1. |
Bloom
03:52
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BLOOM
Nothing fixed and nothing broken. I don’t know good news from bad anymore
Life’s tender mercies sprinkling down on my skin
They send me here to Love
Bloom like a flower reaching for the sun
waiting for the chance to see the good in everyone
color like a rainbow following a storm
bright as the morning star I see the love I missed before
Dreams no longer carry me and money doesn’t satisfy
I’m looking at the world through eh eyes of a stranger
who only sees love
Chorus
Bridge
I won’t go searching leave it all unplanned
no more questions I know who I am
double chorus
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2. |
Whose Chain
04:09
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Whose Chain
Whose Chain around your legs
Whose Chain around your legs
Did your mama put it there when you were a boy
Keep you safe her pride and joy
Whose Chain around your legs
Whose name upon your lips
Whose name upon your lips
Do you murmur at night when you’re sleeping tight
some angel girl who’ll treat you right
Whose name upon your lips
Whose tears are you crying now
Whose tears are you crying now
Do you cry for all the things you’ve done
the lives you took with your papas gun
Whose tears do you cry now
Who put those marks upon your back?
Who put those marks upon your back?
Did the jailer put them there when you were brought in?
a little reminder of who’s gonna win
Who put those marks upon your back?
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3. |
Dance
03:54
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Climbing the wall, from what bottom I do not recall
A total disaster or a satisfied life
Happiness whispers, happiness shouts
Relentlessly stamping her feet at my door
Telling me
Chorus:
Dance feet flying through the air
balanced on the whisper of a prayer
Heart bursting doesn’t bother you
Limbs wild like branches in a storm
Touching me like you wished that you’d been warned
Kissing my face like it’s chocolate
laughing at the joke that never stops
Crushing seashells under neath the heel of my hand
Peeling off my big black coat
Leaving my wool hat where it falls
I don’t care if it gets lost
I follow your footprints into the beautiful night
Glistening pearls, your words are like spot lights
Spinning around you, I shiver but I don’t fall down
I forget all my worries when I leave the ground
Chorus and tag
I don’t remember what it was I was looking for when I found love ……
Music and words by Lisa Richards
lisa@lisarichardsmusic.com
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4. |
You and Me
04:10
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You And Me
You can’t tell what’s in my heart
Here’s a candle, shine a light in the dark
There’s nothing there
Just you and Me
Dirty Laundry, Dirty Hair
Dirty secrets hiding there
No one sees
Just you and me
There’s nothing left to save
so just you clean up the mess you made
of you and me
the tragedy
Standing like a scarecrow
at the funeral of our happy life
Watch it disappear
happiness and dreams burning down
Silent kitchen, a sullen chair
an empty bed, when you’re not there
All alone,
Just you and me
Burning smile and bitter tears
Haven’t heard a word of honesty for years
Nothing right with you and me
There’s nothing left to save
so just you clean up the mess you made
of you and me
the tragedy
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VICTORIA
Victoria won’t wait anymore
No more wondering what to dream for
Twisting words in a circle
The answer finds her while she’s sleeping
Chorus
She didn’t mind being as man
The world inside her hand
She woke up still sleeping
Victoria sang low today
Rise from bed to a regular morning
A life so different without warning
Another day full of ordinary moments
Until the stars climb, watch her turn in
Chorus
Bridge
So you tried to rule the world
From the day that you were born
It’s not that I approve
There’s nothing I can do,
to change the world for you
It doesn’t mean I’m done with this dream
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6. |
Daddy Please
03:39
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Leaving home way too young
Tattooed shoulder, pierced tongue
Tossing lines at passersby
Pointing down at her makeshift sign
Saying Daddy Please
Daddy please
Daddy please
Take me home
She sure is something, with her rag doll head
Eyes half closed, living dead
Face so white, high like a kite
Daddy please would you rescue me
daddy please take me home
Buy me a ticket, I’m so sorry
I wanna come home
I’ll be what you want and I won’t quit
I’m sick of this
Sick of this
Beg some change find a phone
Dial the number, hope he’s home
Hear the voice you recognize
Try to talk and tears start falling
Buy me a ticket, I’m so sorry
I wanna come home
I’ll be what you want and I won’t quit
I’m sick of this
Sick of this
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7. |
Portrait of a Lover
04:01
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He smiles, you melt inside
you can’t believe your good fortune
You better leave, you better run
while you’re still able to fill your own heart
and feel your feet under the table
Chorus
Tame your senses
Rise above
Pull in your defenses
nothing cools your love
He smiles and you float like dust
shaken from the pillow that you lay your head on
feather light and full of dreams
your heart aches and moans
you’re like a mermaid on a rock out in the ocean
And When he says he loves the way you look ,
your face, your hair, the feel of your skin
you look into his eyes you fear you’ll fall so deep
you’ll drown and never rise again
Chorus
So let the phone ring one more time
you linger
lazy fingers dancing on the table
calm your breath untie your tongue
pull your voice down low
move real slow
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8. |
Why
03:50
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Life life flash before my eyes
All my mistakes, the error of my ways
Lazy days
Hard Hard life is hard
Pay my bills one come one go
No end in sight
Chorus:
Why why why why why why why why why why why?
Don’t know
Why why why why why why?
Dirt dirt dirt on my skin
No amount of soap can wash me clean
Know what I mean?
Things things things that I’ve done
I know I’m not the only one
But sometimes it feels that way
Chorus:
Where where did you think I’d be?
Sitting in the dirt
Waiting for you to come and get me
With my heart heart broken in two
No amount of love can heal it
Or make it through
Chorus:
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9. |
Satellite of Love
03:24
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10. |
Rags and Old Iron
04:05
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11. |
4:20
04:20
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Lisa Richards Canberra, Australia
With an instantly identifiable vocal timbre and an elastic sense of phrasing, Lisa has been called a singer's singer and her songs are a melting pot mixture of jazz, folk,blues,pop, rock and country - her own brand of adventurous folk art.
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