You make me feel love. . .
Lover, I don't know who I am.
Am I Barry White - am I Isis?
Lover I'm laced with your unconscious,
I will be your Desdemona
(take your time)
You make me feel, ohhh
You make me feel, ahhh
You make me feel, oh, oh, ah, ah, oh, oh...
Leaning into her stamen.
You make me feel like Mr. Sunshine himself.
You make me feel like splendor in the grass where we're rolling
Damn skippy babe
You make me feel like the Amazon's running between my thighs.
You make me feel love. . .
You make me feel like a candy apple red and horny
You make me feel like I want to be a dumb blonde
In a centerfold, the girl next door.
And I would open the door and I'd be all wet
With my tits soaking through this tiny little t-shirt that I'd be wearing
And you would open the door and tie me up to the bed.
You make me feel love. . .
Lover, I don't know who I am.
Am I Barry White - am I Isis?
Lover I'm laced with your unconscious,
I will be your Desdemona
(take your time)
You make me feel, ohhh
You make me feel, ahhh
You make me feel, oh, oh, ah, ah, oh, oh...
Hush, Hush, Hush lyrics - Paula Cole
Long white arms
losing their strength and form
sixty-year man on twenty year old skin
skeleton, your eyes have lost their warmth
look to your father for some support
hush, hush, hush
says your daddy's touch
sleep sleep sleep
says the hundredth sheep
peace peace peace
may you go in peace
cruel old joke
waited so long to show
the one that you wanted wasn't a girl
all your life
you kept it hidden inside
now when you step you stumble, you die
[Refrain]
oh maye next time
you'll be Henry VIII
wake up tomorrow
and dawn to the great
open your eyes
and a new life will begin
oh maybe next you'll begin with a chance
hush hush hush
hush hush hush
hush hush hush
oh hush hush hush
oh hush
losing their strength and form
sixty-year man on twenty year old skin
skeleton, your eyes have lost their warmth
look to your father for some support
hush, hush, hush
says your daddy's touch
sleep sleep sleep
says the hundredth sheep
peace peace peace
may you go in peace
cruel old joke
waited so long to show
the one that you wanted wasn't a girl
all your life
you kept it hidden inside
now when you step you stumble, you die
[Refrain]
oh maye next time
you'll be Henry VIII
wake up tomorrow
and dawn to the great
open your eyes
and a new life will begin
oh maybe next you'll begin with a chance
hush hush hush
hush hush hush
hush hush hush
oh hush hush hush
oh hush
I Don't Want To Wait lyrics - Paula Cole
So open up your morning light,
And say a little prayer for right
You know that if we are to stay alive
Then see the peace in every eye...
doo doo doo doo do doo do
do do doo doo doo doo dooo doo ooh
She had two babies, one was six months, one was three
In the war of '44...
Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stinging
When she thought it was God calling her
Oh, would her son grow to know his father?
[CHORUS:]
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over,
I want to know right now, what will it be?
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over,
Will it be yes or will it be...sorry?
doo doo oooh doo ooh do do ooh
He showed up all wet on the rainy front step
Wearing shrapnel in his skin
And the war he saw lives inside him still,
It's so hard to be gentle and warm
The years pass by and now he has granddaughters
[CHORUS]
You look at me from across the room
You're wearing your anguish again
Believe me I know the feeling
It sucks you into the jaws of anger(oooooooh)
So breathe a little more deeply my love
All we have is this very moment
And I don't want to do what his father,
And his father, and his father did,
I want to be here now
So open up your morning light,
And say a little prayer for right
You know that if we are to stay alive,
And see the peace in every eye...
[CHORUS x2]
doo doo doo dooo oooh do dooo doo
doo doo doo dooo do doooo oooh
doo doo doo do dooo do do
So open up your morning light,
And say a little prayer for right
You know that if we are to stay alive
Then see the love in every eye...
And say a little prayer for right
You know that if we are to stay alive
Then see the peace in every eye...
doo doo doo doo do doo do
do do doo doo doo doo dooo doo ooh
She had two babies, one was six months, one was three
In the war of '44...
Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stinging
When she thought it was God calling her
Oh, would her son grow to know his father?
[CHORUS:]
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over,
I want to know right now, what will it be?
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over,
Will it be yes or will it be...sorry?
doo doo oooh doo ooh do do ooh
He showed up all wet on the rainy front step
Wearing shrapnel in his skin
And the war he saw lives inside him still,
It's so hard to be gentle and warm
The years pass by and now he has granddaughters
[CHORUS]
You look at me from across the room
You're wearing your anguish again
Believe me I know the feeling
It sucks you into the jaws of anger(oooooooh)
So breathe a little more deeply my love
All we have is this very moment
And I don't want to do what his father,
And his father, and his father did,
I want to be here now
So open up your morning light,
And say a little prayer for right
You know that if we are to stay alive,
And see the peace in every eye...
[CHORUS x2]
doo doo doo dooo oooh do dooo doo
doo doo doo dooo do doooo oooh
doo doo doo do dooo do do
So open up your morning light,
And say a little prayer for right
You know that if we are to stay alive
Then see the love in every eye...
Happy Home lyrics - Paula Cole
I remember the pain in my mother's eyes,
I remember the pain of her compromise years ago.
I always wanted to help to make it go away,
I didn't know it was her freedom that she needed so.
And she said to me, she said to me:
He hitch-hiked to Maine,
We went cross-country.
I had to leave my home,
I had to raise a family
We did the best we could being so young,
We tried to hard to build a happy home.
I never knew what to say to anybody,
I didn't know what to do, I was far too young.
But everybody could feel the suffocation,
Underneath for facade of a happy home.
And she said to me, she said to me:
[Chorus]
Home sweet freedom, flowing in my eyes, Home sweet freedom,
flowing in my mind.
Sacrificed her dreams to motherhood,
Waiting and waiting to be understood fully.
Sacrificed her years to the family,
Waiting and waiting to be heard finally.
And she said to me, she said to me...
I remember the pain of her compromise years ago.
I always wanted to help to make it go away,
I didn't know it was her freedom that she needed so.
And she said to me, she said to me:
He hitch-hiked to Maine,
We went cross-country.
I had to leave my home,
I had to raise a family
We did the best we could being so young,
We tried to hard to build a happy home.
I never knew what to say to anybody,
I didn't know what to do, I was far too young.
But everybody could feel the suffocation,
Underneath for facade of a happy home.
And she said to me, she said to me:
[Chorus]
Home sweet freedom, flowing in my eyes, Home sweet freedom,
flowing in my mind.
Sacrificed her dreams to motherhood,
Waiting and waiting to be understood fully.
Sacrificed her years to the family,
Waiting and waiting to be heard finally.
And she said to me, she said to me...
I Am So Ordinary lyrics - Paula Cole
I nearly died I suicided softly
I saw her shadow through the cafe window
I watched you lean across the table
I watched you whisper in her ear
And she is your holy Mary
And I am so ordinary
And you can use me if you want to
I know you need me just like an old soft shoe
She looks like me but a bit prettier
She's a skater and a ballet dancer
I saw her on your motorcycle
In the seat I thought was meant for me
[Chorus]
And when your mother came to Boston you disappeared
And then I saw you three together
I guess she makes the best impression
With her charming femininity...
[Chorus]
Oh but I am the one you will call when alone
And I am the one who will give when she's gone
And so I give
So I give
I tell myself that love is truly giving
Somehow I justify this
Hoping you will understand me
Hoping you will love me back
And she is your holy Mary
And I am so ordinary
And she is your Queen Cleopatra
And I'm just your morning after
And she is your Star Spangled Banner
And I am just Frere Jaque
And you can lose me if you want to
And I am so ordinary
I saw her shadow through the cafe window
I watched you lean across the table
I watched you whisper in her ear
And she is your holy Mary
And I am so ordinary
And you can use me if you want to
I know you need me just like an old soft shoe
She looks like me but a bit prettier
She's a skater and a ballet dancer
I saw her on your motorcycle
In the seat I thought was meant for me
[Chorus]
And when your mother came to Boston you disappeared
And then I saw you three together
I guess she makes the best impression
With her charming femininity...
[Chorus]
Oh but I am the one you will call when alone
And I am the one who will give when she's gone
And so I give
So I give
I tell myself that love is truly giving
Somehow I justify this
Hoping you will understand me
Hoping you will love me back
And she is your holy Mary
And I am so ordinary
And she is your Queen Cleopatra
And I'm just your morning after
And she is your Star Spangled Banner
And I am just Frere Jaque
And you can lose me if you want to
And I am so ordinary
Saturn Girl lyrics - Paula Cole
Lost in another world, oh Saturn, Saturn Girl.
Far away, ot an infinite world I escape
I'm clear and calm, I'm unafraid.
Sunless days, in my sheltered Milky Way
In Saturn's rings I feel no pain.
In my heart, in my head
Oh, Saturn Girl has always bled
No you're not, from this world
Saturn Girl.
I can't explain, why I don't belong to the same world
I don't fit in, and I will not stay.
I want to fly, oh I long for my violet skies
My astral nights, my peace of mind.
[Chorus]
Lost in another world, oh Saturn, Saturn Girl.
Saturn Girl, I'd rather be lost in my empyrean world
Than be down on earth.
[Chorus]
Everybody tries to break my dreams to break through,
They don't believe in my words, they don't believe in my world.
"Oh you're lost in another world,
Oh you're lost you Saturn Girl, oh you crazy girl,
Oh you Saturn Girl..."
[Chorus]
Far away, ot an infinite world I escape
I'm clear and calm, I'm unafraid.
Sunless days, in my sheltered Milky Way
In Saturn's rings I feel no pain.
In my heart, in my head
Oh, Saturn Girl has always bled
No you're not, from this world
Saturn Girl.
I can't explain, why I don't belong to the same world
I don't fit in, and I will not stay.
I want to fly, oh I long for my violet skies
My astral nights, my peace of mind.
[Chorus]
Lost in another world, oh Saturn, Saturn Girl.
Saturn Girl, I'd rather be lost in my empyrean world
Than be down on earth.
[Chorus]
Everybody tries to break my dreams to break through,
They don't believe in my words, they don't believe in my world.
"Oh you're lost in another world,
Oh you're lost you Saturn Girl, oh you crazy girl,
Oh you Saturn Girl..."
[Chorus]
Watch The Woman's Hands lyrics - Paula Cole
Watch the woman's hands as she cultivates the land
as she plants the seed
as she's on her knees
Watch her fingers smile as she holds the little child
as she holds him
as she hold him
Whoah, Whoah
Watch the woman's hands as she holds the children back
from the danger, from the danger
Watch how they fight to keep the family tight
together, together
[Chorus:]
Whoah, Whoah,
Oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her
Oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her, oh oh we need her
Whoah
Watch the woman's hand as she talks to the man
as he talks down to her
as he tells her
he doesn't understand he doesn't the fisted hands
clenching tightly, angrily
[Chorus:]
Whoah, Whoah
Oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her
Oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need,
oh oh we need her
Whoah Whoah
as she plants the seed
as she's on her knees
Watch her fingers smile as she holds the little child
as she holds him
as she hold him
Whoah, Whoah
Watch the woman's hands as she holds the children back
from the danger, from the danger
Watch how they fight to keep the family tight
together, together
[Chorus:]
Whoah, Whoah,
Oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her
Oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her, oh oh we need her
Whoah
Watch the woman's hand as she talks to the man
as he talks down to her
as he tells her
he doesn't understand he doesn't the fisted hands
clenching tightly, angrily
[Chorus:]
Whoah, Whoah
Oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her
Oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need her, oh we need,
oh oh we need her
Whoah Whoah
Bethlehem lyrics - Paula Cole
Pulling on the apron strings looking up
Standing on the chair to be grown up
I feel so little, I need my pillow
I hate time I hate the clock
I wanna be a dog or I wanna be a rock
Sunday's pancakes, Miss mary mack
Color polaroids show my heart attack
In my second hand pants and dusty shoes
The day that the playground laughed at my shoes
Its my birthday next week and what I want please
Is to turn on the heat so the fish wont freeze
The fish in the tank froze and died last week
Oh I wanna be a dog or I wanna be a leaf
[Chorus:]
Quarry miners fisherman in my town of bethlehem
picket fences church at ten no star above my bethlehem
Now I'm only 16 and I think I have an ulcer
I'm hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
I've lost 5 pounds these past few days
Trying to be class president and get straight a's
Well who gives a shit about that anyway
I just wanna be a dog or a lump of clay
[Chorus:]
Quarry miners fisherman in my town of bethlehem
picket fences church at ten no star above my bethlehem
Still, I'm tired of standing still
I'm tired of living still
Everyday I dream of leaving
Everyone's talking about Becky's bust
The boys on the basketball just fuck
The same ten girls who don't know who they are
They're looking for some comfort in the back of a car
The six pack of beer, the locker room jeers
I don't wanna be me I don't wanna be here
[Chorus:]
Quarry miners fisherman in my town of bethlehem
picket fences church at ten no star above my bethlehem
Red brick school house
Dead end dirt road, daffodils
No star above my bethlehem
I wanna be a dog or I wanna be a rock
I don't wanna be me, I don't wanna here in bethlehem
Standing on the chair to be grown up
I feel so little, I need my pillow
I hate time I hate the clock
I wanna be a dog or I wanna be a rock
Sunday's pancakes, Miss mary mack
Color polaroids show my heart attack
In my second hand pants and dusty shoes
The day that the playground laughed at my shoes
Its my birthday next week and what I want please
Is to turn on the heat so the fish wont freeze
The fish in the tank froze and died last week
Oh I wanna be a dog or I wanna be a leaf
[Chorus:]
Quarry miners fisherman in my town of bethlehem
picket fences church at ten no star above my bethlehem
Now I'm only 16 and I think I have an ulcer
I'm hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
I've lost 5 pounds these past few days
Trying to be class president and get straight a's
Well who gives a shit about that anyway
I just wanna be a dog or a lump of clay
[Chorus:]
Quarry miners fisherman in my town of bethlehem
picket fences church at ten no star above my bethlehem
Still, I'm tired of standing still
I'm tired of living still
Everyday I dream of leaving
Everyone's talking about Becky's bust
The boys on the basketball just fuck
The same ten girls who don't know who they are
They're looking for some comfort in the back of a car
The six pack of beer, the locker room jeers
I don't wanna be me I don't wanna be here
[Chorus:]
Quarry miners fisherman in my town of bethlehem
picket fences church at ten no star above my bethlehem
Red brick school house
Dead end dirt road, daffodils
No star above my bethlehem
I wanna be a dog or I wanna be a rock
I don't wanna be me, I don't wanna here in bethlehem
Chiaroscuro lyrics - Paula Cole
Goya and El Greco
Gogan and Vango
Painted light and darkness
Chiaroscuro
Imagine we were a painting
A woman and a man
Two lovers on the canvas
One is white and one is black
[Chorus:]
Oh darkness and light will be married tonight in Chiaroscuro
Your body on mine two colors combine in Chiaroscuro
Velmir and Valasqez
Rembrant and Ruso
Painted perfect union
Chiaroscuro
The man and the woman
The knife and the spoon
The zylem and the phloum
The sun and the moon
[Chorus:]
Oh darkness and light will be married tonight in Chiaroscuro
Your body on mine two colors combine in Chiaroscuro
How we lived a secret life from racist eyes
You said I wouldn't understand you any way i tried
In this moment together
In our secret unity
Our skins become a still life
Our souls epiphany
[Chorus (2x):]
Gogan and Vango
Painted light and darkness
Chiaroscuro
Imagine we were a painting
A woman and a man
Two lovers on the canvas
One is white and one is black
[Chorus:]
Oh darkness and light will be married tonight in Chiaroscuro
Your body on mine two colors combine in Chiaroscuro
Velmir and Valasqez
Rembrant and Ruso
Painted perfect union
Chiaroscuro
The man and the woman
The knife and the spoon
The zylem and the phloum
The sun and the moon
[Chorus:]
Oh darkness and light will be married tonight in Chiaroscuro
Your body on mine two colors combine in Chiaroscuro
How we lived a secret life from racist eyes
You said I wouldn't understand you any way i tried
In this moment together
In our secret unity
Our skins become a still life
Our souls epiphany
[Chorus (2x):]
Black Boots lyrics - Paula Cole
Why do you think she wears those black boots?
Why do you think she dyes her hair black?
She's awfully insecure
She's trying to be cool
She's hoping to be more in those black boots
Why do I think I wear these black boots?
Why do I wear three pairs of black boots?
I feel a little stronger
I feel a little taller
I identify with the color
I like myself in these black boots
Why do you think she dyes her hair black?
She's awfully insecure
She's trying to be cool
She's hoping to be more in those black boots
Why do I think I wear these black boots?
Why do I wear three pairs of black boots?
I feel a little stronger
I feel a little taller
I identify with the color
I like myself in these black boots
Oh John lyrics - Paula Cole
Oh John, oh John, oh John
Never lose the memory of April twenty-six
Your hands designed my body
You autographed my hip
I lost all my worry
I lost all sense of time
My fears evaporated
When you held me in your oh my god and
Oh John, in a New York hotel room
In a truck off the back road
Southwest of Chicago
Oh John, in a New England fairground
on a lawn in the backyard
in a town in Colorado, oh
Oh John, oh John, oh John
Saturate my consciousness with sweet elixir wine
Your body is the chalice your spirit is the vine
I lose all my worry
I lose all sense of time
My fears evaporate
When you hold me in your oh my god and
[Chorus]
And everytime I see the ocean you're there
And everytime I see the forest you're on my mind
In my life, flooding me with memories like
[Chorus]
Never lose the memory of April twenty-six
Your hands designed my body
You autographed my hip
I lost all my worry
I lost all sense of time
My fears evaporated
When you held me in your oh my god and
Oh John, in a New York hotel room
In a truck off the back road
Southwest of Chicago
Oh John, in a New England fairground
on a lawn in the backyard
in a town in Colorado, oh
Oh John, oh John, oh John
Saturate my consciousness with sweet elixir wine
Your body is the chalice your spirit is the vine
I lose all my worry
I lose all sense of time
My fears evaporate
When you hold me in your oh my god and
[Chorus]
And everytime I see the ocean you're there
And everytime I see the forest you're on my mind
In my life, flooding me with memories like
[Chorus]
Our Revenge lyrics - Paula Cole
Walking the mountain is easy for the medicine
Man who follows make sure the indian never returns
His revenge
His revenge
Rising
His revenge
His revenge
Rising
Fighting the front line is honor for the pharaoh
In egypt erases the queen the truth the history of her
Her revenge
Her revenge
Rising
Her revenge
Her revenge
Rising
Reading the pages of history its not black and
White is the man with the pen who's writing the story of life
Our revenge
Our revenge
Rising
Our revenge
Our revenge
Rising
Rising
Rising
Man who follows make sure the indian never returns
His revenge
His revenge
Rising
His revenge
His revenge
Rising
Fighting the front line is honor for the pharaoh
In egypt erases the queen the truth the history of her
Her revenge
Her revenge
Rising
Her revenge
Her revenge
Rising
Reading the pages of history its not black and
White is the man with the pen who's writing the story of life
Our revenge
Our revenge
Rising
Our revenge
Our revenge
Rising
Rising
Rising
Dear Gertrude lyrics - Paula Cole
Tell me how the story will unfold
I know you see everything
Tell me all about the torch and scroll
I know you know everything
[Chorus:]
So why do you come to me?
Why when I'm sleeping?
Why am I the only one who knows you're there
Why?
Why?
My dear my dear gertrude
My dear
Lonely soul
My dear
My dear gerturde
My dear, my, my
Tell me all about your history
Tell me all about your pains
Try to contact all your lost loved ones
Try to speak to them through me
[Chorus:]
So why do you come to me?
Why when I'm sleeping?
Why am I the only one who knows you're there
Why?
Why?
My dear my dear gertrude
My dear
Lonely soul
My dear
My dear gerturde
My dear, my, my
My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
I feel so lonely in my body
I can sympathize your pain
But this secret is too much for me to hold
No no one will believe
[Chorus:]
So why do you come to me?
Why when I'm sleeping?
Why am I the only one who knows you're there
Why?
Why?
My dear my dear gertrude
My dear
Lonely soul
My dear
My dear gerturde
My dear, my, my
Why
My dear my dear gertrude
My dear lonely soul
My dear my dear gerture my dear my my
My oh mama oh mama oh mama oh
Whoah whoah whoah
I know you see everything
Tell me all about the torch and scroll
I know you know everything
[Chorus:]
So why do you come to me?
Why when I'm sleeping?
Why am I the only one who knows you're there
Why?
Why?
My dear my dear gertrude
My dear
Lonely soul
My dear
My dear gerturde
My dear, my, my
Tell me all about your history
Tell me all about your pains
Try to contact all your lost loved ones
Try to speak to them through me
[Chorus:]
So why do you come to me?
Why when I'm sleeping?
Why am I the only one who knows you're there
Why?
Why?
My dear my dear gertrude
My dear
Lonely soul
My dear
My dear gerturde
My dear, my, my
My dear
My dear
My dear
My dear
I feel so lonely in my body
I can sympathize your pain
But this secret is too much for me to hold
No no one will believe
[Chorus:]
So why do you come to me?
Why when I'm sleeping?
Why am I the only one who knows you're there
Why?
Why?
My dear my dear gertrude
My dear
Lonely soul
My dear
My dear gerturde
My dear, my, my
Why
My dear my dear gertrude
My dear lonely soul
My dear my dear gerture my dear my my
My oh mama oh mama oh mama oh
Whoah whoah whoah
Hitler's Brothers lyrics - Paula Cole
Little boy, tries to hide,
From the fire in his backyard.
Burning cross, white cloth,
It's the second time this year.
Hitler's brothers are still alive,
They're wearing everyday disguises.
A woman runs, for asylum,
She's the only one of her kind in this neighborhood.
She knows who they were,
They don't believe a word,
The cops just turn their heads to protect their friends.
Hitler's brothers are still alive,
Their army seems to grow in size,
Hitler's brothers are on the rise,
They're wearing everyday disguises.
...In camouflage or business suits.
Another man, bound and gagged,
Tied upon the railroad tracks.
At nine p.m. the B&M (Boston & Maine)
Rolled across his yellow skin
Hitler's brothers are still alive,
Their army seems to grow in size,
Hitler's brothers are on the rise,
They're wearing everyday disguises.
In camouflage or business suits,
Checkered aprons, combat boots,
Time to let those feelings go,
Hatred only kills your souls.
From the fire in his backyard.
Burning cross, white cloth,
It's the second time this year.
Hitler's brothers are still alive,
They're wearing everyday disguises.
A woman runs, for asylum,
She's the only one of her kind in this neighborhood.
She knows who they were,
They don't believe a word,
The cops just turn their heads to protect their friends.
Hitler's brothers are still alive,
Their army seems to grow in size,
Hitler's brothers are on the rise,
They're wearing everyday disguises.
...In camouflage or business suits.
Another man, bound and gagged,
Tied upon the railroad tracks.
At nine p.m. the B&M (Boston & Maine)
Rolled across his yellow skin
Hitler's brothers are still alive,
Their army seems to grow in size,
Hitler's brothers are on the rise,
They're wearing everyday disguises.
In camouflage or business suits,
Checkered aprons, combat boots,
Time to let those feelings go,
Hatred only kills your souls.
She Can't Feel Anything Anymore lyrics - Paula Cole
She was on the floor, her face was in her mother's arms.
She had said that she'd been out late with the boys.
Just another evening, like every other evening
Everything is all the same it seems.
Danny always called her on the phone for no special reason,
apparently,
He could never tell her what it was, he suffered silently,
quitely.
Just another evening, but his hands just couldn't be still,
He can't control it and he cannot tell her why,
Feel the beaded knuckles, feel the snap inside,
See the rush of terror in her eye,
She can't feel it
She can't feel it
She can't feel anything anymore
He tried painfully, he begged for her forgiveness on his knees,
She gave gracefully, but inside,
but inside,
She still bleeds.
She had said that she'd been out late with the boys.
Just another evening, like every other evening
Everything is all the same it seems.
Danny always called her on the phone for no special reason,
apparently,
He could never tell her what it was, he suffered silently,
quitely.
Just another evening, but his hands just couldn't be still,
He can't control it and he cannot tell her why,
Feel the beaded knuckles, feel the snap inside,
See the rush of terror in her eye,
She can't feel it
She can't feel it
She can't feel anything anymore
He tried painfully, he begged for her forgiveness on his knees,
She gave gracefully, but inside,
but inside,
She still bleeds.
Garden Of Eden lyrics - Paula Cole
Here I am, a black-eyed bird, remaining silent.
I simply watch, your little life from high above.
Wanting to call you, wanting to sing,
Inside your ears and lips and eyes and soul,
I dig my grave, behind the gates of Babylon.
There's a Garden of Eden
In your distant heart,
Garden of Eden
In your earthly arms.
Here I stand, a serpent queen of the garden.
I'm beckoning, but you ignore my siren song.
Oh I long, to touch you, to step inside your sacred gate.
I'll dig my grave in the middle of golden bible snake.
There's a Garden of Eden
In your distant heart,
Garden of Eden
In your earthly arms.
The black-eyed bird is dying,
The queen is dead,
She'll never step foot in Eden.
There's a Garden of Eden
In your distant heart,
Garden of Eden
In your earthly arms.
I simply watch, your little life from high above.
Wanting to call you, wanting to sing,
Inside your ears and lips and eyes and soul,
I dig my grave, behind the gates of Babylon.
There's a Garden of Eden
In your distant heart,
Garden of Eden
In your earthly arms.
Here I stand, a serpent queen of the garden.
I'm beckoning, but you ignore my siren song.
Oh I long, to touch you, to step inside your sacred gate.
I'll dig my grave in the middle of golden bible snake.
There's a Garden of Eden
In your distant heart,
Garden of Eden
In your earthly arms.
The black-eyed bird is dying,
The queen is dead,
She'll never step foot in Eden.
There's a Garden of Eden
In your distant heart,
Garden of Eden
In your earthly arms.
The Ladder lyrics - Paula Cole
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Look at how futile this is
I'm so weak
So fragile
So torn
Going around and around
Going inside
To the circle
To the ladder
To the sky
I am climbing the ladder of urgency
Climbing a ladder of hope
Climbing a ladder of my emotions
Climbing a ladder of unraveling hope
You see what you want to see
But i'm not
What you wanted
No I'm not
I am only one thing
One thing I see
One thing I feel
I am climbing the ladder of urgency
Climbing a ladder of hope
Climbing a ladder of my emotions
Climbing a ladder of unraveling hope
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Climb
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Climb
Climbing
I'm only one thing
One thing I feel
I am the ladder
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Look at how futile this is
I'm so weak
So fragile
So torn
Going around and around
Going inside
To the circle
To the ladder
To the sky
I am climbing the ladder of urgency
Climbing a ladder of hope
Climbing a ladder of my emotions
Climbing a ladder of unraveling hope
You see what you want to see
But i'm not
What you wanted
No I'm not
I am only one thing
One thing I see
One thing I feel
I am climbing the ladder of urgency
Climbing a ladder of hope
Climbing a ladder of my emotions
Climbing a ladder of unraveling hope
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Climb
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Climb
Climbing
I'm only one thing
One thing I feel
I am the ladder
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