Leftovers
May Hard Times Pass Us By
Lyrics
“Take On Me”
Take on me
For I have seen the day
Where love is in the gloaming
And we are on it’s wing
Be soft and lay your head down
Want not for words to sing
Just listen to the stillness
Of a stirring from within
Now tell me what you're hearing
Inside the mouth of sound
What lies beyond the clearing?
Oh, where is Laurel crowned?
Take on me
For I can show the way
We’ll meet one winter's morning
To give what lovers take
Take on me
For I have seen the day
Where love is in the gloaming
And we are on it’s wing
Be soft and lay your head down
Want not for words to sing
Just listen to the stillness
Of a stirring from within
Now tell me what you're hearing
Inside the mouth of sound
What lies beyond the clearing?
Oh, where is Laurel crowned?
Take on me
For I can show the way
We’ll meet one winter's morning
To give what lovers take
ALI VANDERKRUYK
“I Already Love You”
All my life you have been a stranger
Still I feel that I know your face
Now I wait for the day I can say
I already love you
You’ll grow taller than your mother
You’ll be stronger than her too
Though I’ll see you in time, you know I
I already love you
Will you follow the ways in which I’ve faltered?
Will you stray to a place I can't reach?
Will you know me by name when I call out and
Will you feel all my love when we meet?
Someday you will wake me in the nighttime
I'll sleep softly to hear your call
Take my mind and my time
You know I
I already love you
Will you follow the ways in which I’ve faltered?
Will you stray to a place I can't reach?
Will you know me by name when I call out and
Will you feel all my love when we meet?
All my life you have been a stranger
Still I feel that I know your face
Now I wait for the day I can say
I already love you
You’ll grow taller than your mother
You’ll be stronger than her too
Though I’ll see you in time, you know I
I already love you
Will you follow the ways in which I’ve faltered?
Will you stray to a place I can't reach?
Will you know me by name when I call out and
Will you feel all my love when we meet?
Someday you will wake me in the nighttime
I'll sleep softly to hear your call
Take my mind and my time
You know I
I already love you
Will you follow the ways in which I’ve faltered?
Will you stray to a place I can't reach?
Will you know me by name when I call out and
Will you feel all my love when we meet?
“Was I Not Enough?”
I’m down to crying just once a day when I wake
And sure, a tear hits the floor when I open the door
To the home that we made
All our memories are fading away
But go on and take away your love
Oh, was I not enough?
I swear I’m just crying once a day everyday
And when the tears fill my eyes then I whisper goodbye
To both heartache and pain
No I won’t see them round here again
But go on and take away your love
Oh, was I not enough?
Oh I could tell myself that some love’s not meant to be
Or I could talk to myself about how I’m now finally free
But at the end of the day with wet tears on my face I know I’d be telling a lie
You can see in my eyes that are stained red from crying
That I still wish you were mine
But go on and take away your love
Oh, was I not enough?
Ya, go on and take away your love
Oh, was I not enough?
I’m down to crying just once a day when I wake
And sure, a tear hits the floor when I open the door
To the home that we made
All our memories are fading away
But go on and take away your love
Oh, was I not enough?
I swear I’m just crying once a day everyday
And when the tears fill my eyes then I whisper goodbye
To both heartache and pain
No I won’t see them round here again
But go on and take away your love
Oh, was I not enough?
Oh I could tell myself that some love’s not meant to be
Or I could talk to myself about how I’m now finally free
But at the end of the day with wet tears on my face I know I’d be telling a lie
You can see in my eyes that are stained red from crying
That I still wish you were mine
But go on and take away your love
Oh, was I not enough?
Ya, go on and take away your love
Oh, was I not enough?
“Annabelle & MaryAnne” (feat. Tenci)
(MaryAnne)
Annabelle, I heard that a darkness is calling
It’s crying out a new shade of blue’s on your way
Would that I could step in and will all your troubles away
(Annabelle)
MaryAnne, you needn’t worry so much over me
I’m holding on like an autumn tree holds onto leaves
Though the road that I chose may be leading my own feet astray
Trust that I’ll make it through and that I’ll reach the end of my days
(Both)
Oh, do not go where I can’t follow
And don’t but turn your head to the light of the day
When you’ve got no one to hold then hold onto the words that I say
That I will be yours and you will be mine come what may
(Maryanne)
Annabelle, I’m not sure which way to go
(Annabelle)
MaryAnne, that’s not something that you need to know
(Maryanne)
But I can’t help but think that there’s somewhere that I oughta be
(Annabelle)
When you’re feeling unsure you can make that somewhere next to me
(Both)
Oh, do not go where I can’t follow
And don’t but turn your head to the light of the day
When you’ve got no one to hold then hold onto the words that I say
That I will be yours and you will be mine come what may
(Both)
it’s so much easier by your side
We’ll be alright
We’ll be alright
We’ll be alright
(MaryAnne)
Annabelle, I heard that a darkness is calling
It’s crying out a new shade of blue’s on your way
Would that I could step in and will all your troubles away
(Annabelle)
MaryAnne, you needn’t worry so much over me
I’m holding on like an autumn tree holds onto leaves
Though the road that I chose may be leading my own feet astray
Trust that I’ll make it through and that I’ll reach the end of my days
(Both)
Oh, do not go where I can’t follow
And don’t but turn your head to the light of the day
When you’ve got no one to hold then hold onto the words that I say
That I will be yours and you will be mine come what may
(Maryanne)
Annabelle, I’m not sure which way to go
(Annabelle)
MaryAnne, that’s not something that you need to know
(Maryanne)
But I can’t help but think that there’s somewhere that I oughta be
(Annabelle)
When you’re feeling unsure you can make that somewhere next to me
(Both)
Oh, do not go where I can’t follow
And don’t but turn your head to the light of the day
When you’ve got no one to hold then hold onto the words that I say
That I will be yours and you will be mine come what may
(Both)
it’s so much easier by your side
We’ll be alright
We’ll be alright
We’ll be alright
“Who’s Going to Hold Me Next?”
I’ve been looking at strangers
Wondering which ones I match
Well I can’t help but think when I learn a new name
Who’s going to hold me next?
I’ll be leaving the city
And spending some time on the road
Well it ain’t love that I’m looking for
But I could use someone to hold
Well I don’t need to take your name
Or join the family
You can save your words for another girl
Put down the wedding ring
We’ll meet in the middle
Where time’s standing still
A place where the sun doesn’t set
By morning I’ll bid you farewell with a kiss
Thinking “who’s going to hold me next?”
Well I thought that I needed
A marriage of body and mind
But I found in my past that it’s built to last
So I’m getting it right this time
Well I’m setting out solo
Just taking the things that I need
I’ll be out on the road just holding my own
And a few of the strangers I meet
Well I don’t need to take your name
Or join the family
You can save your words for another girl
Put down the wedding ring
We’ll meet in the middle
Where time’s standing still
A place where the sun doesn’t set
By morning I’ll bid you farewell with a kiss
Thinking “who’s going to hold me next?”
Oh, who’s going to hold me next?
I’ve been looking at strangers
Wondering which ones I match
Well I can’t help but think when I learn a new name
Who’s going to hold me next?
I’ll be leaving the city
And spending some time on the road
Well it ain’t love that I’m looking for
But I could use someone to hold
Well I don’t need to take your name
Or join the family
You can save your words for another girl
Put down the wedding ring
We’ll meet in the middle
Where time’s standing still
A place where the sun doesn’t set
By morning I’ll bid you farewell with a kiss
Thinking “who’s going to hold me next?”
Well I thought that I needed
A marriage of body and mind
But I found in my past that it’s built to last
So I’m getting it right this time
Well I’m setting out solo
Just taking the things that I need
I’ll be out on the road just holding my own
And a few of the strangers I meet
Well I don’t need to take your name
Or join the family
You can save your words for another girl
Put down the wedding ring
We’ll meet in the middle
Where time’s standing still
A place where the sun doesn’t set
By morning I’ll bid you farewell with a kiss
Thinking “who’s going to hold me next?”
Oh, who’s going to hold me next?
ALI VANDERKRUYK
“Dyan”
Dyan holds my hand when I’m screaming out
Like a child who didn’t get her way
And I swear if you follow her stare you could see what you seek
And then chase her like a ball on a string
I don’t have much to give, but what's mine is hers to share
If I could look into the center of the sun well I think I’d see her there
When cherries grew she knew the sweetest fruit and the ones to toss away
She knows the way that it goes when the heart holds on to a feeling that is not meant to stay
Our bodies are far apart but I feel her in the air
If I could look into the centre of the sun well I think I’d see her there
If I go before her
Sew my ashes in her garden
Lay my body by her side
And say goodbye
If I lose my bloom
Light a candle in the darkness
Say my name
The one she gave
And shut my eyes
Oh, when my time arrives I know I’ll hear her prayer
Ya, when I look into the centre of the sun oh I think I’ll see her there
Ya, when I look into the centre of the sun I think I’ll see her there
“Willow”
Don’t make me weep
Like a willow
Oh, I’ve been blue for far too long
Don’t make me cry
I’m through with sorrow
Don’t make me weep
Like a willow
I’ve paid my dues
Tried to pave the high road
I made my bed
He made his too
Now that I’m yours
Go easy on me
I’m done with hurting
Say you’ll be true
Don’t make me weep
Like a willow
Oh, I’ve been blue for far too long
Don’t make me cry
I’m through with sorrow
Don’t make me weep
Like a willow
The sun has set
The blinds are closing
I left a life
I didn’t need
Now that I’m here
I’m better for it
I’ll hold your heart
I won’t make you weep
I won’t make you weep
Like a willow
Oh, you’ve been blue for far too long
I won’t make you cry
You’re through with sorrow
I won’t make you weep
Like a willow
I won’t make you weep
Like a willow
Don’t make me weep
Like a willow
Oh, I’ve been blue for far too long
Don’t make me cry
I’m through with sorrow
Don’t make me weep
Like a willow
I’ve paid my dues
Tried to pave the high road
I made my bed
He made his too
Now that I’m yours
Go easy on me
I’m done with hurting
Say you’ll be true
Don’t make me weep
Like a willow
Oh, I’ve been blue for far too long
Don’t make me cry
I’m through with sorrow
Don’t make me weep
Like a willow
The sun has set
The blinds are closing
I left a life
I didn’t need
Now that I’m here
I’m better for it
I’ll hold your heart
I won’t make you weep
I won’t make you weep
Like a willow
Oh, you’ve been blue for far too long
I won’t make you cry
You’re through with sorrow
I won’t make you weep
Like a willow
I won’t make you weep
Like a willow
“Your Cup”
I’ve been spending all my money
Cuz I bought into the game
My book has dog eared pages
But I won’t read them again
All the trees have turned to paper
And I wait to press my pen
For if I pencil poorly
How could I make it up to them?
Well as often as I drink from your cup
It is never enough
It is never enough
And as often as I bring you to my skin
I wonder where I start and where you end
Ya, I wonder where you stop and where I begin
Well I’ll tell you that I love you
With my lips pressed to your leg
I don’t got a lot to say
But I’ve got a lot to sing
And there’s a stillness in your water
And as I disrobe your lake
I find honey in your comb
And all the nameless named
The cedar’s in the floorboards
And the grape is in the wine
The clock is on the counter
And it tells me that it’s time
So I’m here to show you
That the heart within my chest
Is where I go to find you
Where we both begin and end
I’ve been spending all my money
Cuz I bought into the game
My book has dog eared pages
But I won’t read them again
All the trees have turned to paper
And I wait to press my pen
For if I pencil poorly
How could I make it up to them?
Well as often as I drink from your cup
It is never enough
It is never enough
And as often as I bring you to my skin
I wonder where I start and where you end
Ya, I wonder where you stop and where I begin
Well I’ll tell you that I love you
With my lips pressed to your leg
I don’t got a lot to say
But I’ve got a lot to sing
And there’s a stillness in your water
And as I disrobe your lake
I find honey in your comb
And all the nameless named
The cedar’s in the floorboards
And the grape is in the wine
The clock is on the counter
And it tells me that it’s time
So I’m here to show you
That the heart within my chest
Is where I go to find you
Where we both begin and end
“Friends are Miracles”
I’ve been sleeping in Sundays and
It’s been doing me well
When I wake to the day well the sun’s already talking
I rise with my body
I step into two large feet
When my heels meet the ground then my legs do the walking
Well, who are they to say what I can or cannot do?
I’m a miracle standing as tall and I can and I’m making it through
I’ve been picturing her face and
How it’s shaped like the moon
Oh, it waxes and wanes through the days
Ya she is something
We’ve been talking ‘bout our friends and
How they’re passing the time
Oh, they work to the bone and they don’t ask for nothing
Well, who are they to say what we can or cannot do?
We are miracles standing as tall and we can and we’re making it through
Well, who are they to say what we can or cannot do?
We are miracles standing as tall and we can and we’re making it through
x2
I’ve been sleeping in Sundays and
It’s been doing me well
When I wake to the day well the sun’s already talking
I rise with my body
I step into two large feet
When my heels meet the ground then my legs do the walking
Well, who are they to say what I can or cannot do?
I’m a miracle standing as tall and I can and I’m making it through
I’ve been picturing her face and
How it’s shaped like the moon
Oh, it waxes and wanes through the days
Ya she is something
We’ve been talking ‘bout our friends and
How they’re passing the time
Oh, they work to the bone and they don’t ask for nothing
Well, who are they to say what we can or cannot do?
We are miracles standing as tall and we can and we’re making it through
Well, who are they to say what we can or cannot do?
We are miracles standing as tall and we can and we’re making it through
x2
ALI VANDERKRUYK
I’ve known a lot of love
And I’ve had some company
But now I know your love and I’m where I’m supposed to be
I took to you just like an arrow on the string
Well I should've known one day you’d come for me
May hard times
Pass us by
May hard times
Pass us by
They’ll come a time when I am many miles away
But know I’ll follow you as evening follows day
And when the sky it breaks
I’ll raise my face to rain
And I’ll love you in the sunlight or the shade
May hard times
Pass us by
May hard times
Pass us by
When the world is grey and our bodies old
When the forger’s fire grows ashen-cold
When the years drag on and yet pass us by
I’ll be there
In hard times
If there’s a day when winter comes without a spring
Or when the birds above go silent with no singing
I’ll stick with you just like the mew upon the wing
And we’ll weather what the tides of life may bring
May hard times
Pass us by
May hard times
Pass us by
May hard times
Pass us by
May hard times
Pass us by