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Angela Predhomme
I Claim You . At Your Own Risk . My New Favorite Song . At the End of the 13th Week . I'm Wearing Black . You Matter to Me . Redeemed . This Might Be Good . What Your Words Don't Say . Don't Wonder . Deeply
album: Angela Predhomme (2008)
I Claim You
It’s something like flying
Or something that good
I feel like sunshine
Over tall redwoods
‘Cause I’m in the best place
Here in your arms
You’re like my home base
Safe, secure and warm(chorus)
Sometimes I’m out there all alone
And start to lose my sight
But then you hold me close and tell me everything will work out right
If there’s just one soul
To give forever to
I claim you . . . Yeah, I claim you(verse 2)
It’s nothing like fire
That burns and then dies
It’s steadily brighter
Like a slow sunrise
My smile is inspired
By just who you are
You never get tired
Of doling out your heart(bridge)
Can’t deny
You fit me just how I like it
Covering me like a blanket
You got my back
All along
You’ve been the purr in my engine
You’ve made me soft like a kitten
With how your love . . .sprinkles over meWritten by Angela Predhomme and Brett Lucas
© 2010 Come Shine Music, SESAC; Jr. Flip Music, ASCAP
At Your Own Risk
Like a gray winter sunrise
Hiding its sweet hot shine
You put a hazy smoke screen up just keeping your heart from mine
I know you’re been hurt before
But we’re in love hardcore
So be with me, stay with me(chorus)
At your own risk, I’ll love you forever
At your own risk, Can you handle the real thing?
I’ll tell you this - You’ll never find something better
Than days with happy mornings
At your own risk, Are you up for the challenge?
At your own risk, feel love like you never have
I’ll tell you this - We’ll keep it in perfect balance
And stay together in love(verse 2)
Now don’t expect grand perfection
This is reality
Everyone has bad days straight from a crashing and burning scene
But in me, there’s no blood that’s cold
Only liquid gold
So be with me, stay with me(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
You know I want this with a passion
Let’s hold on tight and jump right in
(repeat chorus)Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2010 Come Shine Music, SESAC
My New Favorite Song
I’m just swimming in ecstasy
Every time you pull me close
Last night seems like a dream to me
Here’s what I remember most
We could hear that music playing loud out on the town
Can’t recall the words, but darlin’, that’s my new favorite song(chorus)
It went like
doo doo doo…
Doo doo doo…
…my favorite song(verse 2)
You’re front row for my fantasy
You’re making it all unfold
Last night it became clear to me
You and I from the same mold
And we were free and flying on the sound of that sweet song
Oh it felt so good when you and I were singing along(chorus)
It felt like
doo doo doo…
Doo doo doo…
…my favorite song(bridge)
Now that melody plays on and on in my head
Taking me straight back to that charmed night that we had(break w/ hand claps)
(repeat chorus)Written by Angela Predhomme and Brett Lucas
© 2011 Come Shine Music, SESAC; Jr. Flip Music, ASCAP
At the End of the 13th Week
(verse 1)
I was glad when we split
Had enough of that bit
Where we argued in circles all night
By the third week, it hurt
Every song that I heard
Cut right through my well-meaning denial
But I couldn’t fight it, and I knew I was beat
At the start of the 13th week(verse 2)
Saw you that Saturday
Said your new girl is great
But you can’t help from wanting me back
Then way deep down inside
I heard voices that cried
Maybe this time it wouldn’t be bad
After careful debate, I decided my fate
At the end of the 13th week(chorus)
I was done with the heartache that spread to my toes
That’s a pain I don’t care to repeat
It took time and persistence, but wounds are all closed
At the end of the 13th weekWritten by Angela Predhomme and Brett Lucas
© 2011 Come Shine Music, SESAC; Jr. Flip Music, ASCAP
I’m Wearing Black
Heat wave swelters on
Night cats start their prowl
I’m doing up my hair
Can’t wait to get there
‘Cause I’m ready now
To feel your full-on power next to me(chorus)
I’m wearing black and I’m ready to see
If you can crack my little coy mystery
‘Cause where I want you to be tonight
Is cozy and close to me(verse 2)
Shoulder straps so thin
Hair falls on my skin
Little make-up on
It’s only you I want
‘Cause I’m ready now
To let your full-on power conquer me(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
Jazz beat driving
Coinciding with my heart racing for you
Time is flying
Swirling by,
My world is down to just us two(Instrumental verse)
(repeat chorus 2x)Written by Angela Predhomme and Brett Lucas
© 2011 Come Shine Music, SESAC; Jr. Flip Music, ASCAP
You Matter to Me
Finding time can be so hard
We’ve got calendars
Filled up with words that push us both apart
For you I’d wipe mine sparkling clean
‘Cause you matter, you matter to me(chorus)
You matter to me
Like a spring honeybee
To a dewy new blossoming flower
‘Cause you are to me
Like a sweet melody
You matter, you matter, to me(verse 2)
Can’t hear your own voice in the crowd
You say that they don’t care
You’re just a number on a plastic card
That noisy world out there can’t see
That you matter, you matter to me(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
Count your steps to me
I’m waiting here so patiently(repeat chorus)
Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2010 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Redeemed
I lay beneath the rubble of my life,
Yet I believe, I believe
That even though I used to take what’s mine and run,
Love sets me free
God can help me,
But each day’s up to me(chorus)
And I’ll never be the person that I was again
And I’ll never live so blindly
Here’s where I begin, not where I end
And now I, declare myself redeemed(verse 2)
I fell face down into this desperate time
Yet still I breathe, still I breathe
And although I can barely face the way I lived,
I look at me
And I see someone
Kinder I can be(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
Grudges thrown out the window
I’ll clear some room to grow(repeat chorus, last 2 lines for tag)
Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2010 Come Shine Music, SESAC
This Might Be Good
We’re headed straight for memory lane
Though I just met you
I see possible pictures of two framed on my wall
I’ve waited and I think you’re the one
To charge my heart up
Keep on coming my way till you got me all to yourself(chorus)
Ooooh… this might be good
Ooooh… this might be good between you and me(verse 2)
I’m open for a quality man
To soak my sweet love up/in
I could cook up some dreams filled with me in love with you
You’re my favorite preoccupation
You got me gushing
Warm and fuzzy and glowing on cue when I’m around you(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
I’ve had this fear of serious notions
My heart’s been stretched too far before(chorus 2x)
Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2009 Come Shine Music, SESAC
What Your Words Don’t Say
(verse 1)
Your face becomes so sincere
While I empty my soul in your ear
You listen in silence to my fears(chorus)
What your words don’t say
I hear each time you lift me up after a hard day
What your words don’t say
I hear the way you’re always there for me without fail
I see every day
What your words don’t say(verse 2)
You give the support I need
Helping in my drive to succeed
You never complain I ask too much(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
I know you’ll be there
I know you will, you will, you will, you will, you will(instrumental chorus)
(repeat chorus)Written by Angela Predhomme and Brett Lucas
© 2010 Come Shine Music, SESAC; Jr. Flip Music, ASCAP
Don’t Wonder
(verse 1)
Your prayer is whispered in the dark
That your ship will come and take you far from where you are
The big city wants your dime
When weight is on your shoulders, you can cry on mine
Sometimes you feel like you’re alone in this world
But I’m here, and strong enough for two, so..(chorus)
Don’t wonder, don’t wonder
It’s as sure a thing as ice cream in the summer
Don’t wonder, don’t wonder
You can bet that I will be there like no other(verse 2)
You taste success, now on that climb
Your cell phone never gets a rest till after nine
Smooth social climbers cloud your head
When no one else is real, just turn to me instead
I’d hate to think of where I’d be without you
I know you’d do the same for me, so…(bridge)
We’ve got quite a history
Good times and memories
We know how each other feels… without… a word, so(repeat chorus)
Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2010 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Deeply
(verse 1)
I give in
You slipped through my barricade
I’ve hidden
Feelings that I’m scared to face
Behind camouflage I fear this fate(chorus)
I’m deeply in love with you
To please each sweet part of you
Completely, is everything I need
Because my soft skin, it longs for you
Each breath in, belongs to you
You’re deep in, so deeply in my heart(verse 2)
I love you
That is all I know
You seep through
Flesh into my soul
I’m helplessly bound in rapture with you(chorus 2)
I’m deeply in love with you
To please each sweet part of you
Completely, is why I’m in this world
Because my soft skin, it longs for you
Each breath in, belongs to you
You’re deep in, so deeply in my heartWritten by Angela Predhomme
© 2009 My 3 Kids Music Publishing, BMI
Everything is Alright
(verse)
Deep inside, I have the feeling
That everything is alright
Even when it’s less appealing
I look on the bright side and
People try to get me down and
Sometimes I guess I let ‘em
But it’s never, ever ending,
I guess I’ve got to just(chorus)
Remember everything is alright
Remember people are just uptight
They’ve got their little problems
Maybe they hate their jobs and
I know it’s them and not me(verse 2)
People comin’, people goin’
And all the while I’m knowing
They’ve got issues, they’ve got dramas
It’s really not my problem
Try to lift ‘em up, I try to
Give ‘em a little smile and
Keep it real and let the light in
And then I like to tell ‘em(Chorus)
(Bridge)
It can be so hard to keep your head up and I say
Do your best, you know you are like nobody else, in this dream(Instrumental verse)
(Chorus)
Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 AND Syndicated Productions, SESAC
Georgia
(verse 1)
He sat down and ordered some breakfast
He sat down and ordered a meal
And the waitress, then she brought it
And he wondered what she’s thinkin’ ‘bout and outside
The sun’s climbing high(chorus)
Hey now, I’d like to get to Georgia, just to see Savannah
Spanish moss and ocean breezes
Things out there you’ll never know unless you leave your comfy place and
Endeavor to live . . . .to live. . .(verse 2)
He sat down and ordered a new life
He didn’t know what road to pursue
And he looked at her and maybe she knows,
She knows what he’s thinkin’ bout and outside
The sun’s ridin’ high(chorus)
(instrumental verse)(verse 3)
He sat down and started some planning
He sat down and ordered a beer
‘Cause nobody said it’s easy
And he sees her and he starts to smile and outside
The sun’s goin’ down(chorus)
Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
If I Could Love Like My Dog
If I could love like my dog
I’d see everyone the same
I’d live only here and now
I would be happy all the every day
No cares about the future
or ties back to the past
If I could love like my dogIf I could love like my dog
I’d forgive and forget
I’d overlook all the flaws
With unconditional love
No cares about the future
or baggage from the past
If I could love like my dog(Bridge)
Lovin’ livin’ only for now
Happy with the world as it is
With kindness I overflow
My heart is pure goodness . . .If I could love like my dog
I would never second guess
I wouldn’t need much at all
I could be satisfied with less
No cares about the future
or ties back to the past
If I could love like my dogWritten by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Just Like Magic
The slowest seduction
You call to my passion
You are the lie that I choose to believe
Take all my money
Steal the fire I thrive on
You can take anything you want from me(chorus)
Whatever you want, I’ll make more . . just like magic
You know I can deliver it all . . just like magic
Just like magic
So close you reach through me
Absorbing into you
I would dissolve without you within me
Sustained by your power
Throw out all my discretion
You can take anything you want from me(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
Fill me up and pour out through me
For you, I’m always open(instrumental verse 2x)
(repeat chorus)Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Little Girl
(verse 1)
Little girl
Your beauty glows from inside you
When it’s cold and dark,
the warmth and light are within you(chorus)
And it’s a big, big world
And I’m always right here to guide you . . . to follow your heart(verse 2)
Little one
You have your whole life before you
Be good and be kind,
You’ll see your strength will move mountains(chorus)
And don’t you give it up
And I’m always right here to guide you . . . to follow your heart(bridge)
Every road that you follow
Won’t be easy, keepin’ it right . . . but you will fly(instrumental verse)
(chorus)
And it’s a big, big world
And I’m always right here to guide you . . . to follow your heartWritten by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Nemesis
(verse)
Nemesis, you’re right behind me,
stalkin’ slowly, hopin’ that I fall
I feel you back there breathing like a
predator behind a silent wall(chorus)
Nemesis, you’re shifty and you’re dark inside,
You try to keep my down
Do what you will, your intentions paralyze just you in the end(verse 2)
Nemesis, you’re cold and sometimes sinister,
but you don’t fool me
I’ve seen that there’s good in you
release all of your insecurities(chorus)
(instrumental verse)
(chorus)Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Passing the Days
(verse 1)
I don’t need no reason
I don’t need no excuse
Worry’s got nothing on me, I lay in the sunshine
Giving my troubles away, up to the sky(chorus)
Sweetly passing the days when I am lazy and dreamin’ big
I’m sweetly passing the days when there is laughter and you(verse 2)
Tell that man knockin’ at my door, nobody’s home here
Tell him that I don’t like his style
Stressin’ and playing the game just gets me nowhere
Giving my troubles away, up to the sky(chorus)
(bridge)
Over and over again it seems
Stumblin’ along, I forget that it’s all about love(instrumental verse)
(chorus 2x)Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Release
(verse 1)
Come to me
Sit right here and rest awhile
Let our energies collide
Set aside those other things
Here with me
Open up and close your eyes
(you) Don’t have to be so distant
So don’t hold back and let yourself(chorus)
Release, and share what’s on your mind
I’ll take your pain away
Let the words come through you
Release, confide it all in me
Let go and look no further
I am always her(verse 2)
Next to me
Hear the silence slip away
Pour it out and let me in
I’m never judging you
Trust in me
And you’ll never be let down
The words twist up inside you
So don’t hold back and let yourself…(chorus)
(instrumental verse)
(Chorus)Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Too Much Time
(verse 1)
Beauty charms the world, I learned long ago
I wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe
They all love the picture of perfection,
If I’m everything they think that I should be(chorus)
But I’ve spent too much time worryin’ ‘bout looking pretty
Gonna pay no mind to those women on the TV
Maybe I’m just fine, the way that God created me
I’ve spent too much time tryin’ to please everybody
Wasted too much time wonderin’ when he’s gonna call me
Now I see, I’ve got to take care of me(verse 2)
Lipstick smiles might take me where I want to go
But will that place nurture my soul?
They loved Marilyn who had it all, but did she
Ever find real happiness at all?(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
Don’t you know I’m more than my reflection?
Underestimate me and you’ll see(chorus)
I’ve spent too much time worryin’ ‘bout looking pretty
Gonna pay no mind to those women on the TV
Maybe I’m just fine, the way that God created me
I’ve spent too much time tryin’ to please everybody
Wasted too much time wonderin’ when he’s gonna call
You know it’s just high time, I started takin’ care of meWritten by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Transparent Eyes
(verse 1)
You're thinkin' bout your troubles again
I'm thinking that your fear never ends
It's lookin' like you'll always pretend with me
I'm thinkin' that my time's been a waste
Worried that you'd laugh in my face
It's lookin' like I'll always pretend with you(chorus)
Behind your transparent eyes...I see you
Live by the rules you've been given
Behind your transparent eyes... are you happy?
Silence the voices within you... in your heart(verse 2)
You do the housework, keep up the lawn
You pay your bills, are you just a pawn?
You let it slide 'cause everyone's just the same
But look inside, you'll find so much more
Take that step, walk through that door
Think outside the world you're subscribing to
(repeat chorus 2X)Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
Welcome Home
(verse 1)
Years ago you couldn’t see
Turned away from what was real
Sometimes it’s hard to face the truth
New doors are opening for you(verse 2)
You have his face, you have his name
Through all these years, through all the blame
But justice comes and finally
Things get the way they’re supposed to be(chorus)
Hear him whisper, “welcome home,”
You never really were alone
Love’s the only thing that’s real
Now it’s alright, and you’re home(verse 3)
The answer’s always about love
We only heal when we forgive
You made it through those darkest days
You have such strength, I am amazed
(repeat chorus 2x)Written by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
When I'm Gone
(verse 1)
I wonder if you'll ever miss me when I'm gone
And will you throw away my picture and my song
Giving's been the bigger part of give and take
Done all that I can, I leave it up to fate
I wonder if you'll ever miss me when I'm gone(verse 2)
I open up the dirty window as you go
I see the candle on the sill is getting' low
Melody and harmony aren't sounding right
Letting go is all that I can do tonight
I wonder if you'll ever miss me when I'm gone(bridge)
I keep thinking about you now
Even though I'm ready, ready to move on
I know this isn't all you got
You could push it harder, you could give me more(verse 3)
I've got a closet full of weathered, stone-washed dreams
I know that I've been on the harder side to please
Can't see through the fog out of the morning train
I'll keep my head together for another day
I wonder if you'll ever miss me, when I goneWritten by Angela Predhomme
© 2008 Come Shine Music, SESAC
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