WONDERFUL
Lyrics by Cindy Alexander, Music by Dave Darling & Cindy Alexander
Kiss me now or hold your peace
I’ve had enough I’m in love with the way the moon’s aligning
(Gonna take it all the way)
Awake inside your dream I am
So please don’t you sleep while the mercury is rising
(Gonna take it all the way)
Hey (hey) you know I think about it
But I don’t wanna think about it
CHORUS 1
Here I am Come and get it
Take me now or just forget about it
If you don’t want it I won’t sweat it
I got people I can call who tell me I’m wonderful
La la la la la la la la la la
Hey hey yeah They tell me I’m wonderful
Tonight the world has open arms
So do I jump inside down my super slide winder
(Gonna take it all the way)
Don’t you fret I’ve good intent
It’s been a while walked a mile in these thigh high boots to find ya
(Gonna take it all the way)
Hey (hey) I know you think about it
Well don’t just think about it
CHORUS 2
Here I am
Come and get it
Take me now or just forget about it
If you don’t want it I won’t sweat it
I got people I can call who tell me I’m wonderful
I got a plan
You got a problem with it?
Don’t talk smack
I’ll tell ya where to stick it
I got a song – you can sing it
I got people we can call who tell me it’s wonderful
Hands down new round I won’t beat around it
I gotta find out I gotta find out
Knock down drag out if you wanna fight it’s all right
Kiss me now or hold your peace
I’ve had enough I’m in love
REPEAT CHORUS 2
La la la la la la la la la la
Hey hey yeah Tell me I’m wonderful
TURNING INTO YOU
Lyrics & Music by Cindy Alexander
Let ‘em make me guilty for taking time to myself
Trying to be everything to everybody else
Take on the load even though it kills my back
Explode at the wrong time when I wasn’t even attacked
Remember everything then selectively forget
Hear only what applies to me but listen with intent
Laugh when it’s not funny and cry too easily
Give advice when nobody ever asked it of me
CHORUS
It’s You – staring at me through my own eyes
Laughing at me through my own lines
Carved into my face like a tree of life
That’s yours and everybody else who came before us
We all try in vain to turn the other way
But there’s nothing I can do
I’m turning into you
Keep on talking and refuse to take the hint
Fall asleep before I finish all my shit
Hide the chip with a cool designer touch
You’d never know I hold on to every sucker punch
REPEAT CHORUS
We grow into beasts when we try to break the mold
And it hurts like hell to admit we’re growing old
We repent and we redeem
Yet every breath creases the perfection we seek
There is a goodness and a light I recognize
I feel your hand as I hold my child tight
Forgive me Mother Father Brother and Sis
I never meant to cause you any pain by this
Hey it’s me staring at you through your own eyes
Laughing at you through your own lines
Carved into your face like a tree of life
That’s yours and everybody else who came before us
We all try in vain to turn the other way
And there’s nothing I can do
I’m turning into you
I’m turning into you… Turning into you
FOR GRANTED
Lyrics by Cindy Alexander, Music by Brady Michaels & Cindy Alexander
It’s the things we take for granted
Like the sun’s gonna rise
And I’m gonna wake up with you by my side
That you’ll have the money
And I’ll have the time
We’ll make us some babies
Move to the West Side
Isn’t that what we were dreaming of
Next to the fountain of
All things considered
Some don’t deliver
But I can’t back down
I see it so I keep reaching out
If love is for those who will wait
Long enough for the day
Why is nothing ever enough for you lover
Wait
Just wait
For a message in a bottle
That says “Get a Clue”
It’s not what you wish for
But the least you can do
So what are we trying to be
Can’t you look straight at me
All things considered
We shouldn’t be bitter
And I can’t back down
I see it so I keep reaching out
If life is for those who will wade
Through the muck and the rain
I’m keeping my head up
I’ll tread through the sweat and I’ll wait
No I can’t back down
I see it so I keep reaching out
If love is for those who will wait
Long enough for the day
I’m keeping my head up
I’ll tread through the sweat and I’ll wait
Just wait
For the things we take for granted
Like the sun’s gonna rise
And I’m gonna wake up
405
Lyrics & Music by Cindy Alexander
I can drive Mulholland with a blindfold on
Been winding the road my whole life long
Not direct but a way to get there
When you search for purpose high and low
You know you only got two ways to go
Fall to one side
Or plummet to the other
The valley porno or the city pretense
The West Side cocaine or the East Side incense
I grew up safe but half alive
On top the 405
I’m a Daddy’s Girl and my Mamma’s Angel
High achieving but unstable
I can hide it and I still do
Found my way but I still wander
Found myself and then I lost her
Still a part of me is missing
Somewhere in the middle of a
dive bar in Dublin
and a hotel in Hamburg
and those beat up blue jeans with the hole in the pocket
Yeah I’m safe but 1/2 alive
a mother and a wife
I always come back
I always come through
Just give me the space
and you will find the love that you once knew
You see I need to fight and I usually win
Yeah I’m always right
Don’t you be the one to throw the towel in
Take me, don’t take my side
I wanna go for a ride down the 405
Let’s go for a ride down the 405
HUMAN
Lyrics by Cindy Alexander, Music by Dave Darling & Cindy Alexander
Don’t you even try to save me
When I say what’s on my mind
There are questions with no answers
Like why did Mickey have to die
Maybe He’s human after all
And He didn’t hear it
Maybe He had another call
For G-d’s sake
The whole world’s on the line
Or it was just his time
I have come to understand that
I will never understand
Why some givers have no takers
Except the ones that bite the hand
Maybe He’s human after all
And He didn’t see it
Maybe he caught another ball
For G-d’s sake
Life’s an unfair game
But we all play the same one
Sir – it may be clear to you but mine is blurred
Can we learn to live together
Can we love without a tether
Kiss and make it all feel better
Don’t you even try to save me
Maybe She’s human afterall
She just doesn’t get it
Maybe She got another call
For G-d’s sake
The whole world’s on the line
ONE PART LOVE
Lyrics & Music by Cindy Alexander
I fall
Yeah, I’m down for the count
And I crawl
To see what life is about
When you call my name
I’m better than I am
And it’s all for you
And Oh my G-d it’s beautiful to watch you breathe
Every rise and fall
Maybe it was
One part luck
Maybe it was
One part fate
Or just what faith and hope had made
My best
Here take everything of worth
‘Cause I know now why I was put here on earth
When you call my name
I’m better than I am
I was made for you
And Oh my G-d it’s gorgeous to watch you sleep
‘Cause you’re the dream to me
And I know you are
One part love
Baby you’re one part grace
You are the flesh and blood
That both became
From one part him
Oh yeah and one part me
One part springs eternally
And Oh my G-d it humbles me to hear you cry
‘Cause every tear is mine
And I know you are
One part love
Baby you are
One part grace
You are the flesh and blood
That both became
From one part him
Oh yeah and one part me
One part miracle we never thought we’d see
But souls were waiting all along
Life written in our song
Sung on bended knee
G-d blessed this family
DISEASE
Lyrics & Music by Cindy Alexander
Even my Dad says that you are the baggage
I always took the shot for you
And I held up the canvas while you painted my glasses
Knowing I never had a clue
So if meaning doesn’t matter
Did I ever mean anything to you?
CHORUS:
When you tell me that you’re low
It’s obvious you’re high
I can see you really messed it up this time
There’s no more to say except that I agree
So leave before we all catch your disease
I could drag you down so you never get up
I’m sure you’d be happier that way
And when they call it off you can say that you quit
Remind us there’s no more hell to pay
And so if meaning doesn’t matter
Does it ever mean anything to you
REPEAT CHORUS
Every time you’re at my door my time is wearing thin
You passed the expiration date, the smell just makes me sick
Someone call your alibi and ask her why you’re still here….
Just to tell me that you’re low
It’s obvious you’re freakin’ high
I can see you really messed it up this time
And there’s no more to say except that I agree
So leave before we all catch your…leave before we all catch your
Disease
GROW UP
Lyrics & Music by Cindy Alexander
Thought that I was strong til l til I found him on the floor
Rocking back and forth my Superman was crying like a baby
Asking what it is we live for
When the world is ripped from the boy that used to hold it in his hands
Now I can barely stand
CHORUS:
To grow up
We break down
To get real
We freak out
We freak out
Thought that you were cool ’til she rearranged the script
Now you hate everything about her that is you and doesn’t fit
The plans you made so well she swallowed
Well that canary’s gonna change her up and down and inside out
You two play hard, you play it loud
REPEAT CHORUS
Some people get it when they’re young
Some people find it at the gates
I am hanging from a rung and I know it’s getting late
It’s getting late
It’s getting late
REPEAT CHORUS (2x)
SOUL QUAKE
Lyrics & Music by Cindy Alexander
It’s what we call a soul quake
The first time that your heart breaks
I can’t save you from the fall
‘Cause it happens to us all
When we’re diving in the deep end
And you don’t know where the air went
You fight to catch your breath
It gets so heavy in your chest
Looking for the white light
But the way is black as midnight
When you finally fall apart
You’ll know exactly where you are
In the middle of a Soul Quake
And why it has to happen
I don’t know
Maybe we all die a little bit
Before we grow
Closer to the real thing
The kind that makes your heart sing
Have faith that love abounds
There’s enough to go around
The world can be a mean place
So try to find a clear place
So when you finally fall apart
You’ll know exactly what you are
A survivor of a Soul Quake
And why it has to happen
I don’t know
Maybe we all die a little bit
Before we grow
But I’ll be there to ease your ego sting
And I’ll be there to hold your broken things
So shake it up Shake it up baby
Shake it up Shake it up baby now
Shake it up Shake it baby
Shake it up Shake it up baby
Shake it up Shake it up baby
Wake me up, wake me from the lazy
Shake me up and make me feel alive
From what we call a Soul Quake
The first time that your heart breaks
And the second and the third
You’ll wonder what made you deserve
To shake it off the Richter
Well try not to be bitter
Find the center where you’re safe
You won’t get more than you can take
It’s the beauty of a Soul Quake
It’s what we call a Soul Quake
DEAR JOAN
Lyrics & Music by Cindy Alexander
Dear Joan
It’s been a while since you called my name
and it’s just not the same without you here to play
Dear Joan
I found your pennies at my door today
This time of year thoughts of you keep me awake
If I only knew back then
that hearts can break what minds can bend
You know I never would have taken him away
Dear Joan
You’re missed more than you know
I wish you’d share the secret to your everlasting peace
You’re free
But December covers me
And you know that I won’t ever, ever let ‘em see me cry
But sometimes I see you in Jette’s eyes
Last night
I saw the sun set over Hollywood
For a moment I could see a smile across his face
Tree lights
twinkle on top of Capitol
This time of year thoughts of you fill the space
And if I only had the chance
To give you each the moment back
Could you rest knowing he never let you go?
Dear Joan
You missed more than you know
I wish you’d share the secret to your everlasting peace
You’re free
But December covers me
And you know that I won’t ever, ever let ‘em see me cry
But sometimes I see you in Jette’s eyes
Dear Joan
It’s been a while
QUIET THINGS
Lyrics & Music by Cindy Alexander
It’s the quiet things
Not the bell that saves me
But the space between
And your smile that meets me
No words have the meaning of the love that fills my soul
Ever since you came into my world the Silence
is something to behold
When I see myself
in your eyes wide open
It’s so clear to me
The path we both have chosen
No words have the meaning of the love that fills my heart
Ever since you came into my world the Stillness
is something of an art
I thought it was the rocking
I believed it was the light
The thunder of an audience
which meant I got it right
But little did I know
that there was nothing in that song
It was only when the music slowed
Your heart beat played along… you played along
Thank you for the hand
that gives me back what’s stolen
A breath of sanity
when the world seems broken
Thanks for understanding what I need
but didn’t know
Guess the quiet things elude a girl that’s rollin’
Rollin’ with the flow
I was rollin’ with the flow
It’s the quiet things
It’s the quiet things
It’s the quiet things