Jewel

[fox69]

"Emily"

"Emily"



Woke up to find
I lost my mind
Lost heart, lost nerve
I lost my favourite word -
Emily

I take my cigarettes
I give 'em a smoke
Oh god
My heart feels froze
I've lost something it seems
I've misplaced my favourite thing -
Emily

Where does love go
If it can't find a home
One moment here then gone
With no forwarding address
Love no longer has a house
Or residence in flesh
Take the keys
I get in the car
To out run this
man I'd have to go real far
Where mercy wears lace
And bottles are thieves
Which of these took you from me?
Emily

I face myself
But there's this draft inside
Parts of me drowned
In perpetual tide
I wanna call names
I wanna throw things around
But no bar can buy
Forgiveness another round for
Emily

I go to the bedroom
Turn on the light
It's like an empty altar
No angel in sight
religion with no temple
No place to take my worship to
No god for my eyes to see
No fruit to lay at the feet of
Emily
Gone
Gone

 

[fox69]

"Enter From The East"

"Enter From The East"




I went out a-wandering
Beneath an unknown sky
the heavens al shook violently
He caught my eye
Strange fruit fell
It struck me to the core
My heart became a single flame
It wanted nothing more
Stranger, enter from the east
Stranger, step inside this place
Oh, and own me, own me,
The clock became a bullet hole
Cruel and unkind
It hurt me with its second hand
Alone another night
Stranger, enter from the east
Stranger, step inside this place
Blue, is that you?
Well, don't bother knocking on my door this time
Blue, go be true for someone else
There's no room inside this heart of mine
My heart has four empty rooms
Three wait for lightning and one waits for you
I must have you all to myself
Feel the full weight of your skin
I'll hollow out my insides
To place you in
Stranger, enter from the East
Stranger, step inside this place
Oh, and own me, own me

 

[fox69]

"Everybody Needs Someone Sometime"

"Everybody Needs Someone Sometime"


Mary heard boys talking in voices low
Said she weren't no spring chicken
Like she didn't already know
So she called up Jack from a few years back
She turned him down once in his one room shack
She said "Now baby, you don't look that bad"

[CHORUS:]
Cuz everybody needs someone sometime
Everybody needs someone, can't you see?
Everybody needs someone sometime

Spivy Leaks was a drip of a man
He looked like a potato shoved into jeans
He recollects it wasn't that long ago
That he could walk by
Make the young girls scream
But he thought he'd just let it all slide
Let it all pass
Cuz he thought love was best on the run
He said "Now baby, it don't seem that fun"

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE:]
Hey there honeybee
Will you give me...sugar?
And if you shake real cute
I might give you some sugar
I was doin' alright on my own
Now I might just take you home sugar

Sister Mary used to be a nun
She thought that she'd retire and have her some fun
Mr. Joe of the Philadelphia Joes
Well he walked in the post office one night
He said "Hey sweetheart, you know you look alright"

[CHORUS to fade]

 

[fox69]

"Everything Breaks"

"Everything Breaks"



Under the shadows, forbidden and hot
Desire grows more often than not
I'm sorry is a stupid word
It's a stupid thing to say
Especially considering it's not like I planned it this way
But I'm sorry is all that there is left of me
I'm so sorry this love made me whole
And left you empty

Maybe I should've loved you better
Maybe you should've loved me more
Maybe our hearts were just next in line
Maybe everything breaks sometime
Everything breaks sometime

It's hard to believe it's boiled down to this
It can't all be just healed by a kiss
It's hard to stare at you, knowing you like I have
We used to feel so close; now we feel so bad
And your arms were once just like the safest harbor
But now they offer no shelter from the storm

Maybe I could've loved you better
Maybe you should've loved me more
Maybe our hearts were just next in line
Maybe everything breaks sometime
Everything breaks sometime
I am so sorry
I guess everything breaks sometime

 

[fox69]

"Everything Reminds Me Of You"

"Everything Reminds Me Of You"


[Jewel]
I walk around the room
It's funny how these silly things remind me of you
And I have this hole in my chest
But I guess you know me good enough that you know the rest

[Jewel & Joe Firstman]
If it makes it all right,
I'll spend the night with you dear
Only reappear
Cause everything remind me of you
And That's just gonna take a little getting used to
That's just gonna take a little getting used to

[Joe Firstman]
And when I had to ask you why,
I'd remind you of what you said to me
And how you said it to me that night.
And if you had to ask me when,
I'd remind you of how you kissed me
When I held you back then

[Jewel & Joe Firstman]
But if it makes it all right,
I'll spend the night with you dear
Only reappear
Cause everything reminds me of you
And that's just gonna take a little getting used to
That's just gonna take a little getting used to

[Jewel]
Love is built kiss by kiss
Just like a house, brick by brick,
So it has to be undone

[Joe Firstman]
And you got your sad eyes to hide behind
And you got your lies and Lord knows that I've got all mine

[Jewel & Joe Firstman]
If it makes it all right,
I'll spend the night with you dear
We should never disappear
Cause everything reminds me of you
And that's just gonna take a little getting used to
Cause everything reminds me of you
And that's just gonna take a little getting used to
That's just gonna take a little getting used to

 

[fox69]

"Face Of Love"

"Face Of Love"



until tonight
my heart was just half full
i'd never known the fruit which fed the soul
but now i see what may put to rest my longing
for i have seen, the face of love
the grace of god, the face of love
in silence i feared my heart
would remain words unheard
inside a separateness of skin
but now i know that the skin just veils the soul
for i have seen, the face of love
the grace of god, the face of love
so take my hand and knowing
with it i also give my heart
wanting never to be separate again
let eternity begin
if you were flame
i'd allow myself to be consumed completely
were you wind i would wish you pass through me
but now i know that the skin just veils the soul
for i have seen, the face of love
the grace of god, the face of love

 

[fox69]

"Fading"

"Fading"



It's Walmart, the bathroom
I'm staring in the mirror
Florescent lights are bright
It makes the lines clearer
Where did the Angel go?
Cigarette smoke's all that's left
I've traded my wings in for a string of pearls
And a string is all I've left

The lighbulbs burns
Someone's in the stall
Big white, brick wall
Makes me feel small
And I take my shirt off
Looking for a glimpse of flesh
Peel back the concrete
Hope there's something that true left

Cuz I am fading
I am fading
I am fading away
I am fading just like fairytales
An a hero loses faith
I am fading

The air smells like urine
It's gettin hard to breathe
I could walk out that door
But no one ever really leaves
And I take my clothing off
Trying not to forget
Stupid things like the color of rain
And the smell of stone when it's wet

I am fading
I am fading
I am fading away
I am fading just like fairytales
An a hero loses faith

And I am naked in the mirror
With a feather in my hand
A lady comes out of the bathroom screaming
"Oh Jesus!"
She couldn't understand
But I ask her, "Hey, what happens to us when we get old and in the way?"
I guess she answered me
Cause they, they took me away

I am fading
I am fading
I am fading away
I am fading just like fairytales
An a hero loses faith

And I don't know how
And I don't know when
Don't know when I forgot
Hope I'll remember again
I am fading away
I am fading

 

[fox69]

"Family Tree"

"Family Tree"



Mama, I see your face now in the mirror
It's getting clearer
Daddy, all those things I said I wouldn't do
I've been drawn to 'cause I looked up to you
And I've loved you through this tangled legacy
Tracing the twisted roots of our family tree

I stayed strong like you did
I moved on like you did
And I wound up tough as stone like you did
If I don't learn to bend I know I'm going to break
Like you did

Lover, I must forgive you
I confused you with what I couldn't see inside of me
Dark things pulling, not evolving
It made a puppet out of me
And you came with your own history
Both caught in the branches of our family tree

I stayed strong like you did
I moved on like you did
And I wound up all alone like you did
If I don't learn to bend, I know I'm gonna break just like you did

I love you but I need to look at who we've been
Take the fruit but choose the seeds I scatter in the wind
That's the job of the kid: to do better than our parents did

So I'll stay strong like you did
And I'll move on like you did
But I won't hide from the truth like you did
I'm learning to bend so I won't break
And you can bet I'll teach my child
that love will always find a way just like you did

 

[fox69]

"Fat Boy"

"Fat Boy"



Fat boy goes to the pool
See his reflection, doesn't know what to do
He feels little inside
And filled with pride
Oh, fragile flame
No one sees the same

Fat boy goes about his day
Trying to think of funny things to say
Like, "This is just a game I play"
And "I like me this way"
Oh, fragile flame
When no one feels the same

Hush, sleep,
Don't think, just eat
Your daddy's little boy
Your mama's pride and joy
You know they love ya
But not because they hold ya

Fat boy says "Wouldn't it be nice
If I could melt myself like ice
Or outrun my skin and just be pure wind"
Oh, fragile flame
Sometimes I feel the same

 

[fox69]

"Flower"

"Flower"



She dreams of the country
Her eyes go far away
She wishes for happiness
The beauty of brighter days
Sometimes life seems so grey
So she sees it through different eyes
Like a flower pushing up through concrete
to thrive 'cause

She's always known
That there was something more
Like a hunger in her belly
Like an instinct tellin' her that there was something more
This living can't be called livin'
If it's really only half a life
She's a flower that grows despite cement walls
And she will survive
She will survive

She's a rare breed with rose petal lips
And leafy limbs
In conversations she looks for cracks
To dig her roots deep in
The waves comes up like daisies
She pushes her head to the sun
Says "I'm still me despite these circumstance
And the best has yet to come"

She's always known
There was something more
Like a hunger in her belly
Like an instinct tellin' her that there was something more
This living can't be called livin'
If it's really only half a life
She's a flower that grows despite cement walls
And she will survive
She will survive

Challenges do not define us
We are shaped by how we carry on
This is our opportunity
To decide the kind of women we want to become
And so, it is with great gratitude
And the strength of humility
We transform pain into victory
By digging our roots deep

And always know
That there is something more
there's this hunger in our bellies
Like an instinct tellin' us that there is something more
This living can't be called livin'
If it's really only half a life
We are flowers that grow despite cement walls
And we will survive
And we will survive