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Dolls
03:18
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Tell me that I’m beautiful,
tell me that I look real good
Tell me, hold your breath,
I’ll tell you everything you want to hear
Yes, dear
Tell me that you want me now,
look me quickly up & down
I’m all made up, I’ve done my hair,
I’m here for your enjoyment now
Dolls in the store don’t know what it’s like
to be dolls in real life
The plastic outside will never give way
to the blood and broken glass inside
Take us off the shelf so we can cry
Tell me that I’m really smart
Tell me that I’ve got a good heart
Buy me drinks and take me home,
and put me back when you are done
What fun
Dolls in the store don’t know what it’s like
To be dolls in real life
The plastic outside will never give way
To the blood and broken glass inside
Take us off the shelf so we can cry
Take us down so we can be alive
I build it up, I tear it down
I feel that I just don’t know how
To love myself the way that I would like to
I get so tired, I’m always trying
I can’t pretend. I’m not alright.
I feel that it is time for something new
I feel that it is time for something new
Dolls in the store don’t know what it’s like
To be dolls in real life
The plastic inside will never give way
To the blood and broken glass inside
Dolls in the store don’t know what it’s like
To be dolls in real life
The plastic inside will never give way
To the blood and broken glass inside
Take us off the shelf so we can cry
Take me down so I can be alive
2004 Kathleen Smith (Kathleen Songs ASCAP)
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2. |
You Try
04:02
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You hold my heart, as if it never breaks
You take my love, as if it’s there always
You hold me close, as if I’d never leave
You take my hand, as if I never see
But I keep comin’ back to you, babe
I keep coming back to you
Even though you try
To change me everyday
Even though you try
To rearrange me in every way
Even though you try
Even though you try
You talk to me, as if I’ve lost myself
You look at me, as if I’m someone else
But I know things aren’t the way you say they are
In someone else’s eyes, I could be a star
But I keep comin’ back to you, babe
I keep coming back to you
Even though you try
To change me everyday
Even though you try
To rearrange me in every way
Even though you try
Even though you try
Somebody once told me how to be grown up
And other ones told me how to be myself
But nobody told me how to be with you
‘Cause you always try
to change me everyday
You always try
to rearrange me in every way
You always try
You always try
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3. |
Waiting Around
03:42
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Waiting around, waiting around
waiting for you to come around
waiting around, waiting around
waiting for you to change
Waiting around, waiting around
Waiting for you to save the day
Waiting around, waiting around
Waiting for you to stay
All my life
I have waited
for you
It’s true
It’s true, it’s true
Waiting around, waiting around
Waiting for you to tell me I’m fine
Waiting around, waiting around
Waiting for you to be mine
Waiting around, waiting around
waiting for you to listen to me
Waiting around, waiting around,
waiting for you to see
All my life
I have waited
for you
It’s true, it’s true
How many times, how many times
How many times will I come back?
How many times, how many times
Will I feel what I lack?
When will I learn, when will I know,
When will I do this alone,
without you?
All my life
I have waited
for you
It’s true, it’s true
It’s true, it’s true
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4. |
Here's Your Song
03:41
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Don’t expect a ride from the airport tomorrow
Don’t expect that I am gonna cosign your bullsh*t anymore
I thought you might be the one
You proved me wrong
Don’t expect that you are gonna get me in your bed at all
Don’t expect that you are off the hook—you forgot to call.
I thought I was done with this
You proved me wrong
Here’s your song
I was wrong
Here’s your song
Take it please and go now
Don’t expect that you can tell me what to do anymore
Don’t expect that we are gonna be just like we were before
I thought I could handle this
You proved me wrong
Here’s your song
I was wrong
Here’s your song
Take it please and go now
I can’t, you don’t
You can’t and I won’t
I’ve had too much of this familiar prison
Here’s your song
I’ve waited too long
Here’s your song
Take it please and go now
Here’s your song
Take it please and go now
Here’s your song
Take it please and go now
Here’s your song
Take it please and go now
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5. |
Here's Your Song (clean)
03:40
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6. |
Home to You
03:19
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The moon shines down like water
The snow reflects the light
My love came down like rainfall
Small noises in the night
I’m coming home to you
I’m coming home to you
The hole that lived in my heart
Was darker than the night
I never dreamed that this heart
Would bloom within the light
I’m coming home to you
I’m coming home to you
The distance doesn’t make a difference
I’d drive a million miles
To see your face light up the night
To see your lovely smile
I left my pain back in the night
I said goodbye
The highway shines with rain and light
I hear a windy sigh
I’m coming home to you
I’m coming home to you
I’m coming home to you
I’m coming home to you
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7. |
Tinfoil Girl
03:02
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I’d like to tell a little tale, a tale about a girl
Who loved tinfoil more than anything in this whole world:
This girl was clever as a fox, and sharp as any nail
She used tinfoil to cover boxes, wrap her gifts, and send her mail
In foiled pots her plants survived, her dished, tinned, still shined
In varied foils she’d stylized, her house, her life, her blue green eyes
“Recyclable, so likeable, and great in every way!
She sang her tinfoil tribute at the start of every day
Find something you love and run with it
Find joy in every dime
It’s just your life, have fun with it,
It soon runs out of time
Be all you are and then some more
Be joyful just to be
This tinfoil tale just goes to show
Do what you can to be happy
A bungee loving man adored the strength, the stretch of bungee cord
His bungees strung up pots & pans and all his worldly things
He liked to make small projects with his wide array of strings
Including things like slingshots for tiny balls of foil
“So flexible, impeccable, and strong in every way!”
He sang his bungee ballad at the start of every day
Find something you love and run with it
Find joy in every dime
It’s just your life, have fun with it
It soon runs out of time
Be all you are and then some more
Be joyful just to be
This bungee tale just goes to show
Do what you can to be happy
One fateful day, he flung away another ball of foil
It landed in the green front yard of tiny Tinfoil Girl
So Bungee Man went down the road to see where it had gone
And found the tiny Tinfoil Girl smiling on her lawn
They leapt with joy to find each other of similar heart and soul
Find something you love and run with it
Find joy in every dime
It’s just your life, have fun with it
It soon runs out of time
Be all you are and then some more
Be joyful just to be
This tinfoil bungee love tale just goes to show
Do what you can
Do what you can
Just to be happy
To be happy
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Kathleen Smith Santa Fe, New Mexico
heart daydream music for big feelers.
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