Hat Full Of Stars

The street light
through my window
makes me feel secure
there's no one to distract me
I'm locking the door
you cannot barge into
my own little world
you can't take the joy
from the soul of this girl

telling me your lies, lies, lies
don't tell me your lies, lies, lies

My thoughts are all tangled
I don't know what I feel
you try to confuse me
'till I don't know what's real
you say what's good (for me)
you don't even know me
you don't even want the truth
that you need to feel the power
that was taken from you

Telling me your lies, lies, lies
Don't tell me lies, lies, lies...

So I'll pretend,
and we'll all be happy
but in the end
there's no telling when
you'll slip off the edge
and you start up again
but I'm not that same child
who just had no defense

Don't tell me your lies, lies, lies...
Don't tell me your lies, lies, lies...

All that's left is this knocking
of a heart you left on the shelf
you twisted your love
'cause you don't love yourself

Don't tell me your lies, lies, lies
Don't tell me lies, lies, lies...
Don't tell me lies...

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Somber sister
This is a strange and bitter fruit
Because you taught me to sing
And the rhythm in my heart
And the rhythm in my feet is -

Why are the rainbows
Stolen from the sky
And locked up in boxes
Yellow, black, red and white
Like birds in their cages
Beating their wings on the bars
And there's a song that they're singing
It's a word in the world
It's a word in their hearts

A part hate
I heard a man say
Tear apart hate
And i saw hope in his face
A part hate
Where the color of love
Slips away

Why are the children
Carrying guns, not books
Drug dealing, not learning
The golden rule
And the idea of freedom
Not just the same
Castle in the sky
Haunted by white-sheeted ghouls
Filled with hate me
And hate you
And proud of it too

A part hate
Heard a woman saying
Tear apart hate
And i saw hope in her face
A part hate
Where the color of love
Slips away

Why are the people
Running down the block
Rock throwing, not knowing
What else to do
But i'm just a spectator
And i can never know the pain
But when i hear
That whip cracking
I cry out tears of anger
I cry out tears of shame

A part hate
I heard myself say
Tear apart hate
And i saw hope in my face
A part hate
Where the color of love
Slips away...

Tear apart hate tear apart hate
Tear apart hate tear apart hate
Tear apart hate tear apart hate...

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Ever since I could understand
my mother said to me
"don't you ever let a man hit you,
don't you grow up like me"
so I swore I'd never be like her
or my grandmother too
even if it meant I'd be alone
even if it meant I'd be alone

'Cause she looked
'Cause she looked like broken glass
when she fell to the ground
I heard the sound of thunder
trailing off
when she started coming 'round
but she couldn't make him stop
and she wouldn't let it go
so everytime she got back up
like broken glass went tumblin' down
tumblin' down

First time that I saw your face
you looked so lost and kind
should have recognized that
troubled look
from the road I left behind
but I thought that I could comfort you
or was it you could comfort me
never saw your anger 'till you blew
never saw your anger 'till you blew

And I'd feel
oh I'd feel like broken glass
when I fell to the ground
I heard the sound of thunder
trailing off
when I started coming 'round
but I couldn't make you stop
and you wouldn't let it go
so everytime I got back up
like broken glass went tumbling down...

The slightest thing could spark you
there was always hell to pay
I could feel your darkness in me
and I knew just what to say
and the rest I can't remember
but it sounded like a gun
but it could have been a firecracker
it could have been a firecracker
made me run

And you looked
oh you looked like broken glass
when you fell to the ground
I heard the sound of thunder
trailing off
when you started coming 'round
but I couldn't make you stop
and you wouldn't let it go
so this time when you got back up
like broken glass you went
just like broken glass
just like broken glass...
...tumbling down, tumbling down...

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When i was eight i had a friend
With a pirate smile
Make believe and play pretend
We were innocent and wild
Hopped a fence and slammed the gate
Running down my alleyway
In time to watch sally's pigeons fly

We loved to watch them dive and soar
Circle in the sky
Free as a bird from three to four
And never knowing why
Neighbors pulled their wash back in
Put away my barbie and ken
Look out overhead
While sally's pigeons fly

I had a fool's confidence
That the world had no boundaries
But instincts and common sense
Come in different quantities

My heart began to
Skip to the beat
Of the boy next door
She had her eye across the street
On someone shy and tall
We lived our dreams
And challenged fate
In tears she told me she was late
And sally let his pigeons out to fly...

On the dresser sits a frame
With a photograph
Two little girls in ponytails
Some twenty one years back
She left one night with just a nod
Was lost from some back alley job
I close my eyes and sally's pigeons fly
She never saw those birds again
And me, i can't remember when
A pirate smile hasn't made me cry
I close my eyes
And sally's pigeons fly...

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Midnight falls on the snow-lit trees
And as i stand inside i know that i
Can't watch life through a window
My indecision is blocking the door
It's like a religion
That i never ask for more
I might stumble and fall

What's someone like me,
Doing in a life like this?
I can't see
What someone like me
Is doing in a life like this
Slipping back into the past

Sun comes up and streams
Through the blinds
And as i throw my clothes on
Do my hair wrong,
Stare into my mirror
Telling myself that everyone falls
Take the first step
That's the trick of it all
Bounce back like a ball

What's someone like me
Doing in a life like this ?...

My mind is filled with
Runaway dreams
I can't wake up
I don't know what it means
You see i fell asleep
With the television on
When i woke up it was gone
I read my horoscope
To see what's in store
I get a little lazy but
I want more, i want more

What's someone like me
Doing in a life like this ?
I can't see
What someone like me
Is doing in a life like this...

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Things like this
can always take a little time
I always thought
we'd be together down the line
we start to fight
and can't get over what was said
'cause you see black and white
and I see red

And I wonder who let in the rain
you know without you
I'm not the same
when love gets strong
people get weak
sometimes they lose control
and wind up in too deep
they fall like rain
who let in the rain

I make the bed and cover
where you used to sleep
I'm smoothing over promises
made in these sheets
I envy lovers passing by
out on the street
'cause what they have
I couldn't keep

And I wonder who let in the rain
you know without you
I'm not the same
when love gets strong
people get weak
sometimes they lose control
and wind up in too deep
they fall like rain
who let in the rain.

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If you want to see me
don't break down and cry
I can be your sweetie
if you be a friend of mine
and I won't be forsaken
if you think thoughts unkind
just bring home the bacon
and bring it home on time

Hey Louie, can't you see
I couldn't leave you if I tried
hey Louie, listen to me
we got a thing so dignified
it don't matter if we lived in a shack
or in a shiny cadillac
it don't matter rich or poor
when love is knocking at your door

It feels like Christmas
just like Christmas
it feels like Christmas with you...

Hey Louie, life is sweet
I can't be bitter
when you're here with me
hey Louie, no regrets
holding on to things
that you ought to forget
well, it doesn't matter tit for tat
'cause what you give
you get it back
it don't matter anymore
when love is knocking at your door

It feels like Christmas
just like Christmas
it feels like Christmas with you,
everytime I see ya
everytime I hear ya
everytime I'm near ya
I'd be happy
because it feels like Christmas
just like Christmas
it feels like Christmas
with you...

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