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Telling Stories (2006)
Disc One:
Don't forget: Using a songwriter's lyrics and/or music without permission is very bad indeed. Frowned upon. Quite disrespectful. Creates icky stuff in the universe. Forgot My Shoes Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2005 Turtlecub Publishing I open my eyes to a brand new day Put on my clothes and I'm on my way Go down three steps then I get the blues Gotta go back up - I forgot my shoes Up one, two, three and sittin' on the chair My jacket and keys, how did they get there? I pick them up, four stairs and I'm screwed Gotta go back up - I forgot my shoes I can get things done I know this for sure I could have big fun If I could get out the door Oh I know my one goal before it's over I'm gonna do it I swear I will get down the stairs Four steps up, first thing I do Set ev'rything down put the feet in the shoes Six steps, halfway, I suddenly freeze Gotta go back up - forgot my keys I can get things done I know this for sure I could have big fun If I could get out the door You bet I forget but before it's over I'm gonna do it I swear I will get down the stairs Little notes all over the place If I know where I put 'em Then I can make it… On the way up I hear the ringin' 'phone Caller ID says I can leave it alone Seven steps down and then my memory Says "You big, dumb cluck…you still forgot your keys." (chorus) Walk With You Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2005 Turtlecub Publishing Two thousand words And a pound of verbs Keep yakkin' and never know why But I think I can prove Ev'rything you heard Makin' sure I simplify Across a neatly nibbled lawn A street that's scribbled on with chalk I wanna walk with you Hey, I've had enough Of the empty stuff Keep searchin' for the person who shows That you don't have to say: "I'm gonna carry the love" It just gets done That's who you wanna go on with Along the Boulevard of Flaws Where you been and what you saw I wanna walk with you All I need to know I'm not out here alone Better side by side So, how to start Well I find my heart Then listen and ev'ry now & again I gotta get up & go 'Cause there's somethin' large Bigger than we are It's how we all begin Among the Garden of Your Thoughts Weeds and flowers by the block that's where I'll walk with you Along the Boulevard of Flaws Where you been and what you saw I wanna walk with you My Grateful Heart Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2005 Turtlecub Publishing A day in December The sun on my face In the middle of motion One quiet place At the center of strangers A meeting of souls an embrace that is treasured Wherever I go When I struggle in shadow There are voices that come Whisper so low: Oh, you know You're a fortunate one. Then I gather my blessings From the light and the dark Welcome them into my grateful heart The blue of the moonlight All the heavens contain The madness of music Helps keep me sane At the core of confusion A small flame that glows There then to guide me Wherever I go Slighting the spirit My feelings go numb Then it comes like a kiss: Remember this You're a fortunate one Then I gather my blessings From the light and the dark Ask them to stay in my grateful heart A day that's remembered In a small, sacred space Walking toward balance Praying for grace Gather my blessings Like the gifts that they are Place them quite gently in my grateful heart Holiday Lake Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2005 Turtlecub Publishing I have always found A bridge, a way around to you Rivers changing over time This one never did go dry Overflowed its banks and I know Years of tears and the waters rise As you fade away I keep your mem'ry safe with me Nothing needs to be repaired I sit returning stories That you gave me long before these thorny rides In and out of here and there And we two We'd go to Holiday Lake In the bitter cold You'd lace up my skates Hand in hand we'd move Over ice so smooth That's the way I'll remember you Witness to present, past In bodies never meant to last In the slow, receding light A stranger now, I look at you The hands are of the man I knew Back when your eyes were blue and bright Never in the plan For you to be a happy man But the darkness stepped aside In those moments we'd fly Go gliding away I have always found A bridge, a way around to you Rivers changing over time This one never will go dry A spirit shared is one alive Years of tears and the waters will rise Cassiopeia Words and music: Ann Reed • © 2006 Turtlecub Publishing The sky is falling: little pieces On my path everyday I find them all They set me thinking How'd I lose my way I remember keeping dreams Needing dreams Sweet, sweet dreams Thoughts so tender When I'd look up and I'd see Cassiopeia, Orion's belt All of the stars way up high Floating like sequin's on heaven's robe Count 'em and fall asleep tryin' And when I wake up and wonder Where all of the wonder has gone I hear them all sayin', Oh now don't stay away so long. Seems the world has lost its color People walk in shades of grey I find my own tones Getting duller How'd I get that way I remember little things Familiar things Simple things Thoughts so tender Place a wish on Saturn's rings Minding each weighted step Finding I forget to raise my eyes Far away they glow and shine Their light I know will find me The sky is falling: little pieces On my path everyday I find them all They set me thinking Don't you lose your way Like You Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2004 Turtlecub Publishing Dark night, clear sky Starlight says what'cha doin' Longer the day, shorter the show Oh y'know…it's just like you Oh, it's just like you. Trees grow while the wind blows River rolls like it's s'posed to do Another day and it won't be the same I gotta say it's just like you Oh if I may it's just like you (ooh…) Spring comes, flickers drum Say to some all of this is mine! Territory, that's the story By the way, we're like that too The birds say hey…it's just like you (ooh…) Common thread goes runnin' through You to them to me to you If you look up on a clear, clear night From Sydney up to Saskatoon We're gazin' at the same ol' moon (ooh…) Monet shoots layin' roots Make a boost up to the sun Tougher the earth the harder they work It occurs: well, it's just like you Oh what's the word…synonymous ooh… (common thread….no 'ooh' at the end) I need to feel the love have enough And a cover keep me warm & dry Sanctuary and the strength to carry What'd you say? I'm just like you Ain't that the way I'm like you too (ooh…) Dropped Down In The Water Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2005 Turtlecub Publishing Standin' at a crossroads Don't know where to go Tired of fillin' a bathtub with an eye dropper, oh Sit there almost empty Wonderin' "what now?" Throw a stone into the water Watch the waves roll out Any given moment The daily ebb and flow You might be the arrow You might be the bow Have faith you make a difference Go 'bout your business with no doubt You were dropped into the water And the waves rolled out Dropped down in the water Set down in the sea You and everything you do Goes out and on and on and on… It's lookin' hard and hopeless The sun it will not rise Oh, one foot, then the other and soon you realize One step farther than the darkness And a light begins to grow Oh those waves go out They go out even farther than you know (chorus) Oh, the waves roll out… Here is what surrounds you When you open up your eyes Stones of ev'ry color, yeah Shape and ev'ry size Livin' right beside them With the one thing that you share Y'all been dropped into the water And it rolls out ev'rywhere If There's A Room Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2006 Turtlecub Publishing See that window Hang that curtain Pretty certain What the curtain can do Wind blows Sun's a-burnin' Curtain's makin' sure The house stays cool Oh the wall Looky that gate Never too late For a gate, I swear Holler and call Wallow and wait Gate's the only way Y'gonna get in there If there's a room, there's a floor If there's a room, then there's a door Lookit that fence See how it's sittin' White picket, You can stick all your intentions through It all makes sense Low risk, no kiddin' You can see me I can see you Good enough Like it or not You don't knock I'm gonna lock it up tight Keep your stuff Hands off mine The key's with me And that's a bit of all right Stay That Way Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2005 Turtlecub Publishing Sittin' there right where you are 'cause the road to hoe is just too hard From your wishing chair, sigh & complain If you don't stand up, you're gonna stay that way Where you live, well that's your home Not a fortress, not a dome All tucked in, don't'cha feel so safe 'cause if you don't stand up, it won't stay that way What's it gonna take for you To do the thing you need to do Step outside, take a look around You're the one, shouts & shrugs Argues with the one-eyed bug If no one hears you, do you make a sound? Wanna know why, well this ain't news If they come for me, they'll come for you Bound with lies, glued in place & if you don't stand up, it's gonna stay that way Who you love & where you go How they get the things they know If you don't decide, you decide it all What's it gonna take for you To do the thing you need to do Blessed are the ones who get involved Sittin' there right where you are 'cause the road to hoe is just too hard From the wishing chair, sigh & complain If you don't stand up, you're gonna stay that way Well if you don't stand up, it's gonna stay that way One More Minute Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2006 Turtlecub Publishing There is a sigh A voice in the wind Reminding me Taking your hand was a chance It's the bravest I've been Open arms Hearts unveiled Decades we spend Tending friends As they witness this trip without fail And when my life is almost done When it's close to through I know my only hope will be One more minute with you How many springs Will brilliantly come? How many steps We have left, we don't know But let's cherish each one Look at the time Dressed up and thin It winks as it whispers: Now listen Forever's as long as you live Here we're together, together we're home But we all make our entrance and exit alone But oh, now I know ... Love survives This I believe Carried wherever we go It's how I'll know It's you when we meet Life Gets Real Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 1995 Turtlecub Publishing From now on it's cash and carry No more payin' over time Get no credit for unfilled moments Or any dreams left behind And because of all that life gets simpler in fact Right this moment you don't know it But you're standing prepared For the advent of all the big stuff Had you runnin' 'round scared And because of all that Life gets simpler in fact Learn to breathe When to yield Find what can be and cannot be healed On the crest of the wheel Life gets real While you walk on all the long held Fairy tales disappear Ever after doesn't matter Like right now & right here And because of all that life gets simpler in fact (chorus) Now you decide There's a pause at the top of the ride Arms up, open wide At some point it's from the ground up Just a brick at a time After layin' a new foundation The building's comin' 'long fine And because of all that life gets simpler in fact (chorus) Every Long Journey Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 1986 Turtlecub Publishing Every long journey is made of small steps Is made of the courage the feeling you get When you know it's been waiting, been waiting for you The journey's the only thing you want to do We cannot know what you go through or see through your eyes But we will surround you, the pride undisguised In any direction whatever you view You're taking our love there with you In every long journey what drives you to go It's half what you know and half what you don't The secret's been waiting your heart's got the key The secret's the only thing you want to see (chorus) Every long journey begins with a dream A spirit with courage to make it all real The dream has been calling, been calling to you The dream is the only thing you want to do (chorus) Road Of The Heart Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 1990 Turtlecub Publishing Two steps forward, one step back That's progress for you That's the way to stay on track Two steps forward, one to the side Maybe in circles Never a straight line Everyday This road don't stay the same It's smooth, it buckles It's firm, it falls apart It's just the road of the heart Two steps forward, on the ground No dance chart To tell me where to put 'em down Two steps forward, one step back It's here & now & I guess that's where I'm at (chorus) You've Got To Hide your Love Away Lyrics and music: Lennon/McCartney • © 1965 SONY/ATV Songs LLC Here I stand, head in hand Turn my face to the wall If she's gone I can't go on Feelin' two foot small Ev'rywhere people stare Each & ev'ry day I can see them laugh at me & I hear them say: "Hey, you've got to hide your love away" (2X) How can I even try I can never win Hearing them seeing them In the state I'm in How could she say to me "Love will find a way" Gather 'round all you clowns Let me hear you say: Loch Lomond Traditional Scottish folk song / Public Domain By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond Where me and my true love were ever wont to be On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond Oh, you take the high road and I'll take the low road And I'll be in Scotland before you But me and my true love will never meet again On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond I mind where we parted at yon shady glen On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond Where deep purple hues the highland hill we viewed And the moon coming out of the gloamin' The wee birdies sing and the wildflowers spring And in sunshine the waters are sleeping But the broken heart will ken no second spring again And the world does not know how we're greeting Willow Weep for Me Lyrics and music: Ann Ronell • © 1932 Bourne Music Willow weep for me Willow weep for me Bend your branches green Along the stream that runs to sea Listen to my plea Listen willow and weep for me Gone my lover's dream Lovely summer dream Gone and left me here To weep my tears into the stream Sad as I can be Hear me willow and weep for me Whisper to the wind and say that love has sinned To leave my heart a=breakin' and a-makin' a moan Murmur to the night to hide it's starry light So no one will find me sighin' and cryin' all alone Oh, weeping willow tree Weep in sympathy Bend your branches down Along the ground and cover me Listen to my plea Listen willow and weep for me. Clementine Lyrics and music: Percy Montrose • Public Domain In a cavern, in a canyon Excavating for a mine Lived a miner, forty-niner And his daughter, Clementine chorus: Oh my darlin', oh my darlin' Oh my darlin' Clementine You are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry Clementine Light she was and like a fairy And her shoes were number nine Herring boxes without topses Sandals were for Clementine (chorus) Drove she ducklings to the water Every morning just at nine Stubbed her toe into a splinter Fell into the foaming brine (chorus) Ruby lips upon the water Blowing bubbles soft and fine But alas I was no swimmer So I lost my Clementine (chorus) In my dreams she still does haunt me Robed in garments soaked in brine Though in life I used to hug her Now she's dead, I draw the line There's a church upon the hillside Where the flowers grow and twine Grow there roses 'mongst the posies Fertilized by Clementine (chorus) All you good scouts heed this warning From this tragic tale of mine Artificial respiration Could've saved my Clementine I'll Keep My Hat Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 1992 Turtlecub Publishing When I found myself in Nashville scramblin' for a deal Went and bought myself a brand-new cowboy hat Make it all seem real And I sat across the desks from genuine powers that be And they said "Now personally I like it but listen to me: Write me a country song just like the one that's on In the number-one slot with a bullet and a dot Write one like that We could put you as an opener too to a big, big star if you'd Put a cute dress on, dye your hair blond, get rid of the hat." Well I felt my hat and asked him after long careful thought "Why would you want exactly the same as what you already got?" This brought about a chuckle amused as could be "Darlin' you don't know nothin' 'bout the bidness Just leave it to me: And write me a country song just like the one that's on In the number-one slot with a bullet and a dot Write one like that Now you sure won't last too long if you're gonna be this headstrong So put a cute dress on, dye your hair blond, get rid of the hat." Oh, we don't wanna change you 'cause it feels real good Except for the way you write and how you look I grabbed my hat and in my best hand wrote 'em all a little line "Thank you for your kind attention and givin' me the time I'm goin' back home now I'm never lookin' back I figure I'm pretty damn lucky, I escaped with my hat This is your country song, it's not like anything on In the number-one slot with a bullet and a dot Not a thing like that 'Cause you wouldn't know a good tune If it introduced itself to you You go sucker someone else I'll have better luck myself and I can keep my hat." Leap Of Faith Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 2002 Turtlecub Publishing I am living in time It's a rhythm I know More and more I think life Is all balance and hope 'Cause it's not black or white It's any shade of my choice Coming fully alive when I give it my voice Oh, it is time I will live out loud and Open my eyes to the great divide I'm walking my path Finding my way And every step's a leap of faith Ev'ry story's a thread In a weave that avows I don't know what's ahead But I'm standing here now. There are moments I fly Days when I weep Sometimes I close my eyes And remember to breathe I walk on a fluid road Ever changing where it goes I wrestle my fear And trusting my heart That strength will appear Oh, growing there in the dark God Is Sleeping Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 1995 Turtlecub Publishing You've Got To Be Carefully Taught: Lyrics and music: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II • © 1949 I think that God is sleeping Or the angels have resigned I'm sure there's no one keeping A peaceful, watchful eye Are you listening are you knowing All the desperate, silent calls From the ones who keep on hoping That's the hardest thing of all Is there no one left in heaven Making sure we don't forget What we learned from painful lessons & must not repeat again You have got to be taught to hate and fear Day after day year after year It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear You've got to be taught to hate and fear You have got to be taught before you are grown To hate those whose lives are not like your own To fear right away because it's unknown You've got to be carefully taught You have got to be taught before it's too late Before you are six or seven or eight To hate all the people your relatives hate You've got to be carefully taught Heroes Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 1992 Turtlecub Publishing What can I learn from you In your lifetime, in what you've been through How'd you keep your head up and hold your pride In an insane world how d'you keep on tryin' One life can tell the tale That if you make the effort, you cannot fail By your life you tell me it can be done By your life's the courage to carry on Heroes appear like a friend To clear a path or light the flame As time goes you find you depend On your heroes to show you the way What can I learn from you That I must do the thing I think I cannot do That you do what's right by your heart and soul It's the imperfections that make us whole One life can tell the tale: if you make the effort you cannot fail By your life you tell me it can be done By your life's the courage to carry on (chorus) Sojourner Truth, Eleanor Roosevelt, Katharine Hepburn, Sally Ride Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman Annie Sullivan, Gertrude Stein Coretta Scott King, Amelia Earhart Lillian Hellman, Eartha Kitt Sacajewea, Ella Fitzgerald Golda Meir, Dorothy Dix Louisa May Alcott, Billie Jean King Emily Dickinson, Lucy Stone Margaret Sanger, Clara Barton Billie Holiday, Juliette Low Elizabeth Blackwell, Rosa Parks Lena Horne, Beverly Sills Barbara Jordan, Helen Keller, Indira Gandhi, Agnes DeMille Corazon Aquino, Gloria Steinem Rachel Carson, Joan of Arc Babe Zaharias, Marlene Deitrich Anne Frank, Simone de Beauvoir... Good Night, Irene Lyrics and music: Huddie Ledbetter / John A Lomax • © 1936 Ludlow Music Sometimes I live in the country Sometimes I live in town Sometimes I take a great notion To jump into the river and drown Irene, goodnight Irene, goodnight Goodnight, Irene, goodnight, Irene I'll see you in my dreams I love Irene god knows that I do Love her 'til the seas run dry And if Irene turns her back on me I'm gonna take morphine and die (chorus) Stop ramblin', stop your gamblin' Stop stayin' out late at night Go home to your wife and your family Stay there by your fireside bright (chorus) She caused me to weep, she caused me to mourn She caused me to leave my home The very last words I heard her say Was "sing me one more song" (chorus) Sometimes she sleeps in pajamas Sometimes in an old nightgown But when they're both in the laundry Irene is the talk of the town (chorus) Crazy (Patsy Cline) Lyrics and music: Willie Nelson • © 1961 SONY/ATV/Tree Publishing Crazy I'm crazy for feelin' so lonely I'm crazy Crazy for feelin' so blue I knew You'd love me as long as you wanted And then someday You'd leave me for somebody new Worry Why do I let myself worry Wond'rin' what in the world did I do? Crazy For thinking that my love could hold you I'm crazy for tryin' And crazy for cryin' And I'm crazy for lovin' you The Fair Lyrics and music: Ann Reed • © 1991 Turtlecub Publishing Minnesota, Minnesota - We are south of Manitoba We are east of North Dakota We've got something really rare It's fulfilling, entertaining It's true culture you'll be gaining Accept no imitations it's the Fair Saw a friend from Wisconsin and he said "Yah hey You gotta see the crop art it'll blow you away" "Yah sure, you bet, boy, they don't know when to quit I'm goin' to see the butterheads y'wanna come with?" (refrain) At the Fair there's no lack of food you simply take your pick You can find almost anything sittin' on a stick Pronto Pups, mini-doughnuts & an ice cold beer I've gotta get my cheese curds I've been waiting all year (refrain) After all the food I've eaten now I only have a hunch I'll go out on the Midway and I'll prob'ly lose my lunch The Tilt-A- Whirl is one thing but I just cannot conceal My heart'll stop right at the top of the double Ferris wheel (refrain) Oh you gotta see Piggy Mama The biggest sow that you have ever seen It's a giglet for a piglet And in the swine barn Piggy Mama is the queen Now the combines are waiting on machinery hill Kids are climbing on the tractors on their tires and on their grills You may live inside a townhouse in the suburbs make your home You've always wanted a tractor you could call your very own (refrain) Now I need some relaxation or a soundproof room A place to soak my achin' feet that's quiet as a tomb All that's left inside my pocket is some lint and half a pack Of Tums but next year you can bet I'll be comin' back (refrain) Tag to last refrain: There's deals and demonstrations and chicks in incubation The whole population's at the Fair. |