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Too Bright
03:18
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TOO BRIGHT
I have been sitting in the dark in my room
Looking at the stars on my ceiling
I have been waiting for illumination
But I want it to come slowly
Don’t shine too bright of a light on me
Shine too bright of a light on me
Don’t shine too bright of a light
I have been walking in the evening alone
Sun sinking slowly on the skyline
I have been waiting for the night to fall
So no one can see me crying
Don’t shine too bright of a light on me
Shine too bright of a light on me
Don’t shine too bright of a light
Let there be moonlight to open my eyes
Let there be some second chances
Let there be wild kind of magic in the night
Let mine be a heart that dances
Don’t shine too bright of a light on me
Shine too bright of a light on me
Don’t shine too bright of a light
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Seed
04:08
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SEED
I am not a fragile flower
I am not a woman scorned
I am just a human being
Hoping for a heart to warm me
I have floated on the ceiling
I have crawled upon the floor
I have been devoid of feeling
Scarred and bitter from the war
But I am not one who gives up easily
Where I find a hole, I’ll plant a seed
I think I’ve done my time, I’ve paid my dues…
Days like this they come too seldom
Days like this they pass too soon
Stay with me a while longer
I think I might like to stay with you
Cuz I am not one who gives up easily
Where I find a hole, I’ll plant a seed
I think I’ve done my time, I’ve paid my dues…
I am not one who gives up easily
Where I find a hole, I’ll plant a seed
I think I’ve done my time, I’ve paid my dues
I’ve sung my share of the lovesick blues
I said I’ve done my time, I’ve paid my dues
I am not a fragile flower
I am not a woman scorned
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Fooling Me
04:00
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FOOLING ME
Sometimes you make me feel like an idiot without a clue
Your love is so unreal, you’re not the same girl that I knew
Once I believed but it seems I was wrong
Wiped my snot on my sleeve, then I wrote down this song
Love is just a fantasy
Your kisses were only fooling me
Some days I go to work, I sit there and format reports
Though my feelings have been hurt,
and my temper is getting pretty short
Once I imagined you were in love with me
I guess I’d have to speculate I’ve watched too much TV
Love is a calamity
Your sweet words were only fooling me
Oh woe to the woman who repeats all her mistakes
She can try to start all over but what difference would it make?
Her behavior is genetic, she’s been programmed since birth
To fool around with fire, and then cry when it hurts
Darwin says we’re evolved -
he wrote the “Origin of Species” in a week
But monkeys have got it solved,
they express their affection grooming fleas
Once I supposed that life could make some sense
But natural selection is all a game of chance
Love is pure insanity
My big brain was only fooling me
Yeah, love is just a fantasy
My big overdeveloped and highly-evolved brain was only fooling me
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Hollow
04:19
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HOLLOW
There’s a woman that I know
She is hollow, yet she is whole
And this woman, sometimes she cries
She feels hollow, Why?
The emptiness inside her is a wide open space
All the peace that’s denied her
Gonna fill her someday
There’s a woman I have seen
She is hollow, she’s in between
She is longing to be filled
For her cup of joy has been spilled
The loneliness inside her is a wide open space
All the love that’s denied her
Gonna fill her someday
There’s a woman I have heard
She is hollow, in a word
She is learning how to speak
And her voice is strong but her words are weak
The silence inside her is a wide open space
All the truth that’s denied her
Gonna fill her someday
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Epiphany
04:14
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EPIPHANY
I am determined to get over you, no matter how long it takes
I’ll have the courage, the will to be strong, no matter how my heart breaks
I’ll let you go if it takes me all year
I’m so afraid but I will face my fear
I am so tired of crying these tears over you
I have resolved to live for myself, I’m going to set my heart free
I have the wisdom to heal my own heart, no one will love me like me
I won’t hold on, I’ll simply let go
And if I miss you I won’t let it show
And if you kiss me I will not open to you
Darlin, so long, I have loved you so much, but the time for that has gone by
I will not linger or long for the touch of your hand on mine, on mine, on mine
You say you never intended to hurt me, I believe that it’s true
I never intended to love you so much, after all we’d been thru
I never thought it would cut me so deep
I never imagined how you’d make me weep
I never intended to lose so much sleep over you
Darlin, so long, I have loved you so much, but the time for that has gone by
I will not linger or long for the touch of your hand on mine, on mine, on mine
I’m really making an effort this time, to balance my life and get you off my mind
I will fill my need
I am a woman who’s loved many times, I’m sure that I’ll love again
I have had lovers who’ve broken my heart, I still consider them friends
My faith in humanity will be renewed
As soon as I’m rid of this longing for you
I may learn slow but I won’t be a fool over you
Darlin, so long, I have loved you so much, but the time for that has gone by
I will not linger or long for the touch of your hand on mine, on mine, on mine
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Terrorist
04:40
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TERRORIST
In my dreams, the bombs are falling
and exploding in the air
I can hear the people calling
I can feel the naked terror
Do you believe peace can come from war somehow?
Tell me, who is the terrorist now?
In Iraq, people are dying
from starvation and disease
With our bombs and economic sanctions
We have brought them to their knees
Do you believe peace can come from war somehow?
Tell me, who is the terrorist now?
And in the media, it’s a sordid affair
It’s a circus of genocide, it’s a mockery of despair.
New York City last September
Was a tragedy indeed
Must we add to all the suffering?
Must we multiply the grief?
Do you believe peace can come from war somehow?
Tell me, who is the terrorist now?
Do you believe that peace can come?
Tell me who, oh tell me who
Tell me who are the terrorists now?
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Shy
03:49
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SHY
Shucks, folks, I guess I’m speechless
I think the lion’s got my tongue
When I was younger, in social situations
I was so much braver than today
Why don’t you pick on someone your own size?
Why do you have to talk to me?
Can’t you see I’m suffering a painful case of shyness? What am I doing at this party?
I’m shy. I’m shy, so shy.
When I’m at home in my own kitchen
I am not bashful nor timid
It’s only at these gatherings of influential people who are schmoozing as if they were born to mingle!
I’m shy. I’m shy, so shy.
My mother says I’m self-effacing
My sweetheart says I’m just reserved
Someday I will converse with anyone who speaks to me, and shine with all the prowess I deserve.
I’m shy. . . I’m shy, so shy.
I don’t know why but I’m shy.
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ABC
00:29
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9. |
Pixie Dance
01:36
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My Interesting Condition
03:16
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MY INTERESTING CONDITION*
I’m too young to feel so old
Too far south to be so cold
Shivering in the rain
Too innocent to be blamed
I’m too bright to feel so dumb
Too alive to be so numb
Haven’t found the novocaine
That will ease this old pain
I am a mess of contradiction
This is my interesting condition
I sleep too much to be so tired
I’m way too poor to retire
Too middle class to feel so poor
Too entertained to be bored
I’m too sweet to feel so bitter
Too eco-conscious to litter
Too mature to be naive
And wear my heart out on my sleeve
I am a mess of contradiction
This is my interesting condition
How will I ever know which road to take?
Seems I’m always at the crossroads
with a choice to make
But I’m too wise to be a fool
I’m too awkward to be cool
I’m too scared to be so brave
Too far gone to be saved
I am a mess of contradiction
This is my interesting condition
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Eileen Hazel Berkeley, California
Eileen Hazel is a bard of the human soul and a priestess of Aphrodite. Her minstrel spirit and finely crafted songs will take you on a journey from the depths of sorrow to the healing solace of laughter, with Goddess energy suffusing your spirit.
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