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Songs From My Heart - Lyrics
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Songs From My Heart - Lyrics
You surprised me with your brilliance I was blinded by your light And enchanted by the siren songs You sang to fill my night With images bright I approached you with fine words of praise You shyly turned your head In the pages of your shining eyes A paradox I read Of hope and dread Chorus Will you dance away to a rhythm incomplete Or romance away to the music soft and sweet? Twinned hearts beat I'm the breeze that gently strokes your hair The sun that warms your breast I'm the bird that sings forgotten songs To ease you when you rest At your request From afar my thoughts will follow you Like a whisper softly heard I'm the love who would be there for you If you only gave the word Delicate bird (Chorus) Will you be my soul-sweet lover? Will I find out who you are? Will I have to be content with Worshipping you from afar Radiant star? You're a barely-breathed enigma You're a blessing from on high You can make me laugh and sing for joy Or you can make me sadly cry Wondering why. (chorus)
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Sitting still, alone in your sadness Making me want to bring you gladness They say love heals all wounds, let me heal yours I can bring you love and laughter Kisses sweet, and all that comes after Let me heal your heart that hid behind fearful doors CHORUS: Let my hands caress away your tears And help you feel all right You can weep or softly sleep In my Healing Arms tonight We can dance together at twilight Sweet romance can make anything right I'll be your prince, your shining knight, we can work it out Your sparkling tears make me want to hold you If we're in love, there's nothing we can't do With a love as strong as mine, there's no need to doubt CHORUS When you are strong, will you still want me? Or when you're healed and no longer needy Will you walk away and rest in another's arms? In healing you, I must face my own fears I want a love that can grow and endure years But for now it's enough to hold you and keep you warm CHORUS (repeat twice)
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I got a call from an old friend from college, Who wanted to buy me a beer. We met in a quiet bar, sat by the window, Then she started bending my ear. The ex-lover we had all warned her about Who had dumped her, and moved far away Called out of the blue; he was just passing through And wanted to see her today. Though she started off hesitant, soon she relented; What was the harm in mere chatter? But after a while, she felt warmth and a smile, Enchanted by familiar patter. She called the office and claimed she was ill As lunchtime became a liason. She blushed to confess her own foolishness, Embarassed at being so brazen. CHORUS: She was missing the best, and misremembering the rest Missing the Best of a Bad Situation She was missing the best and just not seeing the rest Missing the Best of a Bad Situation BRIDGE: She said to me, "This time is different!" I knew there wasn't much I could say. Love may not be blind, but it can sure be myopic And denial isn't just a river in Africa. I saw all the signs, as she finished her story She had fallen back under his spell. Though he'd hurt her before, he was a comfortable pain I forced a smile as I wished her well. Why do people engage in such justification To accept the things they know they shouldn't? I hope that if faced with a similar temptation I'd be strong enough to say I wouldn't. CHORUS: Or I'd be missing the best, and misremembering the rest Missing the Best of a Bad Situation I'd be missing the best and just not seeing the rest Missing the Best of a Bad Situation
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Outside my window, notes on the breeze Lovely flute player, under the trees Sweet-smiling chanter Weaving her spell Where did she come from? No one can tell. CHORUS: Bright music play, songs for my heart Laughing eyes say, "This is the start Of memories I'll keep all my days." Smiling, she called to me, "Come hear me play. Listen to my melodies; celebrate the day!" Bright hair in ringlets framed her gentle face Brown eyes twinkled merrily, shining with grace CHORUS Happy voices harmonies; laughter we shared. I fell in love with mysteries quite unprepared. Flower falls into my arms and loved until dawn. I woke among the dewy grass; the music was gone. CHORUS Many years have come and gone since that evening bright Many times I've hummed the songs I heard that night. I never fully lose the hope, one sparkling day Outside my window, I'll hear her play. CHORUS
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I came home one August evening, looked out of my back door And noticed a big peach tree that I'd never seen before. Branches full of bounty - just look at all that loot! Whatever will I do? There must be twenty pounds of fruit! As I stared at that great harvest, an idea planted seed: "I'll brew it up in my biggest pot, and make a batch of mead!" It fermented quite vigorously, with lots of pulpy foam. Little did I know I was endangering my home. Now, the chemistry is simple when you're making homebrew: It's yeasties peeing alcohol and farting CO2. The airlock has a pinhole to let out all that gas, But plug it up with peach-pulp foam, and nothing's gonna pass. Oblivious that evening to impending yeast-caused doom, I entertained a lady, and we wound up in my room. We drifted off to sleep together, dreaming hand-in-hand Unaware of the rude awakening those evil yeast had planned! CHORUS: It was the Great Homebrewing Disaster That eruption made St. Helen's look tame It was a sloppy skyward spew of aborted homebrew And the yeasties and the peach pulp were to blame The airlock blew with a sudden BOOM about quarter after three Not loud enough to wake the dead, but it surely wakened me! Followed by a gushing sound, like a rushing waterfall. I scrambled up, then ricocheted on down the darkened hall. I fumbled for the light switch, then gaped at what I saw A bubbling brown fountain spewing mead upon the floor The carboy almost empty, I declared the batch a loss The brown spot on the ceiling was a foot or two across. CHORUS: It was the Great Homebrewing Disaster That eruption made St. Helen's look tame It was a sloppy skyward spew of aborted homebrew And that ceiling's never gonna look the same A morning's worth of cleaning made it mostly disappear. The woman's still a friend of mine, been over 20 years. When I moved, the landlord studied that ceiling spot a while, "I'd better have that leak fixed," and I nodded with a smile. CHORUS: It was the Great Homebrewing Disaster That eruption made St. Helen's look tame It was a sloppy skyward spew of aborted homebrew And I managed to avoid getting blamed!
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Digeri plays across the outback Walks the songlines of man's ambition. Witness cycles of sun and season All these changes - is there a reason? Satellites screaming, to Earth returning, Bright stars are falling; old icons burning. 'Round Skylab's wreckage the sand is blowing And in the hollows new seeds are sprouting. Chorus: Stock prices falling, gas prices rising In Nature's picture these have no meaning. And Mir is falling while Alpha's rising And we are singing and to Earth returning. Electrons flowing on thin glass highways Carrying pictures and words and music, Songs of love and words of hate Praising Goddesses; creating demons. Electronic fantasies, substitute realities Virtual lovers are found and lost with ease. What seems life-shattering before the phosphor screen Blown away by the wind like it had never been. (Chorus) When power fails and houses darken Families gather by flickering candles Rediscover joy in playing board games And reading books of far-off places. The stars are brighter without the streetlights; Bright planets beckon, ancient wanderers. The shining moon smiles on her children As they dance to bright Alpha's rising. (Chorus)
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I've been to Malibu and walked on the sands St. Thomas, Provincetown, and some foreign lands But when I think of where I want to stay My thoughts return to San Francisco Bay I want to stay by the Bay / Though I've been to beaches far away Watching the seagulls and the children play I like to go and wander by the Bay (chorus) By the Bay, By the Bay All the way from Suisun down to San Jose When my life brings me a lazy day I like to go and wander by the Bay Ohlone built their shellmounds tall and wide Hunted shellfish at the lowest tide Above their gravesites office buildings gleam Is it progress, or just fatuous dreams? Buildings gleam/Fatuous dreams / Perpetuate those developer schemes Office workers come here every day How many stop to wander by the Bay? (chorus) Parks and harbors and refineries All share the shoreline and the ocean breeze Oil tankers, sailboats, and container ships Sail through the Gate, embarked on global trips Many ships on global trips / Commands are called from weathered mariners' lips As they sail to places far away I sit and watch the boats out on the Bay. (chorus) I've seen Snoopy, the Red Baron, and more Artists decorate the Berkeley shore Silhouette by sunset through the Golden Gate Makes me want to dance and celebrate Celebrate, celebrate / Watching the sunset through the Golden Gate There is nothing like this down in LA Watching the lights come on around the Bay. (We love it!) (chorus) I dream of sailing to exotic shores Discovering ancient tomes of mariners' lore Although I know it's just a wistful dream Bay waters call me with their dancing gleam Dancing gleam of wistful dreams / My heart still hammers with romantic schemes And though I dream of places far away My heart is filled with beauty by the Bay. (chorus)
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I'm sorry about last night, Things got so out of hand I didn't want to fight That wasn't what we planned I wanted to feed you wine and strawberries Sing you songs about dragons and faeries And share sweet loving beneath the pale moonlight I'm Sorry About Last Night I'm sorry about last night I didn't handle it well And in the morning's light I really feel like hell I said one thing; you heard another Things got worse and we both dove for cover I'd take it all back now, just to set things right I'm sorry about last night Eagles dance in a crystal sky Soaring together up so high If they can do it, why can't you and I? And I'm sorry about last night You know that I still love you And I hope that you might Forgive and let me be with you I have a vision of long lives together Sharing dreams in all kinds of weather Please let me know if you really think we might Because I'm sorry about last night.
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We went to Chicago to renew our fading fire I made myself remember your traits that I admired. Ignoring cellphone calls in crowded malls and other petty stuff I was scared to lose your love. We ate Chicago pizza and danced and loved and played We shopped the storefront windows and walked the Promenade I could feel something missing - the spark behind our smiles We just delayed the end awhile. CHORUS: We tried to rediscover the joy that we once knew Our hopes, like the waves, were tossed by the winds that harshly blew Beneath the high Chicago Skyline, sky-blue and building-grey Those towers would always be there I felt you slip away We embraced by the marina, but your eyes held emptiness Though I tried to reach your passion, my grasp was powerless Your heart slipped through my fingers, like fragile fabric, frayed Your starry gaze was far away CHORUS: We tried to rediscover the joy that we once knew Our hopes, like the waves, were tossed by the winds that harshly blew Beneath the high Chicago Skyline, sky-blue and building-grey Those towers would always be there We went our separate ways But we'll always have Chicago
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I saw a man yell at his phone in a Wal-Mart Waving his arms like a loon Nary a care for the people around him We could have all been on the Moon! Cell phones in restaurants, email on the beach We've run out of places to be out of reach I turned it all off, to hear the wind's whispering tune. CHORUS: When I focus too much on the destination A part of me just seems to die I want to have time for slow contemplation Untying the knots of fast-paced consternation And watch the world Slowly Roll By Jump in your car and race to the airport Must be in Chicago by one Drop the tray table and open the laptop Getting the Power Slides done I'll be there in two days, because I'm taking Amtrak Sipping on rum drinks and tilting the seat back Enjoying the scenery, lit by the bright morning sun CHORUS Some people play their computers like pinball Making the day-trading score Up twenty thousand, then give it all back again Desperately hoping for more I just put a few dollars away for a rainy day, Choose simple pleasures; they're cheaper than therapy Saving my time to watch the waves lap on the shore CHORUS
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Evening is falling Nightingale's calling Come to the porch, and watch the stars come out with me Your eyes are entrancing Your lips made for sweet romancing Together the music we make is a sweet symphony CHORUS (1) I'm in awe of the beauty of your body and mind You're sensitive, subtle, your wisdom is kind Your touch brings me joys I would never dare dream Is our love as Real As It Seems? Our dance becomes thrilling Fantasy-filling Holding each other so tight is the right thing to do These moments we're taking Memories making Indelible images painted of me close to you CHORUS (2) I pray at the altar of your sweet delight Our ecstasy's music makes songs in the night I've never known pleasures like this before Each soft caress leaves me wanting more Our passions are mounting And I've stopped counting The blessings you bring by sharing your senses with me Now we lie together Your hair smells of sage and heather Never an evening was measured so pleasantly CHORUS (1)
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Eric had a granite hall, with towers tall, by the sea Pensive, he went walking, self-talking in the sheltered lee And his thoughts were of a lady gay Who when at his side chased the pain away And his mind turned back to that fateful day When he met his Lady of the Sea One evening came a frightful gale, that shredded sail, blinded eye Eric set the tower light burning bright; he heard a cry And he ran down to the rocky strand Saw a pale form; he reached her and Pulled her from the waves, was surprised to find He held a true daughter of the Sea He wrapped her in his dampened cloak, and when she woke he was at her side "How came you, child of Neth's own hall, ashore to fall by the stormy tide?" Said she, "I tired of coral homes And for years I've traveled and lived alone." Said he, entranced, "For now you needn't roam Come be my Lady of the Sea." When she rose up, she was human-formed, came to be warmed at the keep And they sat and talked all through the night, 'til the morning's light, without thought of sleep And she told him of life beneath the wave And he told her of towns he'd helped to save And when came the dawn, she her promise gave To be his Lady of the Sea Years passed and were quickly done She bore a son with eyes of green More often she came to the seaward tower And would sit for hours, as in a dream Eric woke one morn, found that she was gone Left her son well cared-for; left him alone He remembered her voice as it sang a song Of a mighty longing for the Sea Their son grew to a handsome man, and will rule this land when Eric is dead And Eric walks more and more on the stony shore where his lady he met And he dreams of hair like a silken cloud And of eyes like sky without any cloud And he falls to his knees and he cries out loud For his Lady of the Sea
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