Drivin
(written by mary bragg & david haywood)
every mornin I replace the feeling for a Saturday
but I have to pull myself right outta bed
as soon as I step foot outside
the bottom falls out of the sky
and all the heavy rain comes pouring down on my head
but I'm drivin with my heart
drivin with my love
drivin with the only thing that keeps me hangin on
i'm stealin up my dreams
stealin up my soul
stealin everything I have and going on my own
get to work and sneak in late, have to do the job I hate
surprise, surprise I'm not so motivated
all the people look their best, but I can't even catch my breath
when I'm tryin to keep myself from getting so frustrated
but I'm drivin with my heart
drivin with my love
drivin with the only thing that keeps me hangin on
i'm stealin up my dreams
stealin up my soul
stealin everything I have and going on my own
From a Small Town
(written by mary bragg)
you're always asking me what's it's like to be from a small town
well that sure is hard to do, but I"ll try just for you
if we drove a long way down the highway 15
past a thousand cows and a few cornfields
we'd come to a place I know
every passage every road
if you could see me cutting the grass on my old Ford tractor
see the way I love my nephew, seeing all his laughter
where the land is vast and free
maybe then you'll see what it's like to be from a small town
if we went down to main street to the local wal-mart
you'd see a couple of six-year olds in the bottom of a grocery cart
if we chose to walk down every aisle
we'd pass a few of my old boyfriends and they'd all just smile
everybody knows your story
but's it's okay, no need to worry
if you could see me cutting the grass on my old Ford tractor
see the way I love my nephew, seeing all his laughter
where the land is vast and free
maybe then you'll see what it's like to be from a small town
yesterday I called my sister
told her how much I miss her
she said when ya coming home
all I could say was I don't know
but maybe mother's day or father's day
as soon as I can I'll be on my way
if you could see me cutting the grass on my old Ford tractor
see the way I love my nephew, seeing all his laughter
where the land is vast and free
maybe then you'll see what it's like to be from a small town
All Wrong
(written by mary bragg)
i've spent far too many years
mostly enhancing fears
of how I'd be perceived
always overly concerned
with all the money I could earn
and glory I'd receive
but now I know
there's more below
than can be seen
i've figured out it's not about
what I've thought all along
seems like I have lost my sight
from counting wrongs and rights
forgotten to forgive
i have thrown away my joy
so easy to destroy
forgotten how to live
but now I see
it's all for the and loving you
i've figured out it's not about
what I've thought all along
it's not for me to no degree
i've gotten it all wrong
Let Me Down Lightly
(written by mary bragg)
i know this is probably crazy to say
or maybe I'm letting my doubt in the way
all of these thoughts could be fear all the same
please just hear me out
i don't wanna turn into
what i have been through
in times when other ones failed
should you ever love another
find yourself a love undercover
lose the desire you have for me
should you ever write a letter
saying you have found someone better
if you don't love me, then let me be
all i ask, please let me down lightly
it's likely to happen at some point i guess
everyone finds it one place or the next
i will return to the game with the rest
i will be alright
i don't wanna convince you
that i am the one who
should be in your every dream
should you ever love another
find yourself a love undercover
lose the desire you have for me
should you ever write a letter
saying you have found someone better
if you don't love me, then let me be
all i ask, please let me down lightly
Giesler's Song
(written by mary bragg & david haywood - a tribute to matt giesler)
how could you leave me
when you'd only just arrived
it's such a mystery
how we did not survive
took all i had and ran away
for your own renown
emptied me out and here i lay
with my face to the ground
oh the world has turned an unfamiliar grey
and the people have put on peculiar faces
since you left me i don't even know myself
this heart is a mess
how can i be happy
when i simply can't move on
everybody mocks me
i wish you were no longer gone
but you wouldn't know cause you shut me out
a long time ago
you didn't know what love was about
you just put on a show
oh the world has turned an unfamiliar gray
and the people have put on peculiar faces
since you left me i don't even know myself
this heart is a mess
Lost it
(written by mary bragg)
call me crazy, call me a fool
i am an offender i broke all the rules
but it had to happen, him with me
and it wouldn't have by just wishing
where did my heart go
i just saw it pick up and run away
it jumped right out of my hands
into the boys arms
i don't understand
oh no i've lost it
i've lost my heart and lost my head
given some things up just as you said
but it's worth every minute of my time
to find a love to call mine
where did my heart go
i just saw it pick up and run away
it jumped right out of my hands
into the boys arms
i don't understand
oh no i've lost it
a solitary heart has found
a sanctuary not thrown around
a place that i call home
I'm in Love
(written by mary bragg & david haywood)
i saw him sitting there all lonely
in my favorite coffee shop
sippin on a cappucino
and deep inside in his thought
well maybe it was in the way
that his green eyes looked up at me
i'm breaking down, spinning round
falling all over myself
i know it's a little too early
but just a couple of sips should do it
and baby i will be ready
I'm in love
i started turnin red all over
when he came and spoke to me
couldn't help it if i wanted
it's just something he does to me
well maybe he was heaven sent
or only a thought in my mind
i'm falling for who i adore
he's everything to me
he said i know it's a little too early
but i've gotta know that i'm gonna
see your face again
I'm in love
Great Light of the World
(written by jeffrey stephen norman)
sometimes at night when i am afraid
i cover my eyes, and i cover my shame
so here in the dark, broken apart
come with your light, and fill up my heart
oh great light of the world
fill up my soul
i'm half a man here
so come make me whole
oh great light of the world
come to impart
the light of your grace
to fill up my heart
the wind of this world can push us around
folding us up backing us down
but here in the dark i'm not alone
so come with your strength, and carry me home
oh great light of the world
fill up my soul
i'm half a man here
so come make me whole
oh great light of the world
come to impart
the light of your grace
to fill up my heart
Time After Time
(written by cyndi lauper & rob hyman)
lying in my bed i hear the clock tick and think of you
turning in circles confusion is nothing new
flashback to all the times you placed your hand in mind
suitcase of memories
sometimes you picture me i'm walking too far ahead
you're calling to me, I can't hear what you've said
then you say go slow, you're out of line
the second hand unwinds
if you're lost you can look and you will find me
time after time
if you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
time after time
sometimes you're hard to see, it feels like you're away from me
life is a mystery, i'm wondering how can it be
that you say i love you
and i'm with you all the time and i'm not hard to find
if you're lost you can look and you will find me
time after time
if you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
time after time
Never Enough
(written by mary bragg)
hold my hand, guide my feet
we'll go inside and fall fast asleep
lullabye sing to me
until my grins turn into dreams
you gave your heart unselfishly
so the world would make room for me
and form this child into who i've become
we could laugh and cry
and live our lives together or apart
using insufficient words
i'll tell you all that you are worth
but it's never enough
when pretty skies are nothing new
you find the brilliance in every hue
despite all my foolish ways
you build me up and show me faith
every time i'm home again
it's hurried love, squeeze it in
with little time our lives will afford
we could laugh and cry
and live our lives together or apart
using insufficient words
i'll tell you all that you are worth
but it's never enough
you've watched me grow, i still don't know
how you put my life before your own
there's no way to give you all you've given me
I Will Hold On
(written by david haywood)
in a storybook, it feels like forever
where the candles seem to burn all night long
and the enemy folds to the pressure
that illusion is simply gone
when the whole world falls around me, I will be faithful
with the blue sky, another sign of hope
well my direction, I can't see, I'm learning how to grow
with the fear of losing all,
i will hold on
a familiar place, living in wonder
how can I be perfect all along?
a heart is made through pain and affliction
it defies all sense of wrong
when the whole world falls around me, I will be faithful
with the blue sky, another sign of hope
well my direction, I can't see, I'm learning how to grow
with the fear of losing all,
i will hold on