Dredging Up Daisies

HEY LITTLE GIRL © 1999 Sharon Anne Allitt Hey little girl What are you doing with him Don't you know who he is Don't you care Hey little girl Where are you going so fast Afraid that it may not last If you don't run If he's all there is then you end up what once was I know for sure he's out for one thing to use you all up If he's all there is then you end up what once was I know for sure he's out for one thing to use you all up Hey little girl Don't think so fast Let his words rest on you a while You'll see he's a nothing but a liar Hey little girl I know you're no fool He's just gotten to you Listen and the truth will show through If he's all there is then you end up what once was I know for sure he's out for one thing to use you all up If he's all there is then you end up what once was I know for sure he's out for one thing to use you all up Hey little girl Won't you stay and talk awhile I've got some things to tell you About when I was his fool Hey little girl You may be surprised I was once just like you Now I'm his has been too If he's all there is then you end up what once was I know for sure he's out for one thing to use you all up If he's all there is then you end up what once was I know for sure he's out for one thing to use you all up If he's all there is then you end up what once was I know for sure he's out for one thing to use you all up If he's all there is then you end up what once was I know for sure he's out for one thing to use you all up

1. Hey Little Girl 2. Reminiscing 3. Those Things 4. Touch 5. You Can't Always Win 6. You Said 7. Why 8. Everyone's Quilt

REMINISCING © 1999 Sharon Anne Allitt Wild days filled our youth All our dreams could come true There was no one we had to listen to Too bad the road we saw wasn't the one we took Those days are long past Thought they'd always last Didn't see the sky falling thru the trees You went your way I went my way We'll meet again someday you'll see Hanging out on Sandy Hook Racing cars and drinking beer Long term toll of a reckless youth Chances we never thought we took Those days are long past Thought they'd always last Didn't see the sky falling thru the trees You went your way I went my way We'll meet again someday you'll see I remember all the fun we had In a time that was ours I remember all the talks we shared I could sure use one of those right now Cause those days are long past Thought they'd always last Didn't see the sky falling thru the trees You went your way I went my way We'll meet again someday you'll see

THOSE THINGS © 1999 Sharon Anne Allitt There's an old man in an old coat He is crossing the street I wonder where he's going I saw him disappear behind those trees He was gone so quickly I wonder where he's gotta be He is just a whisper on the wind He thinks he means so much But he can't mean a thing Without the whole world around him There are lives he touches with his deeds He can build peace or create devastation He can do those things Yes he can do those things Preacher tell me where I went wrong You seem to have all the salvation Leader tell me where to go You seem to make all the decisions But your wife still wonders where you've been At 3 in the morning, are you committing sin Your axe still grinds, your back still breaks You'll burn for those mistakes Not even you can be saved You are just a whisper on the wind You think you mean so much But you can't mean a thing Without the whole world around you There are lives you touch with your deeds You can build peace or create devastation You can do those things Yes you can do those things Then we build such monstrosities Then we call it good We are just whispers on the wind We think we mean so much But we can't mean a thing Without the whole world around us There are lives we touch with our deeds We can build peace or create devastation We can do those things Yes we can do those things

TOUCH © 1999 Sharon Anne Allitt It is never what I think it is Who can tell me what I see I want to say it will stay the same But there are too many possibilities It is never clear, the things we see Through eyes too full of tears Fears flowing endlessly Were these our fatalities When will I see through their sanity They will save me from my mistakes and all my vanity Can they touch me with their love, their life, their righteousness What I will be, I will be With them Or without them Sometimes there's not much to see Looking through a window Fogged by the rain Beaten down to heavily to feel a thing Impatience and experience Taught us to wait our turn in line Feeling in our hearts We are meant to be something more When will you see through their sanity They will save you from your mistakes and all your vanity But will they touch you with their love, their life, their righteousness What you will be, you will be With them Or without them When will I see through their sanity They will save me from my mistakes and all my vanity But will they touch me with their love, their life, their righteousness What I will be, I will be With them or without them With them or without them

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS WIN © 1999 Sharon Anne Allitt You'll be falling down again I don't care what they told you I don't want to hear what they have to say Days of glam and glory are gone  gone You only stay on top for a little while The air's too thin and the journey's too hard You're only fooling yourself You can't always win, you can't always win You'll remember on your way down The ones you passed on your way up The ones you treated with more or less respect The ones who said it was just your luck, luck You only stay on top for a little while The air's too thin and the journey's too hard You're only fooling yourself You can't always win, you can't always win Sometimes we ask for the craziest things What we think we'll receive is not what we will be getting Fame, fortune, keeping with the Jones and the Smiths They all have the things we want and what we wish But when tomorrow comes and The one little thing we all need is gone gone Where will we go Where will we go Be careful what you ask for, the deals you make Some devil's just around the bend with a deal that Can't be beat, he'll steal your soul if you let him He'll show you the way down, down You only stay on top for a little while The air's too thin and the journey's too hard You're only fooling yourself You can't always win, you can't always win You can't always win, you can't always win

YOU SAID © 1999 Sharon Anne Allitt I have seen the world in peace and I have seen the world at war I have seen leaders rise and I have seen leaders fall, but You said you would love me forever and You said you would hold me close and You said you would be mine forever now I wasn't looking I should have known I have heard all the lies the tabloids spread inside our heads I have heard the cries of people whose lives have been deprived, but You said you would love me forever and You said you would hold me close and You said you would be mine forever now I wasn't listening I should have known I have watched the evening news and all the things that we can do I have watched all the hate we propagate and all the time we waste, but You said you would love me forever and You said you would hold me close and You said you would be mine forever now I wasn't watching I should have known With all the things I have seen and all the places I have been You would think I would know when I was being taken in, but You said you would love me forever and You said you would hold me close and You said you would be mine forever well I believed you but I should have known You said you would love me forever and You said you would never go and You said all the things I needed If I was listening I would have known You said you would love me forever and You said you would hold me close and You said you would be mine forever now Forever ended I should have known

EVERYONE'S QUILT © 1999 Sharon Anne Allitt Everyone could hear the calling So everyone came They heard so many had fallen Things will never be the same The pain is such great pain And the tears never go away If you held on to one thought I hope that it was love I pray the love I gave you was enough Your memory can release me At times When I think of your smile This sadness reaches millions It tells of Loss too real, so many feel If you held on to one thought I hope that it was love I pray the love I gave you was enough Some day soon things will change Until then we are all Covered by the quilt we made If you held on to one thought I hope that it was love I pray the love I gave you was enough

WHY © 1999 Sharon Anne Allitt We walked a thousand miles of beach We shared a thousand dreams Now you're gone I want to tell you I'll make it through without you At times we all fly We can soar high At times we all cry And we wonder why Maybe you loved me Maybe not Maybe I tried too hard Maybe you never tried Maybe I tempted fate Maybe you escaped Maybe I let go Maybe you said so There are times when it is hard to love When trust just isn't enough Time can heal most wounds Time can be hell too At times we all fly We can soar high At times we all cry And we wonder why

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