 photo by Cliff Rice / graphic design by Sheila Kirsten-Hughes God Forbid Lorna's newest studio project has been met with rave reviews from critics and fans alike. The album has reached #6 on WMNF 88.5, Tampa Bay's community radio station, and three songs from the album advanced to the second round of the prestigious International Songwriting Competition (out of 20,000 entries).
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Lyrics Table of Contents 1. When I Fall 2. Independence Day 3. Fall Into Me 4. God Forbid 5. Litany 6. Survive 7. The Best I Can 8. Sometimes I Dream 9. Beautiful 10. Driving Home When I Fall words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2004 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved I wanna move my mouth from the rim of my glass onto you What would you do? I wanna taste that stupid, sexy, shy smile that's on your face What would you say if I move? if I taste? If I do your perfect world will break Chorus: Cause baby when I fall, baby when I fall, baby when I fall I take the world with me I wanna know what you'll say tonight when I ask if I should go Would you tell me no? I wanna hear my name in your mouth when your whole world disappears Whisper in my ear if I know, if I hear And if, oh, the whole world's gonna hear (Chorus) Independence Day words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2004 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved She is searching for comfort in Supreme Court decisions. She is dodging the screams of militant religion in the parking lot. They're out there everyday. Her daddy told her not come here, said God would not forgive her. He hung a cross around her neck, said, "My girl is not a killer", but what he don't know is that he'd do the same. Thank God it is Independence Day Chorus: It is Independence Day. Raise your hands, the blood is washed away, and we all stand, a world made brand new. And all the fires we've let rage will burn our dirty past up page by page. Come on, raise your hands, that's all we have to do. That's all we have to do... She is packing up her babies. She is driving to her mother's thinking 'bout the times he told her that he loved her and then hit her so hard she thought her heart would break. And how the doctors never noticed, and the neighbors never heard her, how her priest told her to love him, no matter how he hurt her, but not even God was gonna make her stay. No, not on this Independence Day (Chorus) Thank you mothers. Thank you daughters. Thank you poets. Thank you martyrs. Thank you soldiers. Thank you writers. Thanks you sisters. Thank you fighters. (Repeat) (Chorus) Fall Into Me words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2003 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved I wanna drive you down to Sunset Beach I wanna wash you in the sea I wanna get you drunk on the sun and the sand and the smell and the sound and me If you're lookin' to fall in love, baby, don't you look at me But if you want what I'm thinkin' of then listen carefully Chorus: Fall into me Fall into me I wanna drive you up to Clearwater Beach I wanna park on Mandalay I wanna watch you drown inside of me between the sunset and the bay If you're lookin' to fall in love, baby, look the other way But if you want what I'm thinkin' of then hear me when I say (Chorus) I wanna drive you out to Indian Rocks I wanna find what you've got hid I wanna find a place where we can talk or maybe just pretend we did If you're lookin' to fall in love, baby, turn your pretty head and get yourself back to Georgia cause down here there's no time for it (Chorus) God Forbid words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2004 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved That I would have your baby That I would take your name That I would be a lady and learn to lose the game That I would shut up one day and choke down my chains God forbid and damn the day Chorus: God forbid God forbid That I would cross that lobby to cash in my dreams That I would let them talk me into that machine That I would sell my body to a magazine God forbid and keep their hands off me (Chorus) That I would believe 'em when they tell me that I can gauge my freedom by the economy That I would be dumb enough to trust my TV God forbid and save this country (Chorus) Litany words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2004 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved I wish you had never caught my eye I wish that shame had built you tall some wall to hide behind I wish the sun had blackened, I wish God had struck me blind I wish you had never caught my eye I wish you had never asked my name I wish I had forgotten all those words I knew to say I wish I had choked and stammered, I wish I had run away I wish you had never asked my name I wish I had never brought you home I wish I had left you thirsty, beggin', wretched and alone I wish my wine, my breath, my kiss your lips had never known I wish I had never brought you home I wish I had never told the truth when you asked what I was thinking in the silence next to you I wish I had just said nothing babe and given you no proof I wish I had never told the truth I wish you and I were more the same I wish my eyes were hollow and too beautiful to blame I wish I could play with lovers like a child plays with flame I wish you and I were more the same Survive words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2003 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved I learned these chords from a dying man who knew it was his time He spoke these words into my hands and then he closed his eyes He said survive hey, hey, hey There's more to me than life Survive hey, hey, hey I know I will survive The doctor read her sentence out cancer deep as her soul Her husband wept When the kids found out this is what she told them She said survive hey, hey, hey When I'm gone you'll be alright Survive hey, hey, hey I know you will survive A grip so tight she won't forget She never saw his face Now, she smells him in her baby's breath and still finds the strength to say Survive hey, hey, hey The pain reminds me I'm alive Survive hey, hey, hey I know I will survive Sleeping with the memory of your breath in my ear When the dark starts to get too deep their words are all I hear Survive hey, hey, hey I'm alone but at least I'm alive Survive hey, hey, hey I know I will survive The Best I Can words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2003 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved I die I need and I lie like I breathe and I hate but I heed my flesh my heartbeat Chorus: And I am a woman and I am a man and I am doin' the best I can the best I can I break I bleed and I love but I leave and sometimes I'm strong sometimes I see but I'm wrong but I sing (Chorus) Sometimes I Dream words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2003 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved Beautiful words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2004 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved Driving Home words and music by Lorna Bracewell copyright 2004 Braced Well Music, ASCAP all rights reserved He brought me roses, he poured the wine, and he talked to me like I was more to him than just a way to pass the time. He lit the candles, he found a song, and as we danced he held me like a child trying to hang on. Then he kissed me with a fire I swear I'd never known, but, God, I must be made of stone Chorus: 'cause I'm driving home I'm driving home and I'm getting too good at being alone. I've seen the dresses, I've seen the rings, and I've smiled graciously when they've asked if I would sing. I've heard them whisper, I've watched them dance, and I've watched them drive away smiling like they stood a chance. I've seen the promises made and the flowers thrown, but, God, I must be made of stone (Chorus) This rain is so thick I can hardly see the road, but, God, I must be made of stone (Chorus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
