Brandi Carlile

When I'm blowin out the candles And when people start to sing I will always cross my fingers tight I remember everything But I always make my wishes For the same thing everytime If I live to be one hundred If I ever get it right My mind is racing wit...

Monday you just had to spend the day with me And hop a bus down to the big city Tuesday it looked like rain And i was laughing all insane And running through it anyway Hot cup of coffee in my fingers As the weekend they disappear Bye bye Wednesday's p...

I still talk to you in my sleep. I don't say much 'cause the hurt runs too deep. I gave you the moon and the stars to keep. But you gave them back to me. The hill I'm walking up is getting good and steep. But I'm still looking for a promise even I can't...

Broken sticks and broken stones will turn to dust just like our bones. It's words that hurt the most, now isn't it? Are you sad inside, are you home alone? If I could just pick up the phone, maybe you can see a better day. And you won't waste away under...

I done some bad, bad things, the kind you don't bring up at confession. Somewhere in my life, woah, I took the wrong direction. I swear on my soul I didn't want to hurt no one, but I got no way to justify the things I done. If you're good at telling l...

There's nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game It's easy Nothing you can make that can't be made No-one you can save that can't be saved Nothing you can...

Packed my bags and kissed your cheek turned around so I didn’t see you cry, you cry sometimes you just can’t explain the reasons why you have to say goodbye, goodbye It took something, it took falling, it took distance, it took time, it took a lot of ge...

Around here, it’s the hardest time of year, waking up the days are even gone. Ooh, the collar of my coat, Lord, help me, cannot help the cold, ooh, the rain drops sting my eyes, I keep them closed. But I’m feelin’ no pain, only lonely, and my quietest...

You carry me along with you. Keep my spirit strong, you do. Maybe I was meant to be under your lock and key. The hard times that I’ve had really don't seem all that bad. Yesterday is long ago and far away. I'm beginning to feel the years, but I'm goi...

You're still alive inside somewhere Or are you just remains? You're blood muscle skin and bone So people cause you pain But when the skies are crashing down And when my days are dark and grey When my fires are burning low When the life inside me fades...

In the twilight glow I see her Blue eyes crying in the rain And when we kissed goodbye and parted I knew we'd never meet again Love is like a dying ember Only memories remain Through the ages I remember Blue eyes crying in the rain Someday when we me...

Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see Bluebirds Singing a song Nothing but bluebirds All day long Never saw the sun shining so bright Never saw things going so right Noticing the days hurrying by When you're in love, my how they...

I was born when I met you Now I'm dying to forget you And that is what I know Though I dreamed I would fall Like a wounded cannonball Sinking down with my heart in tow Bright lights like white lightning Who shot me down Who will cut me down I'm froze...

I woke up long after dawn, twenty years had come and gone. I know when it changed for me, a day in June you came to me. I've seen through someone else's eyes, with nothing on the other side. Ev’ry motel, ev’ry town, pieces scattered all around. Promis...

Hello, I'm looking for a friend I lost some time ago Your mother says she wants her girl back home Sometimes you think you find yourself, you really only lost yourself Or maybe you're afraid to be alone But if I could see behind blue eyes At all the thin...

Closer To You It's hard to let the miles pass me by Yellow lines that blend together in my eyes And when the seasons change again then I will too But I just want to be closer to you I'm staring out at endless rows of green There are miles of hay l...

When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You're so fucking special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell Am I doi...

I'm like the rain in a downpour I wash away what you long for And I wave goodbye with the sun in my eyes I wish I could be there tonight I'm like the wind in the canyon I'm there when I'm gone in a second You're growing older in peace where you're at I...

Dreams, I have dreams, when I'm awake, when I'm asleep. And you, you are in my dreams, You're underneath my skin. How am I so weak? And now, in the dreams, I can feel the way, I could just go clean. I keep it to myself, I know what it means; I can't h...

I left home a long, long time ago in a tin can for the road with a suitcase and some songs. Chasing miles through the night time, making tracks, with no time for looking back to the place where I belong. How these days grow long, but I’m on my way back...

Every road I've ever been down Seem to take me to the wrong place Every meaning which I lean on Seem to crumble underneath my weight They say that dreams will set you free I guess well see Wanna wake up Wanna break up Wanna scratch my eyes out of my head Caus...

[Verse 1] A love song was playing on the radio. It made me kind of sad because it made me think of you. And I wonder how you're doing, but I wish I didn't care, because I gave you all I had and got the worst of you. [Chorus] By the way, I forgive you....

Twenty years of pushing pens Of up the stairs and down again Should've learned to style my hair So I could never sleep at night I've never mastered eating right Distracted by the skin I wear And I'm alive in here somewhere Cause I can feel me twistin'...

There's a candle in the corner It keeps reminding me of you It's how you lit it on my birthday Sometimes I miss the things you do But then you'd turn on me if the wind blew And you'd sting me with a glare And your thirst was so insatiable Just to quench...

Long is the day, take it away Hold it up and you don't let it fall 'Cause devil's play, was yesterday And I don't care about that at all I just smile, once in a while 'Cause I don't want the lines on my face And I sit right here, holding the years And...

Follow your heart and see where it might take you, don't let the world outside there break you. They know not who you are inside, they never felt your hell. Don't ever let them crack... Hold out, I know you feel it getting cold out without the blanket f...

Out in the middle of nowhere with nothing much else to do, oh, the night brought us together, and I lent my heart to you. Maybe you were running away from something, with not so much as a plan. Notliving soul to guide you; “Jesus” tattooed on your hand....

Here today and gone away the fathers of our sons They're joining hands and making plans don't wanna hurt no one I don't wanna stare don't wanna leave you on the floor again you used to be my friend Now that's over lost and broken who would be the on...

Life is too short to waste all your time, and you’re running too quickly to the finish line. Time is a track, it’s ready and set, and the longer you live, the closer you get to being… Gone, gone like the evening sun, sun when it sets. Gone, gone like...

I don't hang around that place no more I'm tired of wearing circles in the floor And I don't carry myself very well I've gotten so much braver Can you tell I'm happy Can't you see I'm alright But I miss you Amber Lee And I line my secrets u...

Oooh I sometimes lose my faith in luck, I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. I just count the rain, Wearing the floor to the boards again. I wish I could find a soul to steal, I could be the engine, you could be the wheel. And we could drive i...

I love the songs I hated when I was young because they take me back where I come from, when every broken heart seemed like the end, when everyone, was someone different then. But I can be alone in a crowded room, where my thoughts they run like water dow...

Have you ever wandered lonely through the woods? And everything there feels just as it should. You're part of the life there, you're part of something good. If you've ever wandered lonely through the woods. Ooh. If you've ever wandered lonely through the...

Maybe you thought I hung the moon, and maybe you thought we were Johnny and June. Maybe we thought it was just us two, maybe we spoke too soon. We never lie and we don't tell tales, we bite our tongues and our fingernails. We fall in love and we don't f...

Oh - thinkin' about all our younger years There was only you and me We were young and wild and free Now nothin' can take you away from me We've been down that road before But that's over now You keep me comin' back for more Baby you're all that I want When yo...

Some rights and some wrongs, some heroes and songs are much better left unsung. Between fiction and fact, illusion and pact, where we've been into what we've become. Although we have changed, we're never estranged, and there's nothing I'd trade from b...

So this is how the story went I met someone by accident That blew me away That blew me away It was in the darkest of my days When you took my sorrow and you took my pain And buried them away, you buried them away And I wish I could lay down beside you...

[Verse 1] I run a lot of miles of life and crime, and mountain climbs and quiting times, packing that load of lying rhymes and tired jokes and wooden dimes. I've been everybody's friend, everybody's friend. [Verse 2] I could lose my house, I could steal...

Last night I had the exact same dream as you. I killed a bird to save your life and you gave me your shoes. You said “Clip my wings and walk my miles.” And I said I would too. Then I woke up but I wasn't gonna tell you Today I sang the same damn tune as...

It’s not the end of the world, it’s not even over But it will be soon. I never learned my lesson, I just changed my tune, and no one seems to notice, But you will, you will. It’s no big deal, But the last thing I think of when I close my eyes, And the f...

There never was a better love to see the light of day. If only just to lift you up and rise above the grey. It breaks my heart but now you know that the broken binds are an open door. And if it all disappears, I promise you I’ll still be there. My gro...

When I see myself I'm seeing you too As long as I remember and I'm feeling like I knew That my jokes aren't funny the truth isn't true If there was no you If you were my boat in the deep blue sea I probably sink you down I know I should have thanked you...

Hold me down, lift me up. There's someone on the bedside waiting there for me. I hear my name, turn around. There's gotta be a downside, something I don't see around me Hide me, dying in the light of the room. And blindside please, I don't really...

I found myself today, I took my cross up and walked away with amazing grace and open eyes. Even though I'm born to lose my way, tomorrow comes on a hurricane, when the weight of the world’s been on your mind. In the morrow I'll be gone. I gave it every...

Your baby doesn't love you anymore Golden days before they end Whisper secrets to the wind Your baby won't be near you any more Tender nights before they fly Send falling stars that seem to cry Your baby doesn't want you anymore It's over It breaks y...

Take me back, Josephine, to that cold and dark December. I am missing someone but I don't know who. Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember. Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you. Noontime wind can you blow for me one more time and...

Were we just kids just starting out? Didn't we know then love was about? Were we just fooling, playing around? Were we ever gonna get out of this town? Move to Seattle, stay up all night, that was when bedtime was our biggest fight. Hoo, hoo, hoo. Hoo...

My grandpa gave me a wheat penny and I kept it in my pocket Had big plans in my backyard to build me a space rocket Talked to my brother on a fake CB that I made from a tic-tac box Packed my snowballs nice and tight and in the middle I put rocks Don't tra...

All along my face Something's not right Headin' down the lines I once believe in things unseen Till I was running out of Time is a virtue not many Of us have the luxury to enjoy Unless you think you're Free but nothing's guaranteed But deat...

As soon as my eyes shut the slide show begins, Yesterday is gone now and panic sets in. With a weight upon my chest and a ghost upon my back, And the numbing sensation of everything I lack that leaves me dreaming, dreaming, dreaming, ooh your real world...

I went out looking for the answers and never left my town. I'm no good at understanding, but I'm good at standing ground. And, when I asked a corner preacher, I couldn't hear him for my youth. Some people get religion, some people get the truth. I ne...

I don't mind If my heart don't beat and the sun don't shine They'll get theirs You'll get yours and I'll get mine It used to be that everything was easy Now it's lost and nobody believes me Am I losing heart Have I frozen it, oh yeah Am I pushing too...

I can never write a love song I can never write a blue song When I'm in love I am a lover And I have always had the blues I am afraid that no one sees me What will they say when I am gone It occurs to me I think I miss you I think I've missed you all a...

I'm gonna to fit in. I'm on the list, I'm gonna to get in. Haven't you heard? Don't you know who I am? I'm with the Joneses; I'm their best friend. I came to saturate the market, to perpetuate the hip kid. I was born so I could fall in line. I'm a lege...

[Verse 1] I haven't seen my father in some time, but his face is always staring back at me. His heavy hands hang at the ends of my arms, and my colors change like the sea. But I don't worry much about time lost. I'm not gunning for the dreams I couldn't...

If I get murdered in the city, don't go revengin’ in my name. A person dead from such is plenty. There's no sense in getting’ locked away. And when I leave your arms, the things that I think of. No need to get over-alarmed. I'm coming home. I'm coming...

Everything I do surrounds these pieces of my life that often change, or maybe I've changed. And sometimes seeming happy can be self destructive even when you're sane, or only insane. But don't bother waking me today. Here I am, I'm so young, I know I've...

Oh dear, out here, everybody stumbles on fear. Who cares if we’re scared? Everyone is on their own. It’s only you that my heart desires, only you alone can know my pain. All along you were sitting there folding pages for your paper chain. Now you can...

So we haven't seen her anywhere around and i fear Brianna is six feet underground and i could not apologize enough to set me free so if you see Brianna won't you tell her this for me i would open doors help you on your way i don't want to lie no mo...

I heard the news today I guess that's what I thought you'd say I guess you thought I'd care but guess what I don't so you can go to hell I wore your shirt to bed again but that was way back when And I don't want to touch you like I did as stupid as I've...

Waiter send this to the table, the party of one, The only other lonely soul in this place. And so you're finishing up your coffee, But then where you gonna run? Where'd you get that look on your face? You should always let the sun go down on your anger;...

Waiter send this to the table, the party of one, The only other lonely soul in this place. And so you're finishing up your coffee, But then where you gonna run? Where'd you get that look on your face? You should always let the sun go down on your anger;...

Pat Monahan & Brandi Carlile PM:She woke up In a town made of quick sand Gets harder to move every day she stays He woke up in the same hotel he always does Just different numbers on the door Well, maybe they’ll meet And, maybe they won’t Well, maybe the...

Time of day I can't recall, the kind of thing that takes a toll. Over years of over time, over smiles and over wine, all in all it wasn't bad, all in all it wasn't good. But I still care. That's the problem with the days, they're never long enough to s...

This circus is falling down on its knees The big top is crumbling down It's raining in Baltimore fifty miles east Where you should be, no one's around I need a phone call I need a raincoat I need a big love I need a phone call These train conve...

I've been down with a broken heart Since the day I learned to speak. The devil gave me a crooked start When he gave me crooked feet. But Gabriel done came to me And kissed me in my sleep, And I'll be singing like an angel Until I'm six feet deep. I fo...

Ooh, ooh. When I find the sweet hereafter, put a blanket on my soul. Cast a shadow on my heart, slide the chain across my door. Ever turning are the seasons, ever fading are the days. And if there ever was a reason, I just haven't found a way to fal...

The sun came up and five years gone Life goes on, yeah, life goes on I wonder how you're gettin' by The sun goes down and I feel blue Now I toss 'cause my mind's on you And I kind of miss your broken smile Save part of yourself for me Won't you save pa...

Gone, It's hard for me to say when I'm wrong, it's hard for me to weep when I'm strong. But I can never sleep when you're gone. Oh but still, if you were gonna crucify me, I wouldn't want nobody to see. 'Cause you could kick me hard when I'm down, down...

I walked on by the old school yard As high as I envision The years behind us and your decisions Whatever it takes whatever you need And I will be there for you Last you heard is I adore you, well And days go by But that was yesterday You want to still...

Who'll walk me down to church when I'm sixty years of age? When the ragged dog they gave me has been ten years in the grave. And senorita plays guitar,and plays it just for you. My rosary has broken and my beads have all slipped through. You hung up your...

Dear Love, I miss you much, I miss your smile and I miss your touch. But I found a place where I can erase my past. Maybe someday when you're old and gray and your hair falls out and your tattoos fade you might see me standing hat in hand. I have to go...

It must have been that day I stopped believing It must have been that time I broke your door Well I must have been that way before you met me It must have been a thousand years or more When you said no more dime store apologies from you No more back yard...

[Verse 1] He wasn't really known for breaking the rules when he arrived in the second year of my high school. He wasn't so much of a twist of fate as a short turn up from a southern state. He was born with a sweet tooth he couldn't beat, always trying to...

Hang on, just hang on for a minute, I've got something to say. I'm not asking you to move on or forget it, but these are better days. To be wrong all along and admit it is not amazing grace. But to be loved like a song you remember even when you've chan...

I must have been sleeping, I must have been drinking, I haven’t been dreaming about you for years. There was a sharp turn and a sunburn, I was too cool for high school that year, that year. It must have been New Year’s, no one invited you, you took th...

It really breaks my heart to see a dear old friend go down in the worn out place again. Do you know the sound of a closing door? Have you heard that sound somewhere before? Do you wonder if she knows you anymore? I wrapped your love around me like a ch...

You're talking about leaving. It's right about Christmas time. Thinking about moving on I think I might die inside. I'm thinking about years gone by, I'm thinking about church at midnight, I'm thinking about letting go. I think that might finally be...

You're feeling nervous, aren't you, boy, with your quiet voice and impeccable style? Don't ever let them steal your joy and your gentle ways to keep them from running wild. They can kick dirt in your face, dress you down, and tell you that your place is...

[Verse 1] Welcome to the end of being alone inside your mind. You're tethered to another, and you're worried all the time. You always knew the melody, but you never heard it rhyme. [Verse 2] She's fair and she is quiet, Lord. She doesn't look like me...

All of these lines across my face Tell you the story of who I am So many stories of where I've been And how I got to where I am But these stories don't mean anything When you've got no one to tell them to It's true... I was made for you I climbed acros...

I have seen the firewatcher's daughter watching fires burn from smoke to black. There's nothing she won't burn from Styrofoam to urns, to someone else's ashes in a sack. You can scorch the metal, you can even melt the glass. You can pass the time here,...

Ohhhhh ohhhh ohhhh oh-o-oh Ohhhhh ohhhh ohhhh oh-o-oh There’s a hole in my pocket where my dreams fell through, from a side walk in the city to the avenue. There’s a leak in my dam ‘bout the size of a pin, and I can’t quite remember where the water’s get...

Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the...

When you're near me I have no fear, when I'm untrue you see right through me. You know me as deep as the sea goes, calm my head whenever the storm blows. When the stars, and the moon, And the sky fall through… I'd throw them all away when I'm hollow,...

Up tired with your blue eyes crying and you’re Upset like you’re tired of trying and You gave it away; you think you’ll figure out And even if you’ve Lost your mind when you’re down and out I don’t know what you’re on about, but, You’ll end up on your o...

I swear, when we touched, I saw heaven in your eyes, and jewel studded clouds floating in your skies. Seas of blue and fields of green, lookin’ like you fell out of someone's dreams. Why do my troubles turn true whenever I rest my eyes on you. Why must...

Sorry I'm only human, you know me. Grown up, oh no, guess again. My days always dry up and blow away. Sometimes I could do that too, but make no mistake that… When you need a friend, you could count on anyone. But you know I'll defend the tragedy th...

I watch you grow away from me in photographs And memories like spies And salt betrays my eyes again I started losing sleep and gaining weight And wishing I was was ten again So I could be your friend again These days we go to waste like wine That's tur...

Hey there, what's that in your sky, with all the pretty lights? Do you think I can get that high? So, hey you, man, where's your motivation? And why the celebration, You've gotten nothing done here. You wanna live until you die alone, and will. And I...

Close your eyes and count to three I'm gonna make you proud of me not today, but that's alright we have got a long long time I've got big plans and you do too and we've got ways to make them true when I get old and if I do I'm gonna get there next to y...

Singing, do do do do do do, do do do do. If you had eyes like golden crowns and diamonds in your fingertips, you'd waste it. If shining wisdom passed your lips and traveled to the ears of God you'd waste it. And so I hate you’re overrated, most revered...

Way back when, when the days were young We had our fun Never cared much about being cool Or growing old to play the old fool Part of your life you spend paying your dues Walking the miles and singing the blues If I'm born into a pair of ramblin' shoes I...

Look to the clock on the wall, the hands hardly moving at all. I can't stand the state that I'm in, sometimes it feels like the wall’s closing in. Oh Lord, what can I say. I’m so sad since you went away. Time, time, tickin’ on me. Alone is the last pl...

I'd been gone for so long And how I missed you My heart was aching for home And then one night as I lay down Somewhere far from you I dreamt that I heard you call my name But my mind was playing games I knew right then that I'd return To where I was b...

[Verse 1] If I don't owe you a favor, you don't know me. I don't believe we've ever even met. If there's a God in heaven you can show me, then I guess I should admit I lost the bet. There are moments I could hold you forever, and there are moments that l...

I think it's time we found a way back home. You lose so many things you love as you grow. I missed the days when I was just a kid. My fear became my shadow, I swear it did. Wherever is your heart I call home. Wherever is your heart I call home. Though y...

You came into this world with eyes as clear as water. You didn't look a thing like your grandmother's daughter. With a heart so heavy and beating like a drum, neither did you look like your grandfather's son. We're chained, and when everything else change...