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Make It Mine

by Heather Pierson

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1.
Summer in the dust bowl Out on the open plain And then a certain summer's night Finally brought much needed rain He came to her in that same night sky From a thundercloud on high And then she looked him in the eye Neither one saying a word Neither one saying a word When the storm was over The moon shined down upon his face And then he opened his arms And revealed a sacred place A place that she instantly loved A place that she had never dreamed of in her life And then he looked her in the eye Neither one saying a word Forget about the rest of the world Neither one saying a word Neither one saying a word
2.
Two sweet faces rolling in the grass Watching the clouds overhead as they pass One could see each raindrop The other, just a cloud Though neither one could ever bring himself To say these things aloud Brothers with their mother looking on Enjoying all these moments before they're gone One of these sweet boys grew up way too fast While the other stayed adrift Somewhere in the past And while one took refuge in the open road The other stayed behind And kept his front door closed Brothers in another phase of life Experiencing all the glamour and the strife They were cut from the same soft silk And raised on the same sweet milk And though they wander where they will They are brothers still Two long faces start to show their age Another day, another year Another turning of the page No time left now to think on their mistakes No time left to think on all the chances They did not take But brothers now and brothers they will be Until the day their tired souls are finally free They were cut from the same soft silk And raised on the same sweet milk And though they wander where they will They are brothers still
3.
You’ve got a wildness in you Don’t think that you can hide it I’ve got a shyness in me Don’t think that I haven’t cried it out loud Wanting to reach you Wanting to tell you that I… I’ve got that wildness in me, too You’ve got a lightness in you That casts a shadow over me I’ve got this tightness in me Around my heart so you cannot see under the shroud Wanting to show you Wanting to tell you that I… I’ve got that lightness in me, too Even though I’ve dreamed of it Even now that I’m faced with it I cannot bear to have you see all of the things All of the things that are wrong with me Least of all, my crooked smile You’ve got a beauty in you Don’t think that the world can’t see Oh, this sense of duty in me Wants to protect you from me, I’m too proud Oh, isn’t it crazy? When will I notice that I… I’ve got that beauty in me, too?
4.
Make It Mine 03:39
Old man winter can be such a pest I just shoveled off the front porch, I'll let the sunlight do the rest And underneath the snow seeds wait to grow How do they know? It's anyone's guess The rains in April become the flowers in the spring The world wakes up and every creature with a voice starts to sing I try not to complain every time it starts to rain And instead, remember all the goodness that it brings Because isn't it a miracle to be alive? To feel that spark of passion along your spine? So whether it's evolved this way or been some grand design I'm gonna take this life and make it mine But the springtime rains can be so cold So I try not to hit those frogs as they jump out in the road I pray that they might find a safer place and kind Around the next turn, if I may be so bold to say Isn't it a miracle to be alive? To feel that spark of passion along your spine? So whether it's evolved this way or been some grand design I'm gonna take this life and make it mine And then summer's long hot days give way to fall And slowly paints a picture on the forests so tall In a slumber so deep Mother Earth goes back to sleep Isn't it amazing that she wakes up at all? Oh isn't it a miracle to be alive? To feel that spark of passion along your spine? So whether it's evolved this way or been some grand design I'm gonna take this life and make it mine So whether it's evolved this way or been some grand design I'm gonna take this life and make it mine
5.
All of your riches and all of your charms Where would you be without them all? And all of the work that your father did To pave the way so you could stand so tall? So that the perfect shade of green Could always be seen from your window How is your golf game and your wife and your kids? Has your son decided what he wants to do? He always liked to draw in that book of his But he'll probably end up just like you And then the perfect shade of green Will always be seen from his window Pushing papers and crunching numbers So that the sprinklers can run all night and day And childhood yearnings are given up for earnings And then the water comes to wash it all away What will you do when your wife gets old? Will you go out and find yourself a younger girl (again)? Will you fill her full of your poisonous lies? Is this the sum of your impression on this world? Well think of your father And think of all he gave And now he's turning Turning in his grave But now the perfect shade of green Will always be seen from your window
6.
I knew a woman once who collected Other people's mistakes And with her voodoo magic She could make them all her own You wouldn't want to cross her 'Cause one look could burn you at the stake Is it any wonder that this woman ended up alone? Lived her life in a bottle, paranoia at full throttle Sitting by the phone, waiting for her little girl To come home Yeah, did I mention she had a little girl? And I knew a man who loved that woman crazies and all He never said a word, he kept it all bottled up in his jaw Like a dog frothing at the mouth And kept at her beck and call The way she unleashed it was the craziest thing That you ever saw Backed that girl into a corner And she said it was only to warn her That mama's never wrong Even when she's passed out and gone Yeah, did I mention she had a little girl? I knew a woman once with a twinkly eye And a quick and easy smile Every day was Christmas And every night was like a dream Whenever she spoke, strangers stopped - Enchanted and beguiled But someone else knew better That all was not as it seemed Someone whose heart was broken Someone who had never spoken Up at all before, just a a shy and timid little girl Yeah, did I mention that I was that little girl?
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Fix 05:11
Why do I still dream about you So many years after the fact? Why do I still long for your touch? Why am I so easy to distract? Well I'm hoping this'll all blow over I'm praying to god that this, too, shall pass Well you've certainly left a mark on my soul Good lord, I know you know felt so right to me But you're like a blade so thin That I don't feel you cutting through me Until I'm bleeding to death for all the world to see But I'm hoping that this'll all blow over I'm praying to god that this, too, shall pass Well I don't want you, I don't need you At least I don't think that I do I don't want you, I don't need you At least I don't think that I do I don't want you, I don't need you I don't need your fix anymore The very thought of you makes me weak in the knees So I'll try my best to stand up and be brave Oh, I always think of you when I'm at my weakest point And I'm so afraid you'll follow me to my grave But I'm hoping that this'll all blow over I'm praying to god that this, too, shall pass Well I don't want you, I don't need you At least I don't think that I do I don't want you, I don't need you At least I don't think that I do I don't want you, I don't need you At least I don't think that I do I don't want you, I don't need you I don't need your fix anymore I don't need your fix anymore
8.
Winter Tans 04:12
There’s a man like so many living on the street Who doesn’t know where he’ll get his next bite to eat I know it’s cliché and I know it sounds trite But this man doesn’t know where he’ll sleep tonight And another sweet girl has been turning tricks All so she can afford her next fix Her baby’s at her mother’s and the daddy left town I guess he didn’t wanna stick around And all of those ladies with their winter tans Who’ve never let a day’s work dirty their hands They’re all too busy making their lunch date plans To really give a damn At the end of a day when the sun goes down And sleep comes to all the rich kids in town There are children in the shadows, in the back alleyways Who are looking for a reason to face another day So they might find a gun or a gang or a drug And grow up to be another bunch of stupid street thugs You say, “Put ‘em all in prison, just get ‘em all gone!” But the cycle will just keep going on And on and on and on and on… And what about those ladies with their glittering eyes? With their cushion-cut diamonds and their perfect thighs? They’re all speeding off through the friendly skies Why don’t they realize That all of our lives are woven from a single thread And if we can’t love each other, we’re as good as dead There’s a hole in my heart the size of my dreams And it looks like the world’s come apart at the seams The fat cats get richer and the poor stay cold Well, I’d say this story’s getting pretty old And all of those ladies with their winter tans Who’ve never let a day’s work dirty their hands They’re all too busy making their lunch date plans To really give a damn
9.
It's in the eyes you think you know someone In the most intimate way But with a smile you can deceive someone And lead them astray She once loved you And now she hates you so much That she's lost her very soul Through the hole in her heart But in your heart is where you love someone Precious as gold But in that same heart, that same love Can fade away, can grow cold She once loved you And now she just smiles and looks away And blinks her eyes so slowly So you cannot see her pain But it's in the eyes you think you know someone You think the truth is there But with a smile you can deceive someone So that they are not aware Of what's inside your heart What's inside your heart? What are you hiding there? Do you not want the world to care What's inside? What's inside your heart?
10.
Won't you carry me, little bluebird High above in the sky? I've grown so tired of living this long and weary life Believe me, little bluebird, you don't wanna be down here Where all the joy and happiness Have all given way to fear Tell me - why can't I have wings like you? Tell me - why can't I have wings like you? Help me, little bluebird, to see what only you can see Looking down on all of us trying so hard just to be It's so easy for you, bluebird, to move from here to there And nothing ever in your way Above this world without a care Tell me - why can't I have wings like you? Tell me - why can't I have wings like you? Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why, tell me... Do you ever tire of flying? Do you ever tire of flying? Do you ever tire of flying, tire of flying, or tire of living? So won't you carry me little bluebird To a place that I've never been 'Cause I've seen the sky and I've seen the earth And everything in between Tell me - why can't I have wings like you? Tell me - why can't I have wings like you? Tell me - why can't I have wings like you? Tell me why...
11.
Now All I Do 03:15
You were supposed to be an escape for me But now all I do is wonder when I'll see you And all I wanted was to be free I let myself be drawn into all your charm But now all I do is yearn to be near you To be the girl on your arm Why did you have to come when you did? I never realized that I could be despised For only acting on and wanting what is true But look at this mess! How can I be surprised? Why did you have to come when you did? Why did you have to come? Why did you have to come when you did? Why did you have to come? Why did you have to come when you did? Your timing sucks, your timing is lousy I think I met you just a little too late I chose to live my life as someone else's wife But now all I do is wish that he was you What once was joy feels like the sharpest knife Why did you have to come when you did? Why did you have come? Why did you have to come when you did? Why did you have come? Why did you have to come when you did? Why did you have come? Why did you have to come when you did? Why did you have come? Why did you have to come when you did? You were supposed to be just a fling for me But now all I do is wonder why I'm not with you
12.
The northwest wind from Canada Makes October feel colder The long nights and the shorter days Make a man feel older before his time The moon is hanging white and full And dreams that don’t die with the corn Keep a man alive, keep a man awake But keep him tired and keep him worn And past his prime He feels his winter coming on He feels his winter coming on The snow is already in his hair The boy is gone, the boy is gone The frost has fallen on the fields And life has given up ‘til spring When will he see the sun again? Such a rare and precious thing But there’s no time He feels his winter coming on He feels his winter coming on He can see his breath floating in the air The boy is gone, the boy is gone
13.
Wild Child 03:44
There must be a fire somewhere, just look how fast his tires roll He’s driving like his house burned down, but it’s just the fire in his soul And he’s riding away from all the downtown troubles and small-town fears As he switches gears, he checks his mirrors and lets the engine take its toll His mother tried to stop him, his father just sat there and studied his shoes And she said, “Boy, I was young once too, but is this how you had to choose?” And he said, “I’ll be damned if I’ll spend my youth in this dead-end dive ‘Cause I’m so alive and I intend to show the world what this boy can do” Oh, wild child Like a river that’s bent on finding the sea Wild child, wild child He went over to see Lucy, the love of his life since the second grade And he took her by the hand and he gave her his love out there in the shade And then he told her his plan about going out to California “where the wine grapes grow And streets of gold, and the silver screen, and everybody out there’s got it made” Oh, wild child Like a river that’s hell-bent on finding the sea Wild child, wild child And she said, “I’ll follow you anywhere, just tell me what it is that you need” And he said, “When it comes to freedom, I guess I’m guilty of a little greed” And then he packed his bags and she had no choice but to watch him go It just goes to show that you can’t keep a flower when it’s all gone to seed Oh, wild child Like a river that’s long and old and deep Wild child Like a promise of love that’s so hard to keep Wild child, wild child
14.
Painted desert baby, not so much a baby these days Dancing among the lizards, changing your appearance in a thousand ways In the world’s largest sandbox, your mother looks on Squinting into the sun, pining away for something that’s already gone And the days tumble by, long and warm and dry like the leaves And the nights bring the cold and the longing for home And the tears that she cries when your mother grieves “Where is my family?” – your little thoughts float on the breeze Your father’s off using his hands to try and bring home a living that he hopes will please But keeping her vigil like the coyotes you hear in your dreams Your mother bites her lip and she paces and she stops to look at you and her face just beams She says, “We’re on the ocean and I’m the ship that has sailed you Away to where things are tranquil and clean But I’m too far from one shore and I can barely see the other And I’m stuck somewhere in between” And the days tumble by, long and warm and dry like the leaves And the nights bring the cold and the longing for home And the tears that she cries when your mother grieves
15.
Starlight 04:09
A single star thrown out into space Offering up what little light you have Over millions of miles for millions of years And you could be gone now, but your light still shines on your behalf Sparkling like water in a stream A beam of light so delicate and so long I can only hope to be like you And keep on shining long after I’m gone I’m amazed you were here and still I can see you so clearly Your light is so bright that it burns right through this winter night I can’t be afraid of the dark of night as long as there is starlight We are single souls thrown out into space Offering up our little light while we can Our time is so brief, in a little while we’ll all be gone So let your light shine now for every woman, child and man And the fact that you’re here and that I can see you so clearly It’s nothing short of a miracle, it’s something so rare and beautiful We can’t be afraid of the coming night, no we can’t be afraid to shine our light No we can’t be afraid to live our lives as long as there is starlight
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Let It Be So 03:18
Love in our hearts Love in each action Hope for our future Hope for each new day Let it be so, let it be so, let it be so Joy in our movement Joy in every step Compassion for all people Compassion in every word Let it be so, let it be so, let it be so Peace for our planet Peace in every breath Peace in our lifetime Peace in every moment Let it be so, let it be so, let it be so Let it be so, let it be so, let it be so

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released October 26, 2010

Heather Pierson - all vocals and instruments

Produced by Heather Pierson
Engineered and mixed by Alan Bean at Baked Beans Recording Studio, Harrison, ME
Mastered by Bob Ludwig

Photography by Tim Shellmer
Layout and design by Klarity Multimedia

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