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Burn Me Out
04:50
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Burn me out, draw the lightning down
Stand up, face your equal
Turn this world around
Go on and burn me out,
catch me if you can, I'm gonna
draw the lightning down
Coming bold or meek,
stand and face your equal, and we'll
turn this world around, oh
(Burn me out, draw the lightning down
Stand up, strowler
Turn this world around)
Call me an outcast, call me a thief
Close your eyes to my whole magic show
Turn away from what I have to say
The powerless have powers you will never know
We're all just storytellers
dreaming out loud to pass the time
I know my enemy shares my own fragility
but if you've got the spark, you're
bound to get fire
Go on and burn me out,
catch me if you can, I'm gonna
draw the lightning down
Coming strong or weak,
stand and face your equal, and we'll
turn this world around
Call me a criminal for what I hold inside
Behind your eyes you know we are the same
Problem child or spirit of solution,
revolution doesn't need a lot of flame.
Call on the Storyteller, what's in the cards for you?
I know the choice is clear:
compassion over fear for the
magic we can do
Go on and burn me out,
catch me if you can, I'm gonna
draw the lightning down
Coming strong or weak,
stand and face your equal, and we'll
turn this world around
Call me an outcast, call me a thief
Close your eyes to my whole magic show
Turn away from what I have to say
The powerless have powers you will never know
If you don't have the spark you'll
never see fire, but we've got the match right here
Let the world awake. Make no mistake
we will still be standing when the
smoke has cleared
Go on and burn me out,
catch me if you can, I'm gonna
draw the lightning down
Coming bold or meek,
stand and face your equal, and we'll
turn this world around
Go on and burn me out,
catch me if you can, I'm gonna
draw the lightning down
There's only one ride
if we're gonna survive, we gotta
turn this world around
We may be out of focus, but we're
proud to let it show
We burn without the burning and we
do not care who knows
Try to kill what's beautiful,
stand back and watch it grow
Got a different kind of burning and we
do not care who knows
Renegades and rascals, we are
all the same as you
standing up for magic and the
magic we can do
Try to hide the mystery, it's
gonna shine through
We stand up for magic and the
magic we can do
Burn me out, draw the lightning down
Stand up, face your equal
Turn this world around
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Mirror self, reflect my face
Hear my words, take my place
Breath and blood will make you whole
You have my heart, and I my soul
Mirror self, reflect my face
Hear my words, take my place
Breath and blood will make you whole
Take my heart and leave my soul
Wolves know their work, so be ready,
ready to run and hide
"Is this the magic mirror?"
Finish the tale and decide.
Between the worlds, to and fro
Hand in hand, it's time to go
Never fear, my mirror girl
Step by step, between the worlds
Wolves know their work, so be ready
to split yourself in two
Trust in the tale that you carry
Step on through, oh
You have my heart, I have my soul
Breath and my blood will make you whole
Mirror self, reflect my face
Hear my words, take my place
Breath and blood will make you whole
Take my heart, leave my soul
Mirror self, reflect my face
Hear my words
and take my place
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Show Me
04:14
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Just because it isn't real
doesn't mean it isn't true
If someone said it wasn't real
They don't see the way you do
If I told you I believed you,
what stories would you tell?
Would you feel a little stronger?
Would you step out of your shell
or would you say it wasn't real
until I left you alone?
Once upon a time, did someone
try to take it away from you?
Did you fight for what was real to you?
I know that you do.
Well, once upon a time is now
and the story's come back for you
so show me what you can do.
If someone said it wasn't true
doesn't mean it isn't real
You know it behind your eyes
and in all that you feel
If I tell you I believe you,
what stories would you share?
Would you feel a little stronger?
Would you say that you don't care,
or tell me, "no, no, no, no no!
Please leave me alone!"
Well, we've all got a different
right and wrong
So we break a little law
or we sing a different song
Who says what's real, what's right,
and what is true?
Once upon a time, you
lived by the rhyme of
the things you knew
So why don't you show me
what you can do.
Come on and show me
what you can do!
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S. J. Tucker Perry, Arkansas
“Without our songs and stories, we are nothing.” S. J. Tucker has been captain of her own music career since 2004, when she left the workaday world behind to sing songs and change lives. Tucker is the voice of lore at the campfire and the sharp laughter of modern myth. With one hand anchored in her art and the other held out to us, she is songs and stories, community and wit. ... more
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