Maribyrd - Lyrics

Brighter Side copyright 2003
Hey sister I can see
A dead zone behind your eyes
Come walk awhile with me
See what I see inside
In the hand that you’ve been dealt
I know you had some bad cards
But you got aces up your sleeve
Put ‘em down and play your part

Just don’t do nothin’
Please just do somethin’
Because in your heart of hearts
You know you’re better
You know you’re stronger
You just need to remember

You think I don’t understand
That I can’t walk in your shoes
But I’ve seen your brighter side
And I know you can pull through
We have so short of a time
Down here on God’s good earth
Come on let me see you smile
Live life for what it’s worth

Just don’t...

So if you can be strong for me when I need you to
That’s how I know you can do anything you set your mind to

Closure copyright 2004
I see you as you see me walk into the room
I know it bugs you that I will not talk to you
There is a limit of just how much I can take
But don’t you worry baby I will never break

You’re tryin to talk to me with those deep blue eyes
If you were half a man you’d just apologize

Just tell me that you’re sorry
And that once you might have loved me
That’s all I want to know
Just tell me that you’re sorry
And that once you really loved me
And then just let me go

Don’t think that you could ever come back in my life
That’s not what I am saying you’re too sharp a knife
It would just be easier for when I see your face
To know that deep inside I have not been erased

Danny copyright 2006
Oh………Danny Boy
Why are you still runnin
Oh….…Danny Boy
You always get your lovin

A little bit here and a little bit there
But no-one you’ll call home

Home I’ve heard you speak of it

Ever since the day we engaged
In our very first conversation
You told me everything you know
And then with your next breath
You simply said…you had to go

Oh……Danny Boy
You told me once that when you dream, you dream of me
Oh…..Danny Boy
That is where I will always be

Daydreams copyright 2001
I see you standin cross the room
You look just the way you do, every time I close my eyes
I want to run into your arms
Just the way I do, every time I close my eyes
But I turn and look away
Cause I cannot run to you, no I can’t behave that way

Once upon a time you were just a dream to me
And than my dream, came true or so I thought
But you, you don’t wanna dream with me
No you’re to afraid, you’re afraid of waking up
So you wake me up with you and now I’m left
With only my Daydreams

On an August afternoon
We were sailing cross the blue, sea together
You’re dreaming of a boat that is twice the size of this one
In your head we can sail across the world
Breathing in everything around us
Living freely as we please, you and me on the sea

Once upon…

Why did you have to wake us up, t’was so nice to be with you
We could have made our dreams come true
Maybe….baby

There you go, on your way again
You’re gonna get into your car, and drive on home
Though I used to go with you
And we’d stay up until 2, you with me and me with you
So you’ve gone out of my life
Now you’re only in my head, and you’re only in my heart

Denise copyright 2001
Sister Sunshine, you warm my heart
It’s been a long time since we were apart
The time is coming the inevitable truth
We’re growing further and further from the days of our youth

How the carefree years do fly
And time keeps on slipping by
Now it’s time to say……Goodbye, goodbye

Sister of mine, it’s been a lot of years
A pleasant combination of laughter and tears
You know I’ll always be just a phone call away
So call me anytime even if you have nothing to say

Take my hand and hold on tight
You’re forever in my mind
Even though we say…… Goodbye, goodbye

Fool copyright 2001
Hey babe, I haven’t seen you for awhile,
And just like usual you’re lookin’ good with that sloppy kinda style
You got that look like you don’t care and I reckon that you don’t
And I know that I should walk away, but I know I won’t

Now here you come my way you’re gonna buy me a drink or two
I know the deal by now nothin’s new with me how ‘bout you
Ya been out of town again, too busy to call me up
So I listen to you ramble on, as I sit and sip my cup

Why can’t my heart ever follow my head followin’ what’s right
And if I know one goddamn thing I shouldn’t be with you tonight
Instead my head always follows my heart followin’ no rules
And just like usual I’m gonna leave myself playin’ the fool for you

I don’t know what you got over me you make me crazy for you
Tomorrow you’ll be gone and there is nothing I can do
Still when you look at me and you want me to bring you home
It’s tonight I can’t resist, no I don’t wanna be alone

Frame of Mind copyright 1999
Sittin waitin on the corner
For the taxi cab to come and take me far away
Goin somewhere new and different
I'm goin to a place where nobody knows my name
Yeah I won’t know till I get there
Just how it’s gonna look or where it’s gonna be
Maybe it’s just the next town over
Or maybe it’s right here with a different kind of me

Oh if I could change my frame of mind
Into something that would never get me down
Oh if I could control my frame of mind
Maybe I wouldn’t feel so stifled in this small town

Yeah I got a steady job that pays my bills
But still sometimes I feel that I should be doin more
I got a roof over my head to keep me safe and warm
Yeah I’m lucky in that way or so they say
I got a bar I go to every week...they all know my face
And they named my favorite drink after me
My life has been good to me got no cause to complain
But sometimes I still do now why should that be

Oh if...

Would going far away be like running away from the things in life
That challenge my soul or should I just stay
And make things right in my head...I just don’t know

Sitting at the playground that used to be so different
They tore up all the old swings to make room for the new
I used to play here as a child...well I never really stopped
Sitting on these swings when there’s nothin else to do
You know the best way I ever found
To forget about the things that are draggin me down
To swing as high as I can possibly swing at this playground
Gettin back to where i came from

Homecoming copyright 2002
So I packed up all my bags looking back I own too much
I got so many little things I can’t let go of
Kept a postcard from my love so many years ago
When I see it I think of a time and place I used to know

I’m goin back to my home town gotta think the whole thing through again
I’m back to wondering who I am, now I’m not with you again

Well it’s a homecoming, a time for coming home
I was walking now I’m runnin
I think I finally, finally found where I belong

Now I’m driving down that road every bump in the pavement draws a memory
Will I be here when I’m old will you be right here next to me
There’s the tree I used to climb when I was just a girl
He gave me shelter from the storms of my younger world

Well it’s a homecoming...

Funny how one thing makes you turn and look around
What you see ain’t what you get
Ain’t what you want
But someone somewhere
Somehow gets what he needs

It’s a little bit different back this time around
The things that used to mean so much don’t seem to now
The re-evaluation has only begun
So in between the heavy things let’s have some fun

Lights in the Sky copyright 9/11/01
Lights in the sky
Symbols of our American pride
Standing 110 stories high
The Glory of our NY Skyline

Lights in the sky
Lives are crumbled out of sight
Loves are lost, the people cry
Terror came and people died

So we stand and we stand proud
We stand tall and we stand loud
We will remember forever right now
To our freedom we are bound...we are bound

Lights in the sky
Heros working through the night
Searching for a sign of life
Hope gets dim but it won’t die

Lights in the sky
Candles raging in the night
We will stand, we will unite
And for our Freedom we will fight

Mirror of Me copyright 2001
As I sit and watch the world go round me it keeps picking up it’s pace
Days go by and years go by faster than they ever have before
Am I crazy?
It’s to easy to be caught up in this whirling dervish we call life
We’re an always moving ever growing always asking never knowing breed
Am I going crazy?

All the people are surrounding me moving in a circle
I see their hair grow long and old and grey right before my eyes
All the people are surrounding me laughing at my ignorance
I see them holding up a mirror of me and I see myself...I’m changing too

Think back to a year ago think maybe further back to five or ten
And think of all the friends I know and what about the ones from way back when
Do they know me?
And where did all of my time go and am I far off track from where I should be
Should I be too far away from where I am right now it there a reason
For everything

All the people ...

We put ourselves on a stage and feel the world is watching every move
But if I’m OK with my own self that I should be OK with dancing my own groove

Miss You So (for my dad) copyright 2004
In a church all broken down
On the other side of town
There’s a lady who sits and prays
For some meaning to her days
She lived her whole life
As a mother and a wife
Now her kids are mostly grown
And she thinks he left her all alone

As he watches from above
He is sending all his love
Wishes she could see a sign
She just sits and sips her wine

Somewhere high up in the Rockies
Young man fumbles for his car keys
Weight of the world upon his shoulder
As he looks down over Boulder
He’s got tears behind his eyes
He knows at home a mother cries
Are we really all alone?
Through the trees the wind starts to moan. . .

So how’s the view from where you are
Have you ascended to the stars
Can you really hear me cry
When I look up screaming why

2 am the bar is closin
Walk outside the air is frozen
I cry because I miss you so...
You send me a song on the radio

Moments copyright 2004
Lookin out the window on this rainy New Years morn
Thinkin’ bout the man she had on the night before
Was it worth the hairstyle or the bottle of perfume
Man she was still sleeping when he snuck out of her room

I can hear them talking ‘why does she go back with him?’
They’re callin her a loser they all think that it’s a sin
But somewhere in the darkness sometimes she sees a light
And in the moment’s glimmer she’s beautiful in his sight

So maybe this year it will get better
It’s the one we won’t forget
Promises, resolutions...no more regrets

In a smoky room log walls with mortar in between
Like the space between our thoughts,
just like the days between my dreams
Across the room our eyes meet now my heart in on the floor
You’re smiling and you wink at me
But you’re walkin out that door

So I’ll spend the next few days replaying in my mind
The smile you wore for me for that moment in time

Not for Another Woman copyright 2006
He moves across the room so carefully
He waits for his chance to flee
She has one eye open slightly
She sees every move he makes

Over to the telephone he creeps
He dials one number at a time
He won’t Speak a word or make a peep
He just needs to hear the voice on the other side

He doesn’t know just how he got here
You see it isn’t like he doesn’t love her anymore
It’s not for another woman that he yearns
No it’s not…not for another woman

He gets into his car every day
He goes to work and he comes home
She has the house so clean a nice hot meal
He is torn

He loves his life he loves his wife
But there is something wrong inside
Less and less he feels at ease
Only when he makes his phone calls in the night
Only then…can he sleep in peace
She sees it in his eyes when they make love she asks him
“Where has your heart gone?”
He looks at her the tears are in his eyes
He says it’s not…oh baby it’s not
Not for another woman

On Rainy Days copyright 2001
I got in my car to go to work
Turned the key and nothing happened
I left the lights on again and the battery’s dead...Oh shit
I guess I’m late for work again
Drivin’ down Rt 80
The cop pulls me over and says
You’re going a bit too fast and I’ll
Have to give you a ticket ma’am...Oh shit
I guess I’m later than I thought

On rainy days, I look for the sun to come out
And make a rainbow in the sky
I know if I can catch one things will be OK
I’ll find my pot of gold one day

Get to the office sit down at my desk
In comes the boss..."you’re late again" he says
"I’ve found somebody else to sit at your desk
He’ll be on time every day, so pack your things and go away"

On rainy days...

So I’ve got some time to myself now I’m sittin’ by the lake
Watchin’ the sun’s rays catch the ripples and wash up on the shore
The clouds get darker and the lake is joined by
Raindrops falling from the sky...so, I’ll go home and get dry

Once Removed copyright 2001
Pen in my hand, will you just write for me
Tell me how to live, to be free not to think
Quite so hard between the lines but to really try to be me

Oh to see through the eyes of he that sees me once removed
To know the thoughts of others, of others than myself
Oh here I go again, oh no no here I go again
Much to concerned about how I look
To those once removed from me
I said I gotto gotto never never
Look for strength in someone else
I said I gotto gotto always always
look to the sun through my own eyes

Pen on my paper can you tell me who I am
Is it my own life force flowing through you
Or the Greater Hand through me He sees right through me

Pieces of You copyright 2002
Yeah I see you standing there
Known who you are for quite awhile
You come and go as do the years
You always seem to have a smile to share
And you do in your melody
Your sweet music that you share
And you do
Little pieces of you...

And so one summer evening
You came and crossed my path again
You had nowhere to be for awhile
Neither did I and we talked for awhile and I stared
At your face at your smile and I looked in your eyes
For a sign for some more
More little pieces of you...

Time is washing over me now
And I can never even tell
If I am closer of further away
To finding out how to find out just where
You are and what lies behind
Your sweet melody, I’m putting together
All the little pieces of you...

Rising Needle copyright 2001
Seventy-five miles an hour, down the highway
Windows open sun in my hair, I am driving today
Interstate sign, red white and blue, looks so good to me
Passing scenery through the glass, like a picture on TV

Rising needle makes me high if I close my eyes
I am rising to the sky far away from the traffic round here

Going faster looking back, at the darkening horizon
Straight ahead the sun is setting, let the moon shine down on me

Is it wrong to drive away
I just seem to make it worse
They don’t need be anyway

Pullin over for a rest, and a cup of coffee
I’ll just sit here and catch my breath

Startin Again (Sam's Song) copyright 2001
Here I am holding my heart in your hand
We didn’t want to say good-bye but time just left us aside
Do I just hold onto you
Because it’s easier than saying goodbye
And startin’ again, and loving again
And hurting again and cyrin’ again
Lord knows I don’t wanna cry...I don’t wanna cry

So I’ll keep going on down my road all alone
I can just smile and say that you’re so far away
But our love will never grow cold
I know I’m just fooling myself
But I can do what I want cause I want nobody else
To be startin’ again, and loving again
And hurting again and cyrin’ again
Lord knows I don’t wanna cry...I don’t wanna cry

I’m alright by myself I’ve got my friends and ny family
My dreams and I have my health
And I don’y care what they say about the lonely girl
Who’s alone every day
They hear me talk to myself and answer my questions
Inside my head it’s alright in my head
Cause I’m alone in my head and nobody else can get inside

Here I sltill am holding my heart in your hand
No I don’t wanna say goodbye but time will leave me aside
No I can’t hold onto you
I’ve gotta go on my way and learn how to fly again
Startin’ again, and loving again
And hurting again and cyrin’ again
Lord knows I don’t wanna cry...I don’t wanna cry

Stay copyright 2001
Runnin’ around one appointment to the next
It’s a dizzy circle, then I’m back where I started
See a detour sign, out of my straight line
Of fire so I ended up here

I just want to stay, I don’t wanna go home
Only for today, then I’ll leave you alone
I don’t want to pay with no broken bones
Please let me stay

I sure like it here it’s nice, just ignoring all advice
All the things inside the guilt trips and the aggrivation
That I deal with every day, all the bills I have to pay
All the repercussions of my every move

I just want to stay...

So tomorrow I’ll go back to the things that I know
The grinding wheel that turns and keeps me in my world
Maybe next time I go down that road I don’t know
I won’t hurry so fast, but right now I got to go

SunFlowers copyright 2006
Sitting here feeling like I am stick inside of Of a Vincent Van Gogh
There’s colors swirling around my face
I think I might be fading away

Never even knowing what the other hand is doing
Or where I am going
Who will be there when I arrive
If I’m even still alive…oh I’m still alive

Sunflowers grow into the sun
But where do we go when we are all done

The colors are getting darker now, as the sun goes down
And I keep on running around
I’m chasing my own scent…you don’t know where I went
Well I never even told you I was leaving at all

Sunflowers grow into the sun
But where do we go when we are all done

The Way You Loved Me copyright 2001
You came up like an ocean wave
No warnin’, I’m off my feet
Chokin’, gaspin’, for breath
Salt in my eyes, I can’t see

Just as I can stand up again
Lookin’ around for my whereabouts
Soaked to, chilled to, the bone
I’m lookin’ for you, you’re gone

Oh I love the way that you loved me
And I miss the way that you held me
And I love the way that you kissed me
You said..."Nobody kisses anyone like that."

These Shelves copyright 2006
I don’t know why you came back here
There is nothing left to give you
And it don’t matter how much money you have brought
There’s simply nothing left to give you

These shelves have been empty for so long now
I thought you knew that

Well you remember when and oh and I remember when
Things were a little bit different around here
I wish you hadn’t gone away for quite so long now
But everyone does just what he has to

These shelves...

Well you can’t press the rewind button now the way you can
On your television program

I’m still here I’m still hangin around
Looking at all my empty spaces
Oh what to do oh what should I do now
I have so many empty spaces

These shelves...

Tonight copyright 2001
Hello I see you standing there and you’re stirring something up in me
I don’t know how to describe it but I kinda like it
Do I do the same thing to ya baby come and tell mr just what’s on your mind
Even if you don’t know what it is tell me all about it

Tonight there’s something on my mind
And something in my soul
Feels right just seeing you tonight
Let’s get a little closer boy

To bad emotions don’t come with little instruction booklets
Then I would know just what to do and so would you
So as the situation stands I can only feel the way I feel
I’m really hoping you feel it too baby tell me do you

Tonight...

Let’s get away from here
Just you and me together
Let’s figure this thing out
Or forget it altogether

Tossed Aside copyright 2001
Day in day out I’m just doin my thing
I’m only looking after myself, it’s just how it’s always been
not really ready for a changes, not one of such magnitude
one night of careless love, slapped me in my face how rude

Oh careless me and my hasty heart
I tossed you aside like you weren’t even there
And now I pray your forgiveness

You know that I have always longed for you
I couldn’t have timed it any better no not even if I tried
but there’s no time for jokin’ now my laughter feels so wrong
I’m livin’ the lie of a hypocrite and I’m feelin’ ‘bout two feet tall

Oh careless me...

I never even saw your face but I know that I was all you had
oh love of my heart may the angels carry you
through fields of flowers filled with birds and butterflies
and there, may your soul fly

At home all alone in my head I try to justify
but I know I was wrong it’ll bug me till the day I die
I say I had nothin to give to you what can you give when you ain’t got nothin
I could have given you my love I suppose that would have been somethin’

What Will We Do? copyright 1993
Day after day the minutes keep on tickin’
And the clock won’t stop, not for you, not for me
When I look around me I see nothin’ is as it was
And it will all change again

What will we do when the time runs out
Can we chase it down and catch it?
We might just as well try to paint the sky
And waste the time that is passing us by

I am not who I was and no one really is
But I am who I am now and now’s the only time
It is good I want to hold onto it till my strenghth’s all gone
And when that’s gone what will I have al all

What will we do...

So here we are not who we were, but we’re together
Let the world change let me change and you
But don’t leave my side, you’re my life, without you time
Can waste me to nothing’ and I won’t mind

Windsheild Wiper Song copyright 2001
Tell me you never pulled into your driveway
On a rainy night, turned the engine off and
Stared at the windshield till you
Can’t tell where the wipers were...where they were
Tell me you never turned the rearview down and
Spoke to yourself, preparing for the possibility of
A conversation with that one that you won’t see...anyhow ...you won’t see

Well you know and I know that we will never really know
What lies ahead of this moment
I said you know ans I know that we will never really know
What lies ahead till we’re there...till we’re there

Tell me you never wake up the first time your
Alarm clock sounds, you snooze and you loose
Out on the morning hours
Your day is wasted you just sleep...you just sleep
Tell me you never look at your neighbor without
Wishing you could be seeing what they see and
Doing what they do living out your fantasies and dreams...and your dreams

Well you know...

Sometimes I hear the phone ring and
I just let the machine answer
As I listen to the world go round

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