twenty-one
you left I never saw you again
my greatest fear of you
came on the morning of twenty-one
I tried to hold you here with me
soon you were on your way
you were drifting above your girl
twenty-one
but I never expected to
have to say goodbye to you so soon
I could’ve screamed at you
for leaving me behind
nobody gets to stay
when it’s done there’s never any time
goodbye my girl
goodbye my twenty-one
I said to all those people
who watched by, don’t let him go
it’s a cruel time when you are just twenty-one
since you, I’m humbled by this life
did you try to reach me?
afraid now of losing again
twenty-one
but I never expected to
have to say goodbye to you so soon
I could’ve screamed at you
for leaving me behind
nobody gets to stay
when it’s done there’s never any time
goodbye my girl
goodbye my twenty-one
words and music by melissa tallon
©2003 melissa tallon. all rights reserved.
dreaming
I’ll make a symbol of peace here
I’ll make it all it should’ve been
I don’t know why you happened to me
told otherwise since I was three
but I went to sleep and kept on dreaming
conjured you up in my mind
it’s the loveliest feeling to know you
it’s the loveliest feeling of all
I don’t know what I did to deserve you
I never thought I’d make it this far
it’s the loveliest feeling to know you
it’s the loveliest feeling of all
I don’t know what I did to deserve you
I never thought I’d ever make it this far
it’s a sad story, not to bore you
text book crazy family tree
I just had to stop the madness breathing
breathing further life into me
but I went to sleep and kept on dreaming
conjured you up in my mind
it’s the loveliest feeling to know you
it’s the loveliest feeling of all
I don’t know what I did to deserve you
I never thought I’d make it this far
it’s the loveliest feeling to know you
it’s the loveliest feeling of all
I don’t know what I did to deserve you
I never thought I’d ever make it this far
words and music by melissa tallon
©2003 melissa tallon. all rights reserved.
wintry feeling
just lead me by your hand
take me places on your land
where the breeze I feel is gentle wind a blowin’
come and stand by me
share your breath to make me free
it’s where I always want to be
so give me all the best you’ve got
all you give seems not enough
my world would seem so empty without you
don’t leave me in despair
show your land and take me there
I’ll take you to my land too
your words warm me
you touch so gently
and all I have to hear is your voice and it soothes me
don’t shut me out here
reach out your hand to me
always be the wall that shelters me
don’t ever feel the cold
my fire inside will keep you warm
the fields are green and flowers in their beauty
reach out your hand to me
open your heart, make me free
then my wintry feeling is gone
words and music by melissa tallon
©1993 melissa tallon. all rights reserved.
delores
baby seems
much older than
eyes are blue
hair like sin
she calls to me
her body free
Kubrick knew
the mystery
nothing in this world can take away from you now
I love you every time you fill the frame
with all your sensuality, you gave it a name
but nothing’s in stone
and Lola’s not home anymore
I search the face
I wonder who
she’s become
since ‘62
and then it came to me
as we die quietly
Lolita’s blessed
shameless is she
nothing in this world can take away from you now
I love you every time you fill the frame
with all your sensuality, you gave it a name
but nothing’s in stone
and Lola’s not home anymore
nothing in this world can take away from you now
I love you every time you fill the frame
with all your sensuality, you gave it a name
but nothing’s in stone
and Lola’s not home anymore
words and music by melissa tallon
©2002 melissa tallon. all rights reserved.
stuck in the middle
and all that I came from
I’m stuck in the middle waiting for you
with all that I will see
I see that I’ll be old before my time
but it’s something that I started
and it’s something I could dream
it’s the only thing that I could be
most days I feel at war within myself
I try and try to hide it all so well
I feel the earth and want to disappear
I’d never wish it all on you
and I believe that some
have certain reputations
but not me
I never did succumb
to everybody tryin’ to blow my mind
‘cause it’s something that I started
and it’s something I could dream
it’s the only thing that I could be
it’s the only thing that I could be
words and music by melissa tallon
©2002 melissa tallon. all rights reserved.
if he’s the one
if he’s the one give me a sign
if he’s the one just give it time
‘cause all I know he makes me smile
is he the one for me?
am I to know my destiny?
is he the one you sent for me?
I don’t want to go
no I don’t want to lose this now
if he’s the one for me.
if he’s the one it’s gotta hurt
if he’s the one God make it work
for all I know we’ll share a name
if he’s the one for me
how can I know my destiny?
it’s in the stars written there for me
should he know his heart
can’t live without me by his side
then he’s the one for me
words and music by melissa tallon
©2002 melissa tallon. all rights reserved.
beautiful
no one is more beautiful
than you are today
no one’s pain hurts me more than yours
no one gets me this way
and if I could
wash away your sorrow and tears I would
make the past wrongs right
but I won’t ever change all your childlike ways
‘cause nothing’s more beautiful
no one feels more real to me
than you do now
so come with me and I’ll find your home
this time around
and if I could
take away those times when you grew I would
you’d be born anew
but to change who you were only changes you now
and no one’s more beautiful
and if all that I convey won’t take the thoughts away
if nothing I’ll erase the tears of a thousand days
maybe we will find just a little piece of mind
and no one sings more softly now
that’s your heart meeting mine
no one’s dreamt quite as deep as you
and our dreams are sublime
and if I could
paint a rainbow high above your head well then
you would truly know
that the world’s in your hands and your hand’s in mine
and no one’s more beautiful
words and music by melissa tallon
©2002 melissa tallon. all rights reserved.
honest man
nothing in this world can take away
what I’m feeling inside since yesterday
nothing in this world can make you see
but I’m trying to find the words to fit
and I hurt beyond I thought I would
and I’ve said all the time
that you never could
imagine how I felt today
when you sent your words my way
God I hope I can be strong
nothing in this world can teach us why
some of us never going to learn to fly
nothing in this world means as much
as an honest man with an honest touch
and I do declare I’m trouble
while I say from my heart
others let you struggle
imagine how I felt today
when you sent your words my way
God I hope I can be strong
imagine how I felt today
when you sent your words my way
God I hope I can be strong
imagine how I felt today
when you sent your words my way
God I hope I can be strong again
words and music by melissa tallon
©2006 melissa tallon. all rights reserved.