::in need of shelter:: (Nov. 2005)
music and lyrics by Reese Neal
all the sounds of the night put together just right
would make such a beautiful song
trouble is I can’t pretend to know the night’s intentions
not to mention that when morning comes the melody is gone
lines of cars on the road wait for green then they go
some running away, some coming home
some don’t even know enough to know
that they don’t know
that we are all in need of shelter
from the howling beasts that lurk in shadows
and we’re all searching for someone to save us
look no further, you’ll find all you need
in the loving arms of the Shepherd
whisper words in the air my attempt at a prayer
desperation drives as I hold on
trouble is, I can’t depend on my sense of direction
not to mention that when morning comes the damage has been done
when strong winds of change blow and break out the windows
some spread their wings, some turn into stone
some don’t even know enough to know
and when you feel you can’t go on
when all else you’ve tried has failed you
when it seems all hope is gone
He’ll be there to lift your head
Rescue me, I’m in need of shelter
from the howling beasts that lurk in shadows
call my name and I will follow
lead me home
music and lyrics by Reese Neal
all the sounds of the night put together just right
would make such a beautiful song
trouble is I can’t pretend to know the night’s intentions
not to mention that when morning comes the melody is gone
lines of cars on the road wait for green then they go
some running away, some coming home
some don’t even know enough to know
that they don’t know
that we are all in need of shelter
from the howling beasts that lurk in shadows
and we’re all searching for someone to save us
look no further, you’ll find all you need
in the loving arms of the Shepherd
whisper words in the air my attempt at a prayer
desperation drives as I hold on
trouble is, I can’t depend on my sense of direction
not to mention that when morning comes the damage has been done
when strong winds of change blow and break out the windows
some spread their wings, some turn into stone
some don’t even know enough to know
and when you feel you can’t go on
when all else you’ve tried has failed you
when it seems all hope is gone
He’ll be there to lift your head
Rescue me, I’m in need of shelter
from the howling beasts that lurk in shadows
call my name and I will follow
lead me home
::drawings you did:: (2005)
music and lyrics by Reese Neal
I found some drawings you did when you were just a little kid
I like the one with the frowny face that one in ink that you tried to erase
you sang a sad song back then
you were a sad song back when
you moved to memphis, tennessee
from there to florida, miami
but you didn’t stay long ‘fore you came back home
you were waiting to breathe
you were learning to see
the world through your own big brown eyes
turning to stone at sunrise
waiting for you, standing in the light
you stepped inside, out of the night
hand in hand to a holy place
we said goodbye to your frowny face
music and lyrics by Reese Neal
I found some drawings you did when you were just a little kid
I like the one with the frowny face that one in ink that you tried to erase
you sang a sad song back then
you were a sad song back when
you moved to memphis, tennessee
from there to florida, miami
but you didn’t stay long ‘fore you came back home
you were waiting to breathe
you were learning to see
the world through your own big brown eyes
turning to stone at sunrise
waiting for you, standing in the light
you stepped inside, out of the night
hand in hand to a holy place
we said goodbye to your frowny face
::what a ride*:: (Oct. 2005)
music by reese neal
*lyrics by reese and christina neal
listen, can you hear tomorrow?
I can almost taste it in the rain
when we laugh like in the movies
throw our heads back all the way
baby, you’re taking me far away
what a ride
tonight the sky has opened up and swallowed us inside
so sing to me, darling, of summer through children’s eyes
the light outside has broken
oh, what a ride
yesterday, do you remember?
filling jars with fireflies
and big blackberries in a bucket
and you and your eyes
when we ran, holding hands,
in the dark, through the trees, in my backyard,
diving into piles of leaves,
laughing just like in the movies
with our heads back all the way
music by reese neal
*lyrics by reese and christina neal
listen, can you hear tomorrow?
I can almost taste it in the rain
when we laugh like in the movies
throw our heads back all the way
baby, you’re taking me far away
what a ride
tonight the sky has opened up and swallowed us inside
so sing to me, darling, of summer through children’s eyes
the light outside has broken
oh, what a ride
yesterday, do you remember?
filling jars with fireflies
and big blackberries in a bucket
and you and your eyes
when we ran, holding hands,
in the dark, through the trees, in my backyard,
diving into piles of leaves,
laughing just like in the movies
with our heads back all the way
::sleepless moon:: (2005)
music and lyrics by reese neal
come home soon ‘cause baby I’m dyin’
to tell you the truth, I wish that I was lyin’
next to you, miles away under cover of a sleepless moon
look at the way the butterfly bends
in sweet surrender, taken by the wind
could it have been any stranger than this?
carbon copies of the door to your room
carbon copies of your kiss
miles away under cover of a sleepless moon
music and lyrics by reese neal
come home soon ‘cause baby I’m dyin’
to tell you the truth, I wish that I was lyin’
next to you, miles away under cover of a sleepless moon
look at the way the butterfly bends
in sweet surrender, taken by the wind
could it have been any stranger than this?
carbon copies of the door to your room
carbon copies of your kiss
miles away under cover of a sleepless moon
::out of reach (the empty song):: (2005)
music and lyrics by reese neal
empty room, empty chair, empty-sounding, empty air
empty pockets, empty hands, empty-headed, unaware
uninvited, underground, underneath and upside-down
under your breath, under my skin, words you spoke come creepin’ in
you said follow me and I fell for you
falling the wrong way down a one way avenue
don’t say a word, tell me what you hear
has it, tell me, has it ever been so clear?
deal ‘em down, place your bets, call your bluff, don’t fold yet
I got somethin’ up my sleeve, up for grabs but out of reach
a thousand voices whispering my name
I laugh out loud and shuffle by them in the rain
it’s understood, I understand,
I’m standing outside again
it’s understood, I understand
I’m standing under a sky that hurts my hands
I’m standing here, broken as bones
shattered like glass, light shines my mouth to stone
I’m standing here, you’re inside
this pane of glass is where our worlds collide
music and lyrics by reese neal
empty room, empty chair, empty-sounding, empty air
empty pockets, empty hands, empty-headed, unaware
uninvited, underground, underneath and upside-down
under your breath, under my skin, words you spoke come creepin’ in
you said follow me and I fell for you
falling the wrong way down a one way avenue
don’t say a word, tell me what you hear
has it, tell me, has it ever been so clear?
deal ‘em down, place your bets, call your bluff, don’t fold yet
I got somethin’ up my sleeve, up for grabs but out of reach
a thousand voices whispering my name
I laugh out loud and shuffle by them in the rain
it’s understood, I understand,
I’m standing outside again
it’s understood, I understand
I’m standing under a sky that hurts my hands
I’m standing here, broken as bones
shattered like glass, light shines my mouth to stone
I’m standing here, you’re inside
this pane of glass is where our worlds collide
::traces of me:: (Oct. 2005)
music and lyrics by reese neal
bring your troubles here to me
I’ll take them all away
lay your weary head here next to mine
and rest a little while, stay
it won’t be long now
until you’re whole again
you’ll awake in the morning
all around, you’ll see
traces of me
footprints linger in the sand
‘til the waves steal them away
gray skies don’t stand a chance
when I whisper the words of the song, when I sing and you dance
it won’t be long now
music and lyrics by reese neal
bring your troubles here to me
I’ll take them all away
lay your weary head here next to mine
and rest a little while, stay
it won’t be long now
until you’re whole again
you’ll awake in the morning
all around, you’ll see
traces of me
footprints linger in the sand
‘til the waves steal them away
gray skies don’t stand a chance
when I whisper the words of the song, when I sing and you dance
it won’t be long now
::hurt you:: (Jan. 2001)
music and lyrics by reese neal
we’ve shared so much time, and I hope you know me well
enough to know that I would never want to hurt you
but we can’t both be right, and I know that you’re in doubt
I wonder when you’ll find what this is all about
I don’t wanna do now what I don’t wanna do now
I don’t want to hurt you
I don’t wanna do now what I don’t wanna do now
I don’t want to lose you
and I don’t wanna hurt you
but it isn’t enough to be together and in love
‘cause what we really need can be found in only One
music and lyrics by reese neal
we’ve shared so much time, and I hope you know me well
enough to know that I would never want to hurt you
but we can’t both be right, and I know that you’re in doubt
I wonder when you’ll find what this is all about
I don’t wanna do now what I don’t wanna do now
I don’t want to hurt you
I don’t wanna do now what I don’t wanna do now
I don’t want to lose you
and I don’t wanna hurt you
but it isn’t enough to be together and in love
‘cause what we really need can be found in only One
::so easy:: (2004)
music and lyrics by reese neal
things are lookin’ up
for once my troubles seem so far away (at least for a little while)
it’s been so long since I’ve had cause to smile
then you showed up and made it so easy
now I’m in love, you made it so easy
you know it’s all your fault,
but if you don’t mind, I’m willing to share the blame
I wasn’t gonna speak
but words were lining up
ready to jump from the tip of my tongue
I was holding back, but my big mouth had the sense to disobey
but words were lining up
when you showed up and made it so easy
now I’m in love, you made it so easy
so easy to laugh, so easy to try, so easy to dance, so easy to smile
so easy to breathe, so easy to give, so easy to love, so easy to live
when you showed up and made it so easy
now I’m in love, you made it so easy
music and lyrics by reese neal
things are lookin’ up
for once my troubles seem so far away (at least for a little while)
it’s been so long since I’ve had cause to smile
then you showed up and made it so easy
now I’m in love, you made it so easy
you know it’s all your fault,
but if you don’t mind, I’m willing to share the blame
I wasn’t gonna speak
but words were lining up
ready to jump from the tip of my tongue
I was holding back, but my big mouth had the sense to disobey
but words were lining up
when you showed up and made it so easy
now I’m in love, you made it so easy
so easy to laugh, so easy to try, so easy to dance, so easy to smile
so easy to breathe, so easy to give, so easy to love, so easy to live
when you showed up and made it so easy
now I’m in love, you made it so easy
::sea of anonymity:: (Oct. 2005)
music and lyrics by reese neal
can you keep a secret?
promise not to tell?
hide it in your pocket
lock it in a cell
whisper words to no one
don’t let them breathe the air
be careful when you smile
so they don’t know it’s there
she wears a plastic face for just in case someone would see
that there’s a trace of something wasted waiting to be tasted
but I don’t buy into the lies she sells herself
when she tries to hide disguised as someone that she so despises
when he was king of high school city
and she was queen of the pretty committee
makin’ the rules up as they go
playin’ it cool like nobody knows
I wish I could be like that
I only have to change a little
and we all pretend we can swim
but we’re drowning
in a sea of anonymity
we all pretend, we dive right in
we’re all drownin’ in the shallow end
we all pretend, we dive right in
we’re all drownin’ in a sea
of anonymity
music and lyrics by reese neal
can you keep a secret?
promise not to tell?
hide it in your pocket
lock it in a cell
whisper words to no one
don’t let them breathe the air
be careful when you smile
so they don’t know it’s there
she wears a plastic face for just in case someone would see
that there’s a trace of something wasted waiting to be tasted
but I don’t buy into the lies she sells herself
when she tries to hide disguised as someone that she so despises
when he was king of high school city
and she was queen of the pretty committee
makin’ the rules up as they go
playin’ it cool like nobody knows
I wish I could be like that
I only have to change a little
and we all pretend we can swim
but we’re drowning
in a sea of anonymity
we all pretend, we dive right in
we’re all drownin’ in the shallow end
we all pretend, we dive right in
we’re all drownin’ in a sea
of anonymity
::show me:: (2005)
music and lyrics by reese neal
remind me how to sing when the birds forget
remind me of the things that I don’t know yet
tell me how to lose the loneliness
tell me again, I forgot, I guess
I’m not alone
show me what to do when the tears won’t stop
show me what to do when bottom drops (all the way out)
help me put it back together when it falls apart
help me fix the broken-record rhythm of a bleedin’ heart
tell me what to say when the words won’t come
tell me what to say when they don’t mean enough
show me how to love when it gets too tough
show me how to give when there’s not enough to go around
nothing I see looks like anything to me
somebody please show me something
show something to me, show me anything
show me everything you are, looks like everything to me
and everything to me, looks like you,
looks like me, likin’ what I see
and everything to me, looks like you,
it looks like you used to be
music and lyrics by reese neal
remind me how to sing when the birds forget
remind me of the things that I don’t know yet
tell me how to lose the loneliness
tell me again, I forgot, I guess
I’m not alone
show me what to do when the tears won’t stop
show me what to do when bottom drops (all the way out)
help me put it back together when it falls apart
help me fix the broken-record rhythm of a bleedin’ heart
tell me what to say when the words won’t come
tell me what to say when they don’t mean enough
show me how to love when it gets too tough
show me how to give when there’s not enough to go around
nothing I see looks like anything to me
somebody please show me something
show something to me, show me anything
show me everything you are, looks like everything to me
and everything to me, looks like you,
looks like me, likin’ what I see
and everything to me, looks like you,
it looks like you used to be
::when you go:: (Oct. 2005)
music and lyrics by reese neal
outside all the leaves on the trees they are starting to let go
the wind comes around and sweet talks ‘em down
with whispers of words and songs of the birds
all the beautiful colors, so soon will they cover the ground
take me with you, I want to go
take me with you, don’t leave me alone
when I am with you, I am at home
so please take me with you when you go
outside all the leaves that once clung to the trees under sunshine
are scattered and cold, yes, the wind came along
and made them believe he’d given them wings
but those beautiful shades, look how they fade away
music and lyrics by reese neal
outside all the leaves on the trees they are starting to let go
the wind comes around and sweet talks ‘em down
with whispers of words and songs of the birds
all the beautiful colors, so soon will they cover the ground
take me with you, I want to go
take me with you, don’t leave me alone
when I am with you, I am at home
so please take me with you when you go
outside all the leaves that once clung to the trees under sunshine
are scattered and cold, yes, the wind came along
and made them believe he’d given them wings
but those beautiful shades, look how they fade away
| *bonus tracks |
*Miss Marionette (June 2005)
music and lyrics by reese neal
the way you look in the morning when you wake up
the way you open your lovely brown eyes so slowly
so natural with your crazy hair and no make up
so beautiful when the sun kisses you through the window
you look at me pull the string that makes me smile
like a puppet, I dance, oh, the way you move me
you’re shaking me, I’m breaking away, see, just like a real boy
miss Marionette, please be kind
the way you look when you tell me what’s on your mind
the way you open your mouth and the sound that comes out
so cleverly put together, you’re truly one of a kind
so heavenly the way you look when you’re laughing
you turn to me pull the string that makes me say
“I love you, baby, oh, and I just can’t help it.”
you’re shaking me, I’m breaking away, see, just like a man
miss Marionette, take ahold of my hand
'cause you're my better half, with strings attached
the way you dance, the way you move me, way I'm lovin' you
so hang on, love
the way you paint pretty pictures and take photographs
the way you take off your shoes, the way you wear that red dress
so irresistible at home in the country, girl / Such a sweet little thing / You
got me hangin’ on every word you say / You got me tappin’ my toes, you
got me out on the stage / You’re shakin’ me, I’m breakin’ away, see, just
look at us
now / Yeah, just look at us now, Miss Marionette
music and lyrics by reese neal
the way you look in the morning when you wake up
the way you open your lovely brown eyes so slowly
so natural with your crazy hair and no make up
so beautiful when the sun kisses you through the window
you look at me pull the string that makes me smile
like a puppet, I dance, oh, the way you move me
you’re shaking me, I’m breaking away, see, just like a real boy
miss Marionette, please be kind
the way you look when you tell me what’s on your mind
the way you open your mouth and the sound that comes out
so cleverly put together, you’re truly one of a kind
so heavenly the way you look when you’re laughing
you turn to me pull the string that makes me say
“I love you, baby, oh, and I just can’t help it.”
you’re shaking me, I’m breaking away, see, just like a man
miss Marionette, take ahold of my hand
'cause you're my better half, with strings attached
the way you dance, the way you move me, way I'm lovin' you
so hang on, love
the way you paint pretty pictures and take photographs
the way you take off your shoes, the way you wear that red dress
so irresistible at home in the country, girl / Such a sweet little thing / You
got me hangin’ on every word you say / You got me tappin’ my toes, you
got me out on the stage / You’re shakin’ me, I’m breakin’ away, see, just
look at us
now / Yeah, just look at us now, Miss Marionette
*cold bed (2002)
music and lyrics by reese neal
I don’t wanna go home now, but it’s so late
I can’t wait to get my hands on the days
when I don’t have to go home when it’s so late
I’ll just crawl in our bed beside you, kiss your forehead
run my hands through your hair, whisper softly in your ear
close my eyes, and I’ll hold you ‘till morning
but until that night, I’m not gonna fight it
I’m just gonna drive this road again
home to my cold bed
music and lyrics by reese neal
I don’t wanna go home now, but it’s so late
I can’t wait to get my hands on the days
when I don’t have to go home when it’s so late
I’ll just crawl in our bed beside you, kiss your forehead
run my hands through your hair, whisper softly in your ear
close my eyes, and I’ll hold you ‘till morning
but until that night, I’m not gonna fight it
I’m just gonna drive this road again
home to my cold bed
| © 2006 Reese Neal. All rights reserved. |
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2. drawings you did
4. sleepless moon
5. out of reach
6. traces of me
7. hurt you
8. so easy
9. sea of anonymity
10. show me
11. when you go
12. *miss marionette
13. *cold bed)
*bonus tracks
4. sleepless moon
5. out of reach
6. traces of me
7. hurt you
8. so easy
9. sea of anonymity
10. show me
11. when you go
12. *miss marionette
13. *cold bed)
*bonus tracks