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Lovable
04:18
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Lovable
©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
Full of anger, soft as snow
A powder keg inside a glove
What's inside you'll never know
Outside the eyes are filled with love
Heavy limbs and feather heart
Sewn together like an oak
I leaned my back against the wood
First it bent and then it broke
CHORUS
LOVABLE
Fragile like a soap bubble
LOVABLE
Captivated by the slighted breeze
LOVABLE
At the first sign of trouble
Hard of hearing and soft of voice
The gentle art of flattery
Leaves the listener with no choice
But to long for sleep perchance to dream
Heavy limbs and feather heart
Sewn together like an oak
I leaned my back against the wood
First it bent and then it broke
CHORUS
Linger on the lonesome sound
Of words that I'm afraid to crack
If you knew the sound I heard
Would you try and take them back
Heavy limbs and feather heart
Sewn together like an oak
I leaned my back against the wood
First it bent and then it broke
CHORUS
LOVABLE
Hard of hearing soft as snow
LOVABLE
What's inside you'll never know
LOVABLE
Waiting for the whole thing to blow
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
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Shady Lane
04:10
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Shady Lane
©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
Lazy Jane
It's all inside a photograph you never took
Pressed between the pages like flowers in a heavy book
SHADY LANE
inside your mind, shallow ditch that runs behind
Worn out doll, an aging girl, strolling down the brandywine
CHORUS
Look around
Look around
Look around
Look around
Look around
Pressed between your fingertips like a cigarette between painted lips
Silver foil of your smile, fading light of a long lost child
While away the summer days with picture shows and hopscotch games
Cradle full of colored rags, portraits stacked in shopping bags
CHORUS
Lazy Jane
The white-hot wheels of a bicycle, tar-caked heels
Buzzing bees of summer grass connect the dots along the path
Slippery rocks, a waterfall that no one knows is there at all
Dried up brook that takes you there, song of tombstones in the air
CHORUS
Everything you ever dreamed is buried in a single beam
Of sunlight on the windowsill, the sad song of the whippoorwill
Everything you every loved is stitched inside an unmatched glove
Waiting for a hand to touch
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Legendary Pillow
05:31
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Legendary Pillow
©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
There's the world just beyond my bedroom window
I hide my face in your LEGENDARY PILLOW
I've got nowhere to go
I've got nowhere to go
Days collide, time becomes a carousel
I hold on tight, dizzy from your magic spell
CHORUS
I've got nowhere to go
I've got nowhere to go
I've got nowhere to go coz
Everywhere I go I hear you
Calling me, chiding me, reminding me
I'm not alone
Follow me, you cling to me, begging me
To come back home
I'm not immune to contradictions in the weather
It may be June but still a chill slips through my sweater
CHORUS
It's such a shame that beggars can't be choosers
But in this game, the neediest are named the losers
CHORUS
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Backseat Driver
03:39
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Backseat Driver
©1997 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
If you got everything that you wanted
Would you cry in your sleep
And linger over the good old days
When you were free to live inside your mind?
If you suddenly came
To the light at the end of the tunnel
Would you turn around, make your way back to the dark
And find a comfort in the nothing that you used to be?
CHORUS
BACKSEAT DRIVER
BACKSEAT DRIVER
You love the road
But you just can't take the wheel
If you dropped the ball and no one stooped to offer
Would you burn the last bridge, make your way back to the dark
And create timeless works of beauty
That no one ever sees
If you carry the weight of the world everyday
When you squint at the sun you'll see nothing but grey
And tell your tales of woe
To a dwindling audience
CHORUS
CHORUS
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Wonderful World
04:51
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Wonderful World
©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
Where have all the shadows of summer gone
The wakeful hour at dawn
Anticipation, Fourth of July
The beating wings of the firefly
CHORUS
Oh, what a WONDERFUL WORLD
For a boy and a girl
What a beautiful mourning
When the light finally fades
The magic lantern of leaves on fire
The gauzy veil of the pyre
Trip the light fantastic to glory days of old
The constellations are turning cole
CHORUS
All the little ponies buried in the snow
Their steamy heads barely show
All the world's an ocean frozen like a stone
A sweeter world lies below
CHORUS
The bitter roses of early Spring
Each breath seems to sting
A hidden blueprint suddenly reveals
The latest turn of the wheel
CHORUS
CHORUS
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Light Don't Know the Difference
©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
We begin
At the dimming of the day
The lights down on the corner
You don't see which way they change
And the hand across the table
Abruptly pulls away
And the voices that surround you
You don't hear what they say
And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
And in the morning
Before break of day
You're stranded at the edge
Of the bed you share, awake
And the hand across the blanket
Abruptly pulls away
And the voices that surround you
You don't heed what they say
And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
The sun shines, the rain falls
And no one hears your distress
People pass, stare straight ahead
And no one sees what's in your head
And when it's over
You pull slowly away
Crying to the corner
Coz you won't be back this way
And the hand in the mirror
Grows smaller and disappears
And the lights down at the corner
They change between your tears
And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
And the LIGHT DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
The sun shines, the rain falls
And no one hears your distress
People pass, stare straight ahead
And no one sees what's in your head
The rain falls, just like before
But now you're closing, closing the door
The sun shines like yesterday
But this time it fades away
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Swimmer Boy
05:21
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Swimmer Boy
©1997 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
SWIMMER BOY
The summer is here in the shade of your stare
SWIMMER BOY
You dissolve all my fear in the salt of your skin
SWIMMER BOY
Make me more than I am, I can't wait to begin
CHORUS
I've been waiting in the wings
Biding my time
Just to deliver these lines
I want to breathe your tall glass of water
SWIMMER BOY
There's so much to say so keep reading my lips
SWIMMER BOY
It's all in the weight of my fingertips
CHORUS
SWIMMER BOY
SWIMMER BOY
And you keep asking me
If the pool is empty
And I want to tell you
I'll never ever let it run dry
SWIMMER BOY
Did you think you were wrong, it was all in your mind?
SWIMMER BOY
I knew all along but I tried to deny
CHORUS
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8. |
Waiting Room
03:35
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Waiting Room
©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
I'm battered and busted
This mechanism is rusted
I don't believe anymore
In paperback stories
Extolling love's glories
I only know nothing's sure
CHORUS
I hope that we can find the ones
We're meant to love someday
And never be lonely
I hope that we can find a way
To rise above this place
To a room that's always waiting
I wrote you a letter
Because I thought it was better
That we only exist on the page
There's nothing more daunting than
A sore lack of wanting and
Before the first glance it's too late
CHORUS
These humble contortions
And willful distortions
Deliver a promise unfilled
If only "we" meant "two"
But soon we'll forget who
Lost in a world that won't stand still
CHORUS
Always waiting
Always waiting
Always waiting
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9. |
Today
04:46
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Today
©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
I was born
With the sun in my eyes
When the lights went out
This world's a rude surprise
I was born
Halfway underground
But I loved my arms
They'll never let me down
I had dreams
I had dreams
I had dreams
And they all came true today
We were made
Of smoke and dust
Why weren't we made
Of stronger stuff
Why weren't we made
Of glass and steel
Then we couldn't bend
Then we couldn't feel
I had dreams
I had dreams
I had dreams
And they all came true today
CHORUS
When you smiled in my direction
All of the words I've been stumbling on
When you smiled in my direction
Form a line, make the sweetest sound
Of the dove
You are mine
You are mine
You're my shooting star
My funny valentine
I am yours
All through the night
I'll mend you when you tear
Make you come out right
I had dreams
I had dreams
I had dreams
And they all came true today
I had dreams
I had dreams
I had dreams
And they all came true today
CHORUS
When you smiled in my direction
My feet never gonna touch the ground again
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10. |
Deep In His Heart
03:39
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Deep in His Heart
©2000 Alice Bierhorst/BMI
What will become of the poor boy
Lost in a world of his own
Standing apart from the madding crowd
Alone
Nobody knows what he lives for
He's like a ghost on the lam
But he is made up of flesh and blood
Just like any man
CHORUS
Oh, I can't believe
What he's been dreaming
Deep, DEEP IN HIS HEART
He rules the world
Love is a brave innovation
A bicycle built for two
He reinvents it for me each day
Brand new
CHORUS
I nearly hurried right by him
Lost in a world of my own
But in a glance I felt all the love
That I've never known
CHORUS
Deep, DEEP IN HIS HEART
He rules the world
DEEP IN HIS HEART
He rules the world
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Alice Bierhorst New York, New York
Alice Bierhorst is a visionary singer and songmaker. Ethereal and earthy, tender and tough, her music draws upon classical music, 60's and 70's pop, roots rock, Tin Pan Alley, and dreamy indie folk. Debussy, Kate Bush, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Nick Drake, Brian Wilson, Judee Sill in the mix. A voice clear and plaintive, airy and grounded, full of wonder, tenderness and love. ... more
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