Shelby Lynne Album

(Tony Haselden - Tim Mensy)

You can't turn your back and walk away
Until the cards are stacked against us
And you thought it through
But you're gonna lose when it crosses over
Then life turns defenceless and it'll turn on you
Oh if you've loved before don't try to deny it
You can't ignore the way you feel inside

Chorus
Don't cross your heart
It's a fight you can't win
You lose your mind
Don't cross you heart
Your heart gonna break you every time
What you do is up to you
If you wanna play it smart
Honey don't cross your heart

You don't despatch a perfect love
It takes time to make it
You gotta start somewhere
If the truth be known
A (?diamond ring?) is just a piece of stone
Until it shapes it with tender love and care
Chip away until you get to the truth
Oh I can't make you stay
But whatever you do

Chorus

What you do is up to you
If you wanna play it smart
Honey don't cross your heart

Like a child lost in the wilderness
I knew not where to go
Surrounded by the emptiness
Of a love that left me cold
I stumbled through the darkness
Of nights that had no stars
And days that had no sunshine
To warm my naked heart
Like a bird in flight
Brought down by stones
From an unknown assailant's sling
A stranger took you from my arms
And I lost everything
In days to come I nearly run
Out of ways to stay alive
But through it all, I never lost
The will to survive

(chorus)

But I'm not over you
And I doubt that I'll ever be
But I've learned to live,
And you won't be the death of me, oh no
Yes, I've learned to live
And I'm doing well,
But I'm not over you

Like a thief who takes just what he needs
And he leaves the rest behind
You took the heart right out of me
And you left me with my mind
I've almost gone out of it
And at times I thought I did
But gradually I've learned
that you're someone
I have to learn to live with

repeat chorus

I wish my love for you could die the way that your love did for me
I wish that I could lay to rest the mem'ry of how good it used to be
If I could I'd take a gun aim it at the past and shoot to kill
Instead I lay here every night and know my love for you is still

Alive and well and in the best of health
Although it's been through hell since you left
It hasn't shown no sign of giving up
It still won't let me love nobody else
My love for you is still alive and well

I didn't know that love could ever live this long all by itself
And keep on feeling just as strong as it was feeling on the day you left
In this cold and lonely bed your memory should die just from the chill
But it stays warm inside my heart cause all my love for you is still

Alive and well and in the best of health...
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Alive and well and in the best of health...

I guess it finally dawned on me
You're gone
Well maybe I can make it on
my own
I don't stay up wondering
if you'll call
Some nights I don't dream
of you at all
Your memory is still hurting me
inside
That's something I'm still learning
How to hide
Though this heart of mine has lost an ache or two
I've only turned a lighter shade of blue

(chorus)

Looking down the line sometimes
I think I see a change
Then I think again and think of you
Here and there I've turned a stone
But the mountain hasn't moved
I've only turned a lighter shadde of blue

I'm still afraid of turning out the light
And it takes all my strength to face the night
Cause that's the time I face the bitter truth
That I've only turned a lighter shade of blue

repeat chorus

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I've played around
Love was a clown to me
Broke all the rules
That only fools believed
Oh, never too close
I kept my head
And I said, that I'd never fall
For that old soft talk

(chorus)

Just look at me know
Giving my love away
Baby I knew
The moment that you touched my face
Oh, who would believe
And who would have ever thought
That deep in my soul
I needed that old soft talk

I never gave in
No violins for me
That wasn't my style
Love should stay wild and free
Oh, never too close
I kept my head
And I said, that I'd never fall
For that old soft talk

repeat chorus

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I can see it your eyes
And it's written in your face
Love's taken its toll on you
And left a bitter taste

You're tired and you're lonely
You're beaten and you're bruised
Your heart has grown weary
Just trying to find a little truth

It might be me
Lord, it might be me
If you still have an ounce of faith
I might be what you need, oh

It might be me, oh
It might be me to set you free
If you're still reaching for the light, Lord
Well, it might be me

Have a little courage
Ooh, baby, baby, baby, take my hand
All anybody needs in this old world
Is just one good friend

And I'm telling you that it might be me
Lord, it might be me
If you're still reaching for the light, Lord
It might be me, yeah

Lay all your troubles down on me, baby
Oh, I'll show you what to believe in
I know just what you're feeling
Everybody needs some healing, loving, can't you see? Yeah

It might be, it might be me, oh baby
It might be me to set you free
If you're still reaching for the light, oh
Well, it might be me, yes, yeah
If you're still reaching for the light
Well, it might be me