Sara Hickman

A-Tisket A-Tasket A green and yellow basket I bought a basket for my mommie On the way I dropped it I dropped it, I dropped it Yes on the way I dropped it A little girlie picked it up And took it to the market She was truckin' on down the Avenue without a sin...

Heart be still you've had your fill Of lovers who've come and gone The time is right I see through the light That blinded me for so long It's no secret that I love you but this is like a love I've never known My mistakes brought me to this place where th...

I was walking home from school On a cold winters day I took a shortcut through the woods And I lost my way I was scared and alone And the sky was tumbling down But then a kind old man took my hand And he led me home Now mama couldn't see him Oh, but he was s...

I poured some stars in your cereal You ate half a bowl and said you were full Oh honey where's your appetite You used to eat a bowl every night Ah uh huh Baba bada bap ba badiyidi Baba bada ba Lassoed the moon and laid it at your feet But when I left you kic...

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I heard Was a song outside my window And the traffic wrote the words It came ringing up like Christmas bells And rapping on like pipes and drums Oh, won't you stay? We'll put on the day And we'll wear...

I'd take you to a restaurant But I don?t have any money I?d take you for a drive But I don?t have a car I?d take you to Paris But I don?t have a jet So I hope you?ll settle For a claim on my heart I?d take you to the moon But I don?t have a rocket I?d take y...

Get me a cigarette Get me a drink You know where this is going Exactly where you think Just get me started Give me all you have And when you’re finished Get me a cab I just want I just want to get it I just want to get it on Don’t want no party Don...

I thought I'd have to pay to feel good By all the pretty things that caught my eye Empty as my pocketbook I stood With only common sense to tell me why i Can't put my finger on it I can't hold it in my hands But I'll wrap my arms around it Then let it go To c...

Dear tracey You left too soon 'cause when you left The light went with you out of the room Dear tracey You hung the moon Over my shoulder Each and every night Now my heart hangs heavy But it still beats steady for you Dear tracey And in my darkest...

Don?t give up, you?ve just started You?ve come so far in such a short, short time Don?t give up, you?ve just started You?ve come so far in such a short, short, short time The hardest step is always the first one All things will come to you once you?re i...

Edward can I borrow your coat Edward can I borrow your hat Through an open door I see Rain about to wash my fallen heart clean And edward can I borrow your smile Oh I'd like to take it home and try it out for awhile I'm sitting in a room Where the smel...

Seems that you're here But it feels like you're dead Did someone forget to lock the door It's more than a dream 'cause when I hit the floor The whole world turns red And green With silver bells I'm laughing while wrapping a box that you sent me Full of...

Hello, this is your heart You got me broken one too many times Hello, this is your heart speaking You got me tired of one too many lies Goin' away, taking your emotions Leaving you as cold as ice If you intend to keep on fooling You must expect to pay the pri...

Hush little baby, don't say a word Mama's gonna show you a hummingbird If that hummingbird should fly Mama's gonna show you the evening sky When the nighttime shadows fall We're gonna hear those crickets call While their songs drift from afar Mama's gonna show...

Growin' up together The years just seemed to fly Changin' our lives like the weather Rainy days to clear blue skies Too much time together Ridin' home from school Teasin' me you were better But you were the one who broke the rules I keep askin' myself How ca...

Outside the lines of baltimore There's a cemetary sleeping I stopped to watch you yelling at your dog The effect was rather creepy In front of strangers long since gone I watched you hammer home your hate Someday you'll look back at what you've become A ghost...

Look at the sky isn't it fine Such a pretty day Look at the grass so green Almost takes my breath away Walking around how I love to see You standing there Since you took my hand Well my heart sees you everywhere Ch Who knows when or where Our tim...

I wore my heart out on my sleeve But then they shot me down And they left me here to die If my last kiss is this cold ground Will I forgive the hand That held the gun and took my life away Can't we take the time of day To give the world another chance Can't w...

In the fields where we laid our heads Dog barking to the heat of the beating sun Hot ground, sweet ground a feeling of fever in the air Kissing the nape of your neck, sighing colors Breaking sticks into heartsick flaming words In the fields making love...

Here we are Shallow but inspired Jumping into fires we set Here we are We're dumb enough to learn Risking all we know to forget So don't make me lead the way Or make me say It's real The way I feel Chorus 'cause words burn like kerosene Flickeri...

Life life life life is just a question He he he he he runs to me and I I i I i turn to him And he he he he he says to me Report your instincts to the station This sixth sense of yours is on fire Your desire to insult the situation Can be controlled if you'd j...

Lily, I love you, I do Yes, I'll always be true I've been true to you here in my heart Lily, I love you, I do Yes, I'll always be true I've been true to you here from the start Here is your hand, it's so tiny in mine With your eyes full of God's wonderous lig...

All around me are familiar faces, Worn out places, Worn out faces, Bright and early for the daily races, Going nowhere, Going nowhere, Their tears are filling up their glasses, No expression, No expression, Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow, No to...

I didn't want a river But you handed me the sea I didn't want a forest But you chopped down every tree I didn't want these blue skies But you shot down every bird I didn't want these questions That you're screaming to be heard And the distance between stars I...

Start that fire burn that wood Shake your mind change your mood See those stars up in the sky? Everybody got to wonder why And if you feel like it’s never enough Baby, that’s just primitive stuff Oh, if you feel it’s never enough Baby, that’s just primi...

The nightingale outside my window Can sense the sorrow… I can not bear Her song so sweet…So high and bitter She sings the last tears of my last prayer I dreamed a rainbow… No chance to change the story We were wide open… Across the sky A whispered word…...

Salvador, your father named you After a dead brother And your mother hung the cross upside down Salvador, so much of time hung over Old men's sleeves The prick of guilt's thorn rusted and worn Sewn into our hearts in the shape of a star Up the alley I...

I just came back from a lovely trip along the Milky Way Stopped off at the North Pole to spend a holiday I called on dear old Santa Claus To see what I could see He took me to his workshop And told his plans to me, so [Chorus] You better watch out, you bette...

There’s no room to tell you what I think And… There’s no room for me to play a part This room is full of so much crap The remnants of your hardened heart I keep a-trippin’ up on your yesterdays When you fooled me with your smile Promised me the land of m...

Time to tell the truth… There’s no more need to hide You’ve had to… well, you’ve had to keep it… bottled up inside Time to let it loose… just let it fly You’re free to speak the truth No more questions why You’ve changed for the best When you begin to S...

As I circle the picnic table Eyes watch me in my flowing dress The sky is an unnatural shade of green But it?s really just the light through the trees Red and white inviting cookie store in New York City I took a chocolate photograph A thirteen month ol...

I thought I'd have to pay to feel good By all the pretty things that caught my eye Empty as my pocketbook I stood With only common sense to tell me why I Can't put my finger on it I can't hold it in my hands But I'll wrap my arms around it Then let it...

Where has the time gone Why did it take so long Why didn't I meet you Back when I needed to Ohh oh And time plays her tricks on me She's holding my hand while she's shoving me free These questions I ask of you Seeming so old and feeling so new Oh lo...

Thinking kinda crazy tasty sweet Sugar covered peaches chocolate treats You’re the kinda boy I’d love to meet Ice cream and honey Clicking to the clamor Queen of Hearts Cupid’s gone in love And checked his darts When you fill me up I fall apart Do me a...

The trouble with boxes I have trouble with them The trouble with boxes Is i never fit in The trouble with others Is…they forget how to knock The trouble with others is They’re living in shock Metal is way too hot Cardboard falls apart Paper is way too thin And...

The very thing that makes you happy Makes me want to fight The very thing that makes you tired Keeps me up all night The very thing that reassures you Makes me turn and run in fright It?s the very thing, it?s the very thing It?s the very thing that makes me l...

He checks his wrist And chuckles to himself, "Half-past a freckle" She meets him in line, just in time For the half-past a freckle show Lips press her flesh With a wet sticky kiss The smell on his breath Makes her turn her face As she starts to get a...

Two winters at the bottom Blue bubbles winding down I really loved your picture Two books of withered roses Northern lights behind your eyes Harsh warning please don’t let me go Two winters at the bottom Seasons come and run away Chased by a biting wind I know...

You are my sunshine My only sunshine. You make me happy When skies are gray. You'll never know, dear, How much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away The other nite, dear, As I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you here in my arms. When I awoke, dear, I w...

I know what it means to feel sad And I know what it means to feel lonely And I know what it means To feel like you’re the only one Who knows what it means to know And I can see… I can see what’s happened here I can see what’s coming down the road I can see wha...