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Find My Way Home
04:37
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Can’t sleep in my own skin tonight
Guess I’ll hurry up and wait for the dawn
Don’t know how to say it right
But my world feels wrong
I’ve been a lover, and a liar, I’ve been a poet and cheat
I’ve been to far off places where they ain’t got nothing left to eat
I’ve been the hero daughter with the picture perfect family
And I’ve played some real convincing victims in life’s tragedies
And it seems I’ve spent my whole life trying to find my way home
Everybody’s got something to give
They got a right to freedom, got one life to live
And most people hold the keys to their prison doors
But I would give all I’ve got to live for just one day where I didn’t feel alone
Cause it seems I’ve spent my whole life trying to find my way home
And I’ve been searching for the answers; I’ve been diving for the truth
But I keep coming back up empty handed and I’m feeling like a fool
And I am praying for the Savior to come and rescue me
Cause I’m drowning underneath the weight of all that I am supposed to be
And it seems I’ve spent my whole life trying to find my way home
And just when I thought that all my dreams were real
Thought I’d finally found the end of the Yellow Brick Road
I pulled the curtain back, only to reveal that the wizard’s just some old guy
With a new angle, well what do you know?
Hey Dorothy could you score me a pair of those sparkly reds?
Hey Dorothy could you score me a pair of those sparkly reds?
Cause there ain’t no place
There ain’t no place like
There ain’t no place like home
There ain’t no place like it
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2. |
Falling For You
02:52
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I’m dusting off my heartstrings
Finding out they can still sing love songs
You touch me gently and I am slain
Washed with emotions I can’t contain
And the moon is rising
Oh the fickle sky is compromising its lilacs for blues
And I’m falling for you
My smile betrays me I cannot hide
My heart falls open you swim inside- you’re in the deep end
So excuse my tears dear I must explain
They’re pools of joy that I can’t restrain- you’re under my skin
And you’re stopping in the middle of the street just to look in my eyes
And I know they are telling you secrets that I cannot deny
And you’re dropping kisses on my cheeks and it’s so impossibly true
I am falling for you
I wanna tell you too much, I wanna tell you so much,
I wanna tell you how much I adore you
And I am falling for you
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3. |
Supernaturally Blameless
03:44
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I don’t like the taste of your words in my mouth
I don’t like the smile on your face
I am not quite sure where it all went south
But I noticed you made a quick escape
I don’t like to see you waving like you’re still my friend
I don’t like your disregard for history
I will not sit back and play your game of pretend
Cause you are not who you claim to be
You paint yourself in a world with a ladder to the stars
You’re supernaturally blameless
You count on colorful deceptions to cover who you are
You’re supernaturally blameless
I don’t like hearing about the lies that you weave
I don’t like your shallow ways
I used to hope that you were secretly deep
That hope will cost more than it pays
Someday you’ll be standing all alone
With nothing but the truth to be known
And you will see all that you’ve done to me
It’ll happen supernaturally
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4. |
1,000,000 Pair of Shoes
02:10
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If you told me there were a million miles between my heart and you
I would buy myself a million pair of shoes
If you showed me there was a mountain high to climb before we’re through
I would buy myself a million pair of shoes
I would walk right over the ocean
I would leap from star to star
Oh, if I got the notion
I’d find my way to Mars
If you told me there were a million miles between my heart and you
I would buy myself a million pair of shoes
No matter how long or how far I travel my heart will always choose you
I would buy myself a million pair of shoes
And let the critics scoff, let the skeptics heckle, they have never known love so true
I would buy myself a million pair of shoes
I would walk right over the ocean
I would leap from star to star
Oh, if I got the notion
I’d find my way to Mars
If you told there were a million miles between my heart and you
I would buy myself a million pair of shoes
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5. |
Teeth-marks on My Tongue
04:34
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We are standing at the point of reckoning
Watching closely as this chapter’s pages turn
Up ahead I see the choices beckoning
Do we rebuild the bridge, or let the old thing burn?
And I’ve spent countless hours measuring the silence
I’ve got sleepless nights and teeth-marks on my tongue
I can no longer let your pendulum define us
Hold my breath and wait to see which way it swung
And oh, we’ve got too much history to walk with our losses
Even so, there can be no more staying and salting our sores
Although it is no mystery the price it would cost
To take the wheel of this wedge and re-chart its course
I’ve seen your dance so many times I can imitate it
It seems you think my life is your revolving door
Oh but the line is fine between love and need
Between truth and what is jaded
And is this empty mess worth fighting for?
And I’m sorting through what is true love and what’s merely obligation?
Could this be your capricious heart, or my own expectations?
So tell me, is the horse dead yet?
Tell me, is the horse dead, yet?
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6. |
Stained Glass
03:25
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Dance with me
And I’ll dance with you
I’ll try to let you lead as we one two and three
Like our grand-folks used to do
Dance with me
Dance with me
Cause you are to me
What the sunlight is for stained glass
Oh you are to me
What the sunlight is for stained glass
So let’s dance
Laugh with me
And I’ll laugh with you
Let’s shake off the dust from the little kids within us
And giggle an hour or two
Laugh with me
Laugh with me
There are purples and reds
Greens and yellows and pinks
Blues and oranges too
All of my colorful saved up wishes come out
When I spend time with you
When I spend time with you
Dream with me
And I’ll dream with you
And while we’re asleep we’ll have secrets to keep
Just between me and you
Dream with me
Dream with me
So let’s dance
Let’s laugh
Let’s dream, let’s live, let’s love let’s learn let’s be.
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7. |
Yellow-Haired Girl
03:26
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She was a yellow haired girl on a weekend night at the Dairy Queen
With her boyfriend Billy, on the hood of his truck
Watching cars with his hand on her knee
She’d take turns snapping her gum and sipping her shake
She’d say, “Baby I know that you’ve got what it takes.
You’re gonna go far, you’re gonna be a rock and roll star.”
Billy traded his John Deere tractor for a Marshall amp
and a brand new Fender guitar
He’s gonna go far, he’s gonna be a rock and roll star
Now she’s sittin’ in a booth at the back of some joint off of State Road 41
Billy’s got a gig and some record label big wigs
from down in Austin are gonna come
And she’s all dolled up drinking a long neck beer
Everybody’s dancing, it’s oh so clear
He’s gonna go far, he’s gonna be a rock and roll star
Ah, Ah Rock-n-roll…
Billy’s on his knee with the shiny diamond ring
he bought with record label cash
Yeah, they’re the king and queen of the Austin music scene,
and it’s all happening really fast
And she’s standing at the door like so many days before
Cause Billy’s heading out on another month long tour
He’s gonna go far, he’s gonna be a rock and roll star
Now Billy’s always trashed and smoking some kind of hash
in his phone calls from the road
And she’s fed up with this rock and roll life,
it’s like a Behind the Music episode
And she’s packing her bags, she’s gonna head back home
On the kitchen table she leaves him a note
“You’ve really gone far, Billy you’re a rock and roll star”
She was a yellow haired girl on a weekend night at the Dairy Queen
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8. |
Try Easy
02:56
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You’re straddling the fence
You’re walking on the line
We could both be dead before you make up your mind
It’s really common sense
There’s nothing left to know
You just gotta free your head and let your heart go
And just once in your life don’t try hard
Try easy
Cause love is simple if you let it be
And love is simple when you try easy
This is no time to think
Let’s not analyze
All the answers that you seek are here in my eyes
Cause I am not the kind
Who’ll play you like a fool
When you are with me you’ve got nothing to prove
So just once in your life don’t try hard
Try easy
Cause love is simple if you let it be
And love is simple if you try easy
One boy, one girl
Two hearts in a big, big world
There is no mystery
Come on let’s try easy
Cause love is simple if you let it be
And love is simple when you try easy
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9. |
Caroline
01:03
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10. |
Writer of Love Songs
03:53
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In early September, 1967, when I was but a twinkle in their eyes
My mother took a chance on an unknown romance
and my father took her by surprise
She was an artist and a teacher, an avid reader;
he played on campus in a band
And he didn’t expect to need her, she didn’t think he’d please her, neither one was in the other’s plans
And her words are a canvas
And he strums along
Their harmony’s clear and their melody is strong
This is my legacy
This is where I belong
I’m destined to be a writer
Of love, love, love songs
Hmmmmm…
In the spring of ’71, she gave birth to their firstborn son,
and Dad waved them goodbye for Vietnam
They’d write a letter a day, each night they would hope and pray that God would see fit to bring him safely home
The rest is history, Dad came home and Mom had me,
and I completed the family’s tree
And with a little luck and some help from God, my parents defied the odds, and they still celebrate anniversaries
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11. |
The Wish Song
03:54
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Pennies in fountains, Candles on cakes
Starlight that shines through a glass windowpane
These are the shapes that our wishes will take as we grow
And I wished for a Barbie and pink roller-skates
I wished for that sweet boy to ask for a date
And though most of my wishes have passed
Some have stayed as I go.
Cause I still wish I knew the answers before they asked the questions
I wish that the sky could be nothing but blue
I wish mothers and daughters could always be best friends
And I wish for a love that is true
And I wish that all the big girls could feel free to dance
Just like all the little girls do
And if heaven would grant me just one single chance
I would wish all these wishes for you.
I’ve learned to be patient, cause wishes take time
They may come true tomorrow or years down the line
And our hopes give them life and a chance that they might come to be.
Cause I still wish I knew the answers before they asked the questions
I wish that each mouth could have plenty of food
I wish fathers would always encourage their sons
And I wish for a love that is true.
And I wish that every heart could know what it is to give love
And be loved in return.
And I wish for strength, to live this life well
And to pass on the lessons I’ve learned.
Starlight, star bright
Very first star I see tonight
Oh I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
Cause I still wish I knew the answers before they asked the questions
I wish that the sky could be nothing but blue
I wish mothers and daughters could always be best friends
And I wish for a love that is true
And I wish that every heart could know what it is
To give love and be loved in return.
And I wish for strength to live this life well
And to pass on the lessons I’ve learned.
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Katie
Don’t talk to strangers
And cover your head child
Be aware of the dangers
Oh Katie
A heart with no fences
Who could imagine
Something so senseless?
And as you reach for the stars
Just like you’re climbing on the counter for the cookie jar
You’re feet are still dancing in the garden of our hearts
And you’re trailing stardust
Through the front yard
Katie
A smile like the sunshine
And laughter like the rain
After a dry time
Oh Katie
You gave us wings
You lent us eyes to see
All those pretty shiny things
Katie
Grace undiminished
We saw the dance start
But you never finished
Oh Katie
Run to your Daddy
Don’t be afraid child
We know you’ll be happy
And Katie
Don’t talk to strangers
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K.C. Clifford Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
K.C. Clifford is a three-time Woody Guthrie Award-winning singer/songwriter from Oklahoma
City.
These days she splits her time between her two lifelong dreams: music and motherhood. She and her husband, musician David Broyles, live in Oklahoma City with their two children.
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