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Small World For Left Hands
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
My heart hasn’t broken in years
It’s nice to know that it still can feel
Even though it’s in pain
At least it’s real
No one can script the plot of one’s life
So many turns and twists
It makes my head spin until I realize
Somehow things will be fine
I turned left
When I should have turned right
Bittersweet victory and heartache
Can’t reconcile the conflict in my head
Smiling while wallowing
Wish I could take it back
Take all of it back
But I turned left
When I should have turned right
I left
Before you could make things right
Can’t believe I watched silently for years
Ignored all the signs
Masking all my fears
I thought you could read my mind
Read my mind
The truth behind my eyes
But I turned left
I turned left
When you turned right
Turned right
Maybe next life
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Time Or Place
03:40
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Time Or Place
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
If you should go before I wake
I wish I would have told you
That with the start of each new day
I can’t imagine a day without you
If I could only find the strength
Instead I wrap my arms around you
And this might not be the right time or place
These are the words I want to tell you
You are the one
Who can see beyond me
You are the one
Who satisfies my longing
And the moon is as full
As my second glass of wine
You sleep while I wait
For daybreak
And then I hope to tell you
You are the one
Who can see beyond me (If I could only find the strength)
You are the one
Who satisfies my longing (Instead I wrap my arms around you)
You are the one
Who I’ll always turn to (This might not be the right time or place)
You are the one
I want to spend my life with
And the night turns into day
But my eyes they finally slumber
And maybe one day I’ll find the way
Whisper the words that I should say
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Ugly
02:56
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Ugly
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
How much hotter
Can one night get
Drunken love
Curled up on the bed
And your bags and your bags
Are stuffed with two years of regret
I just lay here
Filled with confusion and lament
How many times
Must you define
The places we both come from
If I could braid time
Extinguish the line
And overlap the moment
Maybe then it would all be worth it
Maybe then our fragments would make a whole
But they don’t make a whole
Oh no
Cuz somethings are better left undone
And somethings need not be touched
We still have
Pockets full of promise
The moments still upon us
And my tears are replaced with my sweat
Cuz I pushed the boundaries of beauty
Until ugly
Was all I could see
Between you and me
We’ve got the pockets full of promise
The moments still upon us
And my tears are replaced with my sweat
So I’ll quietly let the moment pass
Because too much has happened
For me to rely upon us.
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4. |
Not That Day
02:46
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Not That Day
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
One day someone will love you
Be enamored by every move
Hang on every word you say
Force the world to see things your way
One day someone will care for you
Feel your happiness
Share your blues
Make the serious tongue and cheek
Pick you up when you’re down and weak
But today
Is not that day
It’s not that day
And it’s true that life’s a bit tougher as one
And they say that once you stop looking
That’s when the magic seems to come
One day someone will see your face
And know that their life will never be the same
Oh, trips to the store
No longer be mundane
Making everyday
As romantic as rain
But today
Is not that day
It’s not that day
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Other Side
03:13
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Other Side
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
And the morning sky is gray
On the other side
Opens her mail with just one name
And puts it by her side
She still makes breakfast for two
And waits to join the other side
Oh, she is just counting down the days
She spent 50 years with you
Laid down right by your side
Some of the best nights and days with you
All right by your side
And it was bound to be that you would leave her to survive
She carried the weight for two
Until she couldn’t look in your eyes
Oh, she is just counting down the days
She remembers in times like these
All the times you would fight
To make her feel better
And as you walk away
She knows you won’t be walking to far
In front of her now
And the days
They go on without you
And the loneliness accompanies her to bed
And at night
She will always speak your name
And the rain
It still falls without you
And the sunny moments
They pass right before her
She will always speak your name
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6. |
The
02:59
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The
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
Haven’t sat this still this long before
Waiting your response
That redeems my wrong
Simple for you
Is difficult for me
Feels like I’m learning to walk again
Would you dismiss a child
that stumbles their first steps
The closer you get
The further I’ll be
And I hide from myself
Scared to let anyone in
Let anyone really see
What it means to be me
And I lie to myself
Pretend that everything’s fine
And somehow you’ll forgive me
I’m useless to you
And it’s pointless for me
And if that one day was all that we had
It’s more than I’ve had in two years past
I’m wrapped up with you
And it’s all tangled up in me
And I say to myself
That I won’t love anyone else
Please don’t give up on me
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Suburbia
03:03
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Suburbia
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
I want to go two weeks without drinking
4th of July
Would be streamers and pig tails
I want lemonade
And brownies that don’t make me hallucinate
I want to go two weeks without drinking
I want an hour commute to my office
Fight the traffic
And spend 4 bucks a gallon in gas
TiVo my TV
Cuz my favorite shows are on kinda late
Wake up and 7 am and do it all again
Let’s all live in suburbia
I want to go move to suburbia
We should all live in suburbia
Cuz we would be so happy
That we’d want to be dead
I long to dine at
The finest chain restaurants
Strip malls, track housing
Would be the backdrop of my life
Standardize my coffee
Well I want no surprises
Tell me when it’s safe to walk
So there’s no more voices
In my head
I want to go two weeks without thinking
Buy a car
And feel the wind blow through my hair
I want to take the lift
I’m sick of all these G-d damned stairs
Long for the simple life with only corporate concerns
And superficial cares
Let’s all live in suburbia
I want to go move to suburbia
Living off the land (suburbia)
Frolic through the streets (suburbia)
There’s no finer place (suburbia)
It’s always 70 degrees (suburbia)
We should all live in suburbia
Cuz we would be so happy
That we’d want to be dead
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8. |
Country Song
04:08
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Country Song
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
So, you’re never going to leave her
You’re never going to say goodbye
And I walk
Down these crowded streets
Hoping for a chance meeting
Just to look in your eyes
Wondering if you think of me
Wondering if you still want me
Wondering should I
Put up a fight
All the days and all the nights
She spends lying by your side
Should it be me
You should be mine
And I said
So, you’re never going to leave her
You’re never going to say goodbye
And I, walk down these crowded streets
Hoping for a chance meeting
Just to look in your eyes
And now
All I have is our memory
Traces of our history
Accompany me
And with
Each passing day
Visions of us begin to fade
And I’m left to wonder why
And I said
So, you’re never going to leave her
You’re never going to say goodbye
And I, walk down these endless streets
Hoping for a chance meeting
Just to look in your eyes
One more time
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Four Walls
03:51
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Four Walls
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
Beside myself
Can’t live with myself
Frigid town
Snow filling
Thank you mom
For not hanging up
Trying to understand my distance
Never measuring up
To what you expected
These four walls
Built and rejected
I’ll find my way
I’ll find my way
Stumble upon the truth
What was needed today
Was said today
Resonates inside my beaten mind
Don’t disapprove of me
Now that I see
What I’ve come to be
Despite myself
Despite my upbringing
In a world so complicated
Why can’t you just see
My beauty
Restore my purity
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10. |
Cello Song
04:30
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Cello Song
Written, performed and co-produced by Melissa Moshé (ASCAP 2008).
Well I have watched this clock
Do its’ job for too many hours
And I can’t believe it’s 30° again
Another years here
The last came and went
And one day I’ll quit
And one day I won’t mind
And one day I’ll attempt to be normal
Now I’m marked up by time
All the years that have past me by
Lay permanently like bricks upon my back
I’ve tried
To make it go away
Take it all away
To see
I’ve tried
To make it go away
To take it all away
To see
And there’s still time
Still walk away
Still time to walk away
Before it all breaks
And there’s time
Still time to regain my faith
Still time to regain my faith
Before it all breaks
And I know
That I will never change
Well I know
And I know
That I will never change
Well I know
Cuz I’ve tried (I tried)
To make it go away (go away)
Take it all away (all away)
To see
I’ve tried (I tried)
To make it go away (go away)
To take it all away (all away)
To see
I’ve tried (I tried)
To make it go away (go away)
To take it all away (all away)
To see
I’ve tried (I tried)
To make it go away (go away)
To take it all away (all away)
To see
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