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If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
‘Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
If I could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drugstores sell
Then you reached the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three way script
Enter number two: A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now, love, let's be real
I never thought I could feel this way
And i've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feeling's gone
And I just can't get it back
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
‘Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'd know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And i've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone And I just can't get it back
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Shake
04:37
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Don’t leave me is all I hear you say
Somehow it keeps me from all the plans that I’ve made
Your promises sparkle, I tell myself not to believe
The things that I want lose out to the one that I need
Time does not waste itself
A dream cannot wake itself
The truth cannot disgrace itself
An unwritten prayer cannot save the lost soul
Arms cannot embrace themselves
A heart cannot break itself
And I cannot shake myself from you
We both know there’s only so much a person can take
Only so far you can reach on a so long you can carry that weight
So some of us learn how to live with what we know we can’t fix
So we walk all and act proud and pretend that it’s better than it is
Time does not waste itself
A dream cannot wake itself
The truth cannot disgrace itself
An unwritten prayer cannot save the lost soul
Arms cannot embrace themselves
A heart cannot break itself
And I cannot shake myself from you
Don’t leave me, it’s all I hear myself say
As you persuade me to throw the rest of my life away
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Stray Birds
03:10
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Oh I have turned
Oh I have turned
I have heard your heart yearn
And you and I are stray birds
All I have known
All I have known
Into the sky we have flown
And by the sun we will not burn
You and I are stray birds
Promise in the dark
Promise in the dark
We are here near or far
The seeds will fall, the earth be turned
And you and I are stray birds
To the road I'm bound
To the road I'm bound
But love will travel all around
Of nothing are we ever sure
But you and I are stray birds
Feather on a wing
I learn the hard way, I learn to sing
The pleasure of the setting sun
So soon a new day has begun
I'm happy as the wandering one
May my heart be forever stirred
And music be the holy word
And you and I be stray birds
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You must understand though the touch of your hand
Makes my pulse react
That it's only the thrill of boy meeting girl
Opposites attract
It's physical
Only logical
You must try to ignore that it means more than that
Oh, oh, oh
What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken
It may seem to you that I'm acting confused
When you're close to me
If I tend to look dazed I've read it someplace
I've got cause to be
There's a name for it
There's a phrase that fits
But whatever the reason you do it for me
Oh, oh, oh
What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken
I've been taking on a new direction
But I have to say
I've been thinking about my own protection
It scares me to feel this way
Oh, oh, oh
What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken
What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a sweet old fashioned notion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken
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Farmer's Wife
03:56
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I will make a meal for you and bring it to the field
I will do this every day and not say how I feel
I will bring the kids so they can see that you work hard
I will stay up late to hear you drive into the yard
I will give the shelves a dust on Sunday afternoon
You will be relaxing as the children watch cartoons
I will tend the blooming flowers all along the house
I will put you all the bed, quiet as a mouse
Love
I will feel the seasons change and shift around the coats
What it is I do all day, no one really knows
But I can tell by the clouds, what the sky will bring
And I will do my change in silence and teach the kids to sing
Love
I will hang the clothes to dry in the summer wind
I will breathe as day grows nigh
And we'll begin again
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Tired Eyes
02:48
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The sun has long gone down
Soon the moon will rise
Day is done for now
It's time to close those tired eyes
Make a wish upon a star
There's a million in the sky
Tomorrow is not far
It's time to close those tired eyes
Make the most of everything you dream of
The night is not so long as it seems, love
The mourning dove he moans
And the whippoorwill she cries
You are not alone
Try to close those tired eyes
No need to be forlorn
There will be no sad goodbyes
I'll be here in the morning
When it's time for you to rise
So make the most of everything you dream of
The night is not so long as it seems, love
The sun has long gone down
Soon the moon will rise
Day is done for now
It's time to close those tired eyes
Try to close those tired eyes
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Rose Cousins Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax singer-songwriter Rose Cousins finds insight in solitude and strength in numbers. Supported by a thriving Halifax
music scene and welcomed by an equally vibrant Boston community, her album WE HAVE MADE A SPARK was made in the spirit of community and collaboration.
Winner of 2011 East Coast Music Award for Songwriter of the Year and 2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards for Contemporary Singer
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