Over My Shoulder

I don’t need anyone’s permission, to think that I’m gold

I don’t need anyone’s well wishing, or to do what I’m told

And if I tried to get to heaven, I’d find myself back home

Playing music in my kitchen, wearing nothing but my robe

God the mother loves me, (loves me)

She tells me every night

My own mother told me (told me)

To try and keep an open mind

A woman can do whatever she wants to

But I just wanna live my life without looking

Over my shoulder, over my shoulder

God the sister holds me, she shines her light upon my face (shine)

My own sister showed me, we’re not alone here in this place

Feet planted down with my toes in the ground

Baby girl, go ‘head and take up space

Without looking

Over my shoulder, over my shoulder

I don’t need anyone’s permission, to think that I’m gold

I don’t need anyone’s well wishing, or to do what I’m told

And if I tried to get to heaven, I’d find myself back home

Playing music in my kitchen, wearing nothing but my robe

Without looking over my shoulder

Nothing but my robe, Im not looking, no

Hardware Store

I show up at your local hardware store

And I’m wondering if I’m gonna see you there

Been a while since we roamed these aisles together

Buying paint for the house that we shared

I’m looking good but not so good that you’d notice

And aisle seven is my runway today

Been awhile since I prayed that I’d see you

In the shower, rehearsing what I’d say

I’m doing better, better, better than I’ve ever been

I’m doing better, better, better than I’ve ever been

Caught the conclusion that I’m not gonna find you

Are you even still living here I think (Girl, I don’t think that he’s living here)

Am I bored or just have something to prove

Contemplating by the faucets and sinks

I’m doing better, better, better than I’ve ever been

I’m doing better, better, better than I’ve ever been

I’m doing good, I’m doing great, 

I’m taking chances, I’m testing fate

I’m doing better, better, better than I’ve ever been

I’m doing better, baby, better than I’ve ever been

Perfectionism

It’s okay for me to make mistakes

Every now and then you know

I’m on it, I’m on it

It’s okay for me to take a break

Every now and then you know

I want it, I want it

Yeah there’s no conditional love here

Yeah there’s no conditional love here

I find peace when I get sleep at night

And I find rest when I put up a fight

Against perfectionism in my life

Back to Me

Slow your motion, maybe if my feet could be slow enough

Time’d be standing how it was when we were young and

Sewn together, tugging on the fabric of my forming mind

Grown up together, bless these weary eyes

Bridge the gap, tell me, how are we gonna deal?

I’ve been waiting for you to come back to me

I’ve been waiting for you to come back to me

I’ve been, hoping, blind eyes open now I see

I’ve been waiting for you to come back to me

Doctor me up, conjure the spirit of who empowered thee

She’s here somewhere, quiet in disposition

Come and get it, Holy water filling me up to the brim

Overflowing, bless these weary limbs

I’ve been, waiting 

I’ve been waiting for something like

I’ve been, waiting

I’ve been waiting for, what am I waiting for

Move Right On

Are we supposed to feel this way? 

I thought we’d move right on from this

Are we supposed to be the same?

I thought we’d grow right out of this

The more you see, the less you know

The more you know the less you feel

Capture a moment as you go

It’s now immortal, made of steel

Ooo, the pleasure of a balmy eve

I find my footing as we go,

A stranger smiling back at me

The way a mother loves her child

The way we’re fighting in the streets

The passion of the young and wild

The want for bright equality

Move right on, move right on, move right on

Body Body

My momma prayed that I'd be kind, My momma prayed my eyes be blue

My momma prayed I'd look like daddy, Look more like her to tell the truth

My momma prayed that I'd be kind, Even before I took a breath

She likes to tell me that old story, About the kind girl she would get

Mirrors talk, they talk loudly

Then screams my body, "Why don't you like me?"

My momma prayed that I'd be kind, My daddy prayed I'd see the world

But no one asked me to be pretty, Is that required of a girl

My momma prayed that I'd be kind, And Jesus taught me how to pray

Late night in my bed I would wake, Late night in my bed I would pray

I’ll love you til the day I die, I tell my stomach, tell my thighs

And I’m sorry for the cruel things I’ve said, to my body, to my mind

Wayside

Throw it all off to the wayside, 

I don’t give a damn about what this looks like

Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down 

I don’t know how to figure me out

Just throw it all off to the wayside

You know I really want you, babe

Know I really want you, babe

Know I want you babe

And I keep trying to tell you

Know I really want you babe, know I really want you babe

But I don’t know how to use my words

Throw it all off to the wayside

What screams the loudest is quiet at times

Sometimes we’re up and sometimes we’re down

I don’t know how to figure us out

Just throw it all off to the wayside

To the wayside, to the wayside

To the wayside, to the wayside

To the wayside, to the wayside

You know I really want you 

And I keep trying to tell you baby (I keep trying to)

Sometimes we’re up and sometimes we’re down

Really, Really

I’m making a fool, building this backwards and

Keeping my secrets and I don’t know what I’m gonna do

Watching you watching me, playing at make believe

Well I can’t see why anybody else is here right now

I want you to love me, more and more and more 

(Do you really, really? Do you really?)

I want you to love me, more and more and more

(Do you really, really, do you really?)

Take your space and time, get me off your mind

Just come back to me at the end of the night

And love me more and more and more

(Do you really, really? Do you really?)

I’m picking it up, whatever you’re putting down

I’m building a castle out of tiny glances and dust

Watching you watching me, pretending that I can’t see

Well I can’t see

Well I can’t see why anybody else is here right now

We’ve been together a while now baby

But that don’t mean I don’t want you like crazy

Come little closer and show my how you really feel

Sun, moon and stars baby, they’re all colliding

Chalk it all up to impeccable timing

Don’t make me question about how you really feel

Oh is it real?

Needle and Thread

Wish on a magic lamp, castles of crumbling matter

Sand forming images of fortress abound

Coffee or tea at dawn?  How do you take this number?

Placate and pacify, we’re safe and sound

I met a woman once, wrapped up in robes of splendor

She taught me how to keep my pretty mouth shut

Then I learned how to sing, working in my garden

Learned how to fill my lungs, cut by cut

With needle and thread I tried to write her a song

With needle and thread I tried to sew us along

I don’t know what to do, I don’t know how to sew

I don’t know what to do anymore

Wish on a magic lamp, castles of crumbling matter

Sand forming images, we’re safe and sound

Keep Up

I just want you to adore me, I’m not trying to say you bore me

I just wanna feel special

Tear the tags don’t keep the receipts, we’re not gonna be returning 

I just wanna feel special

I’m trying to figure you out

Keep up with me, keep up with me

Keep up with me, keep up with me 

I just wanna feel special

I’ll admit I’m kinda needy, play the game and try to please me

I just wanna feel special

Compliments, I’m going fishing

Passengers please direct your attention, to me

I wanna feel special

I’m trying to figure you out

What To Do

All my friends are breaking up , And moving to the city 

All my friends are breaking up

All my minds are making up, And moving on without me

All my minds are making up

I don’t know what to do 

All the world is spinning still, And growing old without us 

All the world is spinning still 

All my money’s trained to kill, Building walls around us 

All my money’s trained to kill 

Like thieves in the night, hide away 

Like rails on a kite, fly away

Like children on bikes, ride away 

Like moons in the sky, melt away 

known

Raise her up right and she won’t depart, Think like a man but guard her heart

Raise her up right and she won’t depart, Think like a man but guard her heart

You’re not the enemy, you’re just the mouthpiece 

And I listen closely

You’re not the enemy, you’re just the mouthpiece and I listen closely

Heart on my sleeve, whole world can see, Everyone knows what’s bothering me

You’re not my lover, see, But you can fulfill me

I’ll watch you closely

You’re not my lover, see, But you can fulfill me

I’ll watch you closely

If my name is known, is it said in the tone

My mother named me in 

If my name is known, Will I be condoned, is it worth the sin

If my name is known, 

Will I be condoned, did I even win?

The Game

Bolder you are, take me over

Watch your step now, don’t come closer

Play the game right til you’re happy 

Til I know that you know that I know

What you’re thinking

I’m too young to understand, 

Too wise to comprehend

I keep thinking 

You might change your mind again

I keep thinking

You might change your mind again

Holding hands with young and restless

Wear your wit like its your best dress

Preach your case right til they’re happy

Til I know that you know that I know

Til I know that you know that I know

Til I know that you know that I know

I’m too young to understand, 

Too wise to comprehend

I keep thinking 

You might change your mind again

I keep thinking

You might change your mind again

I never know, what I’m gonna get

One day you’re happy

One day you’re not

Bet you’re gonna change your mind

Bet you’re gonna change your mind

Bet it’s no different this time

I’m too young to understand, 

Too wise to comprehend

I keep thinking 

You might change your mind again

I keep thinking

You might change your mind again

Roots Run Deep

If the Lord himself told me

To stay by your side

Well I wouldn’t think twice,

No I wouldn’t think at all

If I’d trade our love away

To write a million songs

Well I wouldn’t trade at all

No I wouldn’t trade a thing

I think I know where you want to go

I think I know where you want to go

I think I know where you want to go

Where our roots run deep

And the water’s warm

My banjo pickin’ lovin’ lad

Sings my favorite songs

And sometimes I sing along

Thought I haven’t learned the words

If I’d trade our love away 

To have all of the world

Every diamond, every pearl

Well I wouldn’t trade a thing

I think I know where you want to go

I think I know where you want to go

I think I know where you want to go

Where our roots run deep

And the water’s warm

Anne

Fog slowly rolls in 

Just as I make my decision

It’s a lose or win

Don’t wanna work to make a living

I’m as raggedy as the 

Doll that sits at my bedside

I’m as tied up as my tongue

Adulthood took me in his stride

I’m a coastal beast

Run through cities made of shambles

I’ve got pointy teeth

To bite off more than I can handle

I’m as raggedy as the 

Doll that sits at my bedside

I’m as tied up as my tongue

Adulthood took me in his stride

It’s a tragedy all the 

Love I’ve had to leave behind

Wonder if they can catch up

Adulthood caught be by the hide

He caught me

Trade away my time, 

I’m too scared to let them down

I’m too scared to let them down

I’m too scared to let them down

I’m as raggedy as the

Doll that sits at my bedside

I’m as tied up as my tongue

Adulthood took me in his stride

I’m as raggedy as the

Hair that hangs down in my eyes

Wonder when it’ll grow out

Adulthood caught me by the hide

February

Radiant glow wiped from a brow

Tree wilted in a garden

Tales of timing meant to be 

And gone but not forgotten

February come to me

Return what once was stolen

Dreams of kissing tiny feet

Five days until they’re broken

If I could write this song away

Trade every word for healing

On every note I’d paint the face 

Of children we can’t see yet

February come to me

So I can say I’m sorry

If sorrow’s home is at your feet

I’ll bear your burden gladly

Sanctuary

This is a sanctuary,

I know better to let you in

I know better to let you in

This is holy ground

I know better to keep you around

To set a table for my doubts

I’ve got it bad, I’ve seen the light

I speak much clearer when it’s night

I’m teaching myself

This is stationary

And argument you’ll never win

Don’t paint me with the dark again

This is the final round

Look in the mirror, tell me now

Didn’t I tell you not to come around?

You’ve got it wrong, don’t twist the truth

You kill the old and rob the youth

I’m teaching myself

Through the mall and to the parking lot

Come on baby is that all you’ve got?

I’m teaching myself

Find You 

I’ve been patient, I’ve been kind

I have kept an open mind 

For the ones I love the most

Am I foolish, am I blind?

Pull the plank out of my eye

We want justice, they want love

They want freedom from above

But I know, oh I know

I’m a woman just because

You said I am and that’s enough

If I try to find you, will I find you?

If I try to find you, will I find you?

I’ve been truthful, I’ve deceived

I’ve denied that I believe 

Three times over in my sleep 

Lord come once again to me

If you’re forgiving I receive

If I try to find you, will I find you?

If I try to find you, will I find you?

I’ve searched the masses just trying to find

One of the places that you could be hiding

If I try to find you, will I find you?

What will I find on the other side, 

On the other side?

If I go looking, what will I

What will I

What will I find?

What will I

Ivy

I tried to save a bird today, But I lost him in my hands

I lost him in my hands,  I lost him in my hands

I tried to save myself today But I lost it all again,

I lost it all again, I lost it all again

Waiting, for what? I don’t know

I tried to save myself today 

But I lost it all again, I lost it all again, I lost it all again

Waiting, for what? I don’t know.

You got poison ivy and I got paranoid

Yeah, I got paranoid, Oh, I got paranoid

You got poison ivy and I drowned out the noise

Don’t listen to the voices, Oh how I loved your voice

Oh you got poison ivy And I got paranoid, 

Yeah I got paranoid, oh I got paranoid

You got poison ivy and I got poison minded

Oh you know I’m trying, you know

Don’t leave me now, You know me well, You know

Mountain

I fell in love with a mountain

And I broke the valley’s heart

I gave six months notice and 

He begged me not to go

Please, please, can’t you stay

Learn to love your native place

I can’t conjure up a name

Like I’m sleeping in somebody else’s grave

I fell in love with the morning

And I let the night alone

He lingered long at my doorstep 

And I asked him not to go

Please, please, jealousy

Let go of my memories

Your drawing all the life from me

And I cannot find some kind remedy

No I cannot find someone who can help me

River

I live in two cities

Oh I live on two streets

And most of my breaths are taken in my car

I work in the mornings

And I work without pay in the night

I’m up very early before the dawn gets his start

Take me down to the river, 

Take me down to the stream

Take me down to the river 

And wash away, the grievance of me

If I know only one thing, 

It’s that this crooked old spine

Is no kind of match for the 

Glory that’s held in a heart

If I know only two things

It’s that in a matter of time

I’m shot off like a rocket 

Before I can be torn apart

Take me down to the river,

Take me down to the stream

Take me down to the river and wash away

Take me down to the river,

Take me down to the stream

Take me down to the river

And wash away the grievance of me

I get up in the morning

And I work without pay in the night

I’ve been told I’m in morning

Of the life I’m leaving behind

Take me down to the river

Take me down to the stream

Take me down to the river and wash away

Wash away

Come and wade in the water

Children, wade

Swing Your Sword

Knot of yarn, for a soul

Might untangle but leave a hole

Who knows? Who knows?

‘Cause we all want to be lost boys

Fighting demons long side Peter Pan

But we all have to get older

And we tend to take on more than we can

Who knows? Who knows?

Yeah we all have to get older,

And we tend to take on more than we can

Deemed your own personal savior

But honey, freedom can’t be found in a man 

Who knows? Who knows?

Swing your sword, back and forth

Until something hits the ground

Swing your sword, back and forth

Until something hits the ground

Swing your sword, back and forth

Until something hits the ground

Swing your sword, back and forth

Your fragile kingdom will come down

Swing your sword, back and forth

Samson, cut your hair, 

Now what’s your worth?

Ohio

Legato, legato, now let’s take it slow

With secondhand glances so nobody knows

Now slow’s too progressive, 

Let’s hide it away

So no one will know that I was here to stay

I know you’ve got a long way to go

I’m watching you get on that train

I know, you’re hating the cold

But there’s rumor

That spring’s on its way

I shouldn’t be but I’m happy to wait

Ohio, Ohio whispers me home

To the arms of my mother 

And family home grown

Tempted to run back and hide me away

‘Cause no one who roams there

Could call you by name

I know you got a long way to go

And I’m watching you get on that train

I know you’re hating the cold

But there’s rumor

That spring’s on its way

I shouldn’t be but I’m happy to wait

I shouldn’t be but I’m happy to wait

RollerBlades

Roller blades on basement floors, 

I laugh much harder than before

I think you know much more than me

Get together then we’ll see

I’m gonna let all of you hear me

I’m gonna let all of you hear me

I’m gonna let all of you hear me

Will you listen, will you listen?

Should I stay or should I go, 

Just sleep in my bed, then we’ll know

If we try hard at least we tried

Make connections, speak your mind

I’m gonna let all of you love me

I’m gonna let all of you love me

I’m gonna let all of you love me 

Will you listen, will you listen?

Should I stay or should I go?

I’m gonna let all of you hear me

I’m gonna let all of you hear me

I’m gonna let all of you hear me

Will you listen, will you listen?

Outerspace

When did I get sleepy 

When’d we move those boundaries?

I’ve tried to atone these days

Worry is far from me

I won’t strive for pleasing 

Can we go back on our mistakes

All that I really want for my birthday 

Is a bit of childlike faith 

I used to know when to talk

When to pray

I think I lost my connection with outerspace

Worry is far from me

I won’t strive for pleasing

I really want to believe

All that I really want for my birthday 

Is a bit of childlike faith 

I used to know when to talk

When to pray

I think I lost my connection with outerspace

The way you make me laugh

Like when I was young

The way you make me care

Without caring at all

I thought I knew where I was going

But it’s taking too long 

All that I really want

All that I really want

Magic

Magic, I swim in magic

I swim with you 

No one, nobody told me

This is what lovers do

Magic, all I see is magic

All I see is you 

It’s true, this is what lovers do

I used to sing the stars

I used to dream and banish fears away

I used to write for fun

I used to play piano every day  

Why do we stop to make ends meet 

I don’t know

Money, they all swim in money

Then you’ve found your way

Or so they say

I don’t know how to get famous

I don’t know how to sell music

I don’t know how to get me name out

But it’s magic when I play piano

Alone in my room

No one can hear me

Only God is listening

This is what lovers do 

Magic