Rachael Yamagata

Baby, I'm stuck in the middle and I don't know why Find the words you sing to me Sweeter than the words of the bird in the sky Oh, the days you came around I feel so good for me I can take most anything 'Cause what you bring I find it magical (hey) I feel lik...

I think he's in a jealous rage She's probably not the easiest one to live with either There's nothing worse than bitterness Just splashed across the page I don't think that either one of them are fit to be alive Oh, She'd just shut up and do what she does best...

If I could save you, boy I'd do it a thousand times over And finally some day it seems that I meant you well But I'm not answering the door We've been this way even more Time won't be cruel if you let it go this way And holding on, holding on, and hold...

If I could take you away Pretend I was queen What would you say Would you think I'm unreal 'Cause everybody's got their way I should feel Everybody's talking how I, can't, can't be your love But I want, want, want to be your love Want to be your love,...

I've gotta be somebody's love Somebody's only one Would you make me your muse For awhile We can dance real slow As you lay your head to mine Doesn't that seem nice Doesn't that feel Like something to fight for Isn't that why we are Given a lifetime t...

You've been doing all that you do And say what you wanna say And you're puttin' all the blame on me Eh, baby... Everything i try to do Through it all you made it so hard for me And you're puttin' all the blame on me I'm givin' you my love Feel you want ... H...

Brown eyes will you wait for me to follow I'm used to letting everybody down I've seen your face in our shadow Does it look as pretty in the light Will you save me from myself Will I save you from the rest Oh, brown eyes Save a little something for me too Fu...

I’ll fascinate you for awhile My hands in wait to please, so well When I wake to realize, all I’d done I’ll be breaking strings And all you’re gonna feel Is undone I will not stay if you ask me to stay Do not ask me to stay because I will not stay Why do...

I found that record you'd been looking for yesterday The one I'd been searching for forever I played that record all night, you were right The last song said it all Even though it skipped a bit, it sounded better I never, I never, I never knew The only...

I can understand all that you are I can even take all that your not I can simpathize with all you want to be But dont fuck me in front of me I can even scores with the best of them I can leave my innocence at bay You can turn your back on my sincerety But don...

Oh Lover, hold on 'till I come back again For these arms are growin' tired, And my tales are wearing thin If you´re patient I will surprise, When you wake up I´ll have come All the anger will settle down And we'll go do all the things we should hav...

If the elephants have past lives, Yet are destined to always remember, It's no wonder how they scream, Like you and I, they must have some temper. And I am dreaming of them on the plains, Dirtying up their beds, Watching for some kind of rain To cool t...

I miss you most in the morning Most every morning I wake up thinking I could call I could come visit I could come running We could relive it But when I think of all that we've been through Going back to you Seems such a foolish thing to do I hope yo...

You're gonna hate me when I tell you everything You're gonna question whether you really know me at all You will revisit every smile, and where it fit into the day I know this is how it will play And I try, oh I try to think of all the things That I could do t...

I'm a girl who needs her space, But tonight is all about him. I hit record. He hits erase. It drives me a little crazy, But I can't help myself when he looks at me that way. Here we go, We're falling in love again. Oh I don't know, Should we begin, Falling...

I can't talk to you You think i'm lost inside my mind You're like an old tatoo And I know you'll fade in time I'm not the girl you think you know I'm not the girl you waited for I'm not the one for you It's just one thing left to do Why don't you let me be Cuz...

Ain't everyone afraid of being figured out They're just a fraud, a blank charade Some bluffing hand that's been well played A bleeding mess, a passing fool A lucky dog that's getting by on nothing Promising or truth You'll forgive me my masquerade I'l...

Has anybody shared our bed yet Was it heavy, was it hot Check the time on the clock I used to set On the jacket that I bought And just for you when I was on the road To remind you that I didn't forget All the things that I shared with you Has anybody done t...

You think you are such a heavyweight It don't mean nothing At the end of the day There is not a thing here left to break I won't feeling nothing There's nothing you can say to Make me feel like I should walk away I'll help you bear your heavyweight You can ta...

The last time I laid my eyes upon you You were blowing kisses, I was waiting in the car Something had died, yet everything around kept turning Don't even know where you are Somewhere along the line we lost the horizon I've been looking around, up and down Now...

I don't want to be your mother There's two sides to each other You gotta meet me halfway Won't you let me be your lover? Don't be no lone survivor I'm not going anywhere I'm just trying to tell you how I feel This one-sided love affair How do I get t...

I don't want to be your mother There's two sides to each other You gotta meet me halfway Won't you let me be your lover? Don't be no lone survivor I'm not going anywhere I'm just trying to tell you how I feel This one-sided love affair How do I get t...

You sat down next to me, like poetry to wine Out window looked upon a yellow neon sign I took your hand while you decided what to do The only kiss, I ever miss, I shared with you The other cities hold a memory still of a place But, when I dream of London, I ca...

Goodbye, no use leading with our chins, this is where our story ends, Never lovers ever friends. Goodbye, let our hearts call it a day, But before you walk away, I sincerely want to say. I wish you bluebirds in the spring, To give your heart a song to sing,...

I'll find a way to see you again I'll find a way to see you again I used to think that anything I'd do Wouldn't matter at all anyway But now I find that when it comes to you I'm the winner of cards I can't play Wait for me, wait for me Darling, I need you des...

No sign of trouble lately Always the same routine The days are running me We’re waiting on inspiration Fighting for room to breathe Wanting something we can’t see All I am I’ve been before And all I want is something more Is it you I keep on asking t...

It's not romantic It's not the first time It isn't magic It isn't soulful It won't be ture For me and you But it'll do It'll do It isn't hopeful It isn't lovesick It won't be precious It won't be timeless It's not a fairytale It wasn't heaven sen...

Sweet silver angels over the sea please come down flying low for me One time I trusted a stranger 'cause I heard his sweet song And it was gently enticing me though there was something wrong When I turned he was gone Blinding me his song remains reminding me...

Jonah fell in love in a foreign town With defenses down, he wanted to be good But Jonah gets in trouble like a bullet to a gun She had nowhere to run, so she froze where she stood And he trembled at her touch as she kissed his weary back They both would...

Carry me for a while It's your turn to lend a hand Carry you for a while When you need me I'll be there And the walls that keep us in the war Will come down Follow me It's your turn For this world has got to learn That the only way to change our histo...

I'm so good at running away You'd think I'd grown up on a train And you're so good at leading them on Who am I to bring you down? I wonder why I'm still hanging around Was it the sound? 'Cause I've known for years that we'd get here And I can't make be...

When the night falls and the rest of the world quiets down I come running to you and there you sing me a song La La La La La La La The little sweet melody La La La La Oh how I wish it would never end Turn off the light dear Let me sink beneath th...

When the night falls and the rest of the world quiets down, I come running to you and there you sing me a song La La La, La La, La La The little sweet melody La La La La Oh, how I wish it would never end Turn off the light, dear. Let me sink beneath...

My love, my love, my love, how could you do this to me My love, my love, my love, you were supposed to be And I shouldn't have to tell you to explain yourself My love, my love, my love, how could you do this to me My love, my love, my love, you're not enough f...

When all of this Makes the news Will they remember to tell it right Or will devils make off in the night Can you tell me why I got so high as.... ?? As she lays in bed In her piece of ground Will they remember how Blessed soul Or just that she lost all contro...

Would you please meet me by the water, baby We'll have a really good time Would you please meet me by the water, baby 'Cause I can't get you off of my mind I've been thinking everyday about you Don't fit anywhere into my life, but that's okay 'Cause I think I...

You've always been a city boy at heart I've always loved the other life lying underneath the stairs I need the space you only find on the back road But you're the only thing that feels like home Baby, it's just miles on a car Just miles on a car I only...

I was walking into the psychiatrists office when I met him He was sitting there, looking cute He had schitzophrenea He was rich, he became my best friend My boyfriend wasn't happy that I always hung out with him Cause he became obsessed with me He pret...

When we look back on these days When the stories are all that remain Will we be more than the voices in our heads What will we spend on regret How far will we go to forget Baby it’s too soon to tell where the story will end Where do we go from here...

I really thought I was okay I really thought I was just fine But when I woke this time There was nothing to take me back to sleep To take you off my mind This time And I keep saying over and over and over and over again Let it rain, let it rain Over and over...

Only daughter You got your ticket too soon Holy water 'Cause everybody's getting ruined They are waiting to see what you do Too long, waiting Everybody's cleared the room And they'll dress you up Stand you in all the right places Words like honey They smile a...

Don't try to figure me out Don't try you'll only fail I'm not a reed in the sand You're already starting to pale Everyone's gone for the summer again Something is building , I don't understand A hummingbird larks in my hand But I'm too busy chasing pa...

Draw me under, cut me open Take my heart, I give it to you Call the thunder and bring the storm Hold me close, I beg of you And pause the tragic ending For just a moment more Draw the dresser out And slide it to the door And burn the air out of the room Clos...

Baby says I can't come with him And I had read all of this in his eyes Long before he even said so Why go, I asked You know and I know why And it'll be just as quiet when I leave As it was when I first got here I don't expect anything I don't expect anything...

I think about how it might have been We'd spend out days travelin' It's not that I don't understand you It's not that I don't want to be with you But you only wanted me The way you wanted me So, I will head out along and hope for the best And we can hang out...

It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here It stays pretty green I'm gonna make a lot of money and I'm gonna q...

It's Saturday morning and we got off late Baby, I've been missing you in the strongest place All other days of the week have come down to this Just kiss me, we'll be okay There's no one around here that I would miss Mad, if you were away It's a little,...

Do you want to be my side dish friend? Cause I'll miss you if go for good, yeah We could stay together till the very end of time If it's understood That I don't want you hanging out with me But, I want you when I call We can stay together separately And we w...

I feel you now from here Our time is not done yet You’ve given me my fullest heart We’ll never be apart I’m breathing through you now The love we have so true I never thought that I could need someone the way I do And we’re meant to be This is one...

I couldn't see a thing tonight, Not one star. Not one star has shone for you. I couldn't see a thing tonight, Not one star. Not one star has shone for you. I couldn't see a thing tonight, Not one star. Not one star has shone for you. I couldn't see a...

Baby, you've caught my eye, I think I might need you to stay awhile For I haven't seen a smile Quite as lovely as yours for awhile Stick around, I'll be good to you Baby, I think you know When I get my arms around you, boy, I won't let go When you find...

It's a choice To stay It's a dream And I wanna wake You have blood on your hands And I'm feeling faint And honey You can't decide I'm a drug You don't wanna give up Smoke your cigarettes Make your love You poured blood in my heart And I can't get enough I'm...

If I could have one wish If I could have some say I'd keep you far from home I'd roll back both my sleeves Dig under your skin And fix your shattered bones Hold on, This may hurt you when I tell you of the truth, We don't get two lives to live It's true, The...

The other side- Rachael Yamagata I'm on the other side Of where our lives used to be I'm on the other side Of where our lives used to be Every push of my feet In the sand Reminds me Together is not where we stand Anymore And every kiss to meet my h...

My friends become my foes And my foes become my friends I tend to fall in love with the girls My boyfriend ends I don't work 9 to 5 But I'll always work the weekends And each time I'll get the world In my fingers something happens I'm working backwar...

I am tired of crying in bathrooms and lighting drags when I don't even smoke Writing to no one Sleeping with the hours And sighing for a thousand things So tired, ignoring your words About a new girl Watching flirtations Whispered conversations...

I hesitate to say I was bait for you Could that be something that you all would do I'd be lying if I did now say I wasn't intrigued But timing is everything here And for the moment the 'we' is reprieved But, as I watch the girl unfold before my eyes, I discove...

If the rain no longer fell, and the flowers wasted to the ground If the stars no longer shone, and the breeze died down You and I, we could still be happy If the writers lost their words, and the blue fell from the sky And the dreamers lost their nerve, a...

Oh why don't you call When you say you will my dear Is it because I don't belong to you Anymore And why don't you come When you say you will my dear Do you really think it will work out wrong Oh and you've been lost And I've been saved Is that what comes fro...

Gone, she's gone How do you feel about it That's what I thought You're real torn up about it And I wish you the best But I could do without it And I will, because you've worn me down Oh, I will, because you've worn me down Worn me down like a road I did every...

Gone, she's gone How do you feel about it That's what I thought You're real torn up about it And I wish you the best But I could do without it And I will, because you've worn me down Oh, I will, because you've worn me down Worn me down like a road I did every...

Would you please let me slide a few words under your door And would you please let me slide a few words under your door The first three say "I Love You" The last five "But I can't no more" I don't believe in miracles Not like I did before And would...

If you'd only let me, I could show you how to love. Take our time, let it all go. If you'd only let me, show you how to cry. In your darkest hour, I will lead you through the fire. You won't let me, You won't let me, I don't wanna say goodbye, I j...