Charlotte Church Album

Down on my luck once more
Out on a limb
Over the things I thought I knew for sure, and you
Yeah, you were fundamentally
Too flawed to give what you receive
And you believed that I was yours to keep

Then I tell myself
Hold on, slow down
Girl, is this me going back to scratch again?
And oh, you'll know it, at the dead of night
You're back to scratch, right back to scratch

Here in the heady days
Love on a whim
It's only a thing I'm sure
His daunting gaze will fade
Then I am left
On my lonesome
And I'm not as young as I'd like
My heart is slipping through my fingers
Though the hope of love still lingers
I just pray that he will find me now, today

And now wait a minute
Hold on, slow down
Girl, is this me going back to scratch again?
And oh, you'll know it, at the dead of night
You're back to scratch, right back to scratch

Now he's gone
I guess I'll carry on
There's nothing else that I can do
Suns will rise and set, and rains will fall
But when they fall on me
They won't on you
I can't hold on to this love
I'm going back to scratch again

And here I'm lying in this lonely night
I'm back to scratch again, again, again, again
And I can't hold on to this love
I'm going back to scratch again
And here I'm lying in this lonely night
I'm back to scratch
Right back to scratch

We were young
We had plans
That we wrote
On the back of our hands
So the ink could wash off
If we found that the plans had to stop

In the spring,
In the night
I would hide
And give you
Such a freight
When I jumped
From behind
Our couch
We spent months
Trying to buy
And you held me so tightly
That I couldn't breathe
And you whispered assurance
That you'd never leave
And we talked through the night
Of what we could achieve
We were young

There were times
When I felt
That there just
Couldn't be anyone else
In the world
But ourselves
And then times
When we put each other
Through hell

And I lay all the blame I could find onto you
'Cause nearly nothing of what you had said was the truth
And our only excuse was the one we had used
We were young

I don't wanna leave, but I'll go now
No matter how hard I'll rub you, you won't come out
My blues hit your browns by the door
And I could hit the floor
But the plan on my palm says I'm leaving

We had bent
For the songs
That we thought
Could make us millions
And the time
That was left
Meant we only had
Seconds to live

And I cried to my family and cried to my friends
And I promise my people that this was the end
But the thing that hurts most is I won't kiss you again
We were young

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A silhouette of cigarette smoke crescends the wall
In purple pearl for the curtain call
I'm resigned to the fact that I'm alone in life
Lonely life, lonely life

Where did the actors go?
Backed out renounced the show
And left me stumbling on the stage
With just a rhyme left on the page
With just one act left of the play
And one more line for me to say
Lonely life, lonely life

Could it be that I'm the one caring and not cared for
Or is it there something I've not dared to comprehend
I'm content to just pretend they want me
Lonely life, lonely life

Where did the actors go?
Backed out renounced the show
And left me stumbling on the stage
With just a rhyme left on the page
With just one act left of the play
And one more line for me to say, to say, to say, to say

Where did the actors go?
Backed out renounced the show
And left me stumbling on the stage
With just a rhyme left on the page
With just one act left of the play
And one more line for me to say, to say, to say, to say

Take what you need
Insatiable world
You'll never bleed on my colors for me
Rage in your words scream out in fear
They just get lost in the cold night sky

And oh you could break all my summer sunshine
Throw me your waves
Let me drown my eyes in the tears that you've cried

I hold you in my arms
But you can't feel this warm embrace
You can't see the steady love from everyone
That's all around
But never enough
That's the story of us
That's the story of us

Salt of the earth,
Is all in your heart,
You gamble your trust
And it always burns you
One misplaced word
Walking on shelves
The girl with the curl is rucking my shoe
You don't know what you've got
But you feel what it's not
And I wonder what you find
Your comforting pain
You could ride out the storm
Make weather change

I hold you in my arms
But you can't feel this warm embrace
You can't see the steady love from everyone
That's all around
But never enough
That's the story of us

I hold you in my arms
But you can't feel this warm embrace
You can't see the steady love from everyone
That's all around
But never enough
That's the story of us
That's the story of us
That's the story of us
That's the story of us

Lonely man
Looks like me when I'm out walking
Lonely man
Looks like us when we're through talking
Lonely man
Looks like her in a dress and stockings
Lonely man
Looks like me but it's not worth stopping

So don't pay no mind
Don't even think about it
He's just another mad man
Trying to get at it
You're so fine
You don't have to think about it
You already got me under your spell
And I admit it I don't even know you well

Hey, hey, hey
Teach a man
His head hurts, his brow needs mappin'
Teach a man
Interestin' but not worth stopping
Teach a man
Looks like her when she looks shocking
Teach a man
Tellin' all but learning nothing

So don't pay no mind
Don't even think about it
He's just another mad man
Trying to get at it
You're so fine
You don't have to think about it
You already got me under your spell
And I admit it I don't even know you well
And I admit it I don't even know you well

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Something cracked inside me
On that Wednesday afternoon
We’d been numb as silent snow
We'd seen nothing but the moon
Mocking all the writing
I'd been forcing on the page
I've been dormant for too long now
Like I've been in hibernation
But I love you, you know
It's just I discovered
There's a life beneath the snow

I knew it could never have worked from the onset
That doesn't make this heartache easier to accept

Spending every waking moment
That I could with you
Now I'm wondering what you're doing
And I'm wondering if I'd like to do it too

I wish I could hate you
That way I could just forget you
Be a single girl and show the world
That I can live without you
Found myself in clutches
Of a panic since the break
I need closure
Want to hold you
Do you think we could just fake
Pretend the thought never came
And act like nothing had changed

I knew it could never have worked from the onset
That doesn't make this heartache easier to accept

Spending every moment wondering
Can I call you yet
Though I know this must something
That we both will have to learn to accept

Now our love has melted
To a torrid overflow
And the ground’s all hard and barren
But I guess it's gonna take some time
To see something grow
Boy you'll be a long time ago

I knew it could never have worked from the onset
That doesn't make this heartache easier to accept
It's not like I want to leave you
Just I've got to go

And I'll always speak with fondness
For the year that we spent playing in the snow

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Picture a teenager desperate to please
Presume to achieve everything
Had been laid out before her
Oh, oh, oh
I wonder what you thought of her
What you think of me
Now I finally achieved what you wanted for me
Oh, oh, oh

I've been a counselor,
I've seen more than I should see
Oh, oh, oh
Now I am curious how is this reflected on me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Tell me now
Honestly what do you
Think of me
Trying my hardest to harness the sunlight that shines over me
Likely this is the best that I can be

Life is a song that I'm learning to write
I sing through the verses and hope I am joined for the chorus
Oh, oh, oh
My voice was an agent of labor but now
It's my savior from all the troubles
An end to the strains
And waits for refrains
Hey, I'm a melody
Melody is all that I know
Oh, oh, oh
So play me the chords and I'll give all I've got for the show
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Tell me now
Honestly what do you
Think of me
Trying my hardest to harness the sunlight that shines over me
Likely this is the best that I can be

Other times
We've been two distant minds
Life is a pageless song (?)
A list of lives gone wrong
But I won't let my muse punish me now
I steal all the songs she wrote for me
But what have I done
If you won't see my meaning in my feeling

Tell me now
Honestly what do you
Think of me
Trying my hardest to harness the sunlight that shines over me
Likely this is the best that I can be

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

But it won't snow here
It'll stay pretty green
I'm gonna make a lot of money
And then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
No, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and upset
Now I've gone and lost the best baby that I ever had
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

Oh, I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas
He cutting down trees
He putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
Away, away

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