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In Bloom

by Karyn Michaelson

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Bad Bad Woman 03:45
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I saw you flirting with that woman at the bar She gave you something and slipped out that door Well if you think you got her number contraire my friend She’s got your number, she’s got you pegged She’s a bad bad woman She’s a bad bad woman And you better listen to me or your carefree days are through Well if you’re wondering who I am, I’ve seen her work before Seen so many people chase her out that door When they finally stumbled back I could hardly recognize Those broken souls with their vacant eyes She’s a bad bad woman She’s a bad bad woman No you can’t change her, not all your money will do If you like playing with fire, picking her brain Think you’re different, well this ain’t no game You like a thrill, like the chase Got a death wish, wanna fall from grace She’s a bad bad woman, she’ll gladly oblige Why don’t you give her a call and watch the light go from your eyes Well she won’t kill you, she’ll slowly make you bleed Till you won’t even notice when you’re begging on your knees One day you’ll wake up in a deep dark hole Burn that number baby, save your soul She’s a bad bad woman She’s a bad bad woman No you can’t fix her, not all your love will do If you like playing with fire, picking her brain Think you’re special, well this ain’t no game You like a thrill, like the chase Got a death wish, wanna fall from grace She’s a bad bad woman, she’ll gladly oblige Why don’t you give her a call and watch the light go from your eyes Here it goes baby, whoa Some things in life that you just don’t touch like Molten lava, crack cocaine, and such You’re better off never having known so Burn that number baby, save you soul She’s a bad bad woman She’s a bad bad woman No you change her, not all your money will… No you can’t fix her, not all your love.. No you can’t save her, not even a crucifix will do
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Come On Now 04:16
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Lock yourself in your room the world outside is full of rage and ruin I’ve been there too There’s a spark in your eye, and people outside who need your precious smile. So come on and be who you are I know you can’t see that far, you are greater than the brightest star, we need your light to show us out. Come on now, come on now, come on and dance what you have known, come on now, come on now, come on and share what you have known. Well you’ve been dying inside and the drugs you do will never turn the tide, it won’t be denied. It’s a question of time, are you coming now or are you gonna wait for your next life. Come on, get out of your head, I know your thinking that your better off dead, but there’s a deeper meaning instead. The sooner you begin to feel it, the sooner you begin to heal it. Get up, get out, get on, you can do it now.
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Sands Of Time 03:52
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The knocking at your door echoes through your halls I’m hoping you will come from out behind your walls Well I have lost my heart and I know how it feels to have given anything to know that love is real Put your hand in mine and we will walk the sands of time then fly away The meaning of this world far escapes me now as I see you in your pain why would heaven allow Take me by the hand and we will walk across the sand then fly away High High The years that kept you down trust had never grown But look into my eyes and know your not alone baby Put your hand in mine and we will walk the sands of time then fly away Take me by the hand and we will walk across the sand then fly away Baby I love you
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On The Inside 04:08
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I see you in your sadness there ain’t nothing I can do I’ve danced around your madness so many times trying to heal you but in your best circumstance you always find something to blame As if that would make a difference It’s always something that keeps you in chains If I could make you happy I would give the world but now all the riches wouldn’t be enough if you had everything on the outside but had nothing left on the inside Spending all your money, surround yourself with all that stuff But you sit there in your emptiness cause it’ll never be enough You think things would be different if you were a star of fortune or fame but they got nothing on you baby Just look at Howard Hughes or Kurt Cobain If I could make you happy I would give the world but now all the riches wouldn’t be enough if you had everything on the outside but had nothing left on the inside Wouldn’t it be something to be at peace in your skin Wouldn’t it be something to be your own best friend Walking through this world just knowing you’re o.k. as it crashes down around you but you’ve got everything you need today If I could make you happy I would give the world but now all the riches would never be enough if you had everything on the outside but had nothing left on the inside to have everything on the inside to have everything on the inside to have everything on the inside
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Mopping Up The Rain 02:54
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I see you walk through that door ooh what the cat drug in You’re seeking shelter from the storm A few too many years of living with him Hey baby so you thought you knew all about real love but now your heart is black and blue You give and give trying to ease his pain But now you find you’re just mopping up the rain Now you’re going back to him You say he needs you don’t know what he will do Well tell me this before you grant him his wish who’s taking care of you You give and give trying to ease his pain Don't you know you’re just mopping up the rain The waters getting deep His current’s trying to pull you down Babe he’s got a hold on you you better let go before you drown I been down a time or two Down so long my skin turned blue I was so busy saving somebody else I almost couldn’t resuscitate myself Hey baby so you thought you knew all about real love but now your skin is black and blue Who's taking care of you? Who's taking care of you? Who's taking care of you? You’ve got to take care of you
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I'm Crazy 04:11
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Baby I’m crazy ain’t gonna hide it anymore I confess I’m a mess ain’t gonna hide it anymore Thought I was doing fine till you read between my lines helped me open up the door Spending my time running I didn’t even know myself Masquerades and drunken escapades just a silent cry for help Then you came along, showed me I was wrong Now I know I need your help Hating who I am, I’ve done everything I can to lose me There was nowhere to hide, I had to face the tide to break free Baby I’ve gone crazy trying to keep my heart a stone Even dams turn to sand let the water take me home Heart open wide armor set aside Armor set aside mind open wide I don’t have to be alone
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Please Don't Feel The Same 04:16
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When you walk in the room I feel my heart just melt the way it used to with someone else That someone else is here sleeping by my side and if he knew how I felt he would die So please don’t feel the same It’s easier that way Don’t hesitate Don’t look at me that way He’s my best friend You’re my worst fear Trading something that I love for what I need near When you walk in the room I can’t catch my breath Ya I’m hanging on every word you said Shut you out Say my prayers I keep saying to myself that you’re fools gold fool But call me baby and I might run to you I’m afraid I might do anything that you ask me to So please don’t feel the same It’s easier that way Don’t hesitate Don’t look at me that way Fickle heart go away Come back again when I’m in my grave
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What I Call Love 03:18
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You been feeling insecure my baby I know there’s something wrong I’m here to assure you honey you are where my heart belongs We been missing on our connection going through a phase I’m thinking we just misplaced our directions in our mind reading game So hold me baby hold me tight I’m sleeping in your arms tonight This is the feeling I’ve been dreaming of We are what I call love Now it’s a dangerous thing when your heart falls You better know who you melt into Love’s a word that’s been abused and distorted I know I’m safe with you So hold me baby hold me tight I’m sleeping in your arms tonight This is the feeling I’ve been dreaming of We are what I call love Some hearts are always looking for some action don’t wanna get into the daily grind Well I don’t want my heart split into fractions I’m working on the dreams that bind So hold me baby hold me tight I’m sleeping in your arms tonight This is the feeling I’ve been dreaming of We are what I call Hold me baby hold me tight I’ll be sleeping in your arms every night This is the feeling I’ve been dreaming of We are what I call love What I call love
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Better 03:59
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Better to have never loved than to have lost Better to have kept my soul Better to have kept my heart Better to have never known and I’m better when I tell myself I never knew you at all I wish I never loved you cause I cannot rise above you Now the bad times have the good outweighed and the lessons I’ve learned aren’t worth the price I paid Broken heart Broken home Broken dreams Broken soul Better to have never loved than to have lost Better to have kept my soul Better to have kept my heart Better to have lived alone and I’m better when I tell myself I never knew you at all I’ve learned to shut down my eyes cause everything I see is a constant reminder I’ve learned to shut down my ears cause I feel your soul in every song I hear I’ve learned to pray I’ve learned to say goodbye a hundred times a day When will I get it through my head Only fools rush in where angels fear to tread Broken heart Broken home Broken dreams Broken soul Down again there goes my soul Where it stops nobody knows
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Dance With Me 03:20
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How do I tell you what you mean to me Eyes of sunshine passionate sea I didn’t know how deep my love would go In this world of elusive dreams you are my rock of integrity Baby I want you to know So won’t you dance with me baby love one another Dance with me honey let’s get together tonight Though I may lose you any day what I’ve gained will far outweigh any heartache we might come to know Two lost souls that picked this life crazy damn fools at least we got each other tonight That’s right So won’t you dance with me baby love one another Dance with me honey let’s get together tonight How can I explain all those years of lonely rain Then you appeared by my side and we went splashing through the puddles and laughing at the sky So anytime that you’re feeling down you’re still my favorite one I wanna be around you’re my heart my soul I know what we got is a precious thing our kinda love don’t come with every diamond ring I know So won’t you dance with me baby love one another dance with me honey in any weather dance with me baby let’s get together tonight
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The Frog Song 05:07
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The summer’s heat has taken over now it’s time to hide I should be safe within my home now but I keep looking to the sky Rain come down rain on me Fill this dusty land set me free In the morning they’ll be coming With their machines they’ll fill my home Then they’ll pave it over Just another pond gone Well it’s the last one in this valley that used to be so full of life before the infestation of these beasts with their “human rights” In the future they’ll be coming with their laws and power plays Fighting over the last strip of land to be stripped away The balance of nature has not an answer for these beasts blessed with minds to think with They can move mountains cure disease but so out of touch with nature they’ve forgotten whence they’ve come and now they’ve come to pave it over just another planet gone Rain come down rain on me Fill this dusty land set me free Forty days and forty nights please relieve us of this plight God forgive them they know not what they do Set us free
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Forever Friend 03:44
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Now I see you in your pain and there’s nothing I can do You know I would baby, I swear, take it away for you But now you’re standing on the edge you don’t know what to do we’ve been trying everything but the sadness cuts you through And then there’s the pain it has you doubled over The medicine’s not working anymore I remember when you used to say to me that you’d go out with you in humble honesty But now you hate yourself you say that you’ve got so weak and you don’t understand why I want you here with me Well I want you to know that I see you as strong everything that you’ve been through all the things that were so wrong Shattered at the core how’d you make it this far? If you could only know just how beautiful you are Ya we got together way back when I thought I’d finally found my forever friend now the years have passed us by and some have been so cruel but they helped me realize more deeply what is true That you are my forever friend
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Merry Blossoms 05:05
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Cherry blossoms fill the sky floating gentle lullaby Merry blossoms by my side down this road we shared the load healed our lives But just like the spring and like the fall this too will change you hear the call The road has grown wide now it divides this is your turn to say goodbye Though our journey will end two will begin Until we meet again Merry blossoms everyday Alone the feeling tone can soothe the way No need to hide no need to run Those days are gone we’re much too strong and much too fun Just like the rain and like the wind the storms will come and go again but we have the tools that we can use knowledge and friends to pull us through but the greatest thing that you have gained is now you’re a friend to you Know this know this you are the truth you seek Know this know this you are a friend to me See our blossoms in the air Floating down they light upon the village square All we touch we do not know A gentle smile can travel miles the wind will blow Much like the sun and like the moon it will cycle back to you All that we are is so much more than we’ve been told we have in store Though the blossoms will end they will begin until we meet again Know this know this you are the truth you seek Know this know this you are a friend to me
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Little Bird 03:30
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Little bird caught in the storm has lost the way home Looking for a place to land somehow ends up in your hands Wisdom nurture taking her further Little bird trembling has forgotten how to sing Safe and warm within you hands she begins to understand beauty connection no more perfection melting the fear away I know I know Now little bird is flying strong and everywhere she goes is home singing songs across the land always remembering your hands Deepest emotion for you devotion much more than words can say Gentle courageous truths for the ages melting the fear away Little bird is feeling gay she is welcome back to play

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released August 10, 2018

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Karyn Michaelson Seattle, Washington

A rootsy, soul-fueled mix of pop-folk/americana

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