Chantal Kreviazuk lyrics
Blue
Words & music: chantal kreviazuk
They say we’re in a state of emergency
So how come no one is panicking
Where were you when they wrote the news
And how are you, are you feeling blue
Well, the paper doesn’t cause too much of a fuss
Perhaps it’s because it’s not, it’s not sad enough
Where were you when they wrote the news
And how are you, are you feeling blue
You’ve never seen the colour blue
Call me in the morning, we’ll go for toast and tea
Where were you when they broke the news
And how are you, are you feeling blue
You’ve never seen the colour blue
You’ve never seen the colour blue
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Well you’ve never …
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
No you’ve never seen the colour …
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You’ve never seen the colour blue
Never seen the colour …
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You’ve never seen the colour blue
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
No no no you’ve never seen the colour …
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Never the seen the colour blue
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You’ve never …
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You’ve never seen the colour blue
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
No no you’ve never seen the colour blue, oh
You’ve never seen the colour blue
Album : Colour Moving & Still
Dear Life
Words: chantal kreviazuk
Music: chantal kreviazuk & raine maida
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You’ll never know how you run me down
And i don’t even need you, no
And still you keep me holdin’ on
Just for dear life
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
If you live a loveless life
Just blame it on me
On the count of oblivion
I’m guilty
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
No we’ve never been away from here
So we’ll try to lose ourselves again
No we’ve never been away from here
So we’ll try to lose ourselves again
I’m over playin’ with your massive ego
Still i keep on holdin’ on for dear life
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
No we’ve never been away from here
So we’ll try to lose ourselves again
No we’ve never been away from here
So we’ll try to lose ourselves again
When you’re cold and under the covers
Does it ever bother you
Do you remember how warm the truth is
How can you live without it
No we’ve never been away from here
So we’ll try to lose ourselves again
No we’ve never been away from here
So we’ll try to lose ourselves again
We’ve never been away from here
So we’ll try to lose ourselves again
We’ve never been away from here
So we’ll try to lose ourselves again
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Album : Colour Moving & Still
Until We Die
Words & music: chantal kreviazuk
I could almost remember your face
When i heard your voice today
I could see your lips moving
At the other end of the receiver
It was almost a very good bye
But dialtones tend to make me cry
I call back within moments
You laugh and don?t even ask why
That’s what we do
Can we do it
Until we die
You don’t see me but i feel so exposed
Each time there’s a pause on the phone
I wish there was another button to press
So i could read your mind
In heaven we won’t have to call
I’ll be with you spring summer and fall
But for now soon you?ll be here
And heal in my arms as the night goes by
That’s what we do
Can we do it
Until we die
So for now soon you’ll be here
And heal in my arms as the night goes by
That’s what we do
Can we do it
Until we die
That’s what we do
Can we do it
Until we die
Album : Colour Moving & Still
Souls
Words & music: chantal kreviazuk
Messages from where i used to grow
Twenty thousand frames of mind
This is my soul
Relentless where i’m most alone
Twenty thousand faceless names
This is your show
And, oh, i feel
I am a wandering
A fleeting transient
Soul
All i feel is i am holding on
But only for a moment then it’s gone
Covenant we will always grow
Our skin will fade transcend beyond
All we’ve been told
I feel i am the wandering
A fleeting transient
Soul
All i feel is i am holding on
But only for a moment then it’s gone
And oh all i feel is i am holding on
But only for a moment then it’s gone
Heal me
I?m healed when you see me
You see me when you feel me
Souls
All i feel is i am holding on
But only for a moment then it’s gone
And oh all i feel is i am holding on
But only for a moment then it’s gone
It’s gone
It’s gone
It’s gone
It’s gone
It’s gone
Album : Colour Moving & Still
Before You
Words: chantal kreviazuk
Music: chantal kreviazuk & jay joyce
Baby, before you
Well, i was bad news
In lettin’ me love you
I think i can get through
Oh, baby before you
Well, i was so scared
I was a train wreck waitin’ to happen
On the way to nowhere
And now i think it’s kinda funny that you say you love me
You tell me that i’m crazy then you smile
And now i think i’ll get through
The end of the world
And now i think i’ll get through
Bein’ a girl
Now i think i’ll get through
Anything
And now i think i’ll get through
Now honey around you
I’m feelin’ so good
’cause you picked me up out of the rough
And you polished me up and made me brand new
And baby before you, ho ho
There was just a black hole
Yeah i was beat down, blacked out
My darling you couldn’t even know
But ever since i met you on a cloudy monday
I can’t believe how much i love the rain
And now i think i’ll get through
The end of the world
And now i think i’ll get through
Life as a girl
Now i think i’ll get through
Anything
Now i think i’ll get through
Ever since i met you on a cloudy monday
I can’t believe how much i love the rain
And now i think i’ll get through
The end of the world
And now i think i’ll get through
Life as a girl
Now i think i’ll get through
Anything
Now i think i’ll get through
Oh … ho …
Now i think i’ll get through
Oh ….
Now i think i’ll get through
Oh … ho …
And now i think i’ll get through
And now i think i’ll get through
Oh, and now i think i’ll get through
Oh, and now i think i’ll get through
Album : Colour Moving & Still
M
Words & music: chantal kreviazuk
They must mean business
To say there’s nothing worse
Then to let your precious love child
Leave the planet first
’cause, oh whoa whoa
They’ve gotta just let her go
All the things that you swear you’re gonna do
Reservations on the next train to the moon
Pack your things cause there ain’t no time lose
And all the things you never …
So i think we’re gonna have to record her
Sometimes against her will
We’re gonna keep her alive with black and whites
Colour moving and still
And then, oh whoa whoa
We’ve gotta just let her go
All the things that you swear you’re gonna do
Reservations on the next train to the moon
Pack your things cause there ain’t no time to lose
Let her go
Let her go
Let her go
Let her go
All the things that you swear you’re gonna do
Reservations on the next train to the moon
Pack your things cause there ain’t no time to lose
All the things that you swear you’re gonna do
Reservations on the next train to the moon
Pack your things cause there ain’t no time to lose
No time to lose
No time to lose
No time to lose
Album : Colour Moving & Still
Soul Searching
Words & music: chantal kreviazuk
(laugh)
(laugh)
(laugh)
(laugh)
(laugh)
You were searching for a soul
Tearin’ yourself apart just to become whole, oh
You were walkin’ down the road
Only to find your reflection in the puddles below, oh oh
Uh oh, you’re soul searchin’
I see that dangerous look in your eyes
Uh oh, you’re soul searchin’
But is a soul really worth your whole life
(laugh)
In these circles you seem to go
Never finding the centre
Never finding your way home
And do you ever see yourself
When you look in the mirror
Or is it a reflection of everyone else
Uh oh, you’re soul searchin’
I see that dangerous look in your eye
Uh oh, you’re soul searchin’
But is a soul really worth your whole life
There’s a part of me that wants to hold you
And tell you everything is gonna be ok
And there’s a part of me that wants to shake you
And tell you there’s no such thing as a soul anyway, hey hey
I see that dangerous look in your eyes
Uh oh, you’re soul searchin’
But is a soul really worth your whole life
(laugh)
Oh, i don’t need to know myself that well oh
Oh, i don’t need to know you better today
Oh, i don’t need to know myself that well
I don’t need to anyway
Album : Colour Moving & Still
Far Away
Words & music: chantal kreviazuk
Make me believe in you
Honestly for real, one thing true
Take me in, in your arms
Wandering alone seems so far
Let me know that you made it as far as forever, oh whoa
Let me know that you hear when i cry if you can
You’re far away from me
You’re far away from me
You’re far away from me
Come a little closer
Just a little, oh
Let me know heaven sees
Shines on life our memories
Mmm, make me feel all that you are
Angel child or a radiant star
’cause i know that we?ll meet up again in forever. oh
Let me know you?ll be waiting for me in the end
You’re far away from me
You’re far away from me
You’re far away from me
Come a little closer
Just a little
Ha … ha … ah … ah ah
You’re far away from me
You’re far away from me
You’re far away from me
Come a little closer
Just a little, oh
Just a little
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Just a little
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Just a little
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Just a little
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Just a little
Whoa oh oh oh …
Album : Colour Moving & Still
Eve
Words & music: chantal kreviazuk
Eve is gone again
Back to her palace
Back to her island
Eve can smile again
And run ’round the hedges
In the garden of eden
Run the way you did before the nightmares
Run just like before the overkill
Run the way you did it’s over darling
Oh, could i be so gentle
Oh, so soft and tender
Oh, and could i forgive
And could i die in my mother’s arms
Like her
Eve’s a child again
Sing her a lullaby
Read to her every night
Eve’s in heaven
Plenty of friends are there
No one the enemy
Run the way you did before the nightmares
Run just like before the overkill
Run the way you did it’s over darling
Oh, could i be so gentle
Oh, so soft and tender
Oh, and could i forgive
And could i die in my mother’s arms
Like her
Like her
Like her
Like her …
Run the way you did before the nightmares
Like her …
Run just like before the overkill
Like her …
Run the way you did it’s over darling
Like her …
Run the way you did before the nightmares
Like her …
Run just like before the overkill
Like her …
Run the way you did it’s over darling
Could i die in my mother’s arms
Like her
Album : Colour Moving & Still
Little Things
Words: chantal kreviazuk
Music: chantal kreviazuk & raine maida
Da da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da da
Misery’s turning my luck around
Framed all the faces on my way down
I don’t have a reason, a reason to lie
The dull pain is screaming to be left behind, oh
It’s never easy to see your past
Unfold before you, the outcast
I don’t have a reason, a reason to cry
Caterpillars turn into rare butterflies, oh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
The little things we hide
The little things inside
I don’t wanna show them and i’ll be alright
Oh oh oh
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Humility’s easing my ego down
The past holds the truth like a lost and found
There’s no need to worry, no need to be scared
’cause little things will come along and life’s never fair, no
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
The little things we hide
The little things inside
I don’t wanna show them that i’ll be alright
Oh oh oh
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Everything is gonna be …
Everything is alright
Everything is gonna be …
Everything is alright, is alright, is alright
The little things we hide
The little things inside
I don’t wanna show them and we’ll be alright
The little things we hide
The little things inside
I don’t wanna show them and i’ll be alright
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Album : Colour Moving & Still
God Made Me
I’m jaded
And you’re beautiful
I’m deluded
And envious of you
You’re carin’
That i’m hurtin’
But i’m laughing
’cause i’m lyin’
And you believe what i say
To be true
This is the way
God made me!
No self-reliance
No social skills
You’re confident
And you express yourself
So well
You’re learned
Degrees upon your wall
I’m jealous
No invitations to the ball
This is the way
God made me
No self esteem
You’re picture perfect
You walk about so contented
The trees call out your name
You’re clean and i’m so ignorant
I’m basic and i’m jaded
And my excuses are so lame
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Surrounded
I was there
When you shone as bright as
Bethlehem from afar
I was there
When you were young and strong
And perverted
And everything that makes a young man
Oh you were a star
I was there
And i swear to god
And on my mother’s grave
On everything i have
Or ever will embrace
I was there
And i saw it with my own two eyes
And now it’s all around me
It’s all around me
I’m surrounded
Now it’s all around me
It’s all around me
You surround me like a circle
I was there
C’mon and tell me i wasn’t worth
Sticking it out for
Well i was there
And i know i was worth it
Cause if i wasn’t worth it
That makes me worse off then you are
But don’t lose sight of me now
Don’t lose sight of me now
I was there
When they dropped the bomb
Ya’ know i remember the bomb
And i still hear the bomb
And i still fight the bomb
You know i still fear the bomb
You know i still hate the bomb
Sometimes i still get the call
So don’t lose sight of me now
You know you’re all around me
I’m surrounded
You surround me like a circle
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Don’t Be Good
I don’t know when you learn it
But when you learn it you learn it fast
They’re the ones who love to learn
They’re not fast, they’re nice guys
They finish last
They’re waiting and wondering
Wondering where did i go wrong
Don’t be good
Don’t be good
Don’t be good to me
Don’t be good
Though you should
That won’t work you see
Well i don’t know when i learned it
But when i learned it i learned it fast
They’re the ones who’d love to love me
They’re not fast
They’re nice guys, they finish last
They’re waiting & wondering
Wondering where did i go wrong
Don’t be good
Don’t be good
Don’t be good to me
Don’t be good
Though you should
That won’t work for me
So don’t be good to me
Don’t be good to me
You’re so good for me
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Believer
I carry my microphone with me
Everywhere i go
It makes for a very good dead weight
In case of an emergency
In case i need need to break your face
In case i need you to be dead
Who do you think you are
Who do i think you are
I know who you are
And it’s hard to believe
That god made you and me
With the same hands
Sit? i tell my doggie to sit
But i am not a dog
But you make the animal in
Me want to come out all over you
And it’s hard to believe
That i’m still a believer
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Grace
Please don’t go
I cannot breathe you in
Your air is too thick for me
And it makes my lungs sting
Please don’t go
I cannot walk beside
Think i’ll stay behind a mile
’cause i don’t need you crampin’ my style
You still have grace
You still have mercy
To keep kissing my face
Even though i am wrong
Please don’t go
Without you i am weak
Find myself drinking and sinking
And seeking
Please don’t go
Sometimes it gets so cold
But i’d rather grab for a blanket
Instead of just walkin’ into your
Comfort zone
I know i’ve wronged you
I know i’ve hurt you so many times
I hope i haven’t scarred you
If you keep kissing my face
One day i’ll no longer do you wrong
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Wayne
I’ll be the girl with the long blond hair
And the really pale skin if you care
I sit in the corner of the room
Cross-legged and quiet
Filled with doom
I never ever liked the smell in here
It’s cold and wet and reeks of beer
The lights are turned out permanently
But that’s ok
Cause i don’t want to see
Wayne - wait for me
And take me up in your hot-air balloon
And feed me cotton candy
Wayne - pray for me
’cause i’ll be there in a couple of years
Until then, wait for me
Who’s the strange lady
With the big silly hair
And berries on her face
Dressed like a pear
Do i really have to hold her hand
And pretend she’s my mommy
You’re wife and man
(when i know you’re not my mommy)
It’s crowded and i feel lost in here
I’m trying to find a familiar fear
I look everywhere but i just can’t see
There’s not anything that reminds me of me
You made me feel as fresh as flowers
Under these rocks and stones
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Imaginary Friend
It scares me to speak my mind
It might sound self-absorbed
I don’t say half of what i think.
I wonder what i’m thinkin’ for
I’m smelling dead flowers
And listening to the walls again
I’m drinking from a leaky faucet
And writing this with a dried up pen
Wish i still had my imaginary friend
And who needs to listen, well…
What do i have to sell
Everyone’s just waitin for their own turn
Kind of like show and tell
Someone to listen
Someone to laugh
Someone to cry at the right times
And i would call him up
But i don’t remember his name
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Hands
There’s a man outside my door tonight
He cries for help he sings a pleading song
Well times are tough for everyone
Gotta hold on to what i got
And just kind of cruise along
Well i do
Want to be helpful
But it’s cold and i’m told
You can’t be too careful
Out of the mouth of a mother
Into the hands of a brother
Into the heart of a lover
And out of the hands of another.
You can never tell who your neighbour is
Or what he’s doin’ at night or who his friends are
Well you don’t know where he’s from
Or where he’s been or who he knows
You know you can’t be too careful
These days
Well i do want to be helpful
Whoa but it’s cold
And i’m told he might just be the devil
Well i don’t take chances
And i don’t take time to see
And i don’t take nothing
From nobody
No way - not me
Into the eyes of a child
Into the ears of a child
Into the heart of a child
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Disagree
Tell me what you want from me
Well i’m not saying i’ll believe
I could solve your mystery
But i would rather disagree
You say the truth will set me free
So how come you’re comin’ down on me
You think it’s real if you can see
Well i don’t take to that philosophy
Cause you know
I would i would i would i would
I would rather disagree
Do you see yourself inside of me
And do it take away your miseries
Am i just one more catastrophe
Yah
I always say what i don’t mean
Don’t feed me i’m full!
You know i’ll starve before i fall
Don’t bleed me, don’t bleed me
Even if you’re right
Even if you’re wrong
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Co-dependent
When i go swimming in your intellect
The water’s so shallow and the dialect
Is so phony but i eat it up like bologna
I can’t get enough
Well i
Should end it
But i
Defend it
Well i
Can’t recommend it
Cause i’m
Your co-dependent
When you go fishing
For a compliment
It’s soooo
So obvious
But i can’t help it
So i put up with it
’cause your my habit
And i just can’t quit
The world keeps spinning
The joker keeps grinning
Lucifer keeps sinning
But i need a new beginning
Baby - be my co-dependent
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Green Apples
You’re toast and jam
And you’re cotton candy
You’re double rainbows
Beside a setting sun
You’re wood burnin’ outside
There’s a fire growin’
You’re sweet as green apples
You must be the one
You bring me to the heart of a golden man
You bring me to the natural truth
You take me to a solid hollow
And keep me sailing this ocean of youth
So take me to an altar of diamonds
And run with me through sheets of jungle rain
Show me all your manly mystery
And let me heal your beautiful pain
Be my island
In crowds of faces
My oasis
Be there
Lead me to the holy water
Introduce me to the place you are from
Wherever you go you know i will follow
So take me there and i will come
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Boot
Never been here before
Never opened up this door
But i got a feelin’
It’s just like the others
Never heard him laugh before
Never felt him feel before
But i got a feeling
It’s just like the others
He’s got a big boot
He’s got a big hand
He’s got a big fist
To put me down
Here we go again
Never heard him lie before
Never heard him cry before
But i got a feeling
It’s just like all the others
Never heard him dream
Never felt it before
But i got a feeling
It’s just like the others
He’s got a big boot
And he’s got a big hand
And he’s got a big fist
To put me down
He’s got a big mouth
And he’s got big words
And he’s got a big knife
To cut me down
Is it all because of the fall
But it’s not my fault
How long how long -
How long
Do i have to long
Never been here before
Never walked through this door
But i got a feeling it won’t be
Like the others
Even though he’s got…..
Album : Under These Rocks & Stones
Actions Without Love
He ran a marathon
He didn’t quite finish
He didn’t quite cross the finish line
Actions without love
It never really crossed his mind
He sure got the accent down
And he sure can swoon the ladies
And ya know
One day he’ll learn
Actions without love
The whole bloody language
She pulled out her cheque-book
She asked what the date was
She had to double-check
Actions without love
She had to have an audience
Actions without love
L o v e !!!!
Album : unknown
Always A Woman
Words & music: billy joel
** chantal often played this song while touring for under these rocks & stones. a hit in the late 70’s for piano man billy joel, to whom she has often been compared, chantal sometimes modified the lyrics to "she’s always a woman, like me." these lyrics are accurate to her live version. **
She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
And she can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child
But she’s always a woman like me
She can lead you to love
She can take you or leave you
And she can ask for the truth
But she’ll never believe you
And she’ll take what you give her as long as it’s free
She steals like a thief
But she’s always a woman to me
Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She’s ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
She will promise you more
Than the garden of eden
Then she’ll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you’re bleeding
But she’ll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
’cause she’s always a woman to me
Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She’s ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
She is frequently kind
And she’s suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She’s nobody’s fool
But she can’t be convicted
She’s earned her degree
The most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she’s always a woman to me
Mmm, mmm, mmm mmm mmm, mmm
Album : unknown
Blow Up The Outside World
Words & music: chris cornell
** this song was a big alternative hit for the band soundgarden, and chantal would occasionally perform a piano version of the song during her early concerts. these lyrics are the official lyrics to the song, and not accurate to the way chantal performed it. **
Nothing seems to kill me, no matter how hard i try
Nothing is closing my eyes
Nothing can beat me down for your pain or delight
And nothing seems to break me
No matter how hard i fall nothing can break me at all
Not one for giving up though not invincible i know
I’ve given everything i need
I’d give you everything i own
I’d give in if it could at least be ours alone
I’ve given everything i could
To blow it to hell and gone
Burrow down in and
Blow up the outside world
Someone tried to tell me something
Don’t let the world bring you down
Nothing will do me in before i do myself
So save it for your own and the ones you can help
Want to make it understood
Wanting though i never would
Trying though i know it’s wrong
Blowing it to hell and gone
Wishing though i never could
Blow up the outside world
Album : unknown
Boys Of Summer
Words & music: don henley
** chantal would occasionally play a piano version of this song (a top 5 hit for don henley in 1984) during her early performances, promoting under these rocks & stones. these are the official lyrics to the song, and not accurate to the way chantal plays it. **
Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer’s out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I’m drivin’ by your house
Though i know you’re not at home
But i can see you
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby
And i can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how i made you scream
Now i don’t understand what happened to our love
But babe, i’m gonna get you back
I’m gonna show you what i’m made of
I can see you
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
I see you walkin’ real slow and you’re smilin’ at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
Out on the road today, i saw a deadhead sticker on a cadillac
A little voice inside my head said, "don’t look back. you can never look back."
I thought i knew what love was - what did i know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but-
I can see you
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby
And i can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
I can see you
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got that hair slicked back and those wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
Album : unknown
Danny Boy
Words & music: unknown
** during her concert in hamilton, on, chantal performed this old irish tune in honor of st. patrick’s day. these are the traditional lyrics to the song, and are not accurate to chantal’s version. **
Oh danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer’s gone, and all the flowers are dying
’tis you, ’tis you must go and i must bide
But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow
’tis i’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh danny boy, oh danny boy, i love you so
And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And i am dead, as dead i well may be
You’ll come and find the place where i am lying
And kneel and say an "ave" there for me
And i shall hear, tho’ soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you’ll not fail to tell me that you love me
I’ll simply sleep in peace until you come to me
I’ll simply sleep in peace until you come to me
Album : unknown
Dealer
that puts me in a good mood, thinkin’ about surfing.
Wow, you should go surfing.
You should go surfing.
Surf this groovy vibe.
Aaah….
I’m gonna be a rich girl
Some kind of philanthropist
I’m gonna get high, get pissed
I’ll be addicted to nothin’
Gonna be a wife and a mom
And when i call, people will come
Everybody will listen to me
But my hands will stay clean
Chorus:
Did you see it?
Did you see the finer print?
There are applicable taxes
Details inside the package
See my dealer for contest rules
I’m gonna go hungry
Gonna fight the fight
I’m gonna learn to go without
But i’m feeling no hunger pain
I’m gonna carry the cross
Like i carry the weight of the world
‘n’ cry all the tears
But i know it’s not going to hurt
Chorus (repeat)
I’ll see my dealer (x2)
First verse (repeat)
Chorus (x2)
I’ll see my dealer (x2)
Wow, surfing was great wasn’t it?
Oh man, i love surfing!
Nice day, eh?
Album : unknown
Feels Like Home
Words & music: randy newman
Somethin’ in your eyes, makes me wanna lose myself
Makes me wanna lose myself, in your arms
There’s somethin’ in your voice, makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life
If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how long i’ve been so alone
And if you knew how i wanted someone to come along
And change my life the way you’ve done
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like i’m all the way back where i come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like i’m all the way back where i belong
A window breaks, down a long, dark street
And a siren wails in the night
But i’m alright, ’cause i have you here with me
And i can almost see, through the dark there is light
Well, if you knew how much this moment means to me
And how long i’ve waited for your touch
And if you knew how happy you are making me
I never thought that i’d love anyone so much
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like i’m all the way the back where i come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like i’m all the way back where i belong
It feels like i’m all the way back where i belong
Album : unknown
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Words & music: hugh martin & ralph blaine
** chantal has been known to perform this song during holiday concerts. these are the traditional lyrics to the song, and are not accurate to chantal’s version. **
Have yourself a merry little christmas
Let your heart be light
Next year all our troubles
Will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little christmas.
Make the yule-tide gay
From now on our troubles
Will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Will be near to us once more
Someday soon we all will be together
If the fates allow
Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow
So have yourself a merry little christmas now
Album : unknown
I Can’t Make You Love Me
Words & music: m. reid & a. shamblin
** chantal has said this is one of her favorite songs to sing (along with carole king’s "(you make me feel like a) natural woman"), and she has called bonnie raitt, for whom this song was a hit in the early 90’s, "the godmother of singing-it-like-you-mean-it soul." the two women met during their overlapping stints with lilith fair 1998. these are the official lyrics and not accurate to the way chantal performs the song. **
Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don’t patronize (don’t patronize me)
Cause i can’t make you love me if you don’t
You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t
Here in the dark, in these lonely hours
I will lay down my heart and i’ll feel the power
But you won’t, no, you won’t
Cause i can’t make you love me if you don’t
I’ll close my eyes, then i won’t see
The love you don’t feel when you’re holding me
Morning will come and i’ll do what’s right
Just give me till then to give up this fight (and i will give up this fight)
Cause i can’t make you love me if you don’t
You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t
Here in the dark, in these lonely hours
I will lay down my heart and i’ll feel the power
But you won’t, no, you won’t
Cause i can’t make you love me if you don’t
Album : unknown
Imagine
Words & music: john lennon
** most of the time, chantal performs this song during in-store appearances, however, she occasionally plays it during concerts. these lyrics are accurate. **
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
And above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin’ for today, ah
Imagine there’s no country
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Sharin’ all the world, you
You may say i’m a dreamer
But i’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
And no need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Livin’ life in peace, you
You may say i’m a dreamer
But i know i’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
Album : unknown
In My Life
Words & music: john lennon
Oohh …
There are places i remember
All my life
Though some have changed
Some forever
Not for better
Some have gone
And some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends
I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life
I’ve loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one
Compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When i think of love
As something new
Though i know i’ll never those affection
For people and things
That went before
I know i’ll often stop and think about them
In my life
I love you more
Though i know i’ll never lose affection
For people and things
That went before
I know i’ll often stop and think about them
In my life
I love you more
Oohh …
In my life
I love you more
Album : unknown
Ken’s Song
Words & music: chantal kreviazuk
I hadn?t seen the boy in fifteen years
He had lines that said he cried a rainbow of tears
He left one day before his late night drives
He said everybody?s gotta make a sacrifice
So he replaced the old girl for a boat named jen
He thought if anyone could love her
Well he was the man
He said my only fear is growing old alone
I?ve gotta get a lover for this telephone
It doesn?t matter if my number?s gone when i?m young
But i don?t want to grow old alone
Till the day jen sunk she gave him love so true
She was appraised at fifty-one grand or two
It didn?t matter that she took every dime that he had
He had to get off the water and live by the land
He said my only fear is growing old alone
I’ve gotta get a lover for this telephone
It doesn’t matter if my number’s gone when i’m young
But i don’t want to grow old alone
When i spoke about jen a tear flowed from his eye
It was the first and last time i saw a grown man cry
He said believe it or not i?m not scared to die
But i don?t want to grow old alone
He said my only fear is growing old alone
I’ve gotta get a lover for this telephone
It doesn’t matter if my number’s gone when i’m young
But i don’t want to grow old alone
Album : unknown
Leaving On A Jet Plane
leaving on a jet plane
All my bags are packed, i’m ready to go
I’m standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breaking, it’s early morn’
The taxi’s waiting, he’s blowing his horn
Already i’m so lonesome i could die
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go
’cause i’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when i’ll be back again
Oh babe, i hate to go
There’s so many times i’ve let you down
So many times i’ve played around
But tell him that they don’t mean a thing
Every place i go i think of you
Every song i sing i’ll sing for you
When i come back, i’ll wear your wedding ring
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time, oh let me kiss you
And close your eyes and i’ll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When i won’t have to leave alone
By the times that i won’t have to say
Album : unknown
Love Is All
I don’t know what you’re leaving behind
I’m not so sure that i really want to find out
You don’t necessarily have plenty of time
You can say it now for the rest of your life
Love is all you need to live
Then love is all i’ve got to give
And i give it all
I don’t know what was wrong with my mind
I walked around like i had a force inside and on my heart
Now i feel like i got plenty of time
’cause i’m safe from the pain for the rest of my life
Love is all you need to live
Then love is all i’ve got to give
And i give it all
You can say that for the rest of your life
Love is all you need to live
Then love is all i’ve got to give
And i give it all
You said it
Love is all you need to live
Then love is all i’ve got to give
And i give it all
Album : unknown
Love’s Recovery
Words & music: emily saliers
During the time of which i speak
It was hard to turn the other cheek
To the blows of insecurity
Feeding the cancer of my intellect
The blood of love soon neglected
Lay dying in the strength of its impurity
Meanwhile our friends we thought were so together
They’ve all gone and left each other
In search of fairer weather
And we sit here in our storm and drink a toast
To the slim chance of love’s recovery
There i am in younger days, star gazing
Painting picture perfect maps
Of how my life and love would be
Not counting the unmarked paths of misdirection
My compass, faith in love’s perfection
I missed ten million miles of road i should have seen
Meanwhile our friends we thought were so together
Left each other one by one on the road to fairer weather
And we sit here in our storm and drink a toast
To the slim chance of love’s recovery
Rain soaked and voice choked
Like silent screaming in a dream
I search for our absolute distinction
Not content to bow and bend
To the whims of culture that swoop like vultures
Eating us away, eating us away
Eating us away to our extinction
Oh how i wish i were a trinity
So if i lost a part of me
I’d still have two of the same to live
But nobody gets a lifetime rehearsal
As specks of dust we’re universal
To let this love survive
Would be the greatest gift that we could give
Tell all the friends who think they’re so together
That these are ghosts and mirages
All these thoughts of fairer weather
Though it’s storming out i feel safe within the arms
Of love’s discovery
Album : unknown
O Canada
Words & music: unknown
O canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command
With glowing hearts we see thee rise
The true north strong and free!
From far and wide
O canada, we stand on guard for thee
God keep our land glorious and free!
O canada, we stand on guard for thee
O canada, we stand on guard for thee
Album : unknown
O Holy Night
Words & music: unknown
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear saviour’s birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appeared and the soul felt his worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder beams a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night when christ was born
O night divine
O night, o night divine
Led by the light of faith serenely beaming
With glowing hearts by his cradle we stand
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming
Here came the wise men from the orient land
The king of kings lay in lowly manger
In all our trials born to be our friend
He knows our need, to our weakness is no stranger
Behold your king
Before the lowly bend
Behold your king
Before him bend
Truly he taught us to love one another
His law is love and his gospel is peace
Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother
And in his name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus rise we
Let all within us praise his holy name
Christ is the lord then ever, ever praise we
His pow’r and glory ever more proclaim
His pow’r and glory ever more proclaim
Album : unknown
Old Man
Words & music: neil young
Old man, look at my life
I’m a lot like you were
Old man, look at my life
Twenty four and there’s so much more
I live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two
Love lost, such a cost
Well, give me things that don’t get lost
Like a coin that won’t get tossed
Rolling home to you
Old man, take a look at my life, i’m a lot like you
And i need someone to love me the whole day through
Well, ah, ah, one look in my eyes, you can tell that’s true
Lullabies, look in your eyes
You run around the same old town
It doesn’t mean that much to me
To mean that much to you
’cause i’ve been first and last
And look at how the time goes past
But i’m all alone at last
Rolling home to you
Old man, take a look at my life, i’m a lot like you
And i need someone to love me the whole day through
And now one look in my eyes, you can tell that’s true, ooh ooh
Old man
Old man, look at my life
I’m a lot like you were
Album : unknown
San Diego Serenade
Words & music: tom waits
Never saw the morning till i stayed up all night
Never saw the sunshine till i turned out the light
Never saw my home town till i stayed away too long
I never heard the melody till i needed the song
Never saw the white line till i was leavin’ you behind
Never knew i needed you till i was caught up in a bind
And i never spoke i love you till i cursed you in vain
Never felt my heart strings until i nearly went insane
Never saw the east coast until i moved to the west
I never saw the moonlight till it shone off your breast
And i never saw your heart till someone tried to steal it away
Never saw your tears till they rolled down your face
I never saw the morning till i stayed up all night
Never saw the sunshine till you turned out the light
Never saw my home town till i stayed away too long
I never heard the melody till i needed the song
Album : unknown
Stewart’s Coat
Words & music: rickie lee jones
Hold me, love, i can’t sleep again
Or will i have to kiss your lips
Oh, i want to lay in this day, in love
I remember walking in the rain
Rain is falling on my eyes
Oh, i want to live through that again, oh
Outside only it gets darker
And i was walking in the park, now
And children singing songs
Of where we go our dreams come true
I’m in love with you
It only takes love
Love is a healing thing
When you give everything
All your love in the world
The world gives you love to hold on to
It remembers you, ’cause all we’re so wrong
I know i am
Somewhere, i don’t remember love
Just give me many chances
I’ll see you through the storms
Just give me time to learn to grow
Just give me many chances
I’ll see you through the wind
Just give me time to learn to grow
In september, when the rain comes and the wind blows
I will see you walking in the cold, alone
But if you’ll let me, i will keep you here, inside the stars
I will love the sand on my sheets, and you loving me in the dark
Somewhere, i don’t remember love
Just give me many chances
I’ll see you through the storms
Just give time to learn to grow
Just give me many chances
I’ll see you through the wind
Just give me time to learn to grow
Just give me many chances
I’ll see you through the rain
Just give me time to learn, time to learn to grow, oh
Just give me many chances
I’ll see you through it all
Just give me time to learn to grow
Time to learn to grow
Time to learn to grow
Time to learn to grow
Album : unknown
Wild Horses
Words & music: mick jagger & keith richards
Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted i bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who i am
You know i can’t let you slide through my hands
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away
I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
And now you’ve decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or off stage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away
I know i’ve dreamed you, it’s a sin, it’s a lie
And i have my freedom but i don’t have much time
Faith has been broken tears must be cried
So let’s do some living after we die
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn’t drag me away
Wild, wild horses we’ll ride them someday
Album : unknown
In This Life
Let me show you what I’m made of
Good intentions are not enough
To get me though today and this life.
You’re in the basement watching the TV,
I’m on the second floor watching the ceiling.
We sleep underneath the same big sky at night.
I dream the same dream we can fly
You can run from me
You can hide form me
But I am right beside you
In this life.
Let me tell you who you really are
You’re my comfort
You’re not a superstar
I can reach up and bring you back down to the ground
And give you everything you dream about
You can run from me
You can hide from me
But I am right beside you
In this life.
I’ll give you all the things that I never get
Give you all I have and have no regret
Take you to the places that I’ve never been
Forgive you all the things that you cant forget
Take away the pain with my healing hands
Wash away your sins and set your spirit free
You can run from me
You can hide from me
But I am right beside you
In this life.
Let me show you what I’m made of
Album : What If It All Means Something
Time
Time, where did you go?
Why did you leave me here alone?
Wait, don’t go so fast
I’m missing the moments as they pass
Now I’ve looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
So wait for me this time
I’m down I’m down on my knees I’m begging for all your sympathy
But you (I’m just an illusion) you don’t seem to care (I wish that I could)
You humble people everywhere (I don’t mean to hurt you)
Now I’ve looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
I’ll take what you give me. Please know that I’m learning
So wait for me this time
I should’ve know better
I shouldn’t have wasted those days
And afternoons and mornings
I threw them all away
Now this is my time
I’m going to make this moment mine.
(I shouldn’t have wasted those days)
I’ll take what you give me. Please know that I’m learning
I’ve looked in the mirror
My world’s getting clearer
So wait for me this time
Album : What If It All Means Something
What If It All Means Something
If I could do anything for you, believe me I would
Do you feel the same? Feel the same as me?
If I could be anyone for you believe me I would
I’m not ashamed not ashamed to be
Its hard for me to know sometimes I feel like letting go
But what if it all means something?
What if it all
What if it all means something?
What if it all
If I could go anywhere for you, believe me I would
I’d run away, I’d ran away,
I’d leave.
If I could fix everything for you, believe me I would
Do you feel the same, feel the same as me?
Its hard for me to know, well maybe I should just let go.
But what if it all means something?
What if it all
What if it all means something?
(I wanna know)
What if it all
Leave me alone
I’m falling
If I could do anything for you, believe me I would
Do you feel the same? Feel the same as me?
Its hard for me to know well maybe I should just let go
But what if it all means something?
(I wanna know)
What if it all
What if it all means something?
(I wanna know)
What if it all
Yeah what if it all means something, something, something
I know it all means something.
Album : What If It All Means Something
Julia
Well you looked so at peace
Trying to find real love
You hair was like a fire
Such a pretty woman
You were hiding out in the open
Searching so hard
For a kiss that lasts forever
There on the boulevard
Do they use you?
And then use you?
When you get scared again? They could never forget you
But they could say they said your name
Julia
Well there’s gotta be somebody
Gets what it is you do
Knows about the business
Somebody who can see through
Someone unaffected
Someone unashamed
Of his woman being worshipped
When he’s not in the frame
Do they use you?
And then use you when you get scared again?
They could never forget you
But they could say they said your name
Julia
Album : What If It All Means Something
Flying Home (Brenda’s Song)
Its hard to let you go
You’ve always let me in
And helped with all the endings
And you know where to begin
I need you here for me
Cause you always know my heart
I cant believe we’d change
Or have to be apart
But if you’ve seen the love that’s in her eyes
Then everything is good
And if you know the way she felt inside
She’s flying where she should
I never believed we’d ever live to see
An angel being born and flying home
Its good to know your laugh
And you’ll always hold my hand
And watch from up in heaven
And always understand
We’ll take you down the road
And in everything we do
We’ll know how much you love us
A soul that’s kind and true.
But if you’ve seen the love that’s in her eyes
Then everything is good
And if you know the way she felt inside
She’s flying where she should
I never believed we’d ever live to see
An angel being born and flying home
Album : What If It All Means Something
Weight Of The World
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
I don’t know why I was so afraid… all the time
Memories seemed to bother me.. my whole life
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
I don’t know why I was so ashamed
Such a waste of time
And I don’t know who I was trying to be
All those lies
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
Oh and there’s always something
Or somebody right behind
Well we’re not meant to be everything
We’re just a piece
So spread your wings
Oh I don’t know why I was so afraid all the time
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly…
Album : What If It All Means Something
Waiting
Well it all comes down to the things that I never even wanted
I should live my life without holding on to you
But its hard to see the sky through the clouds when its raining…
I know somewhere it’s blue
Well it all comes down to the love that was never really given
I should’ve taken more than time to get the truth
And its hard to believe that you couldn’t recognize my tears
I glued them on for you.
Waiting to fall apart
Waiting and it all comes down to you
When it all breaks down I won’t be the one that’s running
But under every rock and stone I try to hide
And it’s hard to believe that behind this smile there are tears…
I hold them all inside
Waiting to fall apart
Waiting and it comes down
Waiting to fall apart
Waiting and it all comes down to you
I hear you calling, I know that voice
I hear you calling, I have no choice
I hear you calling, I know that voice
I hear you calling…
Waiting…
Well it all comes down to the things that I never even wanted
I should live my life without holding on to you
And it’s hard to believe that you couldn’t recognize my tears
I glued them on for you.
Waiting to fall apart
Waiting and it all comes down… To you.
Album : What If It All Means Something
Ready For Your Love
Lately I’m thinking
You’ve been such a good friend
Always listening
To my heart
And my head last at night
We’ve been frustrated
I know
You’ve been so patient
Now I admit it
I feel a synergy
I’m ready for your love
Yeah I am ready
I’m ready for your love
Ready for your love
Lately I’m feeling
Like a little girl
Day dreaming of being safe in your arms
Don’t be scared, I’m scared too
But that’s the best part
That’s the best part of love
When its brand new
I’m ready for your love
Yeah I am ready
I’m ready for your love
Ready for your love
I hope its not too late
I didn’t mean to make you wait for so long
Try to understand
I don’t need an upper hand
I just need to know that’s it’s for real
Is it real?
Feels so real, so real, so real
I’m ready for your love
Here I am
I’m ready for your love
I’m finally ready
I’m ready for your love
I’m all put together for you
I’m ready for your love
I want to share my love with you
I’m ready for your love
Album : What If It All Means Something
Morning Light
Hold me to nothing
No truth, no lies
I have not a need
I do have desire
I love a little loving with the morning light
A little reminder that it’s alright
It’s alright
Help me see my dreams
To the end form the start
Embrace all my being
Don’t stifle my heart
I love a little loving with the morning light
A little reminder that it’s alright
It’s all right
Hold me to nothing
No truth, no lies
I have not a need
I do have desire
I love a little loving with the morning light
A little reminder that it’s alright
It’s alright
Ooooooh I love a little loving with the morning light
A little reminder that its alright
It’s alright.
Album : What If It All Means Something
Miss April
Welcome back miss April
Hope you feel all right
You’ve had a long vacation
From real life
Welcome back miss April
Gravity ain’t kind
You lost your Playboy body
At Hollywood and Vine
You sure spent lots of money
Now you wonder why
Your 15 minutes flew by
Well it must’ve been hard
And it must’ve been good
And it must’ve been nice to be understood.
It must’ve been fun
Cause you must have been loved
You must’ve been beautiful
Open up the paper
Hope that you will find
The young girl from Virginia
You’re back in your prime
You should have known that someday
Things were gonna change
And they would forget your name
Well it must’ve been hard
And it must’ve been good
And it must’ve been nice to be understood.
It must’ve been fun
Cause you must have been loved
You must’ve been beautiful
Beautiful
You’re beautiful
Welcome back miss April
Hope you feel all right
You’ve had a long vacation
From real life
Well it must’ve been hard
And it must’ve been good
And it must’ve been nice to be understood.
It must’ve been fun
Cause you must have been loved
You must’ve been beautiful
Beautiful….
Album : What If It All Means Something
Turn The Page
I’m out here on my own
Please pick up the phone
I’m hiding from the morning
Inside the dead of night
You left without a warning
You left me here behind
And I’m deep inside my soul
But I can’t find my way back home
I’m hiding from the moment
That’s never far behind
Hiding from the moment
That makes everything alright
I run, run away from
But can’t turn the page
I knew it all along
You never try to change
I run, run away from
But can’t turn the page
I knew it all along
You never try to change
Now I’m floating endlessly
Unpacking all my dreams
Funny how we hurry
To hold the hands of time
Funny how we worry
We cant control this life.
I run, run away from
But can’t turn the page
I knew it all along
You never try to change
I run, run away from
But can’t turn the page
I knew it all along
You never try to change..
Album : What If It All Means Something
