Lyrics and Credits
1. You Chose Me
You are warm
In the morning In the dawning In my arms
Only mine
You’ll be waking Here beside me All the time
You here beside me
Love like it’s meant to be
You and I as one
You’re the only one
And I love
Knowing I’m the only one who sees what I see
Knowing you save all you’re love for me
Knowing I’m the only one
Only one to share your love
Knowing what I know
It’s hard to believe
You chose me
You chose me
You are strong
In the daylight Holding me tight I belong
And You shine
When tell me That It’s never Been so right
You standing over me
And your hands start to cover me
There are no words to describe
Feeling soo alive
You are gold
In the evening In the darkness In my soul
And you smile
Coming closer asking what Is on my mind
You coming near me
Only you can here me
Telling the whole /world I’m in /love
With the /on/ly /one
2. Denim Day
Hang my head back and watch the cloud burst
Bring on the distant summer rain
Things may get better, may get much worse
Chances are they’ll stay the same
Shed my jacket, shed my shoes
Down to my jeans, old, soft and frayed
Rub my worn out baby blues
Just wanna Fade away,
Cause I’m feeling like a denim day
Oh yeah, I’m feeling like a denim day
Watching the clouds chase the sun away
Lying around what a lovely waste
Nobody telling me to pick up the pace
Cause I’m Feeling like a denim day
Oh yeah, I’m Feeling like a denim day
Hanging out after the short rain
As The park comes back to life
People rushing round like a freight train
But I think I’ll skip this ride
And my toes down in the grass blades
Where is cool, and damp in a nice way
Welcome to soft, faded, Uncomplicated
Denim Day
Don’t wanna work, Don’t wanna play
Don’t wanna buy, Don’t wanna trade
Don’t anything at all in the way
Hang my head back and watch the cloud burst
Become a distant summer rain
Things may get better, may get much worse
Chances are they’ll stay the same
3. Against My Body
My Handshakes were hard
My Words so strong
And My Body like a solid rock
Now my Touch lingers long
My Words are like song
And my body is loving and soft
Let me rock you as you lay
Against my body where it is soft and safe
Let me rock you as you lay
Against my body where it is soft and safe
Never shed a tear
Never showed any fear
Didn’t celebrate ‘til the deal was done
Now I’m happy and afraid
Laugh and cry most everyday
And everything is a job well done
What I worked hard to make hard
I now try to make soft
What I conserved and reserved
Now I daily exhaust
My judgements were harsh
Sentiments were sparce
My eyes could hold a long steady gaze
Now Perceptions are redraw
Senses are in Aw
And My eyes close with yours as you lay
4. Fragile Heart
My feelings had been fading
And All but disappeared
My timing and my phrasing
Was careless and severe
Comprehend my blunder
Some things are poorly done
I was the detrimental hunter
You alone: the unsuspecting, wounded one
Why did we come together
If I was only gonna tear it apart
And why was I allowed to play
With such a fragile heart
Why was I so willingly
Deceiving from the start
And why was I allowed to play
With such a fragile heart
I lay you down upon the possibilities
And then tore the rug away
I set you up to find everything in me
And offered nothing to replace
Comprehend my failure
To see things through your eyes
Unaware of my behavior
And the depth of your surprise
I held on just to hold on
Just to have somebody holding me
I held on just to hold on
Til I no longer was in the need
I held on without mercy
5. Linear Life
“How do you see the shape of Time”
Questioned a good friend of mine
Never having thought about it I replied
“It is a straight line, yea
I see time as a straight line”
She said “no not I, time is alive
seasonal and circular
With chance to reignite”
And I thought I have been living a linear life
I have been living it straight it straight till I die
I have been living my life the way that I see time
“How do you see the shape of Time”
I questioned two dear friends of mine
“Chaos”…. Was one reply
“Time has no design, no
Time has no design, ”
The other said, ‘No not I, time is alive
Like rings within a tree
Giving birth from inside”
Come with me get outta line
Shake up the way you live your Life
Come with me
While there’s still time, still time
6. Telescope
I only know what I know
Until I’m taught something else
Nine planets round the sun
Then ten, eleven, twelve
On and on, on and on, It’s gonna go
Adding yet another to what we know
On and on, on and on, its gonna go
All you need is a stronger telescope
(Just you ask Brown and Trujillo)
(Where’d we’d be today without Galilleo)
I thought I knew what I knew
Because I read it was so
The one who said it was true
Seemed to be in the know
On and on, on and on, It’s gonna go
Buying what they sell cause they said so
On and on, on and on… Its gonna go
Believing about things we will never know
There are things that I know that I know that I know
Love, creation, heavenly hosts
New information will never change those things
Faith and knowledge are the same thing
7. Schizophrenic
We always go up
And then we always come down
But We never give up
We’ll keep it going around
It’s the cycle of
Be with you, Be with me
Baby now you’re in the way
The Cycle of
Needing you, Needing Me –
Now I need my space
Well It’s a little schizophrenic
And I love you when we’re in it
Then life gets in the way
How close did we come today
To Throwing, it all away
How close did we come today
To Throwing, it all away
Sometimes it seems so right
And then it all goes so wrong
When we’re enjoying the flight
It never lasts very long
The cycle of
Close enough’s, not enough
But I can’t sleep this way
The cycle of
Ask of me, anything
Just don’t ask me today
And you’d better believe
I’m in this all the way round
One thing that I’ve learn
The bottom gives you a bounce
Then you’re back in the grove
Baby your back in the mood
8. Gradual Overdose
You were hard luck personified
A little bit of booze seemed more than justified
Yours was a life I didn’t know, I never tried
Just believed in your way you were getting by
I didn’t know, how could I not know
About….
When I heard that your world had become unstable
I was mistaken in thinking that you were more able
By the time I did the least I could do
It had already, overtaken you
I didn’t know, how could I not know
About
Your gradual overdose
Your gradual overdose
You were out of my sight
You had slipped out of my mind
There is no way you could survive
Once you gave up on life
I didn’t know, how could I not know
About
Your gradual overdose
Your gradual overdose
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
That you had to hide it from me
I’m sorry that I didn’t see
9. Ghost
Quiet as you’re creeping up upon her
Watch with reverence from a distance
Disturb not the night
Silently observe the dancing songbird
And years rolling back
Putting forth a younger life
Oh it’s a ghost
Oh its a ghost
Oh it’s a ghost of the girl
Quite if you catch the moment
Do not show your presence
Do not advance
Silently Catch your breath and hold it
Don’t reach for this pearl
You’ll break the trace
Let her have this, let her be
Once again she is Twenty-three
A forest Fairy Dancing alone
And you can never let her know
That you’ve seen, the ghost…Of the girl
Let her have this, let her be
Once again she’s is Seventeen
In the moonlight, singing her song
And you can never sing along
Or you’ll alarm the ghost… of the girl
10. Falling Away
Chasing horizons to keep the sun from going down
Pulling up life by the ROOTS to grow it in another town
The farther we go the harder it is to come back around
Keep me in your prayers and keep a photo of my face
When I’m not there, please, don’t fall away
Falling away
Falling away
Everyone needs, a reason to stay
Love of the greener green keeps us moving around so fast
How long is long enough to build something that will last
When everything’s new, Is my whole life in the past
If all of my efforts are only for today
Will the unfed past, fall, it will fall away
Well I should know better, than to call when I’m down and pained
The voice on the phone, is a little distant and a little strained
Because you can’t break a fall…from a thousand miles away
Sometimes I forget, to give, when I take
Leaving is just as hard… It’s hard on those who stay
11. Me In a Moment
If you’re afraid and not with me
And I’ve, made the distance, between us
Cold, dark, deep and wide
Then I’m not where I need to be
I should go, go to you leaving our differences behind
So you can have me, if you need
Me in a moment
So you can touch me, you can reach
Me in a moment
So you can see me
You Can Feel Me
Oh…In A Moment
Here’s my promise, here’s my rainbow
I will look deeper when there is
Sadness in your eyes
There’s no need for you to fight your fears alone
I will come I will come and take them on with you from your side
If you’re afraid and you’re not with me
Anytime, Anytime that you I know you are in need
Then I should go and be with you
Credits
Songwriting: all songs by Melissa Israel
Vocals: all songs by Melissa Israel (with additional vocals by Shelley Ryan on Song 1, and Chip Martin on song 3)
Acoustic Guitar: Jamie Moses songs 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 8; Jason Ray Song 11; Chip Martin songs 1 & 4; Melissa Israel song 9
Pedal Steel guitar: Melvin Duffy songs 8 & 9
Mandolin: Chip Martin songs 1& 3
Fiddle: Jason Roller song 3
Drums: Derek Mixon Songs 1, 4, 5 and 7
Production: Chip Martin songs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7; Kevin Poree songs 8 & 9; Michael Edwards Songs 10 & 12
Engineers: Malcom Dixon and Steve Kent
Mixing: Abbey Road Studios London
Mastering: Kevin Poree and Ben Jones
Studios: Chip Martin Studios Nashville; Berry Street Studio London; Tin Pan Alley London; Michael Edwards Studio London; Melissa Israel Home Studio London; Abbey Road Studios London
Photos – Xander Casey
Photos = Ross Perkins