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Go Down Singing 2010

by Mandalyn May

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1.
Nevertheless 02:58
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Nevertheless This story's already been told a time or two I like to be in love and this time its with you I'm not the kind to wait or beat around the bush I'll sing it to you straight, my heart is yours for the taking I know that I'm a fool to fall so easily I hope someday I'll find someone who falls as fast as me I'm happy by myself and usually that's enough Nevertheless, I can't seem to help falling in love Love is a fragile pearl born from a grain of sand The oyster in her shell just tries to understand The ocean currents track the progress of the moon Is it so strange that I should fall in love with you? I know that I'm a fool to fall so easily I hope someday I'll find someone who falls as fast as me I'm happy by myself and usually that's enough Nevertheless, I can't seem to help falling in love Don't misunderstand me, I'm not trying to pin you down I just like the way I feel when you come around I'm not asking you for anything but honesty I hope you'll let me know if you ever start to fall for me 'cause I know that I'm a fool to fall so easily I hope someday I'll find someone who falls as fast as me I'm happy by myself and I know that's enough Nevertheless, I can't seem to help falling in love
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Come Again 02:55
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Come Again If I write a song for you that is both sweet and slow will you hum and hold my hand as if you'll never go? Close your eyes and drift along to this simple melody Let the breath between us rise for all the stars to see I will be yours, you will be mine both reaching for something divine hold me until you find yourself, then let me go, till I come again Come and teach me something new that I've never known before Leave your pieces and your pain behind you at the door Here inside this little hut I like to call a home Faith in love and life itself lie safe inside the stone I will be yours, you will be mine both reaching for something divine hold me until you find yourself, then let me go, till I come again Caught up in the mystery of love and life, we fail to see that all there is to have and hold just fades away and leaves the soul You and I have so much time to learn and grow We may come and go, but for now I know... I will be yours, you will be mine both reaching for something divine I'll hold you until I find myself, but I'll let you go, till you come again
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Bedroom Shoes 02:28
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Bedroom Shoes My heart hangs heavy but my eyes run dry I don't have another tear left in me to cry it's been so long since I've been satisfied been looking for another but I can't seem to find anyone like you seems no one is gonna fill these bedroom shoes You know you drove me to it Tossing and turning, can't sleep all night the morning takes forever but it comes on time I've met the now or never kind, I'd rather go blind then settle for another when I can't seem to find anyone as good as you seems no one is gonna fill these bedroom shoes You know you wanna do it Clickety-clack train's on the track but who will start the engine Blowin' smoke won't get you nowhere but in the kitchen I'm looking for the one who starts a fire in my fingers makes me want to take you apart, and find your weakness You are my weakness Hold me close now, don't dare let go Say you'll stay until tomorrow when you can say 'I told you so' I'm trying to admit I might have been wrong, so Come back for me boy Don't let me linger too long Don't let me linger My heart hangs heavy but my eyes run dry I don't have another tear left in me to cry it's been so long since I've been satisfied Don't let me linger Don't let me linger too long
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Graceland 03:44
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Graceland Keep it to yourself, Keep it on the down low They don't spread the power on the radio So if you've got the word and they've got the cash, Give it up like a man and get out of here fast There is water and whiskey hid beneath the sink In case of drought or earthquake there's a drop to drink There's a holy bible buried in the sand and if we have a flood well we can find dry land I don't need no record man - don't need permission 'cause I know I can I don't need your baby-blues - I'm busy looking for my blue suede shoes No, Elvis is a dead man and idolatry's a sin So we drove to Graceland Yeah we drove to Graceland Well we drove to Graceland but we didn't go in. There are wildfires burning down my home town Revenge of the forest falling to the ground So much for that investment in the trailer park pad, now we don't have no shelter and it's getting dark fast So we set our sights on America We don't have any money but we've got this car and we can work for food and even gasoline, and we'll make it to heaven if you know what I mean I don't need no limousine - I want a genuine time machine I don't need your holy wood - just give me shelter like you know you should you say Elvis is a dead man and idolatry's a sin So we drove to Graceland Yeah we drove to Graceland Well we drove to Graceland but we didn't go in. You said you'd give me twenty dollars if I sing and holler for my bread and if I lead well, you will follow even if tomorrow turns my head You tell me Elvis was a good man, but you don't believe in Rock and Roll Bluegrass is nice and Pop is hollow, but only the Blues can save your soul So we're washing dishes in the lower forty - eight Give me five bucks an hour and I'll clean your plate If you throw in a meal and a place to stay, well I'll bring the band and maybe they'll play I don't need no benjamins - don't you know money doesn't make the woman I don't need your super star - don't need a name to tell me who you are So the bets are off and I guess nobody wins 'Cause we drove to Graceland Yeah we drove to Graceland Well we drove to Graceland but we didn't go in. Yeah we drove on down to Graceland… but we didn't go in.
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Ugly Duckling 03:26
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Ugly Duckling Before we got old there were tales we told, lying on carpets of grass Sometimes you'd look at me like you might kiss me sometimes we even held hands But then we got to high school and you wanted to be popular I didn't notice I wasn't cool until you dropped my hand to hold hers Because I am the ugly duckling, and you hoped to capture a swan and I don't look anything like the girls in your dreams so you look right past me, move on College for me, New York City You gave up your dreams for the farm You took a young wife, downed a beer with the guys and introduced me as 'the thespian' Because I am the ugly duckling and you only hang out with swans and I don't act anything like the girls in your dreams so you make your jokes and move on Well now that we're old enough to have regrets you've started to notice I've had some success You show up whenever I sing around here You pull up a chair, and you slide me your beer You say you've got the kids now on weekends, so maybe we'll just take this slow And I have to laugh, you still think you're a catch I got over you seventeen years ago 'Cause I may be the ugly duckling, but I've always known who I am and time and her circumstance gave me your second glance but I've been the same all along Yes I may be the ugly duckling but when I sing you hear the swan and now you say I've always been the girl of your dreams well honey it's time you moved on Babe it's your turn to move on.
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Over You 03:31
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Over You Peace on earth, good will to all Call me when the apple falls Counting down the year to come so much I have left undone Maybe I'll write you a letter and say how I feel Maybe the love that we shared was too fragile to steal Maybe this ending allows us to start something new Maybe it's time I got over you Watch the night fall east to west as the apple falls again Every hour I face the truth I'll find love with someone new Maybe I'll write you a letter and thank you for this Maybe forgive and forget will not end with a kiss Maybe I'll empty the river that's holding me blue and maybe soon I'll get over you Life it comes in waves and roses, circles round and round We don't always get to know exactly how we're lost and found I thought I had given up on love right from the start You took me home and I found my heart So maybe this is a letter that I'll never send Maybe the trunk of the tree will not break where it bends Maybe the love of my life will be turning up soon 'cause I think I'm finally over you Yeah, I think I'm finally over you
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January 02:44
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January You stare at me with those puppy dog eyes as if I've got what you need But if you won't use your words, how am I to know what makes your foolish heart beat? You could have kissed me in January I really liked you back then Now that the summer's gone you say you want me but I think of you as a friend you're the one who wanted to be friends I told you that I liked you, you said you liked me too but still you didn't seem sure So you kept me in mind, as all these months went by and now you've got the kind of crush that I can't cure You should have kissed me in January I really liked you back then Now that the summer's gone you say you want me but I think of you as a friend and I'm already seeing somebody else we're not just friends Mama says when it rains, it pours, I guess I know what she means 'Cause right now I am well adored so I hope you understand I am not trying to be mean when I say You could have kissed me in January I really liked you back then Now that the summer's gone you say you want me but I'm not breaking up with my new boyfriend for the one who said we should be friends Just be my friend Just be my friend Be my friend
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Blood On The Rocks 04:13
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Blood on the Rocks (aka Darling Corey Revisited) The first time that I saw you I was standing in the door shoes in my hands, mud on my knees, and bare feet on the floor You'd come to warn my papa there was danger on the wind News had travelled through the town of a band of highwaymen There's blood on the rocks of Highlea (Chailleach), the ocean heard the sound Your warning came too late for me, and I am broken now The next time that I saw you, I was drinking at the bar Pour me a scotch now, second third till we see the morning star You held my hand and promised you would keep my secret shame I swore I'd never take a rose or share another's name There's blood on the rocks of Highlea, the ocean heard the sound Your warning came too late for me, and I am broken now We kept a bed through the summer till the old cold north wind blew You said that before we could wed there was something you must do I watched you head for the city, hoping to take down the men who stole my innocence from me, for to get me my revenge There's blood on the rocks of Highlea, the ocean heard the sound Your warning came too late for me, and I am broken now I knew you would not find them for their blood was mine to take I'd learned the ways of wicked men, and that was their mistake I tracked them through the winter to a cove on Isle Islay One by one they met my gun, did not give them time to pray There's blood on the rocks of Highlea, the ocean heard the sound Your warning came too late for me, and I am broken now The last time that I saw you, you had come to find me there Blood on my hands, gun on my knees, and salt spray in my hair Where is your Darling Corey, pretty girl that you once knew? She's not the child that you loved, she is gone though she was true There's blood on the rocks of Highlea, the ocean heard the sound Your warning came too late for me, and I am broken now There's blood on the rocks of Highlea, the ocean heard the sound So come my love, and bury me beneath the cold, cold ground *This is the first 52 week club song I've posted!! From the week of 'Blood and Whiskey' Thanks for reading the lyrics!
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Go Down Singing 03:26
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Go Down Singing I had a bad week. Then I had a bad year. Things'll probably get better but the future is unclear I've been out of work, so I've got lots of time to write these old fashioned letters and these old fashioned rhymes and I want everyone to hear me say I'll go down singing I'll go down singing 'cause I know life won't always go my way if I'm gonna go down, I'll go down singing I know every cloud comes with a silver line and every song I write brings me one step closer to mine Come to find out we're all in this same boat and if it's truly sinking it's high time we learned to float So I want everyone right here to say I'll go down singing you'll hear me singing 'cause I know life won't always go my way if I'm gonna go down, I'll go down singing It's not hard to see it, yeah the world is changing fast so build a life you love 'cause it's the only kind that lasts Can't forget to sing and dance show me how you clap your hands... 'Cause I want everyone right here to say I'll go down singing I'll go down singing 'cause I know life won't always go my way if I'm gonna go down, I'll go down singing
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To Love 04:03
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To Love When the cold light of dawn beats a path to your heart, and you know you're awake and the changes are starting don't be afraid of the breaking of day Let the light lead you home Find your love, find your own way to love When the winter is over and the spring starts her thaw and the rush of the river fills your soul with her song don't be afraid that you'll be swept away Let her carry you home Find your love, find your own way to love And when the night comes to call and you feel you're alone Do your best to remember both the sea and the stone Don't be afraid of the truth or the tide Trust that they'll take you home Find your love, find your life and it will lead to love To love... I don't know what I need what I want, what I grieve But I hope I will learn how to give and receive And I won't be afraid of my fear anymore She'll be holding my hand as I walk through the door to Love...
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When I Fall Asleep 02:59
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When I Fall Asleep Sometimes when I fall asleep I dream of you dancing, the stars 'neath your feet, the earth in view If I could still hold your hand where would we go but dancing, the stars neath our feet, the earth below You were an angel sent to us they say Here for a while to teach us love and patience You kept us guessing till the very end Miracles will happen in strange ways my friend Sometimes when I fall asleep I hear your voice singing those sweet melodies of light and joy If I could still sing along with you, I know we'd be singing in sweet harmony till cows came home You were an angel sent to us, they say I swear that I can almost hear you laughing 'cause mischief and mayhem always were your way Miracles will come and go but your mem'ry stays When you look down from above I hope you see I am learning to live my whole life less seriously When you look down from above I pray you know how blessed I have been to have loved and let you go

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released December 31, 2010

This album was made possible by a gift from Smilin' James Heyser, Smilin' James Studios, San Anselmo, CA

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Mandalyn May Chico, California

From sweet & soulful to hopping & hollering, Mandalyn May (of Sons of Jefferson, Hop Holler & Hum) shines on ukulele, guitar, & mountain dulcimer. With a voice reminiscent of Appalachia and a fresh, percussive playing style, she relates stories of life, love, murder and history with gentle gusto. RIYL: lyrics, quirky humor, and open hearted love songs. ... more

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