Loreena McKennitt
The Book of Secrets
I think this song is one of the prettiest songs I've heard in a long time. I know that Michelle Kwan skates a routine to it, also.
When the dark wood fell before me
And all the paths were overgrown
When the priests of pride say there is no other way
I tilled the sorrows of stone.
I did not believe because I could not see
Though you came to me in the night
When the dawn seemed forever lost
You showed me your love in the light of the stars.
Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me.
Then the mountain rose before me
By the deep well of desire
From the fountain of forgiveness
Beyond the ice and the fire.
Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me.
Though we share this humble path, alone
How fragile is the heart
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly
To touch the face of the stars.
Breathe life into this feeble heart
Lift this mortal veil of fear
Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears
We'll rise above these earthly cares.
Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me
Please remember me.
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David Wilcox
How Did You Find Me Here?
This isn't my absolute favorite David Wilcox, but I think it's rather profound, as David tends to be. The lyrics to Jamie's Secret, another
song of his that I absolutely love can be found on my music page.
The night before she's leaving there's suddenly a change
She slowly sits beside me and she softly calls my name.
And gives me an address, and she says, "Come visit soon."
And yesterday she wouldn't notice that I was in the room.
I guess she stayed away 'cause it's so hard for her to say
We both had built our hopes up, but the love just slipped away.
She's worried I might try to burden her with all the blame
For breaking up my heart as if she had planned it from the start
'Cause that's the way so people do.
Ah, but I have been on her side of it, too,
So I said, "Don't feel ashamed, don't feel guilty for the pain.
Sometimes you build your hopes up and you fall back down again.
The time we had was magic, and the love was not in vain.
Falling down's as common as the rain."
Something about me leaves you cold something even you don't know.
Don't think that it's wrong to go `cause of what we had before.
Just leave me with those magic times; I'd rather keep you on my mind
Then see you try to fake the feelings, trying not to be unkind.
And I said, "Don't feel ashamed or feel guilty for the pain
Sometimes you build your hopes up and you fall back down again.
The time we had was magic, and the love was not in vain.
Falling down's as common as the rain."
The only thing for certain is that nothing stays the same.
Falling down's as common as the rain.
TOPBoth Sides Now (Clouds)
Joni Mitchell/Clannad/Judy Collins....
Joni- Clouds/Clannad- Themes
I actually first heard this song on Clannad's "themes". I ended up singing it as a duet with my bestest bud, Jae, as our senior solo (what were we thinking?! ;). It's a pretty song, and I think
there's something in it that everyone can identify with.
Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons ev'rywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on ev'ryone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As ev'ry fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way
But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living ev'ry day
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
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Seven Shades of Blue
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Sand And Water- track 6
I've been a fan of Beth's since my cousin Ann gave my dad and I her debut CD- which I've sort of claimed as my own... Sand and Water is her third album,
which she wrote after her husband died of cancer. The songs tear at your heart, and boost you up- often at the same time. Seven
Shades of Blue was featured in an episode of Dawson's Creek, as was Say Goodnight. The album is gorgeous and I would recommend it to anyone
who likes folk/soft rock music.
I want to hold you now
And listen to you breathe
It's like the ocean sounds
Whispering through the trees
In the hollow of your shoulder
There's a tidepool of my tears
Where the waves came crashing over
And the shoreline disappears
Baby close your eyes
Fly back there with me
Where the phosphor shines
Green flashlights from the sea
And our nets were full of soft shells
And our hearts were free from toil
And we made love on the kitchen table
Till the water reached a boil
We hold it all for a little while, don't we...
Kiss the dice, taste the rain
Like little knives on our tongue
We can do no wrong when the lights come on
And the music plays
And we take the stage like we own the place
As if time were cheap and the night forever young
Se let 'em turn my soul
Seven shades of blue
And with the ocean's roll
I will wave to you
And the birds will sing my laughter
And the whales will steal my song
And I'll be ok forever after
And the world will get along
We hold it all for a little while, don't we...
Kiss the dice, taste the rain
Like little knives on our tongue
We can do no wrong when the lights come on
And the music plays
And we take the stage like we own the place
As if time were cheap and the night forever young
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The Kind of Love you Never Recover From
Christine Lavin
On A Winter's Night
On A Winter's Night is a compilation album, which Christine Lavin put together. It has artists such as David Wilcox, John Gorka and Julie Gold on it.
My favorite song on the album happens to be the one Christine sings, though. The song is sad, yes, but also hopeful in it's own way.
I know a couple; she sits in a rocking chair
Working puzzles; he watches TV upstairs.
She's got a secret she has never let out;
A man she thinks he never knew about.
She hasn't seen him in thirty years.
The mention of his name doesn't bring on tears.
If you ask her, "Are there any regrets?"
She'll tell you, "No," but she never forgets.
It was the kind of love you never recover from.
Even though she found another one
To take his place,
She never will escape the truth.
At times like this when the moon is right,
When the air is foggy like it is tonight,
She'll think about what might have been
If she had just held on to him.
I know a man who has done it all;
He has sailed the oceans; climbed the mountains of Nepal.
He lives high upon the avenue
With a beautiful wife, lovely children, too.
But there's a woman he still dreams about;
Certain things he has learned to live without.
If you ask him, "Are there any regrets?"
He'll tell you, "No," but he never forgets.
It was the kind of love you never recover from.
Even though he found another one
To take her place,
He never will escape the truth.
At times like this when the moon is right,
When the air is foggy like it is tonight,
He'll think about what might have been
If he had not let her slip away from him.
I read about a woman who said she never regretted anything she'd ever done.
Such arrogant words always seem to be spoken by those who then die young.
So here am I looking at you.
Oh, tell me, what are we gonna do?
Am I destined to be your regret?
Are you that one I'll never forget?
Years from now, will we curse the day
You let me let you walk away?
Isn't this too dear a price to pay
For the freedom of going separate ways?
This is the kind of love you never recover from.
Don't tell me that I'm gonna find another one
To take your place,
I never will escape the truth.
At times like this when the moon is right,
When the air is foggy like it is tonight,
I'll think how sweet life could be
If you would stay with me, oh stay with me.
This is the kind of love you never recover from.
Don't tell me that I'm gonna find another one
To take your place,
And try to face the truth.
Let me hold you close tonight.
The fog has lifted, the moon is so bright.
Think how sweet life could be
If you would stay with me, oh, stay with me.
This is the kind of love you never recover from.
This is the kind of love you never recover from.
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Love Is Our Cross to Bear I Was Brought to My Senses If I Were Brave Lost Song of Bernadette True Companion Lover Lay Down Dust In The Wind I Will Remember You Leaving on a Jet Plane Fragile From This Moment Here Comes the Sun Yesterday In My Life (There is Love) the Wedding Song What do you think? Anyone have any suggestions? Anyone never heard of any of these? Anyone heard of all of them?!
I stole my background from
John Gorka
Christine Lavin's On A Winter's Night
This is another of the songs from On A Winter's Night that I love. John Gorka's voice is so calming... It's smooth and beautiful... just like this song ;)
I didn't know where to look for you last night
I didn't know where to find you
I didn't know how I could touch that light
That's always gathering behind you
I didn't know that I would find a way
To find you in the morning
But love can pull you out of yesterday
As it takes you without warning
I want to be a long time friend to you
I want to be a long time known
Not one of your memory's used-to-bes
A summer's fading song
Chorus: It's from me, it's to you
For your eyes
It's a weight, a wonder that is wise
I am here, you are there
Love is our cross to bear
I know I'll think of us upon that hill
With the golden moon arising
And the stars will fall around us still
While the love is realizing
And so it is until we meet again
And I throw my arms around you
You can count the gray hairs in my head
I'll still be thankful that I found you
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Sting
Mercury Falling
I love sting...
I walked on the banks of Tyne.
I wondered how I could win you
of if I could make you mine,
or if I could make you mine.
The wind it was so insistent
with tales of a stormy south,
but when I spied two birds in a sycamore tree,
there came a dryness in my mouth,
came a dryness in my mouth.
For then without rhyme or reason
the two birds did rise up to fly.
And where the two birds were flying,
I swear I saw you and I,
I swear I saw you and I.
I walked out this morning,
it was like a veil had been removed from before my eyes,
for the first time I saw the work of heaven
in the line where the hills had been married to the sky.
And all around me
every blade of singing grass
was calling out your name
and that our love would always last.
And inside every turning leaf
is the pattern of an older tree,
the shape of our future,
the shape of all our history.
And out of the confusion
where the river meets the sea
came things Iīd never seen,
things Iīd never seen.
I was brought to my senses,
I was blind but now that I can see
every signpost in nature
said you belong to me.
I know itīs true,
itīs written in a sky as blue
as blue as your eyes, as blue as your eyes.
If natureīs red in tooth and claw
like winterīs freeze and summerīs thaw,
the wounds she gave me
were the wounds that would heal me.
And weīd be like the moon and sun,
and when our courtly dance had run
itīs course across the sky,
then together we would lie.
And out of the confusion
where the river meets the sea
something new would arrive,
something better would arrive.
I was brought to my senses,
I was blind but now that I can see
every signpost in nature
said you belong to me.
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Shawn Colvin
A Few Small Repairs- track 9
I love Shawn Colvin. My cousin Ann introduced my dad to Shawn, so happily we've been fans of hers long before A Few
Small Repairs turned her mainstream. I think one of her best albums is Steady On, a great way to get to know Shawn. ;) This
song is my favorite one off of her newest adventure, A Few Small Repairs.
All the happy couples on their way to New Orleans
Reminding me of when we got along
They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams
And dreams are what they'll have when they have gone
How could it be that I was born without a clue to carry on
And still it is the same now I am older
Armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs
And minding less and less if I am colder
But I have this funny ache and it's burning in my chest
And it spreads just like a fire inside my body
Is it something God left out in my spirit or my flesh
Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby
It was never clear what would come but that's the risk and that's the test
And you were the only one so far to follow
And no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest
Or how long you sit alone before you stop looking back
It's like you're waiting for Godot
And then you pick your sorry ass up off the street and
Go...
And what the hell is this? Who made this bloody mess?
And someone always answers like a martyr
Is it something you should know, did you never do your best
Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder
So now I ride the ought one thirty-five to New Orleans
I float a mile above life's toil and trouble
A thousand lonely lifetimes I still wait and then go on
A clown to entertain the happy couples
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Sarah McLachlan
Solace- track 5?
Solace is the 4th Sarah CD that I bought, and I love it, it's a beautiful album. I especially like Lost, again I'm a
harmony fan, so this is exciting for me ;)
By the shadows of the night I go
I moved away from the crowded room
That sea of shallow faces masked in warm regret
They don't know how to feel, they don't know what is lost, ohh...
CHORUS
Lost in the darkness of a land
Where all the hope that's offered is
Memories of being taken by the hand
And we are led into the sun
But I don't have a hold on what is real
Though we can only try
What is there to give or to believe
I want it all to go away I want to be alone
Sympathies wasted on my hollow shell
I feel there's nothing left to fight for
No reason for a cause
And I can't hear your voice
And I can't feel you near
CHORUS
I wanted a change
Knowing all I could do was try
I was looking for someone
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Jennifer Warnes- and Bette Midler
Warnes-?? Midler- Bathhouse Betty- track 1
I love this song, and I have for a long time. I remember being very little, and we only ever had it on tape, and I knew
every word to it. I about jumped out of my shoes when I saw that is was the first track on Bette Midler's new CD, which I don't
have yet, but I will- SOON, hopefully. It's just a gorgeous song.
There was a child named Bernadette
I heard the story long ago
She saw the Queen of Heaven once
And kept the vision in her soul
No one believed what she heard
That there were sorrows to be healed
And mercy, mercy, in this world
Chorus:
So many hearts I find
Broke like yours and mine
Torn by what we've done and can't undo
I just want to hold you
Come on, let me hold you
Like Bernadette would do
We've been around, we fall, we fly
We mostly fall, we mostly run
And every now and then we try
To mend the damage that we've done
Tonight, tonight, I just can't rest
I've got this joy her, here inside my breast
To think that I did not forget
That child, that song of Bernadette
Chorus
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Marc Cohn
/me chants "We-dding SONG! We-dding SONG!"
Baby I've been searching like everybody else
Can't say nothing different about myself
Sometimes I'm an angel
And sometimes I'm cruel
And when it comes to love
I'm just another fool
Yes I'll climb a mountain
I'm gonna swim the sea
There ain't no act of God girl
Could keep you safe from me
My arms are reaching out
Out across this canyon
I'm asking you to be my true companion
True companion
True companion
So don't you dare and try to walk away
I've got my heart set on our wedding day
I've got this vision of a girl in white
Made my decision that it's you allright
And when I take your hand
I'll watch my heart set sail
I'll take my trembling fingers
And I'll lift up your veil
Then I'll take you home
And with wild abandon
Make love to you just like a true companion
You are my true companion
I got a true companion
True companion
When the years have done
Irreparable harm
I can see us walking slowly arm in arm
Just like that couple on the comer do
'Cause girl I will always be in love with you
And when I look in your eyes
I'll still see that spark
Until the shadows fall
Until the room grows dark
Then when I leave this Earth
I'll be with the angels standin'
I'll be out there waiting
For my true companion
True companion
True companion
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Dave Matthews Band
Under The Table and Dreaming- track 8
I love Dave Matthews... I
I slip into my lover's hands
Kiss me won't you kiss me now
And sleep I would inside your mouth
Don't be us too shy
For knowing it's no big surprise
That I will wait for you
I will wait for no one but you
Oh please lover lay down
Spend this time with me
Together share this smile
Lover lay down
Walk with me, walk with you
Hold my hand your hands
So much we have dreamed
And you were so much younger
Hard to explain that we are stronger
A million reasons life to deny
Let's toss them away
See you and me we
Lay down look see
She and he
By my lover's side
Together share this smile
Each other's tears to cry
Together share this smile
Lover lay down
Oh please
Oh please lover lay down
Oh please lover lay down
And you weep
Lover lay down
Cause it's over
Lover lay down
Say love, say love, say love, say love,
say love
Could I love you
Could you love me (4x)
Darling it's
All the same (4x)
'Til we dance away (4x)
Chasing me all around
Leading me all around
Chasing me all around
Leading me all around in circles (2x)
Say...
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Kansas
The Definitive Collection- track 18 (bootlegged)
I totally love this song... It's beautiful and the harmonies are part of what makes it so wonderful.
I close my eyes only for a moment and the moment's gone
All my dreams pass before my eyes a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
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Sarah McLachlan
Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff/The Brother's McMullen Soundtrack
Anyone who's ever heard this song knows that it's wonderful... I heard it on the Tribute to Sergei Grinkov, and it
tore my heart out. B-Sides was the album that had it, so B-Sides became the first Sarah CD I ever bought- and
it wasn't the last ;)
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
How clearly I first saw you smilin' in the sun
Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard
But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light
And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memories
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Chantal Kreviazuk
Armageddon- the Album
This is actually the reason I bought the album
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go; I'm standing here
outside your door, I'd hate wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breaking this early morn; my taxi's waiting,
he's blowing his horn; already I'm so lonesome I could die
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me,
hold me like you'll never let me go.......coz I'm leaving on a jet
plane, I don't know when I'll be back again; Oh babe, I hate to
go
There's so many times I've let you down, so many times I've
played around but tell him that they don't mean a thing
Every place I go I think of you, every song I sing I sing for
you; when I comeback I'll wear your wedding ring
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me,
hold me like you'll never let me go.......coz I'm leaving on a jet
plane, I don't know when I'll be back again; Oh babe, I hate to
go
Now the time has come to leave you; One more time oh let me
kiss you, and close your eyes and I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come when I wont have to leave
alone, by the times that I won't have to say.........
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me,
hold me like you'll never let me go.......coz I'm leaving on a jet
plane, I dont know when I'll be back again; Oh babe, I hate to
go
coz I'm leaving on a jet plane
leaving on a jet plane(7x)
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Sting
Fields of Gold
I love Sting. Plain and simple :) 'Nough said ;)
If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the colour of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence
and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are how fragile we are
How fragile we are how fragile we are
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Shania Twain
Come On Over- track 5?
Pretty, pretty. We've all decided that this would make a great wedding song, even if you don't like country music, this is a pretty song.
From this moment life has begun
From this moment you are the one
Right beside you is where I belong
From this moment on
From this moment I have been blessed
I live only for your happiness
And for your love I'd give my last breath
From this moment on
I give my hand to you with all my heart
Can't wait to live my life with you
Can't wait to start
You and I will never be apart
My dreams came true because of you
From this moment as long as I live
I will love you, I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment on
You're the reason I believe in love
And you're the answer to my prayers from up above
All we need is just the two of us
My dreams came true because of you
From this moment as long as I live
I will love you, I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment-
I will love you as long as I live
From this moment on
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Beatles
Abbey Road
I don't feel I need to explain why I like the Beatles
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right
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Beatles
Help!/Anthology 2/etc.
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Mm mm mm mm mm.
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Beatles
Rubber Soul
There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more
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Paul Stokey
Paul And...
It may seem redundant, but can you say, "wedding song"?
He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts.
Mood Music Cont.
Rest assured this troubadour is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain,
for whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name,
There is love. There is love.
Oh, a man shall leave his mother, and a woman leave her home.
They will travel on to where the two will be as one.
As it was in the beginning, is now until the end,
woman draws her life from man and gives it back again
and there is love. Oh, there's love.
Well then what's to be the reason for becoming man and wife?
Is it love that brings you here or love that brings you life?
For is loving is the answer then who's the giving for?
Do you believe in something that you've never seen before?
Oh, there's love. There is love.
He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts.
Rest assured this troubadour is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain
for whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
there is love. Oh, there is love.
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