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Let Me Be Your Love
04:18
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Music and Lyrics by Bob Brown
1. I feel your doubt about me now
I know you're incomplete
And I wonder if my love
Would be enough for you
I hope you never make believe
Or think you must pretend
Because we can make the most of whatever we can be
Chorus:
But would I be too weak
Or would I be wrong to place my faith in you
Would you let your love lean down on me?
Would you ever be
Ever let me be your love
2. You say it's been so long
Since you were golden anymore
But you know that was such a very long time ago
You say you'll never trust too much
That feeling anymore
That broke your heart and made you feel so whole
Chorus
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2. |
Child Of The Light
05:13
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Music by Bob Brown
Lyrics by David Franks
1. All my life I've searched for the light I never see
Trying to find the one outside of me
And now I haven't found a home but there is no turning back
But until I do I must sing this beggar's plea
Chorus:
Who has bread for a steadfast pilgrim?
Who has a bed that won't rob me of my dreams?
Who has a dream that might go on forever?
Who has a lantern for this child of the light?
2. With my eyes wide open I've been traveling blind
My dreams of love are phantoms in the night
And now I find the longest journey is to be just where I am
Along the road to find the light within
Chorus
3. The time that was stolen is bitter to my taste
Time that was borrowed I have given away
Sometimes dreams seem hopeless when you're running to
arrive
Yet with each new day I feel blessed to be alive
Chorus
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3. |
Close of Day
04:06
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Lyrics by David Franks
Music by Bob Brown
1. At the close of day
I am left wide open
Crying to the sun to be my companion
Thinking back to the time
When I was so much younger
Lying in the darkness
Afraid to be alone
2. Closing my eyes
I see clearly
I'll lie awake to sleep away the day
Wondering if my dreams
Are all that I am dreaming
I look out on the water
Trying not to think at all
Chorus:
And a cold wind pushes in the winter
And I look out on the harbor
Wondering which way will it blow
Wondering which way will it blow
3. Well someday I'll sail away
Not knowing where I'm going
Unafraid and feeling whole
But tonight I feel as broken
As the light upon the water
Like a wave that rises just to fall
Like a wave that rises just to fall
Chorus
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4. |
Perfect Song
03:58
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Music and Lyrics by Bob Brown
1. Someday I'll find the perfect song
If it's the last thing that I do
Then I could say so long to my wandering
And my blues
Chorus:
And I'd sing a song of love for you and me
Sing of love, beauty, truth and happiness
So sweetly and high
For life is so short
And the road is so long
When you're trying to believe
And you're longing for your life
2. Someday I'll reach the other shore
Throw my eyes into the sun
Then I could come home to you
And sing my freedom song
Chorus
3. Someday I'll leave this life
Fly away into nowhere
And though I'd be gone
I'd leave you this song
And fade more peacefully
Chorus
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5. |
Close Our Eyes
04:30
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Music and Lyrics by Bob Brown
1. The first time I saw you
I knew I had found
A feeling that I could never hide
Though I knew you were gone to somebody else
It hurt us too much not to try
But slowly our love grew and we knew it was real
No one can take that away
Chorus
But now that you're going and I'm left here to stay
Is there something that we left behind?
Should we close our eyes and pretend
We never saw love at all
2. Your friends were against us
But I couldn't fight
That feeling that they could never see
And though I was afraid still I wanted to stay
With you forever how long
I think of the time when I was touching you
And the closeness I knew you were hiding
But now that we've said all our last words goodbye
Is there something we left unsaid?
Should we close our eyes and pretend we never saw love at all
Refrain:
But lately you've been looking so sad and afraid
And I know that you're feeling alone
Torn between the lovers and trying to decide
You must do what you have to do
3. I thought we were going to New York to live
And leave what is over behind
And find the new space where we both wanted to wait
And let love just take its own time
We never had a chance to do anything
But pretend that our dream would come true
Chorus
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Music and Lyrics by Bob Brown
1. See the lone and the haunted man
Leaving is his home
See the tracks down in his eyes
Do you feel the freezing cold?
Do you feel the burning cold?
2. See the man who would bet his life
On a losing game
A man who is willing to pay the price
Of selling his soul to the wind
Of selling his soul to the wind
Chorus:
And he said
Always wanted to live in peace
Hoped to have a home
But every time I get somewhere I seem to get it wrong
3. There are men who will long to be free
Who will climb up in a dream
And dance a drifter's heart away
And never come back again
And never come back again
4. Looking back from where he's come
Looking straight ahead
He's on the edge he's on the run
Sliding on the borderline
Sliding on the borderline
(Chorus)
5. See the lone and the haunted man
Leaving is his home
See the tracks down in his eyes
Sliding on the borderline
Sliding on the borderline
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7. |
Hard to Say It's Over
03:27
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Music and Lyrics by Bob Brown
1. For so long we watched the distance growing
Though we chose to close our eyes
Afraid to open up and show it
But still I've no regrets except we've wasted time
Chorus:
Why is it so hard to say it's over?
Or admit that love can fail?
Or fade away?
Or admit that feelings change?
It's not so strange
At all
2. Our love fell short of all the dreams we hoped for
But please don't feel angry or ashamed
Now I think we're just in different places
And the rhythms of our loving are not the same
Chorus
3. And looking for that space out in the sky
Where they say the sun will shine
And I hope you'll be looking for it too
And I hope I still may call you
A friend of mine
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8. |
Oh Woman Child
03:59
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Lyrics and Music by Bob Brown
1. Walking along with me
Just me and myself
Waiting for no one at all
I wasn't looking for love
But in you came anyway
Taking me by surprise
Chorus:
Oh woman child
How you set me free
I've got to have you—got to have you now
2. So sing me a song I've never heard before
Some song with a strange melody
That will make me dizzy and weak again and again
3. No more chasing my dreams
Take me out of the race
No more waiting for me
I stopped looking for love
But there you go anyway
Taking me by surprise
Chorus
4. Count me out of the game
I can't chance the dance anymore
I can't remember the score
I stopped thinking of love
But there you stand anyway
Taking me by surprise
Chorus
5. So spin me around in the crazy night
In the moonlight will you fly me away?
Will you take me and make me feel whole again?
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9. |
Lies That Are True
02:51
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Music and Lyrics by Bob Brown
1. I told you many times that I loved you
When you asked I didn't know why
Maybe I just liked the challenge
Or I liked you because you didn't like me
2. Maybe I just liked the distance
Or the way you never let me get through
Because you fit in my image of beauty
The kind you can never get to
Chorus:
But now I'm feeling so sorry
For telling lies that are true
Because I told you that I really loved you
And you know now that I really do
3. Maybe I just like the chasing
The tension and the tragedy
They make for a very good story
And leave you feeling so incomplete
4. Do you think you could ever forgive me?
For daring to use you like that?
Because you're really so tough and so lovely
And I think you've showed me something new
Chorus
5. I was looking for something called love
I guess I found love anyway
Because it seems every time that I see you
I love you more and more every day
Chorus
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10. |
Be My Baby
04:49
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Music and Lyrics by Bob Brown
1. If I would break down
And come to you for the last time
And try to give you everything you need
And if I would wait and give the space
You need to heal the broken place
I left in you would you stand by me again
Chorus:
And if I'd be the first to break my pride
And show you that I'm on your side
Would you come up front
And open up to me
Forget what's past and let us go free
And be my baby again
2. And if I'd open up and laugh a lot
And do the things that we forgot
When we were together and so alone
Do you think you might crack a smile?
Or do your best to change your style
And forget the ugly scenes that we once knew
Chorus
3. And if we fail to make the mark
And find it's best to live apart
Would you stand up and be stronger than before
And walk away and not be afraid
And accept the fact of what we didn't make
And turn around and move on to something new
Chorus
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Hiding
04:06
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Lyrics and Music by Bob Brown
1. Don't be afraid to leave its okay
To run away from the feeling we found
We both have other lives to lead us away
I could be your friend and pretend the rest is just a lie
But could you still see me and let me go
Be with me and never try to let it show
Chorus:
But this hiding hurts too much
Every time I touch you I want to die
When I know you're ready to let go
And say goodbye
2. I know you've got another love somewhere
I can read his letters in your face
And in the restless way you smile
And turn away
Should we just forget
All the things we ever saw?
Like the strangers who just happened in the night
You let me come now let me go
Or hold me tight
Chorus
3. The time we spend is so lovely and close
But I know that it can't be for long
Still day by day I stay with you
Waiting for the end to come
Chorus
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12. |
If I Had A Dream
03:11
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Music and Lyrics by Bob Brown
1. I wish I'd never met you
'Cause I'll never get you
But now that I'm here I might as well stay
I know it sounds funny but I like to be punished
So I guess I'll stick around for the kill anyway
Chorus:
But if I had a dream I would fly away
And forget that I still want to try
And I'd leave all your beauty behind
And I, I would get away
2. The first time I saw you I felt like I'd known you
In all of the days of all of my life
But now that I'm looking in your eyes I feel lonely
And the words that you're saying I can't recognize
Chorus
3. Well you said you'd be my heroine
My lover, my felon you said you'd play lead in all of my dreams
But doesn't seem to matter 'cause without my bread
And butter I don't seem to be any good at all
Chorus
4. If I had the courage would I be open or foolish
To surrender my feelings and believe in the pain
'Cause I've waited for so long to trust loving someone
Did it ever seem real or was it all just some dream
Chorus
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Bob Brown Ashburn, Virginia
Bob's first albums "The Wall I Built Myself" and "Willoughby’s Lament," produced by Richie Havens, and now reissued by Tompkins Square (see links below) have long been placed in high esteem alongside the works of other exploratory greats like Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley and Eric Anderson. His compellingly arranged, folk-focused songs have been described as lilting, melodic and poetic. ... more
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