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Give Me Another Beat

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Slow and mellow – you keep me waiting
Over the weather – high and aching
Tap on my heart – Give me another beat

Throw me a pillow – one for taking
Naps beside you – awakening
Songs in my heart – Give me another beat

Blind till tomorrow in the sunshine
Covered all-over with the good times
Light up my heart – Give me another beat

Float like a feather – Life is so kind
You are the treasure I’ve waited to find here
Shine on my heart – Give me another beat

Fly like a sparrow in the summer
Through the heavens – above and under
Circle my heart – Give me another beat

One more message I’m not mistaking
When to follow or keep on saving
Dreams in my heart – Give me another beat

—Turn it up -break it down – Move along -stick around
—Give me one more beat to fill this song inside of me

—Turn it up -break it down – Move along -stick around
—Give me one more beat to fill this song

(c) 4.29.2014 Angela Christine Watford

I want to be the girl you think I am

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Your look is of the highest love – a peak on which I stand
Your touch is of a gentle breeze across my ocean sand
Your laugh is like a language only I can understand
I want to be the girl you think I am

Your promise is a thousand ropes tied in an endless band
Never to be broken – held by love in every strand
You’re holding all the balance of my world within your hands
I want to be the girl you think I am

Your happiness, a rising sun, shines throughout my land
Your courage is a timeless virtue shown to every man
Your whisper in my ear allows my heart to beat again
I want to be the girl you think I am

Your smile that never ages gently sweeps across my mind
It lifts my spirits high enough to leave this place behind
And with each hour of every day as rich as it began
I want to be the girl you think I am

Willow (Lyrics)

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Listen to Willow from AngelaWatford on Myspace.

Lyrics:

Through green meadows and across the turning fields of cotton
On that precious land I love, my heart and soul run free
I remember you my dear, your golden hair a’shining
Underneath the flowing leaves of the weeping willow tree

Find me dancing, spinning, sheltered by the loving willow
See the waves of bonnets nodding gently here for you
Like the days when we were young -no worries, cares or sorrows
Stay with me below this tree until the day is through

Tell me that you understand
There’s no need for roses
All we have and all we need is
under our noses

Have you noticed that the sky is twinkling, ever glowing
Holding all the shining stars in place for you to see
You, my dear, should know by now – my love for you is growing
on and on with every moment like this willow tree

Tell me that you understand
There’s no need for roses
All we have and all we need is
under our noses

You, my dear, should know by now – my love for you is growing
on and on with every moment like this willow tree

Kite (Lyrics)

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Listen to Kite from Angela-Watford on SoundCloud.

Lyrics:

Friends are hard to find, sometimes they’re harder to keep
you should know that you could never lose me
If the clouds ahead turn grey, these paper boats will sail away
and never even dream of sinking

Anytime you feel the weight, these shoulders are here
to share the load and keep you running
When the grass is greener there, I’ll tear the fence down – I don’t care
unless you find it cool for jumping

You say happiness can be so hard
when everyone around is hurting
But if you are a kite that wants to blow away
I’ll hold tight to this string to make you stay

If your joy won’t overflow, then ask me to pray
That the Lord’s true love and peace surround you
Never give up, don’t let go. How else can I let you know?
This girl could not go on without you

You say happiness can be so hard
when everyone around is hurting
But if you are a kite that wants to blow away
I’ll hold tight to this string to make you stay

You say happiness can be so hard
when everyone around is hurting
But if you are a kite that wants to blow away
I’ll hold tight to this string to make you stay

I’ll hold tight to this string to make you stay
I’ll hold tight to this string to make you stay

 

(c) 2017 Angela Christine Watford

When the show is over, the time is right

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When the light begins to fade away
And darkness comes to fill the day
When water collides with the sandy shore
And the wind blows through you more and more
When the air is cool and the moon is low
When the voices stop and we’re all alone
Our truth is safe at the top of the hill
And the seasons change but time is still
In the shade by the tree in the heart of the land
Backstage without the rest of the band
When the show is over, the time is right
We will kiss on the roof by the stars tonight

Take me home

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For many years, I’ve traveled down this long and winding road.
If I never find the answer, take me home.

My body aches from walking, blistered heels have made me slow.
If I never reach the good land, take me home.

There’s no reason for distractions – how the world just breaks my hands.
I don’t need another fracture, take me home.

I’ve heard so many things here that I wish I could forget.
If I never hear the bells ring, take me home.

Take me home
Take me home
If I never hear the bells ring
Take me home

There are daisies here beside me growing tall to heaven’s floor.
If I let this place surround me, take me home.

Many turns have left me weary. Any day now I could fail.
If I can’t see my way clearly, take me home.

My comfort is forgiveness through the Lord’s amazing grace.
If I ever cease to witness, take me home.

Over bridges, under trees – how your love has kept me safe.
If I lose the love within me, take me home.

Take me home
Take me home
If I should lose the love within me
Take me home

Don’t weep

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Don’t weep, little eye, it’s not the same from here.
The clouds are rollin’ by to polish your frontier.
You’re safe inside the sun in the light that ever glows.
The old is all gone and the new already knows.

Your emptiness is full. Take a scoop and pass the rest.
You don’t have to ride the bull to feel a beat inside your chest.
Don’t weep, little eye, it’s not the same from here.
When you see the world go by, His promise is so clear.

Say, say you don’t mind. There’s time for day – there’s time for night.
Say, say it’s alright. There’s time to pray – there’s time to cry.

This will be my truth

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To see that wonderful smile on your face
is why I woke today.
Everything everywhere sticks to the web
and we don’t have a say.

I don’t care much for this world
if I can’t share it with you.
Hold me in your paradise and
this will be my truth.

Minute to hour, day to year –
change will always come,
but time could never keep me here
if you were not the one.

And if the skies ahead should fall
I’d give my all to stand with you.
Hold me in your paradise and
this will be my truth.

Your endless hope and promises
to love at any cost
have painted me a gallery of
dreams that won’t be lost.

Shadows to night, morning to light –
my mind will be on you.
Hold me in your paradise and
this will be my truth.

 

Settle

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Settle
My heart watches over you
Every which way, all around and through
Toss your fears over the planes so high
This kind of love is hard to come by

Picture me standing beside you
A hand when you need one like the sturdiest tree
Wherever you go, I’ll be there too
Up or down – I just want your company

Like travelers, we roam the open seas
Glued to our dreams with no one to please
Anytime you want to close your eyes and fall
I got your back – and baby, I got it all

Stand by me through hardships and trials
Walk with me through pleasure and pain
Say you wont leave if the weeds grow wild
And I’ll fall in love with you over and over again

Shug

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I love the way your lips curl up when you’re happy
like I’m floating in a hammock sipping sweet tea.
This spark that hits me when our eyes meet,
it tickles me & I sink deeper into your endless universe.
Your loveable, charming smile is contagious.
It catches me the way a yawn sets off millions to follow.

I will rest on your confidence with a great sigh of relief
& my heart will find peace on your soft pillow of dreams.
I will highlight these beautiful moments with a fat yellow marker,
and bookmark each smile of yours in my brain.
Then I will scroll through the blissful memories again and again.
For you give me something sweet enough to last forever.