Share Songs that Motivate and Talk to You

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Monsters of Folk

 

Ahead of the curve

 

 

 

Another perfect day

They keep piling up

I got happiness

That I can't maintain so beginner's luck

 

I had shoes to fill

Walkin' barefoot now

Can't tell north from south

But no split hairs gonna get me down

 

I'm stayin' above the flat line

I'm ahead of the curve

Take a piece of the sunshine with me

On a red eye flight to another world

 

It isn't any trouble

If you wanna come with me

I know it's out of the question, honey

But I sure could use the company

And a place to be

 

Now the sky is pink

Rooftop swimmin' pool

I'm not carefree, no

I'm free to care, I just never do

 

All the bags are checked

And the reasons why

Yesterday lingers on

That's the peace you keep when you say goodbye

 

 

You can get what you want now

Knock it out of the park

Bury it by the river

Easy, there's a search party but it's gettin' dark

 

I won't hold you to nothin'

I wanna make that plane

Probably end up a stranger, crazy

But I'm still hoping there's another way

And a place to stay

 

What a scene has got you sentimental

When the night comes, when the night comes loose

All the things you've put up on the mantle

What a shame, what a shame it's old news

 

I'm stayin' above the flat line

I'm ahead of the curve

Take a piece of the sunshine with me

On an all night drive to another world

 

You can get what you want now

Knock it out of the park

Probably end up a drifter, lonely

But I'm still hoping for a change of heart

And a place, a place, a place to start

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For Against - Amen Yves

 

 

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen Yves

Time for you to go to sleep

 

Running wide circles in the blinding snow

 

Running wide circles will hide what you know.

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P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L!  All of them.

 

 

Monsters of Folk

 

Ahead of the curve

 

 

Now the sky is pink

Rooftop swimmin' pool

I'm not carefree, no

I'm free to care, I just never do

 

 

Particularly love, love, love this one!  Monsters of Folk, NICE, new to me, can't wait to explore them some more.

Free to care, you just never do?  Apathy, Remy?  I have to admit I sometimes wish I had the emotional blunting, I think it might make this trip all so much easier.  What a thing to have to admit to. 

 

Thanks for keeping me company, Guys.  This music therapy has become a huge coping tool for me, it somehow gets me out of myself just for a bit, I find myself "decompressing" both physically and emotionally.  If it works for you too, please come along and just throw down tunes whenever you feel like it, okay?  No conversation required, lol, the music can do the talking!

 

One more to end on a positive note and then off to beddies I go!  Nighty night, hope you both also try and get some good sleep!

 

 

 

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"On The Road" - Keane

 

Have you been feeling that pull

And are you hearing that call

Cause you've got everything

That you need to make a start

 

I had a dream of my own

Just walking out of my home

And going I don't know where

To sing beneath the stars

 

Your whole life lies ahead

It's just around the bend

 

[CHORUS:]

So when the sun is coming up and you go

And there's still so many things you don't know

Don't you look back

I've no doubt

That I will see you on the road

And when the world is laying you low

Why don't you let me carry your load

When things get bad

You know you have a friend

All along the road

 

And I would love it sometime

If you would walk at my side

Going I don't know where

To sleep beneath the stars

 

If in your life you need a hand

Reaching the promised land

 

[CHORUS]

 

Golden light lies ahead

It's just around the bend

 

So when the sun is coming up and you go

And there's still so many things you don't know

Don't you look back

I've no doubt

That I will see you on the road

And when the world's laying you low

Why don't you let me carry load

When things get bad

You know you have a friend

All along the road 

 

So when the sun is coming up and you go

And there's still so many things you don't know

Don't you look back

I've no doubt

That I will see you on the road

And when the world's laying you low

Don't you let it rattle your bones

Sometimes a dream itself can keep you safe

All along the road

 

All along the road

All along the road

All along the road

 

                 

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"A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"

 

Bob Dylan

 

Joan Baez

 

Jason Mraz

 

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son

And where have you been, my darling young one

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains

I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways

I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests

I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans

I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard

 

It's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard

A hard rain's a gonna fall

 

And what did you see, my blue-eyed son

And what did you see, my darling young one

I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves around it

I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it

I saw a black branch with blood that kept dripping

I saw a room full of men with their hammers a bleeding

I saw a white ladder all covered with water

I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken

I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children

 

And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard

A hard rain's a gonna fall

 

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son

And what did you hear, my darling young one

I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warning

Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world

I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a blazing

I heard ten thousand whispering and nobody listening

I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing

I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter

I heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley

 

And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard

It's a hard rain's a gonna fall

 

And who did you meet, my blue-eyed son

Who did you meet, my darling young one

I met a young child beside a dead pony

I met a white man who walked a black dog

I met a young woman whose body was burning

I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow

I met one man who was wounded in love

Till I met another man who was wounded with hatred

 

You bet it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard

A hard rain's a gonna fall

 

Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son

And what'll you do now, my darling young one

I'm going back out 'fore the rain starts a falling

I'll walk to the deepest of the deepest black forest

Where the people are many and their hands are all empty

Where the pellets of poison are flooding our waters

Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison

Where the executioner's face is always well hidden

Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten

Where black is the color, where none is the number

 

And I'll tell and think it and speak it and breathe it

And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it

Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start a sinking

But I'll know my songs well before I start a singing

Yes I'll know my songs well before I start a singing

 

And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard

A hard rain's a gonna fall

Yea, a hard rain's a gonna fall

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"Tears And Rain" - James Blunt

 

How I wish I could surrender my soul

Shed the clothes that become my skin

See the liar that burns within my needing

How I wish I'd chosen darkness from cold

How I wish I had screamed out loud

Instead I've found no meaning

 

I guess it's time I run

Far, far away

Find comfort in pain

All pleasure's the same

It just keeps me from trouble

Hides my true shame

Like Dorian Gray

I've heard what they say

But I'm not here for trouble

It's more than just words

It's just tears and rain

 

How I wish I could walk

Through the doors of my mind

Hold memory close at hand

Help me understand the years

How I wish I could choose

Between Heaven and Hell

How I wish I would save my soul

I'm so cold from fear

 

I guess it's time I run

Far, far away

Find comfort in pain

All pleasure's the same

It just keeps me from trouble

Hides my true shame

Like Dorian Gray

I've heard what they say

But I'm not here for trouble

It's more than just words

It's just tears and rain

 

Tears and Rain

Tears and Rain

 

Far, far away

Find comfort in pain

All pleasure's the same

It just keeps me from trouble

It's more than just words

It's just tears and rain

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"Me By The Sea"

Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians

 

I'm glad no one's here just me by the sea

I'm glad no one's here to mess it up for me

I'm glad no one's here just me by the sea

But man, I wish I had a hand to hold

 

I saw an orange starfish on the side of a rock

I poked on his back and tried to pull him off

A crab scared me away he ran close to my toes

And man, I wish I had a hand to hold

 

The moon is nowhere almost time for the sun

The voice of the waves sounds anciently young

I'm a prisoner of freedom ten toes in the sand

And man, I wish I had a hand to hold

 

I'm in the habit of being alone

I try hard to break it

I can't on my own

 

I'm glad no one's here just me by the sea

I'm glad no one's here to mess it up for me

I'm glad no one's here just me by the sea

But man, I wish I had a hand to hold

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"Parachute" - Train

https://youtu.be/cFJE2u4bkYU

 

I wanna take you with me

To life with no more yesterdays

We can start again awake and so excited

And change the way we always push

We always push

 

I'll open up and be your parachute

And I'll never let you down

So open up and be my human angel

And we'll only hit the ground

Running

 

And when the world gets sharp

And tries to cut you down to size

And makes you feel like giving in

Oh, I will stay, I will rain

I will wash the words and pain away

And I will chase away

The way we push, the way we pull

You're beautiful

 

I'll open up and be your parachute

And I'll never let you down

So open up and be my human angel

And we'll only hit the ground

Running

 

And if it feels like we might drop

It will stop

So don't look down

It wouldn't be the same without you

This life is too good to give up on

 

I'll open up and be your parachute

And I'll never let you down

So open up and be my human angel

And we'll only hit the ground

And we're gonna hit the ground

Running

 

 

                     

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Badfinger - Without you

 

 

"Without You"

 

Well, I can't forget this evening

And your face when you were leaving

But I guess that's just the way the story goes

You always smile, but in your eyes your sorrow shows

Yes, it shows

 

Well, I can't forget tomorrow

When I think of all my sorrow

I had you there, but then I let you go

And now it's only fair that I should let you know

What you should know

 

[CHORUS:]

I can't live, if living is without you

I can't live, I can't give anymore

I can't live, if living is without you

I can't live, I can't give anymore

 

Well, I can't forget this evening

And your face when you were leaving

But I guess that's just the way the story goes

You always smile, but in your eyes your sorrow shows

Yes, it shows

 

[guitar solo]

 

[CHORUS x3]

 

I can't live, if living is without you.

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"Black Butterfly" - Deniece Williams

 

 

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Morning light, silken dreams take flight

As the darkness gives way to the dawn

You survived now your moment has arrived

Now your dream has finally been born

 

Black Butterfly

Sail across the waters

Tell your sons and daughters

What the struggle brings

Black Butterfly

Set the skies on fire

Rise up even higher

So the ageless winds of time

Can catch your wings

 

While you slept the promise was unkept

But your faith was as sure as the stars

Now you're free and the world has come to see

Just how proud and beautiful you are

 

Black Butterfly

Sail across the waters

Tell your sons and daughters

What the struggle brings

Black Butterfly

Set the skies on fire

Rise up even higher

So the wind can catch your wings

 

Let the current lift your heart and send it soaring

Write your timeless message clear across the skies

So that all of us can read it and remember when we need it

That a dream conceived in truth can never die

 

Butterfly

 

Cause now you're free

And the world has come to see

Just how proud and beautiful you are 

 

Black Butterfly

Sail across the waters

Tell your sons and your daughters

What the struggle brings

Black Butterfly

Set the skies set them on fire

Rise up even higher

So the ageless winds of time

Can catch your wings

 

Fly

Butterfly

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Fly

 

 

               

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Badfinger - Without you

 

 

"Without You"

 

Well, I can't forget this evening

And your face when you were leaving

But I guess that's just the way the story goes

You always smile, but in your eyes your sorrow shows

Yes, it shows

 

Well, I can't forget tomorrow

When I think of all my sorrow

I had you there, but then I let you go

And now it's only fair that I should let you know

What you should know

 

[CHORUS:]

I can't live, if living is without you

I can't live, I can't give anymore

I can't live, if living is without you

I can't live, I can't give anymore

 

Well, I can't forget this evening

And your face when you were leaving

But I guess that's just the way the story goes

You always smile, but in your eyes your sorrow shows

Yes, it shows

 

[guitar solo]

 

[CHORUS x3]

 

I can't live, if living is without you.

 

Thanks LF!!...

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Badfinger - Without you

 

 

"Without You"

 

 

One of the most exquisite songs ever, LF!  Great covers also by Harry Nilsson, Air Supply and Mariah.  Amazing, thanks for the share! 

 

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Thanks

 

 

Cindy Lauper

 

"Time After Time"

 

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick,

And think of you

Caught up in circles confusion -

Is nothing new

Flashback - warm nights -

Almost left behind

Suitcases of memories,

Time after -

 

Sometimes you picture me -

I'm walking too far ahead

You're calling to me, I can't hear

What you've said -

Then you say - go slow -

I fall behind -

The second hand unwinds

 

[Chorus:]

If you're lost you can look - and you will find me

Time after time

If you fall I will catch you - I'll be waiting

Time after time

 

After my picture fades and darkness has

Turned to gray

Watching through windows - you're wondering

If I'm OK

Secrets stolen from deep inside

The drum beats out of time -

 

[Chorus:]

If you're lost...

 

You said go slow -

I fall behind

The second hand unwinds -

 

[Chorus:]

If you're lost...

...Time after time

Time after time

Time after time

Time after time

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"Skin" - Beth Hart

 

She combs her hair and cleans her face

Closes the door and kneels to pray

And it don't matter that she's alone

And beast or dragon she's going home

 

If I lay me down

Bow my head on to the ground

Would you heal my skin

And these blisters within my skin

 

She found today so hard to say

I sweat the sheets too tired to play

And it don't matter cause I'm still alive

And beast or dragon won't make me hide

 

If I lay me down

Bow my head on to the ground

Would you shield my skin

And these blisters within my skin

 

Another way

I just can't find the words to say

Cold where I lay

It's cold where I lay

 

Bones cracked to clay

A killer's in the way

And hot is my shame

And fire pulls my veins

 

For never is my name

Forever in my shame

And holy come heal me

Solely deliver me, deliver me

 

If I lay me down

Bow my head on to the ground

Would you shield my skin

And these blisters within

 

Blisters within

Blisters within my skin

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"Bitter Tears" - Rufus Wainwright

 

Choking on my bitter tears

My bitter tears

Only thing I don’t fear is you

Don’t want you to see my tears

My bitter tears

Only thing I fear is my tears

 

Heavens how it’s going to rain

Is this the same

Heavens with the bright blue skies

Driving at the crack of dawn

Looking away

Trying to hide my bloodshot eyes

 

But in discussing with the morning

It’s gonna be okay

But in discussing with the morning

It’s gonna be just fine, Dear

 

Taxi driver look at me

Oh can’t you see

Turn around go back behind

Don’t want you take me home

Where I’m alone

Racking up my tears and crying

 

Got to be another way

Somebody cursed me when I said

“I’ll never be there myself”

Got to be another way

Somebody curse the light

And take me far away from myself

 

But in discussing with the morning

It’s gonna be okay

But in discussing with the morning

It’s gonna be just fine, Dear

 

I’m just discussing with the morning

Just discussing with the morning

And it’s gonna be okay

I’m just discussing with the morning

Still discussing with the morning

And it’s gonna be just fine

 

I’m just discussing with the morning

Still discussing with the morning

And it’s gonna be okay

Yeah it’s gonna be just fine

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"Sit Down" - James

 

Now I'm relieved to hear

That you've been to some far out places

It's hard to carry on

When you feel all alone

 

The wisdom that I seek

Has been found in the strangest places

It feels a lot like love

That I feel for you

 

Drawn by the undertow

My life is out of control

I believe this wave will bear my weight

So let it go

 

Oh sit down, oh sit down, oh sit down

Sit down next to me

Sit down, down, down, down, down

In sympathy

 

Swing from high to deep

Extremes of sweet and sour

Hope that God exists

I hope I pray

 

Now I've swung back down again

It's worse than it was before

If I hadn't seen such riches

I could live with being poor

 

Oh sit down, oh sit down, oh sit down

Sit down next to me

Sit down, down, down, down, down

In sympathy

 

Those who feel the breath of sadness

Sit down next to me

 

Those who find they're touched by madness 

Sit down next to me

 

Those who find themselves ridiculous

Sit down next to me

 

In love, in fear, in hate, in tears

In love, in fear, in hate

 

Oh sit down, oh sit down, oh sit down

Sit down next to me

Sit down, down, down, down, down

In sympathy

 

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"The Eagle And The Hawk" - John Denver

Oh I am the eagle

I live in high country

In rocky cathedrals

That reach to the sky

 

I am the hawk

And there's blood on my feathers

But time is still turning

They soon will be dry

 

And all those who see me

And all who believe in me

Share in the freedom

I feel when I fly

 

Come dance with the west wind

And touch on the mountain tops

Sail o'er the canyons

And up to the stars

 

And reach for the heavens

And hope for the future

And all that we can be

And not what we are

 

 

:balloon:

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"Never Alone" - Lady Antebellum

 

May the angels protect you

Trouble neglect you

And heaven accept you

When its time to go home

 

May you always have plenty

Your glass never empty

And know in your belly

You're never alone

 

May your tears come from laughing

You find friends worth having

With every year passing

They mean more than gold

 

May you win but stay humble

Smile more than grumble

And know when you stumble

You're never alone

 

[CHORUS:]

Never alone, never alone

I'll be in every beat of your heart

When you face the unknown

Wherever you fly

This isn't goodbye

My love will follow you, stay with you

Baby, you're never alone

 

Well I have to be honest

As much as I wanted

I'm not gonna promise

The cold winds won't blow

 

So when hard times have found you

And your fears surround you

Wrap my love around you

You're never alone

 

[CHORUS]

 

May the angels protect you

Trouble neglect you

And heaven accept you

When its time to go home

 

May you always have plenty

Your glass never empty

And know in your belly

You're never alone

 

Never alone, Never alone

I'll be in every beat of your heart

When you face the unknown

Wherever you fly

This isn't goodbye

My love will follow you, stay with you

Baby, you're never alone

 

My love will follow you, stay with you

Baby, you're never alone

 

 

:smitten:                        :smitten:

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"There's No Way Out Of Here" - David Gilmour

 

There's no way out of here

When you come in

You're in for good

There was no promise made

The part you played

The chance you took

 

There are no boundaries set

The time and yet

You waste it still

So it slips through your hands

Like grains of sand

You watch it go

 

There's no time to be lost

You'll pay the cost

So get it right

 

There's no way out of here

When you come in

You're in for good

 

There never was there an answer

There an answer

Not without listening

Without seeing

 

There are no answers here

When you look out

You don't see in

There was no promise made

The part you played

The chance you took

 

There's no way out of here

When you come in

You're in for good

 

There never was there an answer

There an answer

Not without listening

Without seeing

 

There's no way out of here

When you come in

You're in for good

There was no promise made

The part you played

The chance you took

 

There's no way out of here

When you come in

You're in for good

There's no way out of here

When you come in

You're in for good

 

There are no answers here

When you look out

You don't see in

There's no way out of here

When you come in

You're in for good

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"Dark Road" - Annie Lennox

 

It's a dark road

And a dark way that leads to my house

And the word says

You're never gonna find me there, oh no

I've got an open door

It didn't get there by itself

It didn't get there by itself

 

There's a feeling

But you're not feeling it at all

There's a meaning

But you're not listening anymore

I look at that open road

I'm gonna walk there by myself

 

And if you catch me

I might try to run away

You know I can't be here too long

And if you let me

I might try to make you stay

Seems you never realize a good thing

Till it's gone

 

Maybe I'm still searching

But I don't know what it means

All the fires of destruction

Are still burning in my dreams

There's no water that can wash away

This longing to come clean

 

I cant find the joy within my soul

It's just sadness taking hold

I wanna come in from the cold

And make myself renewed again

It takes strength to live this way

The same old madness every day

I wanna kick these blues away

I wanna learn to live again

 

It's a dark road

And a dark way that leads to my house

And the word says

You're never gonna find me there, oh no

I've got an open door

It didn't get there by itself

It didn't get there by itself

 

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"Cry Freedom" - Dave Matthews Band

 

How can I turn away

Brother, sister go dancing

Through my head

Human as to human

The future is no place

To place your better days

 

Cry freedom cry

From a crowd ten thousand wide

Hope laid upon hope

That this crowd will not subside

Let this flag burn to dust

And a new a fair design be raised

While we wait head in hands

Hands in prayer

And fall into a dreamless sleep again

 

And we wave our hands

Hands and feet are all alike

But gold between divide us

Hands and feet are all alike

But fear between divide us

All slip away

 

There was a window

And by it stood a mirror

In which he could see himself

He thought of something

Something he had never had

But hoped would come along

 

Cry freedom, cry

From deep inside

Where we are all confined

While we wave hands in fire

 

Wave our hands

Hands and feet are all alike

But gold between divide us

Hands and feet are all alike

But fear between divide us

Slip away

 

In this room stood a little child

And in this room

This little child she would remain

Until someone might decide

To dance this little child

Across this hall

Into a cold dark space

Where she might never trace her way

Across this crooked mile

Across this crooked page

 

Cry freedom, cry

From deep inside

Where we are all confined

So we wave our hands

 

How can I turn away

Brother, sister go dancing

Through my head

Human as to human

The future is no place

To place your better days

 

Hands and feet are all alike

But gold between divide us

Hands and feet are all alike

But fear between divide us

Hands and feet are all alike

Hear what I say

Hear what I say

Oh, so be it, be it

 

How can I turn away

Brother, sister go dancing

Through my head

Human as to human

The future is no place

To place your better days

 

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"Sparrow" - Simon & Garfunkel

 

Who will love a little sparrow

Who's traveled far and cries for rest

“Not I”, said the oak tree

“I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest

And my blanket of leaves won't warm her cold breast”

 

Who will love a little sparrow

And who will speak a kindly word

“Not I”, said the swan

“The entire idea is utterly absurd

I'd be laughed at and scorned if the other swans heard”

 

And who will take pity in his heart

And who will feed a starving sparrow

“Not I”, said the golden wheat

“I would if I could but I cannot, I know

I need all my grain to prosper and grow”

 

Who will love a little sparrow

Will no one write her eulogy

“I will”, said the Earth

“For all I've created returns unto me

From dust were ye made and dust ye shall be”

 

 

 

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"Beauty and Madness" - Fra Lippo Lippi

 

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Over there just beneath the moon

There’s a man with a burden to keep

Now sleep will fall

Washouts, rags and paper bags

Homes and lives passing by

 

Who will see the beauty in your life

And who will be there to hear you when you call

Who will see the madness in your life

And who will be there to catch you if you fall

 

Now dreams run wild

As lovers find their way through the night

Not a care in the world

And over there from the twinkling of the lights

Harbor lights say goodnight one more time

 

Who will see the beauty in your life

And who will be there to hear you when you call

Who will see the madness in your life

And who will be there to catch you if you fall

 

 

                 

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"Beauty and Madness" - Fra Lippo Lippi

 

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Over there just beneath the moon

There’s a man with a burden to keep

Now sleep will fall

Washouts, rags and paper bags

Homes and lives passing by

 

Who will see the beauty in your life

And who will be there to hear you when you call

Who will see the madness in your life

And who will be there to catch you if you fall

 

Now dreams run wild

As lovers find their way through the night

Not a care in the world

And over there from the twinkling of the lights

Harbor lights say goodnight one more time

 

Who will see the beauty in your life

And who will be there to hear you when you

Who will see the madness in your life

And who will be there to catch you if you fall

 

 

                 

 

Who is it that's gonna catch us when we fall?

 

I know the answer ! It's panda bears right? I always knew they were watching over me and listening to my woes in life!

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Yes, of course the magical panda bears.  Too adorable for words, I want one so badly!

 

(I noticed a word had fallen off from the lyrics, lol, had to go back and edit.  )