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"Hearts On Parade"

 

"HEARTS ON PARADE"
Ashley Arrison


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1. Trying To Help You Out
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You see perfect

Or pretty damn close

You see beautiful

But I know

I’m not what you want

It’s not what you think

Inside of Me

 

I’m scared cause I know I’ll screw it up I’ll let you down

So afraid so I walk alone

I’m trying to help you out

Things aren’t as they seem in my heart I have seen who I am

Don’t get close

You don’t want to come in

The real me isn’t what you’re thinking

 

You say love me but you’re love is like a child

You think I’ll love you even though I tell you otherwise

I’m not you want, It's not what you think

Why won’t you listen to me

Why won’t you listen to me, listen to me

 

I’m scared cause I know I’ll screw it up I’ll let you down

So afraid so I walk alone

I’m trying to help you out

Things aren’t as they seem in my heart I have seen who I am

Don’t get close

You don’t want to come in

The real me isn’t what you’re thinking

 

I’m torn apart

Cause I don’t wanna hurt you

I never meant to

Let it get this far

Stay right where you are...

 

I’m scared cause I know I’ll screw it up I’ll let you down

So afraid so I walk alone

I’m trying to help you out

Things aren’t as they seem in my heart I have seen who I am

Don’t get close

You don’t want to come in

The real me isn’t what you’re thinking

 

 

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2. My Favorite Thing
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Astrology, psychology, a new years kiss

These are just a few things that are on my list

Thumbin' through the paper

I can smell the coffee maker

Oh yeah, I like this

 

Tulips and tequila and the number 3

These are just a few things that appeal to me

Pillows propped behind my head and

Eating cheerios in bed

But of all of these

 

You’re my favorite

And if I had to choose

You’re my favorite thing to do


Sleepin’ until one o’clock on Sunday

Looking at the dress that I’ll wear someday

Riding down the road we listen to the radio

We sing along -- hey hey

 

You’re my favorite

And if I had to choose

You’re my favorite thing to do

 

Polaroids and glitter in our hair

 Running through sprinklers and nights at the state fair 

 

You’re my favorite

And if I had to choose

You’re my favorite thing to do

3. Serenade
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Watch the clouds on the horizon

See the stars my lovers eyes

For a storm my heart is raging

Up against a midnight sky


I have not forgotten

I still feel the pain

I’ll wait for you to save me

For you to come again

Until then I’ll always listen to the rain

For your serenade

 

Can you send a bolt of lightning

Please show me a sign

Just something to remind me

So I know that you’re still mine

 

I have not forgotten

I still feel the pain

I’ll wait for you to save me

For you to come again

Until then I’ll always listen to the rain

For your serenade

 

Pitter patter on my window

Maybe you’ve come home

 

I have not forgotten

I still feel the pain

I’ll wait for you to save me

For you to come again

Until then I’ll always listen to the rain

For your serenade

4. Winter
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I can finally leave the windows open

Don’t need coffee with my morning cigarette

I can put my jacket in the attic

Oh but I’m not ready yet

 

I don’t need to smell the flowers

I don’t need the extra hour of the day

While the birds are chasing summer

I just wanna run the other way

The skies are turnin blue, just when I could use a little gray

Oh, cause just like you winter wouldn’t stay

 

Oh that sweet December day

That the sunshine stole away

 

I still smell you on my sweater

And on these blankets I should probably put away

I’m still frozen in that moment

And I just can’t stand to see the season change

 

I don’t need to smell the flowers

I don’t need the extra hour of the day

While the birds are chasing summer

I just wanna run the other way

The skies are turning blue, just when I could use a little gray

Oh, cause just like you winter wouldn’t stay

 

Oh that sweet December day

 That the sunshine stole away

5. Walk Me Home
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I walk by your house each morning even if it rains

I saw you 3 Sundays back, but I don’t know your name

You were sittin’ on your front step, lookin’ at a map

I knew one day you’d leave this town

Just like Kerouac


You look but you don’t see

I’m just a girl who’s on your street

I walked 6 blocks kickin’ this stone

Hopin’ you’d notice I’m alone

And walk me home


I saw Mrs. Mapleton at the donut shop

She said you had cut her grass, cause you were savin’ up

For a ticket into tinsel town, maybe I could come along

You could be Kurt Russell

I’ll be Goldie Hawn


You look but you don’t see

I’m just a girl who’s on your street

I walked 6 blocks kickin’ this stone

Hopin’ you’d notice I’m alone

And walk me home


I’m under this broken streetlight

In my mothers church shoes

Don’t wanna walk another block without you


If you’d lift up your window

Bet I could make you laugh

You’d say I’m unusual

 But you like me like that

 

But you look and never see

I’m just a girl who’s on your street

I walked 6 blocks kickin’ this stone

Hopin’ you’d notice I’m alone

And walk me home

6. The Hard Way
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It happened again
Without even knowing
Unintentionally
I didn't mean to be mean

It's not an excuse
But I couldn't help it
And what's the use
When sorry's just regret

I could say all the right words
But I'm afraid I'd make it worse

Why does it take a mistake
To know that I was wrong
Why do I have to hurt someone
Why must I walk through the fire
Just to know it burns
Why do I have to learn the hard way

I'm trying to change
But I'm only beginning
To understand
How broken I really am

Maybe I should just go
I'm not sure this is helping
Good intentions I know
They don't mean a thing

Every time I try to love
Oh I only mess it up

Why does it take a mistake
To know that I was wrong
Why do I have to hurt someone
Why must I walk throught the fire
Just to know it burns
Why do I have to learn the hard way

Nothing ever seems to change
Until it's too late

7. Little Miss Plastic
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You’ve been battin’ those fake eyelashes at the bar

You’re new in town but I know exactly who you are

The kinda girl who’s into taking what belongs to someone else

You best keep those pretty little fingers to yourself

 

Little Miss Plastic

Guess you want your ass kicked

Cause you keep askin’ for it

Everytime you pass by my baby

Sitting at a bar stool

Bet your thinking maybe

He could be your next fool

Yeah, you’re looking for a man tonight

But it ain’t gonna be mine

Guarantee girl, he belongs to me girl, you better believe girl

It ain’t gonna be mine

 

I double dog dare ya honey go on make your move

Those pretty bleached white teeth, how’d you like to lose a few?

I might be 115 but I ain’t afraid to brawl

What ya want first, girl, the window or the wall?


Little Miss Plastic

Guess you want your ass kicked

Cause you keep askin’ for it

Everytime you pass by my baby

Sitting at a bar stool

Bet your thinking maybe

He could be your next fool

Yeah, you’re looking for a man tonight

But it ain’t gonna be mine

Guarantee girl, he belongs to me girl, you better believe girl

It ain’t gonna be mine
 

Oh, I apologize if I’m coming off a little rough around the edges tonight

You could have a lot of guys and I hope you’ve got the message

It damn straight won’t be mine


Little Miss Plastic

Guess you want your ass kicked

Cause you keep askin’ for it

Everytime you pass by my baby

Sitting at a bar stool

Bet your thinking maybe

He could be your next fool

Yeah you’re looking for a man tonight

But it ain’t gonna be mine

Guarantee girl, he belongs to me girl, you better believe girl

 It ain’t gonna be mine 

8. California
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Traded sand for open land

In a yellow gypsy van across the plains

In painted boots, we put down some roots

But we never got the rain


Hey Babe

Let’s go back to California

Walk the canyons for awhile

Hey Babe

The coast is callin’ for ya

I wanna wake up to your smile

In california


Muholland Drive and Spanish wine

Let’s dance behind those concrete stars

The city glows, we count the crows

As we drive down to the boulevard


Hey Babe

Let’s go back to California

Walk the canyons for awhile

Hey Babe

The coast is callin’ for ya

I wanna wake up to your smile … in california


We had our reasons for trading sunshine for the rain

But just like seasons, we can just go back the way we came


Hey Babe

Let’s go back to California

Walk the canyons for awhile

Hey Babe

You know that I adore ya

 I wanna wake up to your smile … in california 

9. Caged Bird
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I won’t go out like that

When you scream and shout like that

I don’t know who you are

Yeah I won’t go down like that

When you push me around like that

This time I won’t fall so hard

 

Cause ain’t nobody can sing like a caged bird

Tangled feathers on the floor

You clip my wing, but you can’t have the last word

Cause you forgot to lock the door


When you look at me like that

When you beg and plead like that

I know this script, I’ve read these lines

Then you throw your shoulders back and that starts the second act

Frame by frame it all unwinds

 

Cause ain’t nobody can sing like a caged bird

Tangled feathers on the floor

You clip my wing, but you can’t have the last word

Cause you forgot to lock the door

Cause you forgot to lock the door


Stay away, stay away from me

 Stay away, stay away, stay away from me

 

Cause ain’t nobody can sing like a caged bird

Tangled feathers on the floor

You clip my wing, but you can’t have the last word

Cause you forgot to lock the door

10. Hearts On Parade
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Cut my hair, died it red cause you said it really turns you on

Dot my I’s, crossed my legs, went to bed with all my makeup on

Read a book, every book that you put on your self righteous shelf

Lost my friends, lost some weight, like a fool I even lost myself

 

But I had to make you happy

And nothing makes you happy

 

If you let me go, if you let me go, if you let me stay, I can stay

You won’t love me either way

Just a pawn, just a phase, the shangri la in your charade

If I tell you no, if I tell you no, if I run away, run away

You won’t want me either way

It’s just a part that I play

We’re just hearts on parade

 

Saw a shrink, took a pill, tried to kill off what was left of me

Didn’t ask, didn’t tell, was a shell of who I used to be

I went numb, came undone, bit my tongue just like your mother does

Took the ring, took the blame, took the pain and did it all because

 

I had to make you happy

And nothing makes you happy

 

There’s nothing, nothing left to see here

The streets are empty now

Baby, it’s just, it’s just me here

Trying to figure out

How to make you happy

 

If you let me go, if you let me go, if you let me stay, I can stay

You won’t love me either way

Just a pawn, just a phase, the shangri la in your charade

If I tell you no, if I tell you no, if I run away, run away

You won’t want me either way

It’s just a part that I play

We’re just hearts on parade

 

I tried to make you happy

 But nothing makes you happy

11. Breathing
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Bad dreams on the way

If he was here I’d be safe

Across the ocean as far as it can go

Can’t look at the same stars - it’s morning out his window

 

Quiet and still I hide under the feathers

Door locked, phone propped against my head

Passing cars, numbing alarms

Why am I here? Why is he gone?


Sleeping is sadness

Sadness is breathing

But I’m breathing one breath closer to you

I just keep breathing


Months are just weeks

Weeks are just days full of minutes

Seconds of breaths I keep breathing

Eyelids close, falling in circles

Of memories I breathe on your pillow

 

Sleeping is sadness

Sadness is breathing

But I’m breathing one breath closer to you

I just keep breathing


Goodnight 

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