write you a letter
i’m going to write you a letter
don’t know if i’ll send it
maybe when i’m feeling better
when my heart is mended
won’t talk about sleepless nights
and rivers turned to dust
just talk about sweet dreams
of faith and trust
i’m going to paint your portrait
in all your colors
wind and rain
winters and summers
yellow and gold
a touch of blue
sun and moonlight
to render you
as shadows fall upon your face
i want to reach out to you
and feel your sweet embrace
and if heaven is on our side
then let us fall into grace
i’m going to write a new love song
with a happy ending
there’ll be no more confusion
no more pretending
just you for me, and me for you
and simple words that ring true
as shadows fall upon your face
i want to reach out to you
and feel your sweet embrace
and if heaven is on our side
then let us fall into grace
i’m going to write you a letter..
lazy day
lazy day yeah it’s a lazy day
month of may, and all the flowers start to bloom
no more showers no more gloom
and you are by my side
it’s a happy time when you find someone
on a lazy lazy day
sunny day oh it’s a sunny day
going on june, do you remember when the moon
seemed to smile at us and say
give your love don’t be afraid
and you’re shining now that you’ve found someone
on a sunny sunny day
daisy chain love me love me not
come what may, i’m going to give it all i got
if i win or if i lose, i’ll just cast away my blues
cause you can’t go wrong with a happy song
on a lazy lazy day
if i win or if i lose i’ll just cast away my blues
cause you can’t go wrong with a happy song
on a funny sunny lazy daisy
lazy day
marie marie marie
marie marie marie
why do you lie so still
marie marie marie
why do you breathe so low
i’m in between the layers of the light
somewhere in between day and night
nobody knows the trouble i’ve seen
nobody knows the trouble i’ve seen
marie marie marie
why are your lips so pale
marie marie marie
why are you cold as snow
i cannot move, i cannot answer
nothing will be as before
nobody knows the trouble i’ve seen
nobody knows the trouble i’ve seen
marie marie marie
one small drop of blood
marie marie marie
tell me this ain’t real
i hear angels, i hear a river
i feel the breath of the giver
nobody knows the trouble i’ve seen
nobody knows the trouble i’ve see
the trouble i’ve seen
for marie trintignant
i know what heartache is
i know what heartache is
and i see the trouble in your eyes
the tears and disenchantment
things that you cannot disguise
and i think i know the way that you feel
and i think i’ve been places you’ve been
we can leave that behind
we can change our frame of mind
if you want to take a chance with somebody
if you want to try and get your heart free
if you want to dance with somebody
let that somebody be me
you hear the melody
do you hear the inner rhyme
the voice of the child in you
says let your heart keep time
and maybe i remind you of her
and maybe you remind me of him
it’s not easy to learn how
to live in the here and the now
if you want to take a chance with somebody
if you want to try and get your heart free
if you want to dance with somebody
let that somebody be me
i would like to take a chance with somebody
i would like to make my dream come true
i would like to dance with somebody
could that somebody be you
child believing
jah receiving
child believing
dream sequins
i had a dream about a mysterious goddess
she had quite a few tricks up her sleeves
she wore a coat with an embroidered bodice
with swirling patterns of ferns and leaves
now i’m making my coat of dreams
stitching it up and trimming the seams
nobody’s going to take it from me
and i’m making it just the way i want it
it’s made of
dream sequins and butterflies
passion flowers and birds of paradise
dream sequins and diamonds
and a secret charm sewed into the lining
yeah into the lining
now eve was born in a garden
adam came from cold damp clay
when he began to dry up and harden
he blamed eve and locked her away
she said « come on tell me about original sin
where does it end where does it begin »
when she broke free from guilt and doubt she said
« i’ll wear my garden inside out »
it’s made of
dream sequins and butterflies
passion flowers and birds of paradise
dream sequins and diamonds
and a secret charm sewed into the lining
yeah into the lining
if you see me in my coat of dreams
hope you’ll make one for yourself
make it just the way you want it
don’t listen to anyone else,
when you see me
when you see me
my secret love
dreams and promises slip away
a secret love that could have been
a summer romance seemed so easy
now it’s over before it could begin
why did you turn away from me
cold and silent and cruel
i thought our love was meant to be
but i turned out to be a fool
grey november day says remember when
stars were falling like rain
when the winter chill fills the air
will you recall the wish you made
why did you turn away from me
cold and silent and cruel
i thought our love was possible
but i turned out ot be a fool
why did you turn away from me
cold and distant and cruel
i thought our love was meant to be
but i turned out ot be a fool
as i lie here with my guitar
strumming away the sadness
dreams and promises rise again
a secret love to be
love to be
love to be
love will be
greyhound humming
one of these days we’re gonna ride
out of this town when i make big time
i’ll buy you clothes and fancy shoes
toys for the children, all that they choose
and a gypsy woman saw my name
up in lights on the boulevards
she saw fortune, she saw fame
she saw it all written in the cards
and i’m on my way down to the station
a suitcase full of expectation
you can hear the diesel drumming
hear the sound of that greyhound humming
so dry your tears little billy and sue
work hard in school, promise to be good
i’ll come back soon in a big shiney car
and drive us all out ot hollywood
i’m on my way down to the station
a suitcase full of expectation
you can hear the diesel drumming
hear the sound of that greyhound humming
we’ll be a part of the golden scene
we’ll be dancing on easy street
it all comes true on the siver screen
just you wait and see
i’m on my way down to the station
a suitcase full of expectation
you can hear the diesel drumming
hear the sound of that greyhound humming
i didn’t see the years slip by
youth that fades and dreams that die
i kept saying i’d go back home
but i wouldn’t know my children now that they’re grown
i head out down to the station
a suitcase full of expectations
i could hear the diesel drumming
hear the sound of that greyhound humming
do you want to know
if i could find a way to tell you
how i’ve been feeling for you
feeling for you
set the wheels in motion
show you my emotion
my emotion
about the passion and poetry
and the magic and mystery
do do do do you
do do do do you
do do do do you want to know
if i could find a way to tell you
how i’ve been dreaming of you
dreaming of you
streams of love keep coming
run into you
run into you
i jumped in the water
hot water getting hotter
do do do do you
do do do do you
do do do do you want to know
do you want to know how my garden grows
taste the sweet perfume of a blooming rose
travel through the nights of a thousand sighs
wake up in the arms of paradise
do do do do you
do do do do you
do do do do you want to know
if i could find a way to tell you
how i’ve been thinking of you
thinking of you
only you can quench the thirst
a drink of you
drink of you
honey lips of desire
fingertips fill with fire
do do do do you
do do do do you
do do do do you want to know
lets make love tonight
do do do do do
do do do do do
take your troubles and throw them out the door
let’s make love tonight
let’s not make conversation
let’s not take an imitation
i feel the real thing knocking at my door
let’s make love tonight
starlight starbright
first star i’ve seen tonight
wish i may wish i might
have the wish i wish tonight
do do do do do
do do do do do
take your troubles and throw them out the door
let’s make love tonight
i’ll be your mirror
you look like an angel to me
out in the desert
trying to drink from an empty well
so brush off your dusty wings
you know you can fly
out of your lonely hell
and you’re looking for someone
to kindle the spark
a part of you hidden in the dark
and if you come a little nearer
i see you shining like a star
and if you want me to
if you want me to
i’ll be your mirror oh oh oh
i’ll be your mirror
you say that you believe
there’s someone out there
who can make you feel complete
and then you look at me as if i could read your thoughts
so when do you sweep me off my feet
and you’re looking for someone
to kindle the spark
a part of you hidden in the dark
if you come a little nearer
i see you shining like a star
and if you want me to
if you want me to
i’ll be your mirror oh oh oh
i’ll be your mirror
how many days and how many nights
how many rivers left to cross
in solitary
and you’re looking for someone
to kindle the spark
a part of you hidden in the dark
and if you come a little nearer
i see you shining like a star
and if you want me to
if you want me to
i’ll be your mirror oh oh oh
i’ll be your mirror
you’ll be my mirror
i’ll be your mirror
i will be be your mirror
our lady of the snows
i lit a candle in the chapel
our lady of the snows
a candle for love
that morning on the mountain
i tried to climb beyond the clouds
high up above
i tried never returning
running away from you
i tried becoming nothing
nothing but a speck of blue
our lady
our lady
our lady of the snows
descending the mountain
my tears were dried
illusions gone, found something new
the mountain taught me
rocked my body, opened my heart
when i found you
i realised how small we are
that love is large and love is wide
that we can question, we can ask
but we can never really understand why
our lady
our lady
our lady of the snows
if you see him my love
with the stars in his eyes and the honey skin
tell him it’s him, my love
it’s only him
i lit a candle in the chapel
our lady of the snows
a candle for love
our love
the flame still grows
words and music by birdpaula
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