Shelby Lynne

You and your element of dangerous
cheatin' death like a stranger but
devils got your shirt tail clutched
in the palm of his hand
double vodka on the rocks
on a plastic tray
never fails you but it won't
take the hours away - hey, hey, hey

Why can't you be
Why can't you be
It's plain to see you drive
yourself crazy
Why can't you be
Why can't you be
it's plain to see you're
the only enemy

You got some stories you're afraid to tell
tired of living in a shotgun shell
headin' west to find the edge of
life itself
last I heard there were angels
walking in Los Angeles
with their hands in their
pockets lookin cool like me, he, he, he

Scared of lovin' cause it
might feel good
you want to get it like you
know you should
what the hell's wrong with
living without the blues
you stand convicted, you
stand accused
you're so conflicted and
abused, ooh ooh ooh

So here's to you
Guilty of being you is the
easiest of all the things you do

We used to talk a lot and walk in flowers
We used to run and hear each other's voice
I would see you and you were pretty
Shut out the world and all the noise
When you were laughin' I loved to look at you
How you were overjoyed, it made me cry
I held your head as you were goin under
Saw you get lost in all your dreams
You amazed me with your ways
Just to feel you made me crazy
No matter how I got off track
You found a way to get me back
Saved me from my darkest hour
Never could deny your power
Holdin' time, life stood still
Everything was happy ending
Then you were gone
Then you were gone
Regret is lonely gains me nothin
The pictures in my mind are so clear
I feel your heart but my soul is hungry
I miss your body, want you near
Don't know the answer why you are missing
My void is deep and I can't find my way
You are all I feel and words don't justify
Why I cry out loud all day

Mother you had me
But I never had you
I wanted you
But you didn't want me
So I got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Father you left me
But I never left you
I needed you
But you didn't need me
So I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Children don't do what I have done
I couldn't walk and I tried to run
So I got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Mama don't go
Daddy come home

Some of That True Love
by Shelby Lynne

I don't need no Mazaradi,
pullin' up no circle drive,
headed for some mansion on a hill.

And I don't need no pearls and diamonds,
I don't need a fancy fur.
What I want ain't bought with a dollar bill.

**Give me some of that true love,
that's what I'm longin' for,
some of that true love,
every heart aches for,
some of that true love.

I'll tell you one thing
that makes life worth livin',
It's two hearts beatin'
in a perfect rhythm.
Give me some of that true love, uh-huh.

I don't need no dry martini,
served to me on silver trays,
and I don't need those big city lights.
I don't need no silk pajamas,
satin pillows for my head.


And I don't need my bed turned down at night.

**Give me some of that true love,
that's what I'm longin' for,
some of that true love,
every heart aches for,
some of that true love.

I'll tell you right now how I feel about it,
I never know I never want to live without it
Give me some of that true love,

(intrumental)

**Give me some of that true love,
that's what I'm longin' for,
some of that true love,
every heart aches for,
some of that true love.

I'll tell you one thing
that makes life worth livin',
It's two hearts beatin'
in a perfect rhythm.
Give me some of that true love,
some true love
some true love
a little bit of true love.

I didn't mean to hurt your feelings
It was so careless of me
I guess I've gone and done it
It's just a matter of time
Nothin' I can do but tell you I'm sorry
And that's the hardest part of all

'Cause your love's the killin' kind
Your love's the killin' kind

I'd rather walk on glass
Than see teardrops in your eyes
And I'd fall to pieces just to hold you
The best thing in my life
It's just luck I get to love you
You're the one thing that's right
You're the light in my hell, darlin'

'Cause your love's the killin' kind
Your love's the killin' kind
Oh, yeah

I, I just might cry now
Die, lay down and die now
Why, 'cause you've done it to me
You're puttin' me under

I close my eyes and I sit under the sky
I love you and all it's pleasure
Baby, it feels so right
My arms won't be any use at all
If I can't hold you

'Cause your love's the killin' kind (killin' kind)
Your love's the killin' kind (killin' kind)
Your love's the killin' kind (killin' kind)
Your love's the killin' kind (killin' kind)
Oh, yeah

I'd die, baby
Ooh, I'd die for your darlin'
Just want to say I'm sorry
Oh, I'd do anything
Anything

Wisdom abundant
Outlets are few
Driving like crazy
Can't break through
Your body's a brick
The demons are calling
You must be
Tarpoleon Napoleon
So full of mystery
Open as a wound
Didn't know the world
Could be so cruel
Seeing the image
The mirror is holding
You're the real deal
Tarpoleon Napoleon
Strongest arms
That God gave a man
Embrace all the empty
Do what you can
Your heads in flames
Your brains are smoldering
You know it all my friend
Tarpoleon Napoleon
You keep on stepping up
Can't get ahead
Rise in the early
Collapse out of bed
Hoping you'll pick it up
The pace that you dread
Speed just ain't fast enough
Blood that you bled

Smokin' and thinkin'
of things to do since you're gone
sittin', lonely
can't even get stoned
takin' a breath of a feeling that
once lived in this house

Laughin' and dying
at the mirror in the hall
talkin' to myself
a memory don't remember at all
last thing you told me was the first thing that brought on these clouds

I'm lookin' up, for the next thing that brings me down
here comes the jet plane
I can see the wheels hit the ground
however long I wait
I'm standin' at the gate, looking round

Walkin' and cryin'
stumble into a church
startin' at the rafters
wonderin' how much more I can hurt
hey old man, what are your plans for me
where am I bound
I'm lookin' up for the next thing that brings me down
I'm lookin' up for the next thing that brings me down

In the dark I can hear you whisper
shadows still, move across the distance
What did you say, it's okay
did you miss me
did you miss me
Make it mine, takin' time, forgotten
speak for me, silent plea, surrender
What did you say, it's okay
did you miss me
did you miss me
You know at times I wondered
if you ever thought of me
and I wondered if you wanted to be free
like me, and I needed to feel you and
I wondered did you miss me baby, oh yeah
Turn to gray, bluer shade, when the sun comes
peaceful time, cease your mind, Dreamsome
What did you say, it's okay, oh baby
did you miss me
did you miss me
did you miss me
did you miss me

Heaven knows this ain't no Margaret Mitchell
where the oak trees meet the pines
I know it might sound kinda simple
oh but it's mine oh it's mine

Thought I heard a logman cuttin' timber
down the Mississippi line
I'm up the old Tombigbee river
high as the pines, all the time

Elegamment les batos passant
ben on la flota vec du van
all I'm trying to say is I'm
never far away from
Alabama frame of mind

Jubilation risin' on the bayou
celebration in the wind
Father Pat gives benediction
cross the Coden bridge again

Crickets spreadin' rumors by the shoreline
with the lonesome lady whine
crab trap full of nothin
I'm high as the tide, all the time

Black light blue
Heaven's perfect hue
the ultimate possession
the game you couldn't lose
the voice in the corner
the song you hardly knew
the terrible admission
some tragic lonely tune
slow the Spanish dancer on a stage

Black light blue
is tearing me in two
a mad revelation
Shakespeare isn't true
the raising of the glasses
the falling into sin
dying in the desert
the loners lonely end
in the shifting sand oasis

Black light Blue
cock-a-doodle-do
calling for the innocent
the taming of the shrew
the muting of the colors
the mystical review
trying for forever, is what you'll never do
there you stand, alone
Black light blue

I've been wanting to talk to you
Got some questions on my mind
I feel like you have gone away
Can't find you
I wonder where your head has been
Just want to be near you again
Feel like you are hiding from me
Gotta find you
Babe let go of all your troubles
Let me hold you like no other
I'm your daddy
I'm your mother
Trust me
Forget the past we are the future
Together we're the perfect picture
I'm your cover
I'm your lover
Trust me
Forever since you let me touch you
Did you forget how much I love you
Don't you know how bad I want you
Remember
Take a step back in my eyes
When we took up each other's time
With you in me I feel alive
You're my everything
Babe let go of all your troubles
Let me hold you like no other
I'm your daddy
I'm your mother
Trust me
Forget the past we are the future
Together we're the perfect picture
I'm your cover
I'm your lover
Trust me

Here's your invitation
For your consideration
Nothins' easy
We'll go slow
And I'll never ask for anything more
Than you can give me in return
We'll never know for sure
What we will find if we don't try
On the other side
Oh we'll take our time
Bend just a little bit break just a little bit
Bend just a little bit get rid of it
Bend just a little bit break just a little bit
Bend just a little bit, I won't let you fall
Let's have a conversation
Talk about our situation
Embrace the night, don't let go
No one else has to know
Understand a little more
What feelin' somebody is good for
Stay with me the whole night through
There's nothin' good as lovin' you
When daylight breaks I'll love you more
Than I did before
All you gotta know is
Bend just a little bit break just a little bit
Bend just a little bit get rid of it
Bend just a little bit break just a little bit
Bend just a little bit, I won't let you fall
There's no expectations
Just give into temptation
Don't be afraid if you need to cry
I got enough love to get you by
Fallin in's the easy part if you're in my arms

I was on my way to somewhere to the Mexicali sand
A man sat down beside me, he had scars upon his hands
He told me some stories - I told him some lies
Light shone through my darkness, cast shadows from my mind
His eyes they looked right through me
Oh I knew he carried weight
Something real was going down that day
Oh I told him I'm a sinner
He said that's o.k.
I'm not here to change you anyway
He was gone when I turned around
Was it Jesus - Jesus on a Greyhound
Oh we talked about the world gone bad
The troubles we had seen
We talked about the dirt
Brown shoes he wore on his feet
He said I'm tired and weary
I've been riding a long way
Let me rest my eyes now
Let me drift away
He acted Like he knew me
Then he fell asleep
I had no More secrets
I could keep
Oh I told him I'm a sinner
He said that's o.k.
I'm not here to change you anyway
He was gone when I turned around
Was it Jesus - Jesus on a Greyhound
Somewhere in the sunlit mornin'
I stepped off the bus in the
Middle of the city of angels
And that long haired hippie was up
And gone where devils run and play and lust
Lookin for the danger
Oh and I looked at my feet and
Saw the shoes that he had worn and
Thank God for that beautiful stranger
Was that Jesus
Was that Jesus
Was that Jesus
Oh I told him I'm a sinner
He said that's o.k.
I'm not here to change you anyway
He was gone when I turned around
Was it Jesus - Jesus on a Greyhound
And I'll rise again
Ain't no power on earth can keep me down
And I'll rise, I'll rise again
Oh ain't no death can keep me in the ground
Was that Jesus

-acapo