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Lyrics

Wings of Love
Theresa A. Allard
© BMI, 2006, Where There's A Will Music

I don't know why
Everything seems to be a fight
You try to get ahead and you fall behind
The winds of change blow harder all the time

They rock the floor
They rumble and they rattle at the door
'Til the things you thought you knew come tumbling down
Baby, it's not safe here on the ground

Fly away with me tonight
Close your eyes and hold on tight
Baby, we're gonna fly on the wings of love
They're stronger than a hurricane
They fly high above the mess we're in
Nothing can touch us flying on the wings of love

It feels so right
Trading in our troubles for a flight
A chance to go back to a place in time
When all we had was loving on our minds

Where did it go?
That crazy, careless love we used to know
It's missing like an old forgotten friend
Baby, let's go find it once again

Repeat chorus
Repeat 2nd half of chorus

Heroes

My boy wants to build a spaceship and bring you back home to us
Fly up to heaven and wake you with Grandma and magic dust
He cried when I told him how you were an angel now
Then in no time his plan was in place
He put on his cape and with his hands on his hips
Set out to save the day

Some heroes are small
Some are larger than life
You rescued me with your grin
Sometimes the best heroes are only mere mortals
So sometimes the good guys don't win

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane but where is Superman?
I always thought he would do it - he would out race that bullet
He would stop that speeding train
I wish I was made of steel, maybe I wouldn't feel
So helpless when I hear my boy say
With innocence and ease - "Mama, all you really need
Is a cape if you want to save the day"

Maybe he knows something I don't know
Something only a child's eyes can see
'Cause when I hear him laughing, I believe from heaven
Somehow you're saving me

Some heroes are small
Some are larger than life
You rescued me with your grin
Sometimes the best heroes are only mere mortals
So sometimes the good guys don't win

Some heroes are small
Some are larger than life

A Song for David

He came to me in a dream last night
He was smiling
Crystal clear blue eyes laughing with delight
Oh, he wasn't even trying and the words poured out like springtime
Melting all his fears away

The world is right tonight and the angels sing
(The angels sing)
We are laughing
The world is right tonight and the angels sing
(The angels sing)
We are dreaming

A prisoner of thoughts he cannot speak
Missing pieces
His wounded mind plays a game of hide and seek
Search and you will find the answer hovering there
Beneath a blanket of despair

The world is right tonight and the angels sing
(The angels sing)
We are laughing
The world is right tonight and the angels sing
(The angels sing)
We are living

Oh, how he wishes he could dream
Safe in the arms of visions
Flying with imaginary wings

Oh, the world is right tonight and the angels sing
(The angels sing)
We are laughing
The world is right tonight and the angels sing
(The angels sing)
We are living
The world is right tonight and the angels sing
(The angels sing)
We are dreaming

Once Upon a Time

I can't believe that man myself
He went and married someone else
I thought what we had going here was strong
What happened to that love and laughter
I want the happily ever after
You know this ain't the first time I've been wrong

This dating scene's getting too alarming
I'm ready for my prince charming
I need a man who's gonna treat me right
How many frogs do I have to kiss
How many chances will I miss
Before I find my shining armored knight

I see couples holding hands
Talking close and making plans
Their future reads straight from a story line
I want to feel the way they do, I want a happy ending, too
I just can't get past "Once Upon A Time"

When will a prince kiss me on my head
Come and revive me from the dead
Wake me up and save me from this mess
Look out the window hoping he'll be there
One word from him and I'll let down my hair
How long must I be a damsel in distress

Broken Man

He says, "Go easy on this broken man
Easy on the things I do
There but for the grace of God
You're not walkin' in my shoes"

He's tried to step inside of your world
And like an old coat, slip it on
Though it feels familiar, he is lost inside there
And the sleeves are much too long

He says, " Go easy on this broken man
Easy on the things I do
There but for the grace of God
You're not walkin' in my shoes

All the king's horses and all the king's men
Called in favors far and wide
But when the hand of fate pushed him to heaven's gate
The best they could do was compromise

Oh, go easy on this broken man
Easy on the things he'll do
There but for the grace of God
You're not walkin' in his shoes

He says, "You've forgotten who I used to be
But I'm reminded constantly
Bits and pieces of the past
Dance before me just beyond my grasp"

Will you catch him when he stumbles
And all that's left to loose is pride
Or will you leave him be, afraid that you might see
Your own reflection in his eyes

He says, " Go easy on this broken man
Easy on the things I do
There but for the grace of God
You're not walkin' in my shoes"

There but for the grace of God
There but for the grace of God

Anna Carolyn

Anna Carolyn I've loved you from the first time that I saw you
Staring back at me across the room
With a smile that made the world seem right
Brown eyes that hugged and held on tight
You barely had to speak before I knew

Anna, Anna, Anna it was you

Anna Carolyn remember autumn nights we spent together
With a passion only novice lovers knew
We were both in school in '59
Away from home for the first time
You'd shimmy off your roof to rendezvous

Anna, Anna, Anna it was you

Oh, I know you weren't ready then to settle down and watch your dreams go by
You were only 18 and a baby would be coming in July

In a Chevrolet Impala we drove down to North Carolina
I wore a suit of gray. Your dress was blue
On a back seat forty years ago
We woke up on Preacher's Row
For your 19th birthday we both said, "I do"

Anna, Anna, it was always you

It's more than those four children and some ancient vow that binds you now to me
It's the way you looked inside my soul and saw the man that I was meant to be

Anna Carolyn I've loved you from the first time that I saw you
Staring back at me across the room
Now I look into those big brown eyes
Knowing there's no need to say good-bye
The best of me will always be with you

Anna, Anna, Anna it's still you
Anna, Anna, it was always you

Hope

They say the whippoorwill's call is a mournful thing
But I hear laughter when he sings
I hear hope rising up in this dim-lit room
'Cause a new day's swaying to his lullaby
The sun's trying to chase the moon from the sky
And the morning's glow throws a halo above you

I know light can shine sometimes in the darkest places
I know answers can be found in the smallest faces
Shadows fall because the world is round
The sun goes up and the sun goes down
And hope keeps coming back around
My love

Hush now, darling, don't you cry
Life is not so black and white
I will paint it big and bright for you
Shades of green to make you strong
Violet when the mystery's lost
Goldenrod for when your heart is blue

A kaleidoscope of colors and the fortitude to see
Morning's many miracles
Are gifts you give to me

Back to Barboursville

Let's go back to Barboursville
Pretend we're children once again
Throw the football in the air
Dreams rise and fall but everybody wins

Life was simple then
Life was something you could touch
Fingers 'round a leather ball
And rolling in the red Virginia mud

There's a vineyard back in Barboursville
Let's sneak some grapes off of the vine
Then race our horses through the fields
And lay down under lazy summer skies

Life was simple then
Life was something you could taste
A blade of grass between your teeth
A ripe tomato splashed across your face

Whoah oh oh ……….hey, hey
Whoah oh oh ……….hey hey

Life was a country store
Life was a creek up to your knees
A good friend and a bicycle
Yes sir, no sir, thank you, pretty please

Whoah oh oh ……….hey, hey
Whoah oh oh ……….hey hey

Oh, take me back to Barboursville
My heart is sleeping in the woods
Wake me with a daffodil
And the smell of cedar stirring up my blood

Life was simple then
Life was something I could feel
Underneath the tall pine trees
Fledgling love gave way to something real

Whoah oh oh ………..yea
Whoah oh oh ……….hey hey

We'll Have Elvis

We haven't left this town in such a long, long time
We've been, oh, so good, we've been towing that line
This straight & narrows gonna do me in
I got a mind to see what I can bend

I'm gonna drive this van down 95
Across highway 10 to the borderline
Come on, baby, now it's time to go
Fill her up with gas & turn on the radio

                We'll have Elvis
                We'll have Jesus
                We'll have NPR for all the news that's coming
                And Patsy Cline is gonna keep this engine humming

Well, I don't remember when it felt so good
Breaking all the rules & knocking on wood
When you curl up beside me on this interstate
I gotta pull right over & let the road wait

There's not much more that we need right now
Got the moon above & a field of cows
When the morning comes we'll head for Mexico
Pull out on the highway & turn up the radio

                    We'll have Elvis
                    We'll have Jesus
                    We'll have NPR for all the news that's coming
                    NPR is gonna keep the news coming
                    Patsy Cline is gonna keep this engine humming

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