Share Songs that Motivate and Talk to You

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"My Friends" - Dar Williams

 

"He's a quiet man"

That's all she said

And he's a thoughtful man

It's just he likes to keep his thoughts

Up in his head

 

And we finally meet

And she tries to draw him out a bit

She says, "He's writing something

Hey now, why don't you talk about it?"

 

And he doesn't make a sound

He's just staring at his coffee

And I know there's all this beauty

And this greatness she'll defend

But I think it's in my friend

 

I have a friend

In a bright and distant town

She's found a common balance

Where you do your work and you do your love

And they pay you and praise your many talents

 

Well I'm passing through

And we know we won't sleep

She laughs and puts up the tea

She says, "You know,

I think you remember every part of me"

 

And the water starts to boil

And if I had a camera

Showing all the light we give

And showing where the light extends

I'd give it to my friends

 

Sometimes I see myself fine

Sometimes I need a witness

And I like the whole truth

But there are nights I only need forgiveness

 

Sometimes they say

"I don't know who you are

But let me walk with you some"

And I say, "I am alone, that's all

You can't save me from all the wrong I've done"

 

But they're waiting just the same

With their flashlights and their semaphores

And I act like I have faith

And like that faith never ends

 

But I really just have friends

 

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"Friendship" - Bruce Haack

 

Friendship is sunlight

On butterfly wings

Friendship's a sparrow

And the song that it sings

 

Friendship is golden sun

And scarlet and blue

Friendship is me

Friendship is you

 

Friendship is always new

And friendship is old

Friendship is stories

That someday will be told

 

Friendship is knowing

You are part of all things

Friendship has soul

And friendship has wings

 

Soon all the children in the world

Will be friends

Soon they will sing a song

A song that never ends

 

No wind that blows

Can make the new cradle fall

Cause friendship is love

And friendship is all

 

And I wanna thank you for being my friend

 

 

 

 

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"A Friend Like You"

Ruthie Foster

https://youtu.be/QXmFGNCQpZY

 

 

When I need someone to tell my troubles to

You're the first one who comes to my mind

When there's nowhere to run

You're the one I turn to

Lord knows a friend like you is hard to find

 

[CHORUS:]

A friend like you everyone should have

A friend like you we all need

All I wanna do is be a friend to you

The way you are a friend to me

 

When I'm lost out in the dark

You're the bright light shining through

You're my anchor, my hope, my new day

Through the stormy nights ahead

I'll be counting on you

To keep me strong come what may

 

[CHORUS]

 

Joyful is my soul every time I think of you

Sweet music is the gift you bring

Thank you for the songs soaring in my heart

Your love makes me sing

 

Oh, a friend like you everyone should have

A friend like you we all need

All I wanna do is be a friend to you

The way you are a friend to me

I wanna be a friend like you

 

 

 

:smitten:                                                                           :smitten:

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"Blackbird" - Nina Simone

 

Why you wanna fly, Blackbird

You ain't ever gonna fly

Why you wanna fly, Blackbird

You ain't ever gonna fly

 

No place big enough for holding

All the tears you're gonna cry

 

Cause your mama's name was 'Lonely'

And your daddy's name was 'Pain'

And they call you 'Little Sorrow'

Cause you'll never love again

 

So why you wanna fly, Blackbird

You ain't ever gonna fly

Why you wanna fly, Blackbird

You ain't ever gonna fly

 

You ain't got no one to hold you

You ain't got no one to care

If you'd only understand, Dear

Nobody wants you anywhere

 

So why you wanna fly, Blackbird

You ain't ever gonna fly

Why you wanna fly, Blackbird

You ain't ever gonna fly

 

You ain't got no one to hold you

You ain't got no one to care

 

So why you wanna fly, Blackbird

You ain't ever gonna fly

You ain't ever gonna fly

 

 

 

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"Lonesome And A Long Way From Home"

The Waterboys

 

Every face I see is a stranger

Every step I take I see danger

I must have walked one thousand miles

On my own as I roam

 

Lost and lonesome and a long, long way from home

 

The man I used be has disappeared

I haven't heard him laugh for a hundred years

My courage has abandoned me

My spirit too has flown and I'm alone

 

Lost and lonesome and a long, long way from home

 

There is light at the end of the road I am told

Peace in the valley and a city of gold

I must be facing backwards because that I can see

Is a storm-black rain cloud falling on me

 

Now all my dreams have been broken

Oaths and prayer words have been spoken

There's nothing in this G d almighty world

Will soften up my heart of stone

 

Lost and lonesome and a long, long way from home

 

A long, long way from home

Long, long way from home

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"Who Cares" - Stealers Wheel

 

You get so tired of chasing dreams

You think that nothing's true

You start to question everything

Everything you do

 

You're feeling scared but you don't know why

So you tell yourself you're doing alright

You're sick of all the empty days

That make you so afraid of the night

 

And if you try to read a book

And get between the lines

It doesn't matter where you look

You're only wasting time

 

And when you meet somebody else

And you try to think of something to say

Even while you stand there talking

You know your mind is drifting away

 

You get so tired of chasing dreams

You think that nothing's true

You start to question everything

Everything you do

 

You're feeling scared but you don't know why

So you tell yourself you're doing alright

You're sick of all the empty days

That make you so afraid of the night

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"Be A Believer" - by Joe South

 

When it seems like nobody can understand

And no one will lend you a helping hand

When you're lost and you just can't find your way

Tomorrow is another day

 

So don't fall by the wayside

Let hope be your guide

But you've got to believe

You've got to believe

 

Be a believer, be a believer

 

When the pavement hurts your tired feet

And you haven't had quite enough to eat

Just remember the world is your supply

And you can make it if you try

 

But if the world should fall around you

There's a love to surround you

If you believe

But you've got to believe

 

Be a believer

Be a believer

Take and receive love

And be a believer, my friend

 

Hey, don't you know you can break away

From the level of the world negation

Get off from the sinking ship

And a dying nation

 

At the time when you're sure all help has gone

The darkest hour is just before the dawn

When a black cloud hangs all over your head

And you wish you were dead

 

But when the world falls around you

There's a love to surround you

If you believe, you've got to believe

Be a believer

 

Take and receive love

And be a believer, my friend

You've got to believe

 

 

:smitten:

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"Try" - Nelly Furtado

 

 

All I know

Is everything is not as it's sold

But the more I grow the less I know

And I have lived so many lives

Though I'm not old

 

And the more I see

The less I grow

The fewer the seeds

The more I sow

 

Then I see you standing there

Wanting more from me

And all I can do is try

Then I see you standing there

Wanting more from me

And all I can do is try

Try

 

I wish I hadn't seen

All of the realness

And all the real people

Are really not real at all

 

The more I learn, the more I learn

The more I cry, the more I cry

As I say goodbye to the way of life

I thought I had designed for me

 

Then I see you standing there

Wanting more from me

And all I can do is try

Then I see you standing there

I'm all I'll ever be

But all I can do is try

Try, try

 

All of the moments that already passed

We'll try to go back and make them last

All of the things we want each other to be

We never will be, we never will be

 

And that's wonderful and that's life

And that's you, Baby, this is me, Baby

And we are, we are, we are

We are, we are free in our love

We are free in our love

 

 

                           

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Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up

 

 

I find you in the morning

After dreams of distant signs

You pour yourself over me

Like the sun through the blinds

You lift me up

And get me out

Keep me walking

But never shout

Hold the secret close

I hear you say

 

You know the way

It throws about

It takes you in

And spits you out

It spits you out

When you desire

To conquer it

To feel you're higher

To follow it

You must be clean

With mistakes

That you do mean

Move the heart

Switch the pace

Look for what seems out of place

 

On and on it goes

Calling like a distant wind

Through the zero hour we'll walk

Cut the thick and break the thin

No sound to break no moment clear

When all the doubts are crystal clear

Crashing hard into the secret wind

 

You know the way

It twists and turns

Changing colour

Spinning yarns

You know the way

It leaves you dry

It cuts you up

And takes you high

You know the way

It's painted gold

Is it honey

Is it cold

You know the way

It throws about

It takes you in

And spits you out

You know the way

It throws about

It takes you in

And spits you out

It spits you out

When you desire

To conquer it

To feel you're higher

To follow it

You must be clean

With mistakes

That you do mean

Move the heart

Switch the pace

Look for what

Seems out of place

 

It's o.k

It goes this way

The line it twists

It twists away

Cuts you up

And spits you out

Keeps you walking

But never shout

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"Try" - Nelly Furtado

 

           

 

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Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up

 

 

Can I admit I'd never heard of him.   Very Bowie-esque, isn't he.  Great bone structure, lol.

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"Pacing the Cage" - Bruce Cockburn

 

Sunset is an angel weeping

Holding out a bloody sword

No matter how I squint I cannot

Make out what it's pointing toward

Sometimes you feel like you've lived too long

Days drip slowly on the page

You catch yourself pacing the cage

 

I've proven who I am so many times

The magnetic strip's worn thin

And each time I was someone else

And everyone was taken in

Powers chatter in high places

Stir up eddies in the dust of rage

Set me to pacing the cage

 

I never knew what you all wanted

So I gave you everything

All that I could pillage

All the spells that I could sing

It's as if the thing were written

In the constitution of the age

Sooner or later you'll wind up pacing the cage

 

Sometimes the best map will not guide you

You can't see what's round the bend

Sometimes the road leads through dark places

Sometimes the darkness is your friend

Today these eyes scan bleached-out land

For the coming of the outbound stage

Pacing the cage

Pacing the cage

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"The Bird's Song" - MaJLo

Fireworks

I've been dreaming of

Winds that blow

Now I can recall

Peaceful space

Not one single noise

In my head

Like a bird I was

 

In my veins

There was no blood

Airy clouds

Making me so light

Clear my mind

All the thoughts had gone

Once again

Like a bird I was

 

 

 

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"Moving Mountains" - The Brevet

 

Clarity paint me bright

Like stars in the dark of night

And open up the sky

Now meet me by the mountainside

 

Where there is a fire in my belly

And beast in my mind

That keeps trying to tell me

To strengthen my spine

All through this life

There comes a time

To move a mountainside

 

Hold my hand

And lead me over this strange land

Cause this great unknown

Was meant to be found

Oh, it’s calling me now

 

Open the door

I’ve been here once before

But wasn’t really sure

What I was looking for

 

Mold my soul

Into something to uphold

A book untold

So won’t you unfold these pages now

Oh, cause they’re crying

And they’re calling out

Saying, "Hear me now"

 

Open the door

I’ve been here once before

But wasn’t really sure

What I was looking for

 

I was meant to find

What’s on the other side of this hill

Calling out my name to the light

(x2)

 

To the light

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"Won't Stop Running" - A Great Big World

 

[CHORUS:]

Facing forward, lights out

I won't stop running

Falling backwards, hands tied

I won't stop running

I'll take another sunrise

Another hand to hold tight

This isn't over

I am way too young and I won't stop running

I won't stop running

I am way too young and I won't stop running

 

I don't know how much longer I can fake it

That it's all alright, that I can do this alone

And I know that life is what you make it

But it's hard to see stars

When you're always caught in the folds

 

Every night in my mind it's a fight

But I won't stop dreaming cause this isn't over

It's never over

 

[CHORUS]

 

I'd rather be the one that starts the fire

Than to shut my mouth and be the one who gets burned

Yeah, it is what it is, but I wanna go higher

Cause I felt it once before

I believe the tables will turn

 

I wanna love and be the one who is loved

No I won't stop dreaming cause this isn't over

It's never over

 

[CHORUS]

 

How do you explain it

For seven years I made it through the falls

I'm living it all

I'm living it all

 

I'm tearing off the labels

And suddenly I'm able scaling walls

I'm living it all

I'm living it all

And I won't stop running

I won't stop running

I am way too young and I won't stop running

 

Facing forward, lights out

I won't stop running

Falling backwards, hands tied

I won't stop running

I'll take another sunrise

Another hand to hold tight

This isn't over

This isn't over

This isn't over

 

I am way too young and I won't stop running

 

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"Think Of Me" - Rosi Golan

 

 

When you hear but you just don't listen

When you're looking but you just don't see

When you're thinking there's no rhyme or reason

Think of me

Think of me

 

When you're getting to the end of a hard day

And you're thinking it's a long way home

When you're thinking that you're just plain crazy

Because you're on your own

Think of me

 

[CHORUS:]

I will find you I promise

I will make you believe

That I'm in this crazy love for the long haul

So think of me

Think of me

 

When you're laying on my favorite pillow

All you want to do is fall asleep

When you're gazing out the bedroom window

Do you think of me

Think of me

 

When you're driving down an empty highway

You're surrounded by the sky and sea

When you're seeing such a thing of beauty

Do you think of me

Think of me

 

[CHORUS]

 

Cause if I make you a promise

That's a promise that I'll keep

And I'm in this crazy love for the long haul

So think of me

Think of me

 

And I'll be home soon

I'll be home soon

I'll be home soon

Home to you

 

Cause if I make you a promise

That's a promise that I'll keep

 

And I'm in this crazy love for the long haul

So think of me

Think of me

 

Yeah, I'm in this crazy love for the long haul

So think of me

Think of me

 

                 

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"Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us"

Fink

 

Where do we go from here

Where do we go

And is it real or just

Something we think we know

 

Where are we going now

Where do we go

Cause if it's the same as yesterday

You know I'm out, just so you know

 

[CHORUS:]

Because, because

Our paths they cross

Yesterday was hard

On all of us

On all of us

 

Who can we trust from here

Who can we trust

And are you real or just

Something from wanderlust

 

Who can you trust, my dear sweet flower

Who can you trust

From cradle to grave, from ashes to ashes

From dust to dust

 

[CHORUS]

 

Where do we go from here

Where do we go

And we got nothing we can trust

And nothing we can't sell, that's for sure

 

And how do we get out

How do we move around with all these eyes on us

Tell you what, you go first

It's almost like it's kind of rehearsed

 

Because, because

Our paths, they cross

Yesterday was hard

On all of us

On all of us

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"Black Crow"

 

Joni Mitchell

 

Diana Krall

https://youtu.be/OIwriS4Xahs

 

There's a crow flying

Black and ragged tree to tree

He's black as the highway that's leading me

Now he's diving down

To pick up on something shiny

I feel like that black crow flying

In a blue sky

 

I took a ferry to the highway

Then I drove to a pontoon plane

I took a plane to a taxi and a taxi to a train

I've been traveling so long

How am I ever going to know my home when I see it again

I'm like a black crow flying

In a blue, blue sky

 

In search of love and music

My whole life has been

Illumination, corruption

And diving diving, diving, diving

Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing

Just like that black crow flying

In a blue sky

 

I looked at the morning

After being up all night

I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light

I looked out the window

And I saw that ragged soul take flight

I saw a back crow flying

In a blue sky

 

Oh I'm like a black crow flying

In a blue sky

 

 

 

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"Swim" - Nick Kingswell

 

Keep watch

With eyes that scan the sea

Shore lost

Drifting like a leaf

 

Hope dashed

Right before my eyes

Endless blue

Endless night

 

You've got to hurt before you heal

You've got to earn a heart of steel

You've got to float before you learn

To swim

 

I was only trying not to sink

I was only trying

 

Three days

Not a breath of wind

First rays

Sitting on my skin

 

If I lose

I'm in deeper than I think

Push me out

Pull me in

 

You've got to hurt before you heal

You've got to earn a heart of steel

You've got to float before you learn

To swim

 

I was only trying not to sink

I was only trying

I was only trying not to sink

I was only trying

 

And I watch my guiding star

As it plunges to the dark

I should have thrown my heavy heart

To break the water

Break my fall

 

Cause you've got to hurt before you heal

You've got to earn a heart of steel

You've got to float before you learn

To swim

 

And I was only trying

Not to laugh before I cry

You've got to live before you die

You've got to float

Before you learn to swim

 

But I was only trying not to sink

I was only trying

I was only only trying not to sink

I was only trying

I was only only trying not to sink

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"Don't Ever Give Up On Me"

Kelly Clarkson

 

I know I break your heart

With everything I'm not

Don't ever give up on me

Remember that we're strong

And even as we fall

Don't ever give up on me

 

These tears I'm holding back

Could turn my whole face black

And I don't know if you'd love me

If you saw me like that

Would you

 

[CHORUS:]

Would you follow if I turned my back

Could you love me through this broken glass

I know I'm not who I was or where I need to be

But don't ever give up on me

Don't ever give up on me

 

My heart will tend to run

But even when I'm gone

Don't ever give up on me

I'm trying deep within

If you could hold my hand

Don't ever give up on me

 

This war I'm fighting havoc

It turns me inside out

And I don't know if you'd love me

If you saw me right now

Would you

 

[CHORUS]

 

How do you, how do you

Still believe in me

Even when, even when

All my colors bleed

Holding out, holding out

Will you love the rest of me

 

Would you follow if I turned my back

Could you love me through this broken glass

I know I'm not who I was or where I need to be

But don't ever give up on me

Don't ever give up on me

 

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"Keep Rising" - Jack's Mannequin

 

 

I could feel the pressure drop

And hope was just a broken bridge

And when the clouds refused to stop

You said you'd find a plan for this

 

And there was no place I could run

Just days without the sun

I was a ghost and waiting

To sleep to dream to hear you saying

 

"Don't be afraid

The rain will make us what we are

And I will keep you safe

Just wait here with me in the dark

Cause this feels a whole lot like living"

 

[CHORUS:]

If it's just a song to keep us in the universe

When the wars are waging I will be strong

There's no chance we can lose this fight

With the love that I'm facing

We've been lost so long

When the morning comes we'll know the truth

The sun will forever keep rising

 

So they plugged my wires in

And told me I was born to fight

But sometimes the best machines don't win

Could you stay and get me through the night

 

Cause I'm so afraid

The rain will make us what we are

Don't let me fade

Just wait here with me in the dark

Cause this feels a whole lot like living

 

[CHORUS]

 

And we sing

Till we watch the streetlights all fall fast asleep

Yeah, we sing

Till the sun rains down on everything

 

If it's just this song to keep us in the universe

When the wars are waging I will be strong

There's no chance we can lose this fight

With the love that I'm facing

We've been lost so long

When the morning comes we'll know the truth

The sun will forever keep rising

 

Keep rising, keep rising, yeah

The sun will forever keep rising

Keep rising, keep rising, yeah

The sun will forever keep rising

 

 

   

[[Sa...]]

             

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” Way Down We Go”

Kaleo

 

 

"Way Down We Go"

 

Oh, father tell me, do we get what we deserve?

Oh, we get what we deserve

 

And way down we go

Oh, way down we go

Say, way down we go

Way down we go

 

Whoa, you let your feet run wild

Time has come as we all go down

Yeah but for the fall—oh, my—

Do you dare to look him right in the eyes?

 

'Cause they will run you down, down 'til the dark

Yes, and they will run you down, down 'til you fall

And they will run you down, down to your core

Yeah, 'til you can't crawl no more

 

And way down we go

Way down we go

Say, way down we go

 

'Cause they will run you down, down 'til you're caught

Way down we go

 

Whoa, baby, yeah

Whoa, baby

Baby

Way down we go

Yeah

 

And way down we go

Way down we go

Say, way down we go

Way down we go