Category: Tracks - 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.

Owl Song

3/18/2010

*co-written with Veronica May (also recorded as Pretty Little Owl with The Lovebirds)

pretty little owl, won't you be my gal
fly up in my tree, won't you sit with me
we'll stay up all night under the moonlight
rest under my wing, listen to me sing

what will we see, where will we be
who knows, who knows
why should i care, when you're sitting there
i'm happy the who is you, happy the who is you

wiggle down your branch, can i have this dance
look in your big eyes, gosh you look so nice
spin my head around, make my owl heart pound
make my owl legs weak, kiss me on my owl beak

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Disappearing Act

1/21/2010

Verse: Am C // Am (G) C E Am
Chorus: Dm Am Am (G) E // Dm Am C E Am
Bridge: F Am (end on E-E7)

you were a cunning magician
i was your lovely assistant
you locked me up in a box, you stuck your knives in the slots
just to hone your skill

you were a harry houdini
you really had me believing
that this was not a trick, that you were pure magic
that your sentiment was real

then poof, you were gone
i thought you had my back
oops, i was wrong
you're just another disappearing act

i was your little white rabbit
i was your creature of habit
you pulled me out of a hat, you put me back just like that
how quick you made the trade

you were a little illusion
you knew just what you were doing
you made it way too hard for me to pick a card
i should have known the queen of spades

bridge. funny how a slight of hand
can go an ruin all your plans
funny how a magic wand
can just make you up and...

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My Recipe

12/6/2009

i am equal parts alive and dead
half in my heart half in my head
full of holes and empty of filling
crying over milk i keep spilling

oh, whoever wrote my recipe
clearly has it out for me
don't you know water don't go with oil
don't you know if you leave me out alone i'll spoil

i've never measured myself precise
there's always been a missing spice
but now there's way too much salt
i know it's not your or my fault

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Rapunzel

10/29/2009

you say rapunzel, let down your hair
you said i need a distraction, can i climb up there
so i let down my locks before it's too late
i say don't worry baby, i can carry the weight
carry the weight

this ain't a fairy tale
this ain't gonna end well
but life isn't fair so i don't care
tonight i'm gonna let down my hair

you say rapunzel, you're such a sight
you said i need a distraction, can i see you tonight
so i let down my locks before it's too late
i say don't worry baby, i can carry the weight
carry the weight

you won't save me from this tower
i am lonely, but i'm not naive
you will stay about an hour
cause you know you can go, you can get up and leave

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Chasing a Lie

10/7/2009

Capo 6, chord shapes below
Verse: G-B-Cadd9
Chorus: Em C G D
Bridge: Am Em C // G-B-Cadd9

starting out, you were a friend of a friend
nothing much to love or get invested in
years gone by, now you're family
the same blood that runs through you
runs through me

but you're chasing a lie, chasing a lie, chasing a lie
telling yourself you're gonna die sooner or later
wasting your life, wasting your life, wasting your life
it's a life you and i know should be greater, chasing a lie

starting out, i worried
about you behind your back
now i worry to your face
trying to make up for the worry you lack

put it down, put it down
it will never quench your thirst
put it down, put it down
it's just making matters worse
pick 'em up, pick 'em up
pick up the pieces friend
i will help you put them back again

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Get Me Through This

9/8/2009

Capo 1 shapes:
Verse: E A
Chorus: E A // G D G D G D B7

go ahead and tell me all my flaws
i know what you are gonna say
keep beating my head into the walls
letting my pride get in the way
go ahead and tell me act my age
it's something that i'm used to
but being young and being brave-
the only things that get me through...

this life, this day, this hour, this minute
i'm so sick of my life and everything in it
i'm holding my breath, i'm making a wish
trying to find why i exist
i'm stomping my feet, i'm clenching my fists
trying to get me through this

go ahead and tell me let it go
you must think i'm so stupid
a planted seed takes time to grow
i won't give up my dreams like you did
go ahead get up and walk away
i'm fine on my own, i don't need you
but you'll regret every single day
you weren't there to get me through...

this life, this wall, this mountain i'm climbing
if i'm not busy being born, i'm busy dying
say what you're gonna say about me
i'll make my way eventually
i'll be standing at the top blowing you a kiss
knowing i got me through this

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Wall of Feathers

9/1/2009

i put up a wall of feathers
so it's so easy for you to break it down
i filled up a suitcase of nevers
no longer a word now, never's just a sound

i must like the pain of together
much more than the fear of being apart
sometimes i feel like a broken record
over over again and again and again stop breaking my heart
stop breaking my heart, stop breaking my heart

oh, a wind will blow
knock down our home
feathers will fly, and i'll wonder why
i never built with stone

i put on my pi's and your sweater
cause baby these days that's about as close as i get to you
i think of the good days when things were better
i think of the new ways that i could get through

i put down my weapons and surrendor
each new day beckons a clean slate
and if i kept them i would just remember
why it was i picked them up in the first place

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Train of Thought

8/23/2009

do you ever feel your feelings
getting so out of whack
do you ever think a thought
wish you could take it back

baby, once they're there
yeah, they're everywhere
setting up shop in your mind
once they're there
man, they're everywhere
and all you can do
is think about 'em all the time

do you ever wish your brain
was somebody else's
do you ever feel a feeling
a wish somebody felt it

train of thought, just won't stop
keeps on barreling down the track
peace of mind is hard to find
i wonder if i'll ever get mine back

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Give Up Give In

8/1/2009

you're crazy, you're lazy
that's not a good match
there are holes the size of lies
you're trying to patch
by try, i mean deny (never do it, never do it, do you)
and by try, i mean ignore
and by try, i mean get by
and by try, i mean you stopped fighting for

you should just give up
you should just give in
you should just cut the cord if you can't find the end
if you're playing a game that you're not trying to win
you should just give up and give in

you're hollow, you wallow
in pits of despair
there's pools filled with sorrow
you're trying to repair
by try, i mean deny (never do it, never do it, do you)
and by try, i mean ignore
and by try, i mean get by
and by try, i mean you stopped fighting for

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25 Million People

8/1/2009

25 million people living in my house
no one ever notices me, i'm quiet as a mouse
25 million people sleeping on my floor
no one ever notices me, i lock the bedroom door
25 million people doing what i do
no one ever notices me, but you

25 million people pushing all the gears
no one ever notices me, got my fingers in my ears
25 million people trying to win the race
no one ever notices me, i've stopped to tie a lace
25 million people doing what i do
no one ever notices me, but you
...and guess what? i notice you too

25 million people living in my house
i don't care if they notice me
i'm kicking them out

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