1. |
Perfect Heart
03:26
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She’s waiting for the end, drinking tea
Walking the dog she steps, independently
No expectations days just, disappears
Loosened her grip on time and, the happy years
Chorus
Here until whenever
Her world just falls apart
She loved him forever
But he broke her perfect heart
he broke her perfect heart
Clearing the table, she is caught
It seems so comfortable, but apparently it’s not
Sitting in silence with they watch, their tv
She stares beyond the walls and, mediocrity
Chorus
Love her or love her not
Hold her, or hold her not
She’s a good and giving wife
And she’s the best part of his life
Love her or love her not
Hold her or hold her not
She’s a good and giving wife
And she’s the best part of his life
Chorus
Broke her perfect heart
Broke her perfect heart
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2. |
Strong
03:42
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I can’t believe it
that I’m the one who feels this
I told myself I should let go
a 100 x or more and so I’m sorry
But I can’t let you go
I wish I didn’t need this
or everything beneath it
Sometimes it gets so hard
it’s pulling me apart and I can’t stand it
But I can’t let you go
Chorus
How do you leave behind what you want
How do you dial it down, and turn it off
How do you say goodbye and move along
How, is anyone that strong
Maybe if I try it
Hurts less inside if
I stop needing to explain
the feelings I can’t change and I don’t like it
But I can’t let you go
Chorus
If the truth can set you free
then I confess, that this is killing me
All the pieces from the past
And all the days I can’t get back
Every day that I can’t have
How do I get over that
Chorus
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3. |
One More Line
03:31
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If was a book you could turn my pages slowly,
Look at all the words, that wait for you to hold me
When your fingers touch my spine
You find the place, where you left off last night
Every chapter of this story
We get lost in every line
And the part that means the most to us
We say out loud each time
And just before, we both fall asleep
We read
CHORUS
One more line, underneath the covers
And one more line, rolls into another
And we don’t ever want to close our eyes
One more line, underneath the covers
And one more line, rolls into another
And we don’t ever want to close our eyes
Just one more line. Just one more line
If I was a book, you could bend my edges softly
Lay me on your chest, pull me right against your body
And when you hold me long enough
I will just let go, and open up
Every chapter of this story
We get lost in every line
And the part that means the most to us
We say out loud each time
And just before, we both fall asleep
We read
CHORUS
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4. |
In Paris
03:38
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I got on a plane, cause
Had to meet you in Paris, that was the plan
We climbed the stairs
to Montmartre up to where
the painters paint portraits
in the square
CHORUS
And it wasn’t the first time
and it won’t be the last
And I could not help but think
just take this in
cause it all goes by so fast
Chefs in white aprons
Cafe tables of patrons, waiting to dine
The night was amazing
sharing, talking and tasting
such a fine, bottle of wine
CHORUS
Nothing could prepare us
for when I left you there in Paris
and kissed you goodbye
I remember you wanting
your own Parisienne drawing
a piece of the weekend, to keep
You picked the chair
and I paid the artist
Watching you smile woulda
broken my heart if
CHORUS
Nothing could prepare us
for when I left you there in Paris
and kissed you goodbye
I just knew that this trip
was definitely different
when I kissed you goodbye
It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last
And I could not help but think - just take this in
I could not help but think just take this in
I told myself don’t think, just take this in
Cause it all goes by so fast
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5. |
Her Mother's Eyes
03:23
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It’s the morning of the day
her life is going to change and it’s quiet
She is in her hotel room
all the girls will be here soon
but not arrived yet
All the pieces of this dream
all the months imagining
And here she is
A bit of old, a bit of blue,
a bit of borrowed, bit of new,
Just like she planned it.
CHORUS
She’s years of braids and ponytails
Pink lemonade, and fairytales
And today she is a bride
And she’s six years old inside
Her mother’s eyes
They sit together on the bed
a picture perfect wedding dress waits in the corner
A mother, daughter, side by side
they don’t speak so they don’t cry
The day moves forward
Bit of lipstick, bit of blush,
a bit of champagne all because
Here she is
Standing in her wedding day
With her beautiful bouquet
Just like she planned it.
CHORUS
She thinks about all that they’ve had
She knows love moves them forwards not back
And she smiles cause she knows what they’ll have …
The years, the braids, the ponytails
Pink lemonade, and fairytales
And today she is a bride
And she’s six years old inside
Her mother’s eyes
Today she is the bride,
She’s the passion, she’s the pride, and she’s the light in …
Her mother’s eyes
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6. |
Barely
03:36
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The tea you used to love, well I’m down to the last bag
The cup that was your favourite, has a crack
that pen you wrote me notes with, is almost outta ink
’n’ it’s hard to see the line
where I used to wear your ring
It’s so hard to keep you here
It’s so hard to keep you here
I’m looking round the room and nothing feels the same
So much of you is missing it’s all changed
I can feel you standing here with me
I can feel you standing here with me
… but barely
The sweater that was yours I swore I’d never take it off
but it’s so full of holes, it’s not the perfect that it was
Your favorite cologne, I put some on when I get lost
Now the bottles almost empty
And I'm down to the last drops
It’s so hard to keep you here
It’s so hard to keep you here
I’m looking round the room and nothing feels the same
So much of you is missing it’s all changed
I can feel you standing here with me
I can feel you standing here with me
… but barely
I didn’t want to say goodbye
I didn’t want to say goodbye
No I didn’t want to say goodbye
Looking round the room and nothing feels the same
So much of you is missing it’s all changed
I can feel you standing here with me
I can feel you standing here with me
I can feel you standing here with me
… but barely
Barely
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7. |
Look Up
04:06
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She was just a little girl
With her fingers tightly curled
Around her daddy's every time he went away
And when the tears came pouring in
He'd take his hand and lift her chin
He'd smile into her eyes and then he'd say
CHORUS
Look up, I’m gonna be back here real soon
Look up, we'll share that big ol’ moon
It don’t matter where we are
we'll always have those stars
And everything will be ok...if you
Look up
She was barely 17
With a suitcase full of dreams
They were quiet on the drive to catch the train
It was hard to say goodbye
She'd never seen her daddy cry
She fell into his arms and heard him say
Look up, you’re gonna be back here real soon
Look up, we'll share that big ol’ moon
It don’t matter where we are
we'll always have those stars
And everything will be ok...if you
Look up
All the years, they went by fast
each one better than the last
And every moment big and small
She really had it all
Then she got the call
Black umbrellas in the rain
The teardrops on her face
She lifts her daughters chin and says
Look up, it’s be ok real soon
Look up, we'll share that big ol’ moon
It don’t matter where we are
we'll always have those stars
And everything will be ok...if you
Everything will be ok … if you
Oh, everything will be ok … if you
Look up
Look up
Look up
Look up
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8. |
Because of Me
03:03
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You always seem to blur the line
Of what is hers and what is mine
I trust your lips, but not your eyes
And all the signs that tell me otherwise
In the dark I can’t undo
the talk that leads us right into
the words that feed a quiet flame
and you are not the same
because of me, because of me
CHORUS
And I know, you know
I don’t wanna let you go
And I know, you know
I can’t wait forever cause
She ain’t never gonna let you go
You might say you understand
but there’s no way you really can
You bare your soul and then you leave and
tell me you can’t stay
because of me, because of me
All this time that I keep bending
I walk a line that has no ending
and you can say what you believe
But you keep coming back
because of me, because of me
CHORUS
Every time you come
you change, you change
Every time you go
you change, you change
CHORUS
Because of me
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9. |
Give Me One More Night
04:09
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All the nights that I’ve laid here
I just assumed that all the years
Would come and go, and you’d be near
All the nights you held me close
We laughed ‘bout who loved who the most
I never thought, they’d disappear
Chorus
I can hear your heartbeat
I can feel your breath
I can feel your warmth inside my chest
I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin
I can feel your lips against my skin
You know that it’s the hardest part
To reach to touch you in the dark
And realize, that you’re not here
I close my eyes and try to sleep
But it keeps coming back to me
I always thought I’d be where you are
Chorus
I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay,
Give me one more night, for what I need to say
Here I lay alone in bed
With endless things I should of said
And sunlight is climbing up the wall
I wonder if you really knew
How much I wanted you
I shoulda said it all
Chorus
Chorus
I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay,
Give me one more night, for what I need to say
I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay,
Give me one more night
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10. |
That's All I Want
03:02
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I want us to be like the end of a movie
where the scenes all connect
and the camera moves smoothly
through all of the beautiful moments
that we’ve been before
I’ll be the girl who knows just what she wants
rushing in through the doors
and into the arms of her man
who whispers "I’m yours"
CHORUS
That’s all I want
That’s all I want
That’s all I want
We’ll be that twist where everyone holds their breath
and waits for the kiss
that no-one forgets
oh we’ll be the part
that’s always the best
Like up on the screen I want us to touch
like nobody’s watching
’n' it’s only us
holding on, holding on
cause we can’t get enough
CHORUS
I want time to be just you, just me
Like it is in the movies
That's what I want
Cut to the end we're on the horizon,
Alone in a car together we're driving,
To somewhere and nowhere
and having the time of our, lives
CHORUS
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11. |
Sorry I'm Late
03:14
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Had an obligation I had to keep
A conversation I couldn't leave
A ton to do so I didn't sleep
A lotta people I wan'da please
Had a pile of clothes I had to wash
Had to raise the kid, ’n’ walk the dog
Grab the groceries an’ drop em off
Had so much to do that I forgot
CHORUS
Sorry I’m late
But there's a thousand things I had to do today
And another 1000 things that I would love to chase
That have to wait
Sorry I'm late
Had a stack of bills I had to pay
Had 25 years I know that saved me
Had a moment there where I kinda wandered
Thought I had enough time
But it took longer
I got caught on another road
and the clock didn't stop and I got older there
were years there where I lost a page
had a lot of plans I couldn't change
CHORUS
22 turns 29, 31 turns 35
41 and 43 run quickly into 50 and
51 meets 53 and right beside is 55
And 56 it can't believe when it's
staring right at 60
CHORUS
Sorry I’m late
Sorry I’m late
Sorry I’m late
Sorry …
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12. |
GIVE ME ONE MORE NIGHT
04:09
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All the nights that I’ve laid here
I just assumed that all the years
Would come, and go, and you’d be near
All the nights you held me close
We laughed ‘bout who loved who the most
I never thought, they’d disappear
Chorus
I can hear your heartbeat
I can feel your breath
I can feel your warmth inside my chest
I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin
I can feel your lips against my skin
You know that it’s the hardest part
To reach to touch you in the dark
And realize, that you’re not here
I close my eyes and try to sleep
But it keeps coming back to me
I always thought I’d be where you are
Chorus
I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay,
Give me one more night, for what I need to say
Here I lay alone in bed
With endless things I should of said
And sunlight is climbing up the wall
I wonder if you really knew
How much I wanted you
I shoulda said it all
I can hear your heartbeat
I can feel your breath
I can feel your warmth inside my chest
I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin
I can feel your lips against my skin
I can hear your heartbeat
I can feel your breath
I can feel your warmth inside my chest
I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin
I can feel your lips against my skin
I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay,
Give me one more night, for what I need to say
I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay,
Give me one more night
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Rosanne Baker Thornley Toronto, Ontario
“Every song is like a photograph capturing a moment, an emotion”
Rosanne Baker Thornley (RBT) is an
internationally recognized, award winning songwriter.
A born storyteller and song crafter with a bent for bittersweet songs, songs that are the sympathetic telling of stories.
With a new album to share in 2022, RBT's journey begins now with her just released single "STRONG"
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