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Helpless Hopeless
Today is a day for making vows
No more doubt
Even though I can’t see a way
I can’t see how
Still I will press forward like a warrior, yeah
But I need some help
I am helpless hopeless
Grab hold and never let go of me
I’m helpless hopeless
So glad to know you know me
‘Cause I need some help
Today is a day for letting go
Of promises I’ve broken
And words that I have spoken
When really I don’t know
I remember the time I almost died
I smoked myself up way too high
I wrapped myself around mama’s feet
My heart was beating, beating
I was helpless hopeless
Grab hold and never let go of me
I’m helpless hopeless
So glad to know you know me
I wondered could this be the end?
Is this where everything begins?
Should I let go of my mind
And leave this all behind?
C. Hood/ R. Green
©2004 Easycollective Music/ BMI/
El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
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Gardens and the Graves (Radio Mix)
You wanna go?
Don’t even say you don’t
Don’t even say you don’t
You don’t have to have a heavy heart like me
To see, to know, it’s time to go
I gotta leave, I gotta go
Where I don’t know
Can I make it on my own?
Oh but if I don’t
It’s just another day spent at home
Where even though my garden grows
It’s empty without you
And the weeds outnumber the roses
Ten to two
You wanna go?
Come on don’t say you won’t
Come on don’t say you won’t
You spend your whole life chasing money
Wasting time
Don’t you want to come alive?
We gotta leave, we gotta go
Where I don’t know
Can we make it on our own?
Oh but if I don’t
It’s just another day spent at home
Where even though my garden grows
It’s empty without you
And the weeds outnumber the roses
Ten to two
I want to be a good man
Oh I want to be strong
I want to help out with my hands
And grow my hair out long
Lose myself with a girl
Then come back and change the world
I want to be a good man
And help build heaven with my hands
We gotta leave, we gotta go
Where I don’t know
Can we make it on our own?
Oh but if we don’t
It’s just another day spent at home
A wide world we’ll never know
We will look back on this tomb one day
And say, my how our garden grew
C. Hood/ R. Green
©2004 Easycollective Music/ BMI/
El Principito Publishing/ BMI
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Stopless
Ooh me, choose me
And don’t abuse me
For showing the hope in this moment
For showing the hope in this moment
I’m strong and I’m stopless
I’m weak and in love
Ooh me, choose me
And don’t abuse me
For showing the hope in this moment
For showing the hope in this moment
This moment, moment
Moment, moment
I’m strong and I’m stopless
I’m weak and in love
How pointless is my point of view
Until I reach the point of you?
How pointless is my point of view
Until I reach the point of you?
I’m crawling out of my skin
Falling in it again
I’m breaking, I’m taking
I’m leaving it in
Claiming the promise
I’m grinding the crush
Strong and I’m stopless
I’m weak and in love
And I’m living by will
Tapping the well
Claiming the miracle
Asking for help
Storming the kingdom
From down on my knees
Claiming the promise
You’re carrying me
Doing the math
Counting the cost
Working the sums
And coming up lost
Claiming the promise
I’m grinding the crush
Strong and I’m stopless
I’m weak and in love
How pointless is my point of view
Until I reach the point of you?
How pointless is my point of view
Until I reach the point of you?
Remember in Boston
When we were walking
Home in the rain?
We said that we figured
We’d always be singers
No matter the name
R. Green/ C. Hood
©2005 El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
Easycollective Music/ BMI/
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Ivy
She says she’s pressed reset
Since last time that we met
A gesture of regret
But I don’t believe it
Her colors they change
But her brilliance remains
From bronze into green
It’s the prettiest thing
And she’s wrapped around me like ivy
It seems like each time
That I’ve left her behind
I take with me a picture
A permanent kind
It seems I can’t leave her
My mirrors they see her
Much closer to me
Than she appeared to be
I never did know why I never let go
But the longer it goes
Oh the stronger it grows
‘Cause she’s growing on me like ivy
She’s making me question
Everything that I am
In a world that’s without her
Am I able to stand?
She’s dusting me off
She’s shaking me clean
She shows me she knows
All the things that I mean
Oh, she holds me
I sat in the sofa we gave in to love in
The day after she left
I chose a position allowing her
To rest her head
And though she wasn’t there
I still saw her I swear
In the candle’s light
Dancing for me just like always
For just me to see
Try to take her away
No I would not complain
‘Cause full sun or full shade
Yeah we still got it made
‘Cause she’s planted in me like ivy
She’s wrapped around me like ivy
She’s growing on me like ivy
She’s gonna be green like ivy
R. Green/ C. Hood
©2004 El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
Easycollective Music/ BMI
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Army
I think I’m sinking
I think I’m sinking
I’m fighting the flow
I keep on thinking
I keep on thinking
I’m forgetting the things I know
Like that it comes and it goes
Ebbs and it flows
And nobody knows why
You try
But you cannot get your arms around it
You cannot get your arms around it
I’ve seen too much to forget
Too little to accept
And if I were wise
I might just close my eyes
Cause I don’t understand it
But I can’t rubberband it
And file it away for a rainy day
Just ‘cause it comes and it goes
Ebbs and it flows
Still I want to know why
You try
But you cannot get your arms around it
You cannot get your arms around it
It’s so much to ask
An impossible task
Learning to love and to make it last
I think I’ve proved it
I cannot do it all alone
So heaven don’t wait
Won’t you open your gates?
Send an army of hope
For this old soul of stone
Because it comes and it goes
Ebbs and it flows
And God only knows why
I try, but I cannot get my arms around it
Cannot get my arms around it
C. Hood/ R. Green
©2004 Easycollective Music/ BMI/
El Principito Publishing/ BMI
Appy Jam
"So you wanna be my friend
so you wanna be my lover
With you I do confess
I can’t be one without the other
That was hard for me to say
I hope I said it right"
– Teitur
R. Green/ C. Hood
©2009 El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
Easycollective Music/ BMI
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Born to Run to You
His pretty girl in pigtails
And he in tennis shoes
In a field with the sun going down
Over a bible town, she in her bridal gown
Kisses her man on the mouth, says, I do
And says, I was born to run to you
But it took a lot to get there
She measured distance in days
While she wondered from miles away
Is there such a thing as a love meant to be?
And if so, is one meant for me?
‘Cause I’m lying awake
And I’m aching to be with you
Aching to sing to you soon
That I was born to run to you
And I was always born to run to you
Well, I dreamed that she’d come to me
Clothed in the sun
And she’d fall in my lap as a sign
So I made up my mind to believe
That the love that I needed
Would find me, and I found you
And you’re mine
Oh, I was born to run to you
I was born to be one with you
Put your hair in pigtails
I’ll wear my tennis shoes
And well, we will both go dancing
In your father’s mansion
We’ll laugh and be light
And I’ll run to you
C. Hood/ R. Green
©2005 Easycollective Music/ BMI/
El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
Video - Live at Kulak's Woodshed
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Something That She Saw
Lately I’ve been getting tired at ten
But then I think of you and I’m awake again
I guess I’d better take my vitamins
‘cause I won’t be sleeping much tonight
Lately everything I start to do
Turns to sitting here thinking back at you
I know it’s only been a day or two
But I can still smell your hair
She wears me like a cotton shield
I begin to feel responsible
Who knows how deep it goes
How deep it goes
Where did it come from?
It’s something that she saw in me
I know it’s only been a couple days
Let me rephrase, a couple of single days
And I don’t even want to leave my room
Unless it’s to see your face
And even if I only see you one more time
And never touch your heart
Baby, you touched mine
My heart’s still beating funny ever since
I begin to doubt myself again
How did I ever smuggle in my dirty hands
Against her contrabanded skin?
I’ll walk her home
Leave her alone
And that’ll be the end
But she invites me in
She wears me like a cotton shield
I begin to feel responsible
Who knows how deep it goes
How deep it goes
Where did it come from?
It’s something that she saw in me
R. Green/ C. Hood
©2003 El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
Easycollective Music/ BMI
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You Used To
Used to live alone
Used to know how
Then you fall in love
And you can’t live without
One day it’s over
Alone with your heart
Now why are you where you are?
Get used to a feeling
Used to a friend
Start taking for granted
The sight and the scent
One day it’s over
Alone in your skin
How do you begin again?
Do you still think bad things
Do you still have bad dreams?
Do you lie wide awake
While the city’s asleep while you weep?
If you long to be longed for
If you ache to be craved
If you’re hoping for heaven
In a love that will never fall through
Me too
If you don’t you should know
The you that I knew used to
You used to
Used to live alone
Used to know how
Then you fall in love
And you can’t live without
One day it’s over
Alone with your heart
Why are we who we are?
It’s flooding your face
It’s looking like rain
There’s a look in your eyes
Like you can’t even cry
So you sigh, my my
If you long to be longed for
If you ache to be craved
If you’re hoping for heaven
In a love that will never fall through
Me too
If you don’t you should know
The you that I knew used to
You used to
C. Hood/ R. Green
©2004 Easycollective Music/ BMI/
El Principito Publishing/ BMI
Around The Sun
Ready to go, honey, let’s begin
We’ll try to see by the light of the sun
And tell it like it is
Want to sing so deep and laugh so long
Even silence himself
Wants to sing and laugh along
Want to overcome pain without feeling pain
Yeah, I guess I want what I want
When I want it
Well, I want it both ways, oh
Move me around the sun
Move me, make me feel
Something I don’t
Don’t you want to stop
Taking personal offense?
And stop talk-talk-talking about love
In the future tense?
Like it’s something I’ll feel
In the perfect light
When everything, everything
Everywhere is just right
Well, I’ll be waiting a long time
I’ll be waiting a long, long time
Move me around the sun
Move me, make me feel
Something I won’t
On my own
‘Cause I’ve been waiting a long time
I’ve been waiting a long, long time
On my own
C. Hood/ R. Green/ O. Plant
©2008 Easycollective Music/ BMI/
El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
Owen Plant Music/ BMI
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Mature
Sometimes mature just means over my head
And I don’t really know what I’m saying
Aiming much higher than I understand
I make up all the chords that I’m playing
Sometimes the tour makes us argue instead of
Enjoying the friends that surround us
I wish we were home for a moment alone
With someone who would keep us accounted
I don’t want to turn me into
Something that I’m not
Keep me close in mind and body
You are all I’ve got
Whispering words
With my lips on the microphone
Nobody warned of the danger
Sometimes I lie a consecutive time
While I stare in the eyes of a stranger
Everything’s fine
Sometimes mature just means over my head
And I don’t really know what I’m saying
I’m in control
Aiming much higher than I understand
And it’s all just a game of persuading
I don’t understand this, I’m letting go
It slips out of hand, and it’s gone
I forget who I am
Would you lend me a hand?
I’m not myself
R. Green/ C. Hood
©2009 El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
Easycollective Music/ BMI/
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The World Awaits
The day you’re born is the first day you cry
There’s no warm welcome for coming to life
Some get a silver spoon, some get a name
Some get hated on, thrown away
Some people criticize, say you’re too far
Too much of whatever you are
They’ll pick you apart
To show that they’re smart
But show that you’ve got what it takes
The world awaits you
The world awaits you
Some will sing of sunlit days
Some get so sad that they step in the way
Of a moving train
You think that you’re losing
You feel like you’re lost
But you’re finding purpose
In paths that you cross
What you were made for, no one can say
But you’re finding out everyday
It picks you apart
And it cuts to the heart
Until you know that you’ve got what it takes
The world awaits you
The world awaits you
Everyone falls, everyone breaks
You think that you’re fading
You feel like you’re gone
But the bones that you’ve broken
Are growing in stronger
It’s a difficult world with a beautiful way
Of turning your pain into strength
Go, the world awaits you
The world awaits you
C. Hood/ R. Green
©2009 Easycollective Music/ BMI/
El Principito Publishing/ BMI
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Softly, Slowly
And when you say
Exactly what you do not mean
Then you cover your eyes
Turn away giggling
I won’t run away
I won’t say I have to go
‘Cause I know
I know
I know
And it might seem
Like there’s something I’m saving
A reason I’m waiting
A sign left to see
I’m not gonna say
I will just let it show
But you’ll know
You’ll know
You’ll know
Softly, slowly
I’m exploding, oh
Once, twice
Wouldn’t it be nice
If we both fell in love at the same time?
And you might say to me
That you have to go home
Daddy doesn’t want his middle girl
Out on her own
But you will be with me
Oh yeah you will be safe
If there’s a way
Let me know
Let’s go
Softly, slowly
I’m exploding, oh
Once, twice
Wouldn’t it be nice
If we both fell in love at the same time
You bring the flowers
And I’ll bring the songs
We’ll pack up a picnic
And leave before dawn
C. Hood/ R. Green
©2003 Easycollective Music/ BMI/
El Principito Publishing/ BMI
Can I Kiss You? (Live)
From the first time that I saw you
Standing there looking back at me too
I knew that you’d be mine
The two of us entwined
The stars aligned for us
The oceans parted
As we started on our way
Nothing can compare
To the beauty that you wear
You smile so beautifully
With eyes of honesty
No words can express
My state of happiness
Just being next to you
We were sitting under the stars
Realized that the world was ours
And I knew that you’d be mine
I knew that you’d be mine
Can I kiss you?
And so I do
R. Green/ C. Hood
©2003 El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
Easycollective Music/ BMI
Sad and Happiness (Live)
Don’t you know?
Everything’s gonna go
Alright
Don’t you hold
Everything inside
Don’t hide
Don’t you see?
Everything’s gonna be
Alright
Everything’s gonna change
Sometimes summer, sometimes rain
Everything’s gonna change
Sad and happiness and back to pain
God knows your name
Everything you see
Will pass away like leaves
But you will always grow
Feel the flow
Sing a song for me
Even if all you know
Is Canon in D
Celia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home
Come on home
Making love in the afternoon
With Cecilia, up in my bedroom
I get up to wash my face
When I come back to bed
Someone's taken my place
Celia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home
Come on home
Jubilation! She loves me again
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing
Jubilation! She loves me again
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing
C. Hood/ R. Green
©2003 Easycollective Music/ BMI/
El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
with interpolations of "Canon in D" by Pachelbel/ Public domain/
and "Cecilia" by P. Simon/ ©1970 Paul Simon Music/ BMI
Welcome You Into My Head (Live)
Welcome you into my head
You’ll be spending your time here
At least until I’m dead
Which could grip on all your years
Welcome you into my head
And to all that comes with me
I wonder what it is you'll see
See in me
Welcome you into my head
Welcome you into the storm
Just when the winter passes
Summer clouds begin to form
Welcome you into my head
Here’s a copy of my key
Looks like you’ll be leading me
Home
Home
Maybe
Maybe
If you come to stay
Right here with me
Maybe I won’t want to leave
My head
R. Green/ C. Hood
©2004 El Principito Publishing/ BMI/
Easycollective Music/ BMI
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