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unreleased 2008
Teaser for upcoming video, which will be released May 22 at the Haven Social Club in Edmonton! (for complete show details go to http://wwww.annvriend.com/shows):
TV video for "Backseat Driver", filmed in Sydney, AU on the "Mornings With Keri Anne" show: Ann performing "St. Paul" on Help TV, promoting "Homefest" (fundraiser for Edmonton's homeless crisis):
LYRICS |
when we were spies-- complete album lyrics coming soon!
| modes of transport |
| Same Thing For You |
| Crowd Pleaser |
| The Invisibles |
| Where My Heart Lies |
| Feelin' Fine |
| Don't Cry |
| You Got Me |
| No Stranger To Love |
| Here We Are |
| Backseat Driver |
same thing for youi love you in this way it takes so many days to realize i found where you are most tender a hidden injury that still hurts and at first I was surprised you’ve got wings but underneath them is a place you hide and coincide with sometimes and after I got used to that gradually things grew on me and led me to decide I’ll be the same thing for you I’ll let you see right through me I’ll abandon all my crutches and run As if falling was part of the freedom That we both have won sometimes in your sleep you say things in my mind I underline you’re not a man of words but I want to put them to you make you one of my kind and after your confessions I know I’ve got some of my own it takes one to know one even if we’ve got different reasons for feeling alone I’ll be the same thing for you I’ll let you see right through me I’ll abandon all my crutches and run As if falling was part of the freedom That we both have won the sun’s always setting somewhere and the sun sets here, too and your arms are still around me or whose arms are around who? I’ll be the same thing for you I’ll let you see right through me I’ll abandon all my crutches and run As if falling was part of the freedom That we-- I’ll be the same thing for you I’ll let you see right through me I’ll abandon all my crutches and run Run, run, run, run! As if falling was part of the freedom As if falling was part of the freedom As if falling was part of the freedom That we both have won Both have won Both have won top |
Crowd PleaserYou’re a crowd pleaser You’re a born teaser You come by it honestly It’s not who you want to be You’ve been acting restlessly But we all do agree You represent our dreams you pull it off easily brush through the door breezily you’re every academic’s envy larger than life it seems designed for the big screen and did I mention you represent our dreams? but sometimes you get it all wrong sometimes I see you wandering home all alone sometimes I wish I never wrote this song and never put you on a pedestal at all… You’re a crowd pleaser You’re a born teaser You come by it honestly It’s not who you want to be You’ve been acting restlessly But we all do agree You represent our dreams you’re on the front page you’re in the Golden Age you’re at every award show you are the first prize the twinkle is in your eyes and an unexplainable glow sometimes you disappear for a while sometimes we forget about your smile sometimes life can be dismal and we don’t want a clown hanging around reminding us how things used to be— You’re a crowd pleaser You’re a born teaser You come by it honestly It’s not who you want to be You’ve been acting restlessly But we all do agree You represent our dreams top |
The Invisiblesyou don’t really like me much at all i don’t think that I even care at all we put in our time but we hit a wall sometimes if you make a bad call well, then you make a bad call you were looking for someone to be on your arm i was looking for someone who wouldn’t harm me we went through the motions made no mistakes but I guess that’s not all that it takes that’s not all that it takes And if you look at a picture of us We were smiling for the camera Color-coordinated sofas Put the photos on the mantle piece You might think it’s easy To copy what’s on TV But when you turn the whole thing off There’s nothing left of us you don’t even know me much at all i don’t think that I ever told you anything important at all and from the outside we were having a ball sometimes if you got it all well, then you don’t got it all And if you look at a picture of us We were smiling for the camera Color-coordinated sofas Put the photos on the mantle piece You might think it’s easy To copy what’s on TV But when you turn the whole thing off There’s nothing left of us… top |
Where My Heart Liesof little things i am unsure the hum of the refrigerator shavings in the pencil sharpener a blur in the rearview mirror footprints on the kitchen floor the creaking of the front porch door clothesline playing tug-of-war and our scarecrows in the middle But I know where my heart lies I know that it’s over-sized I know just how hard it tries To beat me when I play So I, I tend to give in anyway you wander past the gate one day and the sparrows scatter away people, they got nothing to say but they know you’re gone they know you’re gone But I know where my heart lies I know that it’s over-sized I know just how hard it tries To beat me when I play I know all the telltale signs Yes, I’m familiar with every single butterfly And I tried, and I tried To keep up my disguise But my heart beats me Oh, my heart beats me Oh, my heart beats me My heart beats me My heart beats me Every time Oh, every time top |
Feeling Finei’m in too deep to get out now starting over means too much to throw out, so trudging on, and pushing through somehow keep your shoulder to the grind nobody likes to hear complaining bad enough when it’s sunny let alone when it’s raining, so complete the task, get over the blues and don’t let any news affect you got my suitcase in my hand taking myself to the next show can’t afford to take the band and my suitcase won’t fit my piano i’m sitting in my hotel room muddy waters in the tap and on the radio and I know I’m in a long line of my kind who smile for the cameras and play for their souls And oh, it’s true, I could be feeling better And oh, it’s true, I found myself avoiding looking in the mirror And oh, it’s true, every now and then a sad song comes on the radio But otherwise I’m feeling fine! and I see us as an army ‘cause then I don’t feel so alone (maybe that’s why people go on fighting has nothing to do with right or wrong…) and by the end of the night i got it out of my system hope you’re all feeling alright be back tomorrow again hope you’re all feeling alright be back tomorrow again And oh, it’s true, I could be feeling better And oh, it’s true, I found myself avoiding looking in the mirror And oh, it’s true, every now and then a sad song comes on the radio But otherwise I’m feeling fine top |
Don't Crygot a bad habit of keeping things to myself got a lot of dust gathering up on the shelf and somebody i just met asking me about me what can you do when you’re travelling alone? should just spend the money and make a call home ‘cause now I got more than I asked for with this shoulder to cry on got a long journey up ahead don’t think i’ll get rich, i said but what i meant is that it doesn’t matter, anyway Oh, don’t cry no more, darling, for me I don’t need more of your sympathy I ‘ve been feeling sorry for myself for a while now Oh, don’t cry no more, darling, for me I got to get over these things Else I might just stay here in your arms, forever it’s not like i mind these arms around me it feels so good sometimes and everybody gets lonely you need a little comfort, like a drug --but i gotta walk away before i am your junkie Oh, don’t cry no more, darling, for me I don’t need more of your sympathy I ‘ve been feeling sorry for myself for a while now Don’t cry no more, darling, for me I got to get over these things Else I might just stay here in your arms Might just stay here in here in your arms Might just stay here I might just stay here in your arms, forever top |
You Got Me
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No Stranger to Lovein all war there is some selfishness if you’d give up what they’re after there wouldn’t be a fight so why do we argue so much, baby in the war zone of this living room, tonight? and when is it time to state “surrender” allow invasion, for the sake of peace? and when should I stand up, bravely, state my claim, despite what bleeds, and what still beats? I’m wounded, as you are At least I see some blood In one hand, an arrow The other, a sword I’m no stranger to love why do I cherish what I sacrifice my flags, my laws, and oh, how I want my way in all war there is some selfishness in love there is a lot to give away I’m wounded, as you are At least I see some blood In one hand, an arrow The other, a sword I’m no stranger to love top |
Here We Arehere we are trying to break each other’s hearts and I think it’s safe to say we’ve succeeded so far but then there’s the next part when one of us shows her cards altogether ends the game and becomes the queen of bleeding hearts (again) I love you most when you’re not looking but you don’t know since you don’t see ships that pass each other in the night are the same as boats lost out to sea boats lost out to sea to see if we can meet see if we can beat this pattern and routine even the TV makes love into a game only the faces always change it will take a stack of decks before they run out, I guess but if you hardly ever win at solitaire why do we always play? the king and queen of bleeding hearts (again) top |
Backseat Driverdon’t wanna be your backseat driver just gonna sit here, right beside you watching the windshield wipers and the water that they move not gonna give directions go on about my convictions just listen to the hum of the engine and let the horizon soothe you And if you want a road to drive on I could name a few And if you want a song to sing I could think of so many that would suit you And if you wanna hear a story Oh, have I got one to tell you Baby, I got something to tell you you said you wanna be somewhere you’re clean again like the sidewalk after the summer rain i said i wanna be loved no matter where I am all the places and the roads that lead to them just gonna be with you yeah, I’ll be there beside you And if you want a road to drive on I could name a few And if you want a song to sing I could think of so many that would suit you And if you wanna hear a story Oh, have I got one to tell you Baby, I got something to tell you Baby, I got something to tell you Baby, I got something to tell you… top |
