My Heart -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001
When I'm tired of running around On the wrong side of town What do I do with my heart When I feel like the sorrow is real Well it's now I must kneel And do away with my heart I need to give you my heart cuz that's where you start To teach me my part in the production of life You know it gets in the way and it darkens my day And it sends me away from the center of life When there is no way To deal with the pain Am I loving in vain Where do I go for my sight When everything is being taken away My life is covered with grey When will I see the light I need to give you my heart cuz that's where you start To teach me my part in the production of life I need to give you my pain for you to send your rain For your love to remain in the limelight Yet if I speak my pain is not relieved And if I refrain it does not leave On my own I am restless and lost But with you I can feel the piece I need My heart I need to give you my heart cuz that's where you start To teach me my part in the production of life I need to give you my pain for you to send your rain For your love to remain in the limelight You know it gets in the way and it darkens my day And it sends me away from the center of life And that is you

 

Light My Way -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001
It's dark, it's dark Somebody turn on the light It's dark, it's dark Do I go left or right here I don't know, I don't know. It's dark, it's dark Somebody turn on the light It's dark, it's dark Do I go left or right here I don't know, all I can see is the glow In the distance I'm so used to it that I don't know the difference Between right and wrong, I think my light is gone Somebody tell me to which light I'm drawn Somebody tell me before I'm gone gone Somebody show me which is the glow Somebody show me which way to go go It's dark, it's dark Somebody turn on the light It's dark, it's dark Is it forever night here I don't know, I don't know Walking in the darkness Day by day I'm walking in the darkness so much It seems to light my way I put my feet in motion Who's gonna light my way Somebody tell me

 

City Of Wrong -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001
There is a place that I go When I feel like I know What it is and where it's at and how Not very far from where I am But desolate like the dessert sand And filled with people who don't understand And I am laughing and crying and holding their hand Holding their hand It's a place for sultry and complaint Yet a common home for a saint Whether traveling by choice Or taken there without voice It's no place to be in the city of wrong Yet I often find myself in the city of wrong Yet I often find myself in the city of wrong What and I doing here In this place I wish not to reside I want to get out of the inside But I'm renting a room there tonight I am the one who takes me there Truth is I'd rather be anywhere Feeling covered with their stares And I am fighting and running And caught in the snare I'm caught in the snare, yah It's a place for sultry and complaint Yet a common home for a saint Whether traveling by choice Or taken there without voice It's no place to be in the city of wrong Yet I often find myself in the city of wrong Yet I often find myself in the city of wrong My hands are tied my lips are sealed My ears are open my eyes are peeled I'm ready to be forgiven I'm ready to forgive I'm ready to get out I'm ready to live In the right There is a place that I go When I feel like I know What it is and where it's at and how

 

Lullaby -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001
I see your cradle in the corner I wonder over to where you are I rock you slowly in your cradle I realize we're not very far From each other, from each other Not very far You are sleeping in the cradle Of your daddy's wooden arms You are captured by the motion Protected and safe from alarm From another, from the other In your daddy's arms Your place is in the cradle Where you can't see everything Your needs you know not where of Because He holds all your understanding On His shoulders Everything, He holds everything You are sleeping in the cradle Of your daddy's wooden arms You are sleeping in the cradle Protected and safe from harm We are sleeping we are sleeping In the cradle We are sleeping we are sleeping In the cradle

 

Scattered -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001
Well I run and I hide Then I go and then I travel far and wide Then I move here I go again I'm on that ride Well I choose my own way I got my map but I choose to look away Then I go I'll come around again But not today Because I'm scattered scattered scattered all the way Well I work for what is mine And I wonder are you able to provide And then I do here I go again I compromise Well I feel I'm on my own Like I am lost and through the earth I roam And I keep on oh and I forget That I am known Because I'm scattered scattered scattered from my home Well I run and I hide and then I travel far and wide Then I move here I'm on that ride Because I'm scattered scattered Well I'm tossed upon the waves And like the wind well I blow every which way And I doubt. I'm gonna drowned again What can I say Because I'm scattered scattered scattered all the way I Guess -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001 My Stomach is so hungry It's gonna eat itself You know I hate it when You put our two souls on the shelf I'll call, no really I'll keep in touch But if you would just answer the phone when it's me If you would just give me that much Give me that much, keep in touch You know this is not about me Because I'm in this for you You only have what you can give So what else can I do for you You know I love it when I'm last on your list Maybe you thought they said ignorance was best Or bliss It doesn't really matter anymore I guess It doesn't matter anymore I guess I gave you my soul and I don't want it back Maybe it'll help you with some of the habit you lack Because you know life is too short To be busy and late You're gonna have to learn to cope With the choices you make With the choices you make even your mistakes You know I love it when I'm last on your list Maybe you thought they said ignorance was best Or bliss It doesn't really matter anymore I guess It doesn't matter anymore I guess When all you want is want

Down To The Wire -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001
Who will save your soul When it comes down to the wire now Who will save your soul When your God is not around What does He look like And does he claim to be himself Is he creator of all things Or did you come here by yourself You got your own little set of beliefs now don't you baby Whatever is good for you You say you've looked inside of yourself now you think maybe But tell me who is looking for who You think you've got it all figured out But aren't you really fighting As your struggle holds you to the ground Aren't you waiting for lightening A come in To come down and hit you from behind So you can jump up and say Oh I believe, you know I believe you now Who will save your soul When it comes down to the wire now Who will save your soul When your God is not around You think you've got more time You think you're alright But just look at the weapons in your hands Honey lay down your fight You think you've got it all figured out But aren't you really fighting As your struggle holds you to the ground Aren't you waiting for lightening To come down and hit you from behind So you can jump up and say Oh I believe, you know I believe you now But you've already been burned

Do I Hear You -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001
Oh Lord I meet you in the morning once again I see the glistening dew I hear the birds sweetly singing But do I hear you The gentle persistence Of your voice grows on me Like the moss on the trees Your spirit move about my soul Like the wind searches through the fields There's a hush Do I hear you, do I hear you, do I hear you My heart pushes my pencil Across a crowded page Lord make me new My prayers are few and full of words But do I hear you I wrestle with my thoughts Like the branches with the wind Swaying on the hill Then I begin to hear your voice And I stop to listen and be still In the silence Do I hear you, do I hear you, do I hear you What is your spirit trying to tell me Please let me know Then it comes to me like a firefly The light piercing the darkness so clear Oh I hear you, yes I hear you Oh Let me listen, yah let me listen I hear you open my heart and let me listen Oh I hear you yes I hear you

Pride -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001
There came the creeping of my pride The awful thing I could not hide I couldn't tell myself so I lied And it's hardening my heart And it's hardening my heart I face the creature every day I've lost again you'll hear me say He seeks to turn my heart to clay And it's hardening my heart And it's hardening my heart The only thing that comes between me and God is me And pride is only my flesh in a clever disguise you see And from this prison I must break free, yah If there's one thing that keeps me here I'm stuck inside this growthless sphere And when he wins I hear him cheer As pride grips my heart As pride grips my heart I feel his chains wrapping 'round And with his weight he holds me down His hands are squeezing all around As pride grips my heart As pride grips my heart The only thing that comes between me and God is me And pride is only my flesh in a clever disguise you see And from this prison I must break free, yah Don't let pride grip your heart

For You -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2001
I sit here by the window Thinking of you I sit here by the window Thinking of you Only if you could have been here With me now Only if you could have been here With me now I sit here by the window Dreaming of you I sit here by the window Dreaming of you I see you leaving in the rain I see you waving gone again I see you driving away from me Waving goodbye bye Goodbye my love goodbye my love I sit here by the window Thinking of we I sit here by the window Thinking oh dear About all we could have done here Together now About all we could have done here If somehow If I have a chance another one To see you again I would run Run to my love run away And so I run with today I sit here by the window Thinking of you I sit here by the window Thinking of you Only if you could have been here With me now Only if you could have been here

No Fool -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003
I never stopped loving you I never stopped being in awe of the things that you do I never stopped liking your touch In fact I wish I didn't love it so much Wah ah ah Every time I do I get accused Frankly I'm tired of al the excuses you use I end up feeling so controlled I had to stop I had to get ahold of myself I will not be your fool The first thing you did was break the rules I will not be your fool The first thing you did was break the rules Oh yah yah Wah ah ah Sometimes I feel like and ocean Always changing always in motion Too big for her own good Not able to be all the things that she should Don't get confused don't get upset I certainly haven't given up yet I'll try agian I'll come around As soon as I meet my mister solid ground I will not be your fool The first thing you did was break the rules I will be the one to bring the rain or the sun I will not be your

Rushmore -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003
I am studying the map again, the one that says you are here And as I study my surroundings I see that one thing's very clear You see I thought I was traveling, it seems that I am standing still Making circle after circle and the thought of that has made me ill And I rushmore And I rushmore I see the sun rise to the day I just met Only to turn around and see the same sun set To rise once more and do it all again I stop to drink some water now and then and I rush more and I rush more I rushmore and I pay attention less And I do more, I'm just playing in this mess What do I work for when I'm just failing your test And I rushmore yah I rush more I take one step forward and I take two steps back thinking I can get ahead And I make my own shortcut thru the wood trodding off the path I'm led Well I thought I arrived for a living but maybe I just never get there I'm chasing after the sunset, I keep going forgetting where and I rush more Well I never stop to read the writing on the wall Yet I shout what have you said I should wait with my hands held out for your response But I just take off running south instead I rushmore and I pay attention less And I do more, I'm just playing in this mess What do I work for when I'm just failing your test And I rushmore yah

Piece O' Summer -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003
We always find piece of mind in the summer time And we don't waste the sweet sweet taste of the summer wine We're kicking our shoes off and running around on the cool grass We're shootin the breeze and writin music sittin on the overpass Break it down now Drinkin beer and my friends are here Hittin the bars with our guitars yeah yeah yeah yeah Hangin around enjoyin the sound of the summer time, yeah yeah, yeah yeah We always find piece of mind in the summer time And we don't waste the sweet sweet taste of the summer wine When it rains it pours but that's ok the sum will come out again We'll find more ways to have our fun yeah don't you worry my friend Tell 'em what it's about now Catchin rays in the summer haze The moon is full and the air is cool Wet was the grass I fell on my knee caps And now we're laughin, yeah we're laughin We always find piece of mind in the summer time And we don't waste the sweet sweet taste of the summer wine Flippin dimes and writin rhymes in the summer time Mosquitos fly I don't know why in the summer time

Bury Me -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003

The cars are all in a row now I'm afraid it's time to go now It's cold out, it's so, so cold I try to let go of the flowers I hold What do I have to go to It's winter here forever in this maroon My memories evaporate into the air And whatever's left freezes over there I'm leaving myself out in this snow Throwing a piece of me into that hole Trying to replace it with a flower or two Trying to hold on to something of you I'll never forget how the news came to me How I thought I lost it when you left me I was getting it done, following my dream All eclipsed in the light of this it seems And on the spinning wheel of my life Full of bankruptcies the needle's a knife And it sticks deep into the heart of Everything I thought I was sure of I look up into the grey sky I blink away the snowflakes melting in my eye I begin to ask, oh my God, ask you why I begin to begin, to melt, to sigh Bury me I struggle to make something right To pass the flowers to calm the fight People are pulling, pulling me away I'm not ready yet why don't you stay And they said

Black & White -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003

I can't tell you just where I've been I'm just getting started again I took another sabbatical from right Well that green really caught my eye Then red called with an urgent cry Then the colors faded and gave way to night Please tell me where are you now I lost you in my sight somehow And now I can't see anything at all I wonder while I wonder About this earthly spell I'm under How when I truned my head then night began to fall How did I loose the light When yellow was clear and bright They told me it was what I wanted I'm so glad your light, it haunted I can't tell you just where I've een I'm just getting started again I took another sabbatical from right You see the colors they lie deep inside They tried to take me on a one way ride But the colors have no place in black and white

Her -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003

In a strange origin of labor we met I could not bring myself to say anything to her yet I sat there while they argued with her views and I listened to her spill her silent blues There were so many years behind her eyes and like a wave her frustrations rise In a strange origin of labor we met but right away I knew it wasn't over yet As I walked away across the parking lot I could hear her say what is it that you've got I saw her eyes fall down as she turned to e life is not oh not what they said it would be My silence offered her untouchable peace and it called to her soul to be released So we danced ourselves into a dizzyship and sailed away on what I thought was a one way trip Until the wind turned us back around and I found myself on unfamiliar ground You see another boat had caught her eye she turned around and waved goodbye What I had to give she wouldn't take it from me she was right life is not what they said it would be As I walked away across the parking lot I could hear her say this is all I've got

Threes -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003

I thought it was all in their head But oh yah, I've heard it said That just as sure as money doesn't grow on trees These things happen in threes There's no way that could be true It would take a full time crew It has to be a coincidence at least That these things happen in threes These things happen in threes I had to go to court and then I got robbed Heck I never even got paid for that job Someone help please While these things happen in threes A funeral then a broken down car I never started that fight at the bar What is going on with me Do these things happen in threes These things happen in threes What is this crazy superstition I confess it's my admission Sometimes even I believe that these things happen in threes Now just what can I say Calgone take me away Someone reverse these please these things that happen in threes These things happen in threes I thought it was all in their head Yah but I've heard it said And until it happened to me I didn't believe they happened in three's

Separated -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003

You are my outfit My most comfortable one You are my platform And oh when you run I am naked and sinking I am stricken and thinking This rope between two souls Is not tied At one end is your hand In the other is mine We said we'd never let go Together we choose to walk thru each door If ever I were to proceed And feel the jolt of release I don't need to be separated It's the only time with you that I have hated You clothe me I wear you well I stand on your love Constant I can tell Depth and height Darkness to light I don't need to be separated It's the only time with you that I have hated This rope is not quickly broken We must choose to beholden If ever I were to proceed And feel the jolt of release I don't need to be separated It's the only time with you that I have hated

Cold Water -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003

You know how when the sun goes down You're standing on the edge of the beach This feeling is much too big to describe But reality is very much within reach Actually it's right in my face But too close to shake my fist You're guilt consumes my body In an envelope of ocean mist Why did you leave me I wonder why you ever went away What did I do wrong what did I say Whether you like it or not It makes you wanna throw down and cry Whether it's the heavy pounding waves Or just the sand in my eyes Why did you leave me I wonder why you ever went away What did I do wrong what did I say The water it's cold how did I fall in anyway I'm sinking here and these waves are wearing me thin The scene is overwhelming It tears my soul in two One part stays here with me The other is standing with you Why did you leave why did you go away What did I do wrong I was only eight And the water is cold, the shore is so far away I'm sinking, with my whole life I pay the water is cold, I'm fully clothed in your blame I'm sinking, wearing your concrete name I pay

What you feel -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2003

I feel what you feel and I go where you go And I know when you feel you've no place to go Reality's hand is held high for the swing Following thru with the slap and the sting Won't you help me she said hey I can only imagine but even in her imagination the fire escape is close behind and so the ladder of retreat becomes good company, becomes good company becomes good company and not my company, won't you help me won't you help me I feel what you feel and I go where you go And I know when you feel you've no place to go The swelling of defeat rises on your face Colored with pain of a familiar place Won't you Help me he said hey sorry about that, but his sorrow is empty and his sorry doesn't count and so his scoreless empathy becomes good company becomes good company becomes good company and not my company won't you help me, won't you help me

When You Go Home Today -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2006

I pulled in the driveway Long and narrow and winding The clouds hugged me close with gray She said it would be different when you go home today The stones were large and the stones were small I seen one and I seen them all Yah they all seemed looked the same to me But there was one I needed to see Like soldiers they stood there Staring at me with a stare So deep they all screamed stay They yelled so loud they scared the birds away She said it would be different When you go home today And I wanted her to be so right In every way My feet were dripping in fear My steps were staggered she is near I hate it here and I hate what I feel I hate to admit that this is real I am reaching for the surface I finally caught my breath I talked til I ran out of tears And inside her memory I slept She said it would be different When you go home today And I wanted her to be so right In every way With the sky and the drive and the birds and her and the stones I felt in company and I felt alone She said enough, I said all there is to say She said it would be different when you go home today She said it would be different When you go home today And I wanted her to be so right In every way

VERBAL TRAFFIC JAM -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2006

Talkin is not my game Well maybe, maybe it's all the same That I can't read the communication map And makin sense is my handicap But I'm the one drivin the car And I'm the one who got us this far Please hold on I need more time Until then this is my favorite line Wait I'm not finished yet Wait why don't you let me Wait I'm not finished yet wait Sorry I can't seem to get this right I realize my problem in hindsight So I sing this song to remind me off What I need to do the next time you go off This vicious cycle we're in you and I Perhaps it's because in a word I'm a Gemini Maybe this is who I am I'm the reason we got stuck in this verbal traffic jam Wait I'm not finished yet Wait why don't you let me Wait I'm not finished yet wait Wait, won't you wait for me to collect my thoughts now, so I can speak intelligently sometime I can't find the right words to paint the picture clear of all that's inside of me, of all that I hold near please don't mistake my silence for feelings wait I'm not finished yet And you would say oh no, no you were done Send up your white flag for I have won I don't understand why you're so upset Next time please make use of that thing we call the alphabet Wait I'm not finished yet Wait why don't you let me Wait I'm not finished yet wait

CREAM & SUGAR -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2006

I like my coffee like my men Hot, dark and strong I have an inner circle Get out if you don't belong Well I'm an easy lover Yah my love reaches to the sky But I often won't receive you It's so hard to get inside But there's a little soul man He likes to take his time He never breaks my walls down Just moves a brick and peaks inside Well maybe it's the way he likes his coffee Cream and sugar all the time I'll always make his coffee Cuz I know he likes it light I see black and white together As our ancient souls collide He lives to make me happy Makes me feel the world is mine He's as steady as my drummer Yah he's always right on time Well maybe it's the way he likes his coffee Cream and sugar all the time I am not an island Surrounded by the sea He did not have to walk on water But that's what he did to get to me Well maybe it's the way he likes his coffee Cream and sugar all the time

Bad Girl -Robin Stone, ASCAP, Copyright 2006

She gets up early in the morning Grabs her some coffee and cakes Down the street at the crowded bakery A clean getaway she makes She makes her way down to the news stand Scoops up a stack of Free Times Sells them on the corner For a dollar sixty five She takes her $20.20 And goes down to the alleyway Some she can score some honey She says it makes her life sunny The clouds come out again and she's off and runnin' She's a bad bad girl Livin in a bad bad world She's a bad bad girl You know I'm talking bout a bad bad girl Livin in a bad bad bad world She's a bad bad girl She rounds her way thru the revolving door Takes her new bag into the bathroom High heels spaghetti straps From her five finger discount move She struts herself into the hotel bar And looks around real quick So she can make eye connection With whom she'll turn her trick She takes her $220 And goes down to the alleyway Scores to profit from honey You know she thinks it's funny How she makes and spends her money She's a bad bad girl Livin in a bad bad world She's a bad bad girl You know I'm talking bout a bad bad girl Livin in a bad bad bad world She's a bad bad girl She has to get back to the house She's half way there And she's half way out She runs to make her curfew Breaks a heel, tears her shirt Throws on her working clothes If they only knew She's a bad bad girl uh hu She's a bad bad girl She likes her honey She doesn't care how much it runs her money In her half way house she is half way thru Thru with life and thru with love and thru with you She has to work the system cuz it don't work for her Her only alternative in life, is to be She's a bad bad girl Livin in a bad bad world She's a bad bad girl You know I'm talking bout a bad bad girl Livin in a bad bad bad world She's a bad bad girl