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© GD Paul 2007, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
DADGAD
My old flame, your sudden reappearance
Has startled me with a powerful stir
You reached out at the moment I was wishing
You and I had found our way in this world
REFRAIN
The folks are fine, the kids are good
The job’s alright, well, knock on wood
It’s the same old town, there’s nothing new
But that’s not why I came to see you
From across the miles your words lit a fire
And my heart leapt to meet the flame
Hard to believe I have fallen so completely
And to think that you feel the same
REFRAIN
I had to know if this wonderful feeling
Could possibly be as real as it seems
How many years have I carried you with me?
How long have you haunted my dreams?
REFRAIN
© GD Paul 2007, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
EADGBE
Pour me a glass of blood red wine
The color of need, the taste of desire
Pour it slow, make me wait, but not too long
Pour me a glass of something sinful and strong
REFRAIN
Pour me, pour it again
Pour me a river, pour it ‘til the end
Just pour liquid fire into my soul
Tony, pour it again
Pour me a taste of amber or gold
Something barely legal from old Mexico
With a hint of some flower I never knew
Pour me a little taste of you
REFRAIN
Pour me the blessed waters of life
The breath of the angels, honey from the hive
Pour it like you pour for me alone
Pour it like one of the Mother’s own
REFRAIN
© GD Paul 2007, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
DADGAD
Looking out across the velvet black
There’s not a sight to be seen
Except hints and indications
Of a rosy fingered dawn
Looking out across the velvet black
There’s not a sound to be heard
Except the sigh of the waves
And your sweet breathing
REFRAIN
And I turn to you and I say
This is how it always should be
And I turn to you and I say
This is how we should wake up every morning
Looking out across the velvet black
A sudden point of light springs forth
And like golden ink it runs
And flows and everything changes
Looking out now it’s living light
And I’m diving deep in the water dreaming
While the sea rolls and starts
To echo your sweet breathing
REFRAIN
BRIDGE
Like a newborn babe, like a bird first sings
Like a match sparks, like an angel winks
Like a sudden truth, like a saving grace
Like the hand of fate
REFRAIN
© Gayla Drake Paul 2007, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
DADGAD
Thoughts are churning
It all seemed so simple
When I was dreaming
When we were this close
Perfectly reasonable
Step-by-step, there it is
You can’t get any easier
Unless you’re dreaming
Words keep failing me now
When I try to tell you why
When I try to let you in
Words keep failing me now
So I’ll sit here in silence
Until it makes sense to me again
If I could quantify
If I could put it in terms
Of black or white
If it could be measured
It would be clear as clear
Perfectly transparent
And you would see the truth of it
With your own eyes
But words are failing me now
When I try to tell you how
When I try to let you in
Words are failing me now
So I’ll sit here with this empty book
Until I find the words again
Let me start over
On second thought, maybe not
I don’t know if I can do
Any better at all
It’s only language
These are just words, representations
Of the way we feel
They’re just not quite enough
These words are failing me now
When I try to tell you all
When I try to bare my soul
Words keep failing me now
So I’ll just ask you to hold me
Until you feel my thoughts again
Something out on the horizon
Feels like anger in the wind
Icy blast comes up the road
Shocks the deepest part of my soul
And it gets me right where I live
Scares me more than a little bit
I know what these things can leave behind
Memories of deep cold pass through my mind
REFRAIN
When it rains it pours, and then the cold wind blows
There’s a storm passin’ through tonight
I really miss you
Something stirs in my emotions
Brittle and fragile far as I can see
Waning moon hides behind the clouds
Somehow your name slips from me aloud
And I close my eyes and wait
Silence unbroken by even a heart beat
Wind hurls music against my doo
Darkness swallows the fire glow
REFRAIN
Eerie quiet, deadly cold
Wicked wind, tired soul
Nothing left here for me to hold
Hurry home, honey
REFRAIN
© GD Paul 2007, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
DADGAD
She’s gotta be up to something
She’s not sayin’ much
She’s got a Mona Lisa smile
She’s suddenly got the magic touch
She is visibly excited
About something wild and new
There’s no holding back or hiding
She’s fallin’, fallin’ for you
REFRAIN
She’s conspicuously happy
That’s not like the girl we know
She’s flyin’ higher everyday
There’s no tellin’ how high she’s gonna go
There’s a spring in her step
There’s a swagger to her hips
I heard her singing love songs
I think we’re seeing the iceberg tip
She’s artfully disheveled
She’s casually cool
She’s a sudden fashionista
She’s wearin’ it all for you
REFRAIN
She’s deliriously anxious
She’s dangerously alive
She’s pure anticipation
She’s a hot and hungry whirlwind of desire
And all the world seems so bright
Everything’s renewed
She’s glowing like a Christmas tree
She’s even happy when she misses you
REFRAIN
© GD Paul 2007, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
EADGBE
Got your message, caused quite a stir
Just one simple line, not even a signature
Your’re one smooth devil, that’s for sure
That’s why I’ll wait for you
I put on my red dress, and put on those shoes
That I never wear unless it’s something to do with you
And I try to stay calm, composed and cool
While I wait for you
REFRAIN
I’m five-by-five, dressed to the nines
Waiting at sixes and sevens
One red rose, and a cryptic note
That says “Be ready at eleven”
Oh, I’m ready baby, ready for you
In any way you can count, or even a few
You didn’t expect or maybe you knew
That I’d be waiting for you
I buff my nails, fuss with my hair
Change my clothes three times before I settle on what to wear
And I try to do something besides just stare
At the clock and wait for you
You know how to keep a girl on her toes
You know how to wind me up tight and reel me in close
With a smile and a nod and a single red rose
I’m gonna wait for you
REFRAIN
Don’t keep me waiting one minute more
Don’t make my heart ache for the sound of you knockin’ at my door
Come on and remind me what I’m waiting for
I’m gonna wait for you
© GD Paul 2007, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
DADGAD, Capo III
Storm brewing, dangerous skies
Wall cloud coming, green as your eyes
Run with me baby, leave it behind
Let me keep you safe, let me hold you tight
Lightning flash, thunder roll
We tumble down as rain starts to fall
We’re in a tangle, all lines between us blur
The storm breaks open the outside world
Slowly, surely
Slow we are weathering the storm
We don’t wait, there’s no time to lose
Clouds burst like I open to you
I want to rage over you like the wild hungry wind
I want to slake my thirst with your salty skin
I want to draw you in, I want to feel you move
I want to forget but for the feel of you
I want to fall deep, I want to climb slow
I want to taste fear, I want to reach your soul
Slowly, surely
Slow we are weathering the storm
Storm passes, danger’s gone
We’re quietly spent but the thunder rolls on
We hopelessly entwined, bonded and fused
Like fire from heaven forged me into you
Like the hottest sun, like the coolest rain
Like the deepest well, like a runaway train
Like the hand of the Gods, shifting form
Blessed by fire we weathered the storm
Slowly, surely
Slow, we are weathering the storm
© GD Paul 1999, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
DADGAD
I walked out to the water’s edge at twilight
To try to ease my longing for you
But the waves brought to mind the curls in your hair
And the wind brought to mind your leaving
Come cross the water, love, and be with me
Forget our quarrel, forget our parting
I need to feel your skin beneath my hands
Come cross the water, love, to me
REFRAIN
How can I go on?
You’re in my blood and bones, I know you like a song
All that I can do is try to make it through this night
And hope the morning turns my darkness into light
I stoked the fire high at nightfall
To try to ward the chill of winter’s coming
But the flames brought to mind nights in your arms
And the memory sent the chill straight through me
At midnight a light snow began to fall
Rainbow crystal swirl against the window
And a memory of a snowflake lighting soft on your mouth
And the kiss that lit the fire
REFRAIN
BRIDGE
Everywhere I look I see you gone
All the elements conspire to remind me of you
I hurt so bad I can’t cry
But I’d forget it all if I could just hear you say yes
As daylight broke across my weary eyes
I thought I saw a ship come sailing
The sun always did remind me of you
Come cross the water, love, to me
© GD Paul 2007, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
EADGBE
A little more focus, a little less wine
I don’t need a drink to take me out of my mind
All I need is a little time
Sweet darlin’ alone with you
It’s never easy, this path we tread
We try to use a little caution as we tumble into bed
We both know there’s nothing more to be said
Sweet darlin’ it’s me and you
Suddenly I’m fallin’ down
My heart is beating so strange
Suddenly I’m callin’ out
Callin’ out your name
Blow out the candles, turn out the lights
We don’t need anything but our hearts tonight
You lose yourself and I’ll use mine
Sweet darlin’ deep in you
Forget about the traffic, forget about the rain
Forget tomorrow is another day
Come over here and forget your pain
Sweet darlin’ while I’m with you
Suddenly I’m overcome
The tears are pouring like wine
Suddenly we will be one
It’s only a matter of time
© GD Paul 2007, Ivanhoe Road Music (ASCAP)
DADGAD
Caught in a haze of long summer days
But now the nights are longer still
And the world seems to fall like a stone through it all
And the old ones wake and come over the hill
REFRAIN
And the music under my feet brings me home
And the music under my feet brings me home
I once had a lover, fair and wild
And his eyes shone like diamonds in the night
And his heart beat a rhythm, ancient and strong
And he gave me this gift of the songs that I’ve sung
REFRAIN
The wheel keeps turning, life goes on
And the days and the nights pass like frames in a film
But when night creeps in and starshine gleams
The songs bubble up from the sacred spring
REFRAIN
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