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Secret Ingredient
04:01
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I like to think of myself as the strong one
who never gets fazed by what life throws at me
I’ve got my goals and we’ve both got our freedom
I can solve my own problems independently
I’ve never felt there’s a skill I was lacking
no crater waiting to be filled by the guy
who rides up on a white horse ‘cause I’ve got my own horse
I don’t expect any guy to be able to ride, but
CHORUS:
Ooooooooh, when you’re gone I miss you
And oooooooooh, I get lonely with the [night/sheets] to myself
Ooooooooooh, you’re like fine wine and dark chocolate, the secret ingredient
That makes everything taste like it’s never spent time waiting on a grocery store shelf
Most of the time we’re like parallel interstates
We work side by side without saying a word
But I’ve made reservations for the space that your arms make
And my ears are on hold if you need to be heard
I’ve got plenty of reasons for living besides you
And rain’s got its reasons for filling the sky
If you think that I need you it’s not that I need blue skies
But they do add that sweet warmth to my life
CHORUS
(sung to chorus melody):
Yoooooooouuuuu are the rain that breaks a dry spell
I swear it’s yoooooouuuuuu that turns the spring green
And yooooooooouuuu are all the little things we don’t think to miss
Until we’ve experienced that oooooooooooh, that’s what makes life good
CHORUS
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2. |
Steady My Love
03:43
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Mind over the sea
I’ll rein in the waves to bring you to me
My voice is a searchlight
I’ll sing you a song and rock you to sleep
Steady, steady my love
were you ready, ready for this much
no, but you tried to be and you’ve grown quite beautifully into it
When you were in pieces
I wrapped you up and carried you home
When you were in hiding
I took off your cloak and made your strength known
Steady, steady my love
were you ready, ready for this much
no, but you tried to be and you’ve grown quite beautifully into it
Bridge:
Now this sunrise is blinding me but I walk on
right to the edge
you said I had wings but I didn’t believe it
here comes the test
Steady, my love
Are you ready for this much
I’ll try so hard to be
it’ll fit beautifully when I’ve grown
Steady, steady my love
are you ready, ready for this much
I’ll try to be
I’ll try
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3. |
Small Is Beautiful
04:44
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We are lazy in the living room
while the snow keeps coming down outside
it is cold in our house when you tell me
let’s take it one thing at a time
you say “I try to take care of you in the morning before me
‘cause I know you have a mind to worry”
and now I’m worried I don’t give enough back
that little love notes don’t pick up enough slack
Chorus:
but you say baby, small is beautiful
we all do what we can
and if all you do is stay with me
I’ll be a happy man
We don’t get a lot of quiet days like these
I forget to notice how it feels
everything is soft and white and drowned in silence
it’s like you and me are all that’s really here
I wrap my hands around warm cups of tea
your chin’s in your hand and you are thinking
I try to keep my guitar understated so you can finish what you’re doing
Chorus:
And baby, small is beautiful
we all do what we can
and if all you do is stay with me
you’ll be my only man
well ok, so small is beautiful
let’s shrink our whole lives down
we won’t need a way to tell the time
it’ll always be right now
Small is beautiful
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4. |
Fighting Time
04:52
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I will build my cavalry to take down all your pride
and you will raise an army up to hit me from the inside
The strongest of our swords and shields will not protect us now
all our armor’s useless; where it cracks we know too well
and I’m torn
I want to go back
I want you to hold me like you did
Chorus:
But it’s fighting time and I need to see blood on the floor
either way, if it’s mine or yours
don’t you step back, it’s too late to ask what for
sink in your teeth, it’s fighting time
Leave your war horse stabled and I’ll keep my soldiers home
all you need is two small words to deal the final blow
and from here
right on the edge
can’t we go back to before I said
Chorus:
That it’s fighting time and I need to see blood on the floor
either way, if it’s mine or yours
don’t you step back, it’s too late to ask what for
sink in your teeth, it’s fighting time
Bridge:
My heart is frozen, inches from broken
if it finds yours, it’ll be worse
will you be waiting, if I can’t make it
telling me right through that door
Chorus:
It’s fighting time and I need to see blood on the floor
either way, if it’s mine or yours
don’t you step back, it’s too late to ask what for
sink in your teeth (2x)
It’s fighting time
Will you fight for me
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5. |
2500 Years
02:42
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Maybe I’m trying to be something I’m not
a girl who contains the world / someone who’s got a vast knowledge
of talking points stored in my head / to dispense commentary on why
we’ll all be dead in 25 years / maybe less, maybe more I would like to say
I’ve lived a successful story but who can confirm it if not for the cynics
and why am I still trying to prove I’m a winner to them
Oh-oh, oh, in 2500 years
Oh-oh, oh, in 2500 years
oh…..we won’t remember this
My job is not to know what I don’t know or pretend to be farther along
than I’ve grown but to soothe a few small wounds we all need to heal
to treat people well and to feel what I feel / and if that’s not enough for those
cynics and saints / I will offer it anyway even if it’s painful / hope is my choice
extra-strength medicine / and I still hope the good I believe in will win
but I know
Oh-oh, oh, in 2500 years
Oh-oh, oh, in 2500 years
oh…..we won’t remember this
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6. |
Never Not Broken
04:42
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It is just as if the trees can sense the state line
and grow taller on the side where I belong
and if that is not enough to welcome me back
I am wanted by the arms that I call home
This endless road is haunted and it makes me feel so small
Take me in your arms
Tell me it’s alright
Tell me that the two of us will sleep soundly tonight
Say that’s all we need
convince me I am strong
and I will stand inside your words and let them hold me up
But I am never not broken by it all
We like to say that some things take a village
but the villages got swallowed by the towns
and our towns all have their dreams of bigger cities
so I guess that no-one’s never lonely now
All of my words are haunted by the fear I don’t belong
Take me in your arms and tell me it’s alright
Tell me that the two of us will sleep soundly tonight
Say that’s all we need
convince me I am strong
and I will stand inside your words and let them hold me up
But I am never not broken
never not broken
I am never not broken
Every moment (never not broken)
Every moment (never not broken)
Every moment (never not broken)
I will lay my body down and break again if it will help
and though I pick the pieces up I know I have more power here
on the ground
on the ground
But I will get back up
say that it’s alright
that I have faith the two of us will sleep soundly tonight
I’ll say that’s all we need
and that I know I’m strong
and I will stand inside those words and let them hold me up
But I will never not be broken by it all
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7. |
Moon In My Heart
03:05
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I’ve been walkin’ around with the moon in my heart, the moon in my heart
it stretches out the space between my ribs and lights up the dark, lights up the dark part
and no-one’s able to discern but me that I’ve got the moon in my heart
and I keep it a secret, ‘cause no-one would believe it
People notice that I can’t stop smiling with the moon in my heart
where’ve you been, they ask suspiciously as if they can’t believe I took a walk in the park
They’ve all been acting like I must be hiding a stolen work of art
but no-one notices the missing moon when the sky gets dark
Doot-doot-do-doot-do, Do-do-do-do-do (3x)
Do-do-do-do-do
I keep hiding the brightness of the moon in my heart, the moon in my heart
I never meant to be the one to steal the moon from the dark, the moon from the dark
It came down all by itself and got comfortable there like we were never apart
I know soon I’ll probably have to give it back
but until then I won’t tell anybody that
I’ve been walking around with the moon in my heart
Doot-doot-do-doot-do, Do-do-do-do-do (3x)
Do-do-do-do-do
Doot-doot-do-doot-do, Do-do-do-do-do (3x)
Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
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8. |
The Wrong Thing
04:52
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Always wanna sing about the ones that went bad
Find myself cryin’ for the worst ones I’ve had
I’m pulled over by the side of the road waiting on the rain to pass
Always wanna hear the words that you never said
a song that hasn’t played before is stuck in my head
I’m waiting for the day I wake up and find myself content with less
I’m always waiting for, I’m always waiting for the wrong thing
I’m always wanting more, I’m always waiting for the wrong thing
Always tryin’ to make it through and saying I’m fine
I catch myself hurrying through the good times
we’re standing at a fork in the road and it’s time to make up our minds
We’re always fighting for, we’re always fighting for the wrong thing
we’re always fighting for, we’re always wanting more of the wrong thing
You always said that if it came to this you’d stay until the fade-out
but you’re not staying
I keep believing in a love that's strong enough that it'll save us
but I'm still waiting
Always wanna dry my tears and move on too fast
Fool myself by thinking that the next one will last
but I’m pulled over by the side of the road waiting on the rain to pass
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9. |
The Dove
05:40
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A dove made a home in my chest cavity
with a fast-beating heart and fluttering wings
and she hides from the world, scared of what she sees
and I keep it a secret that she could bring peace
A dove made a home, a home in my chest
and that bird’s got a secret she wants to forget
she’s been holding it long enough that it’s buried deep
she only sings out when nobody can hear
‘cause she doesn’t believe there’s nothing to fear
she’s seen lives ended over a dreamer’s speech
so don’t let courageous thoughts into your head
don’t you believe a single word they’ve said
keep it close to you, hold on, hold on, hold onto it
please, please, please let her be
she’ll wear a red letter for the times she’s let you down
just don’t expect her feathers to love the sky or leave the ground
please, please, please let her be
this dove’s made her mind up never to leave
she’s the song in my rib cage that I’ll never sing
‘cause this world’s just too much for her fragile wings
A dove made a home in my chest cavity
with a fast-beating heart and fluttering wings
and she hides from the world, scared of what she sees
and I keep it a secret that she could bring peace
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10. |
Wind It Blows Bitter
04:47
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Leaving St. Louis / gonna head for the mountains I know
It’s been too long since I laid beside you
It’s been too long since I let you go
Winter’s still with me / like the breath of a whispered name
there’s a cold wind blowing, leaving bare roots showing
in the lights of the westbound train
Time’s a cold shoulder / turns its back on your plans
and that wind it blows bitter through these empty hands
blows bitter through these empty hands
When I cross the state line / I’ll be sealing this letter I’ll send
say a prayer for the lonely / these thoughts that still own me
say a prayer that I’ll see you again
Time’s a cold shoulder / turns its back on your plans
and that wind it blows bitter through these empty hands
blows bitter through these empty hands
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11. |
Just For Us
03:19
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We raced the neighbors
her name the French word for dream
I floated above her back
Each new hill a promise
my legs swung loose on her belly
we galloped and climbed
We made it home
after dusk and the first stars winked
into being just for us
into being just for us
just for us
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Lara Ruggles Boulder, Colorado
After 3 1/2 years of sweat, pain, tears, love and actual blood, Lara Ruggles released Cynics & Saints on Immersive Records
in October 2015.
FEMMusic: “…the most honest album I’ve heard since James Taylor or Joan Baez. Every single song exposes and elevates her.”
PopMatters: “…the 29-year-old combines Americana and lavish 1970s Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter fare with the confidence of a master."
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