“Dulcie is writing from way down deep, almost as if she is having a catharsis. I love the reality she is writing from where many times we never get over someone we love, we simply learn to live with the pain. This piece is a great opener and so well produced by George Nauful and Tyson Leonard, both of whom have worked with the best.”
Joseph Miller/High Notes Reviews
In the middle of a drought, the worst in years
Don’t know how much longer I can hold back my tears
Watching the TV for the weather report
I’m hoping for a downpour
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
When the sun’s behind the clouds and the sky is gray
Let the tears of heaven hide my pain away
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
Momma always said, “Never let ‘em see you cry
You can get back on your feet if you still got your pride”
Staring out the window, my head in my hands
I’m working from a simple plan
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
When the sun’s behind the clouds and the sky is gray
Let the tears of heaven hide my pain away
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
Telling myself to let you go
Is like standing in a storm telling the wind not to blow
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
When the sun’s behind the clouds and the sky is gray
Let the tears of heaven hide my pain away
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
You can tell it when you walk through his front door
His woman doesn’t live here anymore
She must have meant to hurt him bad
When she left she took everything they had
He’s trying hard to make this house a home
Trying hard to get used to life alone
He was feeling more himself
Then he found one long box high on a shelf
Today he gave away that long box and what’s inside
To a local charity, to help the ones in need
He sent it on with his best
He hopes someone will find just what they want, only worn one time
Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress
There are nights he hates to go to sleep
He can feel when she’ll come walking through his dreams
She never answers when he calls
Love is the biggest risk of all
Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress
He took it from the box, he held it to the light
And for a moment held it to his chest
He hopes someone will find just what they want, only worn one time
Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress
He wonders does she know she left
One long box high on a shelf
Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress
Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress
Now I’m finding myself lost
In a restless situation
Should I rise, should I fall
Set myself in motion
Should I even move from here at all
Will there be someone to tell me
All the things that I don’t know
Will there be a way for me
To get to where I’m going
Will I ever move from here at all
Stealing tired and hungry glances
Through a hazy whiskey pain
Wishing for somewhere to be
Home at last or lost on some sea
Stealing tired and hungry glances
Through a hazy whiskey pain
Wishing for somewhere to be
Home at last or lost on some sea
Now I’m finding myself lost
In a restless situation
Should I rise, should I fall
Set myself in motion
Should I even move from here at all
Should I rise, should I fall
Set myself in motion
Should I even move from here at all
Should I rise, should I fall
Set myself in motion
Should I even move from here at all
There’s a little country graveyard
Outside of my hometown
Where my family’s gone for ages
When it’s time to lay them down
All the last names on the markers
Are of people I have known
Some have ground that is well-tended
Some with weeds are overgrown
As a child I walked down every path
And read every stone
And those words are still in my heart
Wherever I roam
Oh time can take our loved ones
And wear us down with care
But it cannot take the memories
Of the love that we have shared
As a child I walked down every path
And read every stone
And those words are still in my heart
Wherever I roam
I live many miles away now
But whenever I go home
I go see the folks who’ve loved me
Some are here and some are gone
There’s a new stone under a willow
That’s brought me back this way
It has these simple, loving words
“We miss you, Momma, everyday”
Like two kids circling on a playground
Acting like we don’t need nobody
Working hard to fake it
I’m afraid if I hold out my hand
You might not take it
Nobody knows more than I do
How scary all of this can be
We are worth the risk, baby
Take a chance with me
Let’s play a game, we’ll make up the rules
A just for fun thing, nobody plays the fool
We’ll both get gold stars
Like we were back in school
Nobody knows more than I do
How scary all of this can be
We are worth the risk, baby
Take a chance with me
Take a chance with me
Remember when you were little
And somebody dared you, do something that scared you
Remember how it made you feel
You stepped up to it, you knew you could do it
Don’t look down, it’s a long way to the water
We both had the courage to walk out on this high dive
Let’s hold hands and jump, baby
Together we’ll be alright
Nobody knows more than I do
How scary all of this can be
We are worth the risk, baby
Take a chance with me
We are worth the risk, baby
Take a chance with me
C’mon take a chance with me
Take a chance with me
I saw her last night in the shimmering light
Her eyes a sea-faring blue
I left her alone as I sailed into the night
Not knowing if I’d get through
Sail away, sail away on the ocean blue
As the song of my love fades away
And the girl I left on the bayou that day
Was my sweet Anna Marie
The nights pass by holding onto her memory
As the sea rocks me to sleep
The sun, the wind, and the rain always change
But never my love so deep
Sail away, sail away on the ocean blue
As the song of my love fades away
And the girl I left on the bayou that day
Was my sweet Anna Marie
If I should make it through and the wind sets me free
I’d sail right back to you
The dreams of a thousand miles won’t ever change
And neither will my love so true
Sail away, sail away on the ocean blue
As the song of my love fades away
And the girl I left on the bayou that day
Was my sweet Anna Marie
And the girl I left on the bayou that day
Was my sweet Anna Marie
I need to lay my body down, I’m weary and tired
I’ll probably just lie there in the dark, awake and wired
The nights when I can’t stop my mind, it has a mind of its own
It tells me things I don’t need to hear, takes me places I shouldn’t go
I don’t wanna be the woman who can’t sleep at night
Who finally gives up and turns on the light
Who looks up to heaven with nothing to say
You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even pray
I’m re-reading a five book autobiography
I’m stuck somewhere in pre-World War One and that’s just fine with me
I’m running, running from this world on the road I’m going down
I tell myself someday soon I’ll turn back around
I don’t wanna be the woman who can’t sleep at night
Who finally gives up and turns on the light
Who looks up to heaven with nothing to say
You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even pray, pray
Maybe if I close my eyes, give it one more try
Maybe I’ll just drift away, into a beautiful dream
Then I won’t be the woman who can’t sleep tonight
Who finally gives up and turns on the light
Who looks up to heaven with nothing to say
You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even pray
Pray
Pray
What would I give words cannot say
To have seen the morning light on her baby face
For just one moment, I held her close
Then I gave her up, I thought it best
To let her go
Now that I’ve found her, let her believe
From today who I’ll be
Is somebody she can lean on
I’ll love her just like my momma loved me
Somebody showed her what to do
When she got that first pair of high-heeled shoes
First prom date gave her a flower for her dress
She probably blushed, I don’t know, I can only guess
Now that I’ve found her, let her believe
From today who I’ll be
Is somebody she can lean on
I’ll love her just like my momma loved me
I’ve always imagined who she’d be
But she’s more beautiful than I dreamed
Now that I’ve found her, let her believe
From today who I’ll be
Is somebody she can lean on
I’ll love her just like my momma loved me
I’ll love her just like my momma loved me
Out of control, out of the race
Out of my mind since you lied to my face
Down on my luck, down on the ground
Down on my knees where you got me now
You say it’s love, I say no way
And I can’t take it for another day
I can’t believe I can’t be strong
I can’t believe you could do me so wrong
Your love’s got a hold on me
Oh love let go of me
I can’t stay but I can’t leave
I wear my feelings on the end of my sleeve
If I had it all to do again
Don’t think that I would even call you my friend
Your love’s got a hold on me
Oh love let go of me
Head over heels, in way too deep
I can’t eat you know that I can’t sleep
Over my head, over the falls
You left me standing here with nothing at all
Your love’s got a hold on me
Oh love let go of me
Your love’s got a hold on me
Oh love let go of me
Down to the bare walls, nothing left you took it all
What an ugly thing to do
The song that I sing, even my sweet dreams
You took those too
Somehow I still believe in love, at least you didn’t get that
You dug a hole and put my heart down in it
Threw in some dirt, walked off and just left it
Now you say you want me back, am I supposed to laugh
You ain’t funny
I never thought I’d see such sensitivity
From the man I used to know
Doing everything you can to make me understand
How bad you wanna come home
I felt a little sympathy ‘til I remembered what you did
You dug a hole and put my heart down in it
Threw in some dirt, walked off and just left it
Now you say you’ve changed your mind, is that a punchline
I ain’t laughing
If there could be two of me
One woman could forgive you
Maybe one woman might fall
In love with you all over again
You dug a hole and put my heart down in it
Threw in some dirt, walked off and just left it
Now you say your poor heart’s broke, that’s just another bad joke
I aint laughing
You ain’t funny
Still not laughing
The white line led the way
Through the streets of all the cities
Down the roads to all the junctions
‘Cross the plains to all the shores
The white line guided me everywhere
In search of tomorrow, escaping today
Past the playgrounds, through the mountains
Across America in just a day
Through the streets of my own city
I saw America
I saw America in a day
The white line led the way
Through the passions of the people
Through the ups and downs and cafes
Into the heart of my own heart
Finding myself in yourself
In search of what I am and wasn’t yesterday
Past the dumps and the ghettos
Into the avenues
Across America in a just a day
Through the streets of my own city
I saw America
I saw America in a day
Our fathers spoke the truths that led to where we are
And the freedoms that we live now
Have passed the test of time for all the world to see
The white line led the way
Through the streets of all the cities
Down the roads to all the junctions
‘Cross the plains to all the shores
Into the heart of my own heart
Finding myself in yourself
In search of what I am and wasn’t yesterday
Past the dumps and the ghettos
Into the avenues
Across America in a just a day
Through the streets of my own city
I found America
I found America in a day
I found America
I found America
I found America in a day
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