Shedaisy

My name looks unfamiliar on this barky marky sign
And the love that I've been gettin' I can't really call it mine
This blacktop ribbon winds me down an unforgivin' road
When I think about my baby on the other side of home
I say oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh, I gotta go
I say oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh

Hey, hey, hey, on my way
23 days gone by, why can't eagles fly
Hey, hey, hey, love don't break
23 nights of blue carry me back to you
Yeah

Another song gets crippled on this napkin in my lap
As we burn another circle on this god forsaken map
The droaning of the engines and the moaning of the wheels
It's a fortuneteller's melody, it's how you make me feel
I say oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh, I gotta go
I say oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh

Hey, hey, hey, on my way
23 days gone by why can't eagles fly
Hey, hey, hey ,love don't break
23 nights of blue carry me back to you

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

Yeah, Albuquerque's never felt colder
One mile higher all the way to Boulder
Okalahoma City always looks pretty
'Cause it's half way home
Yeah, windshield wipers, broken white lines
Lord, don't let me loose my mind
'Cause 23 days of Tennessee time
And I'm back to you

Ooooh, oh-oh-oh, oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, hey, hey, on my way
23 days gone by why can't eagles fly
Hey, hey, hey, love don't break
23 nights of blue carry me back to you
Whoa-oh, whoa-ooooh
Whoa-oh, whoa-ooooh, oh
Whoa-oh, whoa-ooooh
Whoa-oh, whoa-ooooh, yeah

I'm gonna tell you something you don't want to hear
You never listen when I talk
Maybe you'll listen when I walk
So I made up my mind and made a sandwich
And I didn't shed a tear
I gave you one last minute of my time
In this mess I left behind

You'll come home tonight
And turn on the light
Don't you be surprised to find
My little good-byes

Empty hangers by the closet floor
Lipstick tube on the bathroom floor
Unpaid bills by the kitchen phone
I took the Beatles, left Billy Joel
My little good-byes

I'm sure you're sure I'll be back in just an hour or two
You'll tape a Hallmark to my door
They always said it better than you
And if ya wonderin' if you're gonna hear from me
Well take a real good look around boy
And it won't be hard to see

When you come home tonight
And turn on the light
Don't you be surprised to find
My little good-byes

Took your favorite Dodgers hat
Left the litter, but I took the cat
My little good-byes
Loaded up the TV in the back of my car
Have fun watching the VCR
My little good-byes
Little Good-byes, oh baby, little good-byes

Bridge:
So cry to your mom and your sympathetic friends
And tell 'em how the story ends

My Little Good-byes
Took the hourglass left the sand
Now you got time on your hands

My little good-byes
Took the statue from Japan
Funny little Buddah man


My little good-byes
Changed my voice on the machine
Or there'll be little good-byes with every ring
My little good-byes

Left the pictures took the frames
Got the umbrella, here comes the rain
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Rain, yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, yeah,yeah, yeah
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Little Good-byes

I won't be bored
I won't be ignored
Hey!

I won't be your dirty secret
I won't be your cure-all pill
And I won't run to fetch the water
Just to tumble down the hill

I won't be your Friday paycheck
I won't be the prize you flaunt
And I won't be your Martha Stewart, baby
Or your all night restaurant

chorus:
But I will, I will, I will be your everything
If you make me feel like a woman should
I will, I will, I will be the whole shebang
You know I will...but

I won't be your crutch to lean on
I won't wear stiletto heels
I won't walk a mile in your shoes
Just so I know how it feels

I won't be your obligation
I won't be your Barbie doll
I won't be the portrait of perfection
To adorn your wall

(repeat chorus)

Bridge:
Hey - you know I will
All right

I wont be your lifetime girlfriend
I won't be just one of the guys
I won't be your mama's favorite
I refuse to be the last in line

(repeat chorus)

Yeah, I will, I will, I wll be your everything
I will, I will be the whole shebang
I will, I will be your everything
I will, I will, I will, I will- yeah

You know I will
You know, you know I will
You know I will
You know, you know I will - yeah

This woman that takes on the world
And picks up you shirts, keeps it together somehow
This same woman, that melts with your touch
Wants you to feel what I'm feelin right now

Chorus
'Cause this woman needs
A safe place to land
The strength in you hands
To know you know
What this woman needs
Is somewhere to cry
So lay by my side
And I'll tell you, I'll tell you

This woman needs to be reassured
That my heart's your home and love is what wills you to stay
I need you to see me in every light
And hear that you still think I'm beautiful anyway

(Repeat Chorus)

What this woman needs
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, what this woman needs
Is somewhere to cry
So lay by my side
And I'll tell you, I'll tell you

What this woman needs
Yeah, what this woman needs
Yeah, yeah, yeah -
What this woman needs

Every kiss before this
Was nothing by a waste of breath
And every I love you was just a whoop-de-doo
Never knew what I missed before this

Da, doo, doo, doo
Ooo,Ooo

Yea, And every love song before you came along
Was always about someone else
Oh well every star was just a wish to far
Always the realest, yea before this

(chorus)
And the way things go, you never know
Where love will lead you to
And everything we've ever dreamed
Lies before me and you

People say it's not everyday
That you find the perfect fit
But when I fell for you, I found the other shoe
Cupid was a myth, before this

(repeat chorus)

Yeah-
Da, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Da, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Da, doo, doo, doo, doo
Yeah

(repeat chorus 2x)

Yeah, before me
Me and you

You always say that I have multiple personalities
I bounce somewhere between dreams and reality
So where'd you dig up the odacity to ask me
How we've all been doing
Since you broke our hearts
(well so far..)

(chorus)
Number 5 just cries a river a minute
7 wants to tie you up and drown you in it
Yeah, 14 just wants to say so long, bygones
32 wants to do things to you that'll make you blush
10 wants to key the El Camino that you love so much
And there ain't nobody that wants to mess with 23
Oh, lucky 4 you tonight I'm just me

I guess this party's more than your new Barbie bargained for
She's got you by the sleeve slowly easing towards the door
She's probably right, you should be movin' on
Don't know how long we can behave
Better have the valet get your car
(cause you know how women are)

(repeat chorus)

Bridge:
Forgfveness is the key
According to my shrink
But it's not up just up to me
(I don't know girls, what d'ya think?)

(repeat chorus 3x)

(Fade)

Never thought I'd be in this place
It's someone else's life I'm living
Wish i were living a lie
The hardest part is when the bough breaks
Falling down and then forgiving
You didn't kiss me good-bye
I'm choking on the words I didn't get to say
And pray I get the chance one day

(chorus)
I stil run, I sill swing open the door
I still think, you'll be there like before
Doesn't everybody out there know to never come around
Some thing's heart won't listen to
I'm still holding out for you

I can hear you smile in the dark
I can even feel your breathing
But daylight chases the ghosts
I see your coat and I fall apart
To those hints of you I'm clinging
Now's when I need them most
I should get up, dry my eyes and move ahead
At least that's what you would have said

(repeat chorus)

Bridge:
Faithfully, I trace your name while you sleep
It's the the only true comfort I feel

I still run, I stil swing open the door
I still think, you'll be there like before

(repeat chorus)

I thought that was supposed to feel good
And if you were really mine
I guess it would
I didn't fall in love
'Cause it was the right thing to do
I just went ahead and fell for you

(chorus)
Oh, somewhere down along the line
I guess that love became a crime
This contradiction makes no sense
This is punishement
I feel like this is judgement day
I'll raise my hand stand up and say
I don't believe I'm innocent
This is punishment

Truth is your heart was never mine to take
Now I'm stuck in a feeling
That I'll never shake
I prayed for it to go
God knows I want it to stay
But here I am loving you either way

(repeat chorus)

Bridge:
You'll never feel all the things I can't say
And I'll never know if it's better this way

(repeat chorus)

Oh, somewhere down the line
I guess that love became a crime
This contradiction makes no sense
(This is punishment)
This is punishment
This is punishment
I feel like this is judgement day
I'll raise my hand stand up and say
I don't believe I'm innocent
(This is, this is, this is punishment)

(fade)

Hey Jack, take back
All those lines you're trippin'
That's not who I am
It ain't that quaint
You're composure's slippin'
Right into my hands
('Cause when- just a little bit, just a little bit) I smile
(Just a little bit) You fall hard

(chorus)
Stop listening to you
Start listening to me
I know when the lights are changing, you'll see
If you're liking the view
Baby, it don't come free - yeah, yeah
(Never, never, never)
I think you're gonna stay 'cause I like it that way
I think you're gonna stay 'cause I like it that way

Time to undo
All your achaaic thinking
We're supposed to share this cave
Bye, bye tough guy
Won't know what hit ya till you're down
Your heart's mine to save
('Cause when- just a little bit, just a little bit) I smile
(Just a little bit) You fall hard

(repeat chorus)

Da,da, da, da, da- hey
Da,da, da, da,
Da,da, da, da, da- hey
('Cause when - just a little bit, just a little bit) I smile
(Just a little bit) You fall hard

(repeat chorus)

I think you're gonna stay 'cause I like it that way
I think you're gonna stay 'cause I like it that way
I think you're gonna - stay
Uh-huh

What if my heart
Had walked right past you
What if my eyes
Had never asked you
To come and take the chains
That kept me weighted down
If you never saved me
Oh, I know I'd still be

(chorus)
Walking in sinking sand
Flying with no place to land
Oh, I'd be lost
Searching for you
Heaven would be out of reach
My soul left incomplete
That's where I'd be
Without your love

You're the reason
I feel so safe
The way you hold me
Holds my heart in place
I'm just thankful to be
Where I am right now
Without your arms around me
I'd be where you found me

(repeat chorus)

Ahh, ah
Ahh, ah

Oh, I would be

(repeat chorus)

That's where I'd be
Without your love

Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo

He promised a night to remember
Oh, and she knows it will be
A happy little celebration
For their seventh anniversary
Her new dress is cut a bit lower
Her lips a brighter shade of red
She spent all day setting those blonde curls
Tonight's she's gonna knock him dead
She's gonna show him how
The fire's burning now
Her heart beats faster as she thinks back on that day

(chorus 1)
When he vowed they'd stay together
To have and hold her in his heart
She promised him forever
Until death do us part
Sealed with a tender kiss
She can't help but reminiace and smile
No doubt, this will be a night to remember

Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Oh, to rember
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo

They drive up to the top of the canyon
And pull up to the edge
They have dinner up above those city lights
WIth a bloodless moon overhead
There's a distance in her emerald eyes
Her voice is a little cold
As he takes another sip from his champagne glass
He wonders could she know
Hidden inside her coat
Are letters his lover wrote
Her heart beats faster as she asks him to remember

(chorus 2)
When he vowed they'd stay together
To have and hold her in his heart
She promised him forever
Until death do us part
Sealed with a final kiss
She can't help reminiace and smile
No doubt, this will be a night to remember

Bridge:
She whispers in his ear and tells him that she knows
She throws the car in gear, plunging to the earth below
She whispers in his ear and tells him that she knows
She throws the car in gear, it blossoms like a fiery rose

(chorus 3)
When he vowed they'd stay together
To have and hold her in his heart
She promised him forever
Until death do us part
Sealed with a fateful kiss
Love takes a fatal twist
No doubt, this will always be a night to remember

Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Oh, to remember
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Ooo, Ooo,Ooo
(a night, a night, a night)
To remember
Ooo,Ooo,Ooo,Ooo
Ooo,Ooo,Ooo
(A night, a night, a night)
To remember
Ooo,Ooo,Ooo,Ooo,
Ooo,Ooo,Ooo,

(fade)

Somewhere between
What can and can't be seen
I knelt in your spring
You dusted off my wings
Your kiss upon my face
Feels like a brush with grace
Baby, that's all it takes
To take me higher

(CHORUS)
If true love really does exist
It would feel as pure as this
Baby, it's as if
We're dancing with angels...
Stealing light from shooting stars
We're just taking what is ours
In each other's arms
We're dancing with angels...

How did we find
Smooth blue in a crooked sky
Could be love winds
Gold threads through a grand design
Your whisper on my skin
Familiar healing wind
We must be slipping in
Heaven's windows

(repeat chorus)

Oh,oh, oh, oh - oh, oh, oh, oh
Ah, ah, ah, ah - ah, ah
Oh, oh, oh, oh - oh, oh, oh, oh
Ah, ah, ah, ah - yeah, yeah, yeah

Bridge:
(Yeah) Your kiss upon my face
(Yeah) Feels like a brush with grace
(Yeah) Baby, that's all it takes
To take me higher

(repeat chorus 2x)

Angels, Angels
Dancing with, dancing with, dancing with angels
Angels, Angels

The sun kisses the windowsill and I am still
On my second cup of pity me
It's been a long night chasing ghosts but at the most
It's been a rude awakening
That all too late I finally see

That it's
Chorus:
My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all mine
And it's my bad, my broken
All my should have's left unspoken
Mine all, mine all mine

I drove you to the edge of the map and after that
I pushed you off just to watch you fall
You never were the bounce back kind
But boy this time you've proven me wrong after all
Now I'm the one who's gonna crawl

'Cause it's
repeat chorus

Always thought I'd get to sorry
But the chance has come and gone
So if it finds it's way back in
I'll hold on hold on hold on

My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all, mine all mine

(fade)

Up all night thinkin' 'bout the day
You pull me close then you push me away
You could keep pretending you got everythin' you need
But I don't give up so easily

Whatever it takes I'm gonna try
Whatever it takes day or night
I'll climb up that mountain
I'll touch the sky
Everything all in one day
Whatever it takes

Life gets hard, nothing's ever free
You don't believe in the things you can't see
But every now than we need someone to pull us through
And maybe that someone is you

Whatever it takes I'm gonna try
Whatever it takes day or night
I'll climb up that mountain
I'll touch the sky
Everything all in one day
Whatever it takes

It's not in my mind, I can feel it
Love will unwind
This is real I'm not going away
You can wander but I'm willing to stay

Up all night, hmm
Thinking 'bout the day
You pull me close
And know just what to say

Whatever it takes I'm gonna try
Whatever it takes day or night
I'll climb up that mountain
I'll touch the sky
Everything all in one day
Oh, oh, yeah

Whatever it takes I'm gonna try
Whatever it takes day or night
I'll climb up that mountain
I'll touch the sky
Everything all in one day, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Whatever it takes

What if I told said I wanted to hold you
For more than just one night
What if I said I wanted to show you
It all is gonna be alright
I'm a good thing
Make sure you know it
You only get one shot
Baby don't blow it
I'm the green green grass
As far as your big brown eyes can see
And if you leave
You'll wanna bring it on back to me
I know I ain't easy
To get a handle on
It don't take more than enough
To please me
But I don't want to wait to long
Cause I'm a good thing
Make sure you know it
You only get one shot
Baby don't blow it
I'm the green green grass
As far as your big brown eyes can see
And if you leave
You'll wanna bring it on back to me
Open the door
Your ready to walk through
I'm where you prayer
Was meant to land
Give me the holes in your heart
I promise I will do
Anything everything
You know I can
Look at me baby
I'm a good thing
Make sure you know it
You only get one shot
Baby don't blow it
I'm the green green grass
As far as your big brown eyes can see
And if you leave
You'll wanna bring it on back to me

I slammed the door a thousand times
What's mine is mine
What's yours is mine
It's a long drive uphill
Sit back I'm taking the wheel

So many highs so many lows
You move too quick to ever show
Exactly how you feel
So I'm takin' the wheel

Chorus:
Everybody says it can't be done
We drive each other crazy but
You're still the one
You make it hard to stay
Harder to run

You and me we're quite a pair
We make a mess out of thin air
You know I love you still
But I'm takin' the wheel

Repeat Chorus

It's a knock-down drag-out fight
Tongue-tied and twisted we can go all night
You're comin' with me and here's the deal
Baby slide on over
I'm takin' the wheel

So many roads we're left to take
So much history to make
We bend but we don't break

Repeat Chorus

It's a knock-down drag-out fight
Tongue-tied and twisted we can go all night
You're comin' with me and here's the deal
Baby slide on over

And leavin' this crazy tug-of-war
Only makes me want you more
You're comin' with me that's how I feel
Baby slide on over
I'm takin' the wheel

oh yeah

I slammed the door a thousand times
What's mine is mine
What's yours is mine
It's a long drive uphill
Sit back I'm taking the wheel

Look at me,I'm gorgeous in my housecoat with my coffee cup
I bend down to get the paper,every neighbor tryin' to check me out
Look at me,I'm lovely as I wave beside my minivan
Look at how my diamonds seem to sparkle on the garbage can

Chorus:
God bless the American housewife
How she does it all I'll never know
God bless the American housewife
She could use a miracle for sure
God bless the American housewife
Cleanin' up the world for you and me
God bless the American housewife
(Ah Ah Ah Ah AH)

Look at how my children play Commando in the cul-de-sac
Look at how my husband has survived another heart attack
Look at all the other mothers envious of all my things
Have to call the plummer Cause my daughter flushed my wedding ring

(Repeat Chorus)

Look at me, I'm beautiful and glamorous in rubber gloves
Look how my tiara can be bent back to the shape it was
I can do the laundrt and make dinner while I'm on the phone
Look at me, I'm sexy as the devil when I mow the lawn

Chorus 2x

How she does it all I'll never know
God bless the American housewife

You and I we started out
I thought that we were cool
You took the time, you read my mind
There's nothin' you wouldn't do, yeah
I give, you take
I got news we're gonna break

Is it kickin' in
Yeah, my nerves are raw
And they're wearin' thin
Is it kickin' in
I know I've said it before
You wanna play me again
I'm not a freak show
Ego kinda thing
I can suck it up or spit you out
So take your best swing
I'm gunna jump right off of this sinkin' ship
Are you feelin' me yet
Is it kickin' in

One day you might discover that I used to care
I'll be that speck in your rear view mirror
The back that just won't scare, yeah
Humm, oh well, too bad
I'm the best you ever had

Is it kickin' in
Yeah my nerves are raw
And they're wearin' thin
Is it kickin' in
I know I've said it before
You won't play me again
I'm not a freak show
Ego kinda thing
I can suck it up or spit you out
So take your best swing
I'm gonna jump right off of this sinkin' ship
Are you feelin me yet
Is it kickin'.
In

(Instrumental Interlude)

I give you take
I got news we're gonna break
Oh, well too bad
I'm the best you ever had

Is it kickin' in
I'm not gonna break
I'm not gonna bend
Is it kickin' in
It's the same old lies
So this is goodbye

Kickin' in
Yeah, my nerves are raw
And they're wearin' thin
Is it kickin' in
I know I've said it before
You won't play me again
I'm not a freak show
Ego kinda thing
I can suck it up or spit you out
So take your best swing
I'm gonna jump right off of this sinkin' ship
Are you feelin' me yet
Is it kickin' in
Oh, oh, is it kickin' in
Is it kickin' in

You can say you're on the healin' side
You can say you've finally seen the light
But I don't see it yet, so how do I forget

Don't you whisper borrowed words
When you know just how hard it hurts
Baby, break it right
Leave me on the healing side

'Cause it's not just love you're killing
All you wasted and watered down
I'm not able, I'm not willing
To just lay this in the ground
If I don't have a quiet place to run and hide
Have mercy, leave me on the healing side
Oh, the healing side

Watch the blue folding into black
And if I could I wouldn't give it back
This I can't undo
But I can make it through

'Cause it's not just love you're killing
All you wasted and watered down
I'm not able, I'm not willing
To just lay this in the ground
If I don't have a quiet place to run and hide
Oh, have mercy, leave me on the healing side

Maybe I needed too much
Maybe not enough
This would have been easy
If it were all about us

'Cause it's not just love you're killing
All you wasted and watered down
I'm not able, I'm not willing
To just lay this in the ground
If I don't have a quite place to run and hide
Oh, have mercy, leave me on the healing side

You can say you're on the healing side
You can say you've finally seen the light
Oh, but I don't see it yet