Redwing
Redwing (4:15)
Sarah Sample & Paul Jacobsen
(Ramona PQ Records/ASCAP/Madison Arm Music/ASCAP)
I met God in a high desert sunrise
Neither of us said a word
I found God in the quiet of the golden plains
on the red, red wings of blackbirds
I saw a stag in the shade of a cottonwood
He looked my way but didn’t stir
He held his ground, now I’ll hold mine
with the red, red wings of blackbirds
Past the pavement, past the road
Past a world that I used to know
That’s where I want to go
I took my daughters to the woods
Where their hearts would not be cursed
Where they could sail above the trees
on the red, red wings of blackbirds
Regret, regret I've had my share
So many, they all just blur
But I'll burn them bright, I’ll burn them fast
like red, red wings on blackbirds
Past the pavement, past the road
Past a world that I used to know
That’s where I want to go
There's hope in the newborn baby
And in the driver of the hearse
In prayers, in dares, subway fares,
and on the red wings of blackbirds
Someday soon my life will pass
But I've got some living to do first
Still, when it's my time to go
Take me on the red, red wings of blackbirds
Love ain’t enough anymore
Love Ain’t Enough Anymore (4:04)
Sarah Sample & Dustin Christensen
(Ramona PQ Records/ASCAP/Carnival Music Publishing/ASCAP)
I don’t look at the pictures hanging in our hall
‘Cause they all tell the story of when we had it all
Kids out of college, on a little church lawn
And I can’t you when, or how it wrong
I thought it’d better this way
Pretending that nothing had changed
What is a life, when you’re living is a lie?
What is a life, when you can’t change your mind?
When you’re bound to the old you, then you’re waging a war
Honey I love you, but love ain’t enough anymore
I tried to tell you but I lost all the words
I hated to show you, ‘cause I knew it would hurt
I couldn’t be like you, a constant bright star
‘Cause burning out trying, leaves you lost in the dark
What is a life, when you’re living is a lie?
What is a life, when you can’t change your mind?
When you’re bound to the old you, then you’re waging a war
Honey I love you, but love ain’t enough anymore
I thought better this way
But I know now it can’t stay the same
What is a life, when you’re living is a lie?
What is a life, when you can’t change your mind?
When you’re bound to the old you, then you’re waging a war
Honey I love you, but love ain’t enough anymore
Love Who you love
Love Who You Love (3:15)
Sarah Sample & Kate Graves
(Ramona PQ Records/ASCAP/Catherine Christensen Graves/ASCAP)
Well I once had a mother too
She said things like mothers do
But mothers can be wrong sometimes
Like back in 1959
She said he was no good for me
She didn’t say but I could see
Her reasons fell on color lines
His skin was not the same as mine
It is simple, it isn’t hard
Ain’t no rhyme or reason to a heart
Ain’t no should have, could have, would have part
You just love who you love
You just love who you love
You just love love love who you love
I hear your mom’s been down on you
I once came down hard on her too
But mothers can be wrong sometimes
I hope she’ll come around with time
Two girls can love as big and true
As any man and woman do
Love doesn’t draw in colored lines
No pink or blue, no black or white
It is simple, it isn’t hard
Ain’t no rhyme or reason to a heart
Ain’t no should have, could have, would have part
You just love who you love
You just love who you love
You just love love love who you love
You just love who you love
You just love who you love
You just love love love who you love
You just love who you love
You just love who you love
You just love love love who you love
give a little
Sarah Sample
It won’t always be simple
Though, you’re so sure at the start
Love’s a drug that goes down easy
So you promise away your hearts
If you feel you got nothing left
Baby please, take one more step
Give a little time
Give a little love
Let the sun warm us from above
I will meet you in the middle
All we’ve got to give is little
When it starts to wear off
spit no longer makes love shine
Between work and school and carpool
We just stopped putting in the time
If you feel you got nothing left
Baby please, take one more step
Give a little time
Give a little love
Let the sun warm us from above
I will meet you in the middle
All we’ve got to give is little
We cannot slow the pace
Or roll to a jumpstart
So put your arms around my waist
We can slow dance through the hard parts
If you feel you got nothing left
Baby please, take one more step
Give a little time
Give a little love
Let the sun warm us from above
I will meet you in the middle
All we’ve got to give is little
the dance
Sarah Sample & Kate Graves
(Ramona PQ Records/ASCAP/Catherine Christensen Graves/ASCAP)
You come to town
A few times a year
I marked a heart on my calendar
For the day you’re getting here
I had it planned
A big surprise
Mom said you’d pick me at six
I’m still waiting here at nine
But I can see it all in my mind
I’d be twirling in your arms, I’d be flyin’
I would feel your love with every glance
That’s how it’s supposed to go
At the Daddy Daughter Dance
My wedding day
Guests sit and smile
You’re finally by my side
To walk me down the aisle
We celebrate
They start our song
But you’re too boozed up to walk
You’ve been drinking all day long
I can see it all in my mind
I’d be twirling in your arms, I’d be flyin’
I would feel your love with every glance
That’s how it’s supposed to go
For the Daddy Daughter Dance
We never got our song
We never learned the moves
We never got to dance around
With me standing on your shoes
I thought I was to blame
‘Til I finally figured out
I could choose a different partner
I could fill my dance card out
He is home at five
For dinner time
He coaches all her softball games
And tucks her in at night
She picks her dress
It’s pink chiffon
When she walks down those stairs
I watch him pin the corsage on
I can see it all, in my mind
She’ll be twirling in his arms, she’ll be flyin’
She will feel his love with every glance
That’s how it’s supposed to go
At the Daddy Daughter Dance
Heart that falls apart
Sarah Sample
(Ramona PQ Records/ ASCAP)
My mother has a tender heart
They say I got the same one, right from the start
Some people get their daddy’s laugh
I got a heart that falls apart
Splits right in half right from the start
I’m not the steady ark
I’m not the solid ground
No shoulder to lean on
But I’ll give a heart that falls apart
I’ll give a heart that falls apart
You’ll never cry alone, when I’m around
I wish I could draw the line
But it’s not the way this heart was designed
In joy or sorrow, it acts the same
I’ve got a heart that falls apart
In everything
I’m not the steady ark
I’m not the solid ground
No shoulder to lean on
But, I’ll give a heart that falls apart
I’ll give a heart that falls apart
You’ll never cry alone, when I’m around
I say, “let it come”
Waves of sorrow, one by one
I will sink by your side
Then I’ll pray the moon to change her tides
So when we feel the sun
Our two hearts will have become one
I’m not the steady ark
I’m not the solid ground
No shoulder to lean on
But, I’ll give a heart that falls apart
I’ll give a heart that falls apart
You’ll never cry alone, when I’m around
The Walk of moving on
The Walk Of Moving On (4:59)
Sarah Sample & Kate Graves
(Ramona PQ Records/ASCAP/Catherine Christensen Graves/ASCAP)
Your shoes by the bed
Your books piled up too
These scenes in my head
Replayings of you
And every night whispers
All the love and wine
‘Til the morning delivers
You were just running lines
It’s a long road ahead
It’s a hard road behind
It’s one step at a time
It’s a slow climb
It’s hard to get moving
But it’s time to move along
It’s hard to get moving to the walk of moving on
When you blow into town
When you hold me so strong
I always feel found
‘Til you blow out at dawn
I still answer your calls
I still open the doors
It takes all I got
To stop asking for more
It’s a long road ahead
It’s a hard road behind
It’s one step at a time
It’s a slow climb
It’s hard to get moving,
But it’s time to move along
It’s hard to get moving to the walk of moving on
It’s time to quit running, back to a love that’s gone bad
It’s time to quit running for something I never had
It’s time to quit running, it’s time to go slow
It’s time, only this time I know
It’s a long road ahead
It’s a hard road behind
It’s one step at a time
It’s a slow climb
It’s hard to get moving
But it’s time to move along
It’s hard to get moving to the walk of moving on
raised that way
Raised That Way (3:25)
Sarah Sample
(Ramona PQ Records/ASCAP)
Looking in the review
At choices we made
We were just kids
We did what kids did
When you’re raised that way
We had a wedding
Flowers and cake
That night you took off my dress
We fumbled through the rest
‘Cause we promised we’d wait
I’m looking at you
You’re looking at me
We are different than what we used to be
So please tell me, what are we gonna do?
We started a family
While you were buried in school
We were just kids
We did what kids did
When you play by the rules
The baby kept crying
And I cried along too
Put my dream in the drawer
Who could ask for more
Only a fool
I’m looking at you
You’re looking at me
We are different than what we used to be
So please tell me, what are we gonna do?
We grew up together
And we left side by side
No longer children
Now we get to decide
I’m looking at you
You’re looking at me
We are so different than what we used to be
So now luckily, now we get to choose
Baby, I choose you
I choose you
living is hard to do
Living Is Hard To Do (3:28)
Sarah Sample
(Ramona PQ Records/ASCAP)
I was scared they wouldn’t have time to say goodbye
One long night has turned into years that crawl by
Dying is easy
Living is hard to do
When a body just ain’t through
I’ve got my heart in the clouds
My feet shackled to the ground
A shadow of myself
Neither lost or found
Lord, cut me free
‘Cause I’m ready
In my dreams, an old cypress tree, cicadas are singing
On August nights, I sit in the shade, I hear my children laughing
Dying is easy
Living is hard to do
When a body just ain’t through
I’ve got my heart in the clouds
My feet shackled to the ground
A shadow of myself
Neither lost or found
Lord, cut me free
‘Cause I’m ready
I’ve got my heart in the clouds
My feet shackled to the ground
A shadow of myself
Neither lost or found
Lord, cut me free
I’m ready
I’m ready
Lord, I’m ready
a day without you
A Day Without You (3:53)
Sarah Sample
(Ramona PQ Records/ASCAP)
We lost you on Christmas Eve
A cruel, cruel gift to the family
We gathered round your cold body
On that colder night
A broken heart I already possessed
But it stopped its beating
When you took your last breath
And I wanted the world to stop spinning too
For how could the sun rise on a day without you?
I’ve been living in a season of sorrow
The longest winter, no sign of tomorrow
I’m not sure I want it to end
I feel betrayed by every tick of the clock
I’m jealous of the couple strolling down the block
I’m angry in the night when you’re not here for me to lean in to
For how could the sun rise on a day without you?
Don’t ask me if I’m ok
Please ask me if I’m ok
Don’t ask me
Please ask me
Don’t tell me I’ll move on
Don’t tell me to just be strong
Don’t tell me
Please tell me
I know how to pretend
But don’t promise I’ll see him again
Don’t tell me
Please tell me
Don’t ask me if I’m ok
Please ask me if I’m ok
Don’t ask me
Please ask me
Please