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Joking

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Indigo Girls

Words and music Amy Ray

You said the world was magic
I was wide-eyed and laughing
we were dancing up to the bright side
forget about your ego
forget about your pride
and you will never have to compromise
and you were only joking
you were only joking brother

We talked about our mothers
kissed the wounds of our fathers
I could have been your sister
I would have been your brother
you kissed me like I was a soldier
headed for a war
A dying man but I don’t know what for
and you were only joking
you were only joking brother
you were only joking
(wide-eyed and laughing)
you were only joking brother
(dancing up to the bright side)

Gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet
I bruised my heels on the swollen street
we were girls in bars
boys on the town
bumping like a pinball off a careless crowd
you said good friends are hard to come by
I laughed and bought you a beer
it’s too corny to cry
well sentiment given
oh sentiment lost
you shake it off with a smirk and a toss
and you were only joking
you were only joking brother
you were only joking
were only joking brother
and you were only joking
(gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet)
you were only joking brother
(I bruised my heels on the swollen street)
you kissed me like a soldier heading for a war
(joking)
I’m a dying man
(you were only joking)
and you were only joking
(don’t know what for)
(dying man)
you were only joking brother
(don’t know what for)
and you were only
and you were only
and you were only joking
brother

one two three four
ah yeah
sha la sha la sha la sha la sha la
(wide eyed and laughing) sha la
(dancing up to the bright side) sha la
(wide eyed and laughing) sha la
(dancing up to the bright side)

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Blood and Fire

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Indigo Girls

Words and music by Amy Ray

I have spent nights with matches and knives
leaning over ledges only two flights up
cutting my heart, burning my soul
nothing left to hold
nothing left but blood and fire.

You have spent nights thinking of me
missing my arms but you needed to leave
leaving my cuts, leaving my burns
hoping I’d learn.

But blood and fire
are too much for these restless arms to hold
and my nights of desire they’re calling me
back to your fold
and I am calling you, calling you
from 10,000 miles away
won’t you whet my fire with your love
babe.

I am looking for someone who can take as much as I give
and give back as much as I need
you know and they still have the will to live – ah no
cause I am intense, I am in need
I am in pain, I am in love
and I feel forsaken you know
like the things I gave away.

And blood and fire
are too much for these restless arms to hold
and my nights of desire they’re calling me
back to your fold
and I am calling you, calling you
from 10,000 miles away
won’t you whet my fire with your love babe.

I am intense, I am in need, I am in pain, I am in love
you know I am intense, I am in need, I am in pain, I am in love
I am intense, I am in need, I am in pain, I am in love
and blood and fire
are too much for these restless arms to hold
and my nights of desire they’re calling me
back to your fold
and I am calling you, calling you
from 10,000 miles away
won’t you whet my fire with your love
babe
won’t you whet my fire with your love
babe now
whet my fire with your love

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Box of Rain

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Grateful Dead

Words by Robert Hunter; music by Phil Lesh

Look out of any window
any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
birds are winging or
rain is falling from a heavy sky –
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
this is all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago
Walk out of any doorway
feel your way, feel your way
like the day before
Maybe you’ll find direction
around some corner
where it’s been waiting to meet you –
What do you want me to do,
to watch for you while you’re sleeping?
Well please don’t be surprised
when you find me dreaming too

Look into any eyes
you find by you, you can see
clear through to another day
I know it’s been seen before
through other eyes on other days
while going home —
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
It’s all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago

Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
to another land
Maybe you’re tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
with words half spoken
and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
to do for you to see you through
A box of rain will ease the pain
and love will see you through

Just a box of rain –
wind and water –
Believe it if you need it,
if you don’t just pass it on
Sun and shower –
Wind and rain –
in and out the window
like a moth before a flame

It’s just a box of rain
I don’t know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
or leave it if you dare
But it’s just a box of rain
or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
and a short time to be there

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Jesus to a Child

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George Michael

Kindness in your eyes
I guess you heard me cry
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child

I’m blessed, I know
Heaven sent and heaven stole
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child

And what have I learned
From all this pain?
I thought I’d never feel the same
About anyone
Or anything again

But now I know
When you find love
When you know that it exists
Then the lover that you miss
Will come to you
On those cold, cold nights

When you’ve been loved
When you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed
Will comfort you
When there’s no hope in sight

Sadness in your eyes
No one guessed, or no one tried
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child

Loveless and cold
With your last breath you saved my soul
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child

And what have I learned
From all these tears
I’ve waited for you all those years
And just when it began
He took your love away
But I still say

When you find love
When you know that it exists
Then the lover that you miss
Will come to you
On those cold, cold nights

When you’ve been loved
When you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed
Will comfort you
When there’s no hope in sight

So the words you could not say
I’ll sing them for you
And the love we would have made
I’ll make it for two
For every single memory
Has become a part of me

You will always be
My love

Well, I’ve been loved
So I know just what love is
And the lover that I kissed
Is always by my side

Oh the lover I still miss
Was Jesus to a child

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Learning To Live With Me

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Gary Allan

(Harley Allen/Gary Burr)

I used to wish that I was
Great as any man
Better than I am
Could do things no one can
And I used to wish that I was cool as I could be
But now I’m learning to live with me

Is anybody satisfied with who they really are
You could be the moon
And still be jealous of the stars
You gotta’ learn to swim
If you can’t walk upon the sea
So I’m learning to live with me

And I used to wish that I was
Braver than the rest
A hero nothin’ less
A big duke in the west
But I know the way I am is who I’m gonna be
So I’m learing to live with me

Is anybody satisfied with who they really are
You could be the moon
And still be jealous of the stars
You gotta’ learn to swim
If you can’t walk upon the sea
So I’m learning to live

Learning to forgive
Learning to live with me

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Standing Outside The Fire

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Garth Brooks
Written by: Garth Brooks, Jenny Yates

We call them cool
Those hearts that have no scars to show
The ones that never do let go
And risk the tables being turned

We call them fools
Who have to dance within the flame
Who chance the sorrow and the shame
That always comes with getting burned

But you’ve got to be tough when consumed by desire
‘Cause it’s not enough just to stand outside the fire

We call them strong
Those who can face this world alone
Who seem to get by on their own
Those who will never take the fall

We call them weak
Who are unable to resist
The slightest chance love might exist
And for that forsake it all

They’re so hell-bent on giving ,walking a wire
Convinced it’s not living if you stand outside the fire

Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you’re standing outside the fire

There’s this love that is burning
Deep in my soul
Constantly yearning to get out of control
Wanting to fly higher and higher
I can’t abide
Standing outside the fire

Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you’re standing outside the fire

Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you’re standing outside the fire

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Waltz Across Texas Tonight

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Emmylou Harris

Lyrics: (Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris)

the wind can blow cold, it moans and it cries
when it carries the sound of a thousand goodbyes
but if you listen tonight on that high lonely plain
you’ll just hear my voice as it calls out your name
you’ll just hear my voice as it calls out your name

you’ve been on a road that just don’t seem to end
where that broken old heart of yours won’t ever mend
you’ve crossed over bridges and bridges they burn
so many rivers and so much to learn
so many bridges and so much to learn

but the moon is so full, the stars are so bright
and my hand is steady, my touch is light
look in my eyes, hold on real tight
and I’ll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight
I’ll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight

we both have known hard luck and love that’s gone wrong
when the ghosts take the shadows and the night takes too long
we folded our cards when the hand wasn’t strong
but that wheel will keeps spinning long after we’re gone
yeah, that wheel will keep spinning long after we’re gone

and the moon is so full, the stars are so bright
and my hand is steady, my touch is light
look in my eyes, hold on real tight
and I’ll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight
I’ll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight

look in my eyes, hold on real tight
and I’ll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight
I’ll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight

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