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THESE
4 WALLS
Shannon
Cutts
Shannon
Cutts, 2003 Lift Me Up Music (ASCAP)
These
4 walls are all my own
This
is a place where I can go
They
may be bare - just rock and steel
But
it’s enough to know they’re real
That
no one can take away
We
are safe here in this space
And
my heart is satisfied
And
my pain is justified
You’ll
never know how much it means
These
4 walls - they are my dream
To
my neighbors and my friends
We’re
just a family moving in
If
they had seen the other side
A
miracle we have survived
I
have hungry mouths to feed
And
finally I have the means
And
my life begins again
And
my pride is on the mend
You’ll
never know how much it means
These
4 walls they are our dream
These
4 walls they are our dream
These
4 walls they are our dream
These
4 walls they are our dream
These
4 walls they are my dream
www.shannoncutts.com
www.key-to-life.com
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Home
Amy Speace
Amy Speace,
©2005 Speace Monster Music (BMI)
Summertime on Old
Bay Road
Innocence no where
to go
There were fire
flies in mid-July
Lighting up the
Northern Sky
I’m with the
love of my life tonight
I feel at home here
I used to watch
you play from a stool at the bar
Watch where your
fingers lay on that old guitar
Then I tried to
sing to you a song I wrote
Anything that
would move us closer to certainty
You left so easy
So I found a home alone
Now I dig down
deep enough to find
A place I hide the tears
The photos and the
tapes have lasted ten years
Now you live
downstairs maybe across the street
With your wife and
child and we sometimes meet
In the grocery
line, the movie aisles,
Paying parking
fines, sometimes on line on those rainy nights
In our different lives
We have our own homes
www.amyspeace.com
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Box
Of Shelter
Julie Shephard
Julie Shephard and
Dan McNeil, ©1998 Julie Shephard (SOCAN)
No one believed
Beyond their lives
A box of shelter
Wrapped up in paper
You and I
The fight to define
The inner voice
The layers of warmth
To silence a life
To silence this voice
To silence these dreams
For a lifetime of lies
These waves of thoughts
Flood over me
Remain unknown
A lifeless life
Unfinished dreams
I'm going to fly
The box
The comfort zone I see
Is wrong for you
and me
In this reflection
Our box of shelter
Look above the
mystery sky
Reach me, teach
me, let me be me
Hidden words
Silent waves
Thoughts in a wheel
In another shape
Forget what's lost
Remember what's yours
Remain unknown
A lifeless life
Unfinished dreams
I'm going to fly
The box
The comfort zone I see
Is wrong for me
and you
Moved and chilled
Cannot feel
Your shadow obscure
Belief is what I
hold onto
You never learn
You never learn
No one believed
Beyond their lives
A box of shelter
Wrapped up in paper
With no disguise
We realize
That a box of shelter
Is a box of lies
Remain unknown
A lifeless life
Unfinished dreams
I'm going to fly
The box
The comfort zone I see
Is wrong for you
and me
Remain unknown
A lifeless life
Unfinished dreams
I'm going to fly
I'm going to fly
I'm going to fly
I'm going to fly
I'm going to fly
www.julieshephard.com
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Bravedancing
Rachael Sage
Rachael Sage,
©2003 Rachal Sage/Flybing Dybbuk Music (BMI)
You came to me
like lightning
Upon a picket-fence
Shattering my illusion
With shockingly
bad sense
And I may never
feel the same
But I won't always
feel this pain
So let faith fall
on me now
I'm gonna be here
till the end
If you do not see
me bend
Then you will know
I have been
Bravedancing
You rained on me
like ashes
But volcanoes come
and go
You seemed to have
such passion
For someone so shallow
And I may never
feel the same
But I refuse to
play these games
So let faith fall
on me now
I'm gonna be here
till the end
If you do not hear
my voice
Then you'll know
I've had no choice to let
Faith fall on me now
I'm gonna be my
own best-friend
If you do not see
me bend
Then you will know
I have been
Bravedancing
I see the moon
about to bloom into
Thousands of
bright yellow roses
And they'll be
spreading their light
Across the sky
And I wish my
garden could grow this
When friendship is
so frightening
It's hard not to overthink
Kisses were like kite-flying
I knew we'd sail
or sink
And I may never
feel the same
But you must see
how much I'm changed
Chorus
www.rachaelsage.com
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Rain
Rachel Loshak
Rachel Loshak,
©2003 Rachel Loshak/Apple Blossom Records (BMI)
Don't listen too
hard, the words I say won't last
One minute more
than they should
I understand you,
a flash of light amongst the blue.
I only take what I give.
Rain keeps coming
down. I don't see you flying.
I won't let you
down, I'll wait here rained through for you.
There are a few
things that bring me down and make me sink.
With all the
bright and the bad.
There is no ending
to what we think we're spending,
To make a love to
be proud.
Rain keeps coming
down. I don't see you flying,
I won't let you
down, I'll wait here rained through
For you I'd never lie.
When I tell you
that I love you.
And when we come
to die.
I'll wait here
rained through for you.
Don't listen too
hard, the words I say won't last
One minute more
that they should.
Rain keeps coming down.
www.rachelloshak.com
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Come
Home
Karen McFeeters
Karen McFeeters,
©2002 Karen McFeeters
Come home, home,
come home
When are you
coming home?
Put down my paper
and pen, missing you
I walked down the
hall to the den, longing for you
Saw your picture
and then losing you hit me hard
You packed up your
suitcase and went, missing you
Left me behind
with the rest, longing for you
Moved three
thousand miles west,
Losing you to the world
I know I can't
blame you, I'd do the same
Following dreams,
yes I know what that means
Still I confess I
am selfish
Here's my silent plea:
Come home, home,
come home
When are you
coming home?
Home, come home
When are you
coming home?
Three hundred
sixty five days, missing you
Too long since
you've been away, longing for you
I had my reasons
to stay so losing you had to be
I think of you
often and smile, missing you
Wish I could reach
'cross the miles, longing for you
Maybe after a
while losing you will not hurt
Letting go isn't easy
The candle still
burns, will my heart ever learn?
I'm hoping to find
consolation singing to myself:
Come home, home,
come home
When are you
coming home?
Home, come home
When are you
coming home?
Pretending we're
lovers, my head full of flowers
And dreams are
what keep me sane
It doesn't feel
right all alone on this night
With stars calling
out your name
Come home, home,
come home
When are you
coming home?
Home, come home
When are you
coming home?
Come home, home,
come home
When are you
coming home?
Home, come home
When are you
coming home?
www.karenmcfeeters.com
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Rain
On The Roof
Susan Greenbaum
Susan Greenbaum,
©2002 Susan Greenbaum/GreenTree Songs (ASCAP)
The key unlocks
the stained front door
Just as it did the
day before
You find it looks
about the same
Yet you seek
someone to
Blame the changes
on, now that the life you knew is gone
Then you hear
something else in your ear
And you fight with
the fear, but it's perfectly clear
You know what's
wrong, you know what's right
Light up your
morning, noon and night, alone
Silence on
long-distance telephone
You cannot work,
you cannot rest
Between the lines
you'll find your test, the truth
And the burden of proof
While you listen
for the rain on the roof
The more you say,
the less you do
Nothing comes
easily to you
Everyone hears
your said refrain
Nobody listens but
the rain
Is on its way,
swallowing every word you say
And you've found
your excuses are drowned
In the thundering
sound as the pain starts to pound
Chorus
Lying to live and
dying to give the knife to the glory
Try to pretend the
lie will not end, keep spinning the story
Over and over
Now the damage has
been done
And you have
nowhere left to run
In the end, only
you are your friend
All your life is
pretend, nothing there to defend
Chorus
www.susangreenbaum.com
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This
Could Be Our Home
Noelle Hampton
Noelle Hampton,
©2002 Twinkle Twinkle Publishing (ASCAP)
There's an oak
tree leaning towards the creek
And a willow is
dead on its side
There's a perfect
place for a garden
Where somebody has
already tried
Look there,
there's a part of a porch
That we can build
up from
We just need some
nails and paint
It's all burned
out from the sun
This could be our
home baby
This could be our home
This could be our
home baby
This could be our home
We could cut down
all of the barbed wire
And put up some
kind of a gate
You know we've got
to shed some blood
If you want to
lock up your love and
Tie up your fate
Can you feel it baby
How the planets
are aligned
Well I hope you
wrote the number down
When we rolled
past that sign
This could be our
home baby
This could be our home
This could be our
home baby
This could be our own
All we need is
just a little love
This could be our
home baby
This could be our home
In the heart of
this land
This is a lost and
broken soul
It's looking for love
And baby, it's
dying for a home
This could be our
home baby
This could be our home
www.noellehampton.com
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Grace
Cindy Alexander
Cindy Alexander,
©2005 JamCat Publishing (BMI)
So long my
unfairweather friend
I leave you here
Under the cloud
where the sidewalk ends
My misery your company
We fit so well
My need to please
you self esteem
So give back the hand
Of someone you
can't stand
When I fall into
peace, into place
When I'm in love,
and in light, and in grace
You - you don't
like me this way
So I say
So long my
unfairweather friend
I'm all filled up
Your solace in my
sadness ends
You make amends, I make
A mirror to your soul
The way from here
is getting clearer
I gotta go
Some day I pray
You'll smile for
my sake
When I fall into
peace, into place
Into love, into
light, into grace
But you - you
don't like me this way
So I can't stay
There's no wrong
or right
It's not black and white
I know you can't
se it now
But I found color
in my life
Yes I fell into
peace, into place
And I'm in love,
I'm in light, I'm in grace
And God, I really
love me this way
So I say
I hope you fall
into peace, into place
That you're in
love and in light, and in grace
You know, I love
you anyway
But I can't stay
So long my
unfairweather friend
www.cindyalexander.com
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Mocking
Bird
Megan Slankard
Megan Slankard,
©2002 Megan Slankard
If I were a
mocking bird
I'd mock you
In soft winds
And silent words
I'd spot you
Like snow blushing
in the sunlight
And I'd melt you
Like morning into twilight
If I were a
mocking bird
Would you chain me
In view of the
endless sky world
From the window
Wind reaches,
desperate, through the
Cage bars
To seize me
And I'd die in
your arms
But not your heart
If it please you
Fire flies and so
do I
I fly high to hide
in flight
Why, I delight in
blue sky
It's almost like dying
Mocking bird
I'd fly all around
Top of the world
And never come down
From here
If I were a
mocking bird
I'd give you feathers
And my very own blood
And other treasures
Which you keep on
your dresser at night
In corner darkness
By the candle that
you never light
Though it be moonless
Fire flies, so do I
I fly to hide in flight
Why, I delight in
blue sky
It's so much, so
much like dying
Against the tide
I'd fly all around
With the wind
And never come down
From here
Fire flies, so do I
I fly high to hide
in flight
I delight in windy sky
It's almost so
much like dying
Fire flies, so do I
I fly high to ride
like kites
Why, I delight in
blue sky
It is almost so
much like dying
If I were a
mocking bird
I'd fly all around
To the top of the world
And never come down
From here
www.meganslankard.com
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Calling
You Home
Heather Murphy
Heather Murphy,
©2002 Heather Murphy Music
This is a song I
send out to the distant mountains
This is a song I
send to every sea
My voice will
carry in and out of every corner
This sound will
travel through every quaking tree
This is a song
where I will set my own intention
To create the life
that I was meant to lead
And I will stand
up and embrace my own true power
To reveal my
heart, and call you here to me
'Cause I know,
now, just exactly how I want to be touched and
I know, now, how I
want you to look into my eyes and
I know, now, what
it means to rest myself in your arms and
I know, now, that
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready&ldots;for you
Through the
passing of these times we've learned our lessons
To live in truth
and with integrity
To always search
for love and move with clear intention
And always bathe
our souls in beauty
But now I think
it's time we let go of this solo journey
It's time we rest
our aching feet
I think we've
learned enough to hold ourselves and each other up
And now it's time
that our two paths should meet
'Cause I know,
now, just exactly how I want to be touched and
I know, now, how I
want you to look into my eyes and
I know, now, what
it means to rest myself in your arms and
I know, now, that
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready&ldots;for you
And you will hear
this the wind
And you will feel
this in the rain&ldots;in the rain
Now's the time
when I will ask you to remember
A distant memory
of a life with me
For I am sure that
we have walked this path before together
And I am sure that
my heart holds the key
So let your body
listen to the rushing rivers
And let your soul
shine through with clarity
And feel the
message surging through the ground you walk on
As it rises up,
and calls you back to me
'Cause I know,
now, just exactly how I want to be touched and
I know, now, how I
want you to look into my eyes and
I know, now, what
it means to rest myself in your arms and
I know, now, that
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready&ldots;for you
I'm calling you
home to me&ldots;I'm calling you home
www.heathermurphy.org
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Darla
Eleisha Eagle
Eleisha Eagle,
©2004 Eleisha Eagle
Darla,
Slow down.
Take a deep breath.
Call someone who
you know and trust.
You will not last
out on the street with a stranger know only as Joseph.
I know it's tough
but you can do it.
Straighten your barette.
On your mark, get
set, go - home, runaway
Go home, runaway.
You're not the
first to look for yourself under exploited city lights.
And you're not the
last to realize it's dark.
Possibly worse
than all the silly fights.
I know I'm right
and you can do it.
Straighten your barette.
On your mark, get
set, go - home, runaway.
Go home, runaway.
Darla, you've run
so far away.
And everyone is
missing you.
Everyone is
missing you, Darla.
Go home, runaway.
Go home
www.eleishaeagle.com
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Hold
On
Denise Barbarita
Denise Barbarita,
©2001 MyShyTune Publishing (BMI)
Everybody needs
some time to hurt
Acceptance of the
soul's pain
Appreciate when
all falls into place
Count your
blessings, honey, one by one
Try to rest, give
yourself some time to breathe
Nothing wanted
comes easily
Give it time and
don't start giving up
Well, what if
"my time' never comes
I'm just
disheartened, losing sleep
Take me to my safe place
Wrapped in daddy's
arms while
He says I can do anything
Just hold, hold on
- just a little longer
Somebody save me
Just hold, hold on
- just a little longer
Can you catch me
if I fall, he said, "always"
How can I explain
this constant pull
The want of
letting go
My own soul tries
to run off on her own
Without a body to
keep herA warm
Who am I to think
I can change the world
All I offer is a song
A string of words
for the ragged worn and thin
Don't we all
hunger for sympathy?
Scratching clawing
gnawing on the bone of my existence
If I can make a
meal from scraps and shreds
I can do anything
www.myshytune.com
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(Can
I) Please Come Home
Katie Terrio
Katie Terrio,
©2005 Julayla Music/Overground Music (ASCAP)
I've got my feet
in some six-deep feelings,
Some strapped-up dealings
And a car crash.
I've got my hands
in a muddy feeling,
A strip-tease
feeling and a fever.
I like my eyes
when I sort of see things,
When I see through
ceilings and a meltdown.
I like my eyes
when I start to see things,
When I start to
burn you like a fire.
Can I please come
home to see you?
Can I please come
home to stay/today?
I wish I had some
six-gun feelings,
Some really big tires,
And a speedbump.
And if the car
goes dumb and it stalls me,
I can keep moving
on the road.
I can keep on
moving just to find you.
Chorus
www.katieterrio.com
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This
Time Around
Michelle Lewis
Music by Michelle
Lewis and Michael Shorr, words by Michelle Lewis
©2004
Michelle Lewis Music (ASCAP)
Flying down a
partly spiral stairway
I wipe the hair
back from my face
And I take one
last look past my right shoulder
And I say goodbye
to this place
I walk through the
door and I will close it one last time
Got that look, not
a smile not quite a frown
And if pain were
my family then I guess I'm homeward bound
But I'm fine this
time around
Yes I'm fine this
time around
I drive down the
highway in a slow lane car
But I'm passing
people left and right
And I can picture
your face inside the sun's orange glow
As I watch the day
turn into night
And it's not the
fact it was the wrong place and wrong time
Or that I lost the
love we once had found
It's that I knew
from the start of this it never would work out
But I'm fine this
time around
Yes I'm fine this
time around
And I don't know
why I've these delusions in my mind
Of fairytales
built once upon a time
And I can't figure
out what all this misery's about
But I'll be fine
this time
Going down going down
Going down without
a sound
As I watch my
dreams all shatter to the ground
Going down going down
Silence never
seemed so loud
Going down down down
Going down down down
But I'm fine
this time
Said I'll be fine
this time
I'll be fine
this time
around.
www.michellelewismusic.com
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Come
Home
Yvonne Perea
Yvonne Perea,
©2002 Yvonne Perea
I know I haven't
been the best friend I could've been,
I know I've let
you down so many times
Look what our
lives have become,
Pages of things undone,
I promise I'll
make it all up to you soon
And this life that
we have is not over just yet
And this love that
we share is holding on by a thread,
Forgive me,
forgive me
I know that I'm
better than this
When your heart ain't so angry, you can come home
When your love ain't so restless, you can come home
I know you will see me, and you will be home
I have been able
to find some sort of peace in my mind.
I need you to open
your heart to me
I know that it's
hard to believe,
I know you want to
wait and see,
But I love you
more now than I ever have
And my arms are
not reaching that far anymore,
I need you to meet
me in the middle of this war,
I'll hold you I
promise you will be safe from now on
When your heart ain't so angry, you can come home
When your love ain't so restless, you can come home
I know you will see me, and you will be home
www.yvonneperea.com
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All
I Want This Year Is Peace
Anne Deming
Anne Deming,
©2005 Anne Deming (ASCAP)
|
Anne
was inspired to write this song for this compilation after listening
to the Home CD. She was recognized as an "International
Poet of Merit" for 2005-2006 by the International Society of
Poets for the lyrics. |
All I want this
year is peace
No wars to fight,
no mouths to feed
My heart is heavy
with sorrow from the earth
Blessed mother,
let us not forget your worth
All I wish for you
this year is love
Strong arms to
hold you, a future to dream of
I'll pray each day
your sunny skies stay blue
Blessed child, I
wish all of this for you
All I have to give
this year is joy
For every child,
every girl every boy
We promise to
protect you, this is my gift to you
A future full of
laughter and tears but a few
In troubled times
In darkest hours
We turn to the light
With hopeful hearts
With open arms
We ask for peace tonight
All I want this
year is peace
A world of sharing
with no more greed
Free of poverty
and circumstance
The children of
the world deserve a better chance
www.annedeming.com
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What's
It Gonna Take
Katie Reider
Katie Reider,
©2004 KRM Records
You want to reach me
You don't know how
My door is open
for you
your heart is angry
I can see right
through you
But that's no the
way to get to me
So, what's it
gonna take
To get you back to
the middle
What's it gonna
take to get right through you
What's it gonna
take to make
Your heart the way
it loves to be
What's it gonna
take for you
I know you're
angry, I know you're hurting
But you got to let
it go, you got to let it go
Your heart is
searching for the one thing
That I know that
can help you, help you
So, what's it
gonna take to get you
Back to where you
know you should be
What's it gonna
take to let it go
What's it gonna
take to bring the
Love back to your
heart, well
I want to know, I
want to know
I want to know
what'll set you free
So let it go,
reach down into your soul
And why don't you
give it up
Quit trying to
hold on
Let it go, reach
down into your soul
And why don't you
give it up and
Find the one thing
that makes you whole
www.katiereider.com
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With
Our Hands
Edie Carey
Edie Carey,
©2003 Accidental Poet Productions (BMI)
This all started
with our hands
Underneath a table
and I couldn't concentrate
I don't even think
I heard tha bad
Cuz everything in
me kept saying
Maybe you're too late
But you love me still
Anyone could see
you felt broken
Yeah, you loved me still
Anyone could see
it, yeah
The best revenge
is a new song
And lord knows we
both had no shortage of those
But you can only
harvest heartache for so long
It's getting to
the point I just want a safe place to go
So I love you still
Anyone could see
my heart was reeling
Yeah I loved you still
Anyone could see
it, yeah
Now you say you
want to be responsible
You don't want to
one day have to take it all back
Do you really
think that I'm that breakable?
And baby you know
I hate that you see me like that
Will you love me still?
Anyone could see
my heart is reeling
Will you love me still?
Anyone could see
it, yeah
www.ediecarey.com
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Halfway
Home
Antara & Delilah
Antara Blasius,
©1999 AntDeli Music
I'm gonna go for a drive
Across the Mohave
Let the sun try to
beat me back
It's a bridge, a
leg of this journey
An essential part
of my path
Chorus
And I'll drive
this molten highway
And I'll stall
again and again
But when I see
that cool horizon
I'll know I'm
halfway home
They say that the
start is the hardest
When a child is
left behind
As this road turns
into a lifetime
There are fewer
mileage signs
Chorus
And I feel like a
world explorer
Lost at sea in the
eye of a storm
But when I see
that blue horizon
I'll know I'm
halfway home
No matter what direction
Toward the
mountains or the sea
This road is
heading homebound
Wherever home may be
Repeat Chorus I
www.antdeli.com
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Coming
Back Home
Carey Colvin
Carey Colvin,
©2005 Carey Colvin/Raspberry Sun Music® (BMI)
For Summer Barrow
You've been gone
so long, seems longer than it's really been
I don't know what
went wrong, but I can't wait to have you home again
You were so lost
to me; you were so far away
We couldn't find
common ground or too much to say
You're coming back home, where I want you to be
You're coming back
home, and I know there's uncertainty
You're coming back
home, you're coming back home to me
We had our
differences, and you know we always will
All of the
consequences, baby, they won't go away until
You turn your mind
around and you make the choice
To turn your life
around and raise your voice
You're coming back home, where I want you to be
You're coming back
home, but I want you to see
You're coming back
home, you're coming back home to me
Don't let the past
whisper to you,
Don't let the
ghosts come through your door
Don't let the
echoes haunt you any more
Come back
home where you want to be
You're coming back
home, I know there's uncertainty
You're coming back
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