Holly Williams Album

I see clearly, I'm on the outside
I've been watching you fall from the start
I can't believe it, how'd you get here?
I remember you when you were smart

It's not that you've lost all that now
But blind is the love that leaves no room for doubt

He's making a fool out of you
He's making a fool out of you
He's making a fool out of you
But you're still smiling, still smiling

Have you forgotten all that you taught me?
Never lay down your heart for a lie
'Cause it's gonna hurt you when your eyes open
And you shed all those tears, you've denied

Well, everyone needs someone else
But love only grows when you don't lose yourself

He's making a fool out of you
He's making a fool out of you
He's making a fool out of you
But you're still smiling, still, you're still smiling

So have you forgotten all that you taught me?
Never lay down your heart for a lie

You could've been bitter, you could've hated him
You could've talked about the whiskey and the women
He could've done better but you loved him anyhow
Then you taught us all the power of forgiveness

Mama, you were smiling when you could've been crying all night
Oh mama, you made me believe everything was alright
Mama, you never wore your pain too thick
I'd like to thank you for this

You could've fought, you could've cut him down to shame
You could've told us that our daddy didn't want us
That wasn't true if you knew it all along
It was a struggle between the road and loving you

Mama, you were smiling when you could've been crying all night
Oh mama, you made me believe everything was alright
Oh mama, you never wore your pain too thick
I'd like to thank you for this

You did more good for me than you will ever know
I've seen mothers fill their children's hearts with hate
But you knew better than to drag me down with you
You let me love my daddy just the same

Oh mama, you were smiling when you could've been crying all night
Oh mama, you made me believe everything was alright
Oh mama, you never wore your pain too thick
I'd like to thank you for this
Oh, I'd like to thank you for this

Like a flame that never dies, I hold on for you
I flicker in the wind but I still burn for you
My reflection in the mirror is gone
And like a widow to her lover, I hold on

Like a leaf in mid October, I still change for you
I'd fall on the cold hard ground in the pouring rain for you
But I used to move on easy, I was strong
I know I shouldn't linger but I hold on

So paint a picture of my memory to hold on to
Just remember I was the one that you belonged to
My heart is pouring out here in this song
Like a song without an ending, I hold on

My heart is pouring out here in this song
Like a widow to her lover, I hold on

Cast open the window, rip down the blinds
I'm sick of hidin' from the sweet sunshine
'Cause it ain't, it ain't gettin' me nowhere
I've been locked up in this house for way too long
I'm sittin' around singin' sad, sad songs
And it ain't, it ain't gettin' me nowhere

It's been a long time comin'
I'm jumpin' off this reckless pitty train
Oh, I'm all cashed out on your lovin'
I've paid my dues honey, you can keep the change

Well, I know how to nurse a bad heartache
I can make it worse when I wanna feel the pain
But it ain't, it ain't gettin' me nowhere
I know how to cry a river, I know how to drown
Put that anchor 'round my ankles and let it take me down
But it ain't, it ain't gettin' me nowhere

It's been a long time comin'
I'm jumpin' off this reckless pity train
Oh, I'm all cashed out on your lovin'
Yeah, I've paid my dues honey, you can keep the change

Keep the change, keep the change
Keep the change, keep the change

Oh, it's been a long time comin'
I'm jumpin' off this reckless pitty train
Yeah, I'm all cashed out on your lovin'
Yeah, I've paid my dues honey, you can keep the change
Yeah, I've paid my dues honey, you can keep the change

These things are always difficult between a father and a daughter
It's always very delicate, it makes it so much harder
If you look into her eyes you'll see, you've always been her world
Even though she's growing now she's still your baby girl
I know it's hard

To let her go, let her go, let her fall, let her fly
She wants to touch the world with her own hands
Oh, let her go, let her go, let her love and let her cry
If you trust her soon, you both will understand
She'll come back home if you let her go

I know you want the best for her, I know you're just afraid
'Cause one day she's gonna leave you for a boy who is the same as
You were in the 60's, careless as the wind
She's beautiful like her mama, you know that could end
I know it's hard

So let her go, let her go, let her fall, let her fly
She wants to touch the world with her own hands
Let her go, let her go, let her love and let her cry
If you trust her soon, you both will understand
She'll come back home if you let her go

It's just like the way you let me years ago
And I'm still coming home

Oh, let her go, let her go, let her fall, let her fly
She wants to touch the world with her own hands
Oh, let her go, let her go, let her love and let her cry
If you trust her soon, you both will understand
So let her go, let her go, let her fall, let her fly
She wants to touch the world with her own hands

The clock never stops and I hate this damn phone
Somedays I wanna run from the place I call home
I guess I'm just needing some danger
And give me three days in bed with a stranger

We drank all our wine on the champs Elysees
We got carried away on the banks of the Seine
Woke up on old boulevard St. Germain
It's been three days in bed with a stranger

You take the hard stuff, it's menthols for me
I don't smoke but I do on occasions like these
Now that I've got me a French man to please
I'll have one Robertino and you can have me

I barely can wait to go back there again
With your body so warm and your face in my hands
You know how I love to meet all your demands
Give me three days in bed with a stranger

You take the hard stuff, it's menthols for me
I don't smoke but I do on occasions like these
Now that I've got me a French man please
I'll have one Robertino and you can have me

The clock never stops and I hate this damn phone
Somedays I want to run from the place I call home
I guess I'm just needing some danger
And give me three days in bed with a stranger
Everyone's needing some danger
And take you three days with a stranger

Maybe I give up too easy
Maybe I don't fight enough
Maybe my heart is afraid of falling in love

Maybe I'm too scared to find out
What it feels like to hurt
Maybe I worry, I'll land with my face in the dirt

But if I don't try, I won't know
These walls that surround me, they're strong and they're tall
I could slip and fall with no one to catch me at all
And end up alone

An honest heart's trying to love me
But I had nothing to give
I just wanted to see how much I could get

We're all guilty of wanting
The very thing we can't have
But the more that we take, the sooner, we'll crash

Oh, and if I don't try, I won't know
These walls that surround me, they're strong and they're tall
I could slip and fall with no one to catch me at all
And end up alone

But something's changing inside me
Something here, it wants to break free
Well, I thought love was a blind spot, I believe
I don't want to end up alone

So maybe I give up too easy
Maybe I don't fight enough
Maybe my heart is afraid of falling in love

This skinny country boy caught my eye
I'd never could've guessed what I would find
He laughs about the boys I used to kiss
But I love him, yes, I love him

Well, that lanky city girl, I could've died
You see I wanted her real bad and I was shy
And then she got me drunk and I gave up
I love her, yes, I love her

I finally found a love, I think could last
He don't give a damn about my past
I got a boy who treats me like a queen, like a king
I don't wanna wake up from this dream
'Cause I love you, yes, I love you

He likes the way I look when I wake up
Even if my hair ain't found a brush
She hates it when I'm talking in my sleep
Even though I was asking her to marry me

I finally found a love, I think could last
She don't give a damn about my past
I got a girl who treats me like a king, like a queen
I don't wanna wake up from this dream
'Cause I love you, yes, I love you
Oh, I love you, yes, I love you

I finally found a love, I think could last
She don't give a damn about my past
I got a boy who treats me like a queen, like a king
I don't wanna wake up from this dream
'Cause I love you, yes, I love you

I tell myself lies sometimes
Yeah, I say he and I are gonna be alright
But he don't know me
He thinks I'm happy here
And that this big old dark cloud gonna disappear
If he just holds me

He feels the distance grow between us
I just can't wait to slip away

[Chorus:]
Every night I know where I can find you
I just close my eyes and I'm right there beside you
Every time I reach out and touch you
You're gone with the morning
Gone with the morning sun

I wake up from all these dreams
I swear they seem so real to me
And it just kills me
Oh to realize
This life that I'm living
Is nothing like the one I could've had
I just miss you so bad

[Chorus:]
Every night I know where I can find you
I just close my eyes and I'm right there beside you
Every time I reach out and touch you
You're gone with the morning
Gone with the morning sun

Yeah you're the only one

[Chorus:]
Every night I know where I can find you
I just close my eyes and I'm right there beside you
Every time I reach out and touch you
You're gone with the morning
Gone with the morning sun

You're the only one

I don't talk to Him that much
I know I never pray enough
Ooh, but I don't know where I would be
Without Jesus here with me

I don't know why I'm still here
Or why I lived that Wednesday morn
They were raising hands and screaming holy
Jesus was right there with me

I gladly would have died that day
To save the child who went away
But you can't trade a life like that
I guess it's part of the master plan

My sister fought, my daddy cried
My mama begged Him for our lives
And I don't know where I would be
Without Jesus here with me

The preacher tried to make me learn
So I memorized his favorite verse
But Hank's words they taught me everything
Thank God, I saw the light for me

I gladly would have died that day
To save the child who went away
But you can't trade a life like that
I guess it's part of the master plan

My sister fought, my daddy cried
My mama begged Him for our lives
And I don't know how I would breathe
Without Jesus here with me

Before I knew His mercy, before I know His grace
I was searching out the answers in a dark and hollow place
Before I felt His presence, before I knew His face
I was lost, oh, I was lost

I still don't talk to Him that much
I know I never pray enough
Oh, but I don't know where I would be
Without Jesus here with me

No, there ain't now telling where I'd be
Without Jesus here with me

Lover, there will be another one
To hover over you beneath the sun
Tomorrow see the things that never come today

When you see me fly away without you
And shadow on the things you know
Feathers fall around you
And show you the way to go
It's over

Nestled in your wings, my little one
This special morning brings another sun
Tomorrow see the things that never come today

When you see me fly away without you
And shadow on the things you know
Feathers fall around you
And show you the way to go
It's over, it's over