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Time Machine (2009) Copyright Lori Carson

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Vocals, Piano, Strings by Lori. Electric and acoustic guitars by Paul Pimsler.

Time Machine

Maybe the house
Would be full of voices now
Full of voices all grown up by now

Or maybe the house
Wouldn't even be a house
Full of anything or anyone by now

If it's too sad to contemplate
And you can't ever know
The wrong turn, the mistake
Until they build a time machine
Don't look back

It doesn't exist
Except in your memory
I don't know about what's meant to be
But it never was

So it's just a dream
A dust-covered fantasy
A ghost reality
That never was

You can't slip in to 1991
To change who you were
And what was done
Until they build a time machine
Don't look back

It's too sad to contemplate
If it can't be changed
And you know it's too late
Until they build a time machine
Don't look back.

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Gone

Gone (2008) Copyright Lori Carson

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Piano, vocal: LC, Acoustic guitar: Paul Pimsler

Gone

Come on, baby
It's never easy
The tide is always
On its way out

'Til it comes in again
Washes away
Everything that seemed solid and strong
All of those houses
They built on the beach
Meant to last but one day they'll be gone
Meant to last but one day they'll be gone

The night is so long
But finally it's morning
The world keeps going
As time runs out

It's you and me again
The sky so blue
An October Sunday in town
Past all the trendy shops
Past all the restaurants
They're here now one day they'll be gone
They're here now one day they'll be gone

'Til it comes in again
Washes away
Everything that seemed broken and wrong
Perfect intentions are never achieved
They come and they go and they're gone
They come and they go and they're gone

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Every Day

Every Day (2008) Copyright Lori Carson

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vocals, keyboards, strings: lc, guitars: paul pimsler

Every Day

Every day the sun comes up
It doesn’t wait
It doesn’t stop
Every day it moves across the sky
It doesn’t think
It doesn’t wonder why
We only walk while birds can fly

Every day, everything changes
Every breeze
Rearranges every leaf
On every tree, nothing stays the same
It’s all in motion
It doesn’t ask why
You’re always changing
And so am I

Every day when darkness falls
Sometimes at eight
Sometimes it’s even later
The stars come out and do their magic
They make us think about
How small we are
How small we are next to the sky

All alive together on the earth
At the same time
Together on the earth
Held in place as we spin through space
All the green, blue, gravity
Perfect without having to try
And so are you

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Beautiful

Beautiful (2008) Copyright Lori Carson

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vocals: lc, piano: irwin fisch, guitar: paul pimsler, drums: jim mussen

Beautiful

You know, life is going to change you
The only question is what into
A fracture or a flower

Some things leave you broken
But some doors remain open
It’s not too late to come through

And you may find
That when you do
You’re met in kind
Cause love is waiting

It’s a beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful world
It’s a beautiful world
We make
When you’re with me
There’s a light on everything
I see a light on everything

You know, life is going to take you
To places you will live through
And places you will live for

People you’ll know briefly
Others you’ll love deeply
Some will leave their mark on you

And you may find
That when they do
It’s met in kind
Cause love is waiting

It’s a beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful world
It’s a beautiful world
We make
When you’re with me
There’s a light on everything
I see a light on everything

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Drive Away

Drive Away (2007) Copyright Lori Carson

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Drive Away
Vocals, guitars and keyboards by LC.

You drive away with that little wave you do
I come inside and try
To get into the day
Somebody always loves a little more
Somebody always loves a little more
And the highs are higher but the lows are lower
Baby you're just like a star
Cause you seem so close
But you're still so far

Lazy afternoons
Of laughter and conversation
Lying in my room
So warm but always gone too soon
Somebody always loves a little more
Somebody always loves a little more
Leave the windows open
And a crack in the door
Oh baby you're just like the breeze
Cause you touch my skin
But you don't feel me

Don't dream
My head knows not to dream
But how not?
When my heart so wants to dream

Someday you may find
You feel the way I do
Cause you could change your mind
Or love could change it for you
Somebody always loves a little more
Somebody always loves a little more
If it scares you honey
We could go a little slower
Oh, baby you're just like a star
Cause you feel so close
But you're still so far
Oh, baby you're just like a star
And I'm waving my wishes
At the back of your car

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Chasing It Down

Chasing it Down (2006) Copyright Lori Carson

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Produced by Roger Moutenot at his studio in Nashville, TN. All instruments played by Lori and Roger.

What good is a dream
If a dream just holds you captive
Far from everything
That could make you happy

All we believed
I still believe
But the whole thing came apart
And you were long gone
Nursing your broken heart

That's what it's all about
I only want to taste
The things that really count
I don't want to waste my life
Waiting around
Or chasing it down

What happened to me
Is I lived
Though I think you'd rather
I died tragically
Would that make you happy

I know you will cry
When you hear
The tears falling in your beer
Cause that's just what you do
Hey, I'm on to you

Chorus

What good is a dream
If a dream just leaves you wanting
What you can never have
I want to be happy

I still believe
All we believed
But the world's not so small
And I'm trying to
Make sense of it all

That's what it's all about
I only want to taste
The things that really count
I don't want to waste my life
Waiting around
Or chasing it down

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Cracked and Broken Things

Cracked and Broken Things (2007) Copyright Lori Carson

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Vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboard: LC, Electric guitars: Paul Pimsler

Cracked and broken things
Held together by the glue
Of life goes on and so should you
I haven’t always wanted to

Cracked and broken things
Wasted skin and heart
Yet every broken part
Is willing once again to start

There’s beauty in the broken-ness
It’s really how you look at it
The little cracks let in the light
I’d love to be with you tonight

I’d show you a tenderness
Being broken’s taught me this
Every smile and every kiss
Is better for the broken-ness

Cracked and broken things
Long ago I learned to live
With all the hurt I can’t forgive
And a fine scar I think I came with

Cracked and broken things
Vision blurred and nerves on high
But every broken sigh
Is willing once again to try

There’s beauty in the broken-ness
It’s really how you look at it
The little cracks let in the light
I’d love to be with you tonight

I drowned the dark in alcohol
Until it made no sense at all
But every tear and every wish
Is better for the broken-ness
It’s better for the broken-ness

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The One Who Runs

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Vocals and keyboard: LC. Guitars: Paul Pimsler

I tell you that it’s you
But I think it’s me who’s afraid
I tell you that it’s you
Cause that’s what I believe
Until I see

That I’m the one who runs
I’m the one who closes her heart
Who has to come back home
To catch my breath
And put up the walls
To make sure that nothing’s broken
And nothing’s gotten in

I’m the one who runs
I’m the one who changes her mind
Who has to turn away
Just when I’m afraid
I’m the one who runs
Just when we get close enough
That something starts to change

Before you came along
I was only half alive
Before you came along
I didn’t know
myself

But I’m the one who runs
I’m the one who closes her heart
Who has to come back home
To catch my breath
And put up the walls
To make sure that nothing’s broken
And nothing’s gotten in

I’m the one who runs
I’m the one who changes her mind
Who has to turn away
Just when I’m afraid
I’m the one who runs
Just when we get close enough
That something starts to change

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I Need You

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Vocals, acoustic guitar and keyboards by LC. Electric guitars by Paul Pimsler. Written and recorded 2/08.

I Need You

Are you waiting for me to fall apart?
To call you and say
I’m in trouble, baby
Well, I don’t need you to bail me out
That’s not what it’s about
It’s the loving, baby

I need you
Of course I do
I need you
Of course I do

I don’t need you to buy me pretty things
Honey, all the pretty things
They don’t satisfy
You know it’s never been about the diamond ring
You’re wrong to think that money’s king
The real treasure you won’t buy

I need you
Of course I do
I need you
Of course I do

So, come on baby, what are you waiting for?
It’s never too late
When love is at stake
Every time the phone rings
I wonder if you’re man enough
When are you going to just grow up
And find what real love brings?

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Beautiful World

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Vocals and Keyboards by LC

Beautiful World

It’s a beautiful world
Don’t forget
What a beautiful world
It’s not over yet
If you lose your perspective
And think the ground’s the sky
I’ll remind you why
One is to stand upon
And the other to aim high
You sparkle like a diamond
I’m never going to let you fall

It’s a beautiful world
Don’t forget
What a beautiful world
All that we have left
When you’re in need of comfort
I’ll be the kite you fly
I’ll be the love in your mother’s eyes
If you can’t sleep tonight
I’ll be the stars shining in the sky
They sparkle like diamonds
I’m never going to let you fall

It’s a beautiful world
Don’t forget
What a beautiful world
I will never let you
Fall into the sadness
When I can make you laugh
I’ll be the girl in the photograph
Holding fast
While we wait for the rain to pass
We sparkle like diamonds

I’m never going to let you fall
I’m never going to let you fall
I’m never going to let you fall

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