RIVER

I am standing by the river

The river of my fears

And it carries all the darkest thoughts

I have known for years

And in my best moments

The river it stays low

But when it gets the best of me

It starts to overflow

I’m waiting for the river to go down

I feel like I’m gonna drown

I know that out there somewhere

There’s a party going on

Everyone’s invited

But I am left alone

They’re all talking ‘bout me

And what they say is false

Or maybe it is even worse

And they don’t miss me at all

And I’m waiting for the river to go down

I feel like I’m gonna drown

My car is big, my lawn is green

My children are well-dressed

I’ve got everything I wanted

But my soul is in distress

See my Christmas picture

Beneath the evergreen

While I’m sweetly smiling

I am trying not to scream

I’m waiting for the river to go down

I feel like I’m gonna drown

Raise your hand if you’re in the river

Raise your hand when you start to drown

‘Cause if we share the river

We can keep the water down

Keep the water, keep the water

And I’m waiting for the river to go down

I feel like I’m gonna drown

All lyrics copyright 2008 Claire Danaher (ASCAP)

SHE’S GOING AWAY

She told me to tell you she’s thinking of leaving

She just can’t find the words to say it

She just can’t find the will to mean it

She says she’s been thinking ‘bout this for a while now

Don’t you try to change her mind

Don’t you try to keep her

From going away, away, going away, away

Going away, away, going away

She says you’re all that she thinks about, you’re all that she breathes

When she closes her eyes to sleep at night

She runs to you in her dreams

She never thought it would come to this

Never thought she’d let it out of control

But passion has become possession

Taking her all for its own

She’s going away, away, going away, away

Going away, away, going away

She says she’ll always love you, you must remember this

When she thinks of you deep in the night

All she’ll feel is the heat of your kiss

So whenever you think of her, think what might have been

If she could have kept her heart from taking over

A prisoner of her self-esteem

She’s going away, away, going away, away

Going away, away, going away

WHAT I LIKE THE BEST

The thing that I like best about the morning

When everything is peaceful and everything is new

The thing that I like best about the morning

Is I’ve got one more chance that I can spend my life with you

One more afternoon and one more evening

One more blessed night

So lay your body down right here

Hold me oh so close

I will whisper in your ear

The secrets no one else knows

You’re the one who fills my heart

You keep my soul at rest

In the morning when I’m with you

That’s what I like the best

The morning sun is shining through my window

The coffee in the kitchen is calling out to me

But looking at your sweet face looking back at me, oh darling

I have to wonder why I’d ever want to leave

A thousand things to do today

Oh baby, everything can wait

So lay your body down right here

Hold me oh so close

I will whisper in your ear

The secrets no one else knows

You’re the one who fills my heart

You keep my soul at rest

In the morning when I’m with you

That’s what I like the best