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Something Simple
03:21
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LYRICS:
Can I love you and not overthink it
Can I love you and just let it be
Can I love you and not worry about it
Can I let this feeling bloom inside of me
Can I love you and not wanna own you
Can I love you and let you go free
Can I love you and not try to change you
Can I let you be you and let me be me
Oh, I want something simple
Even though I know it's not that simple
So, let me start with something simple
Just to wake up every morning thinking
What can I do to make you, what can I do to make you
What can I do, what can I do
What can I do to make you smile
Can I love you and not try to shield you
Can I tell the truth and let you get burned
Can I love you and not take you for granted
Even after the years have made it seem like there's nothing left to learn
Oh, I can't make you happy
Nobody else can make us happy
So, I'll pray that you are happy
But the only thing I'll ask myself is
What can I do to make you, what can I do to make you
What can I do, what can I do
What can I do to make you smile
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Yesterday's Mistake
03:44
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LYRICS:
I'm not afraid to fall, I'm not afraid to break
But I don't wanna keep on making yesterday's mistake
I wanna go where I haven't gone before
I wanna go where I've never gone before
I wanna do what I haven't done before
God it feels like I've been here over and over and over again
I'm not afraid to fall, I'm not afraid to break
I've learned a little more now about what I can take
I'm not afraid to try, I'll give it all away
But I don't wanna keep on making yesterday's mistake
I wanna try what I've never tried before
Cuz God it feels like I've screwed this up so many times, so many times
I wanna try what I've never tried before
Maybe it doesn't get easier, but doesn't it get, doesn't it get
Better, doesn't it get, doesn't it get better
Shouldn't it get, shouldn't it get better
Oh doesn't it get, doesn't it get better
Oh I wanna go where I haven't gone, I wanna do what I haven't done
I wanna try what I've never tried, I wanna do something different
I wanna do what I haven't done before
I wanna try what I've never tried before
I wanna go where I haven't gone before
God it feels like I've been here over and over again
I'm not afraid to fall, I'm not afraid to break
I've learned a little more now about what I can take
I'm not afraid to try, I'll give it all away
but I don't wanna keep on making yesterday's, yesterday's
I don't wanna keep on making yesterday's mistake
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To Open Yours
03:37
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LYRICS:
It’s on the tip of my tongue and I’m searching for the perfect words
Heart is flickering quick in my chest like a hummingbird’s
Whatever comes my way now for better or worse
Oh I, I’m in it with you
I, I, I would shut these other doors just hopin’
I, I, I would shut these other doors just hopin’ to open yours
I’m a bundle of wants and desires and fears and dreams
I’m a sweater and every thread pulls a different seam
And I’ve never been any good at the choosing between
But now, it’s easy
I, I, I would shut these other doors just hopin’
I, I, I would shut these other doors just hopin’ to open yours
It doesn’t mean that everything will be perfect
And it doesn’t mean that anything will get easier
But looking at you I feel so sure
Like I never felt, never felt before
That the one I would choose again and again
The one I would choose again and again is
You, you, I would shut these other doors just hopin’ to open yours
I, I, I would shut these other doors just hopin’ to open yours
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4. |
Leave You Alone
03:51
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LYRICS:
I'll leave you alone now
I won't call anymore
I'll leave you alone now
I won't linger by your door
I won't tap on your window
I won't light up your phone
I'll think of you every day
But I'll leave you alone
I hope that all your cats are healthy
I hope they've still got eight lives left to spare
I hope you had a great vacation
Nothing but window seats and salty ocean air
I hope that work is busy in a good way
'Cause I know that you love what you do
I hope that when you step outside at night
Those lucky stars are thankful for the view
I'll leave you alone now
I won't call anymore
I'll leave you alone now
I won't linger by your door
I won't tap on your window
I won't light up your phone
I'll think of you every day
But I'll leave you alone
I hope the chair across from you is not empty
I hope it's filled by someone new
Someone who writes you beautiful songs
Someone you're proud to belong to
And I really hope that you can forgive me
For the selfish way that I behaved
Maybe one day looking back
Looking back at the bumps that time has paved
And I hope that you
I hope you know
Know how much you meant to me
I'll leave you alone now
I won't call anymore
I'll leave you alone now
I won't linger by your door
I won't tap on your window
I won't light up your phone
I'll think of you every day
But I'll leave you alone
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5. |
Anyway
03:16
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LYRICS:
I like to think if things had turned out differently
If you'd been born across the sea
Or in another galaxy
Oh I like to think
I would've met you anyway
I can picture it a thousand different ways
At the cafe on the corner
Both in line for apple pie
Oh I like to think
I could've met you any day
There are roads I'll never walk, trees I'll never climb
Places I won't see, there's only so much time
Books and songs and kisses I will have to miss
Thank God you're not on that list
I like to think if things had turned out differently
If I'd been born a honey bee
And you a fragrant little daisy
Oh I like to think, I like to think
I like to think, I like to think
I like to think I would've met you anyway
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Bleeding Me Dry
03:40
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LYRICS:
I can't do this anymore, I'm giving up
I can't take it anymore, it hurts too much
I had plans and hopes and grandiose dreams for miles
But my dreams are bleeding me dry
My dreams are bleeding me dry
Maybe I was wrong about myself
Maybe I was born to do something else
Oh it kills me just to talk about it
Cuz I don't know who I'd be without it
No I don't know
How much longer I can risk my heart
Am I too old
Or missing some vital part
I don't know
If I'll ever be good enough
and it feels like forever I've been hanging tough
I can't do this anymore, I'm giving up
I can't take it anymore, it hurts too much
I had plans and hopes and grandiose dreams for miles
But my dreams are bleeding me dry
My dreams are bleeding me dry
Maybe I should quit while I'm behind
Maybe you don't quit, you only change your mind
Oh what if I changed and it don't matter like it used to
What will I do, what will I do, what will I do?
Oh I don't know
I've never loved nothin' else this hard
Giving it up
Would be like sawing off my arm
And I don't know
If I'll love like this again
Or carry my regret until the end
I can't do this anymore, I'm giving up
I can't take it anymore, it hurts too much
I had plans and hopes and grandiose dreams for miles
But my dreams are bleeding me dry
My dreams are bleeding me dry
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7. |
You Didn't Convince Me
04:07
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LYRICS:
I got my hopes up, and I got my hopes crushed
And I was ready to be done
All my invitations, insinuations
You never took me up on a single one
So imagine my surprise
When you looked into my eyes
And said, think how good we could be
Yeah you, yeah you, yeah you said it
But you didn't convince me
If you really want me, like you say you want me
Then how come you never call
It's hard to believe that you really mean that
When I don't see you put in any effort at all
Oh we have a lovely time
I 'm not trying to deny that
But you leave it to chance when that time will be
Yeah you, yeah you, yeah you leave it
And that doesn't convince me
Oh you never no you never, you never really tried
Oh you gotta yeah you gotta, go after what you want
You never convinced me
Oh you had your chance and you missed it
You had your chance and that ship has sailed
Yeah you, yeah you, yeah you said it
But you didn't you didn't you didn't you didn't you didn't
Convince me
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Some Other Night
03:27
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LYRICS:
Something about you always tugged at the sleeves of my memory
Like a phrase I'd heard before, a phrase I had written
So we sat in my car, listening to the raindrops
And I told you how I felt, and you said
Maybe some other night
Maybe some other night
Maybe some other night
When the streets are dry and the time feels right
I gotta be up early to catch that flight
But I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew
I knew there wouldn't be another night
How close did I come, was it inches was it centimeters
Was I a ladybug's footstep away from being someone you'd want
Being some other girl
Being some other girl
Being some other girl
Who would know how to flirt and chat with the world
Who could fill up the space in between your words
But I know, I know, I know, I know
I know I'll never be another girl
Won't you tell me the truth, won't you tell me the truth
Oh I don't wanna hear it but I wanna know I can handle it
So we sat in my car, listening to the rain stop
And I wondered how another could ever make me feel
How could some other love
How could some other love
How could some other love
He won't have your groove and your checkered gloves
He won't have your grin or your goofy shrug
But I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I have to know
I know there will be... another love
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Stale
03:30
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LYRICS:
We had a good life
We had a car and a green backyard
Where the neighbor's cat would hop the fence to come visit
We had a nice time
We always laughed at the same exact things
And catching your eye in those moments was exquisite
But I had the strangest desire to give it all, give it all up
Cuz it got stale, it sat on the counter too long
We let it get stale, and then it was time to move along
Sometimes it gets stale, and nobody's in the wrong
Sometimes you need, sometimes you need
Sometimes you need, sometimes you need
Oh sometimes, you need a breath of fresh air
I had a good job, for the first time in my life
When a new month rolled around I didn't hesitate to mail my rent
I was a rock star
When someone asked me “what do you do”
I could finally answer feeling confident
But I had the strangest desire to give it all, give it all up
Cuz it got stale, it sat on the counter too long
We let it get stale, and then it was time to move along
Sometimes it gets stale, and nobody's in the wrong
Sometimes you need, sometimes you need
Sometimes you need, sometimes you need
Oh sometimes, you need a breath of fresh air
I'm so grateful for the good things that I've had
And if I'd stayed forever, it wouldn't be so bad
But I know passion when I feel it, I know when I don't
And I know I won't if nothing changes
If nothing changes
It'll get stale, sit on the counter too long
We let it get stale, and it'll be time to move along
Sometimes it gets stale, and nobody's in the wrong
Sometimes you need, sometimes you need
Sometimes you need, sometimes you need
Oh sometimes, you need a breath of fresh air
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Cardboard Cutout
04:21
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LYRICS:
These shoes, these shoes
I wore them for years and now they don't fit anymore
I wore them for years and now they don't fit anymore
These arms, these arms
They held you for years and now they don't hold you no more
They held you for years and now they don't hold anymore
I'm sad and I'm free, I'm sad and I'm free
I'm a gambling man with an ace and a three
I'm a crumbling building with a vacancy
I'm a wandering comet with no place to be
I'm a cardboard cutout who dreams in 3D
This house, this house
I lived there for years and now I don't live there no more
I lived there for years and now I don't have a home
This drink, this drink
It soothed me for years and now I don't wanna be soothed
It soothed me for years and now I just want the truth
I'm sad and I'm free, I'm sad and I'm free
I'm a gambling man with an ace and a three
I'm a crumbling building with a vacancy
And I'm nothing like I thought I would be
I'm a cardboard cutout who dreams in 3D
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11. |
My Little Green Friend
03:13
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LYRICS:
My friend is green, but he's not jealous
And he doesn't care about recycling
My friend can't sew, but he can mend most anything
And he doesn't care about the clothes you wear
Tonight, tonight
We're gonna hang out, maybe talk philosophy
Tonight we're gonna take the scenic route, my friend and me
Tonight we'll leave it all behind
My friend is quiet, but he's good in a crowd
He taught Casanova everything he knows
My friend is hot, but he's not conceited
And he's short but he don't let that bother him
Tonight, tonight
We're gonna hang out, maybe get something to eat
Tonight we're gonna take the scenic route, my friend and me
Tonight we'll leave it all behind
Tonight, tonight
We're gonna hang out, maybe get something to eat
Tonight we're gonna take the scenic route, my friend and me
Tonight, tonight
We're gonna hang out, maybe watch some NBC
Tonight we're gonna take the scenic route, my friend and me
Tonight we'll leave it all behind
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12. |
Ain't It Grand
04:03
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LYRICS:
Hey baby ain't it grand
Nothing's turned out like we planned
But think of all the possibilities
Hey baby ain't it strange
To wake up lying next to change
And not remember how it came to be
Hey baby ain't it blue
To give all you got to make your dream come true
Then watch it sink down to the bottom of the sea
And I don't, no I don't have the answers
And I haven't, no I haven't learned my lesson
And I don't, no I don't have the answers
All that I've got is a lot of burning questions
Hey babe I know you're scared
I think we all feel unprepared
To really look at what's inside our hearts
Hey baby what's the use
Of worrying about what to do
We'll cross that bridge even if it's falling apart
And I don't, no I don't have the answers
And I haven't, no I haven't learned my lesson
And I don't, no I don't have the answers
All that I got is a lot
All that I got is a lot
Oh all that I got is a lot of questions
All that I got, that's all I got
All that I got, that's all I got
Hey baby ain't it grand
Nothing's turned out like we planned
But hey baby, won't ya stay awhile
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Pamela Machala Boulder, Colorado
Colorado-based singer/songwriter writing indie soul-folk-pop. RIYL Sara Bareilles, Carole King, and Lake Street Dive.
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