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something good
03:10
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Words & Music © 2014 Martha Groves Perry
V
Something’s changed, rearranged, and it’s something good
Tossed about, sorted out, or just understood
Heart and mind realigned just like they should
‘Cause something’s changed…
V
Singing out, dumping doubt as best I could
Ease my mind, skip the lines just like I should
Make it new, follow through on the likelihood
That something’s changed…
C
No longer running away
No longer thinking they’ll pay
I’m making space in my head
For something, oh something…
B
Oooo Oooo freedom at last
Oooo Oooo owning my past
Oooo Oooo clearing my mind
Oooo Oooo trusting it’s time
V
One less face, fear erased where silence stood
Miles beyond, loosened bond and it’s oh so good
Time’s a thief, sweet relief ‘cause it’s understood
That something’s changed…
C
No longer running away
No longer thinking they’ll pay
I’m making space in my head
For something, oh something …
Oh something good
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colored pencils
03:16
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Words & Music © 2012 Martha Groves Perry
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Being in school and colored pencils and figuring out what to draw.
Can’t be too easy, must be worthwhile, requires an effort that is raw.
C
If I am short on air, it’s only because I refuse to breathe.
If I rise above despair, it’s because I’m committed to reality.
V
Being in ruins and broken plans and figuring out what went wrong.
Pulling back from the edge of collapse and owning up to the flaws.
C
If I am short on air, it’s only because I refuse to breathe.
If I rise above despair, it’s because I’m committed to reality.
B
Trying to make something of life, not have life make something of me.
Take hold of my colored pencils and fill in the part that’s me, you’ll see.
V
Being in truth and sweet discomfort and figuring out what’s my call.
Can’t be too easy, must be worthwhile, requires an effort that is raw.
C
If I am short on air, it’s only because I refuse to breathe.
If I rise above despair, it’s because I’m committed to reality.
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leave it alone
03:24
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Words & Music © 2012 Martha Groves Perry & Greg Newlon
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I just can’t leave it alone; I’m picking it to the bone.
I act as if the scab’s the thing, when the wound below is festering.
C
I can’t leave it alone, the scab that has grown
I’ll need a backbone.............. to let it all go.
V
I work you over in my mind, but you’re just one in a line.
It’s feeding my OCD to think you’re something that I need.
C
I can’t leave it alone, the scab that has grown
I’ll need a backbone.............. to let it all go.
B
Can’t rush, won’t heal, don’t care how it feels
patience , God’s time, your will, not mine
I will obey, it’s just so hard to take
V
I don’t get what I deserve. I don’t think I’d have the nerve.
I’m addicted to something I think; it’s really no different than drink.
C
I can’t leave it alone, the scab that has grown
I’ll need a backbone.............. to let it all go.
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i see you
02:51
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Words & Music © 2014 Martha Groves Perry
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I see you. Deep within that dried out shell a clear view
Peering through those shifting eyes you’re see-through
You plead for a witness to your pain
Your prison is banging in my brain.
V
It’s a secret. You held my gaze a long time and you told it.
It leaked out of your eyes, and I behold it.
More than you ever meant to tell.
You burden me with your private hell.
C
And I’m longing for my heart to sing
I’ll ring out like a bell; I’ve got so much more to tell
And I will be free.
B
Break out of your dried up shell; speak your truth all by yourself
Find your own escape from what you’ve hidden from yourself.
Leave me out of all your pain; I can do without the stain.
I need unadulterated liberty.
V
You’re hiding. I won’t try to seek you ‘cause I’m finding
To live my life without you is exciting.
I am no longer in your cage.
The best way to love is disengage.
C
And I’m longing for my heart to sing
I’ll ring out like a bell; I’ve got so much more to tell
And I will be free.
I hold the key.
I'm free.
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Martha Groves Perry San Francisco, California
Martha Groves Perry is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in San Francisco, California. Her bold, alternative Americana original music has a straightforward, compelling and sometimes edgy clarity with strong blues, rock, and experimental influences. Her penetrating, poetic lyrics reflect the fearless truth-telling and unbothered amusement of a seasoned, female point of view. ... more
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