Float

by Michelle McAfee

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Float 02:55
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Anchored deep in a hole Anger chewing on the edge of your soul You used to be a little boy With astronaut dreams, a space cowboy With a heart full of joy I know, I know that it's so hard to float When the world has pulled you down I know, I know that only love can save you Love can save you now So tie your life to a red balloon Trust the air and fly to the moon Don't believe what they say Especially the voice in your head The voice in your head I know, I know that it's so hard to float When the world has pulled you down I know, I know that only love can save you Love can save you now The only map you'll need are the stars in the sky Your gut feeling and your heart are your compass Gotta work hard 'cause rockets weren't built By dudes on a couch doing nothin' Stick to your dreams give it some time Do the best you can do Treat everybody with love and respect Everybody do the same for you Everybody do the same for you But I know, I know that it's so hard to float When the world has pulled you down I know, I know that only love can save you You can save you now I know, I know that it's so hard to float
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Such A Thing 03:52
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I feel like a flower In full bloom Waiting for the King Bee But he never comes through Patience ain't no virtue It's a necessary grace To keep your sanity when the night Finds you alone and awake Minutes turn to hours, hours turn to days Days turn to years, years that slip away Waiting for the perfect time and perfect lover Playing it safe all along Guarding your words, your feelings from another Hoping someday it will come But there's such a thing, such a thing, such a thing As waiting too long We can talk about the weather What band you saw last night You could ask about my day Or tell me about your life Cause god I'm thirsty So if you've got love to spill Don't keep it up on a shelf Like you have time to kill Minutes turn to hours, hours turn to days Days turn to years, years that slip away Waiting for the perfect time and perfect lover Playing it safe all along Guarding your words, your feelings from another Hoping someday it will come But there's such a thing as waiting too long Some people meet like a rocket Take off into the sky Love is somewhere out in space And I can't fly that high There's such a thing, such a thing, such a thing As waiting too long There's such a thing, such a thing, such a thing As waiting too long
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He'll Never Know 03:51
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So far out of my reach He's the wide open sky I'm the ground beneath The kind you can love but never keep And when a bird sings like that You've got to let it go I'm the one he'll never know No, no I'm the one he'll never hold No, no I'm the one who'll never show it No, no And he'll never know Rainbow smile, thunder laugh Knocks me out But I won't tell him that Tried to catch his eye But he looked right past And when someone sees like that You've got to let it go I'm the one he'll never know No, no I'm the one he'll never hold No, no I'm the one who'll never show it No, no And he'll never know What he doesn't know won't hurt you So keep it to yourself Keep it to yourself I think I'll keep it to myself I'm the one he'll never know No, no I'm the one he'll never hold No, no I'm the one who'll never show it No, no And he'll never know
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Bar Song 03:35
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The shipwrecked walls are banging 'Paul Revere' Bumping in the dark And the lights are like balloons floating electric Up above the bar Jeans are skinny And everyone looks like everyone else And the guy in the orange hat walking sideways Could use some help We're all in our own little world at the corner after dark Standing around with our stereoscopic hearts Leaving me Tragically unalone You lean against the wall with your eyes on the door Hoping she'll come While I'm blissed out glowing with my head rolling Full of bass and drums The bartender's shakin', pouring her another Mojito And the six foot two bearded dude is trying really hard To take her home We're all in our own little world at the corner after dark Standing around with our stereoscopic hearts Leaving me Tragically unalone
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Design 03:08
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Sometimes you wait your whole To hear the words, to see the light Feel just like a little bird Inside, you want to fly The mind will put you in a cage The world will keep you on a chain But let your spirit elevate you above The fray Listen to the voice inside And let your soul fly Move your body to the rhythm Of you're own design Why are you pulled by gravity The daily grind, in the city streets When you could dance and twirl around Beneath the blue between the trees The illusion can deceive you More than flesh and blood and dreams You're the water, I'm the seed We're the love we need Listen to the voice inside And let your soul fly Move your body to the rhythm Of you're own design The world is out of control Today I pray my soul and yours to keep Cause you're the water, I'm the seed We're the love that we need Listen to the voice inside And let your soul fly
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Prove Me Wrong 03:57
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We ain't learned nothin' In two thousand years We still got people in chains Still killing each other Over religion and oil I guess some things never change Prove me wrong Prove me wrong Prove me wrong Cause I don't want to be right They sit in air-conditioned rooms Sweating beads Arguing why the planet's getting warm Well there used to be fish There used to be big trees Before the industrial storm Prove me wrong Prove me wrong Prove me wrong Cause I don't want to be right So kiss me tonight Like it's all we've got No one stays together much anymore But I'm gonna open up my heart to you And give it a shot Even though you just might walk out the door Prove me wrong Prove me wrong Prove me wrong Cause I don't want to be right
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Goddamn Heart 04:02
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There's a double bed in the corner And four gold cups in the windowsill Rain's drumming on the tin roof Keeping rhythm like it's no big deal You're just down the road I know you're home Don't know what makes you tick Don't know why I feel like this It's gonna bite me in the ass If I don't nip it in the bud If I don't get you off my mind You're gonna drag it through the mud I met trouble and he looks just like you This goddamn heart Needs a good talking to There's a picture in my head Of a cabin in the woods with a red heart on the door And she rubs his aching shoulders When he comes in from the mountain sore But you're just like the sky High and open wide So far out of reach Can't look away for the life of me It's gonna bite me in the ass If I don't nip it in the bud If I don't get you off my mind You're gonna drag it through the mud I met trouble and he looks just like you This goddamn heart Needs a good talking to There's a woodstove on the south wall And lots of wood but there's no fire I'm wrapped up in sleeping bag Wide awake burning with desire You're just down the road I know you're home And I'm throwing a good wish To the disappointing wind It's gonna bite me in the ass If I don't nip it in the bud If I don't get you off my mind You're gonna drag it through the mud I met trouble and he looks just like you This goddamn heart Needs a good talking to
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Trying 02:44
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Wipers smear the dashboard glow Dylan on the radio Whitetail deer in the headlights Not tonight, no... not tonight I'm trying To get home I'm flying Down this road To you Two clicks past mile 81 Red and blue lights rise like the sun What you runnin' from Where you bound Damn girl you better slow it down I'm trying To get home I was flying Down this road To you Up ahead I see a big orange sign Late night tail-lighter's in a long red line Bow my head to the wheel Curse and make a wish That we could all grow wings and fly right over it We're trying To get home I was flying Down this road To You Come in the door eyes bloodshot red You lift your messy head up out of bed You say baby what took you so long
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Autumn 03:20
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Autumn came in winter Warmed my weary soul He had the fire of the maples Before the north winds blow Throw my wits To the wind I would give it all Away to him For just one kiss It happens when you fall When you fall in December Autumn came in winter And his eyes fell on me The way leaves dance slowly Plunging from the tree Throw my wits To the wind I would give it all Away to him For just one kiss It happens when you fall When you fall in December Autumn came in winter But a woman made him go Heart dropped mercury With the falling of that snow Throw my wits To the wind I would give it all Away to him For just one kiss It happens when you fall When you fall in December
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Wolverine 02:57
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Raven flew the drainage Headed to the north Sun broke through the clouds Warmed the alpine floor I was sitting in bliss Talking with a friend When he came pounding down the mountain I thought it was the end This may be The most beautiful thing I've seen I did not lose my life But I lost my heart That day at Wolverine He thundered to the tent door Then he caught the scent Slowed his roll and stuck His nose in the wind We just stood there screaming Backs to the wall When I had the strangest thought This is a damn good way to go This may be The most beautiful thing I've seen I did not lose my life But I lost my heart That day at Wolverine We got some schooling For three nights and three days I've never been more humbled Never been put more in my place And on the final morning Fog thick as snow That little angel airplane Came to take us home This may be The most beautiful thing I've seen I did not lose my life But I lost my heart That day at Wolverine

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released April 23, 2013

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Michelle McAfee Williams, Oregon

Michelle McAfee is an Americana Folk Songstress with a way of weaving unforgettable melodies into vivid stories. Born with a fierce love of mountains and wanderlust, McAfee infuses her songwriting with a sense of place and adventure. Michelle has opened shows for major acts such as The Indigo Girls, G Love & Special Sauce and was a staff songwriter for publishers in Nashville and Los Angeles. ... more

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