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True Story
02:51
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I’m named for platform shoes
my mother saw on my Aunt Nancy’s feet
oh, Bicentennial, we hope you’re ready for this baby’s dreams
(why would I lie to you?
ask anyone, they’ll say the story’s true)
I gave my heart away
at age thirteen, in my World History class
I know him to this day
he’s still a big part of my circus act
(now, would I lie to you?
ask anyone, they'll say the story’s true)
and it keeps going
I gave up on knowing
why I have to live a life that’s so fantastically outside
of what one thinks of as reality
I learned to play guitar
ten years before I learned to change the strings
I wished upon a star
and here I am surrounded by such things
I made by heart and hand
there’s a magic to “I think I can”
and it keeps going
I gave up on knowing
why I have to live a life that’s so fantastically outside
of what one thinks of as reality
I had a song to sing
I said, “make music with me," he said “no”
I put down everything
and wrote an album about letting go
now my heart is free,
and don't you know that man is loving me
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Younger All the Time
03:30
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somethin’ ‘bout your smile takes me down too far
I hover just above heartache; I know who you are
you love the blue, but I’m heading for the red
somewhere in-between, my world goes violet
I count on you, and you count me in
seems fair enough, I guess, but with you I never win
they say that in time, things all fall into line
but I am here, getting older, while you, (yeah you)
you’re just getting younger all the time
cuz in my eyes, you’ve got the world, you’ve got your girl,
and you’re on your way, from what I see
and through your eyes, I wonder, when you’re looking . . .
let me see those eyes, oh no, don’t you look that way at me
I know that in time, things all fall into line
but I am here, getting older, and you (yeah you),
you’re just getting younger all the time
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These Hands
03:09
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these hands may not look like much
ain’t got no Midas touch, but they are mine
these hands are a little rough
but they are soft enough to be fine
(maybe it’s more than I can take)
these hands sew a steady line
they learned to play in time, and they are strong
these hands never get a break
they’re working every day, and the days are getting long
(and maybe I want it all my way,
maybe I’ll get it all someday)
then nobody can take it from me
if I’m all that I ever need
I’m gonna make it, any way I can
I will get there
because of these two hands
these hands have my father’s shape
but in a different way, I have his lines
these hands hold my mother’s dreams
of who I’m gonna be
but, all in my own time
(maybe they were my dreams anyway)
and nobody can take it from me
if I’m all that I ever need
I’m gonna make it, any way I can
I will get there
because of these two hands
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Strong as You Think
03:43
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how could I forget to tell you that I’m proud of you?
oh, you know how I get, I only want the world, it’s true
I’m not as strong as you think; I’m stronger
if love is forever and a day, I’ll love you longer
if you should ever lose your way, I’ll try harder
I’m not as strong as you think; I’m stronger
the rest is out of reach, so rest your pretty head
the more you try to figure out, the less you get to know instead
and we are just fine, you are always on my mind
and please, just know this, ‘til the end of time
I’m not as strong as you think; I’m stronger
if love is forever and a day, I’ll love you longer
if you should ever lose your way, I’ll try harder
cuz, I’m not as strong as you think; I’m stronger
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Say You'll Stay
03:31
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maybe we can find the time
to ask ourselves the reason why
answers are so hard to find
behind the static of our minds
a circumstance should not define
your definition of the time
the colors fade and turn to white
like a moon that hides on a cloudy night
now, I will make this right
though we know I did it wrong
but, we’ll always live inside this song
thinking back, I almost cry
at the times I chose to run and hide
cuz, when you choose to not decide
we sell our choices to spite our pride
time will tell what was wrong and right
just let me walk into the night
you can’t tell me what’s wrong and right
this is lonely, this is mine
now, I will make it right
though we know I did it wrong
but, we’ll always live inside this song
now, I will make this right
though the road, it seems so long
just say that you’ll stay until I’m gone
until I’m gone
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Northern Star
05:01
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it’s a long way back to that town of yours
on the open road from Tennessee
eighteen hours and every mile makes me sad
Roanoke doesn’t know me, but I pass her by every month
when I’m dragging myself back to you
there are times when I can’t get nothin’ done
you’re the only one I want to see
and the crimes that I commit to myself are the ones
that keep me from being free
I just want some peace in life
Lord, I’m ready, rain it down on me
cuz I’m dragging myself through for you
yeah you, you may be the younger
you may be the kid
you may be in trouble
but, honey, I don’t care about what you did
you just remember who you really are
you are your only sister’s Northern star
I’ll be waiting for you down in Nashville
I guess it’s really not that far
New York is on the way
my old friends are there, but I can’t stay
it just reminds me of all that time, when I let my heart get left behind
it’s crazy how the time can pass
and how the sweeter days go by so fast
I have to find my way back to me, for you
cuz you, you may be the younger
you may be the kid
you may be in trouble
but, honey, I don’t care about what you did
you just remember who you really are
you are your only sister’s Northern star
I’ll be waiting for you down in Nashville
I guess it’s really not that far
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Brand New Lie
02:29
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I’m out of my favorite fold
I’m a page still turning, a baby learning to crawl
and this yellow brick road, it feels long and dirty
I’m way past the 4 a.m. call
this doesn’t feel like home
oh no, this doesn’t feel like home at all
I don’t feel like myself
but, they can’t tell I’m being someone else
this body is all that I own
and it fails me daily, and your good thoughts can’t save me
part of the problem, I am told
is my want for something I saw in some movie
but I, I drove a thousand miles
yeah, I drove a thousand miles, to build a brand new lie
I built a brand new lie
I don’t feel like myself
but they can’t tell I’m being someone else
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Easy Now
01:52
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good morning, E blues
I’m doing alright without you
hope you don’t mind standing
but, you must understand that
I know you’re not leaving
I can’t pay for your stay
you can take it or leave it
but, you better believe it
easy now, don’t be in no hurry
easy now, don’t make me worry
just you-and-me blues
far back as I remember
wouldn’t know what to do
it seems empty without you
let me hold onto
this good thing I’ve got going
oh, we all know it won’t last
and it’s slipping by so fast
easy now, don’t be in no hurry
easy now, don’t make me worry
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It Would Be So Easy
03:15
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it would be so easy to love you again
it would be so easy to be so much more than a friend
time hasn’t changed a thing
you still make those love bells ring
it would be so easy to love you again
it would be so easy to show you right now
it would be so easy to tell you that I remember how to
let my love surround you
let my love astound you, darling cuz,
it would be so easy to love you again
lettin’ you go the first time was my biggest mistake
oh, but if I get another chance to love you
if I get another chance to love you
baby, it’s a chance, I might have to take it
it would be so easy to follow you there
it would be so easy to show you how much I still care
I never have understood
how I turned and I walked away from love so good
it would be so easy to love you again
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Florida Birds
04:35
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I’ve been holding in favor of doing it all alone
I’ve been wasting my labor on building pride
the winds that blow from the Southeast,
connect to something in my soul
they say, “let it all go now, come on, child...
it’s a miracle to be alive”
I want to swim free in the same old water
I want to sit still under the same old sun
I want to love strong as the same old daughter
I want to lie down when the day is done
oh, I hear the Florida birds calling me home
I’ve been loving in patterns, with dotted lines for where to cut
making stories into fabrics I combine
and you might say that it don’t matter,
but, my sweet love, it really does
wait 'til you end up with the wrong heart, just the wrong size
it’s a miracle that we still try
I want to swim free in the same old water
I want to sit still under the same old sun
I want to love strong as the same old daughter
I want to lie down when the day is done
oh, I hear the Florida birds calling me home
outside my window, are the sounds of where I’m from
every morning, they still come
oh, how do we grow old, and still get broken down to tears
by the sounds of all those years ago?
maybe it’s been too long now, I’ve been gone and on my own
I’ll be flying by nightfall…
I’m going home
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Little Bit of Rain
02:25
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if I should leave you
try to remember the good times
warm days filled with sunshine
and just a little bit of rain
and if you look back
try to forget the bad times
lonely blue and sad times
and just a little bit of rain
and if I look back
I will remember all the good times
warm days filled with sunshine
and just a little bit of rain
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12. |
Something You Don't Know
04:15
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coming up faster than the light of dawn
waiting on chances 'til they’re almost gone
if you lose out
you won’t prove that you were right
closing the house down where you don’t live
making a list of loves that you won’t give
but the words you write out
still don’t change that you never tried
say goodnight to every tired day
say goodbye to all your tired ways
it’s come time now, for you to finally say
hello, to something you don’t know
you were a child once, but now you’re grown
out in the big big world, kids of your own
you can hide out
but you will find that you’re all alone
say goodnight to every tired day
say goodbye to all your tired ways
it’s come time now, for you to finally say
hello, to something you don’t know
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Buick Audra Nashville, Tennessee
Buick Audra is a Grammy-award-winning musician and writer living in Nashville, TN. She is the guitarist and primary songwriter and vocalist in the melodic heavy duo, Friendship Commanders. Her new album and corresponding memoir, Conversations with My Other Voice, were released on September 23rd, 2022. ... more
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