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tell me
04:17
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To want, to need to want
to need, to want to need
it’s all the same.
Tell me the truth tell me what you tell you.
Tell me your truth, and I’ll tell you mine
Blow through the air, come clean come clear.
Touch down by my side for a while.
Only stay if it works, stay
only stay if it works, stay
In the way you need to want to need
I want you by my side.
Come up for air, to air your thoughts
think what you will.
Wanting to stay or longing to go
you gotta tell me, cause I don’t know.
And I’ll trust in the path, the path that leads you,
even though it’s not my own.
Oh baby, take not a moment too long
to hold that which isn’t there.
Today or the next, move on, to where.
move on and on and on...
To want to need to want
tell me your truth, and I’ll tell you mine.
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in the world
03:56
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One day you’ll come to find out
that what thought you held dear
was only in your head and not in your heart.
As the day turns to night and it's cold and clear,
and the moon is bright, so bright,
you watch the ripples dance across the water
just like you did when you were young, hypnotized...
On your own in the world
on your way one more time
you'll see again soon.
We're inspired by others, yes we learn from those we love
and they in turn, they tell you, it moves my life just to be here with you.
We stand side by side, we smile say hello, and we cry as we say goodbye.
Goodbye my friend it's hard to see you go, so hard cause I love you so.
You're not alone in the world,
though you feel at times well so does every one else
when you really come down to it.
Well I'll admit, some days it's harder than others
to get out of bed and face the day.
It's always easier for me when the sun shines bright
and the sparkles lay across the water.
Hey, I figure if they can dance so, just think what I can do with the day.
One day you'll look around at what you've done for yourself,
and you'll see you did what you could, and you should be proud, so proud.
All alone in the world,
you're not alone in your heart,
and when you figure that out,
you just open the next door, say hello again
We all learn from love in the world,
you gotta put it out there just to watch it bloom and grow.
One day, you'll wake up to the smell of sun-kissed flowers,
perfume, breathing in your window.
And you'll know, you'll know you're there.
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seasons
05:05
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Summertime, rain falls away
look outside the window, another sunny day.
Winter comes, snow on the ground,
outside it's cold but my heart melts it down
And I see you clear. Can you see, see me here?
Clear as the blue sky above, for you and me my love.
Spring springs ahead, and still the snow is falling down on my head.
But wait a minute, that's pink petals scattered on the ground.
Outside, the season of love abounds.
And I see you clear. Can you see me, see me here?
Clear as the blue sky above, for you and me my love.
Fallen leaves to the ground, in colors red, yellow, orange and brown.
Makes the sky that much more blue, brightening my view of you.
And I see you clear. Can you see, see me here?
Clear as the blue sky above, for you and me my love.
...pink petals falling all around, fluttering like butterflies in love.
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blue trees
04:14
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flowers dance on the wind
as far away waves wave goodbye
Though I miss you now,
I hold the memories of time when time was.
Oh how you loved a tree,
climb high now and tell me what you see.
For your eyes see once again, clear as they are blue.
I hear you in the rustling of leaves,
and the bending in the sway of the blue trees.
blue trees...
I always know where you are.
In mountain mist, a breeze on high carries you home.
A drop in the river, in the vein of the earth,
ever flowing on. And all is at peace in your world.
I could only hope to have such a passing,
in the time, in the time when it’s time.
For now the river flows a little fuller with my tears
I close my eyes to rest in the tranquil air of the blue trees.
blue trees...
Forever I’ll remember,
just as the flowers know to dance on the wind.
Trees sway and far away waves wave goodbye.
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the dance
03:42
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The dance you dance
is in your eyes
and in your eyes it shows,
the dance we dance
is in our hearts
and in your arms I know.
The card we drew
was dance for two
and on that night I knew,
the moon did shine
upon our love
and cast a light of blue.
The dance we dance
is in our minds
and all we hope to be,
the dance we dance
is in our hearts
evermore to see
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life
04:02
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Sweet sky above, with birds in symphony
dancing on the air, sound sweet as honey.
Trees waltz on wind, just like yesterday
nature is at peace, I wish I felt the same way.
I listen as I close my eyes,
long for strength to see me through the night.
Just a little innocence in this big old world again tonight.
Stories run from lips, I long to do the same,
wanna listen, but wanna shut it out, life is not the same.
I feel so far away, from those who touch my side,
come back to me, I'll hold you while you cry
I listen as I close my eyes,
long for strength to see me through the night
Just a little innocence in this big old world again tonight.
tonight...
Our bodies give life blood, our souls show the way,
our hearts fill with love, give it all today.
Give life, give love, give yourself a chance,
love comes back to you in ways you never dreamed of.
I listen as I close my eyes,
long for strength to see me through the night
Just a little innocence in this big old world again tonight.
I listen as I close my eyes,
feel the strength to see us through the night.
Just a little innocence in this big old world again tonight.
Let the candle shine bright.
Sweet sky above, with birds in symphony
dancing on the air, sound sweet as honey...
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swimmin'
03:01
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Walk down to the water’s edge. Don’t dip your toe in no no
Come on, take the plunge...
Swimming, swimming, swimming deep in the water
I’m treading, treading, treading deep in your sea
I’m dreaming, dreaming, dreaming, I dive through the grass
I’m drowning, drowning, drowning, drowning deep in your love
Baby, baby, come up for air, tell me baby you aint goin’ nowhere
Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming, looking inside you
I’m sleeping, sleeping, sleeping with eyes open wide
I’m seeing, seeing, seeing wonder of wonders
I’m dreaming, dreaming, dreaming I’ll keep dreaming of you
Baby baby, open your eyes, tell me tell me I’ll see you tonight
Waking, waking, waking from deep in my slumber
I’m stirring, stirring, stirring no need for sleep
I’m laughing, laughing, laughing counting on sheep
I’m seeing, seeing, seeing you stirrin’ beside me
Tell me baby and don’t tell a lie, will I get to dream of you tonight?
Oh baby, baby, baby dive in my ocean,
swimmin', swimmin', swimmin' breathe in my love
love me, love me, love me til the day I die,
tell me, tell me, tell me everything will be fine
tell me baby and don’t say a word, let your eyes reveal the love in your soul
baby, baby baby...I wanna go swimmin’ come on, dive on in, honey, dive
in the deep blue flower sea with me. Come on in, the water is fine...
I wanna go swimmin’
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angel blues
03:28
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Up to the sky fly
and down, down I fall
to be with you.
When we knew, what we knew
in out heart of hearts, well we told one another every day.
Clouds above rain down, rainin’ down on my heart
mix like a tear on my soul.
I don’t know, but its cold
in the core of my soul
On the shore of your soul
near the crashing waves of your mystery,
you came to me.
And what did you give me,
what did you share along the way?
You can fly high and hold me,
come on over and see what we see.
Understand that I know,
what I give and what you take
is not the same as it once was, no.
On the road,
touch me inside, touch me inside
And you, you climb up a hill
To say what you see,
and what’s it mean to me to me to me to me...
And you know, you know we tried as we could, as we could.
But today it’s harder than ever before.
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color of your soul
04:49
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I wanted to know the color of your soul,
so I looked inside your head.
But only found what you wanted me to see,
what’s inside your head, and what’s for me?
Chorus
You tried to hide, you tried to hide yourself from me.
I guess I did the same for you,
maybe that’s just the way it needs to be
or maybe, that’s just the way it is for you and me.
Don’t look too close, you may not like what you see.
I think that’s what you told me,
or maybe I just read your mind
when I looked inside your head
to see the color of your soul.
Chorus
I wanted to see inside my own head
to the mirror from you to me.
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
I’m looking really hard to see the color of your soul,
but all I find when I look inside of you, is outside of me.
Oh baby, tell me, tell me the color of your heart
cause I can’t see it anymore.
And I just look at you from over here,
over here where it’s plain, plain to see
You want to show me but you tell yourself or tell me,
when you win, when you win your heart from me,
that’s when you’ll know the color of my soul.
But for now, the color of the hat I wear,
that’s all you’ll see, that’s all you’ll be.
I wanted to know the color of your soul
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would
04:33
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Would you rather I sang a tale of love or woe
I got em both you know
Depends upon the mood I’m caught
Just now I’m feeling a little melancholy, a little surly too
You call, I cringe, something in your voice calls me home again
A place I’m not ready to go back to
You and me on our own desert isle
Survivors together alone
Oh what we do to get along in the world
What we do to get on
One day we’ll get it, it’ll be easy and clear
But today we muddle through
Two hearts, two minds sick as fools
A ship full of fools waiting to go in turn
With hope in their hearts
Love in their souls
Swimming for shore
reaching for the tide once more
Love in our hearts, tempestuous souls
We’re tortured in the way we move
Something in the way we groove
We groove you and I
Trouble is just not when we’re together
Would you rather I sang a tale of love or woe
Or would you rather I just go
I just go on my own
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truth is
04:35
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well the truth is, I don’t really know what the truth is anymore.
You put it out there, watch it go.
Soon no telling where it’s gone, but it is.
Gone, gone away, to better pastures
or back here one day
Move it on, see it through
means more to me I guess, than it does to you.
Taken away by the pull of the shore
where one day the tide calls for you
gone, gone away, close your eyes
maybe see a better way
Well you sit waiting for that big surprise,
biding your time, while the others know the joy of the fruit beheld.
Well you can have what you want, you can have it all.
Just be sure it’s what you need, before you bring it home to me.
Gone, gone away, tomorrow’s another day
Open your eyes, before it’s too late...
...before I’m gone away, to better pastures, better shores.
Better open your eyes, before I close that door.
Open your eyes.
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jean mann Seattle, Washington
Experiencing jean mann’s music is akin to sitting around the kitchen table, catching up on the news of the soul. A genre-
hopping, contemporary singer-songwriter, she flavors her tunes with tenor and acoustic guitars, ukuleles and harmonica. All to accompany a warm, texture-laden vocal style.
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