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beside myself
04:02
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If memories
were mortal things
I’d hold them in my arms
cos I don’t feel
them slip from me
but I know that have gone
Every day’s
a life to play
you just find a safe way through
But it’s ok
to lose your way
you can rise again brand new
For better or for worse
In sickness or in health
At my best and at my worst
I will be beside myself
If you never sought
to find your god
for a second chance at life
The wonders of
a life you’ve loved
are a gift you don’t need twice
(chorus)
Hand to hold me
Hand of mine
Hand that knows me
left or right
I tried to be
A star they’d see
In the distance of the night
But I can see
I’ve always been
The sun of my own sky
(chorus)
For better or for worse I'll always
be beside myself
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a bad place to be
03:23
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To live and laugh and love's about
The only things I do
but forgive me my grace if I lose my face
And I lie a little too
I closed the blinds cos all outside
were fighting and forlorn
I do despair that this life’s not fair
What a shame they don’t do more
It’s a bad world
It’s a bad world
It’s a bad world
But it’s a good world to me
I bought the bird to set it free
but when I got it home
The feathers looked nice with my kitchen tiles
So I’ve kept its cage door closed
I try my best to help the rest
who never get their say
And I’ll lend you an ear but Its harder to hear
from a place this far away
I’m a good girl
I’m a good girl
I’m a good girl
But it’s a bad place to be
I got my start by working smart
for everything I’ve got
But the climb got hard so I flashed my card
for a ride up to the top
to build a wall is awfully cruel
you’re welcome any time
come round for tea at the gate hold 3
And I’ll bring my dogs inside
I’m a good girl
I’m a good girl
I’m a good girl
But it’s a bad place to be
I’m a good girl
I’m a good girl
I’m a good girl
But it’s a bad place to be
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idle, i
03:07
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I stayed awake last night
To try to catch the light
And lay the day to rest before it got to me
But It snuck onto my bed
and then it broke over my head
Now I lay under sheets of death until it leaves
No surprise
Idle I
Idle I
I don’t want to try
Idle I
Idle I
I’ve given up the race
I got a tail wind in my face
Just gonna leave without a trace into tomorrow
But I’m one foot out the door
Still trying to win in my own war
I’ll smash the present on the floor to be it's widow
No surprise
Idle I
Idle I
I don’t want to try
Idle I
Idle I
It’s time to wake up
Idle I Idle I
There’s time to take up
In the light in the light
It’s time to wake up
Idle I Idle I
There’s time to take up
In the light in the light
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Martha St. Arthur London, UK
If country music’s all about life inside America, Martha St. Arthur’s modern Westerns are all about life outside it.
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