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Sleeping Dogs

by Martha's Trouble

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1.
It's hard to describe how I feel I just don't have the right words A little tired, a little scared A little frozen from this world So let's keep on driving until it all just melts away And we can wake up in another place and to another day The scenery will change and I'll feel better You can't hold me down for too long With your hand in mine and our hearts in the right places We're a long way from home But things look brighter from here So I'll try to forget those thoughts The ones that haunt me in the night We've come too far and we don't want to give up I couldn't ever trade this life We'll just keep believing that love will find a way 'Cause it's just you and me and this long highway The scenery will change and I'll feel better You can't hold me down for too long With your hand in mine and our hearts in the right places We're a long way from home But things look brighter from here So let's keep on driving Let's just keep on driving The scenery will change and I'll feel better You can't hold me down for too long With your hand in mine and our hearts in the right places We're a long way from home But things look brighter from here
2.
Here we are It’s just you and I trying to be the best we can Holding on for one more time Making the most of all we planned I will run away In your arms tonight Where we fell in love under the stars And we will see our names Written in the sky And we’ll dance under the pale moonlight People said it wouldn’t last It’s been five years and we’re still here Don’t you know you can’t change the past I wouldn’t change it if I could I will run away In your arms tonight Where we fell in love under the stars And we will see our names Written in the sky And we’ll dance under the pale moonlight
3.
Let Me Stay 03:51
Sitting here with you talking over coffee In this quiet cafe feels like we’re the only ones here Your face is like an angel I see my future in it and I get lost in your eyes Please let me stay here a while Let me stay here with you For the things that you are and the things that you do Let me stay here with you And tell me you love me ‘cause I feel the same way too Giving all I am just to have you near me You make me feel like I’m flying Please let me stay here a while Let me stay here with you For the things that you are and the things that you do Let me stay here with you And tell me you love me ‘cause I feel the same way too And if the sun doesn’t shine in your world, you said, “I don’t know what I’ll do.” Baby just hold on for another day cause I’m holding on to you Let me stay here with you For the things that you are and the things that you do Let me stay here with you And tell me you love me ‘cause I feel the same way too
4.
My Friend 04:16
He was tired that day It was a Sunday afternoon She’d come over to say I’ve got some news for you I’m leaving here, and I’m not coming back I’m taking him and the life of what we had I’m sad for you I’m hurting for you And now I’m held on this very moment And if I could, I’d take it back Without one question, you know I would, my friend Many days had gone by And the loneliness, it grew He just wasn’t the same from the person that I knew The love he had wasn’t there anymore. The day I called, there was just an empty home I’m sad for you I’m hurting for you And now I’m held on this very moment And if I could, I’d take it back Without one question, you know I would, my friend
5.
Free 04:36
Don’t call me on the phone while I’m working I just don’t have it within me I know you’re sad from the things you’ve seen on tv But I can’t forget the pain you’ve caused And you have to wonder why we haven’t spoken in months How the sleeping dogs they lie I’ve already made my choice I didn’t want to let things end, but I had to for my own sake and for yours And I’m stronger now it seems, more than ever ‘cause you’re not with me anymore And you have to wonder why we haven’t spoke in months How the sleeping dogs they lie I’ve already made my choice So don’t call me on the phone while I’m working I can’t forget the pain you’ve caused
6.
The night is quiet He sleeps so peacefully A long life lived, a lot of memories left behind His spirit lives in the faces of those gathered to say goodbye As I look at his hands I could see he was a working man Hanging drapes for a living and fighting for what he believed in And I’m reminded of how precious life really is Goodnight Ray, (it’s time to fly) The flowers smell sweet in this cold room The silence lingers as the tears are wiped His grandsons stand close by, wishing he didn’t have to leave As I look at his hands I could see he was a working man Hanging drapes for a living and fighting for what he believed in And I’m reminded of how precious life really is Goodnight Ray, (it’s time to fly) He’s in a better place, the minister lovingly says Where he can run as he did as young man and be reunited with his wife whom he adored As I look at his hands I could see he was a working man Hanging drapes for a living and fighting for what he believed in And I’m reminded of how precious life really is Goodnight Ray, (it’s time to fly)
7.
Waking up from this dream that holds the shadows of what I’ve seen It makes no sense, it’s make believe I’ll just keep running. I’ll just believe That the day it will come when freedom finds me here in this place where I stand The storm clouds fade away and the rain will fall Time will heal this brokenness that keeps me guessing I’ll picture this Maybe it will be just fine Knowing who I am, I’ll believe it once again That the day it will come when freedom finds me here in this place where I stand The storm clouds fade away and the rain will fall
8.
Looking out the window at this blanket of snow, At the peacefulness of this cold wonder My body’s aching, but right next to you it’s warm, unlike the air out there this cold December. I can’t sleep, for my mind is not at rest and I know there’s something stirring in my heart Let me run and hide from the fear that is in me My head is spinning and I need some peace tonight Far away places keep me here in this daze I can’t tell which way the wind is blowing It won’t be long until the sun will appear and I can start all over in the morning I can’t sleep, for my mind is not at rest and I know there’s something stirring in my heart Let me run and hide from the fear that is in me My head is spinning and I need some peace tonight
9.
When we left that late November day, it was colder than I had remembered Driving in an old Dodge Aries, we were trying to make our way down those snowy roads that storm delivered And we’re a hundred miles to Charleston There’s still several more to go The night is almost gone And there’s a lot of road behind me and the sky is black and cold And I can’t wait to see the sun again If there’s no relief in sight, we’re heading home These plans we made will be long forgotten How I’d love to make that drive down Summerville Road And see your smiling face as we sit around the table And we’re a hundred miles to Charleston There’s still several more to go The night is almost gone And there’s a lot of road behind me and the sky is black and cold And I can’t wait to see the sun again Now I need some coffee to help me stay awake My eyes, they seem a little strained So lead me on star and help me make it through the night We’ve got to get to where we’re going And we’re a hundred miles to Charleston There’s still several more to go The night is almost gone And there’s a lot of road behind me and the sky is black and cold And I can’t wait to see the sun again
10.
Everyday I try to smile but sometimes it’s hard I feel I’m on a losing streak against my heart The summer doesn’t feel that warm ‘cause my body’s always cold And everyday that passes by I feel alone I’m feeling like a little girl who lost her way and disappeared to a world that really doesn’t care And I’m on my way...to the bitterness hotel Well I don’t know how I got here It’s not where I want to be I feel the walls are closing in and I can’t breathe I’m feeling like a little girl who lost her way and disappeared to a world that really doesn’t care And I’m on my way...to the bitterness hotel I’ll pack my suitcase and check in here Whe I return I hope my eyes are dry and my head is clear I’m feeling like a little girl who lost her way and disappeared to a world that really doesn’t care And I’m on my way...to the bitterness hotel
11.
Maybe tonight We’ll find our way out of the dark into the day Oh maybe we’ll find our love is strong Keeping us close, we can’t be wrong Oh here in the light Captured in time, this love of mine Safe in your arms, that’s where I’ll be We’ll close our eyes, shut out the world All of our fears will dissapear Oh here in the light Captured in time, this love of mine Safe in your arms, that’s where I’ll be

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released May 1, 2002

Produced by Chris Rosser & Jerry York
Recorded at Hollow Reed Studios, Asheville, NC
Engineered by Chris Rosser
Mixed by Chris Rosser & Martha's Trouble
Mastered by Dave Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO
Art Design by Lee Kile, Houston, TX
Photos by Ron Reeleder, Ancaster, Ontario

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