The State We're In Featuring Beth Orton

been workin' baby for too long now Just wanna get next to you boy I've been searchin' baby, a way to tell you how Gotta get through to you boy Never said it was sunshine but you took it all of the

Sweetest Decline Beth Orton

She weaves secrets in her hair The whispers are not hers to share She''s deep as a well She''s deep as a well Another day wastes away And my heart sinks with the sun A new day''s dawning

Precious Maybe Beth Orton

Sometimes I get to thinkin'', baby, when I''m all alone I could maybe make it on my own The more, oh, you set me free The more attractive you seem to be And my baby My precious baby You

Stolen Car Beth Orton

While every line speaks the language of love It never held the meaning I was thinking of And I can''t decide over right or wrong I guess sometimes you need the place where you belong Some

Heart Of Soul Beth Orton

Heart of Soul Curl up inside me C'mon hide for a while Look in your eyes i see Looking back is a child That we, we dance a fine line We didn't take much time You can't watercolor a fire cracker And you

Flesh And Blood Beth Orton

I'm not going to change it Ever it is I'm not gonna name it What will be I'm certain I don't know We have today And that is forever Life after life' When we are together An endless sky The light in your

Blood Red River Beth Orton

Took a friend I found Cross some blood red river Never did find my way home In time to forgive her. Why must people always fall for what they can't have?

Daybreaker Beth Orton

We lay on our backs in the grass Silently watching the rain clouds move by far too fast You said it was a night where anything could happen But nothing was gonna last And we're doing fine now yeah

Dawnstar Beth Orton

There is starlight burning in our hearts tonight Hear the moonlight speak your name We're a long way hidden form the cold tonight I see the dawn star falling where you are You knew the cause You knew the

Stars All Seem To Weep Beth Orton

Stayed true to the things I knew when I was younger And food and love was all but left to hunger It's when I stray from the truth as I grow older Too much leaves an empty hollow hunger I think

Something More Beautiful Beth Orton

Can't try the flying You know I've been near You know how bear me up Take your time in morning life There's nobody here There's nobody here When you feel too much to ever let you We turn it up turn it

A Place Aside Beth Orton

I do still sometimes put my hand across And i feel as yours gets placed on top We drive along these empty streets Same old ones they've always been I can still hear your heartbeat in the dark We're still

Feel To Believe Beth Orton

And if one truth leads you to fight I still don't believe in your reasons why. I just don't believe in why. I couldn't watch you walk away And not forget it.

Ted's Waltz Beth Orton

If we should meet again on some darkened street Pack in it all and heed to the call Beat a drum to decide on a sketch or design Can you see to the light of bare winter night And wipe out the sun form

She Cries Your Name Beth Orton

<< She Cries Your Name >> --- Beth Orton Falling from the western selves To find yourself alone again Wonderin' where you have been Your lonely voice Calls across the star lit coast Reaching out

Pedestal Beth Orton

And you don't know all the questions yet And there's a look in your eye Of which we never speak Will it make you too strong? Am I gonna feel so weak?

Paris Train Beth Orton

Now your sitting on a Paris train laughing at your own jokes again Sun splits the trees into beautiful broken light Never cry more tears than you could hold in your hands When all the world's airbrushed

Falling Beth Orton

what I see is what i get So i close my eyes and i feel you better there And I'm falling back wards I'm falling sidewards I'm falling backwards from your arms And it looks like our harvest didn't come in

Don't Need A Reason Beth Orton

Have you ever seen a sign, That upon a time, There were angels, We all lose track, Was upon our backs, Feel the weight of them, Why they fall is hard tell, But some things you can buy yourself,

Live As You Dream Beth Orton

If there's something you wanna do You'll know when you've seen it through Yeah, we live as we dream alone But that's not all you've ever known Stop, look, listen I can find you I've been standing

Central Reservation Beth Orton

Running down a central reservation in last night''s red dress, And I can still smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath Stepping through brilliant shades, All the color you bring,

Shadow Of A Doubt Beth Orton

A Shadow of a Doubt it's true your love has been a lesson and it's taught me more than any other blessing you're the one that can wrestle me c'mon hold me down now one, two, three i get too weak to fight

Heartland Truckstop Beth Orton

Never clouds up my day See I wanted to give Then I just couldn't take it I wanted to love And I turned 'round and hated it If I ever knew I tried to tell Give of my heart but I never sell Supermarket of the

Conceived Beth Orton

But I'm no good for you I suppose when you get a cold bath You still hold me close at night Never liked you any less And the world's not such a friendly place, is it?

Moon Beth Orton

I know what the sun feels like on my skin I wanna know what moon feels like within I know what the sun feels like on my skin I wanna know how the moon gives life within And the same moon rises over me

How Far Beth Orton

I heard you saying rightly so, Turn our backs on what we most need to know, Give in too fast then give in to no, Once they've got you where they want you, They don't wanna know.

Safety Beth Orton

You saw a time to come, Where the eyes of the world would see as one, You saw a time to come, Where all of our laughter is seen as through the eyes of the son.

The Same Day Beth Orton

Met him in a cafe one day and he told his story right away They got married and divorced in the same day Now he'd rather know her debt than walking down some street, another plan in her head, in her head

Skimming Stone Beth Orton

You been tryin' to find the line to define the strength in weak hands Read the first page then guess the rest and don't always know what's best You been tryin' to swim up the sun's burning reflection And

Safe In Your Arms Beth Orton

Home is where the heartbreak Wraps cold around my bones Forgives me if I promise To forget what I have known Ignores and never mentions I just came waltzing in With stones tied together With broken

Wave Beth Orton

If I were a wave you'd have caught me If you were my light I would fade If you were the sea you'd not turn your back on me I'd shake your fury right out off of me I was crying out for you Before I ever

Pass In Time Beth Orton

So much stays unknown ''til the time has come, Did you ever imagine you could feel so strong, And what you fear just turn into relief, Yes see your doubt become your own belief, Though tears don

Dolphins Beth Orton

This old world may never change The way it's always been I know all the ways of war Can i change it back again I've been searching For the dolphins in the sea Sometimes i wonder Do you ever think

This One's Gonna Bruise Beth Orton

Do you even know what goes on in a heart anymore Constellations turned into little polaroids in a cardboard box And I wanted so desperately to prove You were still breathing' but wouldn't move Okay

Shopping Trolley Beth Orton

I've been reeling home A broken shopping trolley Wheels on the wrong How come wisdom Came on strong But it's too late to be done Words are but dust of stars When they collide I get lost in the sparks Explode

It's Not The Spotlight Beth Orton

someday It's not the spotlight It's not the candlelight Its not the streetlights On some old street of dreams It ain't the moonlight Not even the sunlight But I've seen it shining in your eyes

Petals Beth Orton

Petals pour from themselves in a synchronized swim They'd been held to the stem as though holding their breath' Collectively they agree to exhale and be free Now one after another they tumble silently

So Much More Beth Orton

Another cold London night I wrap this head around my shoulders, tight Please excuse me, seems there's someone at my door I wouldn't leave, but the need is so much more So much more Another cold London

Lean On Me Beth Orton

Blue and black times You think that I don't know But there'll be glad times Just you wait and see And I'll be your sunrise if you'll lean on me I imagine that I could comfort you I have forgotten the

Ooh Child Beth Orton

Someday yeah, we'll put it together and we'll get it undone Someday when your head is much lighter Someday yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun Someday when the world is much brighter.

Love Like Laughter Beth Orton

Some of the worst wrongs Get righted on three chords, Like a promise, Or a kiss goodbye. When the sneer on your lips Is the livest thing, Just alive enough to die.

Feral Children Beth Orton

Feral children in the pouring rain For every constellation she might navigate again Each and ever line she might wear in time Baptized by the rain and euphoria of pain Could kiss or punch, sober or drunk

Where Do You Go Beth Orton

Now when i need you You're nowhere around Just when i'm going then You're taking a trip down town How do you fly so far With the world in disguise Do the people around you Put you to where they need you

Someone's Daughter Beth Orton

I wanna sit and talk and laugh with you as the day ends I wanna see your smiling face before the new day begins You'll never know what it means To see the sunlight in your hair and dancing everywhere

Snow Beth Orton

I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else someone else As the day resolves to night I notice I have made my world go out of focus

Central Reservation (Original Version) Beth Orton

Running down a central reservation in last night's red dress, And I can still smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath; Stepping through brilliant shades, All the color you bring, This time,

Corduroy Legs Beth Orton

There is that I can only hear by the moon I lay still enough to hear the trees grow I listen for the creak of thier thoughts And I hear your corduroy legs running up the stairs And all the kindest words

God Song Beth Orton

My house was built for loving not a theatre of war I take the poison for the cure But he's my man and I've been doing him wrong Yeah he's my man and I've been doing him wrong And I'm praying for the

Absinthe Beth Orton

My love's a star you only saw the traces of What went before is not no more, it's the embers of People always catching names too late And we're all sorry there's no time to make the change I could hear

1973 Beth Orton

You got a certain way i swear of sticking it in Even though you only ever lose or you win I always said I'd wait and wait and wait just to see But I've been waiting here since 1973 It only happens elsewhere