Let A Dream Be Coming On
© 1991 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
When the lights go out,
she's taken by a shadow standing there
She recalls a man with honey curls
and a blue eyed stare
Then she blinks again,
the moon finds it time to disappear
She stands to join the shadow,
says a little inside prayer
Let a dream be comin' on
Let a dream be comin' on
Let a dream be comin' on
She's ready to unravel,
she looks again but she sees no one
She's heard about this problem,
hungry eye, desired vision
The mind it gets so weary,
deciding what is real and what is not so
She dreams of open spaces,
or tiny little closed ones where she can let it go.
Let a dream be comin' on
Let a dream be comin' on
Let a dream be comin' on
It used to be so easy, brand new linen nice and cool
Now she's wrapped in rumpled anger, waiting all night like a fool
For a dream.
To hell with the gypsy moon,
who pulls the tides out on these tired souls
Who lie awake at night trying
to overcome what is not whole
Sometimes it's day for night
sometimes the night it just rolls on and on and on and on
You cry...your destination is just a private place
Behind your own two eyes, looking for a dream to be comin' on.
Let a dream be comin' on
Let a dream be comin' on
Let a dream be comin' on
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Smilin' Boy
© 1991 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
Ooo, Smilin' boy, long dark hair and a graying beard
Ooo, Smilin' boy, I lost him once, I find him here
He's worn that smile for twenty years oh, mystery smilin' boy
It's a good day, the sun is shining,
the streets are empty, the sidewalks free
He turns my way, his arms are waving,
there's no mistaking it's me he sees.
Ooo, Smilin' boy, long dark hair and a graying beard
Ooo, Smilin' boy, I left him twice, I ran in fear
He looks so peaceful standing there oh, mystery smilin' boy
I got a good man now, he takes care of me
I know he loves me the best he can
It's a good life, we keep it simple
somehow it's different when you're someone's wife.
Ooo, Smilin' boy, long dark hair and a graying beard
Ooo, Smilin' boy, I made my choices you made your share
What have you done with your twenty years oh, mystery smilin' boy.
How 'bout you? Did you ever marry
said you'd never carry a burden like that
How ya been? Is there a woman beside you
someone to hide you when the freeze sets in?
Ooo, Smilin' boy, long dark hair and a graying beard
Ooo, Smilin' boy, we lost touch you disappeared
Rumors, rumors, oh, we feared for the mystery smilin' boy
Do you remember when, remember who,
remember all those things you tried to get me to do?
Some were strange, some were cool
I paid any price just to be close to you.
Ooo, Smilin' boy, long dark hair and a graying beard
Ooo, Smilin' boy, a closer look, it's so clear
You've been stoned and drunk for twenty years
It's no mystery.....smilin' boy!
The Return
© 1991 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
Tossed to the stars and a baby goes sailing
Out on a sea, under quiet night skies
Dark blue and waiting, it's there she does carry,
Out and away, it's her heart that will never return.
Born of a love where the gift is the giving
Born of two hearts are just one pair of eyes
Deep blue and wanting, your soul and your reason
Caught unaware, it's your old life that never returns.
Promise me, promise me, you will outlive me
That's the natural order, the way it should be
Then break from me and take from me all you can carry
It's nature, it's nurture and then it's your turn
And as I teach you I learn.
Tossed in the air, and your baby goes flying
Into the sun under wide open skies
Bright blue and shining, she's earth bound and running
There in her eyes, it's your love that will always return.
The Wheel
© 1991 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
I knew a guy had a pretty good grip
Corporate here, VP of hip
He looked fast even when he'd sit
He'd never sit still for long
Had a problem with control
Played his life like a game of racquetball
He liked abusing a white brick wall
Inflexible, strong.
Driving home he plays a game just like a kid
Just for fun he's gonna floor the gas, and loosen up his grip
He takes his hands off of the wheel, just to see how fate might feel
Has no fear, this mighty man of steel, he's just letting go.
He's home early at half past six
Strong martini strong wife, good kids
He's so blessed it makes him sick
He's not a worthy man
After supper he's in his car
He's underground in a dirty bar
Cash is easy, there you are
Now he's a worthy man
From the sidelines he's a witness to the graveyard shift
They tell him it's time to unwind and then he opens up his fist.
He takes his hands off of the wheel, just to see how fate might feel
Has no fear, this mighty man of steel, he's just letting go.
Rumors are whispered, truth is a vapor
We will all discover the pain of letting go.
He takes his hands off of the wheel, just to see how fate might feel
Has no fear, this mighty man of steel, he's just letting go.
Home Is Where The Heart Is
© 1990 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
On our corner, there's this nice man,
his name is Mark, he's always smiling
He's got this mom who comes on Wed.
in the evening with soup so steaming
He shares his house with his friend Martin,
They're not brothers, they're not cousins
My little girl wonders all about these men,
I take hold of her hand, I begin.
CHORUS: Home is where the heart is
No matter how the heart lives
Inside your heart where love is
That's where you've got to make yourself
At home.
Through the yard live Deb and Tricia,
with their drills and ladders and their room addition
My kid yells over are you having a baby,
they wink and smile and say, "Someday maybe"
Through their doors go kids and mommies,
funny how you don't see the daddies go in.
My little girl wonders 'bout the house with no men,
I take hold of her hand, I begin
Home is where the heart is......CHORUS
'Round the corner, here comes Martin,
he's alone now, he tries smilin'
He roams around his well stocked kitchen,
he knows that fate will soon be comin'
My little girl wonders where will he live,
I take hold of her hand and I begin
Home is where the heart is.....CHORUS
Martin sits and waits with his window open,
his house is empty his heart is broken
We bring him toys and water colors,
he loves to hear my little baby's stories.
She's the gift I share, she's his companion,
she's the string on the kite
She guides him up into the wind.....into the wind
My little girl wonders who will care for him,
We take hold of his hand, we begin, lets begin now
Home is where the heart is.....CHORUS
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Sweetness
© 1991 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
CHORUS:
Sweetness, sweetness,
Ooh, the taste of your tenderness
Sweetness, sweetness,
You got me going, yeah.
Sweetness, sweetness,
We're face to face, lips to lips
Sweetness, sweetness
I'm going crazy, for a little kiss
Ooh, just a little kiss
The straightest point
Between two places
Is the road from my heart
Goes along to your heart
And that road is traveled
By the words "I love you"
And the words "I love you"
Make the straightest point.
The point is...sweetness
CHORUS
I don't know why
You talk about trouble
We got no trouble
When you're beside me
Leave your worries behind you
Tomorrow's gonna find you
Waking up from a sweet dream
Dreaming of this love..
Dreaming of your...sweetness
CHORUS
Graceful Man
© 1991 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
Is he a dancer, or is he crazy,
The way his hands move all around
His lips are moving, I hear nothing
He's asking questions without a sound
Asking would I like to walk
Through his silent world
Show me how the silent talk
CHORUS:
Graceful man, graceful hands,
How I long to understand.
Does he notice people starring
Spelling out his name to me.
My lips are moving, I hear nothing
He dances my name back at me.
Asking would I like to dance
through his silent world
Show me how the silent dance
CHORUS
Ooh, I long to tell him I'd be his
And to tell him of my loneliness
Ooh, but now I see that it's my turn
Now I'm the one who cannot speak....to that
Graceful man,
CHORUS
He is spinning moving pictures
He is singing in the wind
Next to him now I stand silent
With my eyes, I'm listening
Love can be a silent message
Tossed out in the wind.
With his heart I know he hears me....loving him
That graceful man, graceful hands....…
How I long to understand.
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He Loved Her So (The Ballad Of Harry and Esther)
©1991 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
He met her in college, there in the ballroom.
He met her while learning to dance
He was inwardly awkward, and she was outgoing
She seemed to be spinning so fast.
Always uptempo, always one step ahead.
Again and again she'd say no
He wanted her for his partner,
but she moved on with another...
But still he loved her so.
There in the frat house, now they were seniors.
He met her while drinking a beer
He was painfully quiet, she was drunk, loud, and boisterous.
Crazy, but they married that year
She was a noisy girl, she railed in high decibels
and he always went with the flow
Then came the babies, she got fat, she went crazy....
But still he loved her so.
True love, true love, it's strong like a diamond,
strong like her tears
True love, true love, it's a mystery...a mystery
There in her bedroom, he opens her window.
She's caught in that season of change.
She feels so hopeless, so ugly and fruitless.
To him her beauty remains.
He sometimes wonders how he ever caught her.
He knows that he'll never let go.
But she tries to test him, she will nag and upset him
But still he loves her so.
True love, true love, it's strong like her diamonds
strong like her fears
True love, true love, it's a mystery...a mystery
There on the front porch, all alone after supper.
He met her just closing her eyes.
She passed on before him, the one girl who adored him.
She ordered him home one last time.
They were always together, she was always demanding.
He wasn't one to say no.
He wanted her for his partner, and in that ballroom he joined her.
Because he loved her so.
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Whatever We Did
© 1991 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
I lie her homesick, though I lie at home
Awake with thoughts of sweet friends,
now we're grown and gone
Back when we were younger,
we clung in a clique
And ran like schools of minnows.
Whatever we did, whatever we did
pretty girls dancing in the gym
Whatever we did, whatever we did
we were spinning on the south side
Whatever we did, whatever we did
braced against Chicago's dirty wind
Whatever we did, whatever we did
we were visions from the south side
That's my neighborhood.
We could be cruel, we could be kind
We'd be judgmental just to pass the time
Nobodies mama had an only child,
we'd lay the law through a lipstick smile
Loyal and faithful, two-faced and then
We vowed to remember, I try to forgive...
Whatever we did, whatever we did
I'm looking back, I'm looking in
Whatever we did, whatever we did
we had secrets on the south side
Whatever we did, whatever we did
might cut you off, might let you live
Whatever we did, whatever we did
I landed on the outside
That's my neighborhood.
Hometown visits gonna drive you wild
Streets are frosted shiny blue
I tend to thing we turned out alright
But I wonder what they've been through…
I heard…
Some would do away with men,
Some would leave home again and again.
Some would chase a dream or two,
Find a lover and that's all they do
But you keep a line along the way,
it all comes back to you again some day
Who stayed married, who's got kids,
there we go again...
I wonder how they've truly been.
Some would spend their nights at war
Some get hurt and go back for more
Some would find a cross to bear,
carry that burden everywhere
Me I struggle for peace of mind,
Live by example, I try to be kind
I will raise a compassionate child
Lessons from the south side,
That's my neighborhood.
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Let 'Em Go
© 1991 Sally
Fingerett
GREEN FINGERS MUSIC, BMI
Let 'em go, let 'em be
They'd maybe like to have a look around, to see what they can see
Let 'em go, don't make them stay
There's an open door, waiting for them, they'd like to go that way.
You've got to let them go
You've got to let them go
You've got to let them go
When they want to go.....
Don't keep them here, there's nothing you can say
It's a selfish heart that longs to love for one more day
They need to go, they see the light
Shining on the silence, the grace, the peace of mind.
You've got to let them go
You've got to let them go
You've got to let them go
When they want to go.....
Set them free, cut them loose
Give the gift of kindness a traveler can use.
Let 'em go, let 'em be
Send them off with love, send them off with dignity.
You've got to let them go
You've got to let them go
You've got to let them go
When they want to go.....
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