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Words by Chelle Rose
© 2000 Chelle Rose.
All rights reserved.
chelle bean music, ASCAP. |
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daddy i'm still here
it's that time of year again
i try to shut you out but you still come in
so just for fun i send you cards of holiday cheer
just my way to let you know
daddy i'm still here
they've always told me you're the evil kind
but i'm your flesh and blood what's wrong with your mind
that you could turn from the love of a child all these years
but if you change your mind i'd like to make it clear
daddy i'm still here
do you fear that i will impose upon your life
regret and sorrow bring you trouble with your wife
how long do you intend to shut me out and cover your ears
will you wait 'til the very end when you're facing all your fears
i'll still be here
daddy i'm still here
daddy i'm still here
(4th verse not on album)
with still a ray of hope i call you up on the phone
still trying to draw you near with a child of my own
there's this thing he does looks a lot like you
when he grins from ear to ear, if only you just knew
daddy we're still here
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god help the man
i been sittin' out back in the porch swing
it's where i go to think and where i go to sing
think about what used to be
sing a song about an old memory
my mama tries to tell me
there'll be a better man down the road
but i'm afraid the love that we let die
is the only love i'll ever know
his mind is troubled
his temper's ragin' like a storm at sea
god help the man
send down an angel
won't you send down a friend
someone to walk him through the darkest part
heal his mind, mend his heart
'cause i've done everything that i can
so i'm beggin' you
god help the man
everybody's telling me
he's just a drunken soul i need to set myself free
they don't seem to understand
for fourteen years he's been all that i am
my heart says stand by your man
my head says don't let him hurt you again
is this love worth what he's putting me through
should i hold on or start my life anew
if you can
reach down and lend a hand
god help the man
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little reasons why
i won't cry
when you decide to come by
to tell me you don't want me
and all of your little reasons why
and i won't be alone
when you decide to come back home
you'll be tellin' me you're willin' to try
but this time i'll have my own little reasons why
why you can't waltz right back into my life
and you can't cross me no more with your little white lies
you can't control me
and you sure can't console me
and that's my little reasons for goodbye
it's the same ol' story again
you'll tell me you've just been out with friends
but honey i don't need no alibis
'cause i don't care who what when or why
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something just for you
it makes you restless
and if you let it run idle
a feeling of emptiness
taking for granted his gift
why do you hide from what's deep down inside
just let it go you've got diamonds in your soul
'cause underneath the flesh and all that covers
it's just your soul it's like no other
but so much the same as your brother
you think you're empty
nothing special for you to do
hold out your hand
he's got something just for you
don't be afraid
reach down deep inside
open up your gift
let your heart shine
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family
we're all just out here
passin' through
it can be such a lonely place
if you got no one to talk to
but i got you/ and you got me, baby
and we got this little man
and that makes us a family
we hold on to one another
and we take good care of each other
i'm sure there'll be some storms
but we can weather them together
it's a simple thing to me
takin' care of your own
this world can come down baby
but i've got home, yeah
and in this day and time that's a lot to be
that's a lot to be if you ask me
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rainin' on my heart
she said she just don't feel the same
lord i feel a cold hard rain
the thunder is echoing like a train
i hear her words over and over again
he said he just needs a little time
some things are weighin' heavy on his mind
but it's just his way of denyin'
he really don't wanna to keep on tryin'
well you know i've heard it said
if the rain falls from the sky
and the sun decides to shine
you can see color through the clouds
well it's still rainin' on my heart
and my clouds are still so grey
even the brightest of sunshine could not break through this pain
why did i lay down my heart
allow my soul to be a part
of your spirit and your charm
it still surrounds me in the dark
it's still rainin' on my heart
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tribute to eleanor ann
she has the kindest heart i've ever known
and with open arms she'll make you feel right at home
precious garments with her hands she will sew
just so you can feel special wherever you go
now if you knock on her door
you best be aware
'cause until my momma feeds ya
you ain't goin' nowhere
anything she's got
you can bet she will share
the shirt on her back
she'd give you to wear
she can comfort and calm a weary child
rockin' and a singin' and givin' that smile
it doesn't take long
for them to drift off to sleep
'cause when an angel is singin'
there's nothin' but peace
she has the kindest heart i've ever known
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her whole life
well she was just over fifty and her life was in a mess
the man she loved for 30 years said he needed to confess
he said he just don't feel the same they'd grown apart he guessed
and now she's all alone in that big ol' house
filled with emptiness
she gave her whole life to him
he just can't take it away
she gave her whole life to him
and now she's down on her knees to pray
all her life she spent cleanin' and cookin'
raisin' four boys and never even lookin'
for a sign that would tell her of her fate
if she had just paid attention
maybe lost a little weight
she don't pray for him to telephone
she don't want him to come back home
she's just askin' for a little strength
to make it on her own
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nanahally river
irven easton was a simple man
blue collar, gentle hand
come by here lookin' for work
down on the nanahally river
one day he stopped by sloan's drugstore
and miss hattie caroline was sweepin' up the floor
he said hey there pretty little girl
i don't think i've ever seen you 'round here before
would you like to go down on the nanahally river
let me take you down on the nanahally river
we can walk across the swingin' bridge
'til our bellies start to quiver
let me take you down on the nanahally river
every saturday afternoon
miss hattie rushed home from work 'cause she'd be seein' him soon
he'd ride up the mountain on a big black horse
he'd make it rear up in the air, make a whole lotta noise
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goodbye
headed down this ol' highway
wonderin' if i'm goin' the right way
leavin' all i know behind me now
includin' broken hearts and wedding vows
you never thought i'd follow through
with what i told you i would do
but i was dyin' inside
just had to get away and find some peace of mind
so i'm sayin' goodbye goodbye
it's too late for you to cry
and don't even think of askin' me why
just go on with your life and let me go on with mine
1200 miles home to tennessee
lord those mountains i can't wait to see
i hope this new life is all i think it will be
i hope somebody's lookin' over me
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resolution
you flew out of here sayin' you don't care
you drive too fast to feel the wind in your hair
it's startin' to rain
well let it come down
wash away this pain
turn the music up loud
and let it come down
resolution
let it come down now
just let it come down
resolution
let it come down now
don't block it out
go ahead, scream and shout
don't run from your fears and leave me standing here
come back and fight
we can make it right
cleanse the hurt, baby see the light
callous words cut me to the bone
bruisin' me like sticks and stones
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young wild and free
young, wild and free
and that's the way you'd always be
you were always there looking out for me
and you were always there when no one else would be
growin' up in the same small town
not knowin' where we were bound
but you were always understanding when i was down
'cause we were cut from common ground
we were young, wild and free
wonderin' what our lives would be
we were young, wild and free
dreams so naive to reality
we were young, wild and free
as we grew older, we grew apart
goes to show it doesn't matter just where you start
but there's still a little piece of you buried deep in my heart
yeah i know you got a part of me wherever you are
it was late in spring when the river took you home
it's hard to believe anything could take down a man so strong
but i guess you're just the lucky one to have been called upon
now the peace you were searchin' for
it's right there in your arms
as i sit here in this darkened room all alone
a voice cries out to me
singin' directly to my soul
verses of a melody
that i could never hear before
about what you meant to me
i wish i'd told you a whole lot more
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move on
there's just a house where our home used to be
and there's a hole in my heart and it still bleeds
and every time i try to look ahead
it's only you that i see instead
and i wonder if it'll always be this way
will there ever be another chance for me someday
i wanna live life
i wanna laugh
and i wanna love again
i wanna move on
but where do i begin
i thought this town was big enough for both you and i
and i thought that i could be brave, you wouldn't see me cry
but there you were with her
she was standing where i belong
this town is too damn small and i'm just not that strong
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mystery road
do you ever stop to wonder
where you'll go from here
do you ever stop to think
if the road ahead is clear
do you remember bridges crossed
were the waters rough below
don't give up on your dreams
don't give up on what you think life means
take that mystery road for the long haul
if you envision it
then you've been called
you've been called
you've been called
down the mystery road
can you picture in your mind
what lies ahead
do you lie awake in the night
do you toss and turn in your bed
are the crossroads laid before you
do you take the high road or the low
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