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Slow Down River
04:22
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Lyrics:
Slow down river, don’t carry us away too fast.
Mighty river, we know we weren’t meant to last.
We’re fleeting and we can’t find,
Just a little more time.
Sow down river, don’t carry us away too soon.
Hold on river, you know we’re coming back to you.
You help us when we can’t go on,
And carry us to the shore beyond
Slow down river, your water seems so meek and clam
Mighty river, waiting for the weak and the strong.
Slumbering, we’re finally whole.
You’re calling out to every soul.
I wish I had a little more time to love them (2)
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Let a Little Light In
04:24
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Like prisoners waiting, alone.
In the safety of darkness, we atone.
But let a little light in.
Show us what to say and do.
They’re done with our troubles, and they say,
They’ve had enough.
Yes we know, we don’t deserve,
Any more love.
But let a little light in,
Let a little light in,
Lord.
Love and life,
We’ve learned them the wrong way.
Now our footsteps fall,
By mistake.
But let a little light in.
Lord.
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Lonesome Whisper
03:00
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Lonesome whispers in the night, I’m not free
Wondering when and where you’ll finally come to me.
Lonesome whispers do you mean anything that you say?
Cause you sing like a bird and birds always fly away.
Wishing and waiting and wanting to feel you close,
But you’re only a voice, a light in the night, a ghost.
Lonesome whisper do you feel all your breath will escape?
When I test you, caress you, do you fear all the effort I take?
Oh lonesome whisperer, lonesome child,
Your voice ain't so lovely,
That I could live without your smile.
Lonesome whispers softly into my pillow
You’ve got me bending low and backwards like a weeping willow.
If I bend to your breeze, if I sway to your every move,
Find myself rooted here waiting for a glimpse of you.
Oh lonesome whisperer,
Lonesome child,
Your voice ain’t so lovely
That I could live without your smile.
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Can’t you hear the waves outside baby?
What you sayin, you leaving me now?
How you gonna say this ain’t love?
How you gonna say this ain’t real?
You don’t have to play outside baby
When you wanna fly take to the sky with me now.
You know I’m your wings
How you gonna say this ain’t love?
How you gonna say this ain’t real?
Honey why you afraid of me?
Cause I got something, something you need in me?
Go ahead and fight it
It’s gonna go right and not wrong
Can you live without my loving?
Is that what you really want?
Let go, let go baby
Let go and come to me
Let go baby
It’s alright to run to me.
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Answer Me When I Call
04:06
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I see their faces looking down on me.
I feel the hatred all around and I grieve.
They don’t know my cup it runneth over
Now I’m unbound so they can’t chain me down again,
And though I fear, I won’t hear, and I won’t believe.
They don’t know my cup it runneth over
They say that I am small,
And that I’m nothing at all
Answer me when I call
And raise me above them all
My G-d will lift me many miles beyond my station
And make me the mother of nations
My G-d alone will lift me to exactly where my place is,
And wipe the smiles right off their faces.
They don’t know my cup it runneth over
They say that I am small,
And that I’m nothing at all
Answer me when I call
And raise me above them all
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6. |
Nobody No One
03:11
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Why plant this love in me,
Potential of a seed
When there’s no water, no water anywhere?
Why plant the seed inside,
When I can’t find any light
And there’s no water,
No water anywhere?
Is this all of my life?
Is this all of my life?
Is this all of my life?
No.
Why give me wings to fly?
In my dreams I fly so high,
But I made a cage, I made a cage,
Out of my life.
And I’m nobody, nobody
I’m no one
Is this all of my life?
Is this all of my life?
Is this all of my life?
No.
And I’m nobody, nobody, no one.
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I Don't Have The Words
04:15
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So much better, that’s what you deserve
When I did all I knew how to do.
We struggled together, us against the world
I didn’t know what I was putting you through.
My heart is imperfect I can’t change the past
Can’t you see your reflection in my broken glass
All the colours and the beauty and the magic that’s you.
What more can I give you what more can I do?
Cause I don’t have the words.
I don’t have the words to say.
You couldn’t tell me all the things you felt
I was too angry I felt too alone.
We can only play with the cards we have been dealt.
Did I show you how to stand on your own?
So fly over the mountains that I couldn’t climb
You’ve seen all of my anger now leave it behind
My heart is imperfect I can’t change the past
See your beautiful reflection in my broken glass
I don’t have the words to say.
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I miss you when you’re sleeping,
Cause that’s when I’m wide awake.
The voices keep repeating,
And I relive all my mistakes.
And I can’t let go,
But I can’t hold on
Won’t you hold on for me,
I’m just not that strong
I miss you when you’re sleeping.
Can’t breath without you close
Come calm me with your voice now,
Come and silence all the ghost
Cause I can’t hold on
And I can’t let go
You can see right through me
You’re the one who knows.
So see me, see me
I’m not somebody to see through.
And need me, come need me
Need me just as much as I need you.
I see when you’re sleeping
Between the light and dark
Can you feel me reaching for you
With my weak and tainted heart?
Oh no, you can’t run from me
You can’t even look away
Cause I’m a beauty in the moonlight
And you can’t stand the light of day
And you can’t hold on
And you can’t let go
Won’t you come right to me
I’m the one who knows.
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Zoë Ackah Toronto, Ontario
Zoe Ackah is a person who write songs, produces them with her friends, and sings them just for you.
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