THE DARKEST STARS (for Sylvia Plath & Anais Nin with regards to Marilyn)(Kelley Ryan)
Underneath the sheets tonight oh boy
There’s several people dancing in my bed
I am indiscreet tonight oh boy
I’d be better off if I was dead
It’s all for me..It’s all for me
It’s all for me..it’s all for me
The good die young
I am only half asleep oh boy
Thoughts of you are spinning through my head
Silver streaks so very sweet oh boy
I remember everything you said
It’s all for me..It’s all for me
It’s all for me..it’s all for me
The good die young
Come sit here on my pillows
Come talk to me tonight
The darkest stars are burning
And I am yearning for light
But you are half a world away oh boy
And everything is definitely black
But I will wait here patiently oh boy
Cause you’re the only one who has my back
It’s all for me..It’s all for me
It’s all for me..it’s all for me
The good die young
The good die young
The good die young
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CIGARETTE
(Kelley Ryan)
I got a wicked habit
Like a cigarette
I pick you up and I put you down
But I haven’t lost you yet
Gotta..gotta quit ah-ooooh
Boys are watching football
Girls are on display
Here we are in this big red bar
Blowing smoke hey hey
God I gotta quit
So go ahead and lead me on
I’ll love you til the smoke is gone
I’ll stay until you’re through
Breaking me in two
Like a cigarette
God I gotta quit
oh la la la oh la la la oh la la la
Kiss me one more time
Tell me that you’re mine
Cause I’m a fool in blue
Smoldering for you
Like a cigarette
oh la la la oh la la la oh la la la
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SAVE ME
(Kelley Ryan/Kimm Rogers)
Holy roller hit the floor
I can’t take it anymore
Save me
Jesus in a pick-up truck
Dali Lama bring me luck
Save me
I don’t want to fall again
I don’t want to fall again
The world is wild..Save me
Richard Parker life of pi
Tell me there’s a reason why
Save me
Hold me close Buddha dear
I don’t want to live in fear
Save me
I don’t want to fall again
I don’t want to fall again
The world is wild..Save me
If heaven is a lie with no one to defy
I got a roaring need to feel my love exploding here and now
Save me
Come save my life
Save me
Holy father so divine
Turn this water into wine
Save me
Dreidel, dreidel make me laugh
I’m sinking hard…sinking fast
Save me
The world is wild
Save me
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SACRED MONSTER
(Kelley Ryan/ Marti Jones)
Come draw your lines
Dark valentine be my lover
Lock me inside
Just make me shine like no other
Lay me like a rag doll on the ground
Golden boy of ecstasy burn me down
Feel the fire…Feel the fire…Feel the fire
Let it go..break my flake white heart
Come break my heart
With your wicked wild beautiful colors
The light of summer empties in your eyes
And only you are left to me burning wild
Feel the fire…Feel the fire…Feel the fire
Let it grow..break my flake white heart
For love and beauty and for fear
Sacred monster keep me here
Naked in your gaze
Feel the fire…Feel the fire…Feel the fire
Let it go and break my flake white heart
Break my flake white heart
You break my heart
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SECRET LIFE
(Kelley Ryan)
Shake shake shake you got me baby
living this secret life
Meet me under the full moon
in the lemon yellow light
Knock knock knock on my window baby
sneak into my room
Shake shake shake you got me crazy
howling at the moon
Kiss me into the twilight under
wicked shooting stars
Shake me up every morning
in this secret life of ours
So far no one’s lookin’ for me
So far no one’s lookin’
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THE BROKEN NEWS
(Kelley Ryan)
I’m next to nothing now
Goodbye and I begin to crawl
I just get numb
We are in stereo
Crank up the Ella let me fall
You’re next to none
You—I’m nothing without you now
I’m nothing without you
You—I’m nothing without you now
I’m nothing without you
The color of the sea,
your eye, the sky, the broken news
All are indigo
You are my dusk and dawn
A dish, a cup, a tender bruise
I love you so
You—I’m nothing without you now
I’m nothing without you
You—I’m nothing without you now
I’m nothing without you
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PULLING FOR ROMEO
(Kelley Ryan)
You’re at the end of your rope
Don’t need a telescope
I saw it..I saw it
you don’t want to let me go
you’re pulling for Romeo
I got it..I got it
you’re walking down a road of thunder
hoping things will change
Softly, slowly love comes down
Cool and crashing all around
And I will come back one day
And we’ll get high on yesterday
Here at the end of my string
You’ve given me everything
I wanted..I wanted
I don’t want to let you go
I don’t want a tear to show
Can’t stop it..I can’t stop it
I’m walking down a road of thunder
hoping for the rain
Softly, slowly it comes down
Cool and crashing all around
And I will come back one day
And we’ll get high on yesterday
Giving it all away
Giving it all away
Giving it all away
You got it..you got it
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PASSING THROUGH
(Kelley Ryan/Marshall Crenshaw)
In our old shoes, we walked last night
Sparkling concrete under the lights
Traffic sounds, bouncing off the steel and glass
We traced our steps from the past
Sparkling concrete under the lights
Traffic sounds, bouncing off the steel and glass
We traced our steps from the past
Shadows in the curtains on the second floor
I used to have a key to that front door
We didn’t know it then
But you and I were passing through
Passing by
I used to have a key to that front door
We didn’t know it then
But you and I were passing through
Passing by
Let’s hurry on
No use standing and staring, hurry on
I thought I heard you say, let’s walk on
We really can’t stay
We’re just passing through this way
No use standing and staring, hurry on
I thought I heard you say, let’s walk on
We really can’t stay
We’re just passing through this way
This world is moving and changing always
We’d better be about new days
For as long as we may, we’re just passing through
Just passing through this way
We’d better be about new days
For as long as we may, we’re just passing through
Just passing through this way
In our old shoes we walked last night
Ghosts of old friends on the left and right
Being there with you gave me a thrill
Like it used to do and always will
Ghosts of old friends on the left and right
Being there with you gave me a thrill
Like it used to do and always will
Got a lot of dreams, places left to go
When we’ll be back there I don’t know
Maybe sometime before we’re done
On some other trip around the sun
When we’ll be back there I don’t know
Maybe sometime before we’re done
On some other trip around the sun
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CRACK IN THE SKY
(Kelley Ryan/Cliff Hillis)
Help me out
Houston there’s a problem
Help me out
Turn this thing around
I’m spinning at the speed of life
Softly falling on its knife
Help me out
Is anybody there?
All I thought was true
Is slowly bleeding through
A crack in the sky
The facts and the lies
Help me out
I fall for the flowers
I twist and shout
With roses in my eyes
Every voice inside my head
Tells me I am left for dead
Without a doubt
I don’t really care
When all I feel inside
Is slowly being fried
I relax and fly
Through a crack in the sky
Oh La La La
Hey I can’t calm down
No I can’t calm down
Help me out
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REAL GONE GIRL
(Kelley Ryan)
rocket aside i gotta fly slow me down
beautiful child i’m a fool for the sky
i need love with strings attached
with all these trains and planes to catch
a real gone girl a real gone girl
follow your heart kiss me goodbye slowly now
into the dark cool of the night
i got rings and things to pack
i need you to bring me back
a real gone girl a real gone girl
into the night i gotta drive
jump in my car with nothing but stars to guide me
I’m a real gone girl
a real gone girl gone girl gone girl
lit up like a midnight runway
in the middle of a pitch black world
heart beatin’ like a super highway
that’s trouble with a real gone girl