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Every Day I Wake Up
03:57
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Everyday I wake up and I fall out of bed,
Just reaching for someone who isn’t there.
And I’m always surprised that I’m feeling this way,
Cause I never have felt this way before.
Now I can’t go to sleep at night, though I always hope I might,
Cause everywhere that I go you come to mind.
I can’t talk and I can’t sing, and I can’t write a gosh darn thing,
Without trying so hard not to think you- and I think of you.
And I think of you, I think of you.
Well, I’ll be fine ‘cause my bed isn’t far from the floor.
But I’d rather that you break my fall.
And I don’t know you well, but I do know myself,
And this feeling is completely new.
Now I can’t go to sleep at night, though I always hope I might,
Cause everywhere that I go you come to mind…
You’re not here tonight, as I try to get some rest.
And it’s been a while since you’ve been around.
But you told me you’d come back in two weeks the very most,
So I’ll wait although I will not sleep so well.
Now I can’t go to sleep at night, though I always hope I might,
Cause everywhere that I go you come to mind...
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2. |
16 Stars
03:23
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Sixteen little stars up in the sky.
Four sleepy eyes from one long year.
So many ways to go and reasons why,
And one good reason to stay here.
I wonder what is going on up there,
While they’re hiding in the smog and the city lights.
I really do not see them anywhere,
So it’s good you’re here to point them out tonight.
Sixteen tiny stars I cannot see
Watching us tonight like a picture show
I think they’re winkin’ down at you and me
Thinkin’ they know something we don’t know
So wonder what is going on up there,
While they’re hiding in the smog and the city lights.
I really do not see them anywhere,
So it’s good you’re here to point them out tonight.
It’s too late for the subway or the bus,
But we could always have a taxi sent.
Well I don’t think that I will bring it up,
‘Cause I really do not want this night to end.
I wonder what is going on up there,
While they’re hiding in the smog and the city lights.
I really do not see them anywhere,
So it’s good you’re here to point them out tonight.
Sixteen little stars up in the sky.
Four sleepy eyes from one long year.
So many ways to go and reasons why,
And one good reason to stay here.
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3. |
Wake Me Up
04:09
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Before we say goodnight, I wanna tell you just one thing:
If my heart was a kingdom, well then, you would be its king.
So if at any time you need a shoulder or a smile,
Honey, I’m right here, and I’ll be here a long, long while.
Wake me up in the middle of the night
If you’re sad or you’re just not feeling right.
And I will wrap myself around you till your sorrow fades away.
From the moonlight on your sleepy head, to the bright dawn of the day.
If ever I’ve been traveling the East Coast with my songs,
And I haven’t been around in what seems like far too long,
And then you have a bad dream as I finally get to sleep,
Honey, I’ll just tell you now, so you won’t have to think-
Wake me up in the middle of the night
If you’re sad or you’re just not feeling right.
And I will wrap myself around you till your sorrow fades away.
From the moonlight on your sleepy head, to the bright dawn of the day.
If I ever say one word to you that hurts in any way
And you can’t seem to mention it until the end of day,
And then at 1AM you just can’t take it anymore,
Honey, do just this one thing before you hit the door:
Wake me up in the middle of the night
If you’re sad or you’re just not feeling right.
And I will wrap myself around you till your sorrow fades away.
From the moonlight on your sleepy head, to the bright dawn of the day.
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4. |
Apocalyptic Love Song
02:46
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(chorus)
Oh my love, the world just might come to an end tomorrow
And if it does, I hope you’re by my side.
But if I’m wrong, well it won’t hurt to cast away our sorrow,
And to live like we’ve got nothing left to hide.
Did I ever tell you that I love the way you grin?
And the way you kiss it always sets my heart into a spin.
Did I ever tell you just how deeply I adore
That little kiss you blew when you were halfway out the door?
(chorus)
Did I ever kiss you underneath a starry sky?
I always did intend to, yes, I always thought I’d try.
Did I ever hold you by a river, wide and slow?
I live so much in dreams my dear, it’s sometimes hard to know.
(chorus)
If you answer no to any one of the above
We’ve got some work to do before we go to sleep my love.
But if we both are blessed with two more hours, or a day,
I’ll just hold you closer, and I’ll whisper as I say:
(chorus)
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5. |
Comes the Morning
03:03
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Comes the morning through the shades
Then I reach out for you, for your warm embrace.
I touch your hair while you still sleep,
Thank the L-rd for the company we keep.
I thank the L-rd for your love and your smile everyday,
I thank the L-rd for your help along the way.
I could stay here in this bed,
All day long with you, but then you turn your head,
You look at me so full of pride.
You believe in me, from that, I cannot hide.
I thank the L-rd for your love and your smile everyday,
I thank the L-rd for your help along the way.
There are times when I lose faith.
When I figure I’m too lost or much too late.
But then you turn and take my hand,
And it all makes sense again, I understand
I thank the L-rd for your love and your smile everyday,
I thank the L-rd for your help along the way.
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6. |
Front Porch
02:35
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Well, you seem so sweet, I haven’t known you long,
But you make me think we could get along.
You know I think that love is something we work for,
It’s a choice you make to open up that door.
Do you want a front porch? Do you want a porch swing?
Will you buy me roses on our anniversary?
And will you kiss goodnight after 40 years?
I just wanna know what I’m lookin’ at here.
Well, you seem so fine, don’t wanna scare you away.
But in the interest of time, there’s something I must say:
If you want true love, like in a fairy tale myth,
You can go ahead and way, cause I’ll take this.
(chorus)
You may think me strange not to wait for a spark,
But I don’t believe in shooting in the dark.
I do believe in love, and I believe in magic spells,
I just prefer the ones that we cast ourselves.
And yes, I want a front porch. Yes I want a porch swing.
And I’ll buy you roses on every anniversary
I wanna kiss goodnight after 40 years.
I just want you to know what you’re lookin’ at here.
I just want you to know what you’re lookin’ at here.
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7. |
Gospel Tune
03:07
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My tears flow as deep as the river of Jordan,
As deep as the great Red Sea.
And I haven’t met anyone in this world
Except You, who can part them for me.
Oh L-rd I’m long gone, from your flock, from your song,
From your tribe, but I know you still see.
If I don’t stop this cryin’ I’ll just lay down and die.
And I know only you’ll set me free.
My searching has ended, I lay down my arms,
It has left me so lonesome and blue.
So I’m coming home, just to kneel at your throne.
Now I know that my savior is you.
(chorus)
Even if I had cried rivers and oceans,
My sorrow I know you could end,
Now that I’ve found you, I’ll always stay round you,
‘Cause there’s nothing that you cannot mend.
(chorus)
I’ve been to Jerusalem, Galilee, too,
I have waited for you by the shore.
I finally found you so deep in my heart,
Now I don’t have to search anymore.
Oh L-rd I’m long gone, from your flock, from your song,
From your tribe, but I know you still see.
My soul, how it flies now with you by my side.
Now I know, L-rd, your love set me free.
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8. |
Having You Here
03:24
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I fell asleep to the sweet sound of singing,
When I woke up you were smiling at me.
I can’t imagine what luck ever brought you,
And what luck is coming, I’ll just wait and see.
I can’t believe that you finally made it.
I always did wonder when this day would come.
It was sure entertaining searching for you, dear.
But having you here is so much more fun.
So I’ll make the coffee and we’ll plan our day,
We could sail down a river or walk in the woods.
Or we could stay here and sing songs in the sunshine,
It doesn’t matter, I think all of it’s good.
(chorus)
Put your head on my pillow, I’ll sing you to sleep with
The Water is Wide, but I’ll leave out the end.
Cause no lovers will break, and no loving will fade,
And there’ll be no more sinking, I only will swim.
(chorus)
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9. |
I Am Here Tonight
03:19
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I just have a song, I don’t have a story,
But if you’ve got time, I could take all night.
And I am not happy, but I’m not despairing,
‘Cause you never can know what will happen tonight.
I have seen some distant towns
And the moon has followed me all around.
And I don’t know if I was lost or found,
But I am here tonight.
I don’t wanna talk about lessons and lovers,
I just wanna walk with the wind in the trees
And if we get lost, we’ll just find our way out again,
You never know when a wrong turn’s what you need.
(Chorus)
I don’t wanna talk about how the world’s ending,
I just wanna look at the stars in the sky.
And if they start falling, well they won’t fall forever,
But you never do know what may come by and by.
(Chorus)
I guess that’s my song, and if it’s a story,
I’m sorry I lied, I’ll prob’ly do it again.
But if you bear with me on into tomorrow,
We can not tell our stories all day hand in hand.
(Chorus)
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Some lovers come with chocolate, some with roses, some with poems,
But I come with a promise to the door of your sweet home.
There’s nothing much to do with it, just listen close and know
That with it comes my little heart, and kisses soft and slow.
I cannot tell your fortune, nor can I read the stars.
I cannot tell the future to see if I am there at all.
I think some fates we cannot see we only can declare.
And so I’ve come to tell you that I promise to be there.
And all of my uncertainty and all of my own doubt
I’ve sent away with my regards to a distant land down south.
But in this colored autumn, in this chilly coming fall,
I intend to stay beside you, and make that promise after all.
(chorus)
Who knows if someday this will end or you will choose to leave?
Who knows, really, what love is? Not me, though I believe-
In some great way we must have faith that, tending, it will grow,
And in the distant future we’ll look back and finally know.
(chorus)
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11. |
My Fair Bonnie
03:03
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My fair Bonnie, she lies over the ocean
As I cry myself to sleep at night.
Bonnie, baby, you had better come home soon,
‘Cause I am all alone and nothing’s right.
In the middle of the night I see my Bonnie’s face before me
And I kiss her and I hold her tight.
But in the morning I awake and find myself alone,
And then I shut the blinds and curse the light.
Come home, Bonnie, come home, Bonnie.
Oh won’t you come back across the sea?
Come home, Bonnie, won’t you come home, Bonnie,
And bring back your sweet love to me.
What were you thinking, Bonnie, when you left me?
Oh tell me honey, what’s your plan?
‘Cause I won’t wait forever, just a few weeks more,
And you’ll have lost yourself the perfect man.
Come home, Bonnie, come home, Bonnie.
Oh won’t you come back across the sea?
Come home, Bonnie, won’t you come home, Bonnie,
And bring back your sweet love to me.
My fair Bonnie, she lies over the ocean
As I cry myself to sleep at night.
Bonnie, baby, you had better come home soon,
‘Cause I am all alone and nothing’s right.
Come home, Bonnie, come home, Bonnie.
Oh won’t you come back across the sea?
Come home, Bonnie, won’t you come home, Bonnie,
And bring back your sweet love to me.
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12. |
Next Kind of Wonderful
02:26
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To the next kind of wonderful, the next kind of love,
I gave you all my heart. Oh my, what was I thinking of?
Well it wasn’t all so bad, dear, yes, we certainly had our day,
But I’m looking for the next kind of wonderful, one true love who’ll stay.
I guess we had our moments, guess that’s why I stuck around.
Now I’m not really angry, I guess I’m just a bit let down.
‘Cause we really thought we’d found some kind of wonderful true love,
Now you say you’ve found somebody else, I wish I’d passed you by and found-
The next kind of wonderful, the next kind of love,
I gave you all my heart. Oh my, what was I thinking of?
Well it wasn’t all so bad, dear, yes, we certainly had our day,
But I’m looking for the next kind of wonderful, one true love who’ll stay.
Now I can see the times when I might have said goodbye,
When the reasons I was staying somehow made me wanna cry.
So I’ll mourn our love a day or two. I have no doubt I’ll make it through.
I’m just glad now you’re leaving me, you know that now I am set free to find-
The next kind of wonderful, the next kind of love,
I gave you all my heart. Oh my, what was I thinking of?
Well it wasn’t all so bad, dear, yes, we certainly had our day,
But I’m looking for the next kind of wonderful, one true love who’ll stay.
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13. |
Nothing to Mend
03:32
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I cannot imagine you not being here.
I fell for you hard, though it’s only a mere
Seven weeks since we met and we then fell in love,
Then my love for you flew back to heaven above.
Now I pray every evening for courage to find
The depths of my spirit and the path of my mind.
For I want to be near you, but here I must say
That the spark in my heart it has clean died away.
So let’s let it go, let it all roll on by.
In the deep of my heart I know it’s too hard to try.
If you’re certain someday this will come to an end.
We’re already broken, there’s nothing to mend.
I love all the the times that you’d speak so sweet.
And I love all the times that you’d sing me to sleep.
And I cannot imagine just how to let go.
I’ll never be sure, I will just never know.
I pray to the trees and I pray to a G-d.
I pray to the heavens with infinite awe,
And I ask them to send my heart answers and love.
But I think I’ve the anwer, it won’t come from above.
So let’s let it go, let it all roll on by.
In the deep of my heart I know it’s too hard to try.
If you’re certain someday this will come to an end.
We’re already broken, there’s nothing to mend.
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14. |
Slowly Through the Town
03:19
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I go slowly through the town, I can find my way around by now.
The city has a pull that’s way to strong.
I might cry on the bus, as my thoughts all turn to us
On those long and dark country roads
My heart, it goes to you, though I do not want it to.
I’d rather be content here on my own.
In this city full of lights I am drowning here tonight
In the thousand lights that drown the stars.
In our little own hometown, I was lost and I was found again.
And you were there to help me through the fight.
But you know I can’t stay there, even though I know you care for me,
Your love must follow me this far.
Yes, my heart belongs to you, you’ve got a little part, it’s true.
But I’ve kept enough to carry me this far.
In this city full of lights, I have given up the fight.
And I find that I can carry on.
I tell myself I’m glory-bound. I’ve got me feet upon the ground again.
I tell myself that there’s no wrong or right.
And I believe all that I say, and I think that this is where I’ll stay.
I’ve finally made myself a home.
Now my heart belongs to me, how I wish that you could see
All that I have discovered on my own.
In this city full of light, there is beauty beyond sight
In the thousand lights and all the stars.
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Emily Joy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Raised on a steady diet of folk music and with a graduate degree in classical vocal performance, her style is sing-along-ready with sweet vocals and harmony. Emily Joy consistently produces glorious music that brings communities together.
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