1. |
Don't Lie To Me
03:05
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I’ve been lied to
So many times
I couldn’t see the truth
If it hit me in the eye
On the wings of love
Across the bridge of sighs
My heart is crying out
Keeps getting no replies
Pretty baby
Why can’t you see
Every tear you make me cry
Takes a little piece of me
The promises you make
I don’t believe
Sweet nothings in my ear
They mean nothing more to me
Well I don’t know much about love
But I know that this don’t come close enough
Don’t lie to me
Don’t you lie to me
Don’t tell me that you love me
When you lie to me
I’m on a country road
You’re in the fast lane
Lived long enough to know
Those things will never change
Don’t call it friendship
Don’t call it love
I’ll try not to mention
All the words that I’ve been thinking of
Well I don’t know much about love
But I know that this don’t come close enough
Don’t lie to me
Don’t you lie to me
Don’t tell me that you love me
When you lie to me
Baby don’t you lie
Baby don’t you lie
Don’t tell me that you love me when you lie to me
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2. |
Ones You Love The Most
03:55
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Brother he don’t come round anymore
Packed his bags and then he slammed the door
Woke up sick and tired of life’s cruel jokes
Like why we hurt the ones we love the most
Honey was a mother and a wife
It’s been one of those days all of her life
Said that she was moving to the coast
Where they don’t hurt the ones they love the most
They say goodbye, say goodbye
Their faces white as snow
We always hurt the ones we love the most
Hotel sign says please do not disturb
Better bite your tongue and eat your words
Talking’s only gonna make things worse
And you will hurt the ones you love the most
So say goodbye, say goodbye
To all that you hold close
You’re on your knees with nowhere left to go
Tell me why, tell me why
Heaven only knows
Why we hurt the ones we love the most
Sister don't know who she wants to be
Halfway from a teardrop to the sea
She was born with genius and soul
Still she hurts the one she loves the most
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Vanish like a ghost
So you won’t hurt the ones you love the most
Say goodbye, say goodbye
I’m leaving ‘cos I know
That I will hurt the ones
I will hurt the ones I love the most
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3. |
I Believe
03:33
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Why, she said, do you stay with me
I’m the last thing that you need
He spoke her name, but she turned away
‘Cos she found it hard to breathe
But he said
I believe
No one’s ever seen what I can see
The beauty of you is just plain to me
How can I tell you
I’m your shining night
You’re my morning
Walk away, don’t you walk away
With the tears still on your cheeks
I know you tried, but please realize
That I’m just too hard to reach
But he said
I believe
No one’s ever seen what I can see
The beauty of you is just plain to me
How can I tell you
I’m your shinning night
You’re my morning
Didn’t I tell you
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright
Me and you babe
We’re gonna be alright
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4. |
Night Before The Dawn
03:09
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I take my hopes out to sea at night
And the stars all tag along
I can see you falling through my dreams
In the night before the dawn
I’m holding on to some hopeless dream
When I know that you are gone
But I can feel your love holding me
In the night before the dawn
Then the sunlight comes to close my eyes
And the birds sing their song
But I’ve never seen the world so bright
As the night before the dawn
There are days when I could live or die
When I’m barely hanging on
Knowing you will never lie with me
In the night before the dawn
I see the beauty in the darkest night
In the cold, collected calm
And I see your face looking into mine
The night before the dawn
Yes I see your face looking into mine
The night before the dawn
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5. |
Paper Scissors Rock
03:18
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I danced around, you laughed a lot
The pages turned, they would not stop
Wrapped up in my sheets
We played our games ‘till long past three o’clock
I was paper, you were rock
But soon our games were less carefree
The rock of ages weighed on me
Dulling your edge
My heart grew heavier with time
And yours did not
You were scissors, I was rock
Floating down my life
Looking for my other half
I was your paper sailboat
With my sail at half-mast
I tried to paint within the lines
But I bled though a thousand times
You were sharpening your edge
I was running out of luck
Scattered pieces, all cut up
The last time we played I did not look
Something deep inside me shook
I was sinking to the bottom
You were floating to the top
You were paper, I was rock
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6. |
Inside
03:34
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Oh darlin’
It’s good to see you
It seems like yesterday
You and me together
We could last forever
That’s a world away
Oh darlin’
The way I loved you
Well it’s never gone away
Hiding in a teardrop
Hidden in a heartbeat
Where the dreams don’t fade
So if you hear me calling
Someone else’s name
It’s just the words I’ve learned to say
If you see me falling
In someone’s arms again
It’s just the part I’ve learned to play
So darlin’
Please believe me
I’ll be with you always
Never leave you
Always keep you
Inside of me
So if you hear me calling
Someone else’s name
It’s just the words I’ve learned to say
If you see me falling
In someone’s arms again
It’s just the part I’ve learned to play
So darlin’
Please believe me
I’ll be with you always
Never leave you
Always keep you
Inside of me
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7. |
Holding The Whole Thing
03:52
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I pick a star shining so bright
And I spread my wings, then wonder why
When you’re holding the whole thing
I know you’re holding the whole thing
You take the sunshine, you take the rain
And you wonder why I can’t do the same
But you’re holding the whole thing
I know you’re holding the whole thing
Do you ever see me when I fly
Painting all the colors in the sky
When you’re holding the whole thing
I know you’re holding the whole thing
There are days I compromise
And I try to see life through your eyes
But you’re holding the whole thing
I know you’re holding the whole thing
I will never know the reason why
You never falter, you never cry
And you’re holding the whole thing
I know you’re holding the whole thing
But do you ever wake up in the morning
Feeling like your strength might just give way
Do you ever see me when I’m falling through this hole
And wonder if you should let go
Of me
Do you ever see me when I fly
Painting all the colors in the sky
When you’re holding the whole thing
I know you’re holding the whole thing
Holding the whole thing
I feel you holding the whole thing
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8. |
Going Against The Grain
03:56
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See her sitting by the road
Stones in her shoes
Tired of doing all the things
That other people do
Life’s jumping someone else’s train
She knows it’s time to make a change
And I saw her
Going against the grain
Eyes so bright and open wide
With her innocence and sorrow on her side
She followed many rivers
She waited at the crossroads for a while
‘Till she knew the way
Going against the grain
Like the whitest sail
She set out on the bluest sea
All you need is sun and wind
She said to be free
People smiled and shook their heads
It doesn’t work that way they said
But I saw her
Going against the grain
Eyes so bright and open wide
With her innocence and sorrow on her side
She followed many rivers
She waited at the crossroads for a while
‘Till she knew the way
Going against the grain
That’s why
We didn’t know what she was thinking
That’s why
We didn’t know that she was there
Already there
She followed many rivers
She waited at the crossroads for a while
‘Till she knew the way
Going against the grain
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9. |
What I Can't Have
03:42
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I want you I need you
Never will deceive you
I love you and wish you loved me
I want to keep you right here with me
Where I can protect you
From anyone who isn’t me
I want to talk without speaking
Feel without touching
Know what I cannot define
I want to hold all the wisdom
And win all the trophies
Want to be nearly divine
I want what I can’t have
Want to love who I can’t love
Don’t think I’m asking too much
I want to change all the endings
And stick with pretending
‘Cos real life just ain’t good enough
Don’t tell me why you cannot see me anymore
Don’t bring me down, don’t bring me down
Don’t tell me why you went and walked right out that door
Don’t bring me down, don’t bring me down
Down, down, down
Don’t bring me down
I want to be special
Like no one before me
Want to be one of a kind.
I want to see through you
Get right there inside you
And make what I find there all mine
I want what I can’t have
Want to love who I can’t love
I don’t think I’m asking too much
I want to change all the endings
And stick with pretending
‘Cos real life just ain’t good enough
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10. |
Carve Me Out
02:44
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Carve me out
A sturdy wooden ladder
Carve me out
A mighty wooden ship
Carve me out
A magic winged vessel
I’m going to find my darling one
But she is off beyond these pastures
And she is out beyond these seas
She is high above these mountains
And she is watching over me
Send me out
Upon a giant raven
Send me out
Upon a shooting star
Send me down
A crashing, rocky river
As I must travel far
But she is off beyond these pastures
And she is out beyond these seas
She is high above these mountains
And she is watching over me
She’s in every room I walk in
Her beauty is everything I see
She’s in the faces of my children
She is living on in me
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Kate Ellis London, UK
Kate Ellis is a Louisiana-born singer-songwriter who uses melancholy Americana and
Folk to conduct fearless soul-
searching.
An Observer newspaper journalist described ”hauntingly beautiful songs", while Americana UK gave her second album ‘Spirals’ 9/10 calling it “An irrefutable, unquestionable joy” and Folk Radio UK called it, “Beguilingly sung, melodic, warm, tender, open and insightful.”
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