Playlist Laura Jansen

laura jansen - bells

I know it's late,
I know the curtain's drawn over your window
Maybe fate,
will make me just the tug of lonely made me call

But anyway, love, I'm hearing bells
I just thought you should hear the bells
Oh oh oh (x2)

Oh oh I, I can hardly wait
I woke up in a world
that's suddenly heart-shaped
Throwing you a line, send me back aside, love
One by land or two by sea
Oh Bells
Nothing here but bells
Ringing in my heart
La la la la la la...

Meet me at the tower
We'll hang on to the ropes and swing out
Meet me at the tower
We'll hang on to the ropes and swing out

Bells, in my heart
Oh bells, in my heart
bum bum la la la la la la la
bum bum la la la la la la
bum bum la la la la la la la
bum bum bum bum bum

I can feel the sky cracking in my heart
It's falling to the pavement
Don't know where to start

So, let's go to the tower
one more time
and Climb high, love, climb high

Oh bells
Nothing here but bells
ringing in my heart
in my heart...
in my heart...
in my heart
la la la la

laura jansen - come to me

Give me some time to lift myself up
I have been down for the count
And all my self pride is gone like the winter
Fresh like a flower I come alive

Love, come to me slow
Love, come to me slow

A compass gone blind
My heart unsteady, hoping to dance on the wire
I move a little bit and take it back
Run away but with a map
Always returning and turning and turning

Love, come to me slow
Love, come to me slow

La la la lalala lalala lalala
La la la lalala lalala lalala

I keep running, and running, and running
I keep running, and running, and running
I keep running, and running, and running
I keep running, and running, and running

Over, up over that hill
I'll find my peace, I will, I will

Love, come to me slow
Love, come to me slow, yeah
Love, come to me slow
Love, come to me slow

laura jansen - elijah

Oh my love, it's a long way downto the bottom
when you're high and mighty and sacred, sacred

But I can't live my life
born in sin and holdin' it in
cause if we are goin' down
then I am goin' down in style

In a big black car I'll ride
you take me over to the other side
Elijah, Elijah Oh

When I contemplate the matters of love
They say pray, it's the only way to get above
Well baby, believe me, it's easy to see
how heaven is lost when you're only lookin' up

In a big black car I'll ride
you take me over to the other side
Elijah, Elijah Oh

I could be a good girl
if that's what they'd like to see
Another Mary Polly and a child
so cover up and sit tight
button up and don't fight
on your knees, beggin' please
for someone to save me
Oooh

When the big day comes, we'll know
what really mattered most of all
See I had a vision, all I did was listen
and this what I saw

Elijah, Elijah yeah
Elijah, Elijah
Sing it!

When you get to the other side, girl
Yeah, we know how very hard you tried, girl
But we're laughin' on the other side
Oh, we're dancin' on the other side
Yeah, we're shoutin' on the other side
In a big black car you ride
Just take your time, take your time, take your time

laura jansen - perfect

When all the lights go down around you
and the truth is coming up hard
Feel the way you do, now, with no excuses
Cause you're perfect just the way you are

Get the feeling that something surrounds you
Give it all up and watch it fly
Speak soft, dear and let it wash over you

Cause when you give an inch you walk that mile
and you walk that mile so well

You're everything you were ever supposed to be
Don't you see?

Those dark dreams of yours
Your drowning eyes
And that sad mouth of yours, filling up with lies
Don't believe them, love
When they're telling you, that you're not enough

You're everything you were ever supposed to be
Don't you see?

Demons, bells and acrobats
Welcome to the circus inside, your mind
Oh the world is heavy, I know
A minor catastrophe with every shrug of your shoulder
But you don't have to carry it no more
It's time you let it go

Let it go, love
Let it go now
You're perfect just the way you are

Cause you and I know
You're everything you were ever supposed to be
Don't you see?
It's supposed to be easy

laura jansen - pretty me

Five years old, in my pink tutu
I was spinning, spinning
and no one ever knew

That these bruises hold a dirty clue
I was spinning, spinning
and no ever knew

Oh, pretty, pretty me
I am the prettiest girl you ever did see, yeah
Oh, pretty, pretty me
I am the prettiest girl you ever did see

Seventh grade, my boyfriend made
a joke about the way I looked in the pool
So I never ate, and I looked great
But I was spinning, spinning and no one ever knew

Oh, pretty, pretty me
I am the prettiest girl you ever did see
Oh, pretty, pretty me
I am the prettiest girl you ever did see

Twenty eight years old
As I'm getting dressed I'm told, I am the prettiest girl he ever did see
But six months on, and that dress is gone
Because the aisle is too long for me
Oh

Two bags, a ticket, a couch in L.A.
Nothing left to prove, finally something to say
I am wise enough now, smart enough now
I own my own mistakes
But I got no job, I got no car, No Driver's License, No cash
No savings, No heath care, No furniture, No place to live, No RIA, No retirement scheme, No winter coat, No Christmas tree, No family near me, No money for morning coffee, and No way to pay off my debt

But I am dreaming

Oh, pretty, pretty me
I am the prettiest girl you ever did see, yeah
Oh, pretty, pretty me
I am the prettiest girl you ever did see
You ever did see, yeah, yeah
Two bags, a ticket, a couch in L.A.
Nothing left to prove, finally something to say
I am wise enough now, smart enough now
I own my own mistakes
But I got no job, I got no car, No Driver's License, No cash
No savings, No heath care, No furniture, No place to live, No RIA, No retirement scheme, No winter coat, No Christmas tree, No family near me, No money for morning coffee, and No way to pay off my debt

But I am dreaming

Oh, pretty, pretty me
I am the prettiest girl you ever did see, yeah
Oh, pretty, pretty me
I am the prettiest girl you ever did see
You ever did see, yeah, yeah

laura jansen - signal

Radio's blastin'
I hear they're broadcastin'
a signal that we all should hear
They're sendin' a message
it's fighting the static

I'm listening
I'm quiet
I'm here
Soon

everything will be magic, my dear
Soon
everything will be magic, Oh my dear

The birds are directing
the traffic below
in patters ignoring the light
In this motion I'm static
both hopeful and tragic

Eyes up, eyes open and blind
Soon
everything will be magic
my dear
Soon
everything will be magic, my dear

I'm waitin' on a sign
I can't believe the time, we're livin' in
God let this finally be the one
Cause I heard it all before
and then nothing gets to me
but this time I am listenin', really listenin'
but I'm runnin' out of time
Oh

I see smoke in the distance
the news is just a premonition
Something's changin'
something's goin' down
I'll take anything you give me
Anything to know I'm not alone
Hopefully I'm not alone
hopefully we're not alone

Alone
Soon
everything will be magic, my dear
Soon
everything will be magic, my dear
Soon, soon

Everything, everything
and everything is everything is everything
and we are not alone

laura jansen - single girls

I think you'd like my new hair
I cut it when you weren't there
that pieces of us everywhere
were falling down

My bed is now a girl's bed
Pink flowers under my head
and pillows on your side instead
of you

'Cause that's what single girls do
don't think about you

I'm reading books on meditation
Praying for my heart's salvation
I've got the motivation
to be a free girl now

I've gone drinking with the guy down the hall
put up a new color on my bare walls
I'm so damn busy
after all

'Cause that's what single girls do
don't think about you

I keep trying
I keep trying
to make my way back to the light where I belong
But God keeps lying
God keeps lying
saying this is for the best and nothing here is wrong

But I"m still thinking about you

I think you'd like my new hair
I cut it like I didn't care
that pieces of me everywhere
were falling down

One more glass of wine
before I turn off the lights
this time I'll be fine
I'll be fine
I'll be fine

laura jansen - soljah

I wanna be a soljah for your love
I, I, I wanna be, be, be a soljah for your love

My eyes have finally adjusted
to the light down here below
My eyes can finally see
everything real that's real to me
I, I was a hungry soldier
I, I move like a broken train
Looking for the way to go
Hungry for a little grain

But this is the truth
and the truth is the love
and the love is all we need, yo
This is the truth
and the truth is the love
and the love is all we need
yo oh oh oh oo oh

I wanna be a soljah for your love
I wanna be a soljah for your love

My song was long forgotten
My heart moves without a beat
I heard your voice there in the silence
And in the stillness the music was revealed

But this is the truth
and the truth is the love
and the love is all we need, yo
This is the truth
and the truth is the love
and the love is all we need
yo oh oh oh oo oh

Surrender
(That's what you gotta do)
Surrender
(Ohh)
Surrender
(That's what you gotta do)
Surrender
(Ohh)
Surrender
That's what you gotta do
(Surrender)
That's what you got to do
(Surrender)
That's what you gotta do
(Surrender)
Surrender
That's what you gotta do
Surrender
That's what you gotta do
Surrender
Surrender
Surr-e-e-e-e-nder

I wanna be a soljah for your love
I wanna be a soljah for your love
Oh I wanna be a soljah for your love
I wanna be a soljah, soljah for your love

laura jansen - the end

We had a go
And worked it out
Until the bitter end

And I suppose
I should have known
What was waiting 'round the bend

I didn't know that kindness was fleeting
I didn't know that soft could go hard

I bet you wonder at the words in your mouth
I bet you wonder at the sound

We break the promise
And we take it back
We move in silence
This is the end
This is the end

We try, we fail, we crawl
We let the pieces fall where they may
And the picture fades

So go on and break my heart
It's always been caught off guard
In the end, there is nothing left to save

And the secrets you keep under your tongue
Are turning two into no one

I bet you wonder at the words in your mouth
I bet you wonder at the sound

We break the promise
And we take it back
We move in silence
This is the end
This is the end

The blame falls,
and it goes on and on in circles, spinning round
Let it go,let it go

I can't take it with me, can't take it with you
We break the promise
And we take it back
We move in silence
This is the end
This is the end

by Jamesftm

laura jansen - trauma

Trauma at the side of the highway
I rode right by it, I rode right by it
There's glass in the candy, baby
but I still like it, yeah I still like it

And I don't wanna be afraid
and I don't wanna shy away
Shy away from a little scratch or shy away from the pain

Sirens keeps sounding out my name
But I don't mind it, I don't mind it
And the fire keeps blowing smoke my way
But I rode by it, I rode right by it

And I don't wanna be afraid
and I don't wanna shy away
Shy away from a little scratch or shy away from the pain
Ohhh

The pain
It's aching again, my love
It's bruising again, my love
But that's why we're all out (?)
Cruising for, looking for the pain
It's aching again, my love
It's bruising again, my love
But that's what we're all about
Cruising for...

[Instrumental]

Poision keeps flowing through my veins
But I don't fight it, no I don't fight it
And the stain on my heart keeps bleeding
But I don't dry it, no no

And I don't wanna be afraid
and I don't wanna shy away
Shy away from a little scratch or shy away from the pain
Shy away from a little scratch or shy away from the pain
I rode right by it (x7)

laura jansen - use somebody

I've been roaming around
Always looking down at all I see
Painted faces fill the places I can't reach

You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody

Someone like you
And all you know
And how you speak
Countless lovers undercover of the street

You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody

Someone like you

Off in the night
While you live it up I'm off to sleep
Waging wars to shape the poet and the beat

I hope it's gonna make you notice
I hope it's gonna make you notice

Someone like me
Someone like me
Someone like me

Go and let it out

Someone like you
Someone like you
Someone like you

I've been roaming around
Always looking down at all I see

laura jansen - wicked world

You say you like candy
Well, stick with me,
I got some sugar up my sleeve
You like money,
place your bets on me,
these odds are going crazy

And don't be afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,
he's just a sheep underneath those teeth
And don't be afraid of the Wicked Witch
She ain't so bad, she ain't no bitch

Woo ooo it's a wicked, wicked world
Yea-a-a-ah, Woo ooo ooo ooo, it's a wicked world

La-la-la-ladies, if you feel me holler
Fellas, show us all the dollar

Little Riding Hood is such a flirt
She got Miss Muffet all up her skirt
Hansel and Gretel never made it home
They got some cooking to do of their own

Woo ooo it's a wicked, wicked world
Yea-a-a-ah, Woo ooo ooo ooo, it's a wicked world

Once I tried to be so good
All sweet and spice like good girls should
But I don't see why I try, why do I try?
When every time I climb that hill, my Jack is somewhere chasing Jill

1, 2, oh 1, 2, 3, 4

Woo ooo it's a wicked, wicked world
Yea-a-a-ah, Woo ooo ooo ooo, it's a wicked world

Uh Uh Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair
Giddy up, giddy up on your big white horse, even if your prince ain't there
Oh, I long for ever after like every princess should
But there's always another chapter, and the apple sure tastes good!

Woo ooo it's a wicked, wicked world
Yea-a-a-ah, Woo ooo ooo ooo, it's a wicked world
Yeaaa-aa-aah, Woo ooo ooo, it's a wicked world
Yea-a-a-ah, Woo ooo ooo ooo, it's a wicked world

laura jansen - same heart

I spent a long time hiding
Believing that I was alone
Under the surface I was stone

When the walls that I built in the end
Just knocked me down
I let the earth pull at my bones

Closing the distance
I'm reaching out
It starts with a whisper
Can you hear me now?
All the lies we spoke
And dreams we broke
Underneath it all
Beats the same heart
Beats the same, same heart
Beats the same heart

We spent such a long time trying
Rolling the rock up the hill
With just a trail of dust behind
Oh that city we built is a song
That calls us out
And we will sing it as we climb

Closing the distance
I'm reaching out
It starts with a whisper
But becomes a shout
All the lies we spoke
And dreams we broke
Underneath it all
Beats the same heart
Beats the same, same heart
Beats the same heart

Ooooh

Beats the same heart

Underneath it all
Beats the same heart

laura jansen - a call to arms

My love, the drums are calling
A red sky, a warning
No sense in hiding from the front line
It s been here the whole time

I sleep to keep my mind at ease
I wander through a dream
Of what I once believed
No rest until we face the truth
And draw it to the light

This is a call to arms
Will you embrace me
Before it s too late, baby?

Take care of all the love you spend
It s wasting to nothing
Beware of wolves who hide their teeth
They ll take you and leave you

Should I be like a Russian doll?
A statue in the cold
As empty as a shell
Or make a final stand
Go back to what we had
I m stepping out from my defenses

This is a call to arms
Will you embrace me
Before it s too late, baby?
This is a call to arms
Will you embrace me
Before it s too late, baby?
This is a call to arms
Will you save me?
Will you save me?

My love, the drums are calling
A red sky, a warning

laura jansen - around the sun

When it all comes down to the final days
One side wins while the other side fades
Set in stone it s inevitable
In the fall, near the end
Is this what they meant?
Do the perfect circles break up and collide?

Give me one more turn around the sun
Give me one more turn around the sun
When it all comes down to what you ve done
Did you love right?

If love is the world, it all ends here
And nothing can be done to make it reappear
All our sacred charms, our sacrifice
We still fall in the end
Is this what they meant?
Do the perfect circles break up and collide?

Give me one more turn around the sun
Give me one more turn around the sun
When it all comes down to what you ve done
Did you love right?

As the sky rains fire
As the curtain falls
Put your arms around me
You know I never meant to let you down
You know I never meant to let you down

Give me one more turn around the sun
Give me one more turn around the sun
When it all comes down to what you ve done
Did you love right?

Did you love right?

laura jansen