Singles

1. Not Goin’ Out There

2. Witness

3. Everywhere Is Somebody’s Home


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Not Goin’ Out There
Words and music: Ann Reed
©2022 Turtlecub Publishing/BMI

Long ago when I was four
My jacket’s on I’m out the door
‘Round the corner I can’t see
A German Shepherd’s meeting me
Nose to nose, eye to eye
I turn around inside I go
My dad has seen it all unfold
“What’s the matter?” S’what he said
I point and shake my little head:

And say: I’m not goin’ out there (3X)
’Til the big dog’s gone

Summer sings a noisy tune
July the fourth begins in June
Down the street out on their lawns
They’re setting off their little bombs
Parks ablaze, in alley ways
I cannot find my faithful cat
He’s terrified oh I get that
Peeking from his hiding place
Underneath the bed afraid:

He says: I’m not goin’ out there (3X)
‘Til the big noise stops

Oh, scary outside (2X)

Nowadays it’s too extreme
I’m wishing but it’s not a dream
Look for kindness, love, and care
Search for beauty ev’rywhere
High and low, gotta feed the soul
A mighty risk, I contemplate
How do I live and celebrate?
I tell myself I can be brave
But there’s a voice I hear it say:

I’m not goin’ out there (3X)
’Til the crazy calms down

Witness
Words and music: Ann Reed
©2023 Turtlecub Publishing/BMI

There are days where do I start?
A thousand thoughts held in my heart
Like letters never seen
We tend the garden, tend the home
Too much unspoken but you know
What I mean

My love,
With the stars above
I am a witness to our life
Together, guess it’s no surprise
That oh, for as long as we go
I am a witness

Years go by and not so slow
People have their ebb and flow
No one comes with guarantees
Kindred souls when they appear
Hold them close, forever dear
To you from me:

My friend,
Until it all ends
I’ll be a witness to your life
Under every kind of sky
Oh, for as long as it goes
I’ll be a witness

In the mirror what I see
Lines of wonder, lines of grief
Love and worry side by side
I see it now as I look back
So many roads so many paths
And I realize

As my time
Goes tickin’ by
I am a witness to this life
All the beauty, all the strife
And oh, for as long as it goes
I am a witness
My friends,
Until it all ends
I’ll be a witness to your lives
Under every kind of sky
Oh, for as long as it goes
I’ll be a witness

Everywhere Is Somebody’s Home
Words and music: Ann Reed

Sally went slipping’ on the ice
Glassy it sat waiting under the snow
Damn, I knew I shoulda worn my spikes
Or maybe took that trip down to Mexico …

Sister tells Sally get a life
Come on down south and live with me
Hot as hell and sunny all the time
We can stay inside with the ol’ AC

Everywhere is somebody’s home (2X)

Bobby’s on the beach and the roar
Comin’ from the ocean and he notices the tide
Gettin’ sorta close to the door
Maybe I can move it all back and to the side

Bobby’s brother tells him what the hell?
Come up to the city before you’re washed away
Traffic and the sirens and the yells
Kinda drowned out what his brother tried to say
[chorus]

Turtle saw a tourist on a dive
Pick a little plastic from the deep blue sea
Took a closer look into its eyes
Man, you gotta understand what you’re doin’ to me [chorus]