Kim Richey

I left home with nothing but a few tears in my eyes
Now I'm halfway down the interstate past Highway 99
It's just me and one good wiper blade up against the rain

And I still hear the echoes of those bitter words we said
That could drive a million miles and never drive them from my head
Those words we said

No matter how I try, I can't get far enough away
Every sad song on my radio sounds like it's custom made
By some devil on my shoulder that keeps whispering in my ear

And I still hear the echoes of those bitter words we said
That could drive a million miles and never drive them from my head
Those words that wounded like an arrow to the heart
And keep me drivin', drivin'

And I still hear the echoes of those bitter words we said
That could drive a million miles and never drive them from my head
Those words we said
Those words we said, we said

Every time the phone rings I wonder if it's you
I've about worn out those records we used to listen to
And I curse the day I ever let you in
'Cause now you're gone and here I go
Here I go again

Well, I think about us dancin' to that downtown country band
And the crooked smile you gave me when you held out your hand
And I curse the day I ever let you in
'Cause now you're gone and here I go
Here I go again

Sure it's for the best
And someday I'll laugh the whole thing off but
I'm not quite there yet

And I try to hang on to
The memory of your touch
And I tell myself I'm crazy for
Missing you this much

And I curse the day I ever let you in
'Cause now you're gone and here I go
Here I go again

Here I go again
Oh, here I go again

I bought a new red dress to lift my spirits up
And just like you did honey it cost me way to much
Next time you see me I betcha take a second look
You'll wonder why I look so good
CHORUS:
You'll never know how much I miss you
You won't see it in my face
You'll never know I'll never find another
That can take your place
'Cause I'll be smiling when I see you
My tears won't ever show
Yeah I might always love you
But you'll never know
When I saw you out last night you seemed so surprised
That I could walk right by and not blink an eye
To look at me you probably think I'm doin' fine
Good thing you can't read my mind
(repeat chorus)
You'll never know...

I feel a cold snap comin'
Frost is on the windowpane
Trees are green and bees are humming
But I'm freezing just the same
Can't put my finger on it
Where did we lose the flame
We'll both end up broken-hearted
If we don't find that fire again

Lately we've been missing something and
Love is wearing at the seams
You say, "Baby, ah, it ain't nothing," and
That's exactly what I mean

Come every winter season
Most birds, they fly away


It's warm down south
They got no reason
Why they should wanna stay
When we take love for granted
We wind up empty handed

[Repeat Chorus]

Baby, turn off the TV
Come here and hold me tight
A little heat is all we need
To bring love back to life

[Repeat Chorus]

Close the door
And leave the world behind you
Open a window
Listen to the breeze flow through the pines
Take a deep breath
What more can you do...

Chorus:
Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down...

That old dark cloud
Acts like he knows you
Takes up to much time,
Time you could be spending holding me
And he can't have you now
It's you and me here in this room
Ohh Ohh...

Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down...

The world will keep on turning
It'll all be there come morning
So tonight...

Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down...

Ohh Ohh...

Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down...

I sat outside one afternoon in an old lawn chair
And I watched the sun set off for business west somewhere
And the sky turned water color pink and gold and blue
And the stars all showed up one by one and we waited for the moon

And I thought about you and I wondered why
It took so long to say goodbye
Oh, you shined so bright you blinded me
And left me so I couldn't see
That I was the moon chasing the sun
There was never a prayer of ever catching up
No matter how fast I would run
Like the moon chasing the sun
Just like the moon chasing the sun

The crickets called and the moon peeked out of the eastern sky
They both start up about this time each night
And the evening breeze dropped by and brought some sweet relief
And in the silver light I finally let go of the heat

[Repeat Chorus]

Funny we should meet
The three of us here on the street
You know, I've wondered what I'd say
Now the moment's here
And suddenly it's crystal clear
Some things ain't never gonna change

From where I stand
I see an old familiar story
Only last time I was in your shoes
Now it's looking like it's my turn
To be lonely and I tell ya
I don't like the view

I was just like you
For me, he left somebody, too
And I didn't care if that was wrong
Oh, but now I've found
The tears you cause come back around
And they're coming your way before too long

[Repeat Chorus]

From where I stand
We have a lot in common and
There's a good chance
You'll be standing one day right here

[Repeat Chorus]

I get to thinking sometimes
I don't know why I stare into the darkness
Looking for some light
And I lie awake and wonder
Late at night
Why am I the lucky one
Who has you by my side
CHORUS:
Why does a star fall from the sky
How does the sun know when to rise
I don't know how it came to be
But you fell in love with me
It's one of life's sweet mysteries
Where would I be without you
It's hard to say
What if our paths had never crossed along the way
Oh, I was meant to love you
I know that's true
So that must be the reason
I'm here now with you
(repeat chorus)
It's one of life's sweet mysteries...

I got tired of losing
So I covered my tracks
I left love behind me
It was a thing of the past
And I got back on me feet again
With something new in my stride
I was just telling my girlfriends yesterday
How I was doing alright

I was living a good life
None of that silly love stuff
Then I went and fell for you
Ain't that just my luck

I got a house in the country
I got a garden that grows
And I got nobody telling me
"Hey, turn down that radio!"
I made my life real simple
A couple cats and me
I don't get bored or lonely
As long as there's somethin' on TV

[Repeat Chorus]

The sun shines through my bedroom window
Like a long lost friend
And I can't describe how good it feels to
See him back again

If I were a tender poet
Maybe I could speak
All those lines and perfect phrases
Just beyond my reach

And I'd like to say what's in my heart
But I don't have the nerve
And I'd tell you that I love you
But I just can't find the words

Maybe I could paint a picture
And let the colors show
All I've been keeping to myself yet want
The world to know

Or maybe I could write a letter and keep
It short and sweet
No greeting card type sentiment, just
What you mean to me

And I'd like to say what's in my heart
But I don't have the nerve
And I'd tell you that I love you
But I just can't find the words

I let the porch light burn all night
'Till the early morning light
But you never did come by
And now you're calling me
Just to say you need
A little room to breathe

That's a lie you tell yourself so I
Can't touch you
That's a lie to shut me out but it's
Just not true
Can't you see you're not fooling me a bit
Yeah, you can try to tell me you don't care
But I know that's a lie

Well you never will be free
If you let her memory
Get all tangled up with me
I'm sorry for your pain
But I won't take the blame
All women aren't the same

(Repeat Chorus)

You say you'd like to be alone
You do just fine all on your own

(Repeat Chorus)

Down in the valley of love there's a big ol' lonesome
cave where all the broken hearts mourn
the love they gave
On coal black nights their tears are carried on the wind
And wash you with the feeling that you'll
never love again
Oh, how the poison vines do wrap around your soul
And drag you down a long dark path to the place
where nothing grows
It's cold and lonely and your only company
Are the ever present voices singing love's lost melody
If you've ever heard it you know there's no sadder sound
Than love fading like a whistle on the last
train leaving town
'Til all you hear are the echoes of love
It's cold and lonely and your only company
Are the ever present voices singing love's lost melody
If you've ever heard it you know there's no sadder sound
Than love fading like a whistle on the last
train leaving town
'Til all you hear are the echoes
All you hear are the echoes
'Til all you hear are the echoes of love

You've got a way about you
I haven't laughed since he's been gone
He was a sad song playing
Over and over for too long
And I loved him so much
I was so sure of what we had
That when he left me
He really left me bad
CHORUS:
Good...good enough
I'm feeling good...so good
I'm feeling good enough to love again
So good...back on the mend
Oh (yeah) you make me feel good
Good enough to love again
I don't know how you do it
But baby, I'm sure glad you did
Even ol' what's-his-name
Could never get to me like this
You're like a good dream
About the best I've ever had
It turns out his leaving
Really wasn't all that bad
(repeat chorus twice)
Oh you make me feel good
Good enough to love again

Close the door
And leave the world behind you
Open a window
Listen to the breeze flow through the pines
Take a deep breath
What more can you do...

Chorus:
Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down...

That old dark cloud
Acts like he knows you
Takes up to much time,
Time you could be spending holding me
And he can't have you now
It's you and me here in this room
Ohh Ohh...

Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down...

The world will keep on turning
It'll all be there come morning
So tonight...

Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down...

Ohh Ohh...

Let the sun fall down
All around you
And let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down...

Big wet snow the day I left
Didn't stick around like me, I guess
Half a tank of gas, money well spent
Mississippi was a frozen wreck

I'm still in love with you
I'm going south, I'm going crazy
What else am I supposed to do
I'm just a girl in a car, leaving

Shivering on a bridge with a cigarette
Making sure the sun still sets
I look before I leap
Pray the Lord my soul to keep

I'm still in love with you
I'm going south, I'm going crazy
What else am I supposed to do
I'm just a girl in a car, leaving

Sunday morning hit the shore
Gulf of Mexico never seemed so pure
Sit and watch the tide roll in
And I turn west, another road begins

I'm still in love with you
I'm going south, I'm going crazy
What else am I supposed to do
I'm just a girl in a car, leaving

Well, it's not hard to see
Anyone who looks at me
Knows I am just a rolling stone
Never landing anyplace to call my own
To call my own

Well, it seems like so long ago
But it really ain't you know
I started out a crazy kid
Miracle I made it through the things I did
The things I did

Someday I'll go where there ain't no rain or snow
혩Til then, I travel alone
And I make my bed with the stars above my head
And dream of a place called home

I had a chance to settle down
Get a job and live in town
Work in some old factory
I never liked the foreman standing over me
Over me

Oh I혪d rather walk a winding road
Rather know the things I know
See the world with my own eyes
No regrets, no looking back, no goodbyes
No goodbyes

Someday I'll go where there ain't no rain or snow
혩Til then, I travel alone
And I make my bed with the stars above my head
And I dream of a place called home

I could say I didn't love you
You could say you never cared
We'd both know that isn't true

Me and you
Me and you

I don't let too much get to me
I shake it off like rain
I've raised the glass in memory to

Me and you
Me and you
Me and you

Seems like the things got rough
Oh, it wasn't good enough
Oh, I tried to patch things up
Alas, we have to hold on to

Me and you
Me and you
Me and you

We could shuffle through reasons
Why bother keepin' score
We got blame enough for two

Me and you
Oh, me and you
Me and you

I made a bed of roses
Dreamed of islands in the air
Walked on Spanish beaches
Shook the petals from my hair, my hair

Freed some birds from cages
Let them drift into the blue
I've written lovesick pages
Stayed up late and watched the moon
Without you, without you

I rode on waves of incense
Nag Hamati, ancient bell
Freed my shrines of pretense
And of things too hard to tell, to tell

Laid on clover hillsides
Caught the scent of honeydew
Lay awake nights sometime
'Til blackness turned to blue
Without you, without you

I faced sun on water
At the end of my remorse
Became a laughing daughter
On a spotted stallion horse, ooh

I was a note that landed
On the shores of Xanadu
My wishes all were granted
What more could I do
Without you, without you
Without you

Tell me what you're gonna do, and I'll believe you once again
Don't let this be the battle that you're afraid to win
Sit there with your visions, your tonic and your gin
Tattoo scenes of paradise all over my skin

And I'll take the fall, you take the ride
I'll take the hit, you let it slide
Reel me in, reel me in
Reel me in, reel me in

I'm still in love, I'm still in fear, there's something in your eyes
I don't know why they're so intense when you intend to lie
L could say this is the last time, meaning every word
Why give into reason when love is so absurd

I'll take the fall, you take the ride
I'll take the hit, and you let it slide
Reel me in, reel me in
Reel me in, reel me in

One, two

And I'll take the fall, you take the ride
I'll take the hit, and you let it slide
Reel me in, reel me in
Reel me in, reel me in

Rise to the rhythm, rise to the call
Come face the music, or be nowhere at all
Go down to the river, no need to fear
Your trials can be over, there are no judges here
There are no judges here

Somewhere east of Eden
Let there be no doubt
No flaming swords of cherubim
To keep you out

Rise to the rhythm, rise to the call
Come face the music, or be nowhere at all
Go down to the river, no need to fear
Your trials can be over, there are no judges here
There are no judges here

Come on back to Camptown
Celebrate the news
No need for a clamp-down
Once you've paid your dues

Rise to the rhythm, rise to the call
Come face the music, or be nowhere at all
Go down to the river, no need to fear
Your trials can be over, there are no judges here
There are no judges here
There are no judges here

This love cannot be bought or sold
It's timeless as a story often told
Oh, and this love is never well behaved
Makes me wanna testify
Stand up, tell the world I'm saved

Oh, daughters of Jerusalem
I have seen the day break
And the shadows flee away

I'll break the chains of fear
In the name of this love
Laugh away the tears
In the name of this love

And this love, it doesn't bow its head
It don't need anybody's blessing
And don't care what anybody says, oh

Oh, daughters of Jerusalem
I have seen the day break
And the shadows flee away

I'll break the chains of fear
In the name of this love
Laugh away the tears
In the name of this love

Oh, daughters of Jerusalem
I have seen the day break
And the shadows flee away
Ooh, ooh

I'll break the chains of fear
In the name of this love
Laugh away the tears
In the name of this love
Name of this love

Your bright and shining star
Fell a little short of glory
And left you wondering
Where you are, where you are

While you're down there in the trenches
Trying to pick up all the pieces
As you're sifting through the ashes
Beware, the past is buried there

And it's a good day, it's a, a good day
Yeah, it's a good day here, now

It's hard to make amends
With crimes that have no rhyme or reason
Well how could you know
Where to begin, where to begin

While you're down there in the trenches
Trying to pick up all the pieces
As you're sifting through the ashes
Beware, the past is buried there

And it's a good day, it's a, a good day
It's a, a good day, a good day
It's a good day
Yeah, it's a good day here, now

Aah, aah, aah, aah

In the midnight sun, watching colors run
Bring back electric green
When the morning comes, we'll be overdone
Time for my favorite dream, uh, huh
Bring back electric green

Time gets wasted running with the pack, go on
Toss it out the window, try and get your money back
Smoke 'em if you got 'em, bring along an extra pack
Sunrise, sunset

In the midnight sun, watching colors run
Bring back electric green
When the morning comes, we'll be overdone
Time for my favorite dream, uh, huh
Bring back electric green

Fingerprints on broken glass
That's what you get for looking back

Aah, aah, aah, aah

Here goes nothing, nothing to get buzzed about
Take a little something, something that'll sort me out
So what if it never did, doesn't mean it won't work now
Sunrise, sunset

In the midnight sun, watching colors run
Bring back electric green
When the morning comes, we'll be overdone
Time for my favorite dream, uh, huh
Time for electric green

In the midnight sun, watching colors run
Bring back electric green
(In the midnight sun, watching colors run)

When the morning comes, we'll be overdone
(Bring back electric green.)
Time for my favorite dream, uh, huh
(When the morning comes, we'll be overdone)

In the midnight sun, watching colors run
(Time for my favorite dream, uh, huh)
Bring back electric green
(Aah)
Bring back electric green
(Aah)

Bring back electric green
(Aah)
Bring back electric green
(Aah)

Bring back electric green
(Aah)

We talked it out
And we've had our say
And we both agree we're better off this way
Well, good for us
We're so grown up
And there's no hard feelings
Sure, we'll keep in touch

Tell me why, tell me why
Is it so hard to say goodbye
Hard to say goodbye

Ah, it's no big deal
Yeah, it's nothin' new
It's just somethin'everybody runs into
So hang up the phone
And turn out the light


Sweet dreams, tomorrow it'll be alright

Then tell me why, tell me why
Is it so hard to say goodbye
Hard to say goodbye

Tell me why, ah, tell me why
Is it so hard to say goodbye
Hard to say goodbye
Goodbye

Let's find some place and bide our time
Party even when the sun won't shine
You and I are two of a kind
Cowards in a brave new world

Put ourselves in the hands of fate
Close our eyes and fall from grace
Go up in smoke without a trace
Cowards in a brave new world

Oh, cowards in a brave new world
Oh, cowards in a brave new world

We ain't looking for no Holy Grail
We get wine from a bottle and water from a well
We lived to tell the tale of
Cowards in a brave new world

Oh, cowards in a brave new world
Oh, cowards in a brave new world

We'll share the pillow
We'll make our bed
We'll share our dreams
Come and rest your head, uh, huh

Oh, cowards in a brave new world
Oh, cowards in a brave new world
Oh, cowards in a brave new world
Brave new world, brave new world, oh, ho