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Take Me As I Am
04:00
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Copyright 1996 Durrett Publishing Co. (BMI), The Tune Room, Inc. (BMI), Iannucci Music (BMI) Sandra Glass Music Publishing (BMI)
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear
When you see in your looking glass
I'm your greatest fear / Who am I?
Can you answer the riddle of life?
Do you see what you hate in me
You find inside yourself? / Now all I ask is
(chorus)
Take me as I am
Don't punish me for being myself
Take me as I am
My weakness could be your strength
Take me as I am / As I am as I am
You tell me I'm nothin' but a tumbleweed
Whichever way the wind blows is where I'll be
But I am free to live the life I lead
I'm not gonna lose myself
Trying to be your somebody else / So
(repeat chorus)
Cause we walk the same earth
We feel the same sun
We can fall apart or stand as one
I reach out to you but all I can hear
Is the sound of your judgment bangin' in my ears
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Hey lay down your trouble
Cause worry don't bring you another day
Hey listen to the voice of your soul
Gonna tell you everything you need to know
Well you loved and lost / You're home all alone
Bitterness is building its nest
Now you tried your best / So put it to rest
Let bygones be gone / Love has a right to be wrong
Hey all your confusion is only a state of mind
Hey listen to the beating of your heart
And leave the past behind
Well you gave it all / It was never enough
Emptiness must now learn to trust
You tried your best / So put it to rest
Let bygones be gone / Love has a right to be wrong
I know the pain you're feelin'
I have the scars of healing
So hold on hold on!
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Sweet Savin' Grace
05:41
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Hush baby don't you cry
Let me kiss the tears from your eyes
Cause when I was weak you were strong for me
Now I wanna be the one you can depend upon
You gave to me when I couldn't give
You gave me hope when I didn't wanna live
You are my sweet savin' grace (repeat)
Faith is a word I didn't understand
Til you believed in me
When I didn't even give a damn
You stood for me when I couldn't stand
You forgave me when I was the one to blame
You are my sweet savin' grace (repeat)
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4. |
From The Heart Of A Soul
03:30
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I saw an angel down in Cabbage town
She shined her light in the midst of the darkness
She had the daily news plugged in the holes of her shoes
But she found a way to feed the hungry
She said i just wanna be
Livin' from the heart of my soul (heart of a soul)
Yeah she said I just wanna live (heart of a soul)
Just wanna give (heart of a soul)
From the heart of my soul
A man looked down from his executive lounge
Saw the wandering souls stagger in the shadows
He took his feet off of his desk / Put his hand to the plow
Where there was no hope there is refuge now
He said I just wanna be
Livin' from the heart of my soul (heart of a soul)
Yeah he said I just wanna live (heart of a soul)
Just wanna give (heart of a soul)
From the heart of my soul
It took a lot of wasted days and nights
To figure out one simple thing about life
Love is the beginning and the end
Everything else is just in between
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You said you'd never lose me
Your love for me is real
And real real real is your kinda feel
So let's go back to when the Commodores were in
Once twice you kissed me all night
You loved me til mornin' light
Don't that bring you back? (repeat)
I guess I must be crazy thinkin' maybe baby
You you you would still love me too
Do you remember when we were dancin' in the gym?
Uh aw get down / Take me to funky town
Don't that bring you back? (repeat)
You said you'd never lose me
Your love for me is real
And real real real is your kinda feel
So let's go back to when Parliament was in
Uh aw get down / Let's turn this mother out!
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6. |
Miss Understood
05:37
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Miss Understood wears crimson fingernails
And the cross she bears intertwines heaven and hell
Miss Understood feasts upon revenge
She does unto you what she couldn't do unto him
And in raging silence she spins her web
While she licks her lips you fly into her bed
And I think it's time / Yes I think it's time
Oh I think it's time you understand Miss Understood
Her desperation haunts you as you look into her eyes
You've got to save her Protect her from her lies
So you spend her money while she buys her time
Before she finds another lover to victimize
And I think it's time / Yes I think it's time
Oh I think it's time you understand Miss Understood
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Blue Eyed Soul
03:32
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Old man Crawley played the harp
Down on the street way past dark
So I'd sneak out on the roof
Just to hear that man blowin' the blues
Now late one night he was all alone
And I could hear his heart in every tone
So I sang along on my shingled stage
That's when the man looked up and said
Hey hey sister sing me some of that blue eyed soul
Make me feel it feel it from my head to my toe
Come on sister sing me some of that blue eyed soul
Now years past I was playin' the clubs
I know Crawley must've been listenin' from above
Cause I could hear his harp blowin' in the house
And when I sang I could almost hear him shout
Hey hey sister sing me some of that blue eyed soul
I know you feel it feel it from your head to your toe
He told me it don't matter the color of your skin
Don't you know your soul comes from within?
Hey hey sister sing me some of that blue eyed soul
I know you feel it feel it from your head to your toe
Come on sister sing me some of that blue eyed soul
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It Is What It Is
03:39
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All the pieces fell down right
Oh how I knew it in the middle of the night
You were the one and I knew for sure
Howe could a woman need any more?
Well somethin' changed it ain't got no name
A mysterious somthin' ain't it a shame
It was what it was / But now
It is what it is / It is what it is (chorus)
Baby, it was good for a while
I woke up every mornin' with a great big smile
I don't know where we went wrong
When did the right thing turn into gone
And just when ya think it was meant to be
I'm lookin' out the window cause I wanna be free
It was what it was / now
It is what it is / It is what it is (repeat chorus)
How did a sweet thang just go away?
I was countin' on forever and a day
We ain't at the beginning and we're not at the end
hangin' in the middle so why pretend?
It is what it is
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9. |
There Is A Light
04:57
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When I was just a little girl momma tucked me into bed
And if I ever cried this is what she said
"I will never leave you I'm just down the hall
so if you're afraid I'll be sure 'n leave the light on"
There is a light at the end of the hallway
That shines all night long
And the voice I hear as I lay down is the sweetest sound
I love to play my songs for you every night
But the road can haunt you, cause lonliness inside
When the band finally rounds the corner and I step up on the stage
I see your eyes shinin' and I hear the sound
Of your voices raised
There is a light at the end of the hallway
That shines all night long
and the voice I hear as I lay down is the sweetest sound
It's been just a few months since my momma passed away
Oh God I wish she were here today
But I know when it comes my time to go
She'll be at the door
Sayin' you're not alone I'll be sure to leave the light on
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10. |
Only The Broken Know
03:02
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Choose life / Choose love
Choose anything good
Give hope / Live in peace
Let it go before you sleep
Only the broken known / Only the broken know
You can't control the rain
Fly a kite in the winds of change
Only the broken know / Only the broken know
To reach for the light when you hear
Darkness calling your name
(repeat chorus)
Only the broken know / Only the broken know
Run for those who are too weak to stand
And hold the hand of a dying man
Only the broken know / Only the broken know
To reach for the light when you feel
Darkness closing in
(repeat chorus)
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