LYRICS
BUTTERFLY WALK
My heart is a butterfly, trembling on your fingertips
My soul is a firefly, lighting up this night so brief.
My body, my body, tumbles down beneath your feet
This life, this life is a mystery, so what it there to do
But fall ….
Your voice, your voice is wrapped inside me
Coming for to carry me home?
My heart
My soul, oh my soul
Lighting up this night so brief
Lighting up this night so brief
Carry me home
SONG NOTES: This song will be featured on my upcoming album WILD BIRD PROJECT, featuring Grammy winning cellist David Darling. I wrote the lyrics to accompany a rearrangement of the gorgeous piano piece Sentimental Walk by Vladmir Cosma from a treasured movie of my youth, Diva. xox
Slowly I go, 'cause it's all so delicious
Heaven only know,s only knows
What made me so different
Suddenly everything, is made of love you see
Quietly wildly, inside of you and me
So, slowly I go, 'cause I don't want to miss it
Heaven only knows, only knows
All it takes is a whisper
Is it you calling me? is it me answering?
There is no in between, loving is everything
Loving is everything, loving is everything
Slowly I go, cause it's all so delicious
Heaven only knows, only knows
It just takes an instant
Sunlight and poetry, all have their with me
Carried away it seems, like spring through the cherry trees
I kiss the sky.
SONG NOTES: This song appeared sweetly and mysteriously unbidden, as they are wont to do, one glorious July morning. It became my mantra, as I beamed my way through the chores and doings of the day. And then I hit my head, with great vigor, on the corner of a marble table and was taken out of daily chores and doings for several months. Thrown into the "opportunity" to choose fear or love/peace. The song returned to me as desperately needed musical medicine right around election time, 2016. You can watch the work in progress HERE. Thank you!
IF YOU
If you told me everything I wanted to hear
Gave me a ring whispered in my ear
Shuddered my soul with earthly delights
Dreamed by my side all through the night
If you watched me walk with a kiss on your lips
Knew up and down and in and out the glory of this
Fell on your knees just to touch my hair
Swallowed me whole and laid your soul bare
Would I know it? Would I trust it?
Would I know it or would I run away?
If you called me up just to hear my voice
Spoke nothing but the truth 'cause you had no other choice
Let yourself go in spite of your fear
Reached for my hand to show you were near
If I tell you all my secrets, deeper than I ever know
Will you wash over me, and promise that you’ll never go
If you told me everything I wanted to hear
Gave me a ring whispered in my ear
Shuddered my soul with earthly delights
Dreamed by my side all through the night
If I tell you, what will you do? What will you do?
AMMA
As she fell to the ground
her soul flew over me,
eyes wide, no sound out loud but
the wall screamed right through me
As she sank into bed
suffocation, the life she’d led
no sound I made out loud but
the walls came tumbling down
Amma, Amma could you leave me?
As she dropped into the sea
I held my breath, could there be
a chance for peace
one moment at least
but I left her all alone
though in the dark I could see
Amma, Amma, can you forgive me?
When memories are want to be forgotten
When a year is lost to sleep
When the sand is deep
And the body’s weak
And words don’t speak
Now it seems, she’s free
She’s leading me back to me
Amma, Amma..
I follow you, you follow me…
FLY
I love the feeling when he picks me up at five
Coming up the drive with his let’s go eyes
He smiles wide and I thrill inside
Yes I thrill inside
I love the way he just takes me there
Never asking why
Guess I’m just a girl who likes a guy
With a fast car, let’s go far
And the top’s always down
Life is spinning around
And I think I could fly
I love the feeling when every thing is true
all the trying lying stops and love shines thru
I smile wide and I thrill inside
Yes I thrill inside
I love the way you just mmmmm
Don’t ask me why
guess I’m just a girl, who likes a guy
who can light up this heavy world
turn it all upside down
Life is spinning around
And I think I could fly
From this wrung out life
This spun out alibi
From this worn out life
This unspoken lie
I think I could fly
I love the feeling when the lights are all on me
Knowing you can see me
See me breathe
I cannot hide
And I thrill inside, oh I thrill inside
I think I could fly, fly, fly
MILES AWAY
The smallest gesture it would’ve taken and I’d be yours
a kiss goodnight that didn’t end in a question and I’d be yours
And you knew that, and you knew that
so you tied your hands, shut your eyes
darkened your ears, to my blanketed sighs
and look where it’s gotten me
miles away from you
and look where it’s gotten me
miles away from you
just making myself blue
the smallest gesture it would’ve taken and I’d be yours
my expectations forgot and forsaken and I’d be yours
a slip of the tongue, the tilt of the sun
and I’d be yours
and I knew that, and I knew that
so I held my hands, closed my eyes
drew the curtains, cried inside
And you know I tried to keep quiet
for the neighbors, for my pride, for the brighter side
a slip of the tongue, the tilt of the sun and I’d be yours
a dream of a man, a ring in his hand and still I’m yours
Look where it’s gotten me, miles away from you
yes I let him kiss me, but he’s miles away from you
look where it’s gotten me, miles away from you
just making myself blue, making myself blue.
RIPEN ME
Blossom my branches, for all to see
Cherry my hair and set me free
Sun me over, breeze through my leaves
Juice my fruit, bite into me
Snake song singing, slither my limbs
Send my soul winging, send me to him
Start me over, breathe into me
Fill my cup, drink from me
Patience I’m not, what purpose is this
Ripen me world, ripen me
Unfold my tale, make mermaid of me
Fill my nets, sail my seas
Start me over, breath into me
Soar to my depths & set me free
Start me over, breathe into me
Juice me fruit, bite into me
Ripen me world…
Come on down and baby get with me
Come on over and set me free
I’m ready!
ORFEA
Now morning falls, Chet Baker gray
and it’s already afternoon
with grace and hallelujah on my fingertips
can it really be that I feel you?
She dreamt of your funeral and you were there,
saying it will all be over soon
I entered the chapel, dressed in denial
and these lips that never say goodbye
oh I want you to love me, I want you to love me
but there’s not one thing I can do
oh I want you to love me, I want you to love me
but there’s not one thing I can do
So I’ll go down that river, bring my two-way fare
I’ll go down that river, meet the dreamers there
and I won’t look back and I won’t sit down
I’ll let you sleep in the dark
I’ll trust you’re there put your words behind me
I’ll sing you home to the light you can’t see
I’ll trust you’re there count your steps behind please
Give me a try, give me something
give me a try, give me some way
to win you, to love you, to save you
I dreamt I was running through shining pebbled streams
yes there was help along the way
and I can’t help feeling that I was getting somewhere
perhaps that was just to keep me going, going, going
oh I want you to love me, I want you to love me
but there’s not one thing I can do
and I’ll go down that river------
to win you, to love you, to save you, to lose you
A SONG 4 THE KIDZ
why you nuh give me your love, no
why you nuh give me your love, no
your love, no
your love, no
you said I was pretty, you said I was all that
you gonna take me here, you gonna show me what
the stars are feeling when they shine their light
what the moon is doing when it’s up all night
so I said ok baby, that’s how it’s gonna be
you’re gonna give your love to me
I said ok baby, that’s how it’s gonna be
we’ll live together ever after happily
so I gave you a kiss, I gave you the eye
I was waiting for your touch, I was waiting to sigh
you said sweet thing, can you give me another chance
I turned away, then you started to dance
with your arm around my waist and a smile ‘pon your face
I thought what would Buddha do in my place
so you gave me a kiss, you gave me the eye
you turned down the lights, then you waved goodbye
now maybe I was wrong to take you back
but you were right when you told me I’m all that
so I say ok baby, that’s how it’s gonna be
you’ll see what you’re missing when you’re not kissing me
so I say ok baby, that’s how it’s gonna be
you’ll see what you’re missing when you’re missing me
and you’ll say..
why you nuh give me your love, no?
come on baby and a give it to me...
BOYS AND GIRLS
It’s a reflection, not perfection
By any length of a mile
And now I’ll sleep
just to show you I can
just to show you I can
but you won’t understand
Like a woman would
I’ll be reaching out & over & through
Wishing I’d stop, wishing that you
Would do something storybook
Like you should, like you should
And then you shiningly appear
With lips and arms and smiles
I melt into your arms
I melt into your charms
like a girl would
Just like a girl would
You kiss me up and lead me to bed
You kiss me up and lead me to bed
like a boy would
like a boy would
like a boy should?
The words remain unsaid
the words remain unsaid
And I pretend that it’s all in my head
like a girl would, like a girl would
just like a girl should?
It’s a reflection not perfection
why do ya do me like you do me baby,
why do you do that?
WATER IN MY HAND
In the bath Barcelona plays
eyes close, flames ablaze
water drips off of my hair
through my lashes you appear
in all your arching glory
you stretch yourself before me
in this our endless story
I long for endings only
You slip through my fingers
You slip through my fingers
You slip through my fingers
You slip through my fingers
You’re like water in my hand
En el bano Barcelona juega
Cerrados ojos, llamas en llama
Mi cabello goteando agua
Apareces por mis pestanas
En toda tu gloria
Antes de mi te estiras
En nuestra historia sin fin
Solo deseo los, fines
you don’t want me to stay
you don’t want me to go
well I know what I want
and I want you just so
let me love you
in the dark there is just this
aguardiente and a kiss
shadows fall across my face
close my eyes but it’s too late...
ALREADY HAVE
You wanna know just how I feel
When you tell me you’ve other hearts to steal
You wanna know the way you make me feel
When you tell me I’ve lost my appeal?
You want me to forget you baby yea?
Forget the love that we had?
You want me to forget you baby?
Well I think, I think I already have
You wanna go, let me down real slow
Well I’m doing alright, goin’ out tonight
You wanna go let me down real slow well
Don’t worry ‘bout me because you’ve set me free
Free at last
You want me to forget you baby
Well I think, I think I already have
And I didn’t lose sleep, didn’t even drink
So what do you think of the power of your love?
You want me to, you want me to
You want me to forget you baby
Well I think I already have
You want me to, you want me to
You want me to forget you baby
Well I think I already have
Oh yea I already have.
SO I LIED
All the blues were in the sky
And me here down below
So I looked straight up at you
So I lied, so I lied.
In that weakness, in your stare
I forgot why I was there
In that madness
I said yes yes
yes.
All the blues were in the sky
And me here down below
So I looked straight up at you
So I lied, so I lied
In that weakness
In your stare
I forgot why I was there
In that madness
I said yes yes
yes.
And I’d do it again
I know I’d do it again
Cause all the blues were in the sky
And me here down below…
JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Starving for your touch, are my appetites too much?
Oh but how you tease them
Looking in your eyes, you brush my hair aside
It curls ‘round your finger
Quiet my heart, quiet that spark
But I wish your hand would linger
Tell myself that you feel the way I do
Lord just let me be her
Keep my words safe inside this aching tenderness I hide
You can’t or won’t or shouldn’t care, I tell myself that I don’t care
I’ll just take any sweetness you can spare
I’ll take any sweetness you can spare
Lying next to you, I snuck in like a fool
to watch you while you’re breathing
tell myself that you, feel the way I do
why am I always leaving?
I am all too aware, your hand in mine’s a brief affair
I’m succumbing all the while to the siren’s song of denial
I’ll just take any sweetness you can spare
I’ll take any sweetness you can spare
Keep my words safe inside this aching tenderness I hide
You can’t or won’t or shouldn’t care, I tell myself that I don’t care
I’ll just take any sweetness you can spare
I’ll take any sweetness you can spare
Dreaming of the day, you wake me up to say
My beauty overthrew ya. I tell myself to pray, tell myself today
You’re turning ‘round my corner
Begging for my touch, loving me too much
It’s just around the corner…
HIDDEN MOONLIGHT
How I ache for the taste in your mouth to be mine
how I ache for the taste in your mouth to be mine
as I humor my lips with the lick of your name
yes, the sweetness is there but it doesn’t linger
the sweetness is there but it doesn’t linger
it does not linger and consume me
and stir me, and soothe me
the way the promise of your shoulder
carries me to sleep
the way the ever of your voice
unsteadies my knees
the way the story of your coming
becomes my undoing
my undoing
my undoing
how I ache for the taste in your mouth to be mine
how I ache for the taste in your mouth to be mine
as I tease my lips with the shape of your name
as I tease my lips with the shape of your name
let your moonlight be mine
let your moonlight be mine.