the luckiest – ben folds

the luckiest – ben folds
I don’t get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here

And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest

What if Id been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I’d be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?

And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

Next door there’s an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away

I’m sorry, I know that’s a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest

simple as it should be – tristan prettyman

Simple as it should be – by tristan prettyman

put your hands to my hands
put your knees to my knees
put your eyes to my eyes
come on baby, complement me

cause i don’t think that we
should ever feel the need to worry
ever get ourselves in a hurry
you know i love you
i know you love me

so time will go
and we may be
far apart, i know
but as far as i can see
this is so good

there’s no need for change
it’s alright with me
it’s as simple as it should be
simple as it should be

and this love will build
through flights and streets
in the end i predict
you’ll get the very best of me

so put your lips to my lips
why not go on and take all of it
and run as fast as you can
just cause you can

time will go
and we may be
far apart, I know
but as far as i can see
this is so good
there’s no need for change
it’s alright with me
it’s as simple as it should be
simple as it should be

tell me, do you believe
in the girl that is me
with her feet to your feet?
well, that’s all i need

cause time will go
and we may be
far apart, i know,
but as far as i can see
this is so good
there’s not need for change
it’s alright with me
it’s as simple as it should be
simple as it should be

grey street – dave matthews band

Oh look at how she listens

She says nothing of what she thinks

She just goes stumbling through her memories

Staring out on to Grey Street

 

She thinks, Hey,

How did I come to this?

I dream myself a thousand times around the world,

But I can’t get out of this place

 

There’s an emptiness inside her

And she’d do anything to fill it in

But all the colors mix together – to grey

And it breaks her heart

 

How she wishes it was different

She prays to God most every night

And though she swears it doesn’t listen

There’s still a hope in her it might

 

She says, I pray

But they fall on deaf ears,

Am I supposed to take it on myself?

To get out of this place

 

There’s loneliness inside her

And she’d do anything to fill it in

And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now

It feels like cold blue ice in her heart

When all the colors mix together – to grey

And it breaks her heart

 

There’s a stranger speaks outside her door

Says take what you can from your dreams

Make them as real as anything

It’d take the work out of the courage

 

But she says, Please

There’s a crazy man that’s creeping outside my door,

I live on the corner of Grey Street and the end of the world

 

There’s an emptiness inside her

And she’d do anything to fill it in

And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now

It’s more like cold blue ice in her heart

She feels like kicking out all the windows

And setting fire to this life

She could change everything about her using colors bold and bright

But all the colors mix together – to grey

And it breaks her heart

It breaks her heart

To grey

 

near you always – jewel

near you always – jewel
please don’t say I love you,

those words

touch me much too deeply

they make my core tremble
don’t think you realize
the effect
you have over me

please don’t look at me like that
it just makes me
want to make you near me

always

please don’t
kiss me so sweet

it makes me
a thousand kisses to follow

please don’t
touch me like that

makes every other
embrace
seem pale and shallow

please don’t come so close
it just makes me
want to make you near me
always

please don’t bring me flowers
they only whisper the sweet things you’d say

don’t try to understand me

your hands
already know
too much
anyway

it just makes me
want to make you near me
always

and when you look in my eyes
please know
my heart is in your hands

it’s nothing that I understand
but when in your arms
you have complete power over me

so be gentle if you please
’cause your hands are in my hair, but
my heart is in your teeth

and it makes me want to make you near me
always

your hands are in my hair
but
my heart is in your teeth
babe

and it makes me want to make you near me
always
I want to be near you
always
I want to be near you
always
I want to be near you
always

Released 02.1995