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Whistle Blower
03:34
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So, I find myself walking down the street
I never know who I am going meet
Looking up at the people staring loud
Wishing they’d keep their whistleblowing down, down, down, down, down…
Who am I to you
What makes you think you can talk the way you do
And who are you, anyway
I wanna hide my face
From the voices shouting all around
Sometimes I just wanna fall to the ground
And shield my eyes from this disguise
And blow away
So, you find yourself waking in the night
Your dreams are telling me you’re not alright
There’s alarm bells ringing everywhere
But you can’t hear a thing except the sound, sound, sound, sound, sound…of me asking
Who am I to you...
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2. |
Forever Love
03:29
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Oh, what we got is a love so strong
I thank God every day, that you came along
And I don’t know who I was before
You came walking thru my door
You’re the reason I keep getting up each day
You’re the reason I’m singing this song
You’re the reason I live for each morning and night
You bring me into the light
Across the sky and over the moon
Yeah, I really fell in love with you
You looked over and won my heart
Nothing will ever keep us apart
Now, you’ll be a father
And I’ll be a mother
We’re jumping over the cliff, reaching stars
And crossing our hearts
This FOREVER LOVE it came our way
This Forever Love will never, ever betray
This Forever Love is here to stay
It’s never going away
I fell
I really fell in love with you
Nothing will ever keep us apart
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3. |
Runaway
02:19
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She’s my little runaway, come seeking fortune and fame
From the darkness she rides these feelings inside you can’t explain
Over in the corner you wait for her
You don’t understand her but you know that it’s all absurd
And, if you hear my little runaway, whisper come catch me if you can
She’s diamond rings and finer things, she’s stylish, she’s always in demand
You’re shaking now, you’re worried
You’ll no longer make that scene
Everything you wanted is breaking at the seams
What’s left of tomorrow, a projection on a screen
There’s ONE more future,
Now, hear them laugh, hear them laughing…
Yeah, you win
If you see my little runaway I need her back every night
We were once together and now she doesn’t even spend the night
I need a fix from you once in awhile
When I need someone, I can call you my child
I wish that I was never in denial
I’ll put you back, I’ll put you back but that never happened now,
It’s gone
Yeah, it’s gone
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High heels in hiding
Eyeshadow dancing in dark places
Who’s gonna tell us what it means?
Maybe she won’t come back out to play
There’s something wrong with this picture
There’s something wrong
There’s something wrong with this picture
Was what you said for real?
My head was spinning from the ecstasy
I was feeling you I saw her too
When I awoke the next day
You looked the same as you always do
I went about my business til the thick haze it clouded my brain…
Who’s gonna tell us what it means and just how far will it
Go, I don’t know, I don’t know
Did he really mean what he said…yesterday
There’s something wrong with this picture
I think I knew she was coming someday soon
Who are you now, and who does that make me?
Somewhere deep down inside
I’m not all that surprised, anyway
There’s something wrong with this picture
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5. |
Like Lions
02:51
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Remember how we ruled the world
You and I ran free
Just you and me, you and me
Yeah, remember how we roared like lions
The world was ours to see
Just you and me. Two roaming freaks
Yeah, we’re living in a complicated mess
We’re just trying to make the best of it
Remember how we ruled the world
Crazy tho it seems,
You still want me. Do you still want me?
Now, we’re caged in a world of hurt
Telling all our friends
You aren’t a He, you’re just a She
Well, we’re living in a complicated mess
I’m trying to make the best of it
It’s still you and me
It’s different so we’ll see
You know we’re not as free as we were
It’s a big world
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6. |
Give It To Me Straight
03:57
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Cramped and crowded in a falling down shack
Or living like a king and a queen in a palace made for three
The way I saw it yesterday ain’t the way I see it today
Sometimes I can’t believe I’m still just sitting in this place
Give it to me straight
Am I falling apart
Or have I picked up the pieces
Met some folks who measured life by what a person lacks
But I get more when I stand tall and take my power back
Rescue me from towers high I’ve got so much more to give
I’ll let my hair down waiting for my riches to come in some day
Give it to me straight
Am I falling apart
Or have I picked up the pieces again?
Give it to me straight
From the heart
I’ve got a story to tell
Pay to pave my way
By hitting the keys
Good intentions are my best friend
That’s how it works you’ll see
If you only believe
Manifest your destiny…
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7. |
Cannonball
03:39
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Like a cannonball
Under water, in control
Like a cannonball
In the water, nothing to hold
Like a cannonball
Running faster, all alone
Like a cannonball,
Near disaster, stole my hope
Like a cannonball,
All the answers, I don’t know
Like a cannonball
Flying past her, nothing to hold
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8. |
This Might Be The End
03:57
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You’ve been my friend so many years I can’t pretend
And I didn’t know where you left off and I began
I didn’t notice that the space inside had changed
You’re needing something now that I might not be able to give
Behind your eyes…you’re still alive
When you touch me you feel the same damn way you always have
But I open my eyes and see a different kind of man
You’re stripping away the things I love they’re dead and gone
But you’re still alive and I’m confused about which way I should run
Cause behind your eyes… you’re still alive
We cannot pretend
This might be the end
I’m holding on to the space between the lies, the truth
This life I want to defend
The more you become you, means I lose me
And we just fade away
We cannot pretend
This might be the end
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9. |
This Picture
03:00
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For so long these walls were caving in on me every day
Could better times be here, be here to stay?
In your sweet eyes I-wanna-see the answer to everything
Your light inside’s so bright, why can’t I see?
I just don’t know, I don’t know how to love you anymore
I don’t know how to adore you anymore
I really wanna hold your hand
I want to understand
Will we be together my friend until the end?
There’s something wrong with this picture
Oh, together my friend until the end
There might be something wrong with this picture
I could walk away, well that’d be crazy
Walking away’d be crazier than simply staying
We can put our pieces back together
Cause, you’re the only one I want to need
I’m not afraid…We cannot pretend
I’m not afraid…This might be the end
I’m holding on to all our dreams
I think I understand
Is there something wrong with this picture?
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10. |
The Secret
03:30
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Here we are where love is it at home
Where we connect, without exteriors – in our bones
Even though we stare in this mirror – an image of us
Might fade into dust out where we settle
Back in the warmth of our embrace
Our love might leave a trace of who we are
…or who we’ve always been
You might look different now but through this lens
The feelings stay the same -- this secret in you
Revealed the secret in us we cannot hide, and what
We share behind closed doors, our real closet
The walls of our home
Staring back at each other
Daring us to be together
Celebrating the real you
Coming out into the light…the light
Your secret is why you’re so alive
This is what we do now, over and over
Again and again, make no mistake
Our truth, it’s me and you again
It’s the only answer we’re able to give
…This is how we live
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11. |
A Girl Like You
03:46
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I used to know a girl that looks like you
She bought herself a guitar, she could get in tune
She was labeled dangerous and a bit confused
With her lipstick and her best high heel shoes
She was always happier when she sang the blues
I used to know a girl that looks like you
The real boys would welcome her home from school
They headed down and taught her a lesson or two
About what the real world thinks of you
Get up, get up, take it like a man
I wasn’t happy, I was wrong not to tell you then
I wasn’t happy, I was wrong not to tell you
I wasn’t happy, I was wrong not to tell you then
I wasn't happy
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12. |
Over The Marionette
04:30
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Over the marionette
Who’s over the marionette
Who’s pulling the strings
Over the marionette
Who’s over the marionette
The essence of her is bleeding
It’s thick
Bleeding. It’s thick
Bleeding…
To know her, is to see her. To release her. To feel. To free her
Over the marionette
Over the marionette
Who’s pulling the strings
Who’s making her tick
Bleeding…it’s thick
Your mom doesn’t mind, you put on a dress
Decorate yourself the way you see fit
It’s time to break out, express yourself
Take a deep breathe and decide to just pull off
That tight, tight net
To know her, is to see her. To release her. To feel. To free her
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13. |
The Reins
03:47
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You came along one day and surprised me
And I finally felt so alive
Now I know, the rules are changing
Nothing ever stays the same
And I know, I keep spinning in circles
Until you call my name
You tell me to let it go, take it easy
Like those birds above I should fly
But I know, letting go of the reins
Means rising above the pain
And I know, the future remains to be seen
But you’ll always be a part of me
You always said you wouldn’t hurt me
You never knew you would hurt me this way
And I don’t wanna desert you
So, I’ll hold on one more day
Yeah, your truth brought me so much pain
But yours might be greater than my own
So now it’s got to be my back
That goes up against the wall
It’s like I’m spinning in circles
Oh…then you call my name
And I don’t want you to worry
So, I’m giving you the reins….
Oh, we might be living on borrowed time
But for now, you’re all mine…
You’re still all mine, all mine, all mine, all mine, all mine
You came along one day and surprised me
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14. |
The Laws Of Attraction
01:52
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Didn’t see you coming
I didn’t know that I was waiting for you
You and me we played pretend
I didn’t realize I’d feel so much older
I turn around and begin again
And I’m so much older than you my friend
You were the perfect distraction, a decent escape
The laws of attraction, the name of our game
We broke all the rules and left me here to savor
Each move that we made, in our make-believe game
In this game that we played
Meeting you was just fate
Didn’t see you coming
I didn’t know that I was waiting for you
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15. |
I Found You Again
04:25
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He helped me open my eyes
I flashbacked to simpler times
I could breathe and feel alive
Unencumbered, remembering what is mine
I found you again, in a stranger’s face
And he showed me the way, back to your embrace
Time has a way of erasing
Something good, so why not replace it with
Togetherness, facing tides
Riding waves of how much I love you and why
I found you again, in a stranger’s face
And he showed me the way, back to your embrace
And I remembered who I was, and who we once were together
That our love is still as strong, just battered by the weather
I got lost along the way,
But I realize now, it’s a brand, new day
Yeah, that spark is still there
The fire we ignited is everywhere
This fire we ignited
I found you again, in a stranger’s face
And he showed me the way, back to your embrace
And I remembered who I was, and who we once were together
That our love is still as strong,
Our love is still as strong,
Our love is still as strong, just battered by the weather
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16. |
The Real Thing
05:12
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You just wanted to be friends, until the bitter end
You just wanted to be loved, oh if we had only known
That you always felt this way, even though you didn’t say
I can feel the real you, it was that something inside wasn’t
It took awhile to accept, and time for you to act
I lost the man I used to know, inside a woman that I don’t
And all the people that we know, they’re waiting for you to grow
To be the girl you wanna be, it didn’t come for free
You’re here, you feel, the real thing
She’s here, you see, the real thing
Now where you gonna go, with your dress solo
Shining all your pretty lights, a side of you, you used to hide
And, as to what the neighbors say, as they watch you walk away
I want them all to understand, I still love you the same and…
You’re here (you’re here), you feel (you feel), the real thing (real thing)
She’s here, you see, the real thing
My happy ever afters with you
And I don’t care if anybody asks me to prove
Cause you are the only one who always has my back
Without you I’d lose everything that I am
I am…I am
Oh, everything I am…I am
She’s here, you see, the real thing
She’s here, with me, the real thing
The real thing
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Jen Ayers Seattle, Washington
Jen Ayers is an award-winning vocal dynamo, pianist, songwriter and recording artist. The former Honey Tongue frontwoman and frequent Teatro ZinZanni singer follows up her debut album “Every Day Is A Parade” with “SHe Said” - a double concept album and theatrical production about gender identity and transition. Jen’s electric stage persona meets intimate musical storytelling with circus flair. ... more
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