Carry The Fire (2012)

• Holding On To Good
• Is There Anyone Out There
• The Morning Comes
• If I Loved You
• Bottom Of The River
• Country House
• Surrounded
• Dance In The Graveyards
• Fire
• Forgive The Children We Once Were
• Unlike Any Other
• Hey, Hey, Hey
• New Days (Acoustic) (Bonus Track) 

Holding On To Good lyrics - Delta Rae

Baby, I’m not waiting

I’m just holding on to good

It’s still early, it’s still more than I should

I’m off to Carolina

I’m gonna wear my mama’s boots

We may be parted, but that don’t cut us at the roots

’Cause in the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

In the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

It’s colder in November

The leaves are turning on the limbs

The color’s brightest just before the branches thin

And, yes, I still remember

But I am trying to begin

I met a new love and I’m growing into him

But in the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

In the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

I see a new flag rising on an old flagpole

A shotgun fired in the firing hole

I’ll let the snow keep falling till my world is white

I don’t need your hand tonight

But in the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

Is There Anyone Out There lyrics - Delta Rae

Days they pass too quickly

And nights they don't offer enough sleep

My body doesn't fit me

My dreams are like great ships lost at sea

And this heart grows tired

So far from where I started

And so far from where I want to be

The towers I watched when I was young

Are not as tall as I once believed

And this heart grows tired

Is there anyone out there?

You know me

I am the son

Of a lost country, of a new world

And we're born to run and we never look back

Children born tomorrow

May never know the language we speak

The wisdom that they borrow

Will hint at something buried too deep

But we carry the fire

Is there anyone out there?

You know me

I am the son

Of a lost country, of a new world

And we're born to run and we never look back

Oh, when we were young, we never knew

The pain that lay beyond, but then we grew

And all my heroes they were strange

But we all just want to be the same

But who will lead us when they are gone?

Who will save us when the wrong ones have won?

Is there anyone out there?

The Morning Comes lyrics - Delta Rae

Oh, oh. I found a good woman, I found a job that pays.

The tide comes in, I watch it all wash away.

But I'm keeping it steady, that's just how I was raised

Head held up, walking tall into each broken wave

And this heart grows tired

I found a good woman

I found a job that pays

The tide comes in, I watch it all wash away

But I'm keeping it steady, that's just how I was raised

Head held up walking tall into each breaking wave

'Cause the devil's in the details and he's taking his toll

Sending good men down the foot trails of some lost lonely souls

And I say oh, oh

Rain don't change the sun

Jealous is the night when the morning comes

But it always comes

So I'm working the graveyard, I don't sleep till it's light

Ain't calling in favors, I can't swallow my pride

And the bank's on a mission, they want to read me my rights

But they ever show up around here, they're going to be in for a fight

'Cause the devil's in my hometown and I ain't telling him no

'Cause it's my family, it's my love now, that I'm scared to let go

And I say oh, oh

Rain don't change the sun

Jealous is the night when the morning comes

But it always comes

Followed the track of my needle

Tried to be good to my people

So why's there no peace?

No break no relief

Can I be blamed if I'm angry?

Can I be saved if I'm barely clinging to hope?

I'm clinging to hope

When I say oh, oh

Rain don't change the sun

Jealous is the night when the morning comes

But it always comes

It always rains down on us

And like an old dog lying by a new gravestone

It's still our home

It's still our home

So if you ever feel like you are alone

After the night

The morning comes

If I Loved You lyrics - Delta Rae

If I loved you, life would be easy

There’d be no truth that I’d be scared of

I could walk through every valley

And you’d light me with all of your love

But I don’t love you, not like I want to

I don’t love you and that makes it hard

And every morning, I see how you watch me

And each night I know you feel it and it just breaks your heart

You’d make good money and come home early

And you’d kiss me and hold me each night

We would have children and they would be so beautiful

And we’d raise them and all would be right

But I don’t love you, not like you need it

I don’t love you, good as you are

And when I kiss you, I know that you can feel it

And I see it in your eyes, and it just breaks my heart

I wish to God I could change it, darling

Could make you the one

I will always have these regrets and wonder

What else I could have done

I will

’Cause if I loved you, I could be happy

I would make you the light of my world

I wouldn’t wait, love, I’d marry you tomorrow

And we’d make love and I’d be your girl

But I don’t love you, much as I want to

I don’t love you, no, it would be a lie

And you deserve love, you’re better than a good day

And you’ll find it, but just not in my eyes

’Cause it ain’t here love, no

And it just breaks my heart

Bottom Of The River lyrics - Delta Rae

Hold my hand

Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river

Hold my hand

Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down

If you get sleep or if you get none

(The cock's gonna call in the morning, baby)

Check the cupboard for your daddy's gun

(Red sun rises like an early warning)

The Lord's gonna come for your first born son

(His hair's on fire and his heart is burning)

So go to the river where the water runs

(Wash him deep where the tides are turning)

And if you fall...

And if you fall...

Hold my hand

Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river

Hold my hand

Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down

The wolves will chase you by the pale moonlight

(Drunk and driven by a devil's hunger)

Drive your son like a railroad spike

(Into the water, let it pull him under)

Don't you lift him, let him drown alive

(The good Lord speaks like a rolling thunder)

Let that fever make the water rise

(And let the river run dry)

And I said

Hold my hand

Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river

Hold my hand

Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down

Hold my hand

Ooh, baby, it's a long way, a long long long way

Hold my hand

Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down

Hold my hand

Hold my hand

Hold my hand, long way down, to the bottom of the

Hold my hand, it's a long way down, a long way down

Hold my hand, ooh baby, it's a long way down

Hold my hand, ooh baby, it's a long way down

Hold my hand, ooh baby, it's a long

Hold my hand, ooh baby, it's a long way down, a long way down

Country House lyrics - Delta Rae

In a country house with the windows lit by burning wicks

And the walls held up by wood and bricks and ghosts that wander through

An old man died, but the help won’t come till Monday next

And he’s gone to meet the architects of the only world he knew

And he’s lonesome

And the family mourned, at the wake he lay in front of them

Just as silent as he’d ever been to any young child’s eyes

And by buried skin, they shed their laughter and their tears

The pain of all those early years where innocence had died

But now they’re lonesome

Memorials that we may build

They won’t the holes forever fill

There is a deep and aching chill

That settles in our bones

’Cause we’re lonesome

Did you ever love somebody?

Did you ever lose someone?

’Cause we’re lonesome

In a country house with the windows all lit up

Surrounded lyrics - Delta Rae

I was born in the state where my mother was raised

With the children of soldiers, the children of slaves

And it’s too much to take, the mind how it breaks

The lessons the stories the shame and the glories and all

They linger ’round

Foxes and hounds

Our souls are bound

To older ground

Fell in love with a girl who’s found love before

In the hands and the hearts of the people she wore

She’s all that I see, but there’s things in between

The fractures and fissures of all of the pictures we leave

They linger ’round

Foxes and hounds

They’re with me now

Can’t lay them down

And I feel it all around, I’m surrounded

And I feel it all around, I’m surrounded

And I feel it all around, I’m surrounded by ghosts

So we keep them at home, the secrets and bones

The voices we hear so we’re never alone

They tease and they taunt, comfort and haunt

My mother and father and so many I’ll never know

They linger ’round

Foxes and hounds

My hands are bound

And I feel it all around, I’m surrounded

And I feel it all around, I’m surrounded

And I feel it all around, I’m surrounded by ghosts

Dance In The Graveyards lyrics - Delta Rae

When I die

I don’t want to rest in peace

I want to dance in joy

I want to dance in the graveyards, the graveyards

And while I’m alive

I don’t want to be alone

Mourning the ones who came before

I want to dance with them some more

Let’s dance in the graveyards

Gloria, like some other name we kept on calling ya and waiting for change

But I belong to all of your mysteries

And all of us, we’re meant for the fire, but we keep rising up and walking the wires

So when we go below don’t lose us in mourning

’Cause when I die

I don’t want to rest in peace

I want to dance in joy

I want to dance in the graveyards, the graveyards

And while I’m alive

I don’t want to be alone

Mourning the ones who came before

I want to dance with them some more

Let’s dance in the graveyards

Oh my love, don’t cry when I’m gone

I will lift you up, the air in your lungs

And when you reach for me, we’ll dance in the darkness

And we will walk beyond

Our daughters and sons, they will carry on

Like when we were young, and we will stand beside and breathe in their new life

’Cause when I die

I don’t want to rest in peace

I want to dance in joy

I want to dance in the graveyards, the graveyards

And while I’m alive

I don’t want to be alone

Mourning the ones who came before

I want to dance with them some more

Let’s dance in the graveyards

Fire lyrics - Delta Rae

I, I got my eye on you, I heard what you been saying

These rumors you spread ’round, they burn me down like flames and

We used to be friends, but that ain’t true now

You ain’t got my back, you’ve shown me that so many times

When I need help

Can’t call for help

’Cause no one comes

So I’m calling FIRE

It won’t be pretty, I ain’t no girl cried wolf, I’ll bring this whole damn city

They’ll come from miles around just to see how you cut me down

We used to be friends, but that ain’t true now

You poisoned the well, now I can’t tell who’s on my side

When I need help

Can’t call for help

’Cause no one comes

So I’m calling FIRE

Forgive The Children We Once Were lyrics - Delta Rae

We grew up in golden light

Every chance to get it right

What did we do with it?

It’s gone, what I had back then is gone

Can’t get it back again

Raised by kids who gave us names

These grown up children we became

Who spread the gossip and the shame

We waited

For love, for dreams in the night

For days to come when we’d be all right

I can’t remember why I did the things I did

I was just a kid

All our lives we feel this young

Sorry for the things we should have done

Sorry for the kids we pushed too far

Sorry now for all the lonely hearts who can’t move on because

We waited

For love, for dreams in the night

For days to come when we’d be all right

I can’t remember why I did the things I did

I was just a kid

All the lines we knew back then, they now are faded

All the laws we once obeyed, they have betrayed us

People that I used to hate, I hardly remember

Forgive the children we once were

Unlike Any Other lyrics - Delta Rae

Here I am in this empty room

Miles away from you, if you ask me

I’d get in my car and I’d drive all night

I’m coming home to you, if you’ll have me

But no one needs to know

When you hold me, it’s unlike any other

I’ve been this girl so many times

Blurring all the lines like it’s easy

I can’t believe that I got this close again

Now I’m afraid to move, you might really see me

You don’t need to know

When you hold me, it’s unlike any other

No one needs to know

Hey, Hey, Hey lyrics - Delta Rae

Hey hey hey

Don’t you want to love me now baby?

Hey hey hey

Ain’t you thinking ’bout me?

I’ve been trying to get you off of my mind for some time now

Ain’t going well baby

Ain’t much room left baby ’tween these four walls

Our hearts have grown as heavy as cannonballs

I tried to love you babe and I’m trying still

I’ve always loved you babe and I always will

The neighbor’s dogs are chained, they don’t bark no more

Nothing happens here that’s worth yelling for

But there’d be music babe if we ever walked by

You know we’d wake the world if we only tried, and I say

Hey hey hey

Don’t you want to love me now baby?

Hey hey hey

Ain’t you thinking ’bout me?

I’ve been trying to get you off of my mind for some time now

Ain’t going well baby

Won’t you think about loving me?

Your window’s open babe, but your doors are closed

You want a breeze to sweep in and shake your bones

But the sky is clear as day and the air is calm

So come on out and play I’m not here that long

’Cause the times are tough now babe, but they’re ours to own

Make the most of it or just stay at home

I’ve come by once and I won’t be back again

Aw, who am I kidding babe, won’t you let me in?

Hey hey hey

Don’t you want to love me now baby?

Hey hey hey

Ain’t you thinking ’bout me?

I’ve been trying to get you off of my mind for some time now

Ain’t going well baby

Won’t you think about loving me?

New Days (Acoustic) lyrics - Delta Rae

Changed my name again

Let down my walls to let you in

Was fighting fire with sin

But I found a way to begin

Make right

Shed new light

On to these new days

Wash down on my young face

Lighting up the dark places

Softening the lines

And I love you

After all we've been through

I don't want you changing right before my eyes

Oh, but I know it's right

Oh, it's right

Whoa, fever's running high

Burned off the demons in my mind

I'm seeing with fresh eyes

What we had was built on

Broken promises and hard-won love

And I don't want to lose it in these new days

Wash down on my young face

Lighting up the dark places

Softening the lines

And I love you

After all we've been through

I don't want you changing right before my eyes

Oh, but I know it's right

Oh, it's right

EP: Delta Rae (2010)

• Morning Comes
• Darlin' If
• Young And Pretty
• Ooh Caroline
• Holding On To Good

The Morning Comes lyrics - Delta Rae

Oh, oh. I found a good woman, I found a job that pays.

The tide comes in, I watch it all wash away.

But I'm keeping it steady, that's just how I was raised

Head held up, walking tall into each broken wave

And this heart grows tired

I found a good woman

I found a job that pays

The tide comes in, I watch it all wash away

But I'm keeping it steady, that's just how I was raised

Head held up walking tall into each breaking wave

'Cause the devil's in the details and he's taking his toll

Sending good men down the foot trails of some lost lonely souls

And I say oh, oh

Rain don't change the sun

Jealous is the night when the morning comes

But it always comes

So I'm working the graveyard, I don't sleep till it's light

Ain't calling in favors, I can't swallow my pride

And the bank's on a mission, they want to read me my rights

But they ever show up around here, they're going to be in for a fight

'Cause the devil's in my hometown and I ain't telling him no

'Cause it's my family, it's my love now, that I'm scared to let go

And I say oh, oh

Rain don't change the sun

Jealous is the night when the morning comes

But it always comes

Followed the track of my needle

Tried to be good to my people

So why's there no peace?

No break no relief

Can I be blamed if I'm angry?

Can I be saved if I'm barely clinging to hope?

I'm clinging to hope

When I say oh, oh

Rain don't change the sun

Jealous is the night when the morning comes

But it always comes

It always rains down on us

And like an old dog lying by a new gravestone

It's still our home

It's still our home

So if you ever feel like you are alone

After the night

The morning comes

Darlin' If lyrics - Delta Rae

The light that shined upon us once

Is swiftly dimming now, and I'm

Afraid to watch us tip

Or else to watch us wither

The lips that once spoke truth to me

And brought white heat upon my mouth

Have gone cold at the source

The sun won't lift our winter

And I'm scared cause I can't seem to lift you darling

But each of us falling is not helping either stand

I just want you to know I was sincere

When I said I loved you all those years

And Darlin' if, Darlin if'

I don't love you

Could I still could I still

Carry your weight?

This weighs on me

To be good or free

And Darlin' if, Darlin if'

I don't love you

Could I still could I still

Carry your weight?

This weighs on me

To be good or free

The child that sleeps within your dreams

But never rested in your arms,

Is now a promise broke

A hurt that I won't share.

I asked you once to let it go

Shed these chains that pull us low.

But if I know you well

These are not words to bear.

But I'm tired cause there's no hoping left in our embraces

I'm watching my one life as it falls to shadows

That haunt your eyes

I will be strong I will be your wings

But I can't stay if our lives are bound to this

Darlin' if, Darlin if'

I don't love you

Could I still could I still

Carry your weight?

This weighs on me

To be good or free

Darlin' if, Darlin if'

I don't love you

Could I still could I still

Carry your weight?

This weighs on me

To be good or free

So young we started in love

Too old to start again now

So young we started in love

Too old to start again now

So young we started in love

Too old to start again now

Darlin' if

If I don't love you

Could I still

Could I carry your weight

Darlin' if, Darlin if'

I don't love you

Could I still could I still

Carry your weight?

This weighs on me

To be good or free

Darlin' if, Darlin if'

I don't love you

Could I still could I still

Carry your weight?

This weighs on me

To be good or free

Darling if

I ain't gonna love you

Could I still

Could I stay

Darling if

I ain't gonna love you

Could I still

Could I stay

Darling if

I ain't gonna love you

Could I still

Could I stay

Darling if

I ain't gonna love you

Could I still

Could I stay

Young And Pretty lyrics - Delta Rae

The sun had never fully bloomed

Until it washed through her dress in the hours for noon,

Sweeping every sadness from a quiet room, humming a song.

And fires had never felt so warm as when

The smoke rose from our chimneys in the early morn,

All the houses on the block were uniform

Reaching towards the sky in rivers.

You were so young and pretty

I saw us getting married

It didn't last, we each grew up, I didn't mind

But from time to time, I remember it well

And I never felt so safe

As when he stood on the sidelines of that football game

Cheering out to the son who would carry his name

All of our own small victories

You were so young and pretty

I saw us getting married

It didn't last, we each grew up, I didn't mind

But from time to time, I remember it well

So many loves that I've lost in time

Places that I'd like to live in for one more moment

And try to put on those shoes that I wore just once

Visit every bit of my old beauty

You were so young and pretty

I saw us getting married

It didn't last, we each grew up, I didn't mind

But from time to time...

You were so young and pretty

I saw us getting married,

All these years

I've remembered it well

Ooh Caroline lyrics - Delta Rae

Last night I thought I heard the screen door slam and I thought about it

You'd run away and break my heart again, so I'm moving on

And driving downtown to a bottle and flashing lights

Where I'll meet a nice girl, she'll invite me to come inside

And she'll ask me, she'll ask me, she'll ask if I'm alright

But I'm not

Ooh, ooh, Caroline, keep leaving back doors in my mind

It's all the time and I can't keep waiting for ya

Ooh, ooh, Caroline, make something better hard to find

It's all the time and I can't keep waiting for ya

No, no, no

Five years ago, I thought I found my wife

And I still believe it

But my time with you has been an uphill climb

Like when you hike your skirt up when you're standing in a service line

Or how your ring slips off after one too many glasses of wine

And you ask me, you ask me, you ask me to be kind

When I say,

Ooh, ooh, Caroline, keep leaving back doors in my mind

It's all the time and I can't keep waiting for ya

Ooh, ooh, Caroline, make something better hard to find

It's all the time and I can't keep waiting for ya

And all the days I spent in Georgia

And all the guys I fought off for ya

Just to hold your hand

Without a back-up plan

For when a better man comes calling

And I'll say,

Ooh, ooh, Caroline, keep leaving back doors in my mind

It's all the time and I can't keep waiting for ya

Ooh, ooh, Caroline, make something better hard to find

It's all the time and I can't keep waiting for ya

Ooh, ooh, Caroline, and I can't keep waiting for ya

Ooh, ooh, Caroline, and I can't keep waiting for ya

Cause it's all the time, and I can't keep waiting for ya

Holding On To Good lyrics - Delta Rae

Baby, I’m not waiting

I’m just holding on to good

It’s still early, it’s still more than I should

I’m off to Carolina

I’m gonna wear my mama’s boots

We may be parted, but that don’t cut us at the roots

’Cause in the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

In the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

It’s colder in November

The leaves are turning on the limbs

The color’s brightest just before the branches thin

And, yes, I still remember

But I am trying to begin

I met a new love and I’m growing into him

But in the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

In the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

I see a new flag rising on an old flagpole

A shotgun fired in the firing hole

I’ll let the snow keep falling till my world is white

I don’t need your hand tonight

But in the morning, in the morning

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

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Bless You (For The Good That's In You) lyrics - Delta Rae

(originally by Peggy Lee)

(from "Gangster Squad" soundtrack)

Bless you, oh... bless you, oh-oh...

Bless you for the good that's in you, bless you every day

There's some good in everybody, we're just made that way

Good morning, oh miserable, you're not as bad as you make out

That frown don't set right, get right up and shout (yes, shout)

Bless you for the good that's in you, bless you every night

If you shine like a love light beacon, you'll make out all right

If any old evil comes around today

Turn it right around and chase it away

Bless you for the good that's in you, bless you every day

Oh, oh... oh, oh-oh... oh, oh-oh...

You know that life is like an old steam engine

You can either go ahead, or in reverse

And the road ahead might look pretty rocky

But the road behind is bound to be worse

If you close your eyes, you won't see the sunshine

If you plug your ears, you won't hear a thing

And if you shut out your heart, you'll shut out the feeling

And there'll never be any reason to sing

(Bless you) yes, bless you (bless you) yes, bless you

Ooh, that frown don't set right, get right up and shout

(Get right up and shout)

Oh, bless you for the good that's in you, bless you every night

If you shine like a love light beacon, you'll make out all right

And if any old evil comes around today

Turn it right around and chase it away

Bless you for the good that's in you, bless you every day

Bless you (oh, bless you); yes, bless you (yes, bless you)

Bless you for the good that's in you, bless you every day

Do You Ever Dream? lyrics - Delta Rae

Do you ever dream?

Do you ever see the future when you look at me?

A little house in the mountains surrounded by the evergreens

A homemade meal and a couple kids

Or is just the moment?

Is it the sex and the comfort and the laughs that keep you coming back?

I hate to ruin the romance baby but I have to ask

Is there something I can't see?

Do you ever dream?

Do you ever dream?

Or do you want to leave this world while you're still young and free?

Live on the edge and leave falling in love to girls like me

And you'd give me just enough

But you never call, you never share

You're never wrong, and it's not fair

I had a vision of who I'd be

And baby I'm not there

Do you ever dream?

Do you ever dream when the nights get lonely?

You're gonna wish that I was there

Do you ever dream how it's gonna hurt baby

When there's nobody that cares

About the stories that you tell?

Do you even get that far?

'Cause I've been living in this moment

And it's all falling apart

Do you ever dream?

Hold on to something you can't see

Give me a reason not to leave

Heart Won't Break lyrics - Delta Rae

I could see it coming a thousand miles away

I keep on running, but this ain't something I'll escape

You're gonna leave me, you say it's better this way

But I know its gonna hit like a hard rain falling on an open field

There ain't no cover, when you say its over you can't tell me how to feel

'Cause my heart won't break the way you want

If you say those words, your work is done

And there's nothing you can do to stop the tears that I will cry

And there's nothing you can say that puts the good in your goodbye

'Cause my heart will never break the way you want

I try to stay distracted, but the days are too long

Baby, were you acting every night when we were alone?

Felt like magic but it was all just a dream

So you try to let me down easy say you wanna stay friends

Well you can turn the pages of my story, babe

But you can't tell me how it ends

'Cause my heart won't break the way you want

If you say those words, your work is done

And there's nothing you can do to stop the tears that I will cry

And there's nothing you can say that puts the good in your goodbye

'Cause my heart will never break the way you want

So if you're reaching out

In a month from now

As I'm starting to mend

And you say you made

Such a big mistake

And "could I take you back again?"

No

'Cause my heart won't break the way you want

If you say those words, your work is done

And there's nothing you can do to stop the tears that I will cry

And there's nothing you can say that puts the good in your goodbye

'Cause my heart will never break the way you want

'Cause my heart won't break the way you want

'Cause my heart won't break the way you want

'Cause my heart won't break the way you want

Hitch A Ride lyrics - Delta Rae

Arms like a scarecrow

Hitchin' for a ride

Skin like a leather tomb

Eyes like kilns in the rivers of dry

Dust under a paper moon

It runs hot in the summer in the Piedmont Plains

Meet the devil in the morning sun

And you take his heat

A hundred hours in the week

Til he lets you see the autumn come

It's enough to drive a young man insane

Make a woman wanna run away

I met Jack McKent

He was a handsome man

Was my ticket to a better place

Where do we go when the sun stays high?

Where do we go when we close our eyes?

Where do we go when we feel this tide?

Where do we go?

Well we hitch a ride

Well Jack and me we never left the heat

Got pregnant in the early spring

But when Jack got mean

He'd raise his hand to me

And I never could predict his swing

And on the hottest night

In the full moon light

He stole the one good thing we'd made

And like a dandelion with the feather's flyin'

The wind pulled my heart away

When do you know to put a sick dog down?

Where do you go when you cross that line?

Ain't no secrets in a southern town

Where do we go?

There are children's bodies buried in the grave

No songs to carry all of my love

And I'll run from the sin, and the love, and the devil

And judgement from the Lord above

And I'll leave my fate in the hands of strangers

Every driver on the great highway

I'm a flair to the night

A black widow spider

Another orphan on the interstate

Where do we go when the sun stays high?

Where do we go when we close our eyes?

Where do we go when we feel this tide?

Where do we go?

Well we hitch a ride!

We're all running from something

(Hitch a ride, go, go hitch a ride)

Leaving someone behind

(Hitch a ride, go, go hitch a ride)

Always another car coming

(Hitch a ride, go, go hitch a ride)

When we hitch a ride

(Hitch a ride, go, go hitch a ride)

We're all picking up strangers

(Hitch a ride, go, go hitch a ride)

Just trust the look in their eye

We don't know we're in danger

When we hitch a ride

(Hitch a ride, go, go)

No Dry Eye In The Chapel lyrics - Delta Rae

Reverend Riley knows he's prone to ramble

Reads the Bible like it's War and Peace

He goes on and on

You can't help but yawn

Even the righteous start to fall asleep

When he's 'bout to lose that front-row faithful

Pulls an ace out of his sleeve

Knows they need a hymn

So he shouts "Amen! Fire up the organ, Irene!"

She starts hammering glory mountain

Until there's no dry eye in the chapel

No one sitting in the pews

Hands up high all clapping

When Mama starts singing Hallelu-

Hallelu-, Hallelu-, yeah!

No dry eye in the chapel

When Mama gets to singing the truth

Now mama's more than just a Sunday singer

She'll play anybody's wedding or wake

Long-shot, shotguns, third-time's-the-charm ones

Everybody's gonna get saved

When they kiss the bride and the [?]

There'll be no dry eye in the chapel

No one sitting in the pews

Hands up high all clapping

When Mama starts singing Hallelu-

Hallelu-, Hallelu-, yeah!

No dry eye in the chapel

When Mama gets to singing the truth

Then late one night the Devil came calling

And Mama waved him right inside

She sang "Great Ball of Fire" like a gospel choir

And the Devil just started to cry

There'll be no dry eye in the chapel

No one sitting in the pews

Hands up high all clapping

When Mama starts singing Hallelu-

Hallelu-, Hallelu-, yeah!

No dry eye in the chapel

When Mama gets to singing the truth

There'll be no dry eye in the chapel

When Mama gets to singing the truth

Come on, Mama!

One Good Cry lyrics - Delta Rae

Gonna light a few candles and put some old records on

Finally open that rainy day bottle of wine

Gonna lose myself dancing 'round to our favorite song

That's my way of saying goodbye

I'm giving you one good cry

That's all you'll get from me

Soon as these tears all dry

Baby my hands are clean

I could go on and on

But you ain't worth my time

I'm giving you one

You only get one good cry

Gonna revel in every regret, every memory

Gonna let you take hold of me one last time

By tomorrow morning, I'll be pouring coffee and you'll just be history

I'll be strong, I'll move on

But tonight

I'm giving you one good cry

That's all you'll get from me

Soon as these tears all dry

Baby my hands are clean

I could go on and on

But you ain't worth my time

I'm giving you one

You only get one good cry

'Cause you'll be long gone

Where you belong

Yeah but right now

All I need

All I need

Is one good cry

That's all you'll get from me

Soon as these tears all dry

Baby my hands are clean

I could go on and on

But you ain't worth my time

I'm giving you one

You only get one good cry

I'm giving you one

You only get one good cry

Stand-Ins lyrics - Carrie Welling & Delta Rae

Better than a dozen roses

More than a couple drinks

On a sunny desert island, baby

You'll be all I need

If another late night caller

Comes knocking on my door

For instant gratification

I won't give it out no more

I used to call them all by name, now I call them

Stand-Ins wasting my time

If I'd of planned it you'd already be mine

So come and claim your ground and save me now

From all of those Stand-Ins wearing me out

One time I thought I found you

Good thing I let him go

Cause you would never treat me badly, baby

When that feeling comes I'll know

And you're the reason why I call them

Stand-Ins wasting my time

If I'd of planned it you'd already be mine

So come and claim your ground and save me now

From all of those Stand-Ins wearing me out

To that High School sweetheart that I first took home

To that New York drummer I should've left alone

That painter, that surfer, that Wall Street banker

To that Jesus lover that called me he's savoir

Well, I call them...

Stand-Ins wasting my time

If I'd of planned it you'd already be mine

So come and claim your ground and save me now

From all of those Stand and Ins

From all of those Stand and Ins

Still Waters lyrics - Delta Rae

Still waters run deep and far love

I dreamt of rivers that carry our spirits

Through nights of starlight

Through days in the desert

Through pain and glory

They're carving our story

Through stampedes on the prairie

To a hush on the ocean

We keep on going

'Cause no one ever really dies

Hey ya

Oh

Hey ya

Oh

Crisp and frozen

Paint peels off the bones of

That kudzu captive

The voices of Baptists

Rung higher than the ceiling

Swung low sweet believing

If one man is risen

Then no one ever really dies

Hey ya

Oh

Hey ya

Oh

Dancing atoms

Break free from the stratum

Of our weak predictions

Big bang contradictions

It's pieced together

Changes with the weather

But we dig forever

'Cause no one ever really dies

Hey ya

Oh

Hey ya

Oh

(Still waters)

Hey ya

No one ever really dies

(Still waters)

Hey ya

No one ever really dies

(Still waters)

Hey ya

'Cause no one ever really dies

Hey ya

'Cause no one ever really dies

Walk With Me lyrics - Delta Rae

Tonight's someone will hurt someone

Forgive, forget, that ain't no fun

Another heart falls off the tree

But freedom's just 'bout breaking free

A gold dust woman read it in my cards

There's a long parade of us with broken hearts

But if you walk with me

Baby, I'll stand by you

If you walk with me

Take my hand, I'll stand by you

Hand in hand, I'll walk with you

We all walk down these streets of pain

Cause we all woe, regrets and shame

The songs we sing just ain't the same

And then our dreams just drift away

A gold dust woman read it in my cards

There's a long parade of us with broken hearts, yeah

But if you walk with me

Baby, I'll stand by you

If you walk with me

Take my hand, I'll stand by you

Hand in hand, I'll walk with you

Oh, oh

Yeah, yeah

It's hard to be brave with all that we go through

But it all rides on whatever road we choose, yeah

And if you walk with me (walk with me)

Baby, I'll stand by you (I'll be right beside you, baby)

If you walk with me (walk with me)

Baby, I'll stand by you

I said, if you walk with me (walk with me)

Baby, I'll stand by you (the road is getting long, yeah)

If you walk with me (walk with me)

Baby, I, I'll stand by you (I ain't never gonna leave you, baby)

If you walk with me (walk with me)

Oh... (I'll stand by you)

If you walk with me (walk with me)

Baby, I'll stand by you

Take my hand, I'll walk with you

You Can Tell Him lyrics - Delta Rae

If you want to see the man who broke my heart

You can tell him by the eyes that pierce the dark

You can tell him by the laugh that fills the room

You can tell him by the arms that feel like home

Tried to tell him he's the only one I want

Tried to tell him he's the sun that brings the dawn

When I'm dreaming

And now he's telling me he's leaving

If you want to see the girl who took my place

You can tell her by the smile that's on her face

You can tell her by the way they're dancing slow

That he loves her and that she knows

I could tell her that it probably won't last

Be as jealous of her future as my past

But there's no healing

When he's telling me he's leaving

He's leaving

He's leaving

He's leaving

He's leaving me with no answers

Leaving me with no doubt

Let me feel a love I can't ever live without

And he's leaving me with no shelter

Leaving me with no air

Every morning I'm surprised that I'm still breathing

So if you want to know the reason I went home

I could tell you that I'm trying to move on

I could tell you that I need a change of scenery

But really

I don't want to see the man who broke my heart

I don't want to see those eyes that pierce the dark

I turn a corner and he's there again and baby I'm still reeling

I don't want to see the new girl in his life

I don't want to see the friends who picked their sides

I don't want to come face to face with love that I'm still feeling

So if you see the man I love despite our reason

You can tell him that I'm leaving

I'm leaving

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All Good People lyrics - Delta Rae

There are dogs in the yard, howling at the moon
There are sinners like me our judgment's coming soon
And I stand at the bottom of this dark and lonely well
Saying "please give me answers so I might escape Hell"

I watched from my window as they gunned down unarmed men
Tried to say it's not my problem: couldn't happen to my friends
But the truth is they're my brothers, and they're my countrymen
And if we lose our better angels, we won't get them back again

Come on and raise your voice above the raging seas
We can't hold our breath forever when our brothers cannot breathe
Come on and raise your voice above the raging seas
We can't hold our breath forever when our brothers cannot breathe

Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Our brothers cannot breathe
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Our brothers cannot breathe

All good people, won't you come around?
Won't you come around?
Won't you come around?
All good people, won't you come around?
Won't you come around?
Defend your brothers
All good people, won't you come around?
Won't you come around?
Won't you come around?
All good people, won't you come around?
Won't you come around?
Hold up each other

Do You Ever Dream? lyrics - Delta Rae

Do you ever dream?
Do you ever see the future when you look at me?
A little house in the mountains surrounded by the evergreens
A homemade meal and a couple kids
Or is just the moment?
Is it the sex and the comfort and the laughs that keep you coming back?
I hate to ruin the romance baby but I have to ask
Is there something I can't see?

Do you ever dream?

Do you ever dream?
Or do you want to leave this world while you're still young and free?
Live on the edge and leave falling in love to girls like me
And you'd give me just enough
But you never call, you never share
You're never wrong, and it's not fair
I had a vision of who I'd be
And baby I'm not there

Do you ever dream?

Do you ever dream when the nights get lonely?
You're gonna wish that I was there
Do you ever dream how it's gonna hurt baby
When there's nobody that cares
About the stories that you tell?
Do you even get that far?
'Cause I've been living in this moment
And it's all falling apart

Do you ever dream?
Hold on to something you can't see
Give me a reason not to leave

Hands Dirty lyrics - Delta Rae

I could raise the crap from the earth
I could raise my children from birth
But when I'm looking for work
They say that job ain't for her
I could be a good man's wife
I could give a new child life
But when I fight for my rights
They say no woman, no cry

But I ain't giving up
I can't count on love

I get my hands dirty
I show up so early
They show me no mercy
So I just keep working
Maybe God could save me
Or my boss might pay me
Right now no one serves me
Maybe their hands are dirty, dirty, dirty?

I could lead impossible missions
Occupy the highest position
But when I ask them to listen
They disregard my opinion
Well, I ain't askin' no more
I will command the floor
I'm breaking every glass ceiling
I'm building skyscraping buildings

And when that next storm comes
I'll do what I always done

I get my hands dirty
I show up so early
They show me no mercy
So I just keep working
Maybe God could save me
Or my boss might pay me
Am I so unworthy?
Or are their hands just dirty, dirty, dirty?

And I have seen the other side of the mountain
Where every queen will be afforded her throne
And I will stand beside my sisters
And all persistent resisters
They'll say I knew it would come true
And I'll say "darling, me too"

I get my hands dirty
I show up so early
They show me no mercy
So I just keep working
Maybe God could save me
Or my boss might pay me
Right now no one serves me
Maybe their hands are dirty?

I get my hands dirty
I show up so early
They show me no mercy
So I just keep working
Maybe God could save me
Or my boss might pay me
Am I so unworthy?
Or are their hands just dirty, dirty, dirty?

Out Of The Badlands lyrics - Delta Rae

Don't tell your mama,
Don't tell your daddy,
Baby, let's just go.
The only escaping, the only salvation
Is a long dark road

You're bitin' your lip girl,
You're tight as a fist girl,
We'll be all right
Once we're over the hot sand,
Out of the badlands, into the night.

Don't trust the teachers,
Don't trust the preachers
That the world is round
We'll find out for ourselves,
Once we break past the shell on the edge of this town

I got some twenties and tens
In a Maxwell House can with the lid on tight,
To get us over the hot sand,
Out of the badlands, into the night.

Oh,
There's a billion little stars,
Oh,
Let's pick out which one is ours
Oh,
Girl, I need you by my side,
To get over the hot sand,
Out of the badlands, into the night.

Baby you'd better
Get jeans and a sweater
If the air gets cold
'Cause we been dreaming bout breaking out,
Running away, since seven years old

And it won't be as hard
Once the fence in our yard
Disappears out of sight

When we're over the hot sand,
Out of the badlands, into the night.

Oh,
There's a billion little stars,
Oh,
Let's pick out which one is ours
Oh,
Girl, I need you by my side,
To get over the hot sand,
Out of the badlands, into the night.
To get over the hot sand,
Out of the badlands, into the night.

Chasing Twisters (EP Version) lyrics - Delta Rae

I was born with lightning in my heels
Sewed a spur onto my ankle
Bitter horse under the steel
And I lost hope when I was still so young
Had an angel on my shoulder
But the devil always won

And oh, I lost it all when I got hurt
And I can feel you even now
Breakin' horses in the sky
I can taste you in my rage
And in the sweat upon my brow

And I went home,
Chasing twisters in the canyon
My cathedral is the badlands
Dust and devils on my conscience
Come back to me darlin'

So kiss me now
This whiskey on my breath
Feel the lives that I have taken
What little soul that I have left
And oh, my god
I'll take you to the grave
The only love I've ever known
The only soul I've ever saved

And I went home,
Chasing twisters in the canyon
My cathedral is the badlands
Dust and devils on my conscience
Come back to me darlin'

And I've been waiting for so long now
I can feel you in the hollow
And every cloud on the horizon
Come back to me darlin'

Don't you know I dream about you?
Don't you know I dream about you?
Run, run
Don't you know I dream about you?
Run, run
Don't you know I dream about you?
Run, run
Don't you know I dream about you?

And I went home,
Chasing twisters in the canyon
My cathedral is the badlands
Dust and devils on my conscience
Come back to me darlin'

And I've been waiting for so long now
I can feel you in the hollow
And every cloud on the horizon
Come back to me darlin'

Come back to me darlin'
Come back to me darlin'