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I can't wait in vain for you
I have better things to do
I have to watch the garden grow
Make angels in the virgin snow
No, I can't wait in vain for you 'cause
I have better things to do
You said goodbye, and please don't cry
That you would be back tomorrow
I told a lie when I said I'd try to
Contain my pain and my sorrow
I face the night, and I fear I might forever be alone
I stare at the floor and believe I need more
Than the sun and the stars and the moon
I can't wait in vain for you.
I have better things to do
I have to watch the garden grow
Make angels in the virgin snow
No, I can't wait in vain for you 'cause
I have better things to do
I waited some
My feelings numb as I let my life slip by
But the midday sun, it made me come
To my senses and I cried
I tied my love to a blood-red balloon
And released it to the sky
Then I could see the fool that was me
And the pain that makes me wise
In the beauty of reality I see that everything is me
And I can never really be alone
In the beauty of reality I see that everything is me
There will always be better things
I can't wait in vain for you.
I have better things to do
I have to watch the garden grow
Make angels in the virgin snow
No, I can't wait in vain for you 'cause
I have better things to do
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I can’t wait in vain for you
I have better things to do
Have to watch the garden grow
Make angels in the virgin snow
I can’t wait in vain for you
I have better things to do
You said goodbye,
Please don’t cry
You would be back tomorrow
I told a lie when I said I’d try to
Contain my pain and my sorrow I
face the night, and
I fear I might forever be alone
I stare at the floor
And believe I need more
Than the sun and the stars and the moon
I can’t wait in vain for you
I have better things to do
Have to watch the garden grow
Make angels in the virgin snow
I can’t wait in vain for you
I have better things to do
I waited some, my feelings numb
As I let my life slip by
But the midday sun, it made me come
To my senses and I cried
I tied my love to a blood-red balloon
And released it to the sky
Then I could see the fool that was me
And the pain that makes me wise
In the beauty of reality, I see that everything is me
I can never really be alone
In the beauty of reality, I see that everything is me
There will always be Better Things
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This is not a song for you
not for you not unless
you're deep dark down & blue
These are not the words for you
not for you not unless
you've lost your own way too
Please don't sing with me
if you are young and free
and you can hear the notes
in other than a minor key
I am often stifled
by the smallness of my voice
I long to rant & rave
misbehave, I long to let it out
But I don't know how
or what to do
I can only see
the deep dark down & blue
This I must confess to you
I love all things deep dark & blue
the sea, the sky, my lover’s eyes
bluebirds, bluebells & the blue inside
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This is not a song for you
not for you not unless
you're deep dark down & blue
These are not the words for you
not for you not unless
you've lost your own way too
Please don't sing with me
if you are young and free
and you can hear the notes
in other than a minor key
I am often stifled
by the smallness of my voice
I want to rant & rave misbehave,
I long to let it out
But I don't know how
or what to do
I can only see
the deep dark down & blue
This I must confess to you
I love all things deep dark & blue
the sea, the sky
my lover’s eyes
bluebirds, bluebells & the blue inside
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It begins to tell
'round midnight 'Round midnight
I do pretty well
'til after sundown
Suppertime I'm feeling sad
But it really gets bad 'round midnight
Memories always start
'round midnight 'Round midnight
Haven't got the heart
to stand those memories
When my heart is still with you
And old midnight knows it too
When some quarrel we had needs mending
Does it mean that our love is ending
Darling, I need you Lately I find
You're out of my arms And I'm out of my mind
Let our love take wing
some midnight 'Round midnight
Let the angels sing For your returning
Let our love be safe and sound
When old midnight comes around
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Still (Dislodges Abuse)
03:48
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My devastation is a revelation.
I didn’t expect this kind of pain
It’s quite a new sensation
Thought I could get through anything
Well I don’t feel bitter, twisted, or hurt
But a howl of frustration lurks
And it’s threatening to tear me to pieces
Still, but no peace for me
My delusion is a blanket, soft, worn
yet still warm
But no warning as it falls around me
I look around me, it surrounds me
Well, even a whisper could kill my resolve
To involve myself in living again
My emergence from delusion
Is an emergency of some urgency.
So here I stand still, more still, most still
Waiting for my will to go on
So here I stand still, more still, most still
I don’t even know what went wrong
And now I’m falling falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling down
I’m falling falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling down
And I find myself still breathing
I find myself brilliant
Such a breathtaking anomaly
To the anatomy of my pain
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My devastation is a revelation
I didn’t expect this kind of pain
It’s quite a new sensation
Thought I could get through anything
Well, I don’t feel bitter, twisted, or hurt
But a howl of frustration lurks
And it’s threatening to tear me to pieces
Still, but no peace for me
My delusion is a blanket, soft, worn
yet still warm
But no warning as it falls around me
I look around me, it surrounds me
Well, even a whisper could kill my resolve
To involve myself in living again
My emergence from delusion Is an emergency
of some urgency
So here I stand still,
more still, most still
Waiting for my will to go on
So here I stand still,
more still, most still
I don’t even know what went wrong
And now I’m falling falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling down
I’m falling falling, falling, falling Falling, falling down
And I find myself still breathing
I find myself brilliant
Such a breathtaking anomaly
To the anatomy of my pain
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You live in a garden lost among your wants and weeds
Secretive and lonely, gathering your un-met needs
But you can’t see beyond the garden gate
That the sky is blue and there is one who waits
To love you only
I live in a garden tended by angel tears
Desire runs wild, makes my love crystal clear
Come a little closer, I am all that I appear.
Leave behind neglect, the rain’ll wash away your tears
I’m going love, love, love you
So watcha’ gonna do
You’re gonna make the Angels cry,
Tears fall from the sky,
Down, down, down into the rocky ground
They’re gonna make the flowers grow
Then you’re gonna know
How much I love, love, love you
So what’cha gonna do yeah
Watcha gonna do
Watcha gonna do
Watcha gonna do yeah
Down down down into the rocky ground
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Something cool
I'd like to order something cool
It's so warm here in town
and this heat gets me down
Yes, I'd like something cool
My, it's nice to simply sit and rest awhile
Now I know it's a shame
I can't think of your name
I remember your smile
I don't ordinarily drink with strangers
I most usually drink alone
But you were so awfully nice to ask me
And I'm so terribly far from home
Like my dress
I must confess it's very old
But it's simple and neat,
it's just right for the heat
Save my furs for the cold
A cigarette, well I don't smoke them as a rule
But I'll have one, it might be fun with something cool
I'd bet you wouldn't imagine that I once had a house
With so many rooms you couldn't count them all
I'll bet that you couldn't imagine I had fifteen different boys who would beg and beg to take me to a ball
And I know you couldn't picture me
The time I went to Paris in the fall
And who would think the man that I loved
Was quite so handsome and quite so tall
Well, it's cool, it's just a memory I had
One I almost forgot cause the weather's so hot
And I'm feeling so bad
about a date, oh wait
I'm such a fool
He's just a guy who stopped to buy me
something cool
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We need a brand new story
And this time we do not fall from grace
We are not banished from the garden
Naked and in disgrace
In our new story, we are kings and queens
And we finally know what being human means
I want to love you in a different way
And I don’t care what other people say
If it doesn’t hurt, then it can’t be real
You know that isn’t how I feel
You must know that I can take
You as you are, without a break
The pain you think that you can’t handle I
hold it up to a lighted candle
And I will bathe your body
In a love so bright and strong
And I will burn you with that love
Until your pain is gone.
I cry tears from deep inside
Free from judgment and full of pride
Release your pain, release your fear
I cry for you my perfect tears
But you, my love, must let me see
The awful things that you can be.
I’ll bring them close and wash them clean
And show you what they really mean
That you are part of the human race
And all emotion has its place
My love for you is so immense
You’re now restored to innocence
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We need a brand-new story
And this time we do not fall from grace
We are not banished from the garden
Naked and in disgrace
In our new story, we are kings and queens
And we finally know what being human means
I want to love you in a different way
And I don’t care what other people say
If it doesn’t hurt, then it can’t be real
You know that isn’t how I feel
You must know that I can take
You as you are, without a break
The pain you think that you can’t handle
I hold it up to a lighted candle
And I will bathe your body
In a love so bright and strong
And I will burn you with that love
Until your pain is gone.
I cry tears from deep inside
Free from judgment and full of pride
Release your pain, release your fear
I cry for you my perfect tears
But you, my love, must let me see
The awful things that you can be.
I’ll bring them close and wash them clean
And show you what they really mean
That you are part of the human race
And all emotion has its place
My love for you is so immense
You’re now restored to innocence
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I believed in fairytales
And the good guy always wins
And I believed that I was good
And that God would forgive my sin
But my life had its own life,
Led me into the unknown
And love forgot to meet me there
so now I am alone
I knew where I was going
until I reached the end
Then I found that I was lost
And had to begin again
In a maze, in a maze
In a maze of lonely passion
Passion known and passion spent
In a maze of lonely passion
I lost my innocence
Tell me what I’m longing for
What do I wish for now
And does the longing ever stop
and when and where and how
I know what being alone is
and living without love
My memories are burning low
and their warmth is not enough
I knew where I was going
until I reached the end
Then I found that I was lost
And had to begin again
In a maze, in a maze
In a maze of lonely passion
Passion known and passion spent
In a maze of lonely passion
I lost my innocence
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believed in fairytales
and the good guy always wins
And I believed that I was good
And that God would forgive my sin
But my life had its own life,
Led me into the unknown
And love forgot to meet me there
so now I am alone
I knew where I was going
until I reached the end T
hen I found that I was lost
and had to begin again
In a maze, in a maze, in a maze of lonely passion Passion known and passion spent
In a maze of lonely passion
I lost my innocence
Tell me what I’m longing for
What do I wish for now
And does the longing ever stop
and when and where and how I
know what being alone is
and living without love
My memories are burning low
and their warmth is not enough
I knew where I was going until I reached the end Then I found that I was lost and had to begin again
In a maze, in a maze
In a maze of lonely passion
Passion known and passion spent
In a maze of lonely passion
I lost my innocence
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Shall I let you lick the salt from my body
Shall I be the one to rub salt in your wounds
Shall I let you touch all my secret places
Shall I slap your face by the light of the moon
Harsh breath
roars like the wind
You want me so bad
it’s like committing a sin
A moment of pain is good for the soul
A moment of pleasure and you’re out of control
Shall I ease your pain with the pleasure at hand
Shall I bite your lips till you understand
Soft touch burns like a flame
You’re losing your soul
As you scream out my name
I might let you into
I might let you into
I might let you into
my Secret Garden
I might let you into
I might let you into
I might let you into
my Secret Garden
Harsh breath roars like the wind
You want me so bad
it’s like committing a sin
Soft touch burns like a flame
You’re losing your soul
As you scream out my name
I might let you into
I might let you into
I might let you into
my Secret Garden
I might let you into
I might let you into
I might let you into
my Secret Garden
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16. |
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Shall I let you lick the salt from my body
Shall I be the one to rub salt in your wounds
Shall I let you touch all my secret places
Shall I slap your face by the light of the moon
Harsh breath, roars like the wind
You want me so bad it’s like committing a sin
A moment of pain is good for the soul
A moment of pleasure and you’re out of control
Shall I ease your pain with the pleasure at hand
Shall I bite your lips till you understand
Soft touch burns like a flame
you’re losing your soul
As you scream out my name
I might let you into
I might let you into
I might let you into
my Secret Garden. (Repeat)
Harsh breath roars like the wind
You want me so bad it’s like committing a sin
Soft touch burns like a flame,
you’re losing your soul
As you scream out my name
I might let you into
I might let you into
I might let you into
my Secret Garden
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Often I think this sad old world
is whistling in the dark
Just like a child, who, late from school
walks bravely
home through the park
To keep their spirits soaring
and keep the night at bay
Neither quite knowing
which way they are going
they sing the shadows away
Often I think my poor old heart
has given up for good
and then I see a brand new face
I glimpse some new neighborhood
So walk me back home, my darling
tell me dreams really come true
Whistling, whistling here in the dark with you.
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Connie Lansberg Melbourne, Australia
Themed around secrets, heartache, dreams and the buzz of the unknown, Connie Lansberg’s latest compositions are intimate and uplifting. As is her trademark, these songs are all about the stories they tell and the characters they shed light on. Through Connie’s poignant lyrics and intelligent vocals, she taps into both the rawness of loss and the transformation of new beginnings. ... more
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