Early lyrics

Lyrics to:

Flowers in the River

music and lyrics by Marion Walsh

I‟m gonna go and see him

Because I miss him so

He says he‟ll meet me by the river

And then he has to go

He‟s on his way to someplace

But he can‟t tell me where

He's bringing me some flowers

And I don‟t even care

River take my flowers

To the place where rivers go

Take away the flowers that he gave

me

And if he really loves me

Please tell him to come home

Flowers in the river for my baby

We‟re gonna have a baby

Ten fingers and ten toes

And he won‟t even be around

To watch our baby grow

My baby‟s mamma loves her

But her daddy don‟t

Some girls would grow up empty

But my baby won‟t

Great big sky above me

Cold dark earth below

And me here in the middle

with either way to go

the only thing for certain

is I miss him every day

He was my best companion

Until he went away

People think that girls like me

Are trouble from the start

But I never knew no trouble

„til I opened up my heart

Hills Afire

lyrics by Marion Walsh

music by Marion Walsh and Tyler Pearson

There‟s fire in these hills

And why it‟s burning still,

I‟ll never know

The trees are crying,

yeah I can hear them crying

These are the only hills I know

I see you in these hills

I see you and I know I cannot stay

And even though you‟re gone, long

gone

The fire will not burn away

Burning are the mountains, burning

are the hills

Burning is my heart because I love you

still

And I will not return here

until the fire burns away

I will not return until I know I‟ll stay

Hills afire

See the colors in these hills

In autumn afternoons when the

shadows fall

See the light, the way it glows, it is

October now

Do you remember me at all?

I left here in the morning

I kissed you as you slept, the sun was

rising gold

And then I walked away from all this

glory

With only memories to hold

Flames burn to ashes, ashes turn to

dust

I‟m leaving now because I know I must

And I will not return here until the

fire burns away

I will not return until I know I‟ll stay

Hills afire

See the colors in these hills

And why it‟s burning still

the trees are crying, yeah,

I can hear them crying,

These are the only hills

Hills afire

Hills afire

Sweet and Wonderful


You‟re my sweet and wonderful

Love you all the time

When you‟re in my neighborhood

The sun‟s gonna shine, shine, shine

I don‟t give a damn what the

neighbors say

You can bring your sweet old self my

way

I love you, sweet wild wonderful

From the bottom to the top

Like a planet going round the sun

I‟m never gonna stop, stop, stop

I don‟t care if it shows

I‟m gonna sing this song

„til the whole world knows

Don‟t mind me if I blush

But it makes me crazy when we touch

When we touch my heart goes crazy

Something tells me that I love you

baby

You love me like it matters,

You love me like you care

You make me feel beautiful

No matter what I wear

You‟re making my rules come undone

But I don‟t mind, let‟s have some fun

When we touch my heart goes crazy

Something tells me that I love you

baby

I love you baby

I love you baby

So What If I Dream?



In my imagination I am happy

In my imagination I am free

No one ever wants anything from me

In my imagination I am the squeaky

wheel

I do what I want, not what I should

In my wildest dreams

I am completely understood

People say I must be crazy

Others think I must be lazy

Dreaming up the things I never do

But even if I never do them

What‟s it matter to them

You gotta have your dreams

to get you through

So what if I dream?

So what if I dream?

So what if I dream?

Dreaming is free

In my dreams the snow stays white

forever

It‟s always breezy, and I‟m in the sun

I live on the edge of a canyon,

and everything I do is fun

In my fantasies, there‟s no confusion

I am exactly who I want to be

Anything goes! in my reveries

Some people want to drag me down

Keep me in their tiny town

Where all that matters is what you

can see

They should listen to their dreams

Life is more than what it seems

I don‟t have to see it to believe

In my head I‟m never disappointed

Everything is as good as it seems

You can mess with my life,

but you can‟t touch my dreams

Sing Your Blues Away


Mother sister daughter wife

Where are you going with your life?

Anything you can do is inside of you

Make up your mind you‟re running

out of time

Father brother uncle son

Can you see the damage done

Anything you want you must feel for

it to be real

If it‟s understanding you must find I

will give you mine

This may not be your night, this may

not be your day

But you‟ll be alright just sing your

blues away

What‟s the matter sister what‟s the

matter friend

Have your dreams come to an end

If you are feeling blue there is only

one thing to do

Sing yourself a song and nothing can

go wrong

A Simple Life for a

Simple Girl


I love my dogs and my dogs love me

We go walking in the woods, we three

Rain or sun, mud or snow,

nothings‟ gonna stop us if we wanna

go

It‟s a simple life, don‟t you know

Got me a mom, got me a dad,

The best damn parents a girl could

ever have

The two of them made the one of me

and the three of us make a family

It‟s a simple life, can‟t you see

I once was small, but now I‟m grown

And I don‟t mind my time alone

Got my dogs, my guitar

We don‟t have to travel far

We‟ve got enough, right where we are

It‟s a simple life for a simple girl

In a big old complicated world

And I‟m trying to make my way

Along this long and rocky road

Oh my my my, yes indeed,

I‟ve got everything I need

Got my friends and my family,

Got my dogs and I got me

I‟ve got no use for email letters

Pen and paper suits me better

If I need to talk, I‟ll use the phone

Or I‟ll stop by if I know you‟re home

There‟s always time when you live

alone

When I wake up I got no plan,

I take a look at where I am

I say a prayer, I check the sky

Then we go out, my dogs and I

It‟s a pretty good life, you ought to

try

This song‟s got no point, it don‟t

mean nothing

That‟s just what I am discussing

I made it up, and now I sing it

Though there really ain‟t no meaning

in it

It‟s a simple song for a simple girl

In a big old complicated world

Early



It‟s okay to wake me up early

We‟ll be the first to see the day

We‟ll watch the sky make its

arrangement

And hear what the earth has to say

Don‟t let me sleep in

Be sure to wake me up early

I‟ll watch our boy as he sleeps

Behind those closed eyes are

adventures

And dreams only little boys keep


If love could show up in the mirror

It would look just like our baby‟s face

I can‟t believe that we made her

This love is a beautiful place


If you should forget to wake me

I‟ll sleep „til the day says hello

But I‟ll miss the sunrise and the look

in your eyes

And the kiss that I get when you go


I don‟t want to sleep in

I love your voice in the morning

the way that you whisper my name

so gentle and slow, like newfallen

snow

and then you repeat it again

Sometimes a Girl’s Gotta Put Herself Firstmusic and lyrics by Marion Walsh

Wake up, I‟ve got something to say

I love you but I have to go away

I‟ll be back, I don‟t know when

I know you might not be here then

I might lose you, and that hurts

But sometimes a girl‟s gotta put

herself first

Things are great, things are good

But lately I‟m not feeling the way

that I should

Its like the clothes I‟m wearing are

just too small

It‟s nothing personal, I‟m just

growing, that‟s all

I might lose you, and you know that

hurts


herself first

It‟s got nothing to do with you

A girl‟s gotta do what she‟s gotta do

So treat me right or treat me wrong

I‟m leaving you baby, and this is my

song

Well I might be crazy, but I think I‟m

not

I‟m giving this leaving all that I‟ve got

I might be lonely, I might get lost

But I‟ve gotta grow, no matter the

cost


hurts


herself first

Wake up, I‟ve got something to say

I love you but I have to go away

I‟ll be back, I don‟t know when

I know you might not be here then


hurts


herself first

Without You, My Home is Just A House


Deep as the sea is my sorrow

Wide as they sky is your smile

I‟d give up all that I asked for

If I could hold you for a while

Dark as the night is my sadness

Bright as the sun are your eyes

My heart comes up empty,

where once there was plenty

I can‟t fill it up, so I cry

Without you, my home is only a house

And nobody lives here but my sad,

sad heart

If I can‟t have you

I don‟t want nobody else

Without you, my home is just a house

My arms are so lonely without you

My dreams they don‟t know where to

land

I could regain my direction

If only I could hold your hand

The day that you left me, my darling

was the day that the sun never shined

I could make my way in the darkness

If I could have your heart in mine

I‟ve got my home in the country

I‟ve got my white picket fence

If my house can‟t have you in it

living here don‟t make any sense

Stay With Me Tonight


Sorrow, Lord sorrow

Take it all away from me tomorrow

Today, I‟m okay

I will walk and I will pray

And I‟ll be alright

If you stay with me tonight

Crying, oh yeah I‟m crying

Can‟t see the river for to cross,

even though I‟m trying

There are mountains in my way

I can‟t go, but I won‟t stay



Lonely, Lord I‟m so lonely

Try to find you in the dark,

but it‟s me only

The curtains are all open

And I‟m wishing and I‟m hoping

That I‟ll be alright


Today I miss you

Skies would shine brighter

If only I could kiss you

Soon I will smile

It may take a little while



Sorrow, Lord sorrow

Take it all away from me tomorrow

Soon I will smile

It may take a little while



Stay with me tonight

Stay with me tonight

I’m Satisfied


I‟m satisfied, I‟m satisfied

I‟m satisfied, but if you ask me

I‟ll admit it, I could use some company

Places to go, I‟ve got places to go

And people to see, but what I don‟t have

I‟ll admit it, Is someone to go with me

In this world, some things I see

Make me as sad as I can be

At the end of the day, I‟ll be okay

I‟ll be happy anyway

Because I‟m satisfied with me

Mornings will come, And mornings will go

They‟re coming and they‟re going,

without me ever knowing

How it feels to have someone

When the Water Calls


She heard the river calling

Of a Sunday afternoon

She got up from the table

And she knew just want to do

She jumped into the water

Summer dress and all

She said “you‟ve got to get wet

when the water calls.”

Way across the river

Where the magic passes through

I saw her in the water

And I tried to go in too

I put one toe in the water

And I turned right back around

My feet feel better when

they‟re on the ground

When the water calls,

If the water calls

And you answer,

She‟ll take you home

When the water calls,

If the water calls,

And you answer,

She‟ll dance you home

Me, I don‟t like swimming

I never do get wet

And if the water‟s calling me

I have not heard her yet

But take me to the desert

That‟s where I hear my song

That‟s where I‟ve done

my dancing all along

Some folks like the water

Some folks like the land

Others like the great indoors

It‟s what they understand

Whatever blows your hair back

You‟ve got to let it blow

Just make sure you‟re dancing

when you go

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