Lyrics
L Y R I C S
OWL
I heard the owl call my name
Through the wind again
Alone in the night I did run
When the morning sun broke through
I had run to you
Let it go, Let it end
Before the reckoning comes.We were like sisters
Glory and disaster
How did we ever let that trouble win?
Pride is a killer
If time is a healer
Let it go, let it end
Can you let me in?Chorus:
I have seen the deepest dark of the night
I have bathed in hidden waters
Help me reach for the truth and the light
All I have is love to offer
Never so hard to find some meaning
Never so sure to fall from our innocence
Never so close beside our demons
Never so far to go
From our innocence
I heard the owl call my name
Through the wind again
Let it go, Let it in
Can you let me in?
Written by Annie Burns and Rich DePaolo
DAYS IN ITALY
I saw you today
From far away
She looked just like you
I heard you again
Your voice on the wind
That whispers over my shoulder
Don't be afraid
Go your own way
There is a boat on every shore
Life is a ride, so go with the tide
La Vita é Bella
I felt a little insane
When we boarded that plane and waved goodbye
Two thieves on the run to steal a little more fun
Before our lives have passed us by
Laughter and tears
Seconds and years
You said there's no time like today
Life is a dance
Of fortune and chance
La Vita é Bella
I remember you
When I remember you
I'll think of you by the sea
And those hot summer days in Italy
And you'd smile and raise your glass of wine
"Hey these Italian boys know a woman in her prime"
Two American girls like Thelma and Louise
I remember you and me
And our days in Italy.
La Vita é Bella
And we'd sing
La Vita é Bella
Hey I remember you and me
And our days in Italy.
A day doesn't pass that I don't ask why it was you
I watched you my friend
Your light fading within
And there was nothing I could do
How could I know that letting you go
Would open my heart forevermore?
What a surprise how you opened my eyes
La Vita é Bella
Chorus
by Annie Burns and Rich DePaolo
SURRENDER
The wind is calling through the trees
Calling out to me
If I seek then I shall find
And I dream of places in my life
Of love that's passed me by
All the times that I have cried
I am dancing and turning toward the sun
And I move to the beating of the drum
Life will give unto me
All I need
All that I need is here with me
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I surrender to the Mystery
I awaken in the Beauty
My heart is weary from the fight
I long to know what's right
But my journey is not clear
I wait and listen for a sign
In rivers out of time
In the mountains and the seas
I am dancing and turning toward the sun
And I move to the beating of the drum
Echoes of voices praise
Sing through me
Holding the light for me to see
Chorus
Lyrics by Annie Burns
Music by Annie Burns and Doug Robinson
WITHOUT LOVE
The house is cold as a stone
You are here why do I feel so alone
I lost your heart I lost myself along the way
One more day
Without love
All the promises and lies
Whisper secrets deep inside
Tell the truth
Why can't you look me in the eye
One more try
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I won't live my life without love
While you cry for the one you dream of
I'm willing to sacrifice
How much is enough?
Waiting for your touch
One more day
Without love
There's no time for right or wrong
Holding out would only keep me holding on
Searching only for a place where I belong
To be strong
The rain falls down to wash away
All the tears all the tears I cry today
The storm is over now
I'm headed for the sun
The time has come
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Bridge:
I remember we were strong yesterday
When did we let it slip away?
If you can't find it in your heart to try again
This is the end.
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This wall between us
I can't rise above
I'm waiting for your touch
One more day without love
by Annie Burns and Rich DePaolo
GOD MADE WOMAN
On the first day he made heaven and earth
Then he split the night from the day
He put the sun in the sky
And taught the birds to fly
And the oceans how to make some waves
He made a big strong man to work the land
But he wasn't having any fun
When God made woman
He knew his work was done
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He made woman and nothing's ever been the same
He made woman sweeter than an apple and wilder than a hurricane
He took the heart of a lion, face of an angel and the heat of a hundred suns
Because the world needs love
God made woman
It was a great life there in paradise
Till they ran into that snake
When you follow your heart instead of your head
You're bound to me a few mistakes
But when things went wrong
She just got stronger
She learned to drive her demons away
God made woman for heaven's sake
Chorus
by Annie Burns and Annie Tate
LONG TIME
Let's stay up all night and watch the sun come up
You bring up my wild side and I can't get enough
Enough of you and the stories you tell
Whisper sweet weave me into your spell
Last time I saw you
You took me by surprise
Tried to smile through my sorrow
But from you I could not hide
With a kiss you breathed life back into me
You stole my heart
When you set my soul free
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And it's gonna be a long time till I see you again
Hold me close, rest your hand in mine
Let me love you and we'll say goodbye
For a long, long time
I love the way I feel with you
I can just be myself
And that dark cloud that follows me will have to find someone else
And we'll laugh until that sun does shine
Then you'll go your way and I'll go mine
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Bridge:
I don't care where it is we're going
I stopped looking at the world in black and white
Just the thought of you
Your eyes baby blue
Brightens up my life
And it's gonna be a long time
And it sets me free
Let love shine
And it's gonna be a long time
Till I see you again
Hold me close
Rest your hand in mine
Let me love you
And we'll say goodbye for a long, long time
by Annie Burns
THE KING'S GONNA FALL
Whispers from the back of the station
Everybody's playing dumb
You act the way that you're expected
When you're living under somebody's thumb
But I can feel the changes coming
And I can feel it in the air
It's time to wash away the past
And free our hearts from fear
Listen to me people
Hear what I say
You can crush my heart
But you can't take my soul
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You can hold the people down
But the spirit's gonna rise
Rise up and Shine
Put their backs against the wall
You can try to make them crawl
Don't you know that someday
The King's gonna fall.
Gray on gray the dream has crumbled
You bled the color from their lives
The children keep their words unspoken
But you can't change what's in their eyes
Listen to me people
Hear what I say
Well you can crush my heart
But you can't take my soul
Chorus
Lyrics by Sheila Burns
Music by John Zeeman/Bob Marlette
SOMEONE TONIGHT
The waltz, the looking
The forest, the echo
The coldness and dampness of bones
Such the progression
The friendship between us
I missed you before you were gone
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All I could ask for is someone to hold me tonight
All I could ask for is someone to help me survive
All I could ask for is sometime in the future
Hold me while I cry
All I could ask for is sometime when I needed it most
To lay by my side
The illusions the crack and the frozen
Endings of solid ground
God how the hollow sets in
God how the hollow sets in
Oh it sets in when it takes so long to reveal itself
Chorus
Once a mirror
Your face and your words and your kindness were familiar
Twice a mirror and asked and prayed
Why beauty was still so important
Chorus
by Kathy Ziegler
JOHN OF DREAMS
When midnight sings
Good people homeward tread
Seek now your blankets and your feather bed
Home is the rover
Her journey's over
Yield up the nighttime to old John of dreams
Across the hill the sun has gone astray
Tomorrow's cares are many dreams away
The stars are flying
Your candle's dying
Yield up the darkness to old John of dreams
Both man and master in the night are one
All things are equal when the day is done
The prince and plowman
The slave and freeman
All find their comfort with old John of dreams
Now as you sleep the dreams come winging clear
The hawks of morning cannot harm you here
Sleep is a river flows on forever
And for your boatman choose
Old John of dreams
Home is a rover
Her journey's over
Yield up the nighttime to old John of dreams
Lyrics by Bill Caddick
Music by Tchaikowsky
MYSTERY
Take the water in my hand
And it falls to the sand
Disappears and goes back to where it comes from
And the moment's come and gone
Somewhere the flame burns strong
And I've lit a thousand candles in these times
With every silent gaze that's met
Secrets shared and some are kept
Down beneath the darkest shadows we could dream of
Muddy waters fill the heart that's when the tears can start
And there is no spoken language that makes you feel better
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It's a mystery to me
It's a door with a broken key
In the light of all that's done
It's the eternal clouded sun
It's a force to reckon with
I've got so much love and a little strength to give
You come and you go away
You go but in my heart you stay
In the chambers of my mind
Little faces lost in time
I can just make out the contours of their souls
I can rest beneath the clouds
In the distance there's a sound
I can hear a thousand farewells in these times
Chorus
Now the moment's come and gone
Somewhere the flame burns strong
And I've lit a thousand candles in these times.
by Jennie Stearns
FOLLOW
I know you're leaving this little town
Your dreams are calling and they must be found
Back to your city by the ocean side
Let the waves and water
Fill your life
I know I'll miss you when you go away
A little more than I should
But I won't ask you to stay
You carried me through some troubled times
Misty mountains so hard to climb
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Follow the sound of your heart
When darkness feels stronger than light
When worlds fall apart
Never alone shall you cry
Open your eyes
May all of the dreams that you dream come to be
Set them free, set them free, set them free
May your whispers be heard
May your prayers reach the sky
Let them fly, let them fly, let them fly
Behind your silence I heard you
With the song of a child so fragile and true
Forgotten laughter filled my soul
Echoed tomorrows of long ago
Cool sunny mornings by my garden wall
The secrets we spilled they sure have grown up tall
The red, red roses of summer rain
Will never open till we meet again
Chorus
Never alone shall you stand
Open your hand
May all of your tears carry on to the sea
Set them free, set them free, set them free
May the angels in time lift us over goodbye
Let them fly
Chorus
by Annie Burns and Rich DePaolo
