Crystal Bernard lyrics
Don’t Touch Me There
(crystal bernard/david rhyne)
There is a place inside of me
Where you are not suppose to be
Are you listening
Somehow you slip inside the walls
That’s when my rusted armor falls
I hear whispering
From a voice inside of me
That’s screaming silently
Don’t touch me there
It doesn’t belong to you
You can’t use me anymore
Don’t touch me there
I am no longer yours
You can’t bruise me like before
Don’t touch me there
Well maybe i cry too easily
I couldn’t escape an injury
Let me walk away
’cause you are much harder to resist
When you keep holding me like this
With no words to say
And my heart begins to feel
The wound that just won’t heal
I’m stronger to the ways of love
I have grown accustom to the pain
But my heart still remains
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
Gardenia
(crystal bernard/david rhyne)
A million dollar face
So ivory and fair
That launched a thousand ships
Danced with fred astaire
Lusted for her dreams
So passionate and wild
So talented it seemed
Everybody wants to be a gardenia
So beautiful and delicate to touch
Something ’bout the way we loved gardenia
As the years went by
Her beauty didn’t fade
Movies didn’t come
She felt so betrayed because
The more she had to give
The less they want to buy
I guess she outlived
Her moment in the sun to be gardenia
So beautiful and delicate to touch
Something ’bout the way we loved gardenia
Hadn’t seen her for sometime
And i apologized
I said i’d give my youth to you
For the wisdom in your eyes
I wish i’d been there every day
To take good care of you
She said baby, don’t you cry
I knew you’d come in time to see gardenia
And with her fragile hand she said good-bye
Something ’bout the way we loved gardenia
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
Here’s Looking At You
(crystal bernard/david rhyne)
Wild flowers along the road
Are pretty to the eye
Make a lovely spray then they start to dry
You and i we sure had our fun
Our moment in the sun
The party rages on til the spirits gone
Here’s looking at you
To the years
To the times you were sincere
Like a bottle of wine
That’s only good opened in it’s time
They say that the strong
Will survive
Well i’m weak but i’m still alive
Saying good-bye
As i changed to a butterfly
Here’s looking at you
A child looks at a lion’s eye
Lying in a cage
Only sees the good underneath the rage
A challenge is more than an open door
Like wolves feed on the sheep
I don’t want to fight for what i cannot keep
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
Hey
(crystal bernard)
I can’t reach you in the distance
With such pollution in the air
It’s getting harder by the moment
When i’m just talking to an empty chair
You should have heard what i just told you
I yelled and cried along the way
I can’t go to bed this angry
So i’ll just
Wait up long enough to say
Hey - you’re a little late
And i’m a little tired
Of staring at the door
Hey - you’ll just have to wait
Cause i don’t want your lie
Inside me anymore
I guess she didn’t keep your interest
I guess i’m sorry for her sake
Well the tables sure have turned now
And you are
Ready to communicate
I’ve been waiting for this moment
I’ve thought about it every day
Hours privetly rehearsing over and again
This is all i have to say
I know you had to find your way
I only wish you loved me just a little bit
You said you did
It isn’t what you did to me
It’s what you didn’t say that was the worst of it
Now you see that you really wanted me
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
If You Need A Touch
When your mountains all seem to crumble
And you fall down into the valley
He’ll pick you up and give you strength
To climb another mountain
So put your faith and your trust in him
God’s gonna take you to the very end
Well there’s no need to worry
’cause god is standing by
If you need a touch from jesus
This very hour
Knock on the door
Step right on in and cry out loud
He’s upstairs on his throne
He’ll give you grace and power
Tell the servant you need the master
And i’m sure, so very sure
He’ll be right down
When your burdens sometimes they get heavy
And you feel just like you can’t go on
Why don’t you think about all the things
That god has done for you (you better count your blessings)
Pick up the phone, why don’t you dial his number
My god is waiting, waiting to hear you call
Jesus, i need you
I need you right now (right now)
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
Love Never Ends
She still sits out on the range
Sun sets, she looks like a rose in the rain
Waiting and praying he’s coming again
He rode like the breath of nero
A real man - laid down his life for a friend
Fought for her life to the bitter end
And she won’t care how long or where or when
She still believes he’s coming ’round the bend
Until the last real cowboy rides again
She’s saving all her sun sets until then love never ends
Six years since he’s been gone
Some say they heard her calling her name
Dancing with him through the window pane
It can’t be she must be crazy
Must be that she’s got a heart that won’t mend
But i think she visits him in the wind
When a cool breeze is rushing through her hair
There’s one hand on her heart
The other she’s waving in the air
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
Music Box
(crystal bernard)
Thank you for asking
It’s a beautiful ring
A symbol of love surrendering
But i don’t believe in
To have and to hold
It’s not worth it’s weight in gold
Here in my music box
Are old souvenirs
Love that was promised through the years
The hinges are broken
The music is gone
The memory still lives on
What i did for love
He gave me a promise ring
I cried - then i gave him my life
He left - and i learned to live by myself
I tried - but it wasn’t enough
What i did for love
Small cinderella doesn’t turn anymore
Her face isn’t like it was before
The rosette of gold was in the shape
Of a heart
But years let it fall apart
What i did for love
He gave an engagement ring
I cried - then i gave him my life
He left - and i learned to live by myself
I tried - but it wasn’t enough
What i did for love
Charms on my bracelet count the years we’d grow old
It’s funny i thought it was gold
But one thing still shinging is my old weddings band
The mark is still on my hand
What i did for love
He gave me a wedding ring
I cried - then i gave him my life
He left - and i learned to live by myself
I tried - but it wasn’t enough
What i did for love
So thank you for asking it’s a beautiful ring
A symbol of love surrendering
Valued for rarity - not for it’s weight
I guess you just came too late
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
Something To Go On
(laurie webb/del harley)
Didn’t ask you to love me
So why did you love me
You said that you loved me
Cause i didn’t need it if you didn’t mean it
You didn’t either
I took a chance fell in love
Well that’s my fault
Well it takes two to win or lose
Come on just tell me what to do
Give me something to go on
Or just go on and let me
Go on without you
Just give me something to go on
Didn’t ask you to need me
If you needed me
Well you needed me
I’m only asking for honesty
Honestly
If you’re afraid to fall in love
I’m not your enemy
You’re confused just to tell the truth
Come on baby just talk to me
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
To Dream Without You
I’ve got one eye on the roses
I’ve got the other on the road ahead of us
I’ve got two hands on this plow before me
I’ve got one heart and a head full of dreams
Oh but none could come true
Without you
Oh none could come true
Without you
I’ve been dreaming so long with you
That it would be wrong to dream without you
I know that my dreams sometimes scare you
When you’re thinking if i win that you might lose
Oh but darling that’s just not true
My independence is a gift that i share with you
The changes are shaking us up a bit - oh yeah
The changes are making us sit up straight
Oh, the changes are waking us up to the fact
That the best part of the dreams are the changes they bring
That only proves that…
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
We Don’t Live There Anymore
(crystal bernard/david rhyne)
I came across a
Dusty photograph
I hope the 80’s don’t come back
My hair was so high
Yours was parted on the side
I laughed until i cried
Reminiscing - us in the
Movies kissing
In our favorite jordache jeans
Oh i remember crying through
The way we were
Never knowing i’d be her
So i went back to how i used to feel
When big mistakes we made
Seemed like no big deal
Where everyday was better than the day before
But we don’t live there anymore
I opened up our
Box of 45’s
Oh what memories they revive
Penny love - never made me cry
But it’s sure killing me tonight
Album : Don’t Touch Me There
Call It Love
(tony haselden)
You caught my eye without trying
You stole my heart away
From clear across the room
Somehow it was plain you felt the same
Looking back now we can’t say
Exactly how we knew
All a wise man needs
Is one glimpse of destiny
There’s an ancient fire deep in every heart
That no one but the perfect match can start
Like a bolt of lightning flashing in the dark
When fate lights forever up
Call it magic, call it love
Until that night love at first sight was
Just a childish fantasy
Like wishing on a star
And if you ask me now, don’t ask me how
All i can say is i believe
The proof is in my heart
Nature’s strongest force
Will always take it’s course
There’s an ancient fire deep in every heart
That no one but the perfect match can start
Like a bolt of lightning flashing in the dark
When fate lights forever up
Call it magic, call it love
Like a bolt of lightning flashing in the dark
When fate lights forever up
Call it magic, call it love
Album : Girl Next Door
Could Have Been Mine
(craig wiseman/janie lambert)
So you say your new girlfriend’s a little too friendly
You caught her telling one more lie, one too many
You say she won’t love you right
She stays out so late at night
Lately you’ve been thinking about the time
You could have been mine, you could have been mine
It wasn’t very long ago you had my attention
And what she did that turned your head, well, i won’t
Mention
I won’t say i told you so
But there’s one thing you should know
I was seeing hearts and valentines
You could have been mine, you could have been mine
That’s the chances we take
With the choices we make
There’s gonna be mistakes from time to time
And you could have been mine
Now you’ve got your bed all made so lay alone in it
Don’t even think about what we could’ve had for even
One minute
I’d have been your juliet
And never gave you one regret
But don’t you let that cross your troubled mind
When you could have been mine, you could have been mine
That’s the chances we take
With the choices we make
There’s gonna be mistakes from time to time
Oh, you could have been mine, could have been mine
Album : Girl Next Door
Eleven Roses
(crystal bernard/david rhyne)
A stormy summer came and went
In the garden that we grew back then
I remember when
The single rose you gave to me
With a vow that you would never leave
One you didn’t keep
Regretfully i understand
Why the flower crumbled in my hands
There’s only eleven roses
I know i should have known it from the start
Tell me why there’s only
Eleven roses left here to show
Something’s missing from your heart
Pressed between the pages
I see the missing rose you couldn’t find
From the years gone by
Sadly we just threw away
What could’ve been a beautiful bouquet
So i turned the page
Tonight i just can’t bare to see
The faded rose that meant the most to me
There’s only eleven roses
I know i should have known it from the start
Tell me why there’s only
Eleven roses left here to show
Something’s missing from your heart
The only thing that we forgot
Is do you love me, or do you love me not
There’s only eleven roses
I know i should have known it from the start
Tell me why there’s only
Eleven roses left here to show
Something’s missing from your heart
Album : Girl Next Door
Have We Forgotten What Love Is
(billy dean/crystal bernard)
No wonder my heart is aching
On the verge of breaking down
The way we mistreat each other
What we’re becoming now
Have we forgotten what love is
Remember when love was patient
Everything good and kind
The feelings we felt together
As our souls entwined
Have we forgotten what love is
’cause love
Holds no record of wrongs
And love
Is both gentle and strong
It can’t be spoken or promised
It has to be shown
Have we forgotten what love is
I heard the voice of a distant angel
Reminding me and you
That love is not an expectation
Or something we failed to do
Have we forgotten what love is
’cause love
Holds no record of wrongs
And love
Is both gentle and strong
It can’t be spoken or promised
It has to be shown
Have we forgotten what love is
Love has got a way of healing
Using the hands of time
Can even restore the feelings
Buried deep inside
Have we forgotten what love is
’cause love
Holds no record of wrongs
And love
Is both gentle and strong
It can’t be spoken or promised
It has to be shown
Have we forgotten what love is
Album : Girl Next Door
If You Have Love
(billy dean/crystal bernard)
Friends, i’ve had a few
Lovers too, they come and go
I’ve wasted time chasing dreams
Aquiring things, too young to know
That if you have heart
You’ll find gold
If you have strength
You’ll have control
If you have faith
You’ll stand tall
But if you have love
You have it all
I’ve had a taste of sweet success
It’s good at best if you’re not alone
I came so close to a dream come true
When i held you i should have known
That if you have heart
You’ll find gold
If you have strength
You’ll have control
If you have faith
You’ll stand tall
But if you have love
You have it all
If you have heart
You’ll find gold
If you have strength
You’ll have control
If you have faith
You’ll stand tall
But if you have love
You have it all
Oh, if you have love
You have it all
Album : Girl Next Door
Miracle
(mac mcanally)
In a holiday inn, in a bar, in a corner
A man sat starin’ at the life that he’d been handed
Prayin’ for a miracle to let him sleep
He’s got a woman back home and a woman in the city
Both of them sittin’ by the phone and he can’t stand it
How could such a simple man be in so deep
When he believes in the miracle of love
And she believes the same
And he believes that the woman that shares his love
Should share his name, should share his name
Well, his head’s sayin’ no and his heart’s sayin’ maybe
Torn between the places he’s been sleepin’
Prayin’ for a miracle that he won’t get caught
He’s just an old-fashioned man with a modem day problem
Weighted down by the secrets he’s been keepin’
The things he didn’t think about and the things he thought
When he believes in the miracle of love
And she believes the same
And he dozed off thinkin’ that the woman that bears his child
Should bear his name, should bear his name
There’s a page turned down in the family bible
God never wrote what it said in there
It’s the name and the number of a woman
In memphis, tennessee
Not a chapter away from the crossin’ of the jordan
Pain that only she can bear
She’s got the same full name as a woman in memphis
She believes in the miracle of love
She better believe the same
’cause he believes that the women that share his love
Can share his name, can share his name
Album : Girl Next Door
State Of Mind
(crystal bernard/david rhyne)
It used to be easy, now i’m doin’ my time
Workin’ so hard i got a pain in my side
Runnin’ up a hill tryin’ to catch my breath
Nowhere to go when i need some rest
Where do i hide, take me away
From this lonely state of mind
I’ve got to say, it’s time to play tonight
Oh, i’ve been thinkin’ that i’m not living
But it’s only just a state of mind
Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride
Oh, i’ve been thinkin’ that i’m not living
But it’s only just a state of mind
I’ve been doing my best but there’s one regret
That i live in this state of mind
My phone machine’s beeping and it’s hurting my head
Twenty-eight messages, i said
People come and go like a thief in the night
Taking my heart, stealing my time
Papers and dreams, what does it mean
When i’m in this state of mind
Polite as i seem, i want to scream inside
Oh, i’ve been thinkin’ that i’m not living
But it’s only just a state of mind
Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride
Oh, i’ve been thinkin’ that i’m not living
But it’s only just a state of mind
I’ve been doing my best but there’s one regret
That i live in this state of mind
Oh, i’ve been thinkin’ that i’m not living
But it’s only just a state of mind
Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride
Oh, i’ve been thinkin’ that i’m not living
But it’s only just a state of mind
I’ve been doing my best but there’s one regret
That i live in this state of mind
Oh, i’ve been thinkin’ that i’m not living
But it’s only just a state of mind
I’ve been doing my best but there’s one regret
That i live in this state of mind
Album : Girl Next Door
This Purple Heart
(billy dean/j.d. souther)
If i had a million hearts
I’d save the best for you
All i have is this one sad heart
Not quite torn in two
It’s not exactly damaged goods
It’s not exactly new
But this purple heart is true
Well, i have been the one to leave
And i have been left too
But still i wear it on my sleeve
Can’t hide what we’ve been through
’cause we have been in love and war
We’ve got the scars to prove
That this purple heart is true
I will love you honestly
Tell me what else could i do
’cause this purple heart is true
You may find a heart of gold
Beneath this black and blue
’cause this purple heart
This purple heart is true
Album : Girl Next Door
Till I Get Over You
(crystal bernard/david rhyne/rick wake)
Well, hold it right there
You’re going nowhere
Until i tell you that you can
It wasn’t me that told you
I didn’t love you, so you
Can just sit down and hold my hand
There’s some explaining
I’m anticipating how you’re
Gonna let me down easy
Do everything you can to please me
You better hold me awhile
’til my eyes are dry
I think i have the right
But it may take me awhile
Till i get over you
Do you think it’s easy
To just forget my feelings
And smile and turn the other cheek
’cause you’re not stimulated
And i was temporary
Until you found the girl you’d keep
Years ago i told you
If you wanted to go you could
Well, i’ve changed my mind
I didn’t know you’d go i’m a little behind
Hold me awhile
’til my eyes are dry
I think i have the right
But it may take me awhile
Till i get over you
Years ago i told you
If you wanted to go you could
Well, i’ve changed my mind
I didn’t know you’d go i’m a little behind
Hold me awhile
’til my eyes are dry
I think i have the right
But it may take me awhile
Till i get over, till i get over you
Till i get over you
Album : Girl Next Door
Too Far This Time
(vaughan penn/bernie leadon/david rhyne)
Well, here we go again
Another sleepless night
I don’t think i have the strength
To take another fight
Well, what’s the point of trying
We can’t seem to get it right
I see black as black and baby
You see black as white
You’ve gone too far this time
Pushed our love to the limit
But still i can’t imagine
Living life without you in it
Oh my, my an injustice has been done
It’s a shame, it’s more than a crime
You’ve gone too far this time
Just like a rerun movie
I’ve seen this show before
I reach out, you pull away
Get up and slam the door
Like some prima donna actor
Out in old time hollywood
Frankly dear, i don’t give a
Anymore, but i wish i could
You’ve gone too far this time
Pushed our love to the limit
But still i can’t imagine
Living life without you in it
Oh my, my an injustice has been done
It’s a shame, it’s more than a crime
You’ve gone too far this time, gone too far
Like some prima donna actor
Out in old time hollywood
Frankly dear, i don’t give a
Anymore, but i wish i could
You’ve gone too far this time
Pushed our love to the limit
But still i can’t imagine
Living life without you in it
Oh my, my an injustice has been done
It’s a shame, it’s more than a crime
You’ve gone too far this time
You’ve gone too far this time
Album : Girl Next Door
When You Took Your Love Away
(skip ewing/liz hengber)
The moment that i looked at you a voice inside of me
Said you’d better guard your heart and love him cautiously
Well, if i’d only listened to the things i heard me say
I’d have still been standing when you took your love away
Tell me baby, was it hard to keep up your charade
Did you mark me from the start as a target to be played
I feel so badly cheated, i don’t know what to say
Made it look so easy when you took your love away
I gave to you my inside, i gave to you my heart
I gave to you no reason to tear it all apart
Now i’m diggin’ through the rubble of a trust that’s been betrayed
You did a lot of damage when you took your love away
The only hope i ever have about you any-more
Is someday, someone comes along to even up the score
You won’t see it coming, you’ll just look on in dismay
You’ll be so blind sided when she takes her love away
I gave to you my inside, i gave to you my heart
I gave to you no reason to tear it all apart
Now i’m diggin’ through the rubble of a trust that’s been betrayed
You did a lot of damage when you took your love away
I gave to you my inside, i gave to you my heart
I gave to you no reason to tear it all apart
Now i’m diggin’ through the rubble of a trust that’s been betrayed
You did a lot of damage when you took your love away
Did a lot of damage when you took your love away
Album : Girl Next Door
You’re Gonna Miss A Whole Lotta Love
(dennis morgan/stephen allen davis)
Who started this, i don’t know
You’re already packed and ready to go
I hope she’s worth it after all we’ve been through
You’re breakin’ my heart, but i have to be strong
So go right ahead, i’ll get along
Just one thing you better know is true
You’re gonna miss a whole lotta love
You’re gonna wish you had me back
Late at night when you’re starin’ at the stars above
You’re gonna miss a whole lotta love
Will she hold you close like i used to do
And think that look in your eyes is true
Does she believe those words you used to say to me
Do you even know how it makes me feel
To watch you throw away the dreams we built
Well, i hope she’s everything you ever need
’cause you’re gonna miss a whole lotta love
You’re gonna wish you had me back
Late at night when you’re starin’ at the stars above
You’re gonna miss a whole lotta love
You’re gonna miss a whole lotta love
There’s no use wastin’ words anymore
I know it’s over, what are you waitin’ for, just remember
You’re gonna miss a whole lotta love
You’re gonna wish you had me back
When you’re lying there starin’ at the stars above
You’re gonna miss a whole lotta love
Album : Girl Next Door
