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Anonymous Rockstars
03:51
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Go on and knock the wind right out of me
Drop the anchor, tie down all the sails
Who can say it’s ever really meant to be
I guess the dream belongs to someone else (yeah)
Play it loud and grab someone’s attention
Play it soft and make the people cry
Be my friend for just 15 more minutes
Another round of love before I die (yeah)
Everybody wants to be a rockstar
Everybody wants to have a name in shiny lights
Everybody wants to be a rockstar
Sing your song, take a bow, say goodnight
Fame is rather fickle company
And fashion is a beast upon your back
Who wants who you are; here’s what you ought to be
Once you’ve gone then there’s no coming back (still)
Chorus
You’ll have to take a number
And join me at the tail end of the line
We’ll sing all our songs to each other
Anonymous until the end of time (yeah)
(c) 2009, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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2. |
The Big Show
03:14
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Standing around, everybody’s standing around
Waiting for the big show to start, waiting for the big show to start
Counting the days, everybody’s counting the days
Til they get to board the first flight out,
til they get to board the first flight out
Look at this old world, they want to end it
But there’s a new world, and I want to be in it
So I’m not watching the sky anymore
I’m not waving good-bye anymore
I’m not planning to fly anymore
When the day comes, you’ll find me here
Biding their time, everybody’s biding their time
Hoping that they don’t get left behind, hoping that they don’t get left behind
Saving themselves, everybody’s saving themselves
Maybe fit a few more in the boat, try to fit a few more in the boat
Banking on rumors and superstitions
Rewrote the ending and lost the mission
(c) 2010, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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3. |
Coal Train
03:59
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Coal train rolls by into the sky
It rattles the night
Rain on the street, jazz in the air
Keeping time with the light
Black car passes by, catches her eye
It’s gone like a ghost
Of all the eyes she’s looked into
She misses his the most
Oh, the wheels roll on
Oh, one glance and it’s gone
He dreamed of a ship, got his wings clipped
Went down to the tracks
Now he wanders the road
Looking to lose the load on his back
He can go for miles with Miles
and Coltrane’s saxophone
The melody soothes like her voice
and he knows he’s not alone
She wonders how much he’s changed
Has he let his hair grow?
And does he recall all the things
She wants him to know?
She marks the days with flowers
But she hides them away
Somehow she doubts it’s enough
To convince him to stay
(c) 2008, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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4. |
The Glory and the Fall
03:55
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Label me the skeptic
Are you so surprised?
All these years of sight unseen
Have left me with some aching eyes
My hands are stained and shaky
From wars within and without
When you came to claim my soul
Why did you leave behind the doubt?
Will I ever change at all?
As I live this life between the glory and the fall
I could keep on asking
Or I could bide my time
Live with the uncertainty
And take all of these mysteries blind
Forgive my indiscretion
Please don’t turn away
As I give voice to my darkest thoughts
And say the things the others will not say
Do you even hear at all?
As I live this life between the glory and the fall
Can you hear the crashing sound
Of all the arguments falling to the ground?
Is the space just too far
For me to ever know just what I am and who you are?
Ever broken, ever small
As I live this life between glory and the fall (2x)
(c) 2008, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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5. |
Long Way Down
04:00
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I never thought I’d be here now
I never thought I’d drink this cup
They said the book would show us how
But the book was not enough
It took just one taste to shut me up
I cast the first stone, then I got knocked in the head
And now I’m choking down all the words I once said
It’s such a long way down, it’s such a long way down
I wonder when did I become
All the things I once despised
Another lashing of the tongue
Another opening of the eyes
It took just one step to change my mind
(Chorus)
The higher the horse, the greater the fall
If there’s poison on your lips, best say nothing, best say nothing at all
Another proud and lucky one who dares to think that it should last
Cause it’s a long way but the fall is so fast
I saw the line drawn and now I know …
(Chorus)
(c) 2010, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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6. |
Might Have Been
04:00
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Everything for the greater good
And you’re another casualty
Let everything be as it should
But how could this be good for me?
The words we spoke hang in the air
You take off down the high road and for once I don’t care
Chorus:
Could it have been in another life?
Could we have had just another try?
Might have been but I don’t think it matters now
Could we have found a better way,
For me to learn and you to stay?
Might have been but I don’t think it matters now
We don’t choose the hand we’re dealt
But you’ve got something up your sleeve
You think you know what I have felt
And you’re the one who’s right to leave
You’d rather stand out in the storm
But that thin blue jacket and cigarette won’t keep you warm
Chorus
Don’t ask me if I’m happy
Does anybody ever get what they want?
Don’t ask me if I love you
If you only knew, if you only knew,
if you only knew how much
Chorus
(c) 2009, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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7. |
No Longer
04:11
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They say she was beautiful once, the talk of the town
But that’s all changed, of course, and so they don’t talk much about her now
Her only child has long since grown
It’s been years since he’s made it home
Sorting through what’s left of all the years that she gave
She once remarked it felt like her they were putting down in that grave
All her friends tend to keep away
Guess they ran out of things to say (now that)
He no longer sleeps next to her
He no longer sleeps next to her
Worked her fingers to the bone just to eat some bread
And the oil overflowed for a little while just like the prophet said
Dropped her last penny into the box
The hypocrites just stood and watched (now that)
And she was strong when they thought she’d be falling apart
And she’s learning how to survive with a hole in her heart
And she’s not afraid to make a brand new start
and take her own place in this world
(c) 2010, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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8. |
Pretty
03:33
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Pretty the pictures on your skin
Pretty the person you have been to me
Pretty the scars upon your head
Pretty the lovely words you said to me
How did, how did, how did you get to be so pretty? (2x)
Ponder the possibilities
Longings that drive me to my knees again
Your words drip from your lips like wine
Healing the deepest wounds of mine again
If I, if I, if I could only be so pretty (2x)
And you take me in your arms, as you fall asleep
I’m captured by the charms of what I could be
Cause you loved me when nobody else would
You loved me when nobody else would
You loved me when nobody else would
And I know you make me better than I am
Better than I am
You loved me when nobody else would
You loved me when nobody else would
You loved me when nobody else would
And I know you make me better than I am
How did, how did, how did you go and make me pretty? (3x)
(c) 2010, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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9. |
What Can I Do?
03:43
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They talk entitlements or safety nets and bottom floors
All I know is what I make doesn’t buy half the things that it did before
And no, I’m not asking for much
But the doctor’s talking surgery and insurance just won’t pay
The banker keeps on calling, wants to take my house away
What can I do now
What can I do now
What can I do now
That it’s all gone
They’re forming bread lines in this nation of wealth
But you won’t spare your pocket change to help feed someone else
And no, you don’t owe me a thing
But you’re burning up my wallet as you’re drilling up the sky
While I’m scraping bottom looks like someone’s riding high
Chorus
You can call me crazy
But please don’t call me lazy
’til you put my shoes on and you walk about
A sweaty brow and calloused hands
Are no guarantee
That you won’t ever do without
Chorus
© 2008, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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10. |
Yet We Walk
04:09
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Walk through the land of the mortals
Bloody our feet on the way
Waiting for our redemption
Outwardly wasting away
Surrounded by widows and orphans
And some who have only begun
Misery unto misery
Until our journey’s done
Chorus:
Yet we walk, we walk
What else can we do
Though the road seems that much harder
Now that we’re walking without you
Questions remain unanswered
They’re carried away by the wind
Mile after mile without knowing
The day and the hour of the end
So I will remain silent
Though time will not heal the loss
We look to the One before us
Who journeyed this road to the cross
(Chorus)
(c) 2007, 2011 Leesha Harvey
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