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Lighthouse
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Welcome To
Stay |
In Your Corner |
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Ocean View |
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Miles To Go |
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Untrouble Your Mind |
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2.
City Lights |
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Welcome To Stay |
2.
Rolling Away |
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Blue Streak |
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No Room For Blue |
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My Own |
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Just Breathe |
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Even For You |
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Shadows Of My Limits |
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Coney Island Getaway |
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Table For Two |
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Raining In L.A. |
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6.
Let Her Go |
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Smoke And Mirrors |
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On The Rise |
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Falling Away |
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Shade |
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Over Your Shoulder |
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8.
Two Blue Oceans |
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OK By Me |
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Trembling Arms |
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Lie To Me Tonight |
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The Right Road |
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Vibrant Blue |
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10.
Dance With Fireflies |
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The Journey |
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How The Falcon Flies |
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11.
Leave It All To Me |
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Too Far Away |
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The Water And The Earth |
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12.
Man In The Moon |
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As You Leave |
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What They Meant |
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13.
Element Of Doubt |
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Turn Back Now |
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14.
I've Been Here |
14.
These Woods |
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15.
Stargazer |
15.
Sleep Well Tonight |
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1. OCEAN
VIEW
© Melissa Gibson
/ Java Joe's MusicThere's a room in my mind with an ocean view
There's a Saturday silhouette
The stars begin to illuminate midnight blue
I'm listening to a Chapin cassette
I go there when chaos rules my life
It's where I always want to be
I'm free from conflict or strife
There in my memory I'm by the sea
When I was just a girl and the wind was right
My dad and I would hoist the sails
We would sing to the wind and the northern lights
That salt water could cure all that ails
I go there when chaos rules my life
It's where I always want to be
I'm free from conflict or strife
There in my memory I'm by the sea
The next time you're on a sinking ship of fools
Unwind with margaritas by the pool
Leave behind the melancholy
You can always come with me
I'm by the sea
I go there when chaos rules my life
It's where I always want to be
I'm free from conflict or strife
There in my memory I'm by the sea
Yes, in your mind, go by the sea
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1. MILES TO GO
© Melissa Gibson
/ Java Joe's Music
I can't believe that I'm still here
Still standing in this spot
And after all these years
I'm looking at what I am not
But I've got a head on my shoulders
I've got a heart that I trust
And I am praying to God above,
That it's gonna be enough
And I've been so low
I've been not at my best
And I've got miles to go before I rest
I thought when I reached this age
I'd have it all worked out
I'd fix all my mistakes
And I'd know what life's about
But somehow growing older
Didn't make me more the wise
And I just had more questions
In everything I analyzed
And I've been so low
I've been not at my best
And I've got miles to go before I rest
I know you've felt this way too
When time's not on your side and
You've got way too much to do
But you can't tell truth from the lies
So I'll keep moving on
Though I'm not sure how I'll do it
No matter what may come along
I'll find a way to get on through it
And I'll gather my courage
Stepping one foot at a time
And I'll balance here on the edge
Trying not to lose my mind
And I've been so low
I've been not at my best
And I've got miles to go before I rest
So low, not at my best
And I've got miles to go before I rest
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1. UNTROUBLE YOUR MIND
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“Gaining some perspective on life” - MG
The palm of the clouds
Holds the pink sun in the sky
The reflection on the Hudson
Follows me like Mona Lisa eyes
And it fills me with an air of confidence
When everything else doesn’t make any sense
Those bright beams say it’s gonna be fine
Untrouble your mind, untrouble your mind
Let go
Leave it all behind
It’s time to untrouble your mind
You’ve been up all night
Wondering what to do
You’ve got all these people
Counting on you
Like a Monet painting the colors blur
You’ve got to step back from all you’ve seen or heard
To get the big picture, the greater design
Untrouble your mind, untrouble your mind
Let go
Leave it all behind
It’s time to untrouble you mind
Let it ride like water off the slippery duck’s back
Let it roll like thunder down a southern storm track
And if your doubts, fears or worries intertwine
Untrouble your mind, untrouble your mind
Let go
Leave it all behind
It’s time to untrouble you mind
Untrouble your mind, untrouble your mind
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2. CITY LIGHTS
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
She drove aimlessly out of the city
To find the person she once knew
Then she found she wound upon a
Small town avenue
Where nobody wants a piece of her
Slipping anonymously into the night
No judging eyes that scorn
No one to catch her off guard
She holds on tight...to the
Place that she remembers
All was safe and well
Jumping rope and capture the flag
There was no sentimental hell
But a voice inside kept singing
What she thought she couldn't hear
And the demons that had been chasing her
Now began to disappear
And she looks in the rearview mirror
And wonders if her choices were right
Then a silent celestial Morse code
Answers with city's twinkling lights
Where nobody wants a piece of her
Slipping anonymously into the night
No judging eyes that scorn
No one to catch her off guard
She holds on tight
Nobody wants a piece of her
Slipping anonymously into the night
No judging eyes that scorn
No one to catch her off guard
She holds on tight
She holds on tight
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2. WELCOME TO STAY
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
I keep love at a distance, it's true I keep it tucked away
A piece of inheritance to fragile to be on display
I keep my wits about me, jokes they serve me well
When things are weighing heavy
I cast them like a spell
But right now, I'm not funny
Right now, I'm not scared
Right now, I'm not running away
I'd give anything to hear you say
That I'm welcome to stay
Nothing much frightens me like matters of the heart
In full bloom then suddenly, completely torn apart
Master of illusion repeating I'm alright
Amid all my confusion it's you who brings me sight
But right now, I'm not funny
Right now, I'm not scared
Right now, I'm not running away
And I'd give anything to hear you say
That I'm welcome to stay
Welcome to stay right here beside you
To fall back into your good grace
Where I'm at peace and all hurt dissolves to
The tranquil quiet resting place
Cause right now, I'm not funny
Right now, no, I'm not scared
Right now, I'm not running away
And I'd give anything to hear you say
That I'm welcome to stay
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2. ROLLING AWAY
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“The bitter sweetness of memories, finally letting the bitterness
fade” - MG
I am reaching out over turquoise waters
Lift my eyes to the vast zodiac
The Atlantic draws me toward its reef
Are you reaching back
Will the waves always be saying goodbye
With one motion of the sea
Will the hills always be rolling away
Rolling away from me
So the journey of a thousand miles
That I thought was to begin
With just a single step
I find starts within
Will the waves always be saying goodbye
With one motion of the sea
Will the hills always be rolling away
Rolling away from me
Yet I soldier on
To let you go was a Hobson’s choice
Will the silence ever end
Can I fill the void
Now the whitest sand, it comforts me
And it asks not to forget
All the beauty I have seen
The life in every breath
Finally, the waves are calling to me
Like small children they run at my feet
And the hills are rolling back to me
Rolling back to me
And the very sweetest memories
Come rolling back to me
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3. BLUE
STREAK
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
Forecast is calling for rain all week
So I pull my old bean boots on
A dull yellow coat that used to look sleek
And a cap that reads Stevie Ray Vaughn
I brave the thunder that echoes the night
The lightening that blazes the earth
Every star is pulled far out of sight
And I pray for simple rebirth
Dampness has hit every chilled bone
Someday the warmth will peek
Through the dreary and dismal cold
And I won't suffer a blue streak
I have learned to draw strength from within
Doesn't mean shutting you out
And I have learned that the toughest of skin
Can't protect you from pain or from doubt
And now we're players in the wrong game
Tired of hide and go seek
You still full of quiet thoughts
And me rambling on a blue streak
I know we've stumbled down this road
As far as it's gonna reach
Is it so wrong to want someone to hold
To walk with along the beach
So I enter Henry's old coffee house
Where I know the music speaks
Through a cigarette dusky haze
I seek refuge in a blue streak
I have weathered storms before
I've seen rain, I've seen sleet
Though it rattles each and every door
I'll stand through every blue streak
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3. NO ROOM FOR
BLUE
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
There's no time for sadness or it's insistent ways
We won't surrender to it, no, not today
The translucent sky harbors no sign of rain
So let's stroll through the swaying wheat fields of grain
Only when you hold me
Do my colors show through
The spectrum surrounds us
And there's no room for blue
The sun casts a yellow, golden iridescent beam
That glides past our troubles basking in what we dream
The scented Daffodils are in the evening breeze
And off in the distance are the calmest of seas
Only when you hold me
Do my colors show true
The spectrum surrounds us
And there's no room for blue
So hold on to me and I will hold on to you
The spectrum surrounds us
And there's no room for blue
No room for blue
No room for blue
No room for blue
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3. MY OWN
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“At times, we are in our own way” - MG
The arrows point in all directions
And though I may go astray
I see in my reflection
The one who's standing in my way
And the hands that tied me down
I broke free and then I found
They were no other than my own
I keep on this quest
Cause it won’t let me rest
When all I want is a way home
And these days I call my own
These mistakes I call my own
And maybe that's why I am on my own
So I'm nearing the edge again
The one that calls me in my sleep
And I can hear you at the canyon's end
But I can't stop my own two feet
Dragons there are fire breathing
And though my strength’s depleting
I draw my sword in my defense
They gain in velocity
They're closing in on me
And I could use your spider sense
But this fight I call my own
And these wounds I call my own
And maybe that's why I am on my own
And all those signs
Pointing outward
Were leading back to me
And I’m reminded
Between the hours
That I have all I need
We all have days we call our own
We all have wounds we call our own
That doesn’t mean we are all alone
That doesn’t mean
That does not mean
That doesn’t mean we’re alone
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4. JUST
BREATHE
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
Just breathe although the world feels colder
Just breathe feel the weight off your shoulders
You make me whole and I won't let you go
Hold on to me and just breathe
You spent your whole life mending fences
Stone by stone you built the wall
You kept a keen eye on all of your defenses
Chart your course so you'll never fall
Just breathe know that I would never harm you
Just breathe and let nothing else alarm you
You keep me true and I will stay by you
Hold on to me and just breathe
You defied all the questions
Proving time and time that you are strong
No one seems to pass your discretion
Yet you still feel right where you belong
If it were up to me
I'd embrace all your pain away
And you'd look back
On all the barricades you've built
And you would turn to me and say
Just breathe although the world feels colder
Just breathe feel the weight off your shoulders
You make me whole and I won't let you go
Hold on to me and just breathe
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4. EVEN FOR
YOU
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
I'm so tired of always breaking loose
And all the choices that I just can't choose
But I keep running baby 'cause that's what I do
If my palm was read five years ago
Yeah, if I knew the things that I now know
Oh, I wouldn't let you go, no, I'd hang on to you
Through the icy snow
But I thought my heart was too heavy
For you to hold on to
I thought my past was too painful
For anyone to get through
I thought my scars were too many
Even for you, even for you
Hindsight may be the only clue
To what went wrong when I was loving you
I know they're things I can't undo
If I could find my way I'd find my way back to you
I thought my heart was too heavy
For you to hold on to
I thought my past was too painful
For anyone to get through
I thought my scars were too many
Even for you, even for you
And now my broken soul is finally open wide
And I wish that I could go back in time
I just couldn't stop the fear that grew
Even for you
How you had so much faith in me
Remains the powerful mystery
And here you stand loving me
And as I bow my head I bow it thankfully
'Cause you think my heart is not too heavy
For you to hold on to
You think my past is not too painful
For you to get right through
You think my scars are not that many
And that's remarkable baby, even for you
That's remarkable baby, even for you
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4. SHADOWS OF MY LIMITS
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“Limits are important; all envelopes must be pushed” - MG
I suppose my reality
Is what’s only real to me
They said to know all of my boundaries
‘Cause everything is limited ultimately
But with you there is no limit
With you I cannot fall
Even shadows of my limits
I can’t see at all
I was frightened of any trace
Of the borders that kept me in my place
But I’ve stretched beyond where they used to bind
And I know they only exist in my mind
Cause with you there is no limit
With you I cannot fall
Even shadows of my limits
I can’t see at all
You shed light where it hasn’t been in ages
You shed light in all the unexpected spaces
Every time that you are near, the uncertainty of fear
And the shadows of my limits disappear
So with love I’d always hesitate
As if it had an expiration date
Scared that we would hit that brick wall end
With nowhere to begin again
But with you there is no limit
With you I cannot fall
Even shadows of my limits
I can’t see at all
Even shadows of my limits
I can’t see at all
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5. CONEY ISLAND GETAWAY
© Melissa
Gibson / Java Joe's Music
All this negativity bringing me down
People resisting changes coming round
I'm gonna find my day in the sunshine
Kicking my heels when the world'll be mine
Someday my ship is gonna sail to me
Someday I'll finally be free
But until that day travels about
My paradise will stay on the lookout
I'm looking for a friend and a lover baby
Looking for my gravy train
I'm looking for a Coney Island get-a-way and
I'm looking for a dance in the rain
Looking to sleep late on Saturdays and
Looking to be one of the guys
I'm looking to fly my own airplane and
I'm looking to cut all my ties
Life on this fast lane often gets lonely
Dying to have just someone to hold me
I am stronger than I ever thought
I'll live my life and I'll never be bought
Someday I'll find the love I'm waiting for
Someday my heart will trust just once more
But until that day travels about
My paradise will stay on the lookout
I'm looking for a friend and a lover baby
Looking for my gravy train
Looking for a Coney Island get-a-way and
I'm looking for a dance in the rain
Looking to sleep late on Saturdays and
Looking to be one of the guys
I'm looking to fly my own airplane and
I'm looking to cut all my ties
Dead end job is getting pretty old
Can't seem to make all my pegs fit the holes
Bills are racking up and my debt is getting larger
MasterCard says I'm their primary charger
Someday I'm gonna win the lottery
Someday my landlord's gonna have to pay me
But until that day travels about
My paradise will stay on the lookout
I'm looking for a friend and a lover baby
Looking for my gravy train
Looking for a Coney Island get-a-way and
I'm looking for a dance in the rain
Looking to sleep late on Saturdays and
Looking to be one of the guys
I'm looking to fly my own airplane and
I'm looking to cut all my ties
I'm looking to cut all my ties
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5.
TABLE FOR TWO
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
I'm alone at a table for two
Lights are dim the conversation fills the room
Alone at a table for two once again
Victor starts singing an old jazz tune
About a man walking the streets beneath a
Memphis moon
He finds a cafe he retreats to
Where he hears the rhythm and the blues
He's feeling lost, feeling used
But gradually he is renewed
At his table for two
And I think I know how that man felt
When you're sick of the cards of life that you've been dealt
And you could use a vacation from yourself
You long to be where you fit in
'Cause you've been spread much too thin
And the world around you begins to spin
You want to hear the rhythm and the blues
You're feeling lost, feeling used
But gradually you are renewed
At your table for two
And as that song ended quietly
Boys in the Band well they smiled at me
'Cause they know how it mimics the life I lead
I come here every Monday night
When I am sick of the pace, and of the fight
And I want things, for a moment, to be alright
I want to hear the rhythm and the blues
I'm feeling lost, feeling used
Gradually, I am renewed
At my table for two
So when you need some space, a bit of room
To clear your head or just re-group
A place you can go to feel renewed
Is at a table for two
Your table for two
You'll feel renewed
At your table for two
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5. RAINING IN LA
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“Time was limited, love was uneven, the sunniest spot on earth was in
the middle of a downpour” - MG
Sometimes I think the weather
Is trying to warn me
So when a cold front comes from nowhere
I watch it carefully
I know I have no right to cry
I knew we were borrowing time
Still you can’t quite brace yourself
For the throe at the end of the line
I know nothing lasts forever
I know you just can’t stay
All those ties you sharply severed
Left me nothing to say
As much as I can’t stand the thought
I do wish you well on your way
It’s a cold night in Atlanta
And it’s raining, raining in LA
I’m trying to take the highest road
But I keep falling down
I’ve felt you slipping slowly from me
For some time now
I wish I had the magic still
Where you once found such appeal
Now all my dime store tricks are lost
Your disenchantment revealed
I know nothing lasts forever
I know you just can’t stay
All those ties you sharply severed
Left me nothing to say
As much as I can’t stand the thought
I do wish you well on your way
It’s a cold night in Atlanta
And it’s raining, raining in LA
Now the thunder and the lightening
They have a sympathetic ear
And the wind blowing is frightening
As it churns up my doorstep here
And the words you spoke, cold comfort,
Lay frozen as you walked away
It’s a cold night in Atlanta
And it’s raining in LA
I know nothing lasts forever
I know you just can’t stay
All those ties you sharply severed
Left me nothing to say
As much as I can’t stand the thought
I do wish you well on your way
It’s a cold night in Atlanta
And it’s raining in LA
It’s a cold night in Atlanta
And it’s raining, raining in LA
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6. LET HER GO
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
You're left staring at the pieces
Of your shattered spirit
As the coldness seeps into your bones
You're left holding fast to her last word
In disbelief you still remain composed
And the eerie calm creeps in
On the echo of your voice
And you wrack your brain but still it's plain
You simply had no choice
You walk into the same home
where you fought last night
As your head spins from sorrow and from grief
She left the closet bare, nothing spared
You are empty and she the cunning thief
And the eerie calm creeps in
On the echo of your voice
And you wrack your brain but still it's plain
You simply had no choice
You had to let her go
she stole your heart and your soul
She robbed you blind, left nothing behind
You had to let her go
You sit with your folded hands
On the brink of breaking down
She discarded you like a foiled plan
And now she's running around
And the eerie calm creeps in
On the echo of your voice
And you wrack your brain but still it's plain
You simply had no choice
You had to let her go,
She stole your heart and your soul
She robbed you blind, left nothing behind
You had to let her go
She robbed you blind, left nothing behind
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6. SMOKE AND
MIRRORS
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
Sometimes all I see is what is real, in front of me
And sometimes all I see are smoke and mirrors
Who would have thought life this confusing
I used to know just what I needed
But now I'm upside down, turned three times around
And all the clarity receded
'Cause smoke and mirrors trick my eye
Smoke and mirrors bend the light
A false reflection clouds my view
That I can't, can't get through
I'm accustomed to what's uncertain
And I've found little to relieve it
But above all else, I used to trust myself
And now there's nothing to believe in
'Cause smoke and mirrors trick my eye
Smoke and mirrors bend the light
A false reflection clouds my view
That I can't, can't get through
No matter what, what I do
So I listen to my intuition
Cause that's how the soul does speak
Pushing beyond my fears
So I can see the clear
Truth that lies in me
Sometimes all I see is what is real, in front of me
And sometimes all I see are smoke and mirrors
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6. ON THE RISE
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“On this day, I noticed my stride had more spring in it and I felt
relieved” - MG
I’ve been walking with my head tucked down
My vision falling toward the endless ground
And it’s only my mistakes I've found
When I’ve searched within
But I am learning how to redefine
In the sand I have drawn new lines
And I think that it’s just about time
To feel good again
Cause I’ve got a spring in my step
I’ve got a bounce in my stride
I’ve made it through the valley
That stretched so far, so wide
I’ve rounded the corner, I got a new sense of sight
That's looking up, yeah I'm on the rise
I’ve been suffering for quite a while
Spinning hectically on life’s turnstile
But I’m beginning to feel my smile come back to view
Because you know you will adapt when you must
Even when you’re betrayed by the ones you trust
I’ve discovered I can readjust once more
Cause I’ve got a spring in my step
I’ve got a bounce in my stride
I’ve made it through the valley
That stretched so far, so wide
I’ve rounded the corner, I got a new sense of sight
That's looking up, yeah I'm on the rise
Persevered throughout those dismal days
Finally my ship is here, it’s stocked and underway
Spring in my step
I’ve got a bounce in my stride
I’ve made it through the valley
That stretched so far, so wide
I’ve rounded the corner, I got a new sense of sight
That's looking up, yeah I'm on the rise
I’m looking up, yeah I’m on, I’m on the rise
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7. FALLING AWAY
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
Life is often gradual
We don't grow old within a day
We can't take a special kind of pill
To melt the hurt away
I should have seen it coming
Like a train through my front door
The lights were flashing, the whistles blowing
yet I still chose to ignore
Maybe I should have realized
This pattern from your past
Maybe I should have realized
Your promises don't last
Instead I just kept hoping
That the signs I saw weren't new
And that I'd never be falling away from you
Human nature hides from pain
As does the beating heart
By the time I saw the wreck
There was no place to start
I should have heeded warnings
Instead of staring into space
Bridged the gap, changed the track
But you had already won the race
Maybe I should have realized
This pattern from your past
Maybe I should have realized
Your promises don't last
Instead I just kept hoping
That the signs I saw weren't new
And that I'd never be falling away from you
I was so sure always in control
Didn't need to ask we'd never let go
I thought I knew we were here to stay
How was I to know we would be falling away
We would be falling away
We would be falling away
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7. SHADE
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
When I'm all curled up from a trying day
And I can see you but can't reach out
And you keep getting further away
I am swimming in my doubt
You find where I am hiding
You block the world away
And when the heat is beating down on me
You are my shade
When I can't stop my racing mind
Wincing thoughts take hold
Winter's closing in, I'm out of time
Frightened of the cold
You find where I am hiding
You block the world away
And when the heat is beating down on me
You are my shade
You know just when to step in
When I'm just about to break
My wits are gone my nerves are raw you
Help me find my way
So when shadows are all you can see
And there is no spark of light
You're nowhere near where you need to be
To feel you've done things right
I'll find where you are hiding
I'll block the world away
And when the heat is beating down on you
I'll be your shade
Yeah, when the heat is beating down on you
I'll be your shade
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7. OVER
YOUR SHOULDER
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“You act, you react, and people are willing to help” - MG
Last night a friend of mine appeared to me
I told him how paralyzing my fear can be
That I can’t find an optimistic ray
With all the caustic feelings in my way
He said you can only control what you do
There will always be forces confronting you
But you can rely on those in your corner
They’re to your right, to your left and over your shoulder
He took me wading into a stream
Where the current and the breeze baptized me
And I wished for colder weather to skate away
But these waters are healing so I stay
Because you can only control what you do
There will always be forces confronting you
But you can rely on those in your corner
They’re to your right, to your left and over your shoulder
Then I found myself back in my bed
With the words he spoke still careening in my head
You can’t do everything all by yourself
The strongest of us learn to ask for help
In a whisper as I closed my eyes
I thanked him for being present in my life
He said remember I am always in your corner
I’m to your right, to you left and over your shoulder
I'm to your right, to you left and over your shoulder
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8. TWO BLUE OCEANS
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
So much fire under this old bridge
you'd think we would have burned it long ago
And here we stand burning flames between us
It's time you think to let each other go
But if I went five hundred miles and two blue oceans
would I have strength to free your memory
But if I went five hundred miles and two blue oceans
It'd be your face that I still long to see
My bags all packed, my truck's all loaded
My door slammed shut, My engines running low
I look right through you your feelings locked inside
no hint or explanation, I still can't read your mind
But if I went five hundred miles and two blue oceans
would I have strength to free your memory
But if I went five hundred miles and two blue oceans
It'd be your face that I still long to see
Your hold won't let me go
And I can't let me stay
five hundred miles and two blue oceans
would not somehow be far enough away
And if I went five hundred miles and two blue oceans
I'd find myself still calling out your name
And if I went five hundred miles and two blue oceans
would there be time enough to ease my pain
Lord ease my pain
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8. OK BY ME
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
So I'm feeling out of touch
Like nothing matters all that much
Just watching the world go by
As if looking through a stranger's eyes
Maybe I should get away
I could hop that midnight train
I'd love to wake up north Sicily
Or anywhere else would be OK by me
We used to walk the Jersey Shore
Watch the seagulls glide and soar
Fall beneath the ocean trance
Try to find a bit of great, lost romance
Maybe I should get away
I could hop that midnight train
I'd love to wake up north Sicily
Or anywhere else would be OK by me
He left saying he'd return
But that wind caused quite a burn
His promise broke there on the beach
And ever since my heart's been out of reach
Maybe I should get away
I could hop that midnight train
I'd love to wake up north Sicily
Or anywhere else would be OK by...
Maybe I should get away
I could hop that midnight train
I'd love to wake up north Sicily
Or anywhere else would be OK by me
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8. TREMBLING ARMS
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“For that person who knows your scars, loves you for them and helps
you heal them.” - MG
I keep myself a little guarded
I’m often frightened by the sound
Of breaking hearts, departing footsteps
The ones that tear you inside out
I was so sure I’d walk alone
No one would know where I’ve been harmed
But you could see so you held tightly to me
And stilled my trembling arms
All of my fears I wrote in Braille
Hidden silent on my skin
Who knew that your touch
Would smooth them out again
I was so sure I’d walk alone
No one would know where I’ve been harmed
But you could see so you held tightly to me
And stilled my trembling arms
Soldiers were posted at the gates
Around the clock, in uniform
You broke the code, helped send them away
And I began to feel restored
Maybe we're all a bit bilingual
Searching for anyone
Who can decipher our hieroglyphics
Who can speak our native tongue
I was so sure I’d walk alone
No one would know where I’ve been harmed
But you knew so I held tightly to you
With trembling arms
Tightly to you
With trembling arms
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9. LIE TO ME TONIGHT
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
You know the truth's been overrated
And it's cut me to the core
I know you headed and you're soon to be
Out that slamming back porch door
They say what's true will set you free
I guess that wasn't meant for me
So lie to me tonight
Tell me I'm the one
Who'll make everything all right
Oh baby don't turn off the light
And don't close your eyes
Just lie to me
Lie to me tonight
You've always kept me at an arm's distance
Like a liar keeps his word
I know we said that we weren't meant to be
But it was never what I heard
I'll choke my tears back for awhile
If you can muster up a smile
And lie to me tonight
Tell me I'm the one
Who'll make everything all right
Oh baby don't turn off the light
And don't close your eyes
Just lie to me
Lie to me tonight
Looks can be deceiving
So look at me like you used to do
I know you stopped believing
Just once more let me hold onto you
Lie to me tonight
Tell me I'm the one
Who'll make everything all right
Don't turn off the light
And don't close your eyes
Just lie to me
Lie to me tonight
Just lie to me
Lie to me tonight
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ROAD
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
I have never walked the straight and narrow
Been known to bend the rules
Pushed the envelope a little too far
And more than once played the fool
So many paths hidden before me
Like an ever changing maze
I blindly step with unsure footing
Hoping to find that truthful place
I've been at a standstill, at a dead end
I've been fearful of the great unknown
But I will turn myself around again
And one day, I'll find the right road
One day, I'll find the right road
Schools of thought just tend to confuse me
Fate, free will, and destiny
Some say it's out of my hands and
Some say the future's up to me
So I looked for signs to guide me
Point me where I need to be
And if they really do exist
They are the kind I cannot see
I've been at a standstill, at a dead end
I've been fearful of the great unknown
But I will turn myself around again
And one day, I'll find the right road
One day, I'll find the right road
I'm no stranger to that drawing board
I'm back there more times than not
Taking a deep breath and wiping the slate clean
I give it one more shot
I've been at a standstill, at a dead end
I've been fearful of the great unknown
But I will turn myself around again
And one day, I'll find the right road
One day, I'll find the right road
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9. VIBRANT BLUE
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
”A testament to a great relationship” -MG
The winds of change
Are blowing against my skin
So I bundle up
I wrap this scarf around my chin
Hoping to keep
That chill at bay
Cause you’re feeling restless
You’re pulling away
I can feel the dock beneath my feet
Rocking gently to the ocean’s beat
I can hear the wind as I wave to you
And you look up like you always do
And you raise your hand, cause you’re waving too
As you sail out of my view
Beckoned by the vibrant blue
So you just had to search
For that high water mark
That’s been calling you
To make a brand new start
Now your mainsail’s full
Your compass points East
On expanding horizons
I hope you find some peace
I can feel the dock beneath my feet
Rocking gently to the ocean’s beat
I can hear the wind as I wave to you
And you look up like you always do
And you raise your hand, cause you’re waving too
As you sail out of my view
Beckoned by the vibrant blue
I wish I could accompany you
On your travels on the sea
If you’re ever lost out there
Let the tide draw you back to me
But now I feel the dock beneath my feet
Rocking gently to the ocean’s beat
I can hear the wind as I wave to you
And you look up like you always do
And you raise your hand, cause you’re waving too
As you sail out of my view
Beckoned by the vibrant blue
That keeps whispering to you
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10. DANCE WITH
FIREFLIES
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
I have never walked the straight and narrow
Been known to bend the rules
Pushed the envelope a little too far
And more than once played the fool
So many paths hidden before me
Like an ever changing maze
I blindly step with unsure footing
Hoping to find that truthful place
I've been at a standstill, at a dead end
I've been fearful of the great unknown
But I will turn myself around again
And one day, I'll find the right road
One day, I'll find the right road
Schools of thought just tend to confuse me
Fate, free will, and destiny
Some say it's out of my hands and
Some say the future's up to me
So I looked for signs to guide me
Point me where I need to be
And if they really do exist
They are the kind I cannot see
I've been at a standstill, at a dead end
I've been fearful of the great unknown
But I will turn myself around again
And one day, I'll find the right road
One day, I'll find the right road
I'm no stranger to that drawing board
I'm back there more times than not
Taking a deep breath and wiping the slate clean
I give it one more shot
I've been at a standstill, at a dead end
I've been fearful of the great unknown
But I will turn myself around again
And one day, I'll find the right road
One day, I'll find the right road
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10. THE
JOURNEY
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
The lazy sun is sinking slowly
Behind the tallest tree
Wind is warm against you skin
As is this summer eve
And you wonder just where the time's gone
And of the souls before
How you got here, where you're headed
And what's in store
You keep moving, you know nothing ever stands still
So the journey, it keeps you guessing and it always will
You recall when you were younger
All was open wide
Future full of hope and promise
And of only blue-sky
Now you're older and you know better
Things aren't what they seem
But that won't stop your childhood spirit
From chasing that dream
You keep moving
You know nothing ever stands still
So the journey
It keeps you guessing and it always will
The wings of time have brushed your soul
With a colder harsher air
Though you try to keep it warm
You find you're ill prepared
But you search for any silver
In each hovering cloud
You hear the voices and the music
Calling you out loud
You keep moving
You know nothing ever stands still
So the journey
It keeps you guessing and it always will
So breathe deeply, feel the cool earth
Thrive beneath your feet
Let the winds whisper you direction
Pulling at your sleeves
I am right here you are not alone
But the choices you make,
The journey you take is all your own
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10. HOW
THE FALCON FLIES
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“Saving yourself” - MG
So I got the call today
That you had gone your way
Doing what you thought was right
Never fond of taking risks
And me jumping off steeper cliffs
Than I was ever meant to climb
But leaping’s not safe at all
Though you get good at the fall
You’re envious of how the falcon flies
Build your wings the best you can
Find the softest place to land
On the loneliest of nights
I guess it’s called chemistry
The electricity
That takes place when two souls collide
But it's a rarity
It doesn't happen much to me
So in the end alone I cried
And they tell me
You won't see me
That it's much too hard on you
And our mystery
Was too scary
To defy all you knew
Cause leaping’s not safe at all
Though you get good at the fall
You’re envious of how the falcon flies
Build your wings the best you can
Find the softest place to land
On the loneliest of nights
So the falcon flies again
The wind her only friend
But she is good at the solo life
It isn't one she'd choose
She won't conform to other's rules
So to herself she must abide
She never did quite fit in
But she’s at ease in her own skin
Since she stopped flying from the light
Builds her wings the best she can
Finds the softest place to land
On the loneliest of nights
On the loneliest of nights
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11. LEAVE IT ALL TO
ME
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
As a boy you were taught never to cry
Dismiss any fears, look the devil in the eye
For life preys on the weary, the weak and the worn
Learned not to show where you're scarred or torn
You don't have to be so strong or fight so hard
You don't have to be so sure of who you are
You don't have to walk on water parting all the seven seas
For when you tire you can leave it all to me
With a stiff upper lip you grew to a man
Guarded and cool no one who understands
For you held your convictions like a knight holds his sword
Your armor protects what your soul has ignored
You don't have to be so strong or fight so hard
You don't have to be so sure of who you are
You don't have to walk on water parting all the seven seas
For when you tire you can leave it all to me
I'll be your cornerstone, your sounding board
I'll be the wall you throw your back against
When you can't take anymore
And I'll hold your hand as you grip reality
And when you tire you can leave it all to me
You don't have to be so strong or fight so hard
You don't have to be so sure of who you are
You don't have to walk on water parting all the seven seas
For when you tire you can leave it all to me
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11. TOO FAR
AWAY
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
You say it's all wrong you say nothing's right
Wish you could pinpoint why you toss every night
You hear a different drum in a distant field
That causing you to run from all that is real
You keep having less and less to say
And I'm only standing here in your way
So if you're gonna go I won't ask you to stay
What's the point you're already far away
You say that what weighs you down you can't explain
Feels like a Gail force wind and torrential rain
That's made you lose your and pulled you from me
And I know it's stronger than I could ever be
You keep having less and less to say
And I'm only standing here in your way
So if you're gonna go I won't ask you to stay
What's the point you're already far away
We both know how passion fades
That love is never an even trade
I wish that I could say I was surprised
But I've seen that wild look deep in your eyes
And I won't be the one who traps you here
When your instinct to bolt is perfectly clear
You keep having less and less to say
And I'm only standing here in your way
So if you're gonna go I won't ask you to stay
What's the point you're already too far away
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11. THE WATER AND THE EARTH
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“You belong - the place is within you” - MG
Strange to be searching for somewhere that won’t be found
Strange to be so free and yet so bound
Strange to feel empty, void of any true worth
Strange to be caught again between the water and the earth
I used to know the terrain, kept the wind at my heels
Garnered my strength from galloping fields
But my steps have slowed and they're much less sure
No longer my answer, no longer my cure
Strange to be searching for somewhere that won’t be found
Strange to be so free and yet so bound
Strange to feel empty, void of any true worth
Strange to be caught again between the water and the earth
My safe harbor has been the sea
When all was lost, it welcomed me
But the ocean now is much too strong
And I realize I no longer belong
Strange to be searching for somewhere that won’t be found
Strange to be so free and yet so bound
Strange to feel empty, void of any true worth
Strange to be caught again between the water and the earth
So I look to the sky, it’s not the land or the sea
But it’s my spirit that carries me
And the sun shone down with all its might
As if to help me stay facing the light
So the place I’ve been searching for has been found
Where you can be free and not be bound
Where you’re reunited with your own self worth
And this place exists between the water and the earth
This place exists between the water and the earth
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12. THE MAN
IN THE MOON
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
She sees him in the morning light
She hears him in the dead of night
Holds him in her mind, thinks of brighter times
And speaks to the man in the moon
In the darkness there's a shadowed moon
In the distance sings an arctic loon
Making it's way against the rain
There's no one here to blame
It's not in anger, it's not a curse
It isn't knowing it could have been worse
But it's a feeling that everyone has gone
And your alone with no prayer or song
No prayer or song
She hung his picture on the wall
Lit a candle as the sun began to fall
Wondering how she would survive
Without him in her life
It's not in anger, it's not a curse
It isn't knowing it could have been worse
But it's a feeling that everyone has gone
And your alone with no prayer or song
No prayer or song
Her strength hides her pain
She'll never be the same
No need for asking why
She learns to say good-bye
She sees him in the morning light
She hears him in the dead of night
Holds him in her mind, thinks of brighter times
And speaks to the man in the moon
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12. AS YOU
LEAVE
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
So we have begun this conversation
The one that we have tried to start before
We have just held on in desperation
There's nothing here for us worth fighting for
But I can't say goodbye
Even though I know it's for the best
I can't turn away
So I stand here motionless
Grasping at straw in disbelief
Tears are falling as you leave
I don't want to hear you say again
That it wasn't something I did wrong
That we can't explain the way love ends
That we must admit it and move on
But I can't say goodbye
Even though I know it's for the best
I can't turn away
So I stand here motionless
Grasping at straw in disbelief
Tears are falling as you leave
I am holding on to a thread
My thoughts go round and round
I am pleading inside my head
But I can't make a sound
I don't think that I'm ready to hear
That we've reached the point of no return
I am struggling just to appear
That I've accepted it with no concern
But I can't say goodbye
Even though I know it's for the best
I can't turn away
So I stand here motionless
Grasping at straws in disbelief
Tears are falling as you leave
And I am calling but you leave
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12. WHAT
THEY MEANT
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
“Warm memories don’t die” -MG
I thought that if you had a rift in your heart
It would render it useless, barren, broken and bent
But you can still love with a rift in your heart
So that isn't exactly what they meant
I thought that if you were to lose someone
It would numb your spirit, without end
But you again feel once the coldness wears off
So that isn't exactly what they meant
And now I find I do go on
My chest it breathes again
But there’s a lonely space reserved for the one I lost
Where shadows dance on the feet of memories
The shoes are much too big to fill and I’m keenly aware of the cost
‘Cause he meant the world to me
It is no surprise after someone is gone
There’s a part of them that never leaves
And this piece remains on the mend
And that must be what they meant
That must be what they meant
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13.
ELEMENT OF
DOUBT
© Melissa
Gibson / Java Joe's Music
Although I'm not the confrontational type
What I need is to talk things over
Cause I'm here standing on the edge of the night
I've run out of four leaf clovers
Tension is peaking lately
Give me more than your blank stare
Don't tell me you can't feel these walls
Press against us everywhere
Though I try in vain to take it all into account
I can't erase this element of doubt
Now I know we may be past the point
Of healing what's between us
I always thought that our forces would join
Together love would lead us
I miss our midnight walks till two
I miss our secret rendezvous
Just to hear your voice over the phone
I wouldn't feel so much alone
For you are good at the waiting game
But it's time you cashed your chips in
For you are not as relaxed as you claim
And you know we're in a tailspin
Tension is peaking lately
Give me more than your blank stare
Don't tell me you can't feel the walls
Press against us everywhere
Though I try in vain to take it all into account
I can't erase this element of doubt
I can't erase this element of doubt
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13.
TURN BACK
NOW
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
Nobody said this would be easy
Nobody said this wouldn't take time
Your losing strength, some of your sleep
And all of your doubts have intensified
But somewhere you know you'll make it
You'll survive all that fate allows
Hand over hand you'll take it
Because you've come too far to turn back now
Deep inside this tunnel of midnight
Your voice echoes vacantly
There must be a shimmering light
But your vision's impaired you cannot see
But somewhere you know you'll make it
You'll survive all that fate allows
Hand over hand you'll take it
Because you've come too far to turn back now
Come too far, come too far
Come too far to turn back now
You look ahead at what's before you
Wishing you could turn around
And behind at all that you've been through
Standing your invisible ground
But somewhere you know you'll make it
You'll survive all that fate allows
Hand over hand you'll take it
Because you've come too far to turn back now
Come too far, come too far
Come too far to turn back now
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14.
I'VE BEEN HERE
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
I know you don't want anybody
I know you feel that alone
I've cried in the arms of darkness
And I've crossed the lines of the phone
Hoping a soothing voice
Would lull away my fears
Oh baby, I been here
I know you want to run to comfort
I know you want to feel the sun
I've been caught in cruel desertion
I've prayed for someone to come
And discolor my blues
And wash away my tears
Oh baby, I've been here
I've been here in the empty echoes
I've succumb to all the doubts
I've been frightened by torturous shadows
I've been blinded by the clouds
I've been here under this roof
Burning down I'm living proof
We need to reach out to each other
Try to heal what we have suffered
I know that things seem desolated
But I know we're the resilient type
We have come through so many battles
I'm not ready to give up the fight
We can survive
We can make storms clear
I know that you've been here
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14. THESE
WOODS
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
I used to find solace among these trees
But the woods are cold tonight
I would marvel at the way the leaves
Would change when struck by the sun's light
And like those leaves I thought my colors
Would grow brighter with time
But these woods are cold tonight
And you are on my mind
I shared this place with you long ago
When we were each other's dream
But I mistook the sparks that glowed
For true love's certainty
Forest fires burn too quickly
Irrelevant of time
Love consumed us in its victory
In it's path left us behind
How could I have brought you here
And why do you remain
When all the evidence has disappeared
Except for traces of the pain
I now know why it's been so long
Since I walked this unworn path
I yearned to be new like the leaves
But scared it was too much to ask
And so the woods are cold tonight
There is no fire here
But now this coolness welcomes me
And I lose my sense of fear
Night has fallen and it hides the trail
That I followed in the day
But there's a dusting of moonlight
That offers me the way
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15. STAR GAZER
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
With a furrowed sail and nerves of steel
The wooden vessel swept along threatening seas
By the gift of the breeze in true astonishment
Dusk would come following dawn
But he prayed for the night
They'd all appear one by one
To his eyes they were a sight
For when the sun would only hibernate, oh he'd wait
He'd defer to the skies and let the stars navigate
Storms would come like a lion's roar
After it's caught it's prey
They'd drop all the sails, hold tight to the rails
And wait for a softer day
He learned to speak at an early age
The language of the tides
He would grin as Orion
Would gleam from his port side
And when the sun would only hibernate, oh he'd wait
He'd defer to the skies and let the stars navigate
Now I'm under press of my own sail
Amazed at where we've come
I've been sent against that current
But I shudder in comparison
For when angry waves rage against the wind
There's no sign of a peacemaker
The safest port too far from view
Have faith in that star gazer
For when the sun will only hibernate, you just wait
Defer to the skies and let the stars navigate
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15. SLEEP
WELL TONIGHT
© Melissa Gibson / Java Joe's Music
Sleep well tonight rest your eyes
Sleep well tonight and let your soul reenergize
All is still and you will wake
As the sunbeam through your window first breaks
Sleep well tonight for you've been running all day through
And all you need is the peace which you are due
And you'll know that your dreams will come true
One by one on the setting sun you work is done
Sleep well tonight, the moon is full, the stars bright
Everything will be alright come morning light
Sleep well tonight maybe dream of distant lands
Hold the world in the palm of both your hands
Any worry will disappear like grains of sand
Into the sea, gently drift off to sleep
Sleep well tonight, the moon is full, the stars bright
Everything will be alright come morning light
Everything will be alright come morning light
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