Eva Kendrick - Composer

 LYRICS FOR SONGWRITING DEMO

Obsessed
I think it’s really cool/that you always meet me after school/I think it’s really sweet/that you always sweep me off my feet/but, if I had to guess/I would say that you are quite obsessed/you care too much for me/and all my friends say “obviously!”/Quit writing my name all over this place/you’re getting me in trouble, you’re in my face/I told you I loved I, I think it was true/I can’t seem to get myself through to you/I think you’re really fun/cause you treat me like I am the only one/but you’ve taken this too far/you’ve got a bumper sticker of me on your car/and though you say we work/isn’t that a picture of me on your shirt/now, everywhere I go/I can see my name in writing on the snow/CHORUS/You are the only one who ever really loved me/but I don’t want to pay for all of your therapy/who’s looking in my window/I think that it’s you/who’s sending me anonymous packages/who just can’t see the truth/that we’re through/CHORUS

I Don’t Want No Gemini
Down at your local bar, it’s the worst pick-up line/hey, honey how you doin’ and hey, what’s your sign?/I knew what he was, he had a smile so sly/I knew he was a sneaky Gemini/Now I’m not too gullible, don’t read my horoscope/don’t go and get my palm read, I’m not one of those folks/but I think there’s something too it/I ain’t gonna lie/I’ve been messed up with too many Gemini/They’re called the twins cause they’ve got two minds/they’re two kinds of crazy all of the time/they’ll forget your date and have no alibi/I don’t want no Gemini/An amorous Aries can do what he please/and strong-armed Taurus makes me weak in the knees/a sensitive Cancer will suit me just fine/and Capricorns look so damn good all the time/A practical Virgo’s not as bad as they say/because like the Leo/he knows how to play/Libra’s so honest he don’t know how to lie/not like my baby honey Gemini/CHORUS/Sun signs, moon signs, I don’t know the difference/I’m usually a skeptic but it’s starting to make sense/Don’t need any drama, don’t want your lies/I don’t want no Gemini/Sagittarius is worth all the fuss/and Pisces is cute cause he’s so quick to blush/Aquarians may blow your mind/and Scorpios, well/we don’t have time/Sun signs…

I Love You
Loves not a dream/it’s harder than it seems/I apologize/I told you lies/if we make up tonight/I swear we’ll only fight/just to make up again/I love you, oh I love you, I love you, oh, I love you/And when the fighting’s done/you know that I will be the one/to hold you, and kiss you/the way I like to/CHORUS/And when the music sighs/you know I’ll be by your side/I hope and I pray/that you love me everyday/I love you. And when the music sighs/you know I’ll be by your side/I hope and I pray/that you’ll love me everyday/I love you.

Wonderland Pt. II
So here I am in Wonderland/it’s a little bit crazy/I’m wandering around here wondering/well, just who’s gonna save me/I’ve been here before, a long time ago/back when I fell down that rabbit hole/There’s nobody here, I can see/it’s just this night and me/So here I am in WonderlandI’ve stepped behind that mirror again/When I’m asleep, you’re in my dreams and when I’m awake/you’re all I can think of, you’ve won/there’s just no escape/All of your riddles, all of your rhymes/your voice has stayed with me all this time/nobody knows what I’ve been through/trying to forget you/CHORUS/I don’t know who pulled the trigger, so I don’t know who fired back/So here I am in Wonderland/There’s nothing else that I can find/this dark and twisted wonderland/was only ever in my mind/I don’t know who pulled the trigger, so I don’t know who fired back/CHORUS

Night Terrors
Something’s always in the darkness/someone’s always right behind you/I always sleep with one eye open/never know what might find you/the night terrors are slowly fading/I don’t feel so alone anymore/Someone’s looking in the window/something’s rising from the ground/my mouth’s full of molasses/I can’t make any sound/CHORUS/Don’t wake up screaming at the ceiling/don’t wake up fallen on the floor/don’t wake up clinging to the side of my bed, anymore/Don’t let the bedbugs bite/they’ll keep you up all night/don’t let the sandman steal your dreams/just stay away/from the horse that’s grey/it’s never what it seems/Don’t wake up screaming…/and I’m flying, like a crow in the air/til I’m caught on a wire/I can go anywhere/I’m always/flying away/flying away

Spread So Thin
Oh, my garden’s gone to waste/cause I’ve got no mental space/all my plants are just seeds/got no time to water or weed/everybody stays in touch/but we don’t see each other too much/just running around all over town/got no time to settle down/Oh, I’m spread so thin/I can’t let anybody else in/I can’t call you, I can’t sleep/I can’t bounce a baby on my knees/all this technology/supposed to make my life so easy/but I can’t, I just can’t win/cause I’m spread so thin/Got my music at my touch/all the songs I love so much/got my books all on a screen/but I’ve got no time too read/it’s true I rely on my GPS and not my eyes/try to do all I think I should/instead of doing just one thing good/CHORUS/Wanna get off of the grid/lose my phone and get hid/take some time to run away/be unreachable all day/don’t know my number anymore/cause it all just gets stored/put my life in machines/and we’ve still got no time to breathe/Wanna take a train/see the mountains and the plains/take a walk in the snow/get that outdoors kind of glow/take some time to relax/cause your kids grow up so fast/just let the world spin and spin/cause we’re spread so thin

Eve’s Advice to Her Granddaughters (Poem by Laurie Robertson-Lorant)
Do doubt/do delve/do dream/do dare

Faceblind
It’s like a strange amnesia/I just can’t escape/unless I’m next to you/I cannot see your face/it slips through my fingers/you fall through the cracks/I cannot picture you/I just can’t get you back, you leave me/Faceblind, faceblind, I can’t see you/in my mind/I’d like to memorize you/draw you from head to toe/see you in 20/20/not just a hazy glow/You’re like a jigsaw puzzle/I threw across the room/so many different pieces/are they really all you/CHORUS/I know you by the way you move/your voice, and that’s a fact/I think I try too hard/it keeps me coming back/CHORUS/Couldn’t pick you up out of a line-up/couldn’t tell if you were Jack or Joe/you could grow a beard or shave your head/I still wouldn’t know/CHORUS

Last Chance for Love
Whenever something new begins/I see the end from the start/yet something keeps me going/I hope it’s not my heart/cause it makes such bad decisions/and I always get led on/way off in the distance a train wreck is coming/but I still hop on, because/I can be lonely like nobody’s blues/I hope one day you’ll say/there’s no getting over you/you can call me old-fashioned/but I still want passion and romance/this is my last chance for love/this is my last chance for love/I’m all through with bad boys/and that guy with the wedding ring/you can buy a BMW/it doesn’t mean a thing/I want to find a guy who will give me a thrill/I’m sick of those guys who roll their eyes/when they pick up the bill/CHORUS

© Eva Kendrick, 2011