Annie Moscow

SITTING HERE IN NUMBERS

I’m sitting here in numbers as I watch at the sky
Birds go by — I’m
Sitting here in numbers on this lovely day
At home again I stay

First they said it’s only 14 days
Just 14 days to flatten the curve
Lalalala     
Who could argue with just 14 days 
5-4-3-2-1 There’s billionaires in space today and
Lalala   Lalala

I’m sitting here as numbers flash across my screen
How obscene! We’ll all be
Sitting here in numbers till this thing runs dry
My oh my oh my
Lalalalalalala   Lalalalala

First they said it’s only 14 days
Just 14 days to flatten the curve
La la la la la la la la        
Then they said it’s only ten days
Well maybe five days (C’mon now!)  
5-4-3-2-1 There’s billionaires in space today
lalalalalalalalala

What are we gonna do today
All my friends are locked away 
They’re got us sitting in our living rooms
Staring at the floor
I’m not gonna stress this anymore
Lalalalalalala   Lalalalala

I’m sitting here in numbers 
On this lovely day 
Hey hey hey look I’m
Painting by the numbers 
Watching years go by 
My oh my oh my
lalalalalalalalae do what we do 

GIRL BEHIND THE TREES

Did you kiss her like you kissed me
Do you look at her the way you looked at me
The way you looked at me

I wish you happiness
I hope that you get better
I’m so sorry for your disease
But if you don’t make it 
Don’t know if I’ll come but
If I even come I’ll be
The Girl behind the trees

Pressed up against your refrigerator door
How you wanted me 
We both wanted so much more
You looked me in the eyes and said   
Your love for her was dead and now you’re
Calling her your life saver you’re
Calling her your life saver but
Your life’s not saved yet - and

I wish you happiness
I hope that you get better
I’m so sorry for your disease
But if you don’t make it 
Don’t know if I’ll come but
If I even come I’ll be
The Girl behind the trees

I loved you in the most unhealthy way
I thought you felt it too but
You can never say it now no
You can never say it now no
You will never say
And I wish you happiness
I hope that you get better and
I’m so sorry

But if you don’t make it
Don’t know if I’ll come but
If I even come I’ll be
The girl behind the trees
The girls behind the trees

I’ll be standing in the shadows as I
 watch the limousines go by and
Nobody will see me I will
Leave  before they see me cry
Bye Bye now
Bye Bye my love
Good bye

DAMAGED ANGEL 

Damaged angel    
You’re my own private messenger
You give so much and you sting so hard
I did my best for you
I opened wide 
But today I feel all closed up inside
You can shut me out if you want to
Do whatever you have to do
I will deal with my own feelings that have
Nothing to do with you

Damaged angel with your
  stark honesty
Made me think that I could reach on through and
 pull you close
But some walls - they don’t crumble well
And some walls never do 
But it’s still your love that
 I’ll remember most

You can shut me out if you want to
Do whatever you have to do
I will deal with my own feelings that have
Nothing to do with you

And I can feel my heart again and
I can feel my shell and I can 
Finally feel the dif’rence thanks to you
And the part of me behind those walls
I see it now - I see it all
And I thank you for the clarity
    is all

You can shut me out if you want to
Do whatever you have to do
I will deal with my own feelings
Till they have nothing to do with you
‘Cause they have nothing to do with you
 

WHY DO I

No one tells a nightingale how to sing
No one tells an eagle how to fly
No one tells a river where to run
Why do I  Why do I

No one tells a flower when to bloom
No one has to tame the moon to light up the night sky
No one has to tell a mountain - just be a mountain
Why do I  Why do I

Free will is a veil that runs in circles
It runs in circles and taunts me like a wayward muse
Free will is a veil that runs in circles
I see through your muse

No one ever told my summer dreams
  that winter would find me here so frozen and unsatisfied
No one has to tell the seasons when it’s time to change
Why do I  Why do I

(instrumental)

No one has to tell the seasons
When it’s time to change
Why do I  Why do I
Why do I  Why do I
Why do I

MIDDLE CHILD 

I’ve never been a leader
But I think that a leader would be 
A very good thing to be
And I’ve never been I be a follower
Because how could I be a follower
What with all the things that I’ve been prone to see

Middle child
Always lookin’ ahead always lookin’ behind 
Lookin’ for some kind of confirmation
Some outside explantation
Middle child middle child middle child

I see my little brother and I hear my big brother 
  always offerin’ advice
Yeah everybody’s talkin’ and I wanna believe
I wanna believe that somebody else has got it right

Middle child
Always lookin’ ahead always lookin’ behind 
Lookin’ for some kind of confirmation
Some outside explantation
Middle child middle child middle child

Now I’m starin’ at the future as I’m 
     leanin’ in the past
Like some monkey in the middle
Tryin’ to make this party last 
But when all I’ve been and all I know has
    left this building long ago
Will I hang on to the same old song 
Or find a way to move along

Middle child….

MIDDLE CHILD

Mommy mommy look at me I’m up here on the high dive
I’ll bet you’ve never see a girl as brave and bold as I
I’m gonna make this jump for you
I’m gonna make it good for you
I’m gonna make you proud of me I promise

Teacher teacher thank you for that “A” we both know I deserve
I bet you’ve never seen a girl as smart as I
I’m gonna do so good for you
I’m gonna make this jump for you
You’re gonna be so proud of me I promise

The years go by and some things change and 
 some things never do
You’d think that I’d be over now how much I leaned to you
I promised you I’d be alright
I promised you that I’d be strong
I promised you I’d move along and I’ve moved along
I’ve moved along

But who will I be good for now
Who will I be good for now
Who will I be good for now
Now that you’re gone

Who will I be good for now
Who will I be good for now
Who will I be good for now
Now that you’re gone

Still a child inside
 that never has grown
The hardest part about bein’ alone is
Who will I be good for now
Now that you’re gone

Who will I be good for now?
Me.  It comes down to me now
Who will I be good for now?
I’m gonna be good.. for me

GYPSY DANCER 

Happy birthday to my friend
What fate connects us here?
Happy birthday to you in this
 most important year
My birthday wish to you my friend
Is you will find your way again
The road goes on it never ends
And you will find your way again -You will find your way

The years have brought you twists and turns
As years are prone to do
And brought you to a dif’rent place than 
you aspired to
But through it all you’ve kept your grace and
All of us can see
It’s time for you to come on out to 
who you’re meant to be

You’re a gypsy dancer
And you’re shining bright
You’re a gypsy dancer
Now you’re spinnin’ in the light
You’re a gypsy dancer
Come and take us away
 Tonight

Oooh your soul is a gypsy soul
Not meant to linger here
Oooh your soul is a gypsy soul    
   and you will dance this year - I said
You’re gonna dance this year

‘Cause you’re a gypsy dancer
Out there shining bright
You’re a gypsy dancer
Out there spinnin’ in the light
You’re a gypsy dancer
Come and take us away
Tonight

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday 
Happy birthday to you  -
Have a Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you 
Have a happy birthday
Happy happy birthday

OPEN DREAM

Woke up early morning with a song inside my head
Then I heard a voice inside me say 
Hey! get up and write this down
I felt a little smile come on as I stumbled back to bed
Good morning I’ve got you now

I caught pieces of an open dream
Scattered remnants of a long ago forgotten memory
Left these pieces in an open dream
To shine my way back home

Everything’s so different now
The world has changed so fast
And lately I’ve been yearning for a time not that long ago
We’d just march into the future
 from the shoulders of a past that will never be again

But I caught pieces of an open dream
Scattered remnants of a long ago forgotten memory
Left these pieces in an open dream
 to shine my way back home

I caught pieces of an open dream
Fragile treasures from a vast and loving place I once belonged
Left pieces in an open dream
 to shine my way

I caught precious pieces of an open dream
To hold on tight before they slip back through the veil
I’m gonna ride these pieces of an open dream
 and find my way back home
 and find my way back home
 
TO SEE THIS WITH ME 

I drove through the mountains
Beneath the big sky
full of thunder and lightning five thousand feet high
Then from out from the grey skies a rainbow broke free
I wish you were here to  
 see this with me

I rode through the forest and saw a young deer
It stumbled and cried till it’s mother appeared
Then it galloped away when it lost all it’s fear
I feel like that fawn 
I wish you were here

I climbed a mountain and leaped through the sky
 to move out on my own and to understand why 
 we had to break this embrace so our hearts could fly free 
I wish you were here to
 see this with me              

They say we get stronger the more we let go
They say that we’re stronger than we ever know
I wish you could be here and see what I see
I wish you were here to see this with me

Land of dreams 

The silver stars are shining my friend
Cast all your troubles out - the day is at an end
A lover's voice is calling you free
Whisper a melody and trip the moonlight fantasy with me

In the land of dreams
Everybody wears a smile
Nothing really bad is ever as it seems
Like a movie — in the land of dreams
Flying like a bird we travel
Through the netherworld of magic and moonbeams

A better day is dawning my friend
Sew up your broken heart and let the healing in
We’ll journey through the new world tonight
Open your eyes and see that promises of happiness can be

In the land of dreams
Everybody wears a smile
Nothing really bad is ever as it seems
Like a movie — in the land of dreams
Flying like a bird we travel
Through the netherworld of magic and moonbeams

(Ahs & scat)

In the In the land of dreams
Everybody wears a smile
Nothing really bad is ever as it seems
Like a movie — in the land of dreams
Flying like a bird we travel
Through the netherworld of magic and moonbeams
I will meet you
In the Land of Dreams