Category: 2012 - LINDSAY WHITE

LYRICS

People often ask where they can find lyrics, so I compiled 10+ years worth of songs into one location! I even included some of the tunes I consider to be hot garbage clunkers, just for the fun of documenting the journey. If you'd like to support my songwriting, please download my music on iTunes, add songs to your Spotify Playlists, subscribe to my Youtube channel, and/or purchase physical copies of CDs wherever possible. These contributions help me sustain my career as an independent artist.

FightFlight

12/13/2012

Capo 2, shapes:
Verse: Amaj7 Bm7 Bm7 Amaj7
Chorus: F7 Amaj7 F7 Amaj7 F7 Amaj7 F7 G7
Bridge: Amaj7 Bm7 C#m D (change to Dm7 end of second time)

i'll wage war if there's a war worth fighting for
if there's a war worth fighting for, i'll be the victor
i'll call it quits if my efforts are fruitless
if my efforts are fruitless, i will surrender

somewhere in between reality and a dream
somewhere in between wrong and right
i'm meddling in the middle of these things
i've found i find myself between
fight and flight

i'll settle down if it will plant me in the ground
if it will plant the ground, i'll have roots to cherish
i'll float away if it will spread me into space
if it will spread me into space i will not perish

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Love You Like the 80s

12/9/2012

*co-written with Veronica May

we are at the age, we're getting older, growing up
life is hard, life is scary, life is crazy
let's rewind the VHS tape back to a time
when things were easy, let me love you like the 80s

if times are hard, i've got your back
even when things get a little messy
you be kelly, i'll be zach or maybe slater to your jessie
doing it together, wearing matching sweaters
we're gonna do it our way
just like laverne and shirley or maybe bert and ernie
but not so inconspicuously gay

i'll love you no matter what
whether you are fat or if you're skinny
stomach full of butterflies
jets jackets and girly eyes
just like kevin and winnie
i don't mind, loving you's no crime
roger that, i'm your creature of habit
cartoon or not, you're smoking hot
just like jessica rabbit

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It's French

12/9/2012

perfume, whiskey
music makes me frisky
don't say that, it excites me
we're too old for infidelity
but i would make love to you in another life
and in that life i'd make you my wife

let's talk about the things we wanna do, but never do 'em
our partners back home are waiting, don't wanna screw'em
just stick to words and no one gets hurt
just spend all of your time with me
and we'll live in a fantasy
where new stays new and free stays free
and no one's name is lindsay

poor me i can't pretend
don't you think we could be more than friends
let's entertain the thought but not the action
our lovelies at home, need protection
but i would make love to you in another life
and in that life i'd make you my wife

Heart Beats

11/17/2012

your chest, my head is pressed
the place i go to rest (feel the rhythm of you)
i can’t tell you how much
i love the sound of you living

heart beats through an hourglass
don’t breathe too hard, don’t breathe too fast
we can make each heart beat last

take a second, take you in
memorize your rhythm
we can make each heart beat last
heart beats through an hourglass
don’t breathe too hard too fast
heart beats through an hourglass

your breath, a quiet song
enters, exists your lungs (feel the rhythm of you)
i can’t tell you how much
i love the sound of you living

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UNI

11/11/2012

breathe it all in let it all out
give it all up just let it go
take a pause babe, just because babe
no need to worry cause we know

the u-n-i in the universe
won't ever fade so
let's lay here in the sunlight
til the sunlight turns to shade

the energy in you and me
ain't ever going to no grave
count your blessings, make a mess then
learn your lessons, your souls are saved

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Mousetrap in a Lion's Den

11/6/2012

there were no ifs ands or buts
the day i chose to love you no matter what
i knew, i knew i’d never make it out alive
but hey, that's okay, everyone dies

there were no butterflies at all
just an ache that hammered me to the wall
i guess, i guess if something's beating in my chest
oh well, what the hell, it might as well beat for you

you set up a mouse trap in a lion's den
you already got me baby, then you caught me again
you knew i was doomed from the moment I fell in
nut that didn't stop you from setting up a mouse trap in a lion's den

there was no turning back
i clenched my ticket like a gambler at the track
i bet, i bet there's something i have not tried yet
if i dared say a prayer, i'd pray for you

i make a squeak, you make a roar
suffer for you, then i'll suffer some more

A Crack in the Paint

10/14/2012

(Capo 2 shapes/root notes for fingerpicking)
Verse: G D C B F# G
Chorus: hold please :)

you’d leave your laundry in the dryer
i’d leave your dinner in the fridge
stopped leaving love notes on the mirror
we both let it come to this

a crack in the paint became a hole in the wall
love was here, now it ain’t
like we imagined it all
and my only complaint is we both watched it crawl
from a crack in the paint to a hole in the wall

our letters both came to the same place
even the mailman knew our names
so many years in the same space
and now all it is, is a time frame

Kite

9/2/2012

kite in the sky
girl on the ground
that is you and i
not the other way around

it started out as play, i ran every which way for your flight
unraveling string, but at the same time holding it tight

always overcome
you know you can depend
but what if I succumb
to my battle with the wind

now i wait for the day, i hear you say these words
i'm not really a kite, i think i just might be a bird

Goldmine

8/24/2012

*co-written with Veronica May
Verse: G Em C D
Chorus: Em Am C D
Bridge: Em C Am D

think we're safe now, the coast is clear
no more landmines to dance on dear
finally dry after it rained all year
rainbow sky smiles from ear to ear

at the end is where we will begin again
passing the test of time
riches without a dime
that's a real goldmine

think we're still now, the sea is calm
my heart is resting in your palm
slow and steady wins the race
cross the line, hand in hand, face to face

triumph's not a trophy
or a pot of gold
it's waiting patiently
and watching life unfold

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Words Against the Wall

8/23/2012

*co-written with Veronica May

the synapse fails to connect
i thought i was being direct
hope is slowly dying
but confusion's ever-growing
the neurons fire away
receptors aren't willing to play
what's the use in trying
always feels as though i'm throwing

words against the wall
you're not hearing them at all
now there's something that
you are missing
words against the wall
you're not hearing them at all
all i need was for you to listen

the brain and the heart won't shake hands
i never know where my arrow lands
days into years, you're reaping what you're sowing
i look in the mirror and i see you
genetic's pathetic attempt to show proof
am i ringing in your ears
always feels as though i'm throwing

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