Rosie Thomas

We were young we were barely 19 Going places that we have never seen So I packed a flashlight and the camera 2,000 miles to California We packed our clothes in paper bags We made mix tapes of our favorite bands I remember my father in the driveway I could tel...

I'll put my favourite white dress on And my 2 dollar shoes Tie my hair up the way you like Make you see that I’m still in love with you I'll play your favourite records Make you some homemade coffee cake Let you win me in a hand of poker Convince you to never...

I've been waiting all my life I've been waiting for you to come I've traveling and wandering Alone on my own for too long I swear I tried to convince myself It would be much easier just being alone But after running circle after circle I'm tired of being on m...

I wish I could take you with me All the way to New York City And we can get an apartment there Be closer to our families We can take my station wagon Fill it to the brim And wave goodbye to all our lovely friends Never to return again You could write...

How I wish that I could just believe That things were meant to be the way they are Something tells me something isn’t right And all I want to do is find out where you are How I wish that I could just recall What brought on the fall for the two of us Maybe the...

Bicycle tricycle take me far with My hands on your handlebars. I can't Be homecoming queen for every boy That falls in and out of love with me. I won't look back I've been here before I've been here before I'll turn my back Whatever it takes to let him go Flo...

Charlotte you're not getting any younger Look at how much you've changed Charlotte you used to be much happier But it's not you that's to blame Charlotte you let him push you round And you're falling apart at the seams One day he'll get just what he deserves A...

Boy you said some pretty things Then you close the door on me Then you left me wondering to myself Where does all the romance go Like we find in picture shows? Maybe I’m feeling sorry for myself And I know that time will tell Clear as a bell You were not the...

Crazy, crazy is what they've all said Craziness lives in my head Craziness lies in my bed Worry, worrying about everything Worrying it makes me insane So much it drives me away Lonely, loneliness follows me around Loneliness drags me down Still lonely with o...

I can't, I can't stop crying Everyday I’m so afraid Afraid of dying Death already came and got me Cause I’m not living... I'm not living anyway... And who am i supposed to be? Everybody seems to see except for me Who cares anyway.... Cause when it's over, It'...

Can you help me Figure out All of these things I'm restless I Feel reclusive Holding on by a string No I can't I'm Just as broken I'm Just as damaged as you I'm so tired and Uninspired and Dying in this living hell Where do I go? I can't walk in a A straight...

Farewell so long cause I was wrong I guess Farewell so long cause I was wrong I confess I miss the way you I miss the way you danced with me I miss the way you I miss the way you danced with me So farewell my love Cause I was wrong I guess Farewell so long C...

Seems the wisdom of man hasn't got much wiser Than the very beginning of our time Agree or war has been our way of compromising Let live and love has become our biggest lie Seems to me that fools are even more foolish Thinking of themselves and nobody else Bu...

Go now go while you can From the love that's brought you down Things will soon come around I swear And they'll be sorry they let you down Go now go while you can From the life that's brought you down Things will soon come around I swear And you'll have it all...

Gradually I will get wiser I will get stronger I will be bolder I will not settle I will fight back and I will stand up or I will sit back All this time you thought I was weak when I was just pretending I was just pretending then All this time you Made me b...

I’m still learning what love is Everyday I wake up in your arms I’m still trying to figure out what works How to set off all your alarms I’m still learning what love is When I’m walking close to you The best way to hold your hand in mine The best way to comfo...

Have you seen my love? Is he far away? Have you seen the one for me? His face lights up my day I won't let one boy steal a kiss or call me his Instead I'll wait for his voice to call out and carry these daydreams away Have you seen my love? Is he far away? Ha...

When I was young I did it my way I did it my way and I still do Held my head up high Asking god for answers and begging him to tell me what To do So I play music that's what I do When I sing I lose myself There's nothing more I'd rather do Lord knows I've tr...

I run I run far from You to the apple tree in my yard With my dress all bundled up in my hands Dirt on my feet I am dreaming again I run I run I run far from You to the lilac tree in my yard no more swing set for the girl who is all grown up no more tea part...

Oh, at night when I sleep Oh, the dreams come to me Make me believe that my life is not my own And if life were like my dreams All the things I would see I would be so much braver than I know Mmmmm No I can’t understand What it means to be a man And to lead...

I get so tired of all the talking that I do How my words just seem wasted on you Maybe some day when it's all said and done You'll finally find these words of mine were true In time Time Yeah, I get so tired of all the pretending that I do When inside all I...

Is this how it begins? Spending hours in the car being friends Is this love? Can it be? When I wasn’t looking around He came to me Now every place that he goes I’d like to be There are thoughts that he only shares with me Every dream that he has I would help...

It don't matter to the sun If you go or if you stay No, the sun is gonna rise, gonna rise Shine down on a another day There will be tomorrow Even if you choose to leave 'Cause it don't matter to the sun no, no It matters to me It ain't gonna stop the world If...

Oh, tie me to the end of a kite So I can go and I can go on with my life And every miracle that passed below be my guiding light I just want to go away from here Oh, tie me to the end of a kite So I can go and I can go on with my life And every time the...

Looks like I've done what I can Tried to give my last breath It was all that I had So I ruled with my pen Try to call you my friend Becoming more what you request Who's going to finish my coffee now that you're gone? Looks like I've done it again Try to be a...

I'm blessed the day I found you I want to stay around you And so I beg you Let it be me Don't take this heaven from one If you must cling to someone Now and forever Let it be me Cause each time we meet, love I find complete love Without your sweet love What...

I let myself fall I let myself fall I let myself fall In love with you There's no turning back There's no turning back There's no turning back Since I let myself fall in love with you Now I picture things Now I picture things Wedding gowns and wedding rings Si...

If I place my hope in all things that pass away What have I shown for myself? If love shows her face, and my life’s out of place Will I be kind to myself? Where, where will I go from here? If it’s all about timing Then I’m right where I should be, And there’...

She's like a sweater, old and used Tossed and overworn too many times through And she used to look so bright All her seams were tightly tied She's like a sweater that's just worn out Fading, coffee stained, and out of style And she's just about to run Before...

Oh Lorraine Oh Lorraine Looks like tears again But they'll never get you far Things are just the way they are So let it go and say you tried One last goodbye Oh Lorraine Oh Lorraine So much life left in your veins What goods a heart if it's unclaimed Can no...

New York is lovely in the winter time All the sidewalks are white as snow The buildings, all the people that pass me by How the smile on his face says he's in love I took the train all the way to Brooklyn heights I remember when you took it there with me We s...

I forgot to pull the curtains closed again I forgot how words can cut you open Mom and dad where better of just beeing friends The last time I saw my father cry was in Michigan I forgot how much he hit her, bruises I forgot how much she loved red roses Mom an...

Make her a flower in late December When the sun is not shining on her Write her a love song and play it all day long To remind her of all that she is worth Never never leave her Take her on long drives for ice-cream by sea sides And give her your coat when she...

One more day Just one more day then I'm done One more car ride and One more rising of the sun Then I'll jump so high Angels will catch my fall I'll jump so high Angels will catch my fall I had my chance and I just showed it to the door I won't apologize to m...

When I think of your love It puts a joy in my step The way you play with my heart Makes me your instrument When I’m walking with you Feels like I’m walking on clouds And I always feel up just by you being around Cuz you fill me with love, yeah you fill me wit...

I wish he could see How beautiful he is to me I wish I could stay out of his way But thats much too hard for me I wish we could fly away On a paper airplane He tells me everything Calls me his Martin Luther King Says he's good at running far I tell him ever...

Tonight I'm like a paper doll Dress me in what you wish I had on And I will not say a thing I will just keep smiling Here I am, wordless again You dress me up different ways Flat and thin, speechless within You dress me up different ways And I just can't be s...

Put your pretty dress on it's time for you to go to the dance tie your hair in ribbons and lace and wear pearls round your neck And all the pretty princes will see you All the pretty princes will see you Some day Some day Put your red boots on it's time for...

Yeah it’s been a really long year Flew to Oklahoma That’s where he got down on one knee When I told my mom she was in tears The day we pulled out her wedding gown She hadn’t looked at it in 40 years And I, I watched her reminisce for awhile Just 19 and walking...

Red rover, red rover, send Mary right over Schoolbooks in her hand and a shawl over her shoulders And let her run, run as fast as she can Don't let her grow up to be like her mother Heart so unconvinced and a world so undiscovered And asking for forgiveness, n...

(Duet) W- If I find him If I just follow Would he hold me and never let me go Would he let me borrow his wool winter coat I don't know, I don't Know M- If I see her standing there alone At the train station, three stops from her home I have half a mind to say...

Say what you want to say Play this game your way It’s over anyway You didn’t give it up for love Take what you want to take Take back the words you’ll say They never mattered anyway You didn’t give it up for love No you didn’t give, give it up for love When...

In a little while I'll feel better Gonna travel around the world Gonna see it all Gonna go to Paris, maybe Rome But I'll feel better miles away from home, Gotta figure some things out So sell all my things, I'm not coming home There's nothing there to keep m...

I'm wandering I'm crawling I'm two steps away from falling I just can't seem to get around I'm heavy I'm weary I'm not thinking clearly I just can't seem to find solid ground Since you've been around I'm running I'm hiding I'm afraid you'll never find me bec...

Sometimes love’s a paper tiger That haunts you in your bed Sometimes love’s a two fist fighter That lands you on your head When it comes Don’t try to fight it There’s nothing you can do It finds you when it does, and leaves you when it wants to Sometimes lov...

For you they'll be no more crying For you the sun will be shining ‘Cause I feel that when I'm with you So right I know it's right To you I would give the world To you I'll never be cold ‘Cause I feel that when I'm with you So right I know it's right And the...

How am I supposed to know what love is really like, When, I've never even been in love before? Aren't you supposed to love yourself before You can understand how to love someone after all? How can I find a way to keep my mother safe From the boogie man who hid...

This one goes out to the one I love This one goes out to the one I've left behind A simple thought to occupy my mind This one goes out to the one I love Fire This one goes out to the one I love This one goes out to the one I've left behind A simple pr...

These friends of mine Live their lives Spend their time Hoping to find Who they are How they're made Maybe they'd Help to find the way These friends of mine They have lives They work hard To live them right And when they laugh It makes me high They'd take a t...

He took me to the hillside He liked to take me there He took me every Saturday He put flowers in my hair And we laughed like my mother said she once did With my father on his birthday When they went swimming And he took her hand into his And he told her that...

What if I told you I could lose you? If I waited, Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow May be too late Birds fly above you Love is around you I would like to be too Forever, forever and ever With you I would follow you Anywhere you are going to Tomorrow, forever, al...

I cried on my birthday Was broken to pieces And everyone noticed So I made up some reasons And just when I thought I had more to bring Well, you tell me you want different things And I don’t believe you Or I didn’t want to And it’s unfair When two worlds coll...

So much for love I guess I've been wronged But it's all right cuz I'm moving on I've got my car all packed with cassette tapes and Sweaters and loose change and cheap cigarettes and I'm gonna drive through the hills Put my hand out the window and Sing till I...

Where, oh where was I? That springtime when you realized That love had caught you by surprise And where, oh where was I? That November when your father died What’s the first thought that came over your mind? As you drove home On your way home And where, oh w...

Why waste your time? There is nothing left The voices in your head tell you to do it No one will care, no one will know Everyone just looks out for themselves It's so hard letting go Letting go of love It might cause some pain, I know But pain is all we got...

You and me Me and you There's so much that we've been through, Through it all I've come to understand God's love. And if tomorrow never comes Know this twice, just know this once. Knowing you has made me able to go on. You and me Me and you There cou...