Heather Nova - Redbird [CD]

Redbird

Welcome

I see you standing in the doorway
A shadow in the sun
I'm reaching out to touch you
Is it better when you know
That you're not the only one
That I can hear you?

And there's so much I can do for you
Given time I know that I can prove
Now my world is opened up to you
Let it fly

Welcome to my life
Welcome to my world
Come inside

I see you picking up the pieces
The pieces of a dream
You tried to build around you
I know you're looking for a reason
A reason to believe
Now I've found you

And there's so much I can do for you
Given time I know that I can prove
Now my world is opened up to you
Let it fly

Welcome to my life
Welcome to my world
Come inside

I Miss My Sky (Amelia Earhart's Last Days)

I bury myself in the leaves to sleep
The sun so strong and the rage so deep
I keep waking to find I've been dreaming again
And the sound of the ocean is not a plane

And far away they talk about me
In newspaper columns they write about me
Round dinner tables and cocktail parties
I'm a heroine and a tragic figure
I'm a heroine as I'm lying here
Beneath my sky

And sometimes
Sometimes I cry
And sometimes
Sometimes I wonder

Why we're always coming down
Why we need to touch the ground
Why I didn't keep on heading
Right on up to heaven
I miss my sky

Here from below the clouds are shadows
Not the golden mountains I used to fly through
Here from below the sky is a painting
A child's room with the future waiting
But not for me

But sometimes
Sometimes I cry
But sometimes
Sometimes I wonder

Why we're always coming down
Why we need to touch the ground
Why I didn't keep on heading
Right on up to heaven
I miss my sky
I miss my sky

I look up at the birds flying overhead
My sentinel's true but the signal's dead
It's been five hundred days of hope and sorrow
Five hundred days with no tomorrow

And the poetry and the best of me
And the heart and spirit and the sex of me
All fell into the azure sea
In the tailspin with the last of me

And my wings and my song
And all that I knew is dead and gone
I'm weak and tired but my will is strong
And my hope lives on
My hope lives on

But sometimes
Sometimes I cry
And sometimes
Sometimes I wonder

Why we're always coming down
Why we need to touch the ground
Why I didn't keep on heading
Right on up to heaven

Why we're always coming down
Why we need to touch the ground
Why I didn't keep on heading
Right on up to heaven

I miss my sky
I miss my sky
I miss my sky
Yeah

Motherland

If I could keep you
Underneath my wing
The sky above you
Safe from everything
Under
Under my wing

To watch you breathing
Is all that I can do
To see you smile
My only wish come true
I'm living
I'm living for you

The waves roll in
I help you swim
You take my hand
And through the years
And through the fears
I'll be your rock
The motherland

The bond is written
The animal in me
I'd lay my life down
I'd give it happily
I'd give it
I'd give it for you

The waves roll in
I help you swim
You take my hand
And through the years
And through the fears
I'll be your rock
The motherland

The motherland
The motherland
Motherland
Motherland

If I could keep you
Underneath my wing
The sky above you
Safe from everything
Under
Under my wing

The waves roll in
I help you swim
You take my hand
You take my hand
And through the years
And through the fears
I'll be your rock
The motherland

The waves roll in
I help you swim
You take my hand
You take my hand
And through the years
And through the fears
I'll be your rock
The motherland

The waves roll in
The waves roll in
The waves roll in

The motherland
The motherland
Motherland
Motherland

Redbird

I saw the redbird fly
Bright flame against the sky
Burning against the sun
Hmm, am I the only one

I watched the rose unfold
Secrets we left untold
The rose, the red red rose
Hmm, still nobody knows

I split the pomegranate
Restless until you've had it
Sweet against the tongue
Hmm, am I the only one
Am I the only one

The blood red rubies of
The blood red rubies of
The blood red rubies of our sexuality
The blood red rubies of our sexuality

Of
Am I the only one
Of
Am I the only one

The blood red rubies
Blood red rubies
Blood red rubies

Blood red rubies
Blood red rubies
Blood red rubies
Blood red rubies

Blood red rubies
Blood red rubies
Blood red rubies

I saw the redbird fly

Done Drifting

I'm done drifting
I'm ready for living
I'm done drifting
I'm ready for living
With you

And though the world is big and wide
What I want is peace inside
And though there's still so much to do
All I need is you

I'm done searching
I'm ready to dig in
I'm done searching
I'm ready to dig in
With you

And though we still have far to go
That's alright, we'll take it slow
And though the days are often long
With you here, I can be strong

I'm done wishing
I'm ready for giving
I'm done wishing
I'm ready for giving
With you

And though the world is big and wide
What I want is peace inside
And though there's still so much to do
All I need is you

I'm done drifting
I'm ready for living
I'm done drifting
I'm ready for living
I'm done drifting
I'm ready for living

I'm done drifting, I'm ready for living
With you
I'm done drifting, I'm ready for living
With you
I'm done drifting, I'm ready for living
Ooh...
I'm done drifting, I'm ready for living
Ooh...
I'm done drifting, I'm ready for living

I'm ready for living
I'm ready for living

Overturned

On a flight path out of Berlin
I had a sense what I was falling in
I caught the light refracting from your eyes
On the runway below making me blind
I had a hurricane warning in my chest
Listening for the voice that knows me best
Well it's all so simple and so true
But I'm so slow to learn

Yeah, you got me
I'm in your world
Caught in your sunset
Overturned

So I put down in Nova Scotia
In the pine tree sun I could smell the ocean
I was trying so hard not to remember
Washing you clean in the icy water
But the energy I can't dismiss
And when the fog rolls in
I think of your kiss
So I light a fire to stare into
But love's so slow to burn

Yeah, you got me
I'm in your world
Caught in your sunset
Overturned, oh

Well some will say that nothing lasts forever
And some will say it's better to be safe
But I don't care, I'll stay with you whatever
It takes

Yeah, you got me
I'm in your world
Caught in your sunset
Overturned, oh

Yeah, you got me
Yeah, you really got me
I'm in your world
In your world
Caught in your sunset
Overturned, overturned

Mesmerized

Your face so beautiful it makes me cry
I was not thinking I would get this high

But here I am mesmerized
Here I am mesmerized
Life gets heavy but bright
Deeper blue, crystallized
I'm so weak, so alive
Mesmerized

A light appearing in my broken sky
Night falls around me as the stars shoot by

But here I stand mesmerized
Here I am mesmerized
Life gets heavy but bright
Deeper blue, crystallized
I'm so weak, so alive
Mesmerized

Here I am mesmerized
Life gets heavy but bright
Deeper blue, crystallized
I'm so weak, so alive
Mesmerized
Mesmerized

Singing You Through

Do you think I can't see through
To who you are?
All the life that shines below
The pain, the scars
Did you think that you could hide
Build up a wall inside
Just turn yourself to stone
And go through this alone

No, I'll be there
Like a bird
Singing to you
I'll be there
Like a bird
Singing you through
I'll be there
I'll be there
Holding the light for you
Making it right for you
Singing you through

Do you think that I don't know
How far you've come
All the heights you've had to climb
The miles you've run
Did you think I'd let you down
Just turn this ship around
And leave you in the dust
But you must know you must

That I'd be there
Like a bird
Singing to you
I'll be there
Like a bird
Singing you through
I'll be there
I'll be there
Holding the light for you
Making it right for you
Singing you through
Singing you through

People think that they can heal
Without the touch
Learn to live without the love
They need so much
But everybody hurts
And everybody cries
And everybody needs
A helping hand sometimes

And I'll be there
Like a bird
Singing to you
I'll be there
Like a bird
Singing you through
I'll be there
I'll be there
Holding the light for you
I'll be there
Making it right for you
I'll be there

Singing you through
Like a bird
Singing you through
Singing you through
Like a bird
Singing you through
Like a bird
Singing you through

A Way To Live

If we can't find a way to live
It's that we don't know how to give
We're breathing but with iron lungs
Speaking but in separate tongues

Just find a way
A way to live

The walls are high but made of glass
The dye is dark but not yet cast
And though remorse comes easily
An act of love could set you free

A way to live, a way to live, a way to take it higher
A way to live, a way to live, a way to hold our fire
A way to live, a way to live, a way to live

A way to live, a way to live, a way to take it higher
A way to live, a way to live, a way to hold our fire
A way to live, a way to live, a way to live

A way to live, a way to live, a way to take it higher
A way to live, a way to live, a way to hold our fire
A way to live, a way to live, a way to live

A way to live, a way to live, a way to live
Oh, a way to live, a way to live, a way to live

Wicked Game

( Chris Isaac )

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No I don't want to fall in love
This world is only gonna break your heart
No I don't want to fall in love
This world is only gonna break your heart
With you
With you

What a wicked game to play
To make me feel this way
What wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you

No I don't want to fall in love
This world is only gonna break your heart
No I don't want to fall in love
This world is only gonna break your heart
With you

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do
And I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No I don't want to fall in love
This world is only gonna break your heart
No I don't want to fall in love
This world is only gonna break your heart
With you

This world is only gonna break your heart
This world is only gonna break your heart

No I...
This world is only gonna break your heart
This world is only gonna break your heart
This world is only gonna break your heart

Nobody loves no one

This Body

Hmm, hmm, hmm
I'll tell you what I want
Hmm, hmm, hmm
This is what I want
Yeah this is what I want

The world outside can't describe my inner life
The river's long, the roads roll on in my inner life
I know you're a good man
But you can only guess

That this body has traveled on
This body is fine and strong
This body has given life
Nurtured and sacrificed
This body has done so much
This body needs your touch

And all I want is a little tenderness
A real embrace, hmm to wake up my senses
I just want a caring hand
I want you to understand

That this body has traveled on
This body is fine and strong
This body has given life
Nurtured and sacrificed
This body has done so much
This body needs your touch
Needs your touch

Hmm, hmm, hmm
I tell you this is what I really really want
Hmm, hmm, hmm
This is, this is what I want
Yeah, this is sacred ground
Waiting here to be found

This body has traveled on
This body is fine and strong
This body has given life
Nurtured and sacrificed
This body has done so much
This body needs your touch
This body has done so much
Yeah, this body needs your touch
Needs your touch

Hmm, hmm, hmm
This is what I really really want
Hmm, hmm, hmm
This is really what I want

Don't you know
Can't you see
Can't you feel

The Sun Will Always Rise

Hey, don't cry
The night is almost through
And I'll be here
To hold and comfort you
Though sometimes
You'll look out
On dark and stormy skies
Darling
Remember
The sun will always rise
And bring the light
And bring the light

And life will take you
Through many endless nights
And you may struggle
With pain and loss sometimes
But as long
As you are humble
As you stay true inside
Come what may
The sun will always rise
And bring the light
And bring the light

Mountains will make it harder
Dark clouds will make you doubt
But you'll get through
And when I can't be with you
This ray of hope
I give to you

So hey, don't cry
The night is almost through
And I'll be here
To hold and comfort you
Though sometimes
You'll look out
On dark and stormy skies
Darling
Remember darling
The sun will always rise
And bring the light
And bring the light
And bring the light
And bring the light