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1.Goodbye

Good-bye
I'll be gone when you open your eyes
I'm skipping town like a stone
Thrown across the water

Gonna set sail
There's no need for you to wave
Cos i'm catching one
On my own now

Don't leave a key
Underneath the mat for me
Cos i won't be
Coming back around here

Good-bye
I'm not gonna cry
As i'm hopping that train
Knowing that i won't see you again

Don't leave a key
Underneath the mat for me
Cos i won't be
Coming back around here

Taking a plane into the sky
I'm not gonna look down
And i'm not gonna look back

So don't leave a key
Underneath the mat for me
Cos i won't be
Coming back around here

Coming back around here...


2.Looks Like Rain

Lightning flashes
When you glance
I'm thunderstruck
Walk in slow motion
Ran a hand on a
Rainy railing
Cats and dogs falling
But kept on walking

Head afloat
Like a paper boat
Gliding through puddles
Of rippling rainbows
The gray sky can't
Dampen my spirit

Lightning flashes
Fluttering eyelashes
The pitter-patter
Of the rain
Echoes in my chest
Heart is racing
Shoes are squishing
As feet hasten

Swim against the flood
Of the people in the street
Tried to keep up with your pace
But you just slipped away
With the tear down my cheek

Drops come through
Small holes in the sky
Sound of a thousand fingers tapping
As i wave good-bye

Drops come through
Small holes in my eyes
Sound of a thousand heartbeats stopping
As i wave good-bye


3.Summers Never Seem To Last

Our glass
Is half-full as we lie
Side by side
Upon the sand
Beneath the sky

Hourglass
Sand falling too fast
Let's lay it on
Its side for
Awhile

Our glass
Has been
Turned on its side
The contents spilled
But it's still half-filled

Hourglass
Has been
Turned upside-down
And the time is
Running away

Our glass
Is half-empty
The sand is slipping through
The spaces in
Our hands

The clouds float by
Across the sky
As the hours fly past
Summers they never
Seem to last

Hourglass
Is half-empty
The sand is slipping through
The spaces in
Our hands


4.Winter Spring Summer Fall

Clouds are falling to pieces
Covering the ground
My heart in hibernation
Woke up to the sound
Of the beating wings
Migrating home

Little bird on my shoulder
Whispered in my ear
Let your heart sing its song
Now that springtime is here
Snow is melting and
The sky is clear

Spring uncoiled
Into summer's golden curls
As she twirled her
Flowered dress
Pretty as a petal

Honey-colored sand
Is not as sweet
Without you here
Beside me
In the heat

Cos i'm fall fall falling for you
Like an autumn leaf
Carried on the breeze


5.Watercolors

Paint my heart
Black and blue
In the portrait
That you said you'd do
Sitting by the window sill
Where the sunbeams
Melt my daydreams

Flowers fade away
And the colors turn to gray

Paint me blue
Like the sky
Blend into the background
As the birds fly by
The landscape smeared
By my falling tears
I'll close my eyes
Until this storm clears

No umbrellas keep out this rain
No soft clouds cushion my pain
Little drops left their stain
On the picture frame

Watercolors bleeding
From my broken heart
Let my tears dry
With the paint


6.Know Which Way The Wind Blows

Drawing eyes
From across the room
They're staring out of the paper
But you are withdrawn
From the faces looking on
Are you a spy
Or an artist drawing lines

Is there a hidden camera
In your pen
Cos i'm having trouble avoiding
The questions in your eyes
If this is your disguise
Please stop trying to draw
Information out of me

Drawing eyes
Wide-open like
The curtains to a play
But i cannot stay
In the audience
Feeling so withdrawn
From the faces looking on
To applaud for curtain call

Do you carry magnets
In your pockets
Cos i'm having trouble
Resisting your gravity
When you are near
Please stop drawing this out
Using your secret agent
On me


7.Weather The Weather

Whether the weather keeps
Blowing the same
I've already been swept away
Since you got tangled in my hair
Can i keep you there

Or will you be my sweater
And weather the weather with me
I would wear you every day
In the sun or in the shade
Whether rain or shine
Will you be mine
If i'm under the weather
Will you be mine
If i'm light as a feather
Will you be mine

Let's be together and
Weather the weather


8.Leaves

You went by
In a sneeze
That time turned
Into wind rushing
Under leaves

To quietly incite
Then it burst from me
As i gathered flowers
Falling for the breeze

Breath in your smile
Behind a tree
Blended with petals
And dreams

But you won't notice
Until the fall
When you come to see
The girl left behind
Leaves


9.Let Go

On and off and
On and off
The light switched places
With the shadow
And we lost power

Sweet and sour
Sweet and sour
Turns out he loves me not
Is the last petal
On the flower

Hot and cold and
Hot and cold
The water drops are
Falling from the tap
Out of synch

Open close and
Open close
I locked the doors
And shut my eyes
But can't make you leave
My head

Let go slow down you're holding fast
Let go move on you're holding still

Close and far and
Close and far
The details magnified
We lost sight
Of the bigger picture

Win and lose and
Win and lose
The race we ran
Repeats again
But the record's broken

Plus and minus
Plus and minus
Reciprocals
Became mixed fractions
And we divided

Happy sad and
Happy sad
Sometimes good things
Happen to us
Disguising themselves
As bad

Let go slow down you're holding fast
Let go move on you're holding still

Remember the best
Forgive and forget the rest

Let go slow down you're holding fast
Let go move on you're holding still


10.You Drift Away

Swam against your waves
The glinting glass
Cut against me
Darkly flowing past
Like frightened
Shadows

Swallowed by an
Empty starless blue
As the spreading ocean
Swelled and grew
From here
To you

You drift away
You drift away

Drawn in by the
Undertow you went
And another
Comfortless night spent
Waiting
But weightless

You drift away
You drift away


11.The End Of The Story

Folded my arm through
The elbow of yours
But i can't feel you there anymore
I am dancing with your shadow
You have turned into a ghost

Though you are so close beside
I feel space empty and wide

You turned me round in a circle
Made me dizzy and let me fall
I no longer recognize you
I want to leave this masquerade ball

What lies behind your smile
I once believed in foolishly
Now i look up into your eyes
But all i see is the sky