Lyrics
Lyrics
Hands of Oak
Don’t Be My Reason
Whirlwind
Johnny and Me
Paper Pillows
Seaweed Bath
Phone Song
Keep Away
Content to Lie Awake
Just this Once
Rising Tear
Papier Maché
Envy
From the 2006 EP: (in addition to “Phone Song”, “Johnny and Me”, and “Papier Mache”)
You’re So Sweet
Limit on Cryin
Free Download 2008:
Orinda
At Shows, Yet to be Recorded:
Go Where You Were Meant To
Soliloquy
Playground
Could Be Today
No Matter What
Father’s Day
Reckless
Hot To Make You
Slow Down
Hands of Oak
(Music and Lyrics by Grace Woods)
He was like bear
big as a tree trunk
stronger
tougher
His life of passion
would outlast us all
longer
rougher
and close to me
House like a cave
smoke in the bedroom
hidden
away
how soon forgotten
in dust and decay
please couldn’t you
stay with me
seems no one understood
that you were hurtin too
but I do
I do
and you are with me now
I can hear the sound
can’t you
can’t you
and if I can’t go on
is somethin wrong with me
to be so
weak
he was the blanket
that put me to sleep
softer
gentler
and close to me
Hands of an oak tree
umbrella over me
nighttime
canopy
old like the hills
and the stars in the sky
getting
weary
and leaving me
seems no one understood
that you were hurtin too
but I do
I do
and you are with me now
I can hear the sound
can’t you
can’t you
Don’t Be My Reason
(music by Joe Hickey and lyrics by Grace Woods)
I finished off the meal thought I was full when I started
That’s how I approached you and me way back when
And now I’m still eatin the stuff and feelin broken hearted
Askin myself why I hurt me, again. again and again
I got a confession for you and it hurts my teeth to tell it
I let you out hours ago and if you won’t believe me I’ll spell it
I did it again when you weren’t keepin
watch and you wonder why didn’t you know
Cuz it all seemed fine early evening time till I gave up and let myself go
Don’t you be my reason, cuz it’s reason enough bein me
and if you become the why in the game it’ll confuse the hell out of me
Don’t be my reason when logic is reason enough to leave
I’m done with people pleasin but it’s a
waste of time to try and get me to receive
So if chocolate and cherry coke dreams give you headaches
let’s not make one more because I’ve had them before
and you sure seem to resemble them
tryin to get a score
I got a confession for you and it hurts my teeth to tell it
I let you out hours ago and if you won’t believe me I’ll spell it
I did it again when you weren’t keepin watch
and you wonder why didn’t you know
Cuz it all seemed fine early evening time till I gave up and let myself go
Don’t you be my reason, cuz it’s reason enough bein me
and if you become the why in the game it’ll confuse the hell out of me
Don’t be my reason when logic is reason enough to leave
I’m done with people pleasin but
it’s a waste of time to try and get me to receive
So where did you go besides to my hips I’d like to know
Where did you care to travel besides my thighs tonight
And if the wrapper falls to the ground you won’t hear a sound
Just the pitter patter
Just the pittter patter
the pitter patter of you in flight
I got a confession for you and it hurts my teeth to tell it
I let you out hours ago and if you won’t believe me I’ll spell it
I did it again when you weren’t keepin watch
and you wonder why didn’t you know
Cuz it all seemed fine early evening time till I gave up and let myself go
Don’t you be my reason, cuz it’s reason enough bein me
and if you become the why in the game it’ll confuse the hell out of me
Don’t be my reason when logic is reason enough to leave
I’m done with people pleasin
but it’s a waste of time to try and get me to receive
(back to top)
She spoke in sniffles under covers in the bedroom
He asks her gently Darlin what you wanna do
what you wanna do
You gotta tell me baby
Let it out now 1 2 3
Won’t you tell me
Won’t you tell me
La dadadeedada oh oh oh
He sat and swore but held her tightly to his shoulder
He rocked her sweetly saying what you wanna do
what you wanna do
No going back now
What a whirlwind 456
Won’t you tell me
Won’t you tell me
Won’t you tell me there’s another way out
Won’t you tell me there’s another way out
Another hour let the morning shine upon them
She woke and smiled softly
What I wanna do
it’s what I wanna do
Let er out baby
Let it out 1 2 3
Won’t you tell me
Won’t you tell me
Won’t you tell me there’s another way out
Won’t you tell me there’s another way out
Won’t you tell me there’s another way out
All I’m askin is another way out
She knows that this is her choice
but she hears more than just her voice
She hears you whisperin in her ear
Yes she can hear you
She hears you my dear
No matter what she says it’s no
Gettin harder just to say so
And soon she’ll be a mother
but there’s another
there’s got to be another way
Won’t you tell me
Won’t you tell me
Won’t you tell me there’s another way out
Won’t you tell me there’s another way out
Won’t you tell me there’s another way out
All I’m askin is another way out
Johnny and Me
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
Johnny says make the music
And maybe he’ll play the drums
Johnny pick up your broken heart
And hold it up to the stars
He says pain was meant for keys not men
The piano holds it better
Men were meant for wiser things
Like books and art and letter
But nothing rings like pain rings through
In a simple chord
A simple tune
Your chin’s too heavy to speak it out
so sing it
Or scream it loud
Johnny will play the left hand
And I’ll pick up the right
He says pain is like molasses
Slow and heavy through the night
Well we both lay it on there like sugar
As it drips over the keys
The piano’s got all the pain now
Only love left for Johnny and me
The only time I could ever be still is with my fingers movin
So he picked up a guitar for me
Though I didn’t know what he was proving
I’ll set you free he said and he smiled
Your ache is my busy work now
I’ll pluck it out on a nylon string
And you’ll find joy in the sound
Cuz nothing rings like a pain rings through
in a simple chord in a simple tune
Your chin’s too heavy to speak it out
So sing it then or scream it loud
Johnny will play the left hand
And I’ll pick up the right
He says pain is like molasses
Slow and heavy through the night
Well we both lay it on there like sugar
As it drips over the keys
The piano’s got all the pain now
Only love left for Johnny and me
Smoke came out of his nose
n’ I thought, here’s a man I do not know
But then he looked at me ashamed
And honesty made him glow
He lit up the black like a fire
Spreading down the line
And the powder keg was a minor tone
We both arrived there at the same time
Well nothin rings like pain rings through in a simple chord, a simple tune
Your chin’s too heavy to speak it out
So sing it then or scream it loud
(back to top)
Paper Pillows
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
I’d rather be a starver than harbor this resentment toward you
I’d rather just deprive me than take
the shame of causing us to be through
I’d rather be skin and bone and weak if only to have no excuse
to hide my mind and body afraid of being of little or no use
So every morning I pretend to willingly select
whether to be out of control in all my old defects
or to resist the urges and cravings that my mind detects
Prioritizing an image and reputation to protect
But nobody seems to have the same problem
I wish that normal was a jewel I could rob from them
Or something I could learn to master
as if riding a bike could get me normal faster
Oh but all my talents seem to come from imbalance of all these things
Starvation and excess give me capacity for dreams
A ballpoint pen and instability make the team
Because the paper’s the pillow between
the two that tries to muffle my screams
But if it could last until ten in the morning
Just a couple more hours before the thoughts are forming
the lack thereof, that crawls inside
the tantrum of the child I’ m tryin desperately to hide
So every morning I pretend to willingly select
whether to be out of control in all my old defects
or to resist the urges and the cravings that my mind detects
prioritizing an image I would die to protect
But nobody seems to have the same problem
I wish that normal was a jewel I could rob from them
Or something I could learn to master
as if riding a bike could get me normal faster
Oh but all my talents come from imbalance of all these things
Starvation and excess give me capacity for dreams
A ballpoint pen and instability make the team
Because the paper’s the pillow between
the two that tries to muffle my screams
(back to top)
Seaweed Bath
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
When the bath is drawn and the water is hot
And the tiles perspire in the steam
In the seaweed silk and the yellow froth
A dew on my legs starts to gleam
A kaleidoscope of tide pools holds
The hair that curls ‘or my spine
The slip’ry moss of my new abode
Waxes with tides of slime
How long have I been adrift here in this bed of ocean weed
How long ago did I dissappear in the fevers of my head’s wat’ry creed
When you’re done let the water drain
Hear it bellow below in the wet
It has swallowed the ills of my brain
In a soothing suction of theft
And the goal is to sit with the heat;
To sip my sweet leisure of sweat
If needed then rinse and repeat
Until my bottle has nothing left
And the air will taste the flavor of bright
Mixed in with a dash of foaming salt
As the sea vines twist with polite intent
To strangle my thighs in soft assault
My gift to me, the sedating leaf,
Tendriled monster round my belly naps
Asphyxiates my thoughts of grief,
Seals my madness down inside its smelly wrap
Oh how long have I been adrift here
Entangled in this bed of ocean weed?
How long ago did I disappear
In the fevers of my head’s wat’ry creed?
When you’re done let the water drain
Hear it bellow below in the wet
It has swallowed the ills of my brain
In a soothing suction of theft
And the goal is to sit with the heat;
To sip my sweet leisure of sweat
If needed then rinse and repeat
Until my bottle has nothing left
(back to top)
Phone Song
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
Been on hold so long, my diagnosis has changed
Gritted teeth so long you could call me deranged
Maybe what got me sick was the waiting, calling
Leaving message after message in this phone game
So I’ll be your number, just enter me in
the computer’s slumber, the system’s din
I’ll be your problem on the line
the one who would not give up in time
Every time I hang up I shrink a little bit
I lose a little power
every time I call again
I waste another hour
and I hate the girl who shouts at you
because you have no answers
I get you on the line
and then give you no chances
to see me worsen is a script you’ve been rehearsin
you’re tamin the tiger who’s sick in a fright
How sick will she get before
the doctor comes a callin
she’s getting worse with all this deadly stallin
she’s strangled in a phone cord
curlin around her, she roars
and still ignored
she will not tire of trying
to remind you that she’s cryin, she’s dyin, expirin
Every time I hang up I shrink a little bit
I lose a little power
every time I call again
I waste another hour
and I hate the girl who shouts at you
because you have no answers
I get you on the line
and then give you no chances
She was not made this way
The fox in the trap never gnawed her leg
till caught in the metal jaws of her grave
Be brave little fox, be brave
Every time I hang up I shrink a little bit
I lose a little power
every time I call again
I waste another hour
and I hate the girl that shouts at you
because you have no answers
I get you on the line
and then give you no chances
(back to top)
Keep Away
(Music and Lyrics by Grace Woods)
You want me to show up to see the look on my face
and normally I’d love to come put you in your place
but the taste of contempt on my lips is a waste
so I suggest you leave the court and give up your case
Keep away…oh oh oh
Keep away
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
My mother and my sister said forget about him
as if to speak your name would be the dirtiest sin
well I will not give in and I won’t let you win
you better not be knockin, I won’t say it again..
Keep away…oh oh oh
Keep away
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Maybe not
maybe I was speaking just a little bit too harshly
Still I think
I better stop my dreamin cuz you’ll only want a barbie
Take a drink
if it’ll help your sleepin cuz you’re doin it without me
If I could ship you off to Iceland I would do it gladly
Keep away…oh oh oh
Keep away
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Oh oh oh oh Keep away you gotta go
Keep away keep away keep away keep away now…
Content to Lie Awake
(music by Jim Woods and lyrics by Grace and Jim Woods)
ticking always tapping and chilling me to think my thoughts are hitting
at the back of mind on the line every time I try to tell myself to remind me
hang it on the tree at the back of my mind to remind me
(Mmmm)
When you’re dreamin, do you wake up,
once you’ve realized you don’t have control
Sometimes I’m afraid of what I might show myself
Content to Lie awake
So I promise to remember every word whispered in the wee hours
harder the bird crows but I count it out
I can’t count, count it out
Please believe me. No i don’t hear it, no, can’t get it out of my head
in the back of my mind, but if the bird can’t crow,
then it never ever happened
No it never ever happened
(Mmmm)
When you’re dreamin, do you wake up,
once you’ve realized you don’t have control
Sometimes I’m afraid of what I might show myself
Content to Lie Awake
Content to Lie Awake
(back to top)
Just this Once
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
If you think this is yelling then you’ve never been yelled at
and if you don’t believe me, where are we now?
If you think my tone is anger and it stuns you just to take it
this must be the time for me to bow out
But this leaving’s not rejecting
Rather protecting that shy soul of yours
from the tension in my heart that beats you down
I am wicked with my words, unforgiving in my touch
I’m only ever like this with you around
You say don’t stand and make a scene
I say I’ve got to drive away before I look at you and hit you with my eyes
I accept my wild rage and the fear that I create
Seems my job with you is always apologize
No one said meekness is a crime
that passive pity though discreet
Bruises like a dark and purple flower
No one says fragile is wrong
a deer in headlights goes unblamed
and I always hate the victim of the hour
Could you say sorry just this once
for ignoring why I started
Come and touch this monster on the shoulder
Every feeling leads to guilt- I’m not aloud to be livid
How are we to comfort the destroyer?
My words are too loud to make sense
So ignore this mad persistence
Just wait out the quake until it’s through
No one listen cuz I’m yelling
I say nothing cause I’m screaming
Member, I’m not hurting as long as I’m hurting you
What am I left with now?
A scorched up throat and no reply
Just scared faces around me in the quiet
It’s my turn to say I’m sorry
and it’s their turn to forget
whatever pain so deep I had to cry it
Could you say sorry just this once
for ignoring why I started
Come and touch this monster on the shoulder
Every feeling leads to guilt
I’m not aloud to be livid
oh how are we to comfort the destroyer?
Forgive me now, I’m done
I won’t take your time again
I am ready just to listen if you’ll linger
Please tell me about your day
in your sweet and gentle tone
so indirect you’d never point a finger
Let me bathe in your composure
Sip the wine of your serenity
I’m sure you’ll listen next time if I pray
I cannot give you self awareness,
cannot grant humility,
cannot take back the hurtful comments of the day
Could you say sorry just this once
Sorry that you never will
Sorry you’re too frightened to react
Caress this dog who’s trained to fight
Yes, I know I’m so much more
But if it helps you to help me then think of that
(back to top)
Down in the lake
the water’s warm
It slithers around
in a slow molten storm
And the summer’s here
when the summer’s gone
Cuz I’m still in the lake
in my head every dawn
And the tadpoles swim
and a blackberry drops
into water’s brim
and the tadpoles stop
cuz this is the wonder
under the water
and I hear a thunder
and it could only be her
Down in the lake
bodies dippin in
goosebump and shake
and a tumblin
This splash is the only sound there is
this splash is hers and it is his
this splash is the clap of thunder
under under under water
And fanned out hairs
crawl the water’s top
sunrays from scalp
through the water drop
And the music is here
every bubble a rising tear
yes the music is here
in every little sphere
Open their eyes to the light and the blur
to the tickle of fish
but that could only be her
Feet slip on stones
why do we hold on
to each others’ bones
weight soon is gone
and it could only be her
under the water
and the music is here
every bubble a rising tear
(back to top)
Papier Maché
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
Your back of jade, my scotch tape nails
They overlap they press and wail
I’ll peel a piece, the double side
Beneath my nails the minty rind
My sculptor’s hands, your fists of clay
I’m kneading while your soft and gray
I’ll make the mold I’ll have my way
My restless sigh as I play
Oh you’re perfect tonight, yes your timing is right
Because I built you up from the ground
Oh it’s sweet and it’s light when my laugh breaks the quiet
I come and I bring you back down
(Mmmm)
Now jewels of heat adorn my neck
They burn a print into your chest
The morning light unveils the mark
But in the night you feel it in the dark
Your dry kiss lips my papier maché
Pastel on your tongue my finger paint
Your skin the fabric of this stage
Your body a book and I turn the page
Oh you’re perfect tonight, yes your timing is right
Because I built you up from the ground
Oh it’s sweet and it’s light as my laugh breaks the quiet
I come and I bring you back down
(Mmmm)
(back to top)
Envy
(Music and Lyrics by Grace Woods)
You’re the boy who sits in the back of the hall
and pays no attention to the line out the door
you have no use for networks any more
when everyone’s dyin to see you
But what I bring to the table is milk off the counter
spilt gently in folds like the silk of your banter
I bring to the table a soul easily shattered by words
your words
Maybe your time is now and maybe my time is never
Like I ‘m supposed to lie down and let the dirt press ‘n just wait for things to get better
You’re just one of the lucky and the few
You’re just one of the lucky and the few
why couldnt you believe in me like I wanted you to?
Someone kissed you on the forhead a long time ago
when I was just emergin and I had to learn to kiss my own
Your golden eyes kill the part of me that tries
Your an alabaster chalice and glass carved like
The icy swan
And most of all it hurts that you are young
Cuz you were born sittin and you were born singin
while my face came cryin lava tears into stone
in the crystallized lines before I was a baby I realized
I was old
Maybe your time is now so I guess my time is never
Like I ‘m supposed to lie down and let the dirt press ‘while you get better than ever
You’re just one of the lucky and the few
You’re just one of the lucky and the few
So why couldn’t you believe in me like I needed you to?
I envy your sound. I envy your crowd
I envy the wake you have forged all around
and the dollops of your eyes
whip cream strums on a guitar strung in lies
the fugitive and the brat
Yes I envy all of that
Well maybe your time is now, and maybe my time is never
But I won’t lie down and let the dirt press in, I won’t wait for things to get better
You’re just one of the lucky and the few…
You’re So Sweet
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
Honey you’re sweet, I don’t think that I can wait that long
I can hardly bare to leave you for a minute just to sing this song
Honey you’re sweet, I don’t think that I can wait that long
I can hardly bare to leave you for a minute just to sing this song
It’s ineloquent to tell you that you make me blush
and when you hush me with a look it kills me so
I daydream in my bedroom in my car and in the store
I’m talkin to my girls and they all know
So it’s just a taste of heaven just a piece of bliss we’re sharin
and I don’t intend to hold back now
Take a raincheck with the others and come back under the covers
if you love me you can show me how
Honey you’re sweet, I don’t think that I can wait that long
I can hardly bare to leave you for a minute just to sing this song
Honey you’re sweet, I don’t think that I can wait that long
I can hardly bare to leave you for a minute just to sing this song
Show me to your sister and your mother keep em comin
cuz I cannot wait to meet em and try
to comprehend the people and the history
that made you brought you up to belong at my side
Well it’s just a taste of heaven, just a piece of bliss we’re sharin
And I don’t intend to hold back now
Take a raincheck with the others and come back under the covers
If you love me you can show me how
Honey you’re sweet, I don’t think that I can wait that long
I can hardly bare to leave you for a minute just to sing this song
Honey you’re sweet, I don’t think that I can wait that long
I can hardly bare to leave you for a minute just to sing this song
I think I’ll crash if you let me drive
I dont think Ill survive you wearin red today
so take it off
before I get so mad I jump you
in the street
and treat you like a piece of meat
we can’t have that
no we can’t have that
well no we cant have that
Honey you’re sweet, I don’t think that I can wait that long
I can hardly bare to leave you for a minute just to sing this song
Honey you’re sweet, I don’t think that I can wait that long
I can hardly bare to leave you for a minute just to sing this song
(back to top)
Limit on Cryin
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
Oh I learned that game so long ago
I could play it with my hands tied back
And you don’t call when you say you will
You won’t surprise and I won’t call back
I won’t chase this one
I won’t hunt him down
His heart won’t lie when he feels surrounded
He’ll suffocate if I grip him close to me
Well I’ve been there and I’ve felt this pain
And I know not to run after him
So I’ll give him space, but I’ll only give so much time
Cuz I’ve been hurt before and now I got a limit on cryin
Cuz I’ve been hurt before and now I’ve got a limit on cryin
(Oooh)
Well I wanna run up and tap your door
To end this now or beg for more
I need one or the other cuz I gotta be sure
If we’re dyin
Cuz I’ve been hurt before so now I’ve gotta a limit on cryin
I’ve been hurt before and now I’ve got a limit on cryin
(Oooh)
You see this cold stare I’ve got
You didn’t give it to me
But you put me in the spot with your lyin…
Cuz I’ve been hurt before and now I’ve got a limit on cryin
I’ve been hurt before, but now I’ve gotta a limit on cryin
(Oooh)
(back to top)
Orinda
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
I remember
the tennis ball in the ivy that we used to call the land of no return
I remember
playing poker just for candy in a summer
when there was time and skin to burn
I remember my hair turning green
I remember the pool washing me clean
I remember a sleeping bag at a Saturday morning meet
Orinda
you were somewhere under the canopy of oaks around the park in summertime
Orinda
you were skipping rocks in San Pablo and picking ripe blackberries off the vine
Orinda
you were kids with little tummies smiling wide and running in bare feet
Orinda
you were the day I couldn’t find the brakes on a go-cart flyin down my street
I remember
the parents of my friends filling convertibles and callin it a parade
I remember
sitting on a trampoline with lasagna and cheesecake on paper plates
I remember Tayo before he was old
I remember the fog of my breath in the cold
on a morning when hot chocolate and fleece were enough for bliss
Orinda
you were somewhere under the canopy of oaks around the park in summertime
Orinda
you were skipping rocks in San Pablo and picking ripe blackberries off the vine
Orinda
we were kids with little tummies smiling wide and running in bare feet
Orinda
you were the day I couldn’t find the brakes
on a go-cart that took off down ? street
I remember
in December when it was safe to wander door to door to sell some mistletoe
I remember
high school kids at nations drinkin shakes like they were what fridays are for
I remember grass before turf on t he ground
I recall a much softer freeway sound
As I head home to the neon lights of the theater
(back to top)
Go Where You Were Meant To
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
She was a figment of my imagination
I thought that I could be like her
And be his inspiration
I didn’t have the heart to tell him
It wasn’t me
It couldn’t be any more
So I said goodbye to the poster and hello to an old friend
One is better than the other some days
And one won’t ever come back again
She’s gone, it’s ok
It’s only me for now
Well, last I heard she hadn’t changed
And we still wear the same perfume
I catch a glimpse of her some days
And when she enters the room
She holds me up like a miracle
Something I could never do
She whispers in my ears those nights
She says go where you were meant to
Go where you were meant to
And be
Who you were meant to be
She’s three hundred and fifty miles down the coast and toward the sun
She’s masculine and powerful and her career has just begun
Sometimes I feel I catch her stride
I walk beside her hand in hand
I hit my heels to ground with hers
I walk and talk with the same man
But then she just alludes me and I know
That I will have to explain myself to him
She’s gone, it’s ok
It’s only me for now
Well, last I heard she hadn’t changed
And we still wear the same perfume
I catch a glimpse of her some days
And when she enters the room
She holds me up like a miracle
Something I could never do
She whispers in my ears those nights
She says go where you were meant to
Go where you were meant to
And be
Who you were meant to be
(back to top)
Soliloquy
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
I knew him once
in a distant land
I knew him
before he was a man
and he is now
so tall, so proud
so distinguished in this world
tell me how
to handle, the heart
that was torn out so long ago
all you had to do was ask
and I would follow you without looking back
you would never dare ask that much of me
this conversation’s a soliloquy
so all we’re ever good for
all we ever say is
all we ever do is leave
if we don’t try then we risk nothing
I’ll take pain as long as I take something
cuz it could be a crutch to
and oh it hurts so much to
but if you come I will believe
he kissed me once
outside the pub
said by accident
that he was in love
we are now
so far apart
a phone line keeps us holdin on
I’ll show you how
to cheat the dark
and take a plane into the fog
all you had to do was ask
and I would follow you without looking back
you would never dare ask that much of me
this conversation’s a soliloquy
so all we’re ever good for
all we ever say is
all we ever do is leave
if we don’t try then we risk nothing
I’ll take pain as long as I take something
cuz it could be a crutch to
and oh it hurts so much to
but if you come I will believe
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Playground
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
Pick me up
Put me down
My body is your playground
And I am climbing to the top of a jungle gym
It’s now my house and it’d be kind if I would let you in
Come on up
Look around
From up here
You see all the town
Swingin high
To and Fro
Promise me
You won’t let go
And I am holding onto you as we rise in the air
Your finger ribbons round behind me just to hold my hair
Maybe I’ll
turn inside out
If you swing me
all the way around
Cuz with you I’m just a kid
and all the silly things we did
we’re still doin today which makes me think you are the one
But it could just be playlove
cuz even when we make love
I get the feeling you might think that this is just for fun
So follow the leader down
let’s go for another round
ya know I’m always playin if you never pick me last
I won’t hesitate
to step up to the plate
I’ll let you pitch it to me boy if you don’t pitch too fast
Push me now
Down the slide
and then I’ll
run and hide
I see your head is peaking out from behind a tree
I tip toe over tryin to approach you cautiously
and surprise you
from behind
but you’re not
the scarin kind
Grab a rope
pull it tight
tug of war
through the night
And if you win and pull me in into where do I fall
Sometimes I wonder why we bother playing games at all
Maybe this
isn’t right
but I still tug
with all my might
Cuz with you I’m just a kid
and all the silly things we did
we’re still doin today which makes me think you are the one
But it could just be playlove
cuz even when we make love
I get the feeling you might think that this is just for fun
so follow the leader down
let’s go for another round
ya know I’m always playin if you never pick me last
I won’t hesitate
to step up to the plate
I’ll let you pitch it to me boy if you don’t pitch too fast
(back to top)
Could Be Today
(music by Whitney Jacobson and lyrics by Grace Woods)
put the bitter in a bottle
use a quote to cork the wine
seal out failure’s sweet aroma
with the words from better times
It’s over now
what I could do before
when I was young and I had no help
Could be today
that I try again
that I actually do
what before I just said
could be today
my will is strong enough
to hold back from what I’ve known for so long
could be today
wrap a good day in red paper
tie a ribbon round the box
take the laughter of that summer
and seal the letter
drop it off
It’s over now- what I could do before
when I was young and I had no help
Could be today
that I try again
that I actually do
what before I just said
could be today
my will is strong enough
to hold back from what I’ve known for so long
could be today
(back to top)
No Matter What
(music and lyrics by Grace Woods)
It was you from the start
my heart was palpitatin at first sight
can you tell I’m not shy
I’ll be makin my move tonight
and I love the taste of a beer on your breath
and I love to place my head on your chest
when you look in my eyes with your hand in my hair and you say
Everything will be okay
no matter what
come whatever you will be all right
come what may everything will be okay
you will see it’ll pass along with the night
and your smile is so broad, my god
you could knock me down with a look
and your lips to my ear
you could read my mind like a book
and I love the taste of a beer on your breath
and I love to place my head on your chest
when you look in my eyes with your hand in my hair and you say
Everything will be okay
no matter what
come whatever you will be all right
come what may everything will be okay
you will see it’ll pass along with the night
and I love the taste of a beer on your breath
and I love to place my head on your chest
when you look in my eyes with your hand in my hair and you say
Everything will be okay
no matter what
come whatever you will be all right
come what may everything will be okay
you will see it’ll pass along with the night
(back to top)
Father’s Day
(Music and Lyrics by Grace Woods)
It’s not about the money, but you keep on givin
It’s just about a reason to keep on livin
It’s not about the shelter, but you keep it open
It’s just about somebody to keep on hopin when I can’t
And I won’t take it for granted, all the prayers you softly chanted
in that darkset living room, a voice a candle in the gloom
whoah
and I won’t second guess every flightplan you suggest
I’ll be thankful when I’ve landed
I will not take that for granted
It’s not about the phone, but you keep on callin
It’s just about permission to keep on ballin
It’s not about successes, but you keep on pushin
It’s just about the first and the best place to be lookin for love
And I won’t take it for granted, all the prayers you softly chanted
in that darkset living room, a voice a candle in the gloom
whoah
And I won’t second guess every flightplan you suggest
I’ll be thankful when I’ve landed
I will not take it for granted
I don’t even need a sign from you
I don’t even need
I don’t even bruise
Cuz I know, I know
And I think you should know
That I won’t take it for granted all the prayers you softly chanted
In that darkset living room a voice a candle in the gloom
Whoah
And I won’t second guess every flightplan you suggest
I’ll be thankful when I’ve landed
I will not take that for granted
Reckless
(Music and Lyrics by Grace Woods)
Humble me
Humbled hands
Oh they tremble when they’re holding exactly what they want to hold
Trouble me
Troubled man
Made of knotted hemp and ashes spun together by the cold
Wrestless mind
Wrestles time
Oh the hours make my eyes ache and the dawn will make pain brighter
Reckless me
Wreck this man
As he cowers in his hollow, will he find the strength to fight her
And my rib cage grows heavy now
Toward the ground it moves steady
How do I
Stop my fingers from drawing on your back
How do I
Rob you of the precious things I lack
How do I
Look at you with out a blink and then
Take everything but the kitchen sink
How do I
Break it to you that you’ll never get it back
Sleepless nights
Sleep with you
Though his body lies there warm I’m in the corner knitting madness
Careless sighs
Care less for you
Throw his body to the floor and still he’ll never know the sadness
Taken Hearts
Take in lies
Like a change jar on the table I just jingle and collect them
Shaken parts
Can’t shake the cries
Of the sacrificial lamb who clings to me as I dissect him
And my rib cage grows heavy now
Toward the ground it moves steady
How do I
Stop my fingers from drawing on your back
How do I
Rob you of the precious things I lack
How do I
Look at you with out a blink and then
Take everything but the kitchen sink
How do I
Break it to you that you’ll never get it back
When confusion is this strong it’s more destructive than the falls
Over the rocks down to the river where the water begs and crawls
When confusion is this young it’s more destructive than the wind
Across the limestone in the earth where all the great valleys begin
And my rib cage grows heavy now
Toward the ground it moves steady
How do I
Stop my fingers from drawing on your back
How do I
Rob you of the precious things I lack
How do I
Look at you with out a blink and then
Take everything but the kitchen sink
How do I
Break it to you that you’ll never get it back
Hot To Make You
(Music and Lyrics by Grace Woods)
Just tea flower dreams, two dollar gifts and things I’d never buy myself
But I could, maybe I could
Orange bags and strings, a pound of jasmine wings I’d never buy myself
But for you ah for you
I’d sit all night inside a teapot to feel round and love the shape
Move hands over my belly and love my own landscape
I’d sit all night inside a teacup to be sipped over again
To be a tasting on the lips that form a ginseng grin
I’d sit all night inside a teacup to blossom lava in your mouth
To be too hot; to make you wait; to make me slow going down
It all begins with steeping leaves, tea seeping over cup eaves I’d never buy myself
But I could, this time I could
What kind of sieves they put us through, deceiving thieves I’d never buy from them
But for you ah for you
I’d sit all night inside a teapot to feel round and love the shape
Move hands over my belly and love my own landscape
I’d sit all night inside a teacup to be sipped over again
To be a tasting on the lips that form a ginseng grin
I’d sit all night inside a teacup to blossom lava in your mouth
To be too hot; to make you wait; to make me slow going down
To be too hot to make you; hot to make you, oh oh oh, hot to make you…
Slow Down
So your day was intense
Is that in a good way?
Are you gonna get help?
But don’t you need more than that?
No it’s just that I’m worried
been worried for months now
Sorry I haven’t wanted to hang out
I’m too happy to touch you
too happy to care
and I hate myself for dreading you’ll show up somewhere
too happy to back up and slow down for you
too happy to not still be the girl you once knew
You don’t want to be sick
well I don’t believe that
You’re sick like the comforter warming the bed
Yes, lets just act as if
cuz you don’t have the money
well money is nothing
and you’re something to me
I’m too happy to touch you
too happy to care
and I hate myself for dreading you’ll show up somewhere
too happy to back up and slow down for you
too happy to not still be the girl you once knew
I’m gettin didactic and you’re gettin hurt
well that’s just the problem
you hurt all the time
I’m to happy to…
