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Pull Your Heart Away
03:56
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Things got a little hot, you’re seeking some advice
What you asked for, you got, but you just found out the price
Pull your heart away, that’s what you need to do
Pull your heart away, while it still belongs to you
Pull your heart away
Now the wind is blowing cold, your sweater is too thin
You’ve acted way too bold, you’d better come back in
Pull your heart away, that’s what you need to do
Pull your heart away, while it still belongs to you
Pull your heart away
Like a jump from a tower
Like the petals from a flower
Like the sea from the sand
Like a bird from his hand
You’re bound for land
You see hope in all the cracks, he can only see the end
No matter how he acts, he is isn’t yours, my friend
Pull your heart away, that’s what you need to do
Pull your heart away, while it still belongs to you
Pull your heart away
After all I’ve been through, how can I look behind?
What I saw was all I got, so I chose to just be blind
Honey, pull your heart away, that’s what you need to do
Pull your heart away, there’s so much more for you
Pull your heart away
Like a jump from a tower
Like the petals from a flower
Like the sea from the sand
Like a bird from his hand
You’re bound for land
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The paint is peeling now behind you there
There’s a million things to do
But I’m sleepy now and I think I’ll take the time
Someday when I’m losing you
A thousand promises I’ve made, around
About a hundred IOUs
I’ll keep them still, I promise that I will
Someday when I’m losing you
Got some love around I’ve never used
Never tested, never true
I’ll tell you so sometime before you go
Someday when I’m losing you
I could dream away the things I’ve planned
And pretend you’re dreaming too
But the dreams will fall and so will the tears
Someday when I’m losing you
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3. |
What Kind of a Heart
02:55
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God is my witness, you are my judge
I’ve tried to explain but you will not budge
I’ll promise to love you as long as I live
Oh, what kind of a heart cannot forgive?
It’s true I stumbled, stumbled as I ran
But now I’ve crumbled, crumbled into sand
It seems I’m always running that long track
But this time I looked back
God is my witness, you’ll be my judge
I’ve tried to explain but you will not budge
I’ll promise to love you as long as I live
Oh, what kind of a heart cannot forgive?
A heart that’s lonely, a heart that fears
A heart that’s only gathering tears
And that’s the heart beating in your chest today
I put it there, I’m sorry to say
Your friends are the jury convicting me today
Why do you worry and listen to what they say?
They don’t know a thing about you and me
They’d keep you lonely so they have company
God is my witness, you are my judge
I’m begging you darling, please don’t hold a grudge
I’ll promise to love you as long as I live
Oh, what kind of a heart
What kind of a heart
What kind of a heart cannot forgive?
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4. |
Almost in Love
02:50
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The crickets are singing their crickety songs
The moon’s in the sky up just where it belongs
He’s sitting beside me, he’s holding my hand
The evening is perfect, as if it were planned
And …I’m almost in love, I know it’s near, a vintage year
Is waiting to be gathered from the vine, this time
At last in love, so awfully late, so worth the wait
It’s just ‘round the corner this time
I know what it’s like, I’ve felt it before
There’s got to be more
Love, what are you waiting for?
Seems like an age that we’ve been hovering at this stage
This has to be some kind of crime
It’s got to be love, please let it be love
I’m almost in love this time
If I could just make it so by wish or by will
I’d be in love still
Bluebird on my windowsill
One of these days, will we look back and see a haze
Where there could have been reason and rhyme?
It’s got to be love
Please let it be love
I’m almost in love this time
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5. |
When You've Got It
02:58
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When you’ve got it, then you’ve got it
And I’ve got it pretty bad for you
All day long I think, what can I do?
At first I fought it, ‘cause I thought it
Wouldn’t ever be the kind of thing for me
Sitting ‘round just pining helplessly
I’m so wise, I’m so cool
That disguise, it just made me a fool
When it’s right, you’ll hold on tight
You’ll never let that feeling disappear
Your every wish would be my task
All you’ve got to do is ask
And you’ve got it, dear.
I’m so wise, I’m so cool
That disguise made me the perfect fool
When it’s right you’ll hold on tight
You’ll never let that feeling disappear
Your every wish will be my task
All you’ve got to do is ask
And you know you got it!
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6. |
Genevieve
03:54
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Genevieve, young hearts believe
That things with wings should soar away without delay
Genevieve, I believe that you ought to do
Every little thing you’re wanting to
I know you’re ready, I made you ready, Genevieve
Genevieve, hearts deceive
Just to win you’ll watch your moral compass spin
‘Round and ‘round you will go
You’ll never want to take it slow
One might as well ask a fiery comet to slow its path
I know you’re ready, how do you think I know this, Genevieve?
You were the first flower of my spring
And then suddenly you were everything
Some prince will beckon you to leave
He’ll have the stars upon his sleeve
But could you wait a little while?
Though I can’t be the last to see that crooked little girl smile
I know you’re ready, I made you ready
But I’m not ready, and I never will be, Genevieve
No, I never will be Genevieve
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Paul
04:08
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There’s so much to do, so much to talk about, we can’t cover it all
Feel like I’m ready to jump up and walk about, feel I’m ready to fall
I’ve been hoping for this calling, are you open, tell me darling
All you want from me, anything at all …Paul
It’s a real nice night that we have here in circus town, could be the hunter’s moon
Working us up a little, then it’ll work us down, we better handle this thing soon
Can you hear it in the air? That’s the spirit of a fairytale
That’s trying hard to come true, but I don’t know if I’m getting through at all …Paul
You know I really hate to beg, it doesn’t do a thing
But you’re so shy and my oh my
You got me trying almost anything
Don’t know if the end of this will be fireworks or hell
All that I know is that I’ve been through enough to see we started off pretty well
Well, don’t you flirt and don’t you tease me, I get hurt oh so easy
Though we may be made for each other
Know I can’t reach out any farther
No, if I reach out anymore I’ll fall …Paul
Stop!
Stop waiting in the hall
Come on in my room
Paul!
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Slow
02:35
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Did you think I wouldn’t know?
God I’m slow, God I’m slow
It took awhile to spot this show
God I’m slow, God I’m slow
You always liked them sweet and simple
Well, didn’t I shut my eyes to you?
Now that they’re open, I can see you
Wanted me wise to you, you wanted me wise to you
Lots of things I’ll never know
God I’m slow, God I’m slow
I disregard the signs and omens
I hardly know the time of day
And darlin’ you have well perfected
Letting it slip away, letting it slip away
Now I’ve got to let you go
God I’m slow, God I’m slow
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9. |
You've Got That Magic
02:56
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I know these feel like bitter times
But that doesn’t mean they’re quitter times
I’ve never seen you looking so forlorn before, my troubadour
I think you should know you’ve got that magic
When you smile, the sun just hides in shame
And when you laugh, the moon calls back your name
And if you happen to just brush my hand
There’s nothing I can’t understand
’cause you light up my mind
You’ve got that magic
How I’ve been afraid to tell
I didn’t want to break the spell
But what else is there to do?
Absolutely everybody seems to know but you
You glitter like a Christmas tree
I’m always hanging around in hopes
That some will fall on me
And if you think you might need a little extra light tonight
See that glow in my eye, you put it there
Take it from me, you’ve got that magic
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10. |
Along the Rocky Way
03:53
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I face my maker without fear
Without a tremble, without a tear
Although I’d rather tarry here, along the rocky way
The road is rocky, the road is rough
You’d think I would have had enough
I stand here looking out o’er the bluff, along the rocky way
Someday, angels will call me home to stay
Why do I long to tarry here along the rocky way?
We were born to walk on bones
Tear our feet with nails and stones
Sometimes we are all alone, along the rocky way
Someday, angels will call me home to stay
Why do I long to tarry here along the rocky way?
I have questions by the score
Why are some so drear and poor?
What should we be searching for, along the rocky way?
Someday, angels will call me home to stay
Why do I long to tarry here along the rocky way?
But what precious gifts were wrought to bless
This world in all of its gloriousness?
Gratitude, the pilgrim’s quest, along the rocky way
Someday, angels will call me home to stay
Why do I long to tarry here along the rocky way?
No matter if we rest or roam
The Lord has made this our only home
Shining cloud above purple loam, along the rocky way
Someday, angels will call me home to stay
Why do I long to tarry here?
Why do I long to tarry here along the rocky way?
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11. |
Little Bit Harder (Live)
03:51
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Don’t cry, don’t care
Don’t follow me everywhere
Wouldn’t you like to make it just a little bit harder
(harder for me?)
Don’t swoon, don’t moan
Unless you like to do it alone
Babe, you’ll need to make just a little bit harder
Well you sigh and you say
in that sorrowful way
I’m the only one
Well if that is so, I’m dying to know
Why you’re the only one
who’s having fun?
You yearn, you burn
When’s it gonna be my turn?
Babe you’ll need to make it just a little bit harder
I knock you flat
I’m never gonna get high on that
I think that you could work things
just a little but smarter (do it for me)
I snarl, you thrill
I’m getting the wrong kind of chill
You only need to make it just a little bit harder
Well I want to spin and I want to flip
I want you to excite me
But it’s like you went on
some romantic trip
And you didn’t invite me
Be sweet, be square
Let’s put a little heat in this dull affair
Babe you need to make it just a little bit harder
You say I’m cold and I’m cruel
and you feel like a fool
And ain’t that a shame?
Well if that is so, you need to know
You’re the only one to blame
You’re sad, you’re blue (boo hoo)
I get the feeling this is all about you
You’ve got to work harder
to earn my ardor
Don’t blame me
Babe you need to make it just a little bit harder
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Leslie Evers Palo Alto, California
Leslie is a singer/songwriter based in northern California. Her sound embraces folk, old time and American songbook styles.
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