JANN ARDEN
HAPPY?
| The Sound Of |
| Leave Me Now |
| I Know You |
| Holy Moses |
| Wishing That |
| Saved |
| Ode To A Friend |
| Shooting Horses |
| Weeds |
| Hangin' By A Thread |
| To Sir With Love (bonus track) |
The Sound Of
No I will not lay down I will not live my life like a ghost in this town I am not lonely swear to God I'm just alone I'm back on my feet I can just close my eyes and forget everything My house is empty every memory blown away
Oh the sound of the wind throught my bones makes me laugh at all the bodies I kissed and never knew Oh the soung of a lover's sympathy falling down to the floor just barely out of reach from me
No I will not go back every word thats been hiding inside of my head is running blindly look behind me nothing's left I can sit in a room I can hear myself breathing and be quite amused life is simple like the wrinkles on my skin
Oh the sound of the wind through my heart makes me glad for all the ones that never knew my name Oh the sound of a lover's sympathy I had to go could not stay here they were always out of reach from me
[Written by Jann Arden Richards. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN) Administered by Songs of PolyGram International, Inc (BMI)]
Leave Me Now
Leave me now, don't hang around Just close the door and leave the key under the plant outside The one you bought me years ago look how it's grown Go away, you cannot stay here Take your heart off of your sleeve and let me catch my breath I hope you haven't left a thing It's hard enough to be here without your love It's hard enough Move along, you don't belong here Wipe yourself off of my floor and let me get some sleep I cannot keep you in my heart It's hard enough to be here without your to be here without your to be here without your love It's hard enough It's hard enough Leave me now, don't hang around Leave me now, don't hang around
[Written by Jann Arden Richards. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN) Administered by Songs of PolyGram International, Inc (BMI)]
I Know You
I know that you're sorry I know you've been drunk all week I know that you did not mean to Spit out those profanities I know you're a loser I know you've had bad skin all your life I also know you will never find a wife Someone who could love someone so hard And you are And you are I don't think you're ugly I just think the world has made you weird I doubt very much you even hear anything I say to you What's that on your shoulder? Don't you know it's pulling you apart? Every vein connected to your heart Nobody could love someone so hard I know you well enough to say You need to start again I hope you never underestimate yourself my friend My friend I think that you need me Even though you tell yourself you don't I will love you even though you won't I will be your confidant Won't you let me hold you? Won't you let me kiss you on the mouth? Oh I know you'll tell me to get out It doesn't matter any way I know you well enough to say You need to start again I hope you never underestimate yourself my friend My friend, My friend, My friend I know you so well I know you so well I know you so well
[Written by Jann Arden Richards. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN) Administered by Songs of PolyGram International, Inc (BMI)]
Holy Moses
I don't know how I'll get by without you I'll be wrecked, I'll be ruined I don't know how I'll get past tomorrow I bet I'll be broken open wide I don't think I told you, I feel terrible I've been sitting in this chair since Sunday In the same clothes with unwashed hair Nothing moving, I feel unusual Holy Moses, I've been hanging over Holy Moses, I've been burned like a cigarette Oh Jehovah, I've been thrown a bone and I cannot remember when I was happy Can you feel my heart beating like a thunder ball Can you hear every sound I'm making In the darkness Without breathing Nothing moving I feel peculiar I don't know, I can't tell If I am .... myself If I was a good girl would I be here? If I was so stupid then what was what you did? You were not a good thing for me Holy Moses, I've been hanging over Holy Moses, I've been burned like a cigarette Oh Jehovah, I've been thrown a bone and I cannot remember when I was happy happy, happy I don't know, I can't tell If I am ... myself I don't know, I can't tell If I am ... myself I don't know, I can't tell If I am ... myself
[Written by Jann Arden Richards. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN) Administered by Songs of PolyGram International, Inc (BMI)]
Wishing That
And when I held you You would almost always hold me down you could see through everything I said I was falling and you said not to fall on you I've bitten every finger 'till it bled Wishing that you loved me too Wishing that you loved me too Wishing that And when I kissed you You would almost always kiss me back But I could tell your mind was with someone else Oh my hands are folded neatly on my lap and I am picturing your body as I ask myself if You love me too Wishing that you love me too Wishing that Listen to my nervous laughter sunken deep inside my heart My lips are dry I'm teary eyed For you my love Harken all you fallen angels Help me find a place to rest My head is pounding here beneath the weight of this I'm wishing that And you know me Oh you know me more than anyone When I hear your voice everything I've done disappears from memory Oh my darling come and save me Tell me I'm the one you're dreaming of Tell me that You love me too Wishing that you love me too Wishing that you love me too Wishing that you love me too Wishing that ...... You love me too Wishing that ...... You love me too I'm wishing that I'm wishing that I'm wishing that I'm wishing that You love me too I'm wishing that I'm wishing that You love me too
[Written by Jann Arden Richards. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN) Administered by Songs of PolyGram International, Inc (BMI)]
Saved
Lived a good life Lived a sweet live Oh, I've had the sun on my face I had fallen to my knees and been amazed I have walked beneath the brilliance of a perfect sky Oh I am Saved Saved Lived a good life Lived a sweet life Oh I have a beautiful friend I am breathless from the mercy of a smile I am standing on the brink of the most perfect love Oh I am Saved Saved I am Saved I believe I am not going to be like I was I have changed I am Saved I have bitten off the pieces that I did not want I have torn them into tiny bits of rain Oh the sun has dried those memories like I knew it would Oh I am Saved I am Saved I am Saved Saved Saved I am Saved Oh I am Saved I have bitten off the pieces that I did not want I have bitten off the pieces that I did not want Yes, I have bitten off the pieces that I did not want Oh, I am Oh I am Saved I am Saved
[Written by Jann Arden Richards, C.J. Vanston. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN)/King Brill Music(BMI)]
Ode To A Friend
I don't mind if you stay longer You have not been any trouble I don't want you to go home yet can you stay just stay ten more minutes You are my best friend I don't know how I'd live How I love you every square inch Love your brown eyes your forgiveness Don't go home now It's past midnight You can sleep here we'll have breakfast Yes You are my greatest gift I don't know how I'd live You are my saving grace You are by heart my true friend
[Written by Jann Arden Richards. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN) Administered by Songs of PolyGram International, Inc (BMI)]
Shooting Horses
Don't worry, the sun is just around the corner and, Don't worry, the downpour of unhappiness is over I can see you now so clearly crawling on your bloody knees And everything you thought was going wrong was really nothing after all they're shooting horses shooting horses somewhere else right now Shooting horses Don't worry the sun is shining on the ugliness Don't worry there really is a God up in heaven Skies so blue they'll break your heart where angel's carry soldiers off And everything you thought would pull you down into the fiery depths of hell They're shooting horses shooting horses somewhere else right now Shooting horses You don't know how hard I tried to keep you well to keep you well You don't know how much I need you lean on me save yourself Don't worry the sun is just around the corner and Don't worry the downpour of this heaviness is over I can see us now so clearly laughing like we always did And everything you thought was going wrong was really nothing after all they're shooting horses shooting horses somewhere else right now They're shooting horses They're shooting horses
[Written by Jann Arden Richards, C.J Vanston, Russel Broom. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN)/King Brill Music (BMI)/Rustysongs (SOCAN)]
Weeds
I don't know why we have to die I don't know a thing about this life I know the punishment don't always fit the crime But I will get by I will get by I know this drinkin's gonna take me down I feel the sin inside my body now Oh mercy mercy forgive my lack of will Oh I.... I'm just trying to get by I'm just trying to get by Don't want to go to hell Can't hardly stand myself I'm like a weed at the side of the road Nothing but filthy air gotta get out of here I'm like a weed and you know how hard they can be to kill but you can't kill me No No No you can't kill me I don't know why a broken heart can hurt you more than having your hand cut off I've come to save you but you're already gone Oh I, I will get by I will get by hey hey hey I will get by I will get by hey hey hey I will get by I will get by I will get by I will get by get by get by get by get by get by get by get by I will get by
[Written by Jann Arden Richards. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN) Administered by Songs of PolyGram International, Inc (BMI)]
Hangin' By A Thread
When I cry, I close my eyes And every tear falls down inside And I pray with all my might that I will find my heart in someone's arms When I cry, cry When I cry When I am sad I think of every awful thing I ever did Oh When I cry, there is no love, No there is nothing that can comfort me enough When I cry, Cry, cry The salt inside my body ruins everyone I come close to My hands are barely holding up my head I am so tired of looking at my feet Or all the secrets that I keep My heart is barely hangin' by a thread Hangin' by a thread Oh look at me At all I've done I've lost so many things that I so dearly love I lost my soul I lost my pride Oh I lost any hope of having a sweet life So I cry, Cry, cry Oh the salt inside my body ruins everyone I come close to My hands are barely holding up my head Oh I'm so tired of looking at my feet And all the secrets that I keep My heart is barely hangin' by a thread Hangin' by a thread I miss you all I wish I was with you now I wish I was
[Written by Jann Arden Richards, Robert Foster. Copyright 1997 PolyGram Songs (Canada)
Girl On The Moon Music (SOCAN)/Pannal Ash(SOCAN) Lyrics Used by Permission]
To Sir With Love
(bonus track)
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Those school girl days Of telling tales and biting nails are gone But in my mind I know they will still live on and on But how do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume It isn't easy but I'll try If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters that would show a thousand feet high To Sir with love The time has come for closing books and long last looks must end And as I leave I know that I am leaving my best friend A friend who taught me right from wrong and weak from strong That's alot to learn What, what can I give you in return If you wanted the moon I would try to make the stars but I would rather you let me give my heart To Sir with love But how do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume It isn't easy but I'll try If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters that would show a thousand feet high To Sir with love
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