Lisa Loeb

They washed my windows and then ripped the forest right out before my eyes I was in the window barely dressed amazed myself had to decide leave the left one and some scruff along the fence I screamed through the glass can you believe this but no one was t...

The heir is introduced She waltzes through her ballroom Swirling in her sequins, showing off her gown She steps on her own train She falls, she cracks her jaw Aghast her husband giggles He gasps She slipped on spilled champaigne [Chorus:] And we crow...

I grew up where throwing rocks in canyons is not allowed I grew up where growing up makes me awkward and proud I grew up where it was a difficult drive to the airport And I hope you have a good ride 'Cause my mother, you know, she doesn't like to fly I g...

I'd play all day if I could But I haven't got all the time in the world Your head hangs down, hangs down Your face so long, so long Your weight carries Your weight carries so hard Baby, brother's playing And now he's asleep And I'd play all day if I...

I want to be by myself, sometimes I do I don't want to be left behind But sometimes I'm left by you I press my tongue to the top of my mouth 'Cause my jaw, was tired from the thinking And I stretched my toes to the end of the couch 'Cause my back, it was...

There is a land I've heard about Where the clouds have many colors The air is clear and I hear The good times roll like water There's a silver lake and a gold one too You can paddle all around in a wooden canoe In the big rock candy mountains There is...

We are birds we Ran from the water. And birds we take off Over the ocean. We fly in flock sometimes, Fly in a v. But we can fly solo, I can tell you no. And a sea fly lands on the edge of your footprint, I'm closer to things on the ground. There were...

I was quiet, and I was tired. and I wanted you to bring me up. I wanted you to make it stop, yeah I wanted you to bring me up. You were wrong, and I was right. and I wanted you to bring me up. Hmmm you know me well, this is something that I shouldn't have t...

Butterfly, close your eyes, butterfly Fold your wings Dream sweet dreams, butterfly. When you feel the sun warm on your face again You will fly Spread your wings Butterfly. Butterfly, close your eyes, butterfly Fold your wings Beautiful things, butte...

Can you catch the moon And hold it in your hands Cause I can catch the moon And I do my moondance I press my hands together And slowly spin around Tell my moonbird sister To pick me up And we'll go flying Can you see what shines When it's dark outsid...

Another night Another moon Another day will be here soon And when you wake I’ll be right here with you Another frame to hold a view Another dream you get to choose Make it yellow, green, or blue I think I’ll leave it up to you Close your eyes Close your eyes...

Come back home where the three orange suns They set in the bottom of the globe yeah now. Come back home where the three purple moons They set in the bottom of the water yeah now. You know that I've been there, and I think you should beware; that You know...

you want to dance with the angels? then embroider me with gold, and i will fly with the angels, and you can dance with me. sing with the angels? then show me a song and i will strum with the angels, and you can sing with me. but you want to fall fashio...

Days were different when you counted them in hours. There were some things that she never wanted again. In fragmented words, too weak to hear, There were some things that she never wanted again. Like: do you want to be the man she once knew? Do you want...

Diamonds are a ritual A prize in a cracker jack A name that you won't get back Diamonds are a run around A game you can't win While you wait for your life to begin Miss the party Drink the punch The drunk ones are the lucky bunch Diamonds p...

My forehead's splitting, I can feel a separation. And me, here, full of life, waiting for that magic conversation. That's why I thought that you should see her. She'll tell our future. Don't believe her. Did you ask about love and forever or did you ask...

do you eat, sleep, do you breathe me anymore? do you sleep, do you count sheep anymore? do you sleep anymore? do you take plight on my tongue like lead? do you fall gracefully into bed anymore? i saw you as you walked across my room. you looked out the...

If you wake up and don't want to smile, If it takes just a little while, Open your eyes and look at the day, You'll see things in a different way. Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow, Don't stop, it'll soon be here, It'll be, better than before, Yesterday's g...

Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you" Birds singing in the sycamore tree, Dream a little dream of me Say nighty-night and kiss me Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me While I'm alone and blue as can be Dream...

I walked away to get wisdom But in the end I just walked home And it drops me, drops me down And I'm not feeling so good again It was the same song and it's making me sad Cause I think that it's happened And it hasn't been had And it drops me, drops me...

Goodbye my love, I am going. I am slowing you down. I can feel you stop breathing, when I come around. I'm slowing you down Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday Love turns its back and just stands in my way. Goodbye my love, you don't get me You don'...

she wanted to be a cowboy, she was shootin' em down, she was tramping around. he walked in crooked with the clear blue eyes. "there's a nice pool in my motel - you want to go for a swim?" that night he moved in. the time between meeting and finally lea...

you want to suffer and show me you're angry. fight with your fists up or call for your mommy. you want to suffer and show me you're angry. spend time alone, find a stick in the basement. drink water and gold dust and live on impatience. slaughtered for we...

"Fools Like Me" Everybody go The party's over I want to be alone in my head In my bed tonight You never show You must really love her You think I don't know But I do, yeah it's true I think over is over I'm right back where I started (when it come...

I'm as free a little bird as I can be I'm as free a little bird as I can be Gonna build my nest in a big oak tree Where no one can never bother me If I was a little fish I'd never bite a hook or a line No I'd swim way out to the middle of the sea And l...

"it's not really poetry but it's pretty," he said. as he raises his voice, she lowers her head. "it make my heart heavy, you're lonely, i think. oh rose, your're sad i suppose." "Look in her bed and she's bound to be sleeping. she's lying there dead - no...

i see the lights move on the ceiling. i see the stars up in the lights. i see the moonbeams on your forehead there, and i think about the garden of delights. you see the curtains draped in front of me. you see the sun come up alone. you want to show me...

I could be trembling when I talk to you. I could be making up all sorts of things that are not true. I could tell a half truth, but I cannot tell a lie. I could tell a story that is ten feet high. My stomach flutters, and I feel sometimes ashamed, I'm a c...

I know we're in September And this is my house And this is my town But my clothes are in the case And I am leaving Don't tell me what you spent it on You always lie You always lie And it's a decision I am leaving We used to say for fun L...

I didn't come this far for you to make this hard for me. And now you want to ask me "how"? It's like - how does your heart beat, and why do you breathe? How does your heart beat, and why do you breathe? Why did you come here? You weren't invited. You were on...

skeleton boy by the side of the road. he warned me, he told me; he said, "there's this woman, she's a hurricane, she will heal your heart up, she is hurrying." he said, "don't look for holidays. don't look, just run away. go suffocate, and choke your ow...

I control the sun I turn on the stars I make all the colors that you see as you circle me I open up the sky I control the speed I can make the green lights flash I can make you crash Barely makes a sound You stop when you slow down [Chorus]...

when i'm done with thinking, then i'm done with you. when i'm done with crying, then i'm done with you. when i feel so tired, then i'm done with you. everybody feels this way sometimes, everybody feels this way - and i do. you can't hear it, but i do. y...

I wish for a place where the earth doesn't shake If the earth won't be still, then I will and my friends can be my family, and they can be my company then I'll take them to a party and we'll have fun can you tell me if I'm near to anywhere but here? I...

Inch worm, inch worm Measuring the marigolds You and your arithmetic You'll probably go far Inch worm, inch worm Measuring the marigolds Seems to me you'd stop and see How beautiful they are Inch worm, inch worm Measuring the marigolds You and your arithmeti...

sorry sir, i stole your money. sorry sir, i feel, but it's so, so twisted, so unreal. it was what i'd heard of, and what i didn't have, but i cannot give what i do not have, and i cannot take what i do not have. i can't take it. don't stultify. don...

i'm going as far as i can go, away from here, away from you, jake, and the hole you've sunk me into. i wish that i could belong here, with you, and just be, but that's not all that i'm about. your life is built on accidents, like meeting me. you write e...

Will you wear white Oh my dear, oh my dear Will you wear white, Jenny Jenkins? No I won't wear white For the color's too bright I'll buy me a foldy-roldy, tildy-toldy Seek-a-double, use-a-cozza roll to find me Roll, Jenny Jenkins, roll Will you wear b...

Oh what fun it is to ride Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh, Hey, Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Oh what fun Oh what fun...

We need a kick start We need a quick solution We need a next step If we're really going If we're really going We sit on our couch While we watch our TV And the phone doesn't ring And it's perfect To be here playing house Is no comfort to me It's j...

i told you i was sorry, i told you i was wrong, i said it was an accident and don't tell anyone. but you love to circle round and round, you're so misunderstood. yeah, you love to circle round and round & you know that we should forget about it - le...

Life is just a bowl of cherries Don't take it serious, life's too mysterious You work, you save, you worry so But you can't take your dough when you go, go, go So keep repeating, It's the berries The strongest oak must fall The sweet things in life to y...

who would steal on sunday? who'd made them believe make-believe? who'd buy a prayer when you can pray for free? if the way you held your coffee was the way you looked at me, then i could take both my hands off the tv. i've been sleeping on half of my bed...

[Chorus] Have you ever looked me in the eye? Have you ever told the truth Come on don't lie Have you ever tried to know me better? Better than you do Bitch and moan Away from home I sit and stare stare At the phone Do you wait for it to ring? Do yo...

Love is a rose but you better not pick it It only grows when it’s on the vine Handful of thorns and you’ll know you’ve missed it Lose your love when you say the word mine I wanna see what’s never been seen I wanna live that age old dream Come on boy, le...

Lucky me how bad could it be to be alone for now to be free Oh, don't cry the time, it passes by just think of what you'll get when you're past this So is it allright if I go? Is it allright if I go? Oh, don't cry just think about the end I'll fi...

Can't you hear that rooster crowin'? Rabbit runnin' down across the road Can't you hear that rooster crowin'? Rabbit runnin' down across the road Underneath the bridge Where the water flowed through So happy just to see you smile Underneath the sky of...

A prince in the summer was a drag in the spring. How could you know that he took off his ring? And, every thing you wanted behind the castle wall. And, a hundred white horses were stuck in the stall. It's no fairy tale, there's no breadcrumb trail To lea...

Opening my ears to hear the poison in your words, I see the apple in your eye. And your smile wraps around me like a snake, a rattler, Your smile strangles all your lies. I don't want to send you notes and daises. I need to smile right through your face....

Oh, when I turned five I got a piece of cake, the corner with the rose. I leaned in close, and I told him that I loved him, and he ran. It made my heart stop. It made my heart stop. Now I understand that my heart doesn't stop, even though it feels like...

Ooh-oo child Things are gonna get easier Ooh-oo child Things'll get brighter Ooh-oo child Things are gonna get easier Ooh-oo child Things'll get brighter Some day, yeah We'll get it together and we'll get it all done Some day When your head is much lighter So...

Groundhog lives way down in the hole Groundhog lives way down in the hole He's got to hide away from the cold Oh groundhog Groundhog sleeping all winter long Groundhog sleeping all winter long Sleep right through the snow and the storms Oh groundhog...

One, two, three I come from Alabama With the banjo on my knee I'm bound for Louisiana My true love for to see It rained all night the day I left The weather, it was dry The sun so hot I froze myself Susanna, don't you cry Oh Susanna Oh, don't you...

Is this how it ends, laying in bed Talking to a cheap tape recorder instead of my friends In bed with a low grade fever, they wanted to know how could I leave you. I can't tell them that. it might sound like revenge. Some things don't need a payback. some...

I probably want to hold your hand I probably want to kiss you You'll probably misunderstand I'll probably miss you Lately it seem nothing's clear I probably need my glasses You come in and out of focus I wonder if you notice [Chorus] I probab...

Why are there so many Songs about rainbows? And what's on the other side Rainbows have visions But only illusions And rainbows have nothing to hide So we've been told And some choose to believe it I know they're wrong wait and see Someday we'll find it The rai...

those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes closed. those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes open wide. shabby tried to comb her hair with the gift from her grandma, her blood. tangled she got halfway. sticky and powdered with dirt...

she can't tell me that all of the love songs have been written, 'cause she's never been in love with you before. your skin smells lovely like sandalwood. your hair falls soft like animals. i'm tryin' to keep cool, but everyone likes you. i want to kiss...

They pull-up their chairs to the table she stares at the food on her plate and the tost and the butter her father and mother she pushes away and they rise in the morning and they sleep in the dark and even though nobody's looking she's falling apart. She ge...

I'm stuck in my apartment on Eleventh Street I push the pen around Something made me think of you I jump into a cab going downtown Do you know what I really want? I don't know what I really want Do you know what's going on? What's going on? Single me...

it's a bad day. it's a train ride. it's a bad day. you're my medicine. it's a snow day. it's a full moon. it's a snow day. when'd you get down to my bones? where'll i find that wishing stone? the beads, the records, all the calls, and the drinks al...

Who do you think you are? You're talking so loud You bury the sound Of your heart that's singing out And where do you want to be? On top of the world But you're just a girl Who forgot what it's like to dream Leave everything behind But you're so tir...

i did not want to be stuck one second longer than i had to be there, stuck inside the door. i'm always scared i'll slam my fingers in the door because the last time that i left i slammed my fingers in the door. when you want to get out, you get up, an...

You say I only hear what I want to You say I talk slow all the time so And I thought what I felt was simple And I thought that I don't belong And now that I am leavin' Now I know that I did somethin' wrong 'cause I missed you Yeah, yeah, I missed you...

why do you have to leave me now and go home? summer, it starts when i see you. my smile, it parts when i hear you talking to me. my heart, it beats when it's me who i know you love, and my mind, it just goes crazy knowing i'm going to be with you always....

my friend's got a bruise on his leg, a bruise on his leg everytime you speak. my friend's got a bruise on his leg, where i press my knee everytime you speak. actually, bottom line, you tell the truth sometimes. sometimes you tell the truth like you're pu...

We used to be best friends Hanging out in the parking lot like the day would never end. You came up with all the plans I'll be waiting by my window, In your brother's car you've come to rescue me cause I need you to Take me out, make me laugh Never sa...

I kept talking to myself I had to get the words out of my head So I did You barely said a thing You kind of heard me out and then you said You said: "You're crazy, why do you keep doing this? Everything is fine." Then I think, I'm crazy I do this all...

What if we could pass down heart break give the gift of making mistakes would I train my heart and not be so dramatic I’ve been breaking my heart for the past ten years and it looks good and it feels good too What if we could train our muscles and only...

in an open room that echos well, this is where i can tell you everything. this is where i meet my muse, and it feeds me. and this is how i buy the sun, and it feeds me. this is why i burn this candle, i light it so that i can handle this. you're so still...

The sun will come out, tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow, there'll be sun Jus' thinkin' about, tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow 'til there's none When I'm stuck with the day that's gray and lonely I just stick out my chin and g...

Driving I was...thinking You're my flat tire Too late at night in the pitch black, out of sight And too fast driving And too fast driving And too fast driving Driving I was...thinking You're my flat tire Not a blow out, but a screeching halt, lots of...

Won't you wait for me on the platform where the plaid coats wait? Won't you wait for me on the platform where the plaid coats wait? 'cause I've been with you, and in your state, You're just a pliable, just a dead wait on me. You know, once I liked you, I...

this isn't what i like to call flattery, but i know that i believe that i've found what's true, that i've found what's you. truthfully, i - i'm finding finally. truthfully, you - you helped me find at last. truthfully, we - are finding out what's true...

What's the difference between you and me To me it's kind of small To you it's like prison What's the difference between you and me To me it almost happens To you it almost isn't How did you become so sure Your girlfriend never smiles And no on...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Mommy is playing her guitar...

I like things that are so good. you are so so good. I like you. but I am the underdog, I am the last in line. Don't be the enemy, don't stand in back of me. Freezing, boring, wondering where I'll be on my birthday. You kissed me in a dream last night, how...

waiting for wednesday, my stomach doesn't hurt enough, pain always is the sign. waiting for wednesday, no proof of mine exists, so l don't have to take it back. don't want to show you good-bye. show you good-bye. show you good-bye. show you good-bye....

We could still belong together If I hold my breath If I shut my eyes If I disappear Just for the afternoon If I can't help shouting If I lock you out If it's not important Completely unimportant To anyone else but me [Chorus] We could s...

Waiting for the super buzz The second dose, the inspiration But something strange is going on I'm in the middle of another stupid conversation I can't believe so many days have gone by Since I tried to talk to you But something strange is going on I've...

when all the stars were falling, i reached up like you said. all the stars were falling, one hit me in the head, and i fell down, down, down. i fell down, down. when all the stars were falling, they fell from above, and i thought of hate, and i thought...

Try me on Take me home The tags are on It's still a loan Warranty is in the sack You can always take me back Go window shopping again Window shopping again Scan the shelves for something red It's different It's brighter than the ones you had to ha...

no teacher to follow, no prophet to tell me how, but i know what i want, i know what i want now. like water, it rushes, it's the last thing you see when you close your eyes, it's the one place you want to be. but if it doesn't brush my shoulder, and it do...

If it's really love You would follow it forever Would you wander for me? Even though you think I'm lost And you know better Would you wander for me? [Chorus] This wandering is more than filling Footprints right behind me How far would you go...

She's got a boyfriend All of a sudden She's never had one before She's looking for the thumbs-up When they're walking through the door She's showing him off By making him talk She's putting his hand in his pocket It shows on her face What she doesn't...