At Least for a While

Mama, I've got a feeling

That blue skies are ahead,

That they're coming for us.

I think we've got to keep hoping--

I know it's hard to believe.

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We've been hurt and downtrodden,

Had out hearts broken, in way too many ways.

We're at the bottom of the rocks

And we're scrambling to climb up.

I know that we both want, these tears to stop falling.

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So here I am, crossing my fingers

Praying for this pain to the end,

If not for long, at least for a while

We need a little clean air to breathe,

Instead of all this suffocating negativity that seems to cling.

Mama, we've just got to hold on

The grass is going to grow

And flowers have got to bloom

I think we're going to be all right--

No one's ever had friends like you and I.

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Chorus 2

We've been hurt and downtrodden

We're at the bottom of the rocks,

We're scrambling to climb up.

And we're going to make it,

I know in my heart we're going to make it.

I've got to believe it,

At least for a while.

Confidence

One summer, I was told

By an admirer, a friend

A lusting desire—

That I was the most confident

Woman, that he’d ever met—

He’d ever known.

I had raised my brow,

Skeptical and surprised,

Each time. Because I didn’t see it,

I couldn’t bring myself to believe

What he said. He couldn’t see past

My mask. I wasn’t as I seemed

Though I was more than I had been.

My confidence was just a glamour

Hiding my insecurities and fears

My thoughts and darker feelings

Mixed with my pride, my back straight,

Chin held high.

Sometimes, to be real I came to realize

Was to fake it until you seemed it

While blending with the truth.

Seven Little Words

Seven little words

I dream of

Just seven little words

I hope for

Can you stay a little while

Just stay and talk

We don’t have to expect anything

But be the two of us.

Seven little words

They bind us

Just seven little words

You have me

Can you take the stand

I’ll gladly take your hand

We don’t have to be anything

But the two of us.

Seven little words

I see you

Just seven little words

I believe in

Stay by my side

I’ll show you what’s inside

We don’t have to rush

But just be the two of us.

Seven little words

So kiss me

Just seven little words

I’ll show you

You are what I need

And it’s time we had our chance

The door opened again

When you said, you loved me still.

Seven little words

Just seven little words

Yeah, I never stopped loving you, too.

Can't Be Found

The sky falls down,

And I’m feeling blue.

I miss your love,

And the touch of your lips.

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Now you’re gone,

Forever and always is no more.

My heart’s in a box,

Locked away where the key can’t be found.

Don’t trust in love,

I’ve built walls so I can’t be found.

You made me promises,

Held me at night,

Made me think it could go on like this.

I used to believe you.

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Romance,

It’s overrated and leaves one jaded.

Kisses under the stars are dreams.

No longer following, chasing the butterflies.

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Can’t be found.

Just Want You Back

I took the pictures you drew me off the wall,

Threw the bracelet you gave me in a box in my armoire,

I don’t want to see the things I have of you,

Just want you back, yeah, just want you back.

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Everyone’s telling me it gets better as time passes

But I’m not sure whether to believe them;

I feel like there’s a hole swallowing what little’s left of me,

Can you just pick up the pieces and love me again?

How can I miss you when you were so mean?

I had to tear down anything that made me think of you

The memories that we both made.

Just want you back, yeah, just want you back.

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Inside there's only heartache and pain
A big empty space where I’m like damn, this hurts

It hurts and I can’t fill it no matter how hard I try.

Just want you back, yeah, just want you back.

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You’re driving me crazy because I’m not over you,

You hurt me, you tore me apart

Like a paper doll that you created, you shredded my heart.

Just want you back, yeah, just want you back.

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I just want you back, even if you destroyed me.

I just want you back, even though it’ll set me up for more heartache.

I just want you back, because you still own my heart.

Just want you back, yeah, just want you back.

Chorus

Pick up the pieces and love me again.