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CD Clearly

Clearly

Never Know

Simple Is Enough

Crazy

Followed You Down

This Road

Mercy, Mercy

Up

Road to Westcliffe

Wait For Me

London Bridge

For Purnel Goode

Thank You

CD Hathaway Smiles

Song Lyrics from the CD Clearly!

Clearly On Tuesday morning, it's like hell in a dream On Wednesday morning, it's like walking between All the lines all the lies that I chose to believe All the time all the ties I could not relieve But Thursday comes again - OH On Friday morning, it's like waking too soon On Saturday morning, it's like breakfast at noon And I sleep and I sweep the debris from the day Read the news and I muse in the bed that I've made 'Cause Sunday comes again And I wait and I wait for the healing to come I wait and I wait for the feeling to run To return to return to come back to me To relearn and relearn what I used to see clearly - oh-HO-oh On Sunday morning, it's like tea in my cup On Monday morning, it's like never enough Feel the wait feel the weight of the thirst of the soul Hear the cry still try then not to grow old 'Cause Sunday comes again And I wait and I wait for the healing to come I wait and I wait for the feeling to run To return to return to come back to me To relearn and relearn what I used to see Clearly I've been running 'round chasin' my day all over town Check it off and turn the page, it's a circle lesson in a straight-line age And I wait and I wait for the healing to come I wait and I wait for the feeling to run To return to return to come back to me To relearn and relearn what I used to see And I wait and I wait for the healing to come I wait and I wait for the feeling to run To return to return to come back to me To relearn and relearn what I used to see Clearly - OH Clearly, yeah, oh-HO-oh © 2001, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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Never Know

You were walking out as I was walking in
And hell if I needed anyone
You held the door for me, I smiled so politely
I caught my breath, you caught me on the run

Well that was long ago and still you catch me so
You will never know
I was guarded tight, you loved with all your might
You will never know

You turn to walk my way, I turn to you and say,
"Hell if I need anyone but you, boy."
The way you kiss my neck, the way I lose my breath
Oh my Lord, what's a girl to do?

Well, that was long ago and still I need you so
You will never know
Your fingers on my skin, the way I take you in
You will never know

You were just some guy, I didn't have to try
You were just a man, it was just my hand
It was dinner for two, I fell in love with you
And now you're everything, everything, everything, everything to me

You wake me from a dream, the angels took you from me
And hell if you didn't put up a fight
A tear rolls down your face, hold me in your embrace
Honey let me love you while I've got you tonight

And even when you're gone, I'll have to carry on
You will never know
There is no one else to whom I'd give myself
You will never know
You will never know

©1999, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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Simple Is Enough

When the darkness falls it falls so hard, find you leveled on the ground
Never mind looking up at the stars all around
You don’t see light, all you see is how far away it feels
The gavel slammed down and you would now give anything to appeal
Yesterday I knew you when all you could do was smile
I’d call you up in the middle of the night, we’d laugh too long a while
I loved how you knew me so well, you listened and you heard
Now you retreat like a wound in heat, in groans too deep for words and you say

"All I need is a whisper from love that doesn’t hurt to touch
All I need is a look from eyes that know me well, while I don’t
So simple is enough"

I remember waking mad in the dead of the night
Venom coursing through my veins and nothing left to fight
Oh, daylight burned my eyes and made me tired and stretched me in between
The randomness of opposites and meaningless extremes
There is not a thing better than a friend who loves you in your darkest night
My Daddy says you’re lucky if you have one who lasts your life
You’ve stood by me in countless ways, dispersed like grains of sand
But concrete in my memory like the strength in your hands when I said

"All I need is a whisper from love that doesn’t hurt to touch
All I need is a look from eyes that know me well, while I don’t
So simple is enough"

Come to me my weary friend, lay your head upon my breast
Let me stroke your soft hair while you cry yourself to rest
Oh, morning comes soon enough, I’ll be here by your side
Strength and hope and peace are found in the place where pain resides while you say

"All I need is a whisper from love that doesn’t hurt to touch
All I need is a look from eyes that know me well, while I don’t
So simple is enough"

©1999, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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Crazy

Well Ive been running around trying to get somewhere
Trying to make some progress from here to there
And I don't see the end, I can't even pretend I know what to do
If I were to die tomorrow, I'd live differently today
If I had a hundred years, I'd plan a different way
Find a lenst hrough to see, find the scope to believe to see me through

Oh, I said come on baby- Oh I haven't seen you lately
Oh, this life can drive me crazy- Oh, oh, oh

Well you tell me your secrets, I'll tell you my lies
But the truth stands naked when you close your eyes
It's a pretty little faith, it's a fuck gone astray with no reckoning
You can tell the truth forever in a million different ways
You can scream it out loud 'til you're blue in the face
You can hold it in your hands, they may never understand what a gift you bring

Oh, I said come on baby- Oh I haven't seen you lately
Oh, this life can drive me crazy- Oh, oh, oh

Well now everybody's stupid here and everybody lies
You know everybody's honest here and everybody cries
At the end of the day, we're the same anyway underneath it all
'Cause in every little tragedy and every little curse
Lies the static of insanity, hell, I don't know what's worse
To know too much or to know not enough
It's enough to make you crazy

Oh, I said come on baby- Oh I haven't seen you lately
Oh, this life can drive me crazy- Oh, oh, oh
Oh, I said come on baby- Oh I haven't seen you lately
Oh, this life can drive me crazy- Oh, oh, oh

© 2001, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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Followed You Down

I followed you down you know
And it was not a pretty thing
I followed you down the hole
It was small and dark and threatening
And you were right there with me
You saw every tear I cried
And you could not forgive me
For being born for being alive

I followed you down
You know you almost took the soul of me
You kicked me around
You know I almost lost the whole of me
And I thought you were my friend
I thought you intended for good
And I needed badly
So much that I misunderstood

And I remember I never could find the words to say
And I remember how you took pleasure from the pain
I remember how I cried to you in vain
Never, never again

I followed you down
I know you hoped I’d stay a stupid girl
But I dug my way to China
Then I flew back to my place in the world
And you are stuck with yourself
And everything you tried to do
And you are stuck in your hell
But I am not, I’ve broken through
And I’ve got a lot of stuff to do
Yeah

© 2000, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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This Road I've had enough of this and enough of being down on me This life is hard enough without your undermining me Finally I've got it right, finally I see it true Funny how I'm so smart except for when it comes to you It's been a long time now and a long time since I've found my home It's been a long time since my feet have had some room to roam Finally I see it right, no more shedding tears My life is just ahead so honey I am out of here on This road is lit up by the sun and even pavement sparkles and tumbleweeds have fun on This road will carry me through the night So buckle up, settle in, straight ahead baby 'cause here comes life You were the one who said you'd love me through the thick and thin You were the one who changed the game and made the rules again Finally I see it right, there's nothing in your eyes There's nothing left to say so I'm kicking into overdrive on This road is lit up by the sun and even pavement sparkles and tumbleweeds have fun on This road will carry me through the night So buckle up, settle in, straight ahead baby 'cause here comes life Sometimes the wisdom comes in holding still enough to grieve Sometimes the wisdom comes in knowing that it's time to leave Finally I see it right, don't think I'll miss you much I'm better by the minute so better yet don't keep in touch 'cause This road is lit up by the sun and even pavement sparkles and tumbleweeds have fun on This road will carry me through the night So buckle up, settle in, straight ahead, no turning back 'Cause here comes life © 2001, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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Mercy Mercy I don't know, but the truth be told, it could be too dark altogether And I don't know why you come and go, you're as flaky as the weather I don't know why the angels go on falling from the sky I don't know, but it just is so that I'm meant to wonder why Mercy, mercy, don't rain down on me Mercy, mercy, you come in the night Like a thief you take away my energy And leave me laughing with my fight Yeah A falling star is where you are, you could jump off anytime And dance with me on a winding street as we listen to the clock tower chime I don't know why the devil goes on tripping through the clouds I don't know why I hold back so when I'm meant to laugh out loud Mercy, mercy, don't rain down on me Mercy, mercy, you come in the night Like a thief you take away my energy And leave me laughing with my fight Yeah But I love the feeling of the wind in my face And I love the knowing I belong in this grace But I fight it every time Mercy The night is dark and I'm in your heart, and I want to stay there I watched you beg on your knees with only the power of a mother's prayer And as you fell down on your face, I heard them singing strong And I shamed myself for the lack of ease that it took to join along Mercy, mercy, don't rain down on me Mercy, mercy, you come in the night Like a thief you take away my energy And leave me laughing with my fight Yeah © 1999, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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Up

Dreams, I had some dreams
I held them like china doll-desperation
Peace, I held some peace
It came through the stained glass
And it made me look

Up to the cross, up to the stars
I knew someday, I would be,be different
Up from the loss, up from the scars
I knew some way, I would have to make

Hope, I had some hope
I held it in silence, silent wonder
Love, I tripped into love
She overcame me
And it made me look

Up to the cross, up to the stars
I knew someday, I would be, be different
Up from the loss, up from the scars
I knew some way, I would have to make sense

Nah, Nah, Nah's...
Oh time, you are a precious thing
Time generous, forgiving - YahYah Yah Heh

Up to the cross, up to the stars
I knew someday, I would be, be different
Up from the loss, up from the scars
I knew some way I would have to make sense

Nah, Nah, Nah's...
Oh...

© 2000, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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Road To Westcliffe River run through my soul, I've been reborn At least that's what I'm told Breathe life into my bones, Ezekiel dances and I am home Dry bones won't break on me Been layin' in wait and feelin' happier Dry bones won't crack me up Been saved from my grave, I'm up on my luck Drivin' west on a winding road See the old time wheel with a broken spoke Weather vane caressed by the wind I'm thinkin' about what could have been with you Dry grass and a herd of deer They sure could use some rain around here Dry valley yearning to live The four winds stir on the road to Westcliffe Yeah (Breathe your breath now) Yeah (For the first time now) Yeah (Deeper, please now) Yeah (Feel release into life now) Blue sky big all around Hear the roar of silence the deafening sound Crossin' over the railroad tracks Feel the mighty rattle of the clickety-clack Dry bones will prophesy The flesh of the body will testify Dry bones get up and dance Thank God for breath and a second chance Yeah (Breathe your breath now) Yeah (For the first time now) Yeah (Deeper, please now) Yeah (Feel release into life now) Dust to dust, bone to bone Mighty grumble, mighty groan Hand of life, hand of death Cover living spirit breath Dust to dust, bone to bone Mighty grumble, mighty groan Holy stir, holy sigh Stand up on your feet, now rise © 2001, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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Wait for me Wait for me when the nighttime calls Wait for me when my loneliness falls all around And it's all I can see Wait for me when you draw me near I want to take a moment I want to hear you say one more time That you love me and we'll be fine Wait for me when I'm weary down to my core I want you and I need you and I love you What more can I say and offer Wait for me when the day is long Wait for me when I can not be strong anymore When my best isn't good enough, I don't even try And I will fail you I will fail myself Wait for me when the nighttime calls Wait for me when my loneliness falls all around And it's allI can see Oh darlin' I'll be back I'll come around I'll come on home to you Don't give up on me, I won't give up on you I believe in love, I believe honey so Wait for me Wait for me © 2001, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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London Bridge How can love be there and then be gone And how do souls entwine and then just carry on their way I don't know but come and sit by me for a little while And how was it that I vehemently prayed For your imminent return, but then I, I walked away from you Oh, time will tell the meaning of the miles London Bridge is falling, I don't know why London sky is calling, now don't you cry I can see you there on the other side And every time you walk into the room You feel a little heavy, like you're about to lose a friend, A lover, the dream that hasn't come true and may never will And every time you look at me this way I feel a little helpless, cause I don't know what to say to you About it, about us, about it all still London bridge is falling, I don't know why London sky is calling, now don't you cry I can see you there on the other side So take my hand and walk the road with me I don't know where I'm going, but I'm good company For you, and you for me and us together however it shall be However it shall be However it shall be © 2000, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

 

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For Purnel Goode

Please, do you remember me?
You knew me when I was seven years old
I was bright enough to feel injustice
And weak enough to swallow it whole
You cleaned the rooms in the big white house
Where a broken family used to dwell
You were my first experience of kindness
In hell

I heard them call you black and lazy
Though you labored more than anyone
Your work was thanklessly uninviting
And never over when you were done
My mother drank and she was crazy
Singing opera while you scrubbed her floor
And I watched, I listened, I stood
Behind the kitchen door

I came home from second grade
And sat my skinny white butt down
On the pantry floor with magic markers
Paper and 48 crayons
You knelt down beside me
And broke all of my mother’s rules
You said, “Child, I love your flowers, love your colors
You’re talented and beautiful”

I watched for you from the highest window
Carry Christmas gifts in the icy rain
My father sighed, it was football season
You had nothing we wanted anyway
But a doll for me in a yellow dress
I wanted to love her, I didn’t dare
‘Cause I felt my mother’s eyes scour my heart
I pretended not to care
She liked me, there

Not long after you were gone
I heard them talk when I wasn’t around
The dishes were dirty, the beds unmade
My poor mother, she was so let down
Well, a deal’s a deal, even when children cry
It was your baby boy- it was something bad
Now you had no job, no money, no hope‘Cause we were all you had
And that wasn’t much anyway

Well I’m a mess, the dishes are dirty
And Lord knows I never make my bed
I sit around and cry sometimes
For things remembered, things unsaid
I wonder where you are tonight
If your boy’s alive if you’re all right
And I want to find you and tell you
How much you mean to me
You saved me, saved me

© 2001, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

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Thank You And I am here in this room tonight, the lights are fading away And before I go I want you to know, I wish I could stay For everyone needs a place in this world and a room to call one's own And I need you 'cause I'm that kind of girl and you make me feel at home And the truth is not some superficial pretty thing And real love has an edge of a kind But if love is mercy and mercy is sweet, then you sweetly soothe my mind And I'm sorry for my limitations, for what I am not And I'm sorry for taking all this for granted, I don't know what I've got Yeah, I don't know what I've got For the night is surely closing in, it's twenty degrees out there And I'm lucky to have a roof over my head and a glass of wine to share With a friend or three who come my way, even if just passing through For your laughter and kindness and honesty I thank you, thank you Yeah, I thank you, thank you © 1999, Music and Lyrics by Marcy Baruch

 

 

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