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Independence Day
04:07
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Independence Day
Words & Music by Ani DiFranco
As performed by Allison Crowe
We drove the car
To the top of the parking ramp
4th of July
Sat out on the hood
With a couple of warm beers
And watched the fireworks
Explode in the sky
There was an exodus of birds from the trees
'cause they didn't know
We were only pretending
And the people all looked up and looked pleased
And the birds flew around
Like the whole world was ending
I don't think war is noble
And I don't like to think love is like war
But I got a big hot cherry bomb
And I wanna slip it through the mail slot
Of your front door
You can't leave me here
I got your back now
You'd better have mine
And you say the coast is clear
But you say that all the time
So many sheep I quit counting
Sleepless and embarrassed
About the way that I feel
Trying to make mole hills out of mountains
Building base camp at the bottom
Of a really big deal
Did I ever tell you how I stopped eating
When you stopped calling me
I was cramped up
Shitting rivers for weeks
And pretending that I was finally free
You can't leave me here
I got your back now
You'd better have mine
And you say the coast is clear
But you say that all the time
We drove the car
To the top of the parking ramp
4th of July
I planted my dusty boots on the bumper
Sat out on the hood
And looked up at the sky
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banter - Thanks
00:06
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5. |
There Is
03:02
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There Is
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
Open up your door
I know we've both been here before
But there's a shadow fading here
A revolution on its way
Open up your mind
I know I've drowned in there before
But my wings are drying off
And I am ready to dive in
I am coming back again
To you
A way
There is a way
Out of this
There is
Give me a minute
I'll try to explain myself to you
I am the girl who is always with you
The one who's always watching
Give me a break I thought that you
understood this already
And I'm not trying to deceive you
I don't have that much time on my hands
And I am not going to leave you alone
A way
There is a way
Out of this
There is
I see you in the rain
and you are more beautiful
than I have ever seen
And when I walk I want you with me
And I see your smile above me
and I know, I know there is
A way
there is a way
out of this
there is
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banter - not knowing...
01:03
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I Don't Know
04:45
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I Don't Know
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
I don’t know how to deal with this
So maybe I’ll just descend into madness
Looking out of the corner of my eye
Maybe I’ll just run away
If I can’t think of anything nice to say, to save my life,
before we all fly away
And I’d like to think I did something worthwhile
And I don’t know what is wrong with everyone
I guess, I don’t even know what’s wrong with me
And I won’t try to be judgemental
I won’t try to be holier than thou
But I don’t get this and I am not going to pretend I do
I’m tired of watching so many people
Systematically destroy themselves
Go ahead, this one is on me
I think we’re all hiding from an invisible monster
Some part of ourselves
We don’t want anyone to see
I’d like to think this did something worthwhile
Besides
Killing everyone I know
I don’t know what is wrong with everyone
I guess, I don’t even know what’s wrong with me
And I won’t try to be judgemental
I won’t try to be holier than thou
I don’t get this
And I am not going to pretend I do
And I’d like to think this did anything at all
But, I think I know better by now
I don’t know what is wrong with everyone
And I guess, I don’t even know what’s wrong with me
And I won’t try to be judgemental
I won’t try to be holier than thou
But, I don’t get this, I don’t get this
I don’t get this
I don’t know what is wrong with everyone
But, I guess, I don’t even know what’s wrong with me
And I won’t try to be judgemental
I won’t try to be holier than thou
I don’t get this and I am not going to pretend I do
'cause I do...
‘cause maybe I understand too well
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What About You
04:55
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What About You
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
So you're weary now
from the company you keep
lay down your head
and go back to sleep
back to sleep
Just wait till the end
it will be worth it I swear
so hold on, my friend
we're almost there
Chorus:
Step back for a moment
and watch what's going on around you
you're so concerned with pleasing everyone
what about you?
I woke up at half past 12
half in and out of dreaming
I could barely hear
but I think that I was screaming
I tried to call out to you
be careful, they're right behind you
but you turned to me and said, I'm dying
and it's too late for anyone to save me
Chorus:
Step back for a moment
and watch what's going on around you
you're so concerned with pleasing everyone
what about you?
repeat
So you're weary now
from the company you keep
lay down your head
and go back to sleep...
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Finally
04:21
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Finally
Words & Music by Allison Crowe & Stephen Clevette
I am broken
But I am still with you
I am traveling alone
But I can still see you here
And I hope that you can see me
Because I can't see anything but you
And I want you to come home
I've spent so many days here on my own
And I hope that you will see me
And with you I can finally be free
Your voice echoes in my mind
All that you have left behind
I am waiting by the phone
for you to realize that I am still here alone
And I hope that you can hear me now
Because I won't hear anything but you
And I want you to come home
I've spent so many days here on my own
And I hope that you will see me
And with you I can finally be free
And I want you to come home
I've spent so many days here on my own
And I hope that you will see me
And with you I can finally be free
And with you I can be free, finally
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12. |
banter - Thank you
00:11
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You
03:11
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You
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
I see what I've become
and I've become what I hated
I feel so used and I feel so dated
Like everything I've tried
just to keep myself alive
was all worth nothing
I thought I was worth something
but now I'm just scared
and I think that I'm losing it
like I'm living in this body but
I can't see myself choosing it
I want to be alive
and I want to be free
but what is all of this worth
if I can't stand to be around me
and you
you always cut me down
and I can try to please you
but you are never satisfied
and I don't deserve this from you
I've tried everything
and I've asked everyone
but I'm still stuck in myself
and I can't get out
every shot to the soul
every night I fall further
in this self tangled desperation
i want to live without an explanation
but I sit as I wage
this silent war upon myself
try to fix it by being outward
but I end up walking backward
as I jolt myself around
I throw myself to the ground
please just make this go away
I don't want to hear this anymore
and you
you always cut me down
and I can try to please you
but you are never satisfied
and I don't deserve this from you
and I know I could run
back to the start
but I don't think that I could live through that again
so I sit here and listen
to what I could be if I tried
but I feel like I fail at every turn
and you
you always cut me down
and I can try to please you
but you are never satisfied
and I don't deserve this from you
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In My Life
03:01
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In My Life
Composed by John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Performed by Allison Crowe
There are places I remember
In my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends
I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
there is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I'll love you more
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I'll love you more
In my life I'll love you more
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Running
05:19
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Running
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
Verse 1
Granted I've been a fool before
But I've never felt
So completely insane
I know I've been here before
But I never saw this
For what it really was and
Pre chorus:
I hope that I can get my point across
I hope that I don't lie dormant in the shadows now
I know that I am running as fast as I can
But I know that that's not very fast at all
Chorus:
I am trying so hard to be something
That I just end up being nothing at all
So watch me as I stumble now
Watch me smile as I hit the ground
Verse 2
Every time that I knew the truth
I would just pretend
That I wasn't hiding
I'd tell myself that it's alright
I know myself
I think that's all that matters and
Pre-Chorus:
I hope that I can get my point across
I hope that I don't lie dormant in the shadows now
I know that I am running as fast as I can
And I know that that's not very fast at all
Chorus:
I am trying so hard to be something
That I just end up being nothing at all
So watch me as I stumble now
Watch me smile as I hit the ground
Bridge:
I always expect this
I always see it coming
I love it when it's faltering
I love it when it's failing
I know that there is
Most likely something wrong with that
But it's a part of who I am
At least I think that it might be, anyway...
I'm trying so hard to be something
That I just end up being nothing at all
So watch me as I stumble now
Watch me smile as I hit the ground
I'm trying so hard to be something
That I just end up being nothing at all
So watch me as I stumble now
Watch me smile as I hit the ground...
As I hit the ground...
Watch me smile as I hit the ground
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Sea of a Million Places
02:49
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Sea of A Million Faces
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
I pulled a knife on myself today
I don’t know what I was thinking
All of these words trapped inside my head
I feel like I’ve been drinking
And I know you don’t want to see
Me this way...
In a sea of a million faces
I feel so alone
I only have you
to hold on to
So please don’t go, don’t go.
And so I walk through the moonlit streets
But the light evades me
Lost in the darkness of endless nights
I am cold and I’m afraid
and I wish that I could see...
you this way too...
In a sea of a million faces
I feel so alone
I only have you to hold on to
So please don’t go, don’t go
I would have crawled for ten thousand days
Just to get back to you
With dirty knees and a wind torn face
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do
And I don’t ever want
To see you this way...
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applause
00:10
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Pray for Rain
04:28
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Pray For Rain
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
As performed by Allison Crowe
The enemy in the mirror
Eyes of fire staring back at me
I am the judge the jury and the executioner
Of everything I've tried to be
And now I think I'm dying
I could pray for rain
I don't believe in anything
I have cried so long that I can't feel
I am dry, I am dry, I am
I'm in and out of consciousness
You want so badly to get through
If I can't even save myself
Then how am I supposed to save you
And I think you know that
I could pray for rain
But I don't believe in anything
I have cried so long that I can't feel
I am dry, I am dry, I am
So here I lay on the porcelain again
My mouth is dry and my hands are shaking
Now I do not know anything
Now I’m afraid to die
I could pray for rain
I don’t believe in anything
I have cried so long that I can’t feel
I am dry, I am dry, I am
I could pray for rain
I don’t believe in anything
And I have cried so long that I can’t feel
I am dry, I am dry, I am
I am
dry
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22. |
banter - be yourself
02:59
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Secrets
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
verse 1
you know I hold these in
and I take them for myself
I'm covered in guilt
but it's not my own
there isn't any reason
for me to feel like I'm dying
I'm done with being afraid
I'm done with lying
chorus:
and I am not an angel
I'm more like Mona Lisa
there's something hiding in me
there's always something behind my smile
and I know that I'm not perfect
and maybe I am the court jester
I'm the life of the party
and I know too much about the court...
I have these secrets that aren't my own
verse 2
so take this how you want to
I'm not here to judge you
I just want to be in love with you
I just want to forget myself
i want to just be ignorant
please take this pain away from me
down to the river and out to the sea
down to the river and out to the sea
chorus:
and I am not an angel
I'm more like Mona Lisa
there's something hiding in me
there's always something behind my smile
and I know that I'm not perfect
yeah, I am the court jester
I'm the life of the party
and I know too much about the court...
I have these secrets that aren't my own
verse 3
it's too far to reach.
but I'm too scared to let go.
it's too close to ignore
but I feel so far away now
I'm crawling in the ceiling
I'm scratching through the walls
I'm trying to scream
but my own hand is on my throat
chorus:
And I am not an angel
I'm more like Mona Lisa
there's something hiding in me
there's always something behind my smile
and I want to be like Venus
to just bare it all and face the world
but I'm tangled in these blankets
I'm caught in between the lines
I have these secrets that aren't my own
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applause 2
00:11
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Disease
07:59
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Disease
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
Stepping on
the thoughts of all pain
released from this anger
is some place I would like to be
and when I feel myself defeated
I bleed
and when I see them twist around
dancing in their own wake
I rage
And I don't want to exist on this plane
crashing down to the level of
depth of skin
flesh and bone
all wrapped up in pages
flashed in our faces
laughing and spiteful
Run away
Lost again
misdirected and folded
drowned in bones
and thrown away
they told me to disappear
and slowly dive
into the shallow end
of the gene pool
Try to hold on to what I believe
disappeared
no longer here as anything but
wretched and disfigured
so I slash myself again
and I drown my hopes again
lose myself in this disease
Lost again
misdirected and folded
drowned in bones
and thrown away
they told me to disappear
and slowly dive
into the shallow end
of the gene pool
Cut yourself to the mold
Nothing left to rid yourself of
but bile and blood
torn skin screaming
and silenced as we
replace marble with plastic
Lost again
misdirected and folded
drowned in bones
and thrown away
they told me to disappear
and slowly dive
into the shallow end
of the gene pool
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26. |
banter - show-tunes
02:11
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Bill
04:24
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Bill
Words by P.G. Wodehouse & Music by Jerome Kern
As performed by Allison Crowe
I used to dream that I would discover
The perfect lover someday,
I knew I'd recognize him if ever
He came 'round my way.
I always used to fancy then
He'd be one of the God-like kind of men
With a giant brain and a noble head
Like the heroes bold
In the books I've read.
But along came Bill
Who's quite the opposite of all
The men in storybooks
In grace and looks
I know that Apollo
Would beat him
All hollow
And I can't explain,
It's surely not his brain
That makes me thrill --
I love him because he's wonderful,
Because he's just my Bill.
He can't play golf or tennis or polo,
Or sing a solo, or row.
He isn't half as handsome
As dozens of men that I know.
He isn't tall or straight or slim
And he dresses far worse than Ted or Jim.
And I can't explain why he should be
Just the one, one man in the world for me.
He's just my Bill, an ordinary man,
He hasn't got a thing that I can brag about.
And yet to be
Upon his knee
So comfy and roomy
Seems natural to me.
Oh, I can't explain,
It's surely not his brain
That makes me thrill --
I love him because he's -- I don't know...
Because he's just my Bill.
Written in 1917 for Oh Lady! Lady!
Revised later w. Oscar Hammerstein II for Show Boat
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banter - new song
00:59
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Skeletons and Spirits
02:46
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Skeletons and Spirits
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
Take your sympathy and shove it
as for the pain,
well, I love it
I'll eat your words
I'll devour your soul
I will laugh like a lemur
as you crawl back into your hole
I won't deny you,
but I'll pay you no heed
And, if you keep stabbing me,
I will probably bleed
But, I'll pretend I'm a cloud
and my rain will surround you
And if you keep hurting me
I'll eventually drown you
And, yes I know
I'm a little bit off
But, you, you can't leave, you can't open the door
you think you're unique but I've seen you before
so run, run away from the fires that burn
you will do this again and again
but you will never learn
So keep looking down
as you crush me keep smiling
'cause I will get up
and there's no denying
that I am one of your punching clowns
you can keep on striking
but you can't keep me down
You always think that you
are fearless and right
but I think that you
are afraid in the night
of the ghosts, of the spirits
that crawl into your head
of the skeletons that'll haunt you
until you're dead
but, now, you can't leave, you can't open the door
you think you're unique but I've seen you before
so run, run away from the fires that burn
you will do this again and again and again and again
but, now, you can't leave, you can't open the door
you think you're unique but I've seen it all before
so run, run away from the fires that burn
but you will never learn
you will never learn
you will never learn
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Hallelujah
04:30
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Hallelujah
Words & Music by Leonard Cohen
As performed & Transcribed by Allison Crowe
I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, baby, I've been here before.
I've seen this room, and I've walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew you.
But I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
And love is not a victory march,
It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, there was a time when you'd let me know
What's really going on below,
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you,
And the Holy Ghost was moving too,
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, maybe there is a God above,
But all that I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.
It's not a cry that you hear at night,
And it is not somebody who has seen the light
It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
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In Love In Vain
03:05
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In Love In Vain
Words & Music by Leo Robin/Jerome Kern
As performed by Allison Crowe
It's only human for anyone to want to be in love,
Who wants to be in love in vain?
At night you hang around the house and eat your heart out,
And cry your eyes out
And wrack your brain.
You sit and wonder how anyone as wonderful as he
Could cause you such misery and pain.
I thought that I would be in heaven,
But I'm only up a tree,
'Cause it's just my luck to be in love in vain.
You sit and wonder how anyone as wonderful as he
Could cause you such misery and pain.
I thought that I would be in heaven,
But I'm only up a tree,
'Cause its just my luck to be in love, just my luck to be in love
It's just my luck to be in love,
in vain
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34. |
banter - sing-along
00:22
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35. |
Imagine
03:23
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Imagine
Words & Music by John Lennon
As performed by Allison Crowe
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one
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36. |
banter - rockin' out
00:45
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37. |
Me and Bobby McGee
04:25
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Me and Bobby McGee
Words & Music by Fred Foster & Kris Kristofferson
As performed by Allison Crowe
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
An' I's feeling nearly as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
I headed all the way to New Orleans
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues, Lord
Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby's hand in mine
We sang every song the driver knew
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
Ah, nothing, honey if it ain't free, Lord
Feeling good was easy, Lord,
when he sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.
From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun
Yeah, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold
I pulled up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away
He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it
Well, I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
Ah, nothing, well that's all that Bobby left me, Lord
Feeling good was easy, Lord
when he sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.
La de di, la de di da, la de di de di di da, la di da, la de di da Bobby
McGee
La da da la da da da, la da la la la da la La da da la la la da da Bobby
McGee
La da la la la, la da la la la da la La da da la d da hey, hey, I said my Bobby
McGee, Lord
Lo do da la da da da, lo da la la la da la La da da la la la hey, hey, hey, I said my Bobby
McGee, oh yeah
I said I called him my lover, called him my man, I said called him my lover
do the best I can, yeah, c'mon Bobby, now, c'mon Bobby McGee, Lord, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lord, hey, hey, hey, yeah, I said my Bobby McGee, yeah
La da da la da da da, la da la la la da la La da da la la la da da
Hey hey I said Bobby McGee Lord
Lord lordy, lordy lordy lord oh Lord
Hey, hey, hey, I said my Bobby McGee, Lord
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Allison Crowe Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
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