Friday, March 4, 2011

Mailbox


Your name's still on the mailbox


I can't restart, I gave you my heart


But I refuse to shrug my shoulders and sigh


Or say goodbye to you


Cause what if you come back?


What if you come back?




Your name's still on the mailbox


I still buy your soap, I've still got that hope


But I refuse to shrug my shoulders and sigh


Or say goodbye to you


Cause what if you come back?


What if you come back?




How could you run? You said I was "the one,"


You said we'd be together come rain, come sun


Whether scaling the highest rocks


Or sorting through piles of socks


Was it the day-to-day made you not want to stay?


Chores to do and the bills to pay?


But, see, that's when I loved you best


And that's why I must confess that




Your name's still on the mailbox


The address change went through: I get nothing for you


But I refuse to shrug my shoulders and sigh


Or say goodbye to you


Cause what if you come back?


What if you come back to me?


What if you come back?

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Fred Astaire


Now I live day to day


Most of us live that way


We've jobs to work and chores to shirk


And those bills to pay



I've tired of this routine


I want a different scene


To sit and sigh as life goes by


Just isn't for me




Chorus:


I'll dance backwards in high heels and perfect hair


Twirl my twirls in satin negligee if you'll be my Fred Astaire



Martinis and champagne


Dancing in the rain


At each soiree gay repartee


Each summer in Spain




Why be content with less


Than Life lived at its best?


The safe and sane may choose mundane


But let's effervesce, baby




Chorus




Bridge:


Let's have a glamorous romance


Who cares if we dance to the beat of a different drum?


Parumparumparumparumparum...



Chorus

Friday, October 22, 2010

Alice in Wonderland Sheet Music


I have had several people request sheet music for Alice in Wonderland so I had the sheet music made up! The person I hired wasn't able to get the accent marks for the Spanish section in the music, unfortunately, but you can see the correct lyrics here.

If it doesn't turn out on your computer, just email me and I'll send you the pdf!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Come Here to Me (The Ice Cream Man Song)


I've heard that what you seek you will find


And it's not, it's not like I mind


But what if I'm not so inclined? What then?


I ask, well, I ask is it a sin


If I asked, I asked the wind to fly my kite


Even though I haven't taken it outside




Chorus:


And I say come, come here, come here to me


Why, oh why, why must it be


I am the one who has to find you?


Early to bed and early to rise


May make you so wealthy and wise


But what if I like sleeping past nine, praytell?


I think, well, I think it would be swell


If I could win the Nobel for the books I'd read


When instead of getting up I'd stayed in bed


And I say...


Chorus



If nothing's ventured, nothing is gained


But it's not all so clear and so sane


What if what you gain brings you pain, what for?


What if I asked for a little bit more


The ice cream man to come to my door


And if he hands me a treat instead of having to chase him down the street?


And I say...


Chorus

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Kind of Woman


Why aren't I a woman that no man can resist?


Why aren't I a woman that men would kill each other for my kiss?


Why aren't I a woman who can bring despair with a roll of my eye?


Why aren't I the kind of woman who makes them wonder why they even try?




Why aren't I a woman that makes other girls feel plain?


Why aren't I a woman that other girls just want to have remember their name?


Why aren't I a woman that girls look at, shake their heads and sigh?


Why aren't I the kind of woman that makes them wonder why they even try?




Why aren't I the kind of woman that though no man can keep he never forgets?


The kind of woman that though no man can keep he never regrets?




Why aren't I the woman who breaks the heart of James Bond?


Why aren't I a woman that men still adore though I done them so wrong?


Why aren't I a woman that men speak of, as they break down and cry,


"My God, she was so great. Why did I even try?"


Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Exceed My Expectations


C                                                            F                                                        
I kind of like the thought you're an ice cream cone that I have yet to lick

C                                                        F                                       
I like the thought that you're an apple that I have yet to pick

                            G/B                  C                  F
But though I'm loving all this sweet anticipation,

       F                            G                         C
I'm ready for you to exceed my expectations.


C                                                  F                                       

You're like the first day that I got my favorite blanky

C                                                         F             
Or like the first time Bonnie and Clyde held up a bank, he said

                      G/B                  C          F

Though I'm loving all this sweet anticipation,

       F                               G                        C
I'm ready for you to exceed my expectations.


Eb                    D                                  C

And there's a line of thought says coffee smells much better than it tastes

Eb             D                                  C

And the way they talk you'd think the rest of the cup's just goes to waste

Eb                       D                         C                      G/B                       Am

But though I'm all for lighting coffee-scented candles should I choose to

       F                         G                           C


I'm ready to be the girl that you get used to




Eb                    D                                  C
And there's a line of thought says Christmas Eve's much better than Christmas Day

Eb                    D             C

It's so much better before all the secrets are given away

Eb                    D                    C                            G                         Am

But though I'm all for the night before and stockings yet un-Santa-ed

       F                         G                           C

I'm ready to be the girl you take for granted





C                                                      F                                       

You're like a brand new pair of jeans yet to be worn in

C                                                               F                                       

But you know the best jeans are the jeans that look like the jeans that you were born in

                      G/B                  C          F

Though I'm loving all this sweet anticipation,

       F                         G                           C

I'm ready for you to exceed my expectations.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Stay With Me Tonight


The streetlamps try to do their best


But the light's faded in the west


It's like a night straight out of Poe


And one I'd hate to be alone


But with my ego at full mast


I cannot bring myself to ask you...



Chorus:


Baby, stay with me tonight


It's a while before the light will win


And I'd love to have you here to tuck me in, oh,


Baby, I hate to be needy


It's just the shadows seem kind of seedy 


And I'm begging you to stay here with me




I never liked those girls who cling


Needing a man for everything


With batted eyes and pouts intent


They bask in attention spent


But one thing I envy in their bask


They wouldn't hesitate to ask you...


Chorus




I've been the same girl all along


Too independent proud and strong


More like an island and a rock


Than like a pillow or a dock


But sometimes strength is just a mask 


And that's why tonight, my love, I ask you...