Waltz No. 3

Do you have a moment to spend
hearing out the words of a friend of a friend?
There's something I think you should hear,
just one thing I ought to make clear
If you will lend me your ear
and listen here,
my dear.

I suppose I ought to confess,
I thought of you when I put on this dress,
I was hoping only for a glance
this was no happenstance,
see, I wrote this waltz for a chance
to take your hands,
and dance.

You don't need to humor me,
that will not be necessary
and if so there's no need for making haste
but if you would like a taste
go ahead and place your hands on my waist,
Vienna waits
for you.

The River

yes, things have changed,
but there's still blood in my veins
so it's still somewhat the same
even though you're not here

I still get up and go
I still put on my clothes
I still love because I know
how to fight against the fear

I still love you
but life goes on without you
I still love you
but the river rolls on without you
I still love you
but life goes without you,
the river rolls on without you,
the river rolls on.

I still put on a show,
I still feel it in my bones
when the music shakes my soul
even though you're not here

I still consume and create
Still know how to celebrate
I still love because I hate
living lost, alone, in fear

I still love you
but life goes on without you
I still love you
but the river rolls on without you
I still love you
but life goes on without you,
yeah, the river rolls on without you,
the river rolls on.

Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
Damn I miss you
but life goes on without you
Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
life goes on without you
the river rolls on

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
But with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
but with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
But with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
but with or without you, life's a ball with me

I still love you
but life goes on without you
I still love you
but the river rolls on without you
I still love you
but life goes on without you,
yeah, the river rolls on without you,
yeah, the river rolls on.

Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
Damn I miss you
but life goes on without you
Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
life goes on without you
the river rolls on

I still know how to live
I still know how to give
I still know how to love
how to fight and forgive

I still know how to laugh
I still know how to cry
And I'm still gonna live
every minute until I die

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
But with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
but with or without you, life's a ball with me

Regret and Happiness, pt. II

I'm done pretending I'm not happy
just to justify myself
done denying smiling, trying,
you do that to me, i can't help
it, if I could I wouldn't, shouldn't,
I'm not dumb enough to try;
I'm not gonna sigh and cry
and hide the twinkle in my eye

I'm in love and it's thrilling, really
i'm in love and it might be silly
I don't give a fuck 'cause it'd kill me, kill me
Chill me, thrill me, fulfill me, fill me, oh!

Deal me in 'cause I'm playin, playin,
I'm in love, I'm just sayin, sayin,
smiling, whiling away the day and
if I get a say then you're stayin, stayin, oh!

I'm done pretending you're the only
one I live for anymore
I'm done pretending that I'm lonely
just because you're insecure
I'm in love with someone else
just like I told you I would be
I never lied to you, I felt
much more for you than you'll believe.

i'm in love and i will be happy
though that's not how you would have me
not what you want, no, not exactly
if you wanted to keep me you could have asked me, oh! (/asked but no!)

i'm in love and it's not selfish
to want to love each moment, relish
every single second of it,
i am happy, i can't help it, oh!

Regret and Happiness pt. I

I'm done pretending I regret
everything I ever said
moping, hoping you'd forget
the girl who's living in my head
I'm honestly on to an opera plot
I'm a girl who once knew who she was but forgot
I love who I love but my heart's a mess
more devil than woman in this crimson dress
I don't have enough small change to second guess
"Forever" is a word that's meaning less and less
"Forever" is a word that's ever meaning less and less
"Forever" is a word that's meaning less and less

Old Things

and we've all kept old things
road maps to old dreams
sewn new thread on old seams,
and it seems
your love is secondhand,
but I can love a used man,
my mantra is "I think I can,
I think I can."

Memento Mori

You are you
and I am I,
and someday
both of us will die;
and we will both
be laid in dirt,
so while I live,
I'll love and hurt.


You are sex
and I am love,
but I will stay
with you because
I want to give
you all I can,
and prove that I
can love a man.

     You are love
     and I am sex;
     you are roses
     I'm a red dress;
     but I won't stay
     with you this time--
     I can't accept
     your sacrifice.


I am love,
and you are just
another man
in love with lust,
so I pretend
that I don't care
so I can keep
my hands in your hair.

     I don't care
     that much for you,
     but, gods, I swear
     the things you do
     are well worth lying
     to your brain!
     I'm a liar born,
     but I refrain.


This joy and pain
can never last,
so while I live,
I'm living fast.
I cannot speak
for both of us,
but I will live
'cause live I must.

Letter From My Present Future To My Future Past

It's not quite cold enough to numb the pain,
just enough to make me wish I were back in bed again.

I'm not just touching the sky, I'm kissing it,
but somewhere there's a point to all this and I'm missing it.

Yes, I still love you, and I miss you, believe me,
but I still can't decide if I'd cry if you leave me.

You let your hair grow out, you're lookin' like Nick Drake,
and who we are keeps changing like the Swan in Swan Lake.

I'm sitting with my legs dangling over the Seine,
I kinda wanna go back, do it all over again.

I've seen the whole world, almost seen it twice,
and settling down has started to sound kind of nice.

The good days aren't over, but you can't make 'em last--
So ends this letter from my Present Future to my Future Past.

Kool with a K

you start a conversation with me
just to show me you don't care
and all you can say
is cool with a k
and how much you hate my green hair.

you start a conversation with me
just to prove i'm nothing to you
you might as well tell
me to just go to hell
'cause your making us both look like fools.

Jealous Girl

I'm a jealous girl
and I got no right to be
cause I'm a wanderer
and I fly free

I am a traveller
but that don't mean
that I've forgotten my love
left him far behind me

I am a wanderer
I'll never settle down
And if I ever do
I'll still get around

I am a traveller
Seen everything to see
___
____

I am a wanderer
I got no claim on you, child
But if you'll let me I'll love you
Just for a little while

I am a traveller
I know this tree ain't my own
but I'm a free bird,
wherever I hang my heart is my home

I love the sycamore
I love the apple tree
Old Man Willow and
Rowan and Beech

I'll find it deep within me
to love the lovers of my loves
Life and Love are the beginning
Letting go is yet to come

I'm a jealous girl
and I got no right to be
cause I'm a wanderer
and I fly free

If You Love Her

whether 'tis nobler in the mind
to let a lover leave
or to take up arms
against a seas of sorrows

whether 'tis nobler in the heart
to let her say goodbye
or cough up word swords 'bout the part
you promised me that you would try
(If you love her)

is it my watch? is it my right
to ask that you stay?
to try and help, to try and fight,
when you would walk away?

If you love her,
if you love her,

If I convince you to stay
is that a rape of the heart?
is it consent when you're this spent,
when you're half what thou art?

If I love you
will I let you
will I let you just be?
Will i let you leave,
will i let you leave me?

if you love her,
if you love her

if you love her let her go
if you love her let her go
if you love her let her go
if you love her let her go

Easy

One day you walk
through my door
Next day you're what I
wake up for
some people call me easy, oh
some people call me easy, oh

But that's the way
the story goes
I fall in love and
goodness knows
that everything changes, oh
everything changes, oh

I don't have
a fickle heart,
but falling in love
is an art
that I have perfected, oh
that I have perfected, oh

I fall in love
much quicker than
your average girl
or your average man,
but people are so lovely, oh
it's so easy to love them, oh

Bitch In Love With You

Boy, it hurts
my pride to admit
it's all my fault
I been actin' like shit
But that's the only way
I see leadin' back to you
and I'm sorry I'm a bitch,
but I'm a bitch in love with you

and I could say I'm sorry
I could fall at your feet
I could kiss where it hurts,
I'd be down on my knees
if I thought it would help,
but I know that it won't
there is no way to fix
the promise I broke

I was a liar
I was a cheat
I was a scoundrel
now I'm comin' clean
you don't have to forgive me
I don't expect you to
but whether or no,
know that I still love you

It's all my fault,
I take responsibility.
I blame my own
apparent inability.
Yes I'm embarrassed,
yes I'm ashamed;
I don't need to share it,
I'll take all the blame.

I said that I wouldn't
then I upped and did,
Temptation knocked,
and I let her in.
I've been a bad girl,
what I done was wrong,
I don't know how to repent,
'cept to write you this song.