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Favorite Things
06:14
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In my oversized shirt
I slowly walk down the hill
In my head
I hear the click click sound of the flashing lights
The photo guy says, "Strike another pose, girl.
Don't worry you haven't gone that low."
My fingernails jammed in pralines and cream
In my head I'm thinking, "I'm weak — so weak."
I'm listening to that song on the radio
I'm saying — asking — "In a cup or on a cone?"
But I cannot do this without your love
I cannot do this without your faith
I cannot do this without some love
I cannot do this without some give and take
Look what I'm doing when you're not watching
In my oversized shirt
for some reason you are always right
And in my tight, tight skirt
You have me for this much time
And they'll let me dance my last dance alone
from one to two in the morning alone
So keep on smiling
Show some more skin
I love the crisp-crisp sound of quarters clashing
I can't stand the freeze
Can't stand on my feet
I know what you think
I'm weak — so weak
But I cannot do this without your love
I cannot do this without your faith
I cannot do this without some love
I cannot do this without your faith
I cannot do this without your love
I cannot do this without your faith
I cannot do this without some love
I cannot do this without your faith
I cannot do this without your love
I cannot do this without your faith
I cannot do this without some love
I cannot do this without your faith
Look what I’d do to get back on my feet
Look what I’d do for all my favorite things
Look what we go through for what we believe
Look what I do for all my favorite things
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Prayer
06:05
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You pray to your so called god
Try to make it better with all you've got
But has he ever told you to open your door
Open your heart and just listen to her
You pray for a better future
Or maybe just a better pay
You say it makes you feel so much stronger
Throughout the rest of your day
You with all the things you know
You and your sacred your holy book
You remind me of me when I was a little girl
Made believed in a supernatural world
So you pray to the god above
Try to replace the human love
You knelt down for so long you shut me out
And still things are falling apart
Snd still you pray to your only god
Bet you don't even know how much it costs
You think you're making up for the past
All the things that didn't last
But if he really wanted you to know
He would have definitely told you so
He wouldn't have to wait for so long
Wouldn't have to wait until it's all gone
Has he ever told you to stand up
Has he ever told you to come back home
Has he ever told you to give it some time
And take us as far as we can go
Has he ever told you how I feel
That things are so much better the way they were
Has he ever told you that he's up there
That he loves you now but he didn't before
And when everything suddenly changes course
Did you ever have to guess how much it hurts
‘Cause things are falling apart
Things are falling apart
Things are falling apart
We are coming apart
Things are falling apart
Things are falling apart
Things are falling apart
We are coming apart
Things are falling apart
Things are falling apart
Things are falling apart
We are coming apart
Things are falling apart
Things are falling apart
Things are falling apart
Things are falling apart
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3. |
This Old Man
03:10
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This old man
The way I see it
He's on his last strand
I down my last drink
Then I fell face flat
Hey man
Hear me out
Hear my voice
Hear me shout
Big man needs to know
Do you really think you know
Do you really think you know
Do you really think you know Time?
This old man
He's down to his
Down to his last
I raise my bets
Raise the threat
Lost his game he thought he was best
Hey man
Let me see your hands
Let me see your hands
Let me see your hands
Hey — hey hey hey, hey hey old man
I blew the whistle
When it came time
This man this old man
He — he was way up high
He's got a lot
he's got a lot
Under his belt
And I see him wherever I see myself
I'm still trying
I'm still fighting
I'm up next don't want to be
But I was
But I was
But I was your biggest
Fan
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4. |
Rainbow
03:53
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Had a little sister she was born under the stars
Painted rainbows painted them so well
You should've seen
You should’ve seen
You should’ve seen her colors
She painted a rainbow in his heart
Painted a rainbow in his heart
His heart his heart his heart I've lost
His heart I’ve lost
Had a little sister she was named after the blues
Brought back sunshine back in his books
She read him his poems
Read him his poems
Sat by the fire
He liked what he saw
Painted a rainbow in his heart
Painted a rainbow in his heart
His heart his heart his heart I've lost
His heart I’ve lost
I never had his heart
When I showed myself
I lost it all
I never had his heart
Painted a rainbow in his heart
Painted a rainbow in his heart
His heart his heart his heart I've lost
His heart I’ve lost
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Pale Mother
03:03
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Can I ask you for a check?
I need to buy me a stronger bed
And I don't believe when you say
He should have paid for all of this
Can I ask you for a check?
I need to buy me a stronger bed
I had a dream
I woke up crying
You were a statue
Flying through
With your eyes opened
And a cartoonish look
You were part of the war
You fought and you killed
I was crying over you
Crying over my loss of you
I was crying, crying for you
How did I end up losing you?
And you don't realize
You count your fingers when it comes to us
And you don't realize
You count your fingers when it comes to us
And you don't realize
You count your fingers when it comes to us
And you don't realize
You count your fingers when it comes to us
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6. |
The Keep
05:22
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He gave me a knife when I was a young girl
He said to keep it keep it near
I believed him as a young girl
I kept this knife I kept it near
It was so new and so it shined
It was so sharp and so fine
Cut through diamonds cut through stones
Cut through my skin cut my bones
He gave me my life before I was born
Gave me a plan gave me my future
Then he gave me this knife showed me how to hurt
He said to keep it so I kept it near
Cut through water and sky
Cut through pictures and time
Cut through diamonds cut through stones
Cut through my skin and cut my bones
I'm gonna take it out now
I'm gonna take it out now
I'm gonna take it out now
I'm gonna take it out now
You see
I’ve grown up and you've grown old (Cut through water and sky)
I’ve grown up and you've grown dull (Cut through pictures and time)
I expanded you're small in my hands (Cut through diamonds cut through stones)
I was so impressed you were all I had (Cut through my skin cut my bones)
I'm gonna take it out now (You said you said you said)
I'm gonna take it out now (It will never cut me and you)
I'm gonna take it out now (You said you said)
I'm gonna take it out (It will never cut me from you)
I’m gonna take it out
I'm gonna take it out now
I'm gonna take it out now
I'm gonna take it out now
I'm gonna take it out now
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Lan Miao San Francisco, California
Singer-songwriter, piano-player, alt-rocker. Making music at the intersection of race, gender, Western classical, and Taiwanese Pop. she/her
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