Kasey Chambers Lyrics

Happy Woman Blues lyrics - Kasey Chambers

(originally by Lucinda Williams)

Tryin' hard to be a happy woman.

But sometimes life just overcomes me,

Everyday I'm workin' just to pay my dues.

Lay down at night, my mind is so confused.

Goin' down south with the New York City blues,

Gotta hit the road before I blow a fuse,

I might buy me a Cadillac or a Chevrolet.

I don't care what model as long as it takes me away

I've been hiding my heart in a trunk.

Can you come see me when my ship has sunk

You can give me loovin, that I can't refuse,

And love is the one thing that's sure to cure my blues.

Goin' down the road with a heave heart,

Tryin' to find lightness in the dark,

Tryin' to live my life, tryin' to get satisfied.

My mind is in the city but my heart is in the countryside.

Tryin' hard to be a happy woman.

But sometimes life just overcomes me,

Everyday I'm workin' just to pay my dues.

Lay down at night, my mind is so confused.

Return Of The Grievous Angel lyrics - Kasey Chambers

(originally by Gram Parsons)

Won't you scratch my itch sweet annie rich

And welcome me back to town

Come out on your porch or I'll step into your parlor

And I'll show you how it all went down

Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels

And a good saloon in every single town

Oh, and I remember something you once told me

And I'll be damned if it did not come true

Twenty thousand roads i went down, down, down

And they all lead me straight back home to you

`Cause I headed west to grow up with the country

Across those prairies with the waves of grain

And I saw my devil,

And I saw my deep blue sea

And I thought about a calico bonnet from

Cheyenne to Tennessee

We flew straight across that river bridge,

Last night a half past two

The switchman wave his lantern goodbye

And so long as we went rolling through

Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angel

And now I know just what I have to do

And the man on the radio won't leave me alone

He wants to take my money for something

That I've never been shown

And I saw my devil,

And I saw my deep blue sea

And I thought about a calico bonnet from

Cheyenne to Tennessee

The news I could bring I met up with the king

On his head an amphetamine crown

He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt

And lighted out for some desert town

Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels

And a good saloon in every single town

Oh, but I remembered something you once told me

And I'll be damned if it did not come true

Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down

And they all lead me straight back home to you

Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down

And they all lead me straight back home to you

If I Needed You lyrics - Kasey Chambers (feat. Jimmy Barnes)

If I needed you would you come to me,

Would you come to me, and ease my pain?

If you needed me

I would come to you

I'd swim the seas for to ease your pain

In the night forlorn the morning's born

And the morning shines with the lights of love

You will miss sunrise if you close your eyes

That would break my heart in two

The lady's with me now since I showed her how

To lay her lily hand in mine

Loop and Lil agree she's a sight to see

And a treasure for the poor to find

Luka lyrics - Kasey Chambers

(originally by Suzanne Vega)

My name is Luka

I live on the second floor

I live upstairs from you

Yes I think you've seen me before

If you hear something late at night

Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight

Just don't ask me what it was

I think it's because I'm clumsy

I try not to talk too loud

Maybe it's because I'm crazy

I try not to act too proud

They only hit until you cry

After that you don't ask why

You just don't argue anymore

Yes I think I'm okay

I walked into the door again

Well, if you ask that's what I'll say

And it's not your business anyway

I guess I'd like to be alone

With nothing broken, nothing thrown

Just don't ask me how I am [x3]

Nothing But A Child lyrics - Kasey Chambers

(originally by Steve Earle)

Once upon a time in a far off land

Wise men saw a sign and set out aross the sand

Songs of praise to sing, they travelled day and night

Precious gifts to bring, guided by the light

They chased a brand new star, ever towards the west

Across the mountains far, but when it came to rest

They scarce believed their eyes, they'd come so many miles

And the miracle they prized was nothing but a child

Nothing but a child could wash these tears away

Or guide a weary world into the light of day

And nothing but a child could help erase these miles

So once again we all can be children for awhile

Now all around the world, in every iittle town

Everyday is heard a precious little sound

And every mother kind and every father proud

Looks down in awe to find another chance allowed

Leave The Lights On lyrics - Kasey Chambers

(originally by John Prine)

Feeling kind of bony

On the telephoney

Talking to Marconi

Eating Rice-a-Roni

Nominated for a Tony

For acting like a phoney

Watching Twilight Zoney

On my forty-two inch Sony

This is just a long song

It ain't no poem

Leave the lights on till your baby gets home

It's like sitting in the kitchen

When the music's really bitchin'

Your nose it starts to itchin'

As you count your old age pension

Did I forget to mention

The ride that I was hitchin'

To the Aluminum convention

I had such good intention

Keep your cotton pickin' fingers off

My song poem

And leave the lights on till your baby gets home

Leave the lights on till your baby gets home

Don't forget your toothbrush

Your hairbrush and your comb

Leave the lights on till your baby gets home

Got a big ol' dog

A chrome crowbar

I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car

Me and Billy Shakespeare

Stepped out to get a root beer

We sat together so near

People thought we were queer

Punctuated by the big scare

We joined the Air Force right there

To defend our country first class

Who couldn't give a rat's ass

Don't you tell me that the White House is my home

Leave the lights on till your baby gets home

Don't forget your toothbrush

Your hairbrush and your comb

Leave the lights on till your baby gets home

Got a big ol' dog

A big iron bar

I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car

It's like kissing Greta Garbo with a mouth full of marbles

Like trying to cash a paycheck in the middle of a train wreck

Leave the lights on

Like trying to get aroundo in a carmade of bondo

Like speaking German lingo to a dog named Dingo - Plotz!!

Leave the lights on

Like a French fried quesadilla

In a franchised pizzeria

Leave the lights on

A big iron bar

I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car.

I'm So Lonseome I Could Cry lyrics - Kasey Chambers (feat. Paul Kelly)

(originally by Hank Williams)

Hear the lonesome whiperwill

He sounds too blue to fly

The midnight train is whining low

Im so lonesome I could cry

Ive never seen a night so long

When time goes crawling by

The moon just went behind a cloud

To hide it's face and cry

Did you ever see a robin weep

When leaves begin to die

That means he's lost the will to live

I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star

Lights up a purple sky

And as I wonder where you are

I'm so lonesome I could cry

Orphan Girl lyrics - Kasey Chambers (feat. Shane Nicholson)

(originally by Gillian Welch)

I am an orphan on God's highway

But I'll share my travels if you go my way

I have no mother no father

No sister no brother

I am an orphan girl

I have had friendships pure and golden

But the ties of kinship I have not known them

I know no mother no father

No sister no brother

I am an orphan girl

But when He calls me I will be able

To meet my family at God's table

I'll meet my mother my father

My sister my brother

No more orphan girl

Blessed Savior make me willing

And walk beside me until I'm with them

Be my mother my father

My sister my brother

I am an orphan girl

True Colours lyrics - Kasey Chambers

You with the sad eyes,

Dont be discouraged.

Oh I realise,

Its hard to take courage

In a world full of people,

You can lose sight of it all

And the darkness inside you

Makes you feel so small.

But I see your true colours shining through.

I see your true colors,

And thats why I love you.

So dont be afraid to let them show;

Your true colors.

Are beautiful

Like a rainbow.

Show me smiling;

Dont be unhappy,

Cant remember when

I last saw you laughing.

If this world makes you crazy

And you've taken all you can bear

You call me up,

Because you know I'll be there.

But I see your true colours shining through.

I see your true colors,

And thats why I love you.

So dont be afraid to let them show;

Your true colors.

Are beautiful

Like a rainbow.

Cant remember when

I last saw you laughing...

If this world makes you crazy,

And you've taken all you can bear

You call me up

Because you know I'll be there.

But I see your true colours shining through.

I see your true colors,

And thats why I love you.

So dont be afraid to let them show;

Your true colors.

Are beautiful

Like a rainbow.

But I see your true colours shining through.

I see your true colors,

And thats why I love you.

So dont be afraid to let them show;

Your true colors.

Are beautiful

Like a rainbow.

Water In The Fuel lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Well, darling, I'm a coming down old route number sixty-seven.

I just got off the turnpike avoiding the Ohio state inspection.

Johnny law followed me up the road, but then he turned off and he let me go.

I guess this old truck ain't worth shutting down.

And your voice last night on the telephone said you wouldn't be there when I got home

So, when I get to Cleveland I'm going to head back south.

[Chorus:]

The light keeps coming on, I've got water in the fuel.

My brakes are gone, I've got a left front tire throwing thread.

By tomorrow morning, I could be dead. Baby, maybe you were right all along.

You said you couldn't stay with a man who was always going away,

And all you wanted to do was settle down.

You wanted to buy that little trailer, out on the edge with the money you saved.

It had a carport, a colour TV and no place to turn around.

[Chorus]

Remember that winter when the lake froze over,

We drove out there after we'd unloaded,

We revved that truck and we spun it 'round and 'round.

Then we left it idling out on that ice,

Crawled in the sleeper and I held you tight.

Baby, I'm sure on thin ice now.

[Chorus]

I Wish It Would Rain lyrics - Kasey Chambers (feat. Ashleigh Dallas)

(originally by Nanci Griffith)

Oh, I wish it would rain

And wash my face clean

I want to find some dark cloud to hide in here

Love in a memory

Sparkled like diamonds

When the diamonds fall they burn like tears

Once I had a love from the Georgia pines

Who only cared for me

I wanna find that love of twenty-two

Here at thirty-three

I've got a heart on my right

One on my left neither suits my needs

No, the one I love lives a-way out West

And he never will need me

I'm gonna pack up my two step shoes

And head for the Gulf Coast plains

I wanna walk the streets of my own hometown

Where everybody knows my name

I wanna ride the waves down in Galveston

When the hurricane blow in

'cause that Gulf Coast water tastes sweet as wine

When your heart's rollin' home in the wind

When the diamonds fall, darlin'

They burn like tears

Everything's Turning To White lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Late on a Friday my husband went up to the mountains with three friends

They took provisions and bottles of bourbon to last them all through the weekend

One hundred miles they drove just to fish in a stream

And there's so much water so close to home

When they arrived it was cold and dark; they set up their camp quickly

Warmed up with whisky they walked to the river where the water flowed past darkly

In the moonlight they saw the body of a young girl floating face down

And there's so much water so close to home

When he hold me now I'm pretending

I feel like I'm frozen inside

And behind my eyes, my daily disguise

Everything's turning to white

It was too hard to tell how long she'd been dead, the river was that close to freezing

But one thing for sure, the girl hadn't died very well to judge from the bruising

They stood there above her all thinking the same thoughts at the same time

There's so much water so close to home

They carried her downstream from their fishing; between two rocks they gently wedged her

After all they'd come so far, it was late

And the girl would keep; she was going nowhere

They stayed up there fishing for two days

They reported it on Sunday when they came back down

There's so much water so close to home

When he holds me now I'm pretending

I feel like I'm frozen inside

And behind my eyes, my daily disguise

Everything's turning to white

The newspapers said that the girl had been strangled to death and also molested

On the day of the funeral the radio reported that a young man had been arrested

I went to the service a stranger; I drove past the lake out of town

There's so much water so close to home

When he holds me now I'm pretending

I feel like I'm frozen inside

And behind my eyes, my daily disguise

Everything's turning to white

Too Long In The Wasteland lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Hear the trucks on the highway, And the tickin' of the clocks

There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, Bullet holes in the mailbox

Bullet holes in the mailbox, Keyholes in my mind

Too long in the wasteland

I've fallin' behind

She said won't you come see me, When the sun goes down

It'll be just like the old days, When I used to let you hang around

Well I don't know, I might not speak the language any more

Too long in the wasteland

I've closed some doors

People in the village, Watch the children play

At the sight of a stranger, They call the kids away

Just leave that man alone, I hear the mothers say

Too long in the wasteland

What's made him that way

I hadn't intended, To bend the rules

Whiskey don't make liars, It just makes fools

So I didn't mean to say it, But I meant what I said

Too long in the wasteland

Must have gone to my head

Jet trails in the sunset, a long way away

cuttin' cross the horizon, At the edge of the day

And it calls out to me, Come fly away, I've been

Too long in the wasteland

I believe I'll have to stay

Too long in the wasteland

I'll have to stay

There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon

Bullet holes in the mailbox

Top Of The World lyrics - Kasey Chambers

(originally by Patty Griffin)

I wished I was smarter

Wished I was stronger

I wished I loved Jesus

The way the my wife does

I wished it'd been easier

Instead of any longer

I wished I could've stood

Where you would've been proud

That won't happen now

There's a whole lot of singing

That's never gonna be heard

Disappearing every day

Without so much as a word

Somehow

I think I broke the wings

Off that little songbird

And she's never gonna fly

To the top of the world Now

To the top of the world

I don't have to answer

Any of these questions

Don't have no god to

Teach me no lessons

I come home in the evening

Sit in my chair

One night they called me for supper

But I never got up

I stayed right there

In my chair

There's a whole lot of singing

That's never gonna be heard

Disappearing every day

Without so much as a word

Somehow

I think I broke the wings

Off a little songbird

And she's never gonna fly

To the top of the world

Now

To the top of the world

I wished I'd had known you

Wished I had shown you

All of the things I

Was on the side

But I'd pretend to be sleeping

When you'd come in in the morning

To whisper goodbye

Go work in the rain

I don't know why

Don't know why

Cause everyone's singing

We just wanna be heard

Disappearing every day

Without so much as a word

Somehow?

Gonna grab a hold

Of that little songbird

And take her for a ride

To the top of the world

Right now

To the top of the world

Another Lonely Day lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Yes indeed I'm

Alone again

And here comes emptiness

Crashing in

It's either love or hate

I can't find in between

'Cause I've been with witches

And I have been with a queen

It wouldn't have worked out anyway

So now it's just another lonely day

Hey hey

Further along we just may

But for now it's just another lonely day

Hey hey

Wish there was something I

Could say or do

'Cause I can resist anything but

The temptation from you

But I'd rather walk alone

Than chase you around

I'd rather fall myself than let you

Drag me on down

It wouldn't have worked out anyway

And now it's just another lonely day

Hey hey

And further along we just may

But now it's just another lonely day

Hey hey

Yesterday seems like a life ago

'Cause the one I love today I hardly know

And you I held so close in my heart oh dear

Grow further from me with every falling tear

It wouldn't have worked out anyway

So now it's just another lonely day

Hey hey

And further along we just may

But for now it's just another lonely day

Hey hey

For now it's just another lonely day

Hey hey

Now it's just another lonely day

Hey hey

Better Be Home Soon lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Somewhere deep inside

Something's got a hold on you

And it's pushing me aside

See it stretch on forever

And I know I'm right

For the first time in my life

And that's why I tell you

You'd better be home soon

Stripping back the coats

Of lies and deception

Back to nothingness

Like a week in the desert

And I know I'm right

For the first time in my life

And that's why I tell you

You'd better be home soon

So don't say no, don't say nothing's wrong

'Cause when you get back home maybe I'll be gone

It would 'cause me pain

If we were to end it

But I could start again

Well you can depend on it

And I know I'm right

For the first time in my life

And that's why I tell you

You'd better be home soon

And that's why I tell you

You'd better be home soon

Black Bess lyrics - Kasey Chambers & Jimmy Barnes

(originally by Kev Carmody)

Black Bess in White light all covered in blue

Now she trips out on cocaine 'cause there's nothin to do

Since his man in' his gland they up an' shot through

You lose most in lovin' you win only a few

Time Lord it drags heavy on me

Sad evenin's alone and my thoughts are on she

I fear that down here you seldom can see

Do you have an idea what lonely can be?

His delight at the sight of a worn apple skin

Goes with his hat in his hand to the next rubbish tin

Consoled by the role that the bottle will bring

Means as much to his being as a throne to a king

Time Lord it drags heavy on me

Sad evenin's alone and my thoughts are on she

And I fear that down here you seldom can see

Do you have an idea what lonely can be?

See he with his ego on his own shadow fall

Saw a caged man with his bare hands run through a brick wall

For 45 years of his life he had shorn

Then he wakes up one mornin' to find his life gone

Time Lord it drags heavy on me

Sad evenin's alone and my thoughts are on she

And I fear that down here you seldom can see

Do you have an idea what lonely can be?

Frankie's Vietnam was spent dodgin' lead

But eventually the enemy blew off his head

His weight was a feather as they carried him in

Only half of a friend they sent home in a tin

Time Lord it drags heavy on me

Sad evenin's alone and my thoughts are on she

And I fear that down here you seldom can see

Do you have an idea what lonely can be?

Dam lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Do you think

That you've come far

Through winds so hard

And are you as disgruntled

As you appear

Are you wishing I wasn't here

Well one day soon

That dam is gonna break

And it'll wash you away

It'll wash you away

Yeah one day soon

That dam is gonna break

And it'll wash you away

It'll wash you away

From me

Do you know love

Do you push it below you

Or does it own you

And are you as ungrateful

As you appear

Are you wishing I wasn't here

Well one day soon

That dam is gonna break

And it'll wash you away

It'll wash you away

Yeah one day soon

That dam is gonna break

And it'll wash you away

It'll wash you away

From me

And that's the best damn thing

That could happen to you

Yeah that's the best damn thing

That could happen to you

For you

Heartbreak Heartmend lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Heartbreak, heartmend, here we go again

You're standing at my door

Heart make, heart rend, one more time again

This heart's gonna wind up sore

I thought we laid this ghost to rest

It's here with us again

Your husband is a good, good man

And surely needs a friend

Your high bone cheeks, your ruby lips

Your eyes so dark and deep

Heartbreak, heartmend, one more time again

My love you murd'rously

My husband is a good, good man

I know he loves me true

He cares for me and treats me well

But not the way you do

Heartbreak, heartmend, here we go again

I'm staring at your clothes

Heart make, heart rend, one more time again

Oh, god please save our souls

I love the light upon your face

I love your dusty song

Heartbreak, heartmend, one more time again

I know I'm not that strong

Heartbreak, heartmend, here we go again

You're sitting on my bed

Heart make, heart rend, one more time again

This heart's gonna wind up dead

Slip on your shoes put on your coat

It's time for you to go

Now dry your eyes and fix your hair

And kiss me nice and slow

Hey Girl lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Hey girl how you've swallowed up the years

I don't see that little baby no more

Hey girl for the record

I guess I didn't expect to see an angel at my door

And hey girl what's that dress you're wearing?

I only grew out of that last year

Hey girl where's your family?

I guess they didn't expect to see an angel standing here

And hey girl

You're growing so fast

Today the years don't seem to last

And hey girl

You got to understand

You got it all right here in the palm of your hand

Hey girl where's your mother today?

Her brother says to say hello

Hey girl when I look at you

I can see myself in you 10 years ago

And hey girl

You're growing so fast

Today the years don't seem to last

And hey girl

You got to understand

You got it all right here in the palm of your hand

And hey girl keep the curls

Don't ever change your style

And hey girl this crazy world

You don't have to worry about for a while

Hey girl how you've swallowed up the years

I don't see that little baby no more

Hey girl for the record

I guess I didn't expect to see an angel at my door

And hey girl

You're growing so fast

Today the years don't seem to last

And hey girl

You got to understand

You got it all right here in the palm of your hand

Lose Yourself lyrics - Kasey Chambers

(live at Civic Theater, Newcastle, Australia)

(originally by Eminem)

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy

There's vomit on his sweater already: Mom's spaghetti

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready

To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting

What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out

He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now

The clock's run out, time's up

Snap back to reality, ope there goes gravity, ope

There goes Rabbit, he's choked, he's so mad but he won't

Give up that easy, no, he won't have it, he knows

His whole back's to these ropes, it don't matter, he's dope

He knows that but he's broke, he's so stagnant, he knows

When he goes back to this mobile home

Back to the lab again yo, this whole rhapsody

Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

You better lose yourself in the music

The moment, you own it, you never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime...

His soul's escaping through this hole that is gaping

This world is mine for the taking and make me king

As we move toward a New World Order

A normal life is boring; but superstardom's

Close to post-mortem, it only grows harder

It only grows harder, he blows, it's all over

These hoes is all on him, coast-to-coast shows

He's known as the Globetrotter, lonely roads

God only knows, he's grown farther from home, he's no father

He goes home and barely knows his own daughter

But hold your nose, 'cause here goes the cold water

These hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product

They moved on to the next schmoe who flows

He nose-dove and sold nada, and so the soap opera

Is told, it unfolds, I suppose it's old, partner

But the beat goes on: da da dum da dum

You better lose yourself in the music

The moment, you own it, you better never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime...

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage

Tear this motherfuckin' roof off like two dogs caged

And I was playin' in the beginning, the mood all changed

I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage

But I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cypher

Best believe somebody's payin' the Pied Piper

All this pain inside amplified by the

Fact that I can't get by with my 9-to-5

And I can't provide the right type of life for my family

'Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers

And there's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life

And these times are so hard, and it's gettin' even harder

Tryna feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totter

Caught up between bein' a father and a prima donna

Baby mama drama, screamin' on her, too much for me to wanna

Stay in one spot, another day of monotony's

Gotten me to the point I'm like a snail, I've got

To formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot

Success is my only motherfuckin' option, failure's not

Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got

To go; I cannot grow old in Salem's Lot

So here I go, it's my shot: feet, fail me not

This may be the only opportunity that I got

You better lose yourself in the music

The moment, you own it, better never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime

You better lose yourself in the music

The moment, you own it, you never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

This opportunity comes...

Someone Like Me lyrics - Kasey Chambers

You are the morning coming out everyday
You're the sunshine and the wind, and rain
You're like the song stuck in my head
That will never go away

You're the river running wild, never stay
You're the bird who's singing on my window sill
You're the light shining down
You're the mansion on the hill

You've got it all figured out
You've got it all
But the only thing You need is me
You need someone like me

You're the finder of the straight and the lost
You're the value, You're the worth, You're the cost
You're the Savior and the faith
Coming down from the cross

You're the power that I hold in my hand
You're the water coming up through the sand
You're the one who makes me wanna be
Just the way I am

You've got it all figured out
You've got it all
But the only thing You need is me
You need someone like me

You might just walk right by me
You might not see
That the only thing You need is me
You need someone like me

Someone like me
Someone like me
Someone like me
Someone like me

Beautiful Mess lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Well, I prayed that the sun was a hope and the rain was an angel
And I came out of the treetop and into the cradle
And I broke down like a baby with the hungriest belly
You make it all worth my while

Well, I lay under the covers for a hundred days
And I close both my eyes till a relative came
And I spun round in a circle till I came undone
But you make it all worth my while

So send me to the grave with the age old question
How to get into this beautiful mess
And it was never my intention and never my style
Everything about you was worth my while

I laughed so nobody had to ever catch me crying
And I cried so nobody had to ever catch me lying
And I failed a thousand times but it keeps me trying
'Cause you make it all worth my while

So send me to the grave with the age old question
How to get into this beautiful mess
And it was never my intention and never my style
Everything about you was worth my while, worth my while

So send me to the grave with the age old question
How to get into this beautiful mess
And it was never my intention and never my style
Everything about you was worth my while

So send me to the grave with the age old question
How to get into this beautiful mess
And it was never my intention and never my style
Something's happened and I don't know why

And it all comes down at the end of the day
It's hard to handle and it's hard to take
And it's money be the world, money be game
I've been broken and I've been ashamed
I've been caught in the world, out in the blue
Crashed to the floor but I still have you

I still have you, I still have you
I still have you, I still have you

Devil On Your Back lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Well, I don't know if it's in the Bible
You got a holy heart
There's a devil in the valley down below
And you keep falling back to the start

Hold your breath, somebody's coming
Hold your breath, somebody's here
Hold your breath, somebody's coming

There's the devil on your back, worry on your mind
Weight of the world on your shoulder
Don't look back, don't waste time
Everything's gonna be just fine

Well, I don't know if it's on the table
But I was once like you
I held my heart out upon my sleeve
And it came back broken in two

Hold your breath, somebody's coming
Hold your breath, somebody's here
Hold your breath, somebody's coming

There's the devil on your back, worry on your mind
Weight of the world on your shoulder
Don't look back, don't waste time
Everything is gonna be just fine, just fine, just fine, just fine

Hold your breath, somebody's coming
Hold your breath, somebody's here
Hold your breath, somebody's coming

There's the devil on your back, worry on your mind
Weight of the world on your shoulders
Don't look back, don't waste time
Everything is gonna be

There's the devil on your back, worry on your mind
Weight of the world on your shoulder
Don't look back, don't waste time
Everything's gonna be just fine, just fine, just fine

Little Bird lyrics - Kasey Chambers

A little bird told me late last night that if I hold my breath and do everything right
You might come back
If I color my hair and I wear it down and I make you laugh like a circus clown
You might come back
And a little bird said with the wink of an eye if I beg real hard and I do not cry
You might come back
If I keep my opinion under my breath and I only bring it out when the master says
You might come back
But I don't want you that bad
No I don't want you that bad
But a little bird told me as plain as day if I changed my name and I change my way
You might come back
If I sell my soul for the greater cause
If I burn my records and I listen to yours
You might come back
And a little bird said in the middle of a dream if I shut my mouth and I don't make a scene
You might come back
If I crossed my fingers and curl my toes
If I looked liked the other girls
Everybody knows
You might come back
But I don't want you that bad
No I don't want you that bad
No I don't want you that bad
No I don't want you that bad
A little bird told me
A little bird told me

Georgia Brown lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Well, Johnny was a poor man on wrong side of town
He said he loved a girl named Georgia Brown
Georgia's on the hip side living in sin
With Johnny who'd gone in vain

Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Lord, she had him running around

Georgia's in the Cadillac, dressed as a nun
All the way, over on the passenger's side
Johnny leans in for a kiss on the cheek
But Georgia's in the driver's seat

Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Lord, she had him running around

Standing at the [?] on a Saturday night
That's Georgia in the back, all dressed in white
Daddy's on the run with a permanent grin
And Johnny comes barging in, singing

Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Lord, she had him running around

Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Georgia Brown
Oh, my Lord, she had him running around

Somewhere lyrics- Kasey Chambers

Somewhere there is somebody
Looking for the one they love
Somewhere there is somebody
Looking to the sky above

Somewhere a tear is falling
For a broken heart
Somewhere a voice is calling
"I'm falling apart"

And I'm all cried out
Yeah, I'm all cried out

Somewhere there is somebody
Waiting for the day to come
Somewhere there is somebody
On the wrong end of a gun

Somewhere a word is spoken
Meant so unkind
And somewhere a promise is broken
For the hundredth time

And I'm all cried out
Yeah, I'm all cried out

Somewhere there is somebody
Praying down upon their knees
Somewhere there is somebody
Begging, "Baby, come back, please"

Somewhere in a far off land
There's hope in their eyes
And somewhere God takes a man
With no reason why

And I'm all cried out
Yeah, I'm all cried out
And I'm all cried out

This Story lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Once in a blue moon and four-leaf clover
Something reminds me that the fairy tale's over
There's no more pages, it's too late to change a thing
There's no more chances, I just can't win, no, I just can't win

But if you tell me a story, change it for me
Take her out and put me back in
Keep me standing, change the ending
Turn the page and take the part out
When you're never coming back again

After the smoke clears of the flame and the flashes
It never took too long, the story was ashes
There's no more pages, it's too late to change a thing
There's no more chances, I just can't win, no, I just can't win

But if you tell me a story, change it for me
Take her out and put me back in
Keep me standing, change the ending
Turn the page and take the part out
When you're never coming back again

The wheel keeps turning, crashing, burning
I keep learning, I just can't win, no, I just can't win

But if you tell me a story, change it for me
Take her out and put me back in
Keep me standing, change the ending
Turn the page and take the part out
When you're never coming back again

Oh, you're never coming back again

Love Like A Hurricane lyrics - Kasey Chambers (feat. Kevin Bennett)

Sweet hallelujah, I can just see the light
I can see it down in a hole
Crawl, baby crawl, we can do this together
Take my hand, take my heart and my soul

We Gotta roll with the punches and laugh like a clown
Cry like the driving rain
Ask for forgiveness and drift like the wind
And love like a hurricane

Sweet hallelujah, I can just see the sign
I can see it from losing my way
Your words are all fading but the closer that I get
I can breathe in as clear as day

We Gotta roll with the punches and laugh like a clown
Cry like the driving rain
Ask for forgiveness and drift like the wind
And love like a hurricane

We Gotta roll with the punches and laugh like a clown
Cry like the driving rain
Ask for forgiveness and drift like the wind
And love like a hurricane

Down Here On Earth lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Come down from your high horse
Aren't you tired and lonely?
Come down from your high horse
If you wanna get to know me

Hey, ho, round we go
Or make it worse
Hey, ho, round we go
It's better down here on earth

Come down from your high horse
Don't be bitter and twisted
Come down from your high horse
You'll be mad, you missed it

Hey, ho, round we go
Or make it worse
Hey, ho, round we go
It's better down here on earth

Come down from your high horse
Aren't you tired and lonely?
Come down from your high horse
If you wanna get to know me

Hey, ho, round we go
Or make it worse
Hey, ho, round we go
It's better down here on earth

Hey, ho, round we go
Or make it worse
Hey, ho, round we go
It's better down here on earth

Nullarbor / The Biggest Backyard lyrics - Kasey Chambers

When I was a little girl
I had the biggest backyard in the world

It went on for miles and miles, was wide as it was high
Down to the horizon, all the way up to the sky
And every now and then
I heard a vile tree cry my name

When I was a little girl
I had the biggest backyard in the world

Covered up with red dirt as far as I could see
I shared it with the railway and the Aborigines
Southwest of Adelaide
All the way down to the sea and back

When I was a little girl
I had the biggest backyard in the world

The sun would shine until the day I asked for it to rain
Countdown the sleeps until the tea and sugar train
Ten cents on the track for days
Before it never came and went

When I was a little girl
I had the biggest backyard in the world

Sitting 'round the campfire that started from a spark
Rolling down the Gun Barrel Highway in the dark
Making sure that I had all the room here in my house
For me and all of the world

When I was a little girl
I had the biggest backyard in the world

Bring Back My Heart lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Well, if you see someone lighting up the dark
Just tell him to bring back my heart
And if you see someone tearing me apart
Just tell him to bring back my heart

Well, you'll be running faster than a mouth with curry
After all the rain comes down
He might be empty handed but he's injured
Like a bandit on the wrong side of town

But I, I won't cry, oh, I know we have to part
So just tell him to bring back my heart

Well, if you see someone shining like a spark
Just tell him to bring back my heart
Well, if you see someone tearing me apart
Just tell him to bring back my heart

Well, you'll be running faster than a mouth with curry
After all the rain comes down
He might be empty handed but he's injured
Like a bandit on the wrong side of town

But I, I won't cry, oh, I know we have to part
So just tell him to bring back my heart
No I, I won't cry, no, I know we have to part
So just tell him to bring back my

Just tell him to bring back my
Just tell him to bring back my heart

Invisible Girl lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Every morning I wake up
And think of what I could have done
To make you see that I'm the one you need

And every afternoon I sit down
To think of how to be around you
Day and night until the end of time

But I am invisible to you, invisible to you
I'm lost in the crowd again
I'll go down in history all over the world
As the invisible girl

Every evening I shut my eyes
To wonder why you never noticed
Never knew, all I think about is you

And every night I try to keep myself asleep
'Cause in my dreams I totally see
You want to be with me

But I am invisible to you, invisible to you
I'm lost in the crowd again
I'll go down in history all over the world
As the invisible girl

Just wait a minute, I don't ever wanna wake up
I'll leave the heartache in the back of the car
It's not that you have never looked straight through me
No running circles like a bug in a jar
And make me leave you, only see me

'Cause I am invisible to you, invisible to you
I'm lost in the crowd again
I'll go down in history all over the world
As the invisible girl

Yeah, I am invisible to you, invisible to you
I'm lost in the crowd again
I'll go down in history all over the world
As the invisible girl

Train Wreck lyrics - Kasey Chambers

You're like a train wreck, baby, you're making me crazy
Nobody can save me now
It's like a bottleneck pile of your dump from high up
And you landed on your feet somehow

Odeley, I'm on a one way route
Odeley, I got no way out

You're like a train wreck, honey, for all of the money
I would never wanna do it again
It's like a storm a-coming at a hundred and one
On a scale from zero to ten

Odeley, I'm on a one way route
Odeley, I got no way out

Rolling, rolling down and down
Rolling, rolling down and down
Rolling, rolling down

You're like a train wreck, baby, you're making me crazy
Nobody can save me now
Like a bottleneck pile of your dump from high up
And you landed on your feet somehow

Odeley, I'm on a one way route
Odeley, I got no way out, out, out

The Stupid Things I Do lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Drift into space like a moth to a flame
Talking too much but forgetting my name
These are the stupid things that I do
'Cause I love you

Stand in the corner, counting down sleeps
Holding my breath and I'm playing for keeps
These are the stupid things that I do
'Cause I love you

I love you all, I love you all
I love you all, I love you all
I love you

Mix all my words up and say it all wrong
Don't see enough but I stare way too long
These are the stupid things that I do
'Cause I love you

I tilt my head back and flutter my eyes
Hide my mistakes and believe all my lies
These are the stupid things that I do
'Cause I love you

I love you all, I love you all
I love you all, I love you all
I love you

album: "Rattlin' Bones" (2008)

(with SHANE NICHOLSON)

Rattlin' Bones lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

Smoke don't rise
Fuel don't burn
Sun don't shine no more
Late one night, sorrow come round
Scratching at my door
But I cut my hands
And break my back
Draggin' this bag of stones
Till they bury me down, beneath the ground
With the dust and rattlin' bones

[Shane] Left my home and left my love
[Kasey] Caught on a rusty nail
[Shane] Devil rose up, heavy with gold
[Kasey] My soul's not for sale
[Shane] Then a holy man in a house of God
[Kasey] He offered me a book of prayer
[Shane] And when I left my home I left my love
[Both] I left my faith back there

Smoke don't rise
Fuel don't burn
Sun don't shine no more
Late one night, sorrow come round
Scratchin' at my door
But I cut my hands
And break my back
Draggin' this bag of stones
Till they bury me down, beneath the ground
With the dust and rattlin' bones

[Shane] Shuttin' my eyes and hang my head
[Kasey] Darkness makes no sound
[Shane] Climb it up, bottom there
[Kasey] Earth's on the way back down
[Shane] When a sadness falls on the morning bird
[Kasey] Wonder what the day will bring
[Shane] But I'm shuttin' my eyes and hang my head
[Both] At least that bird can sing

Smoke don't rise
Fuel don't burn
Sun don't shine no more
Late one night, sorrow come round
Scratchin' at my door
But I cut my hands
And break my back
Draggin' this bag of stones
Till they bury me down, beneath the ground
With the dust and rattlin' bones

Till they bury me down, beneath the ground
With the dust and rattlin' bones

Once In A While lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

If I wasn't all you wanted
If I wasn't even close
Only hope that I made you smile
Maybe more then once in a while

If you never felt the blessing
If you only made it through
I only hope that I made you smile
Maybe more then once in a while

If we sleep right through the ending
If we slowly fade away
I'll only hope I went that extra mile
Maybe more then once in a while

I only hope that i made you smile
maybe more thne once in a while
maybe more then once in a while

Sweetest Waste Of Time lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

If you don't see me, caught in your wire
If you don't hear me, outside your door
If all this waiting, just leaves me wanting
You still would be, the sweetest waste of time

[Shane] If I could learn
[Kasey] The ways of your mind
[Shane] If I could burn
[Kasey] A hole in your cold heart
[Shane] Everytime,
[Kasey] I called your name

If you don't need me, when you get lonely
If you don't want me, to call your own
If all this hoping, just leaves me hurting
You still would be the sweetest waste of time

[Shane] If you could find
[Kasey] A way through the dark
[Shane] If you could shine
[Kasey] A light on my cold heart
[Shane] Everytime,
[Kasey] I lost my way

If you don't see me, caught in your wire
If you don't hear me, outside your door
If all this wanting, just leaves me waiting
You still would be the sweetest waste of time
You still would be the sweetest waste of time

Monkey On A Wire lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

They make no sounds, They ring no bell
Leaving no traces, They got no tales to tell

They find no home, They make no love
Casting no shadow while balancing above

Oh oh here I go me and my desire
Everyones got their own monkey on a wire

Oh oh down below, leader of the choir
is waiting for the next monkey on a wire

They keep no fear, no second prize
Walking like Jesus with voodoo in their eyes

They come in green, they leave in black
Holding dead roses with bullets in their backs

Oh oh here I go me and my desire
Everyones got their own monkey on a wire

Oh oh down below, wrapped up in the fire
Waiting for the next monkey on a wire

They make no sound, they ring no bell
Walking like Jesus goin straight-on into hell

Oh oh there you go, you and your desire
Everyones got their own monkey on a wire

Oh oh down below, leader of the choir
Is waiting for the next monkey on a wire

Oh oh down below, wrapped up in the fire
Waiting for the next monkey on a wire

Waiting for the next monkey on a wire
Waiting for the next monkey on a wire

One More Year lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

He was walking across the wire
Holding a loaded gun
Taking out every lightbulb
One by one

And she was building brand new walls
To keep her safe and sound
Sometimes a place to live
Is just a place to hide

One more year
One more year
Let's hold our breath
And give it just
One more year

Well he was sparks and gasoline
All fire and command
The warmest comfort dies
In the coldest hands

And she was two steps from the edge
But holding on somehow
Even God himself couldn't blame her now

One more year
One more year
Let's hold our breath
And give it just
One more year

Now he's working on a plan
Learning to make her smile
Maybe a change of pace
Or a change of style

And she's walking across the wire
Holding a loaded gun
Hoping that what we feel
Ain't what we've become

One more year
One more year
Let's hold our breath
And give it just
One more year

The House That Never Was lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

1,2,1,2,3

Got no nails, in the floor
Got no hinges on the door
Empty frames on the walls
Ain't no ghost in the halls

You can build with earth and stone
Make a place of your own
But the house that has no love
Is the house that never was

Got no dog, on the stair
Got no car, in the shed
Ain't no number, on the sign
Ain't no bird up on the power line

You can build with earth and stone
Make a place of your own
But the house that has no love
Is the house that never was

Wind dont blow through the trees
No one comes and no one leaves
You can live anywhere
But it don't mean you're really there

You can build with earth and stone
Make a place of your own
But the house that has no love
Is the house that never was

Yeah the house that has no love
Is the house that never was

Wildflower lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

I'm a wildflower by the highway,
Up against the rain
I'm an old man, growing tired,
Getting used to the pain,

I'm a wildflower in a garden,
Tended everyday,
I'm an old dog, hard to love,
And even harder to change.

But it's no time to be slowing down,
It's no time to be turning 'round,
You could blow a hole right through this town
If I don't ever let you down,

I'm a wildflower by the streetlight
Where the night begins,
I'm an old house, barely breathing,
As the walls fall in.

But it's no time to be slowing down,
It's no time to be turning 'round,
You could blow a hole right through this town
If I don't ever let you down,

I'm a wildflower, and I'm an old man.
There's so much in between

And it's no time to be standing by
it's no time to be asking why
You could blow a hole right through this town
If I don't let you down,

No One Hurts Up Here lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

No one cries up here
No one cries up here
Shed your burden out of your tear
No one cries up here

No one hurts up here
No one hurts up here
Sorrow fades and disappears
No one hurts up here

No one fails up here
No one fails up here
Have no worry, have no fear
No one fails up here

No one hurts up here
No one hurts up here
Raise your weary head my dear
No one hurts up here

The Devil's Inside My Head lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

[K] I had a dream I was lost at sea,
Sorrow's cloud came down on me
Stranded out on a boat made of fire,
running on desire

[T] Lord have mercy on my every sin
Hold my head up while the water comes in
"Hallelujah", I heard you call
but no one came at all.

Then I woke
In my bed
And I cried out
[K] The Devil's inside my head

[T] I had a dream I was crucified
hung my head as the town folk cry
I gave my life to save my soul
But the devil took them both

Then I woke
In my bed
And I cried out
[K] The Devil's inside my head

[T] I had a dream I was in my grave
Made my way to the Pearly Gates
[K] Underneath opened up and I fell
[T] Down to the gates of Hell

Then I woke
In my bed
And I cried out
[K] The Devil's inside my head

[T] Then I woke
In my bed
And I cried out
[K] The Devil's inside my head

Sleeping Cold lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

Will you rise or will you fall?
Will you walk or will you crawl?
Will you dream in black and white
When you're sleeping cold tonight?

Will you bend or will you break?
Will you give or will you take?
Will no angel shine no light?
And leave you sleeping cold tonight

Way o Way, way o way, o way o why
Way o Way, way o way, o way o why

Will you stand or will you turn?
Will you teach or will you learn?
When your demons rise above
You'll be sleeping cold my love

Would you stay or would you leave?
Would you fail or would you believe?
Would you stand your ground and fight
When I'm sleeping cold tonight?
Would we know what's wrong or right
If we're sleeping cold tonight?

Way o Way, way o way, o way o why
Way o Way, way o way, o way o why

Adeline lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

[Kasey] Poor Adeline, Poor Adeline
[Together] Where's your heart? Where's your mind?
[Kasey] First in the crowd, last in the line
[Together] The world can be so unkind
[Kasey] The winds gunna blow, the rains gunna call
[Together] Where do you hide? Where do you run?
[Kasey] Poor Adeline, Poor Adeline
[Together] Where's your heart? Where's your mind?

[Together] Oh how a girl can fade away
Black and blue and shades of grey
Whose gunna save you now?

[Kasey] Poor Adeline, Poor Adeline
[Together]T ake a rest, take your time
[Kasey] You'll never know, you'll never find
[Together] All you took, you left behind
[Kasey] The winds gunna blow, the rains gunna call
[Together] Where can I stand? One by one
[Kasey] Poor Adeline, Poor Adeline
[Together] Where's your heart? Where's your mind?

[Together] Oh how a girl can fade away
Black and blue and shades of grey
Whose gunna save you now?

[Together] Poor Adeline, Poor Adeline
Where do you run? Where do you hide?
Poor Adeline, Poor Adeline
Where's your heart? Where's your mind?

Oh how a girl can fade away
Black and blue and shades of grey
Oh what a mess you've made today
Whose gunna save you, now?

Jackson Hole lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

I'll trade those city lights and crowded sky's
Roll down Snake River with a box full of flies

Come on White Water make this old girl sing
And teach this young girl how to Western Swing

Life's gonna be better now Better in Jackson Hole

No California dreaming, anymore,
I'll put Wyoming out of my back Door

Life's gonna be better now Better in Jackson Hole

Get a little bit of Rise and fall
Get a little bit of Rise and fall

Don't take no wedding ring, Don't set no Trap
We're chasing freedom at the end of the Map

Life's gonna be better now,
Better in Jackson Hole

Get a little bit of Rise and fall
Get a little bit of Rise and fall

Life's gonna be better now
Better in Jackson Hole

Your Day Will Come lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

It's a long long way to home again,
Carryin' a heavy load.
Wake God's child before the dawn,
Pure as a pot o' gold.
And when you go to sleep at night,
Tell me whether demons come
And drag you down with both hands
To where it's hotter than the burnin' sun.

How far can you run?

When the darkness falls around me,
I can hear the wind blow.
Wailin' through the pine tree,
Ghost of a troubled soul.
Everything that goes around,
Comes around in time.
Don't wait on redemption,
It's never gonna take your side!

How long can you hide?

[fiddle solo]

Blackbird on a high wire,
Afraid of what he saw.
Named their only witness,
He won't sing any more.
And when you go to sleep at night,
Tell me whether demons come,
And drag your soul down below
How far can you run?

Soon your day will come!
Soon your day will come!

Woe Is Mine lyrics - Kasey Chambers (with Shane Nicholson)

Oh, woe is mine
Oh, woe is mine
Dark days a-coming
Lord, woe is mine

Poor lonesome boy
Poor lonesome boy
Dark days a-coming
Oh, lonesome boy

Seen no guiding light
Seen no holy sign
Where's my Kingdom Come?
Oh, Lord woe is mine

One burning tear
One burning tear
Brought down a mountain
One burning tear

Poor lonesome boy
Poor lonesome boy
Bring down a mountain
Oh, lonesome boy

Seen no guiding light
Seen no holy sign
Where's my Kingdom Come?
Oh, Lord woe is mine

Ain't no saints in white
Ain't no bread of wine
Ain't no Kingdom Come
Oh, Lord woe is mine

album: "Carnival" (2006)

Colour Of A Carnival lyrics - Kasey Chambers

I live in a circle
Runnin around and around and around and around
Walk over the wire
Pullin me down and me down and me down
Sink under the water
Fadin away and away and away
Crash into the wall if
Only you stayed if you stayed if you stayed if you stayed
Hey Hey Hey
If only you stayed
Hey Hey Hey

[Chorus]
It coulda been the colour of a carinval
It coulda been the light in the dark
It coulda been the blaze of glory
That keeps us all from falling apart
It coulda been better
It coulda been bigger
Everything that I need
It coulda been me

I stand in the corner
Callin your name and your name and your name and your name
Try tellin myself
I was never to blame and to blame and to blame and to blame
Fall down to my knees
I'm slippin away and away and away and away
Break under the strain if
Only you stayed and you stayed and you stayed
Hey Hey Hey
If only you stayed
Hey Hey Hey

[Chorus]

It coulda been me, it coulda been me, it coulda been me

[Chorus]

It coulda been me, it coulda been me, hey hey hey, it shoulda been me, hey hey hey

Sign On The Door lyrics - Kasey Chambers

I'm a believer
I paid for my sin
Stand over the water
Watch my ship come in
I was blind but now I see
It was right there in front of me
I was the reason
For the perfect mess
I covered up my failure and called it happiness
I been untrue
I been unkind
Then you come in like the lightnin' from the sky
Pickin' up the pieces in the middle of the night
I cried oh baby
I'm broken
Theres a price youre gonna pay
You jumped in the fire, you saved me any way

[Chorus]
Open up the up the sky
All gather around
Praise the lord and
Take a look at what i found
(I got a) love thats as big as raging storm
I got walls coming down that I need no more
I got a sign on the door that says
Lonely don't live here anymore

There was a moment i prayed for my soul
(I was) Crawlin' and hiding in a
Deep dark hole
I cried in the morning
I cried in the night
I was a drifter
Caught in the wind
Prepared to lose but I was
Tryin to win and I was breakin all the records on givin in
Then you came in like the lightnin from the sky
Picking up the pieces in the middle of the night
I cried oh baby I'm broken
Theres a price you're gonna pay
You jumped in the fire, you saved me any way

[Chorus]

Then you came round while I was walkin on the wire
Stood there underneath me
And you saved me from the fire
And God might be the king
In the land of the free
But you're the blessed saviour
You're the one I need

[Chorus]

The Rain lyrics - Kasey Chambers

I will try to break
Every habit that holds me
I will try to make everyone happy again
I will try to take anything you can throw at me
I will let the rain come in
I will try to face everything that scares me
I will try to trace
Everywhere that I've been
I will try to wait for all of the hearts to be mended
I will let the rain come in

[Chorus]
And if I try too hard
Or maybe not hard enough
I'll be the one who says
Its all gonna be OK
And if it all falls down well its never gonna really matter
Because the rain washes everything away

I will try to breathe
Deeper than all of the oceans
I will try to see
The battle instead of the win
I will try to leave
All that I've wasted behind me
I will let the rain come in

[Chorus]

La da da da da...

[Chorus x2]

Yeah the rain washes everything away, la da da da da

Light Up A Candle lyrics - Kasey Chambers

You call me baby with that look in your eye
A poster child for the mojo fly
You click your fingers and they fall at your feet
Well I'm drivin' home but it ain't your street
I wont be cryin' in the middle of the night
No countin' sheep and the bugs wont bite
Fresh as a daisy when I wake up in the morn
It wasn't yesterday that I was born

[Chorus]
Light up a candle and let it burn out
You say forever and I say for now
It's not a wheelin' and dealin'
Its just feelin you out
And baby I don't need you around

Well you say your loves as deep as a bottomless hole
Your promise you'll keep until your blood runs cold
You'll tell me I'm the only one in your world
But I know you say that to all the girls

[Chorus x2]
No baby I don't need you around, no baby I don't need you around

Hard Road lyrics - Kasey Chambers

There's a fire on the mountain
There's a fire in my soul
There's a sign on the highway
It's a hard road

There's a break in a heart
There's a break in a bone
There's a ghost in the dark
It's a hard road

There's blood in the kitchen
In the shape of a sin
There's a ship in the water
But it ain't coming in
There's a fall of an angel
At the end of the show
But who's gonna save my soul
It's a hard road

There's a heavy jacket
There's a heavy load
There's a weight on my shoulders
It's a hard road

There's a howl at the backdoor
There's a howl in the cold
There's a broken bottle
It's a hard road

There's blood in the kitchen
In the shape of a sin
There's a ship in the water
But it ain't coming in
There's a fall of an angel
At the end of the show
But who's gonna save my soul
It's a hard road

There's a strange feeling coming over me
Hollow eyes misery
There's someone at the backdoor
There's someone in the cold
God save my soul
It's a hard road

Nothing At All lyrics - Kasey Chambers

One was the light in a candle
Two was the colour of the rain
Three was a fall in deeper
Four was a cry and shame
Five was a shiver in the winter
Six was a losing card
Seven was the hope I would never fall too hard

One was a breath under water
Two was a crash and burn
Three was a ghost of the lover
Four was a lot to learn
Five was the livin' in a cradle
Six was a mercy cry
Seven was the hope you would never say goodbye

[Chorus]
You win
I lose
You leave with nothin' to prove
You rise, I fall
I leave with nothing
Nothing at all

One was a faith in a sorrow
Two was a waste of a dream
Three was a life in a bottle
Four was the last to believe
Five was a break in the weather
Six was back to the start
Seven was the hope it would never go this far

[Chorus]

I was your waste time
You were my angel wing
I was your falling star
You were my everything

[Chorus x2]

Nothing at all, Nothing at all
Nothing at all, Nothing at all

Railroad lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Your mother don't cry
Your daddy don't go
The spies don't let the government know
The water don't rise
Living on the railroad
Your brother don't lie
Your lover don't cheat
The ground wont fall
From under your feet and the wind don't blow
Livin on the railroad

Living on the railroad, living on the railroad

Your colour don't fade
Your sorrow don't show
The shadow don't follow wherever you go
The butter don't melt livin' on the railroad
Your cards don't lose
Your brakes don't fail
The rain comes down to cover your trail
But the wind don't blow living on the railroad

Living on the railroad, living on the railroad
Living on the railroad, living on the railroad

Thunder, lightening,
Stealing, fighting
Crashing, cryin, breakin', dyin',
Failing, fallin', lyin'
Greed
These are the things I never see

Living on the railroad, living on the railroad
Living on the railroad, living on the railroad.....

I Got You Now lyrics - Kasey Chambers

I got your love
I got your need
I got you wrapped around my finger like a glove
And i got you on your knees
Ya begging me darlin' please
I got your mind
I got your soul
I got you held up like a prisioner cryin' blind
But I got you in control
Baby lets rock and roll

[Chorus]
You better hide you conscience under the bed
You aint gonna get me outa your head
You think slipped through the cracks somehow
But I got you now

I got your heart
I got your blood
I got you boilin' up like water from the start
It's risin' like a flood
You're sticken to me like mud

I got your pain
I got your ache
I got you holdin' on with both hands to the chain
Like something's about to break
Baby how much can you take

[Chorus]

I got your love
I got your need
I got your mind
I got your soul
I got your heart
I got your blood
I got your pain
I got your ache

[Chorus]

I got you now, I got you now, I got you now....

Surrender lyrics - Kasey Chambers

It's not that I don't care
I know its here somewhere
But its more than I can bare to take
I lie awake at night
I never win the fight
Its an addiction I cant shake
Its overbearing me
Growing, flowing, showing

[Chorus]
I surrender, forever
I fold, I played the losing card
I'm under
Its over
I give it up its all too hard

It's not I'm unsure
I've heard it all before
But I cant help wanting more to keep
You just don't understand
The way I really am
Its all I ever can be
But underneath it all
I'm breaking, waking, shaking

[Chorus]

And now I face it all
I'm falling, crawling, stalling

[Chorus x2]

Dangerous lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Break break away from everything
Cut cut it up and start again
Know know there's nothin' in between
But anyway
How much did it ever really mean

I I was the keeper of the score
Blind blind and broken on the floor
You You were the solider in this war
But anyway
Was it it me that you were really looking for

[Chorus]
I am ashes
I am wreckage
I am careless
I am breaking
You are fearless
You're the saviour
We are dangerous
No more

Made made a mess of everything
Prayed prayed that it would never end
I I'm not angry bout a thing
But anyway
How much longer can you keep it in

Show show a side I'd never seen
Go go somewhere you're never been
Reach reach for something in between
But anyway
How much did it ever really mean

[Chorus]

After all that might have been
After all that could have been
After all that should have been
I'm falling in

[Chorus]

No more, no more, no more

You Make Me Sing lyrics - Kasey Chambers

You make the thunder start (a) rollin
You make the lightening cover the sky
You make the storm cloud hover over the hills
You make the water start rising high
You make the town folk run for cover
You make the animals run and hide
You make the light go dim like its suffering
You make the rain come outta the sky
You make the flowers die
You make the girls cry like a bird with a broken wing
But ya make me sing, ya make me sing

[Chorus]
Ya make me sing like a lone wolf howling
Ya make me sing like an angel fly
Make me sing like a church bell ringing to let you in
Oh you make me sing

You make the sun creep over the mountain
You make the darkness swallow the sky
You make the leaves turn brown in the spring time
You make the willow tree willin' to cry
You make the wind blow like a hurricane
You make the fire burn out of control
You make the water come in and the ship sink
You make the river too shallow to flow
You make the flowers die
You make the girls cry
Like a bird with a broken wing but ya make me sing
Ya make me sing

[Chorus]

oh oh oh I wanna shout it out
I wanna scream about
I want the whole world to hear
I got the earth shattering under my feet
And you ringin' in my ear

You make the flowers die
You make the girls cry like a bird with a broken wing
But ya make me sing, ya make me sing

[Chorus x2]

Don't Look So Sad lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Sink or you can swim
But you can't change it now your fallin' in
So drift or you can fly
Just don't waste it all on
Reasons why, you break when you can mend
It's not that easy turnin' round again
I know it's hard to hear
But after all that's said and done it will disappear

[Chorus]
Don't look so sad
It's not that bad you know
I won't let go no
Don't look so sad, you know to go down easy is the hardest way to go

Laugh or you can cry
But know a million tears will always dry (so)
Face what you can't hide
You know it's waiting on the other side
So crash, and you can burn
You know there's always something there to learn
In time it goes away
But after all that's said and done it'll be ok

[Chorus]

It's all the same I know
When everything is sinking in
But, one day you'll wake to find it's
Best to leave it all behind
You're at the end so start again

[Chorus]

... It's the hardest way to go

album: "Wayward Angel" (2004)

Pony lyrics - Kasey Chambers

When I grow up I want a pony
I'm gonna ride her from dust til dawn
I'm gonna brush her mane
And feed her sugar cane
And keep her in safe from the storm
If I had a pony
I wonder could I be your girl

When I grow up I want a baby
I'm gonna name it after Ralph Stanley
And I sure won't mind if it cries all night
Just as long as it looks like me

If I had a baby
I wonder could I be your girl

Yodelay he yodeloh oh
You rock my world
Yodelay he yodeloh
When I grow up I wanna be your girl

When I grow up I want a cowboy
With dust all over his jeans
With a horse named Jack
And a ten-gallon hat
He is nice but looks so mean

If you were a cowboy
I wonder could I be your girl

When I grow up I'll be a lady
All my rings will be made of gold
I'll put flowers in my room
I'll wear perfume

I won't listen to rock n roll
If I was a lady
I wonder could I be your girl

Hollywood lyrics - Kasey Chambers

If I was in a movie
I would hold my head up high
And if I was in a movie
I would never be this shy
I would shout out loud and be so proud
Of what I have to say
And if I was in a movie
I would never let you get away

If I was in a movie
I would stand the test of time
If I was in a movie
I would get away with crime
I would run so fast
And always last the distance of the day
And if I was in a movie
I would never let you get away

[Chorus:]
This is not Hollywood
There is no camera in my room
This is not Hollywood
The flowers grow before they bloom
Well you can hide away when you walk in dusky light of night
This is not Hollywood
This is my life

If I was in a movie
I would never be this sad
If I was in a movie
I would have more than I have
I would show the world I'm just a girl
Who has so much to say
And if I was in a movie
I would never have let you get away

[Chorus:]
This is not Hollywood
There is no camera in my room
This is not Hollywood
The flowers grow before they bloom
Well you can hide away when you walk in dusky light of night
This is not Hollywood
This is my life

Yeah this is not Hollywood, this is my life

Stronger lyrics - Kasey Chambers

I'm a little bit stronger,
I'm a little bit wiser,
It's a little bit clearer in my mind.
I can shout a bit louder,
I can feel a bit prouder,
But nothing makes sense to me this time.

I'm a little bit older,
I'm a little bit surer,
I can fight a bit harder against the tide.
I can make it sound better,
Much better than sadder,
But nothing makes sense to me this time.

[CHORUS:]
I thought it was good, I thought it was fine,
I thought it was just a matter of time,
The sun would shine.
I held my breath, I covered my eyes,
Thought I was just clearing the skies,
The sun would shine.

I'm a little bit braver,
I'm a little bit wilder,
I can stand a bit closer to the light.
I can stand a bit taller,
Like I wouldn't fall over,
But nothing makes sense to me this time.

[CHORUS:]
I thought it was good, I thought it was fine,
I thought it was just a matter of time,
the sun would shine.
I held my breath, I covered my eyes,
Thought I was just clearing the skies,
The sun would shine.

[Bridge:]
If my collar fades to white
Should I hold my head up high

[Instrumental]

[CHORUS:]
I thought it was good, I thought it was fine,
I thought it was just a matter of time,
the sun would shine.
I held my breath, I covered my eyes,
Thought I was just clearing the skies,
The sun would shine.
I thought it was good, I thought it was fine,
I thought it was just a matter of time,
the sun would shine.
I held my breath, I covered my eyes,
Thought I was just clearing the skies,
The sun would shine.

Bluebird lyrics - Kasey chambers

If I fall like rain
Will you still feel the same
Will you hold me and call out my name
If I'm lost in the crowd
Will you shout out loud
Will you take me to the other side of town

When that sun beats down
Will you stay
Will you turn around
And fly away
Like a bluebird tail wing
It sounds just like the angel singing
Am I ever gonna see you again
Bluebird with a brand new wing

If my heart turns blue
Will it still belong to you
Will you keep it just like him
If I lose my wing
Will I hear you sing
You will make my tears go away

When that sun beats down
Will you stay
Will you turn around
And fly away
Like a bluebird tail wing
It sounds just like the angel singing
Am I ever gonna see you again
Bluebird with a brand new wing

When that sun beats down
Will you stay
Will you turn around
And fly away
Like a bluebird tail wing
It sounds just like the angel singing
Am I ever gonna see you again
Bluebird with a brand new wing
Like a bluebird tail wing
It sounds just like the angel singing
Am I ever gonna see you again
Bluebird with a brand new wing
Bluebird with a brand new wing
Bluebird with a brand new wing

More Than Ordinary lyrics - Kasey Chambers

I used to make the fire
Now I'm running out of flame
The closer I get the more regrets
And I won't change everything
To have you back again
But I can't keep everything the same
They say it won't get harder
I'm gonna be OK
But it's just like me going against the break
And while I tie to your shoestrings
And I'm breaking from the strain
Those damn thongs hold on like chains
Yeah those damn things hold on like chains

Was I ever really more than ordinary
Did you ever see me like I saw you
Was I ever really more than ordinary
Did you ever need me like I need you now
I need you now

If I was a liar, I had a few more friends
The chances are my heart would never mend
Even know my conscience would go
Running back again
Doesn't really hurt to pretend
No, it doesn't really hurt to pretend

Was I ever really more than ordinary
Did you ever see me like I saw you
Was I ever really more than ordinary
Did you ever need me like I need you now
I need you now
I need you now
I need you now...

Wayward Angel lyrics - Ksey Chambers

Well I am a wayward angel
I don't suffer I don't cry
And late in the night your sleeping
I come to hover by your side
So close your weary weathered eyes
These tears are just a faint disguise
Cause I am a wayward angel
I don't suffer, I don't cry

Cold in the heart of winter
Make your shiver make you blue
I'm stay close by your window
Give your blankets to hold on to
So sleep my baby for a while
You'll wake with the light of a mothers smile
Cause I am a wayward angel
I don't suffer I don't cry

I am a wayward angel
I feel no sorrow
I'll always carry you home
I'll bring salvation
Before tomorrow
I'll be wherever you go

Break like a first time heartache
Leaves you weaker leaves you tears
Hold my hand much tighter
I will walk you through these years
So close your weary weathered eyes
You'll wake with the light of a mothers smile

Cause I am a wayward angel
I don't suffer I don't cry

Paper Aeroplane lyrics - Kasey Chambers

I'm just an old man
My hair is thinning
My head is spinning
I cry myself to sleep at night
And lordy lordy
Though no one hears me
I know you're near me
Will you always be my wife

And some days make me
Feel weak and shaky
Some fly right right by me
Like a paper aeroplane
And I hardly notice
That the world's gone crazy
But nothings clearer
Than the way your said my name

And I should've let go by now
Yeah I should've let go by now
But I kept your brownies
And your golden honey
And I smell your flowers
And I saved your money
And I hold your blanket
Close for hours
And I paint my heart blue
But I did it all for you.

Like A River lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Sometimes you walk like an angel
Sometimes you walk like a man
Sometimes you crawl like a baby
Makes me forget who I am
Have you ever been held before
Like honey to the bee
I've never been held before
Like you hold me
Chorus:
You make me feel like a river
Like a water overflow
Wanna shout it out from the Mountain
Wanna sing it on the radio
I'll sell my soul like a sinner
If it means you'll never go

I think the sun is finally rising
Its burning down because I miss you
I'm gonna walk right through the fires
Cos all I wanna do is kiss you
Rain falls, won't wash this away
I'll build a stonewall to make you stay

[Chorus:]
You make me feel like a river
Like a water overflow
Wanna shout it out from the Mountain
Wanna sing it on the radio
I'll sell my soul like a sinner
If it means you'll never go

[Chorus:]
You make me feel like a river
Like a water overflow
Wanna shout it out from the Mountain
Wanna sing it on the radio
I'll sell my soul like a sinner
If it means you'll never go

Never go
Never go

For Sale lyrics - Kasey Chambers

Wouldn't you think that
I'd have it all figured out by now
That I'd know exactly what I'm dong
Wouldn't you think that I'd have a key
To open every melody and sing
Like it is all here at my feet
Wouldn't you think that
I'd have a life hanging on my wall
So I could prove that I'm alive
But these are just things I've been given
For a plastic way of living
And I'm not sure if that really is my style

The second hand it rolls on by
It never looks back to wait for mine

And if I fall any harder this time
If I dig any deeper Lord what will I find
Well you can buy my life on radio
And order me by mail
But not everything about me is for sale
No not everything about me is for sale

Wouldn't you think that
I'd have the strength to carry anything
And I could buy myself
A brand new set of hands
But sometimes like the others
I just ran away take cover
And I swear that no one really understands
The second hand that rolls on by
It never looks back to wait for mine

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