Haven’t heard the wind in such a long time,

Or seen the white clouds painted lazy in the sky

Outnumbered two hundred to one

By golden ripples made of sun

Slowly moving across the water

No accidents, no turbulence

No highway roar

No powerlines, no grocery store

No shopping malls, no concert halls, and never too much time

I’ll take it all

As a good sign

Haven’t seen the stars shining so bright

Heard the loonsong’s lonely echo in the night

And when the morning comes I know a light will overtake me

But in many it may not awaken

No accidents, no turbulence

No highway roar

No powerlines, no grocery store

No shopping malls, no concert halls, and never too much time

I’ll take it all

As a good sign

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Lyrics by Terra Lightfoot

Published by Terra Lightfoot Corp.

My sweet sweetheart

Get yourself out of bed

And get downstairs you little sleepyhead

Brush your teeth, and don’t forget that hair

Nobody’s gonna see you and think that I don’t care

I can’t do this all alone, but somebody’s gotta stay home

And I would do it all over again, for you my precious little sleepyhead

Your fingers small, and your heart so wide

If I ever lost track of you, I think I’d die

You learned to walk before you learned to crawl

And now I catch you drawin’ pictures on the kitchen wall

I can’t do this all alone, but somebody’s gotta stay home

And I would do it all over again, for you my precious little sleepyhead

You were in the backseat cryin’, you’d never been more tired

But if it put you to sleep, I’d drive a thousand miles

And I don’t have any lessons planned,

But if the point is to love you, then I know I can

I can’t do this all alone, but somebody’s gotta stay home

And I would do it all over again, for you my precious little sleepyhead

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Lyrics by Terra Lightfoot

Published by Terra Lightfoot Corp.

There’s heart ache and being heartbroken

There are two ways that this day could go

And there are some days I feel like crying

Then there’s others I could take on alone

It’s true there’s nothing to do

Sometimes except surrender

It’s true there’s nothing to do, nothing to do

I’m already there in my mind

Already there in my mind

Oh I’ll never treat you nothin but kind

I’m already there in my mind

Bravehearts go unnoticed

But they accentuate all that I want to see

So take all the silent suffering and make it disappear

Banish all the darkest hours

To bring sweet relief

Cause its true, there’s nothing to do

Sometimes except surrender

It’s true there’s nothing to do, nothing to do

I’m already there in my mind

Already there in my mind

Oh I’ll never treat you nothin but kind

I’m already there in my mind

Already there

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Lyrics by Terra Lightfoot

Published by Terra Lightfoot Corp.

Came out to the lake to settle down

Couldn’t see a single cloud

Not a one soul around

Found a plot of land to call my own

Built it up with pine and stone

Built it with a government loan

Coulda been all in my head

Coulda been all in my head

Oh my memory has all but faded

Coulda been all in my head

Tried so many different pills and cures

Not one of them has done their work

Or; not the way that I’d prefer

Slowly floating down the four mile bay

On a lovely saturday

Always searching for the queen of trout lake

Coulda been all in my head

Coulda been all in my head

Oh my memory has all but faded

This is just what I recall down at the lake, dear

I find it easy to forget

What I didn’t write down here

But I don’t care what that doctor says

I can’t recognize what’s yesterday

It could have been all in my head

It could have been all in my head

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Lyrics by Terra Lightfoot

Published by Terra Lightfoot Corp.

I saw you lookin for a light

Face painted cigarette white

You asked the cleanest boy you found

You couldn’t see me turned around

His fingers stretched across your empty gaze

That I just can’t escape

As the red fades from your wrinkled dress,

A picture of the people you’ve impressed

Hangs on a wall around here

Visions start to crawl when I’m near

And the evening waits, as you get caught up to your own mistakes

Made up of different lines,

I wouldn’t want to keep in my mind

I wondered why you’d come around,

Remembering your little girl frown

Your answers kept the crowd at bay,

Compliments unwilling to pay

I have some things I’d like to say to you

But they just can’t be true

Seems like it was all a dream

I thought I was the one to be your beauty queen

But you cut me down piece by piece

No matter who done it, it was always me

My friends asked if I was okay

I lied through my teeth for the first time that day

And I come home to flying dishes

And you tell me its you that “can’t go on like this”

We started like a fairytale

Yeah, you were prince charming from behind my veil

And you told me we’d grow together

But I don’t wanna be yours forever

I don’t wanna be yours forever

My friends told me to run

I spent three more years

circling round the sun

When I held her in my arms

I knew right then that I needed a fresh start

We started like a fairytale

Yeah, you were prince charming from behind my veil

And you told me we’d grow together

But I don’t wanna be yours forever

I don’t wanna be yours forever

Overtime

You fed me things untrue

I still don’t know what I learned from you

I’m walking out that door

I’m not coming back, doesn’t matter what for

We started like a fairytale

You were prince charming from behind my veil

And you told me we’d grow together

But I didn’t know I’d be yours forever

I don’t wanna be yours forever

Overtime

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Lyrics by Terra Lightfoot

Published by Terra Lightfoot Corp.

You got a heavier load, and you never got paid

No, there is nothing in this world that makes it okay

Now everything’s easy and no one’s afraid

Still, there is no one in this world that makes it unscathed

I wanted you badly but I couldn’t foresee

That one night the moon saw you laying somewhere without me

I wanted you madly and I wanted the truth

I know it’s tough to come clean,

But I counted on you

You took out your best clothes, feelin’ misunderstood

You found a cheap little lie and it made you feel good

In the light of the moon, on white riverbank stone

You got lost in the fleeting excitement of not coming home

So let the orchestra come, let it lay at my feet

You know, there is nothing in this world that I haven’t seen

And you know I move slowly but you know I won’t stay

No, there is nothing in this world that makes it okay

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Lyrics by Terra Lightfoot

Published by Terra Lightfoot Corp.

Changing colours and changing tides

We made it back from the coast in three nights

You told me, “Honey I gotta fly down to Mississippi, alright?”

“Down to Mississippi, alright?”

So I stood at the river’s edge, hoping that I’d never fall in

Oh, the current. Oh, the water. Oh, the shape I’ve been in

Oh, the shape I’ve been in

I love you darlin’, show me your worst mistake

I know it weighs on you, but I don’t see it that way

I’ll love you, darling, until the seas run dry.

I’ll love you like we’ve run out of time,

Love you like we’ve run out of time

I laid on a mountaintop under the prettiest tree in Austria

Found a place that felt like home, and no one else was trying to get in

I passed you on the roughest seas, where we both learned how to swim

Oh, the current. Oh, the water. Oh, the shape I’ve been in

Oh, the shape I’ve been in

I love you darlin’, show me your worst mistake

I know it weighs on you, but I don’t see it that way

I’ll love you, darling, until the seas run dry.

I’ll love you like we’ve run out of time

I’ll love you like we’ve run out of time

I walked down in the ground with you by my side

You read the writing on the wall from 1975

I love you darlin’, show me your worst mistake

I know it weighs on you, but I don’t see it that way

I’ll love you, darling, until the seas run dry.

I’ll love you like we’ve run out of time

I’ll love you like we’ve run out of time

I’ll love you like we’ve run out of time

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Lyrics by Terra Lightfoot

Published by Terra Lightfoot Corp.

Forever is where we’ll always be

You didn’t mind the distance

When I could barely see In a blizzard everything’s unknown

You grab my hand and lead the way

To the woods that we call home

Cause you know that you’re my shining star

Oh you know that you’re my shining star

Together is what we’ll always be

I didn’t know the difference

Before you came and got me from the desert

Turn around and see

Back when you were always leaving

For another galaxy

Cause you know that you’re my shining star

Oh you know that you’re my shining star

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Lyrics by Terra Lightfoot

Published by Terra Lightfoot Corp.

Just before our love got lost you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
"Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"

On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice

Oh you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you darlin'
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

I remember that time you told me, you said
"Love is touching souls"
Well surely you touched mine

I remember that time you told me
You said, love is touching souls,
Well surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time

Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you darlin'
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said
"Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"

Oh you’re in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter, and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you, darlin’
And I would still be on my feet,
I would still be on my feet

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Lyrics by Joni Mitchell

Dark has fallen on the tiny corners of my mind

And I am blind

Soon I’ll drift away to where I never feel afraid to keep on trying

Hummingbirds hum single notes I’ve got an island and a boat to row

The land provides for all of us and nobody gets left out in the cold

Strength is not a skill, but rather something that’s instilled in us inside

From every time you held your tongue or walked away in spite of feeling

right

If I ever found the fount of youth I don’t know if I’d turn back time

For if I lose each bump and bruise I felt along the way, would that be right?

Love seems so inevitable

How could I have missed it for so long

It was there, if out of focus, in every darkness every word and every song

Now hummingbirds hum single notes I’ve got an island and a boat to row

The land provides for all of us and nobody gets left out in the cold

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Lyrics by Terra Lightfoot

Published by Terra Lightfoot Corp.