Jess Klein - Draw Them Near

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Draw Them Near - Lyrics

Little White Dove

My love, my love
All that noise is a little white dove
In my pocket, in my pocket
Take it from me
Otherwise I’m gonna set that little dove free

Hearts break, birds fly
La di da li li li
Hearts break, birds fly

I know, I know
You’ve been bit by a mean old crow
Carried your heart, carried your heart
Off in his beak
So what’s in your mouth, baby?
C’mon, talk to me

Hearts break, birds fly
La di da li li li
Hearts break, birds fly

Last night, last night
Underneath the moonlight
I asked the owl, asked the owl
What to do
He said you only need a love that’s true

Hearts break, birds fly
La di da li li li
Hearts break, birds fly

So my love, my love
All that noise is a little white dove
In my pocket, in my pocket
Take it from me
Otherwise I’m gonna set that little dove free

Goodbye Goodbye

Today the spark went from your eye
There was a seven second pause
Then I saw lightning in the sky

If you don’t love me I’ll say
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
I’ll go do something else with my life

You don’t know when I’m true or false
Maybe I secretly feel set free
Maybe you took the load off me

If you don’t love me I’ll say
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
I’ll go do something else with my life
I’ll take myself out to the
Big world, big world
Big world, big world
While I cry inside

Ireland

Rained down by wine, circled ‘round by smoke
Your rosy cheeks take on a glow
You think I don’t understand
But I understand

Sunny dreams born leap into the air
Then fade into smoke
You won’t tell me where
But I know where

Cause in Ireland you say
The air they breathe is clean
So I pray I pray I pray
For the rain
Make me green

People that you love, they could always leave
They could leave the room
Even when you’re tugging at their sleeve
But the trouble is
They leave if you don’t dare believe
When I said I was leaving baby
Had you already gone there?

Cause in Ireland you say
The air they breathe is clean
So I pray I pray I pray
For the rain
Make me green

Green enough to be your heaven
Green enough to be your sea
Greener than the rolling hills
Could you ever see that in me?

Rained down by wine, circled ‘round by smoke
All you talk about is where you would go
When you look at me,
Do you love this world yet?
Or do you see how much better it could get?

Cause in Ireland you say
The air they breathe is clean
So I pray I pray I pray
For the rain
Make me green

Cloud Song

Said one cloud to the next,
How nice that we can rain
On the ground it seems they let
Water wash away their pain

So, don’t fade out
I will lend you my silver lining
I do not need to dress this proud

Said the daughter to her mother,
There are days when I go nowhere
But I know how I got here
Thanks for cheering for me all these years

And don’t fade out
I will lend you my silver lining
I do not need to dress this proud
And I would like to lay my riches down

Said the smile to the tear,
You’re the reason I am here
You know it’s not every day
That I have the chance to mean it
When I say

Don’t fade out
I will lend you my silver lining
I do not need to dress this proud
And I would like to lay my riches down

Love Is Where You Find It

I wanted love; all I had was pain
I wanted love; all I had was pain

I went for a walk to lose my disease
I heard a little voice say “look up at the trees”
I couldn’t really tell you what happened
But a slow smile came over me

Love is where you find it
I’m not gonna fight it
Love is where you find it
I’m not gonna fight it

So now I’m driving my car down the long highway
Driving my car down the long highway
To take the wheel and let down my hair
And do as I feel and have no cares
Inside and all around me there’ll be air

Love is where you find it
I’m not gonna fight it
Love is where you find it
I’m not gonna fight it

I’ve lost a lot of love
I’ve lost a lot of love
But this is the kind that I find in the trees

Driving my car down the long highway
Driving my car down the long highway
The rest of this can fall by the wayside
That’s gonna be me
That’s gonna be me

Love is where you find it
I’m not gonna fight it
Love is where you find it
I’m not gonna fight it

I’ve lost a lot of love
I’ve lost a lot of love
But this is the kind that I find in the trees

Song For An Angel

All my life, longing just like everybody else
I’m alright, but sometimes I get lonely by myself

Where are you?
Who are you?
When you gonna come to me?
All that I want to say is
I am here
And I believe

All my friends tell me you don’t need no one but you
I may be strong, but somehow I don’t think that is true

Where are you?
Who are you?
When you gonna come to me?
All that I want to say is
I am here
And I believe
Angel
Find me

So I step outside, let the snowflakes melt upon my face
My true love’s tears
Someday I’ll catch them with this much grace

Where are you?
Who are you?
When you gonna come to me?
All that I want to say is
I am here
And I believe

I Tried

My lover looks me in the eye
Says, baby, you failed me
If your love is really true
Why don’t I feel set free?
Bail me out, baby,
I’m not meant for this prison cell
So I fought for him
How could I know he’d brought it on himself?

So now I’d like to say
Final score aside
That even though I failed in your eyes
I tried

So I bailed him out with all my cash
I bailed him out with my love
Distracted all the prison guards
With storms I begged from above
I even pulled the warden over to one side
I said me for him
It’s fair I swear
My penance for his pride

So now I’d like to say
Final score aside
That even though I failed in your eyes
I tried

With all the pain in this world that my love
Could go to change
How could I fail in freeing only one man
From his own cage?

It hurts to think of him
Cursing me for leaving
And it hurts to think of me
No longer believing
But in the end he told me
Sorry isn’t good enough
And it finally occurred to me
Why his life is so rough

So now I’d like to say
Final score aside
That even though I failed in your eyes
I know I hurt you
Maybe I lied
So blame me ‘til the day that I die
But I tried
I tried

I Sure Would

Tell you what I’d like to do
I’d like to put my hands on you
Push you up against a wall
Tell my friends all that I stole
Give you my body and keep my soul

Tell you what I’d like to try
Let you look into my eyes
I’ll stoke the flames and watch them rise
Turn your need to raging fire
Pull you right down on the floor

I sure would I sure would
I sure would I sure would

Let’s talk easy, let’s talk slow
Talk the whole night do-si-do
Pressure comes and pressure goes
You can never really know
Your hand brushes cross your throat

I sure would I sure would
I sure would I sure would

Here’s a grain of salt babe
I can’t let go what I take
So I guess it’s best you don’t stay?

I know what you’d like to see
Jane play knick-knack on your knee
Beads of sweat form on your brow
Try to maintain calm somehow
How you gonna do that now?

Tell you what I’d like to have
You under my thumb like a guitar in my hand
Just to feel my hands on you
And know what I could make you do
For me
And for you
Have my cake
Eat it too

I sure would I sure would
I sure would I sure would

Springtime

The old woman who lives in my head
Throws open the window and breathes in
The sun is exploding, the sky sparkles blue
Joy overwhelms her
Life is a boon

She says it is springtime now
It is springtime now
And the chill of my past rests behind me.

The narcissus she planted last fall
She’d really forgotten, the snow and all
Mother Nature, you lifted the gloom
Then turned to remind us
Love renews

And it is springtime now
It is springtime now
And the chill of my past rests behind me.

And I’m not alone
The sun is in the sky
The mother of creation never dies
I’m not alone
The sun is in the sky
And even when it sets
The moon will rise

High on a mountain, where I’ve never been
That’s where I’m going
Sheer strength of my chin
The glory of strength is not fast
But now that I know this
I deserve it at last

And it is springtime now
It is springtime now
Thank you my friends, thank you my family

Open Me

Run to my house
Kick down my door
Let your imagination soar
Throw all the clothes down on the floor
Open each book
Each little box
No matter how scared I look
Baby don’t stop

Open me
Open me

On the first floor
The party went on
But I was glued to my window in the dark, watching the storm
Then lightning struck white the Middlesex skies
I stared with newborn baby’s eyes
I don’t know you
You don’t know me
But I saw that look
Flash through the trees

Open me
Open me

Overcome
I’m overcome

Bring all the rain
Down from the clouds
I open my mouth
Say it out loud

Open me
Open me
Open me

I’ll Be Alright

Sunset has cast upon the alley
I’ve had no phone calls today
They’re tall mountains
That keep you in that valley
And I miss you
But I’m not the type to pray
If I were through
I know what I’d say

I’ll be alright
I’ll be alright
I’ll be alright
Oh I don’t think I’ll be calling you tonight
I’ll be alright
I’ll be alright
I’ll be alright
Or I’ll sing this til the morning comes to light

The girls came to work down in the factory
Left all their lovers behind
Sent home pennies to buy more seed
And now I send you one of mine
Keeping busy sure makes me feel fine

Two blocks left on Harper is the lamplight
No one there has wisdom in their eyes
But when I’m singing hard I feel alright
It’s a hard one
Pride

Some years from now I imagine
When we all see the past as today
You’ll saddle up your horse and wagon
And come, look at how far I’ve strayed
You’ll say, Baby, you were always a city girl
Pretty, in a lonely kind of way

Draw Them Near

White dove, white dove
Tell me about lov
Tell me about love

I know, I know
I seem like a bloodlorn crow
I seem like a bloodlorn crow

Sing true
Sing clear
Sing to draw them near

I tried, you see
To sing sweet
As a chickadee

And their souls for to free
Free for them
Not for me

So I squawked, so I screamed
Tore apart all their dreams
Tore apart all their dreams

Sing true
Sing clear
Sing to draw them near

If I fly all alone
Will I die
Skin and bones

Where’s the branch, where’s the tree
That will shade and comfort me
Shade and comfort me

Sing true
Sing clear
Sing to draw them near