Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

Live – Lyrics Breeze (Christine Kane) ASCAP/Lee Baby Sims Music/1997 We were in between lovers At the peak of a sigh Hit the beach in December 'Cause we barely survived in the month of July And what I want to know is The very thing that you choose to ignore Why we go back again to a place when we know That we've already been there before Now the breeze all over me Breeze, let everything be Set it free And me, I will leave all the rest behind We had scars on our spirits And bruises that swelled like the sea We were gun-metal grey, but you say that's the shade That a heartache is just meant to be But what I want to know is Why at night when I climb into bed Instead of resting my mind, I'm rehearsing the lines That I tell myself I should've said And the breeze all over me Breeze, let everything be Set it free And me, I will leave all the rest behind It's night, I'm afraid, and the dark unfolds It's a fog and a rain that surrounds my soul What's the size and the weight of the kind of love It would take to repair what I'm so scared of Let them fall by the wayside You say, just leave them behind All those tough words are wrong, baby, I'm not that strong And the tenderness suits me just fine But what I want to know is

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

Why I'm so quick to climb into their heads And pointedly stare, and then judge me from there When I could just dance by the sea in the breeze instead And the breeze all over me Breeze, let everything be Set it free And me, I will leave all the rest behind

Off the Ground (Christine Kane) This is the way I see it This is the life I live This is the how-to book for the heart I give And this is the way I wake up This is the tale I write This is the prayer I pray in the dead of night And here's all my fearful moments Here's all the sounds I've heard Tangled in the nothingness of the spoken word Chorus: Hey, don't you know I'm laying way too low I'm on my knees I'll pick myself up if you let me go Hey, I've been down too long in the lost and found Now I'm just getting off the ground I have my share of secrets And dozens of things I hide And maybe I'll let you in but it might take time 'Cause you say that you want me near you And you smile when I run right by When I throw you a sideways glance if you catch my eye But you've got the patience, I don't You give the way I can't So you tell me you love me and I'm likely not to understand Chorus Part of me just can't stop talking Part of me is tongue-tied Half of me is laughing and the other half is Keeping track of every last tear I've cried But it's never without emotion It's never an easy ride And I've got to admit that it's so nice to have you by my side

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

The Problem with Jazz (Christine Kane) It's just an apartment, she must be a fool It's the size of a jewel box, the price of a jewel The landlord is lazy, the winters are cold She thinks often of old love, and often feels old She's got too many t-shirts and not enough time She takes out the trash every Monday at nine She says, No sir, I don't wanna work, I don't wanna waitress, I don't wanna do this I told you I just want to play. Tell me to go back to school, man, you've got to be pulling my leg Chorus: She says it seems I could turn around take back what time has sold me Absolutely everything they ever told me Resolutely I'm inclined to fight the blows Incompletely I resign myself to the highs and lows He grew up in Nashville, how 'bout that He says he moved out of Nashville so he could play jazz And he learned all the rules and the well-tempered tunes that he could Now, ten years of schooling that accent is gone for good Now, he's in New York City, plays jazz all the time He says the problem with jazz is you don't make a dime He's got a big sax and a bad back and a black cat named Miles He may be somewhat abrasive, but that's just his style He says, it seems I could turn around take back what time has sold me Absolutely everything they ever told me Resolutely I'm inclined to fight the blows Incompletely I resign myself to the highs and lows Said the cook to the waitress, I can't stand to be here right now Life's a mess and the wife just walked out The laundry is sky high, and I'm close to tears The waitress she shrugged she said, Man, I never wanna be here Chorus

Loving Hands (Christine Kane) Everyday you wake up And everyday a day goes by You're never gonna catch up

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

'Cause there's never enough time And there's no one in your love life There's nothing on the news that's nice But something keeps you going Something's keeping you alive It's a penny on the sidewalk It's a feather on the subway train It's sleeping to the rhythm Of the Sunday morning rain Chorus: It's those magic little moments You're trying hard to understand Wondering if it's luck or loving hands It's blowing off your homework And putting all the books away To sit beside the window And watch the snow accumulate It's mailing off a letter When you love to lick the postage stamp It's your favorite purple sweater It's the moths under the midnight lamps Chorus It's praying to the stained glass When you don't know what an angel is It's the memory of a mustache Of a weathered kind of kiss And it's going to confession And telling all the sins you've tried And the priest is getting angry At the smile you cannot hide Chorus There's so much anger in these streets So much hanging on your feet So much sadness in the faces that you meet And there's all this politics and hate All these prices that you pay But all this hope to guide your way It's the parking lot attendant Lettin' you go in for free It's bitin' all your nails off Instead of losing gracefully And it's laying on a rowboat When you're lazy like the summer breeze And your arm is hanging over

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

So you autograph the sea Chorus

Let's Roll (Christine Kane) I've had a number of nights Just staring at the windows and walls Long sighs and lonely replies And imaginary telephone calls Seems to be to everyone but me I'm wishing on a star Lost in a world of fantasy It only takes you so far Let's roll I'm asking you my friend If you're willing to take me home Got lots of time to spend But I'm killing it all alone Everyone I know they run from the dark But I've never been afraid of fire You don't need a match to start this spark With a hold of my desire Let's roll I've seen some things in my day And repented a time or two But I blew my chance at judgment day When I laid eyes on you Heavens above 'cause I know it ain't love But I don't really know what it means When I look down the answers are found Right in the holes of your jeans So, tell me right now am I going insane Will I ever get enough Twenty-four hours of aches and pains Is making my day kind of tough I'll say it right now that three's a crowd So tell her to hit the road When the cat's away we're gonna be at play And nobody has to know

A Thousand Girls (Christine Kane/Lee Baby Sims Music/ASCAP/1997)

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

Late nights in strange rooms Cheap wine and cartoons And city lights below me I got all this time I got you on the line But somehow I'm still lonely Well, I made my mess Lost my courage, my kindness 'Cause everything just ended And I pray to God 'Cause I'm wiped out and I'm tired And I'm old enough to be mended And all in all, this is just a Friday night in one lifetime And even though I try, I'm on the wrong side tonight All alone, thinking there's a thousand girls who are just like me When it's half-past midnight Strangers in streetlights Will put you off with their glances And it's smart to ask Just when we get too cool to laugh And when we start building fences And all in all, this is just a Friday night in one lifetime And even though I love, I'm on the wrong side of the light All alone, thinking there's a thousand girls who are just like me Well, I'm allright I guess I could use a little rest And a gentle voice to console me Someone might want to be my friend tonight And then again, someone else might want to just hold me Chorus

Made of Steel (Christine Kane) Someone pull the sun down Somebody raise the moon I can feel the night reach out Like some nights just seem to do Never mind the laws and rules, yea Never mind the past, that's right I've been a grieving fool But I'm made of steel tonight Southern nights soft and lazy

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

Southern boys who talk just right Leave it up to me and I'll take you Somewhere just you and I Or you can round up all your reasons Tell me that my plan's all wrong Say you're on the path to Jesus But I'll bet he'd come along As for me I've had my demons Beatin' down my own back door Breakin' bad and talking mean They'll wait for me for sure But I propose we let them in Sit 'em down and raise a toast Get 'em drunk and leave those demons Refuse to be the host Some dreams sometimes move on But no dream is lost for long Some angels fall from stars But those angels are not ours Moon's up, time is fleeting Be that the way it is I believe a girl like me Can still learn how to live And I'll be brave, I'll be here So come on and hold me tight There will be no sighs or tears Cuz I'm made of steel tonight

Crack of Blue (Christine Kane) There's a crack of blue in an all grey sky There's a flock of birds and I wave good-bye And all the leaves around have changed their colors I kind of like the fall, but I really hate the winter And after work the boys all meet at Joe's garage Talkin' bout the rebuilt engine in some old Dodge Joe's a northern boy, but folks still respect him He lets every single car get by the state inspection Driving on, this road is long, it's like loneliness There's a big white house, it's my favorite It makes me think that there's such thing as perfect Makes me think of all the dreams still to come yet

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

There's a crack of white in the sky so soon And I recall a song about a harvest moon That I learned back when I was a second grader When we'd sit and cut out pumpkins from construction paper Back at home with my book half-read My cat and me are sprawled out on my bed The sun goes down, it's time to feed her I wish I had a fireplace instead of a heater Something here will find me Some voice right behind me Somehow will remind me of this time last year There's a smack of cold on a night like this There's a big white breath in October's kiss Used to be, it all made me sad somehow But I'll tell you what, it ain't so bad now

Southern Girl (Christine Kane) I've never been to Texas Never been to Ohio Never really thought about it Never cared to go I thought I'd end up in the North In some apartment downtown But I'm living here in Carolina Guess I'm a Southern Girl now Now the lady down the street She got a hundred thousand dogs They're just about the ugliest of things You ever saw They crap right in the road And then they chase me in my car And when there's nothing else to do I watch them humping in the yard Cuz I'm a Southern Girl now Yes I'm a Southern Girl now I go to the diner where the waitress calls me "Hon" And the vegetable is macaroni And it's overdone Just load me full of sweet tea

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

Til my body starts to shake And I won't even ask What is a Chicken Fried Steak Cuz I'm a Southern Girl now Yes I'm a Southern Girl now Well, yes I'll play you "Freebird" It's a sacred holy hymn Your rebel flag is lovely And the south will rise again That woman on your mudflaps In her silver silhouette My friends and I agree Our breasts look just like that Now, feminism isn't gonna Make it big out here So all you little ladies Get this message loud and clear It says right in the bible It's your husband you obey And you'll call it "family values" When he joins the kkk Cuz you're a Southern Girl now Yes you're a Southern Girl now Well, yes I'll play you "Freebird" And I'll let you sing a part And I love Jesse Helms With all my Ache-y Break-y Heart Those ten foot tires on your truck Well mister they are huge The car you drive is so endowed I guess you must be too (Asheville version: Those ten foot tires on your truck Will give us quite a view When we go back and forth and back and forth and back and forth... On Patton Avenue) I guess you sense my sarcasm I guess I'll tell you true I think your truck is ugly I think Jesse Helms is too And I have eaten grits Although they taste like styrofoam And it has been suggested

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

That I "might-could go on home" But I'm a Southern Girl now Yes I'm a Southern Girl now

Tucson (Christine Kane/Lee Baby Sims Music/ASCAP/1997) Way out west a girl could lose her given sense In all the truth that old desert sky can tell That horizon's just too much for me But if I could count infinity, I'd know the desert well These days I chalk it up to restlessness You loved my loneliness I loved your smile We put the wild in the wilderness Made turquoise into timelessness in every dusty mile Maybe we played with fire Maybe it made me wiser, but I should've left you in Tucson There's no replacement for your innocence When you leave it up to circumstance To toss you where it will And so you led me on And so I went along Now open space ain't nothing I can fill Maybe we played with fire Maybe it made me wiser, but I shouldve left you in Tucson After you disappeared in Phoenix Not even blazing summer days Could keep my body warm I have no doubt you found serenity Or turned some woman's fantasy Into a rising storm Maybe it's all behind me Maybe it still reminds me that I should've left you in Tucson And now I've been so long away Two months, a day, and seven years But I won't go back to Arizona

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

I still have battles with this emptiness You'd call it uselessness I call it noise I found a city where the rainy season's overdone There ain't no dust There ain't no damn turquoise Maybe the pain's subsided Maybe the rain can hide it, but I should've left you in Tucson

(You Don't Have to) Say Goodnight (Christine Kane) As long as there are high hopes Every vow will make you say Together you will be Til eternity But sometimes there are low notes And all those heavy expectations Offer no reprieve Now it's your turn to grieve 'cause Someone stole your kingdom No one left the light on You don't want to say goodnight No one wants to grow old Years go flying by you While you barely catch your breath Scares you half to death 'cause All the things you should know Like making love and staying home Remain a mystery Threw you off your feet, now You have lost your kingdom No one left the light on You don't want to say goodnight There's demons and there's dancers Haunting all your dreams at night You're worn out when you wake Darlin' it's okay Well I'm not one for answers I don't know the first thing about Finding lost belief But I'm right here at your sleeve, come

Christine Kane - Live – Lyrics

We'll rebuild your kingdom I have left my light on You don't have to say goodnight You don't have to say goodnight You don't have to say goodnight

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