Hello Out There

Michelle Malone - Hello Out There

  • Anyday Now

    It’s 2am in the morning

    Time to close my eyes

    Through my sleepy broken window

    I hear the train pass by

    And the crickets singing in the kudzu

    Doing what they want to do

    All I want is a phone call from you

    I been wondering what you’re doing

    I wonder how you been

    Been thinking we don’t spend enough time

    alone together like two friends

    And I wonder how long can we go on

    Pretending everything is fine

    All I want is to lay it on the line

    Any day, any day now

    Any day, any day now

    I look up at the same moon that’s shinning

    Shinning down on you

    I feel a longing in an empty space

    no one could fill but you

    If you’re somewhere out there in the galaxy

    Wanting all of the same things

    Maybe we could get together for a drink

    Any day, any day now

    Any day, any day now

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Caffeine and Catharsis

    I’m stuck here in the shadow at the end of the wheel

    Waiting for the battle break to stand and reveal

    A twist, a turn, a dance of fate, we stand on our toes

    Hoping for the chance to be as perfect as a rose

    My mind is racing, but my body’s moving slow

    Sinking to the bottom like some Titanic ghost

    Why do they call it quicksand when there’s time enough to know

    That you were just an extra in a cancelled episode

    Ah – what can you do

    Ah – when dreams come to

    The coffee pot in the kitchen is so telling

    The caffeine and catharsis, it is so swelling

    The body and the spirit, they are no longer willing

    Caught here in this shadow web feeling like a villain

    And all that I can do is sit and stare at the door

    And wonder why I’m never satisfied – wanting more

    I can’t remember when I did not care if you cared

    Only when I would pretend that you were not there

    Ah – what can you do

    Ah – when dreams come to

    You win some and you lose some, that’s just the way it goes

    The caffeine and catharsis, yea, it is so…

    Remember when you thought that I was perfect

    As a rose

    I remember when I felt as perfect

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Carry Me

    This morning I woke up in Baltimore

    Hang the already disturbed sign out on the door

    Something is wrong, Something is wrong

    My shadow slowly stretched across the floor

    Dizzy from the constant turning of the world

    Nothing is clear, nothing is clear

    Nothing is clear, nothing is clear

    Carry, would you carry the weight on my shoulder

    If I carry the weight on your shoulder

    Would you carry me out of here

    The stranger that checked into my hotel room

    Was up all night building mountains out of dunes

    Heavy, can’t lift my head off my pillow

    I wish I was someone else with someplace left to go

    Carry, would you carry the weight on my shoulder

    If I carry the weight on your shoulder

    Would you carry me out of here

    I can’t wait to get out of this place

    I can’t wait

    The sunshine came creeping in like charity

    Shedding a light on my anxiety

    Nothing to fear, nothing to fear

    Nothing to fear, nothing to fear

    Carry, would you carry the weight on my shoulder

    If I carry the weight on your shoulder

    If you carry the weight on my shoulder

    If I carry the weight on your shoulder

    Would you carry me out of here

    Carry me out of here

    Carry me out of here

    Carry me out of here

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Hello

    My bags are packed by the door

    Don’t really know what they’re waiting for

    I come and go constantly

    They patiently sit there waiting for me

    If I could fly away

    Take some time, radiate

    I’d pray to anyone or anything that’s listening

    Hello, Hello, Hello out there

    I keep packing it in day by day

    Stuck in a rut like a tire on a rusty Chevrolet

    Too heavy to move and I’m too tired

    I’d like to go for a drive but my battery expired

    If I could fly away

    Take some time, investigate

    I’d pray to anyone or anything that’s listening

    Hello, Hello, Hello out there

    I’d pray to anybody

    Hello, Hello, Hello out there

    I’d pray to anybody

    Time for a change – Running in place

    Ready to meet the stranger face to face -Hello

    I’d pray to anybody

    Hello, Hello, Hello out there

    I’d pray to anybody

    Hello, Hello, Hello out there

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Hospital Song

    Here they bring you everything

    In plastic bags are pretty plastic dreams

    I like the way you try to heal

    I like the way that I can’t feel a thing

    And the leaves change to gold

    And the trees sway and the breeze blows

    Friends drop by to say hello

    To wish me well and hope I’m better soon

    But they don’t know

    The metal table is so cold

    The crown comes every four

    It’s always knocking at my door

    And the leaves change to gold

    And the trees sway and the breeze blows

    And the purple flowers grow

    And we fall down the rabbit hole

    I think I know

    I think I know

    It’s all a plastic plan

    So take the dose

    And take it slow

    It’s what the crown commands

    And the leaves change to gold

    And the trees sway and the breeze blows

    And the purple flowers grow

    And we fall down the rabbit hole

    I think I know

    I think I know

    The guilt’s part of the plan

    So take the dose

    So take it slow

    So take it while you can

    And the leaves change to gold

    And the trees sway and the breeze blows

    And the purple flowers grow

    And we fall down the rabbit hole

    And we fall down the rabbit hole

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Let Love

    We were one, now we’re divided

    Up the middle, down the line

    We’ve been down this road a thousand times

    Do you want to go? Do you want to stay?

    Do you even know? I can’t make up your mind

    But if you want to try, I’ll try

    There is only time and space between us

    Let love fill it up, let love fill it up

    Let love fill it up

    We can change

    We’ve got those bad habits

    You give too much all the time

    I’m taking what you give like

    Everything, but it’s not mine

    It isn’t right to walk away

    To clip the wings before the butterfly

    So if you want to try, I’ll try

    There is only time and space between us

    Let love fill it up, let love fill it up

    Let love fill it up

    To breathe again

    To feel the flame

    Reach out

    The dream is waiting

    There is only time and space between us

    Let love fill it up, let love fill it up

    Let love fill it up

    There is only time and space between us

    Let love fill it up, let love fill it up

    Let love fill it up

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Lifted

    I walked a crooked mile in shattered shoes

    Cut me to the quick with nothing left to lose

    Oh, I was lifted

    I had to laugh to keep from crying to myself

    All the while inside I was dying to myself

    Oh, I was lifted

    Crossing crooked bridges- cannot see what’s left behind

    I don’t want to talk about it anymore- it’s time

    Burn them down – burn them all down

    Burn them down – burn them all down

    Curiosity always gets the best of me

    A shooting star getting swallowed by the hungry sea

    Oh, I was lifted

    Grind my axe, cut off the world to spite myself

    My ivory tower is now crumbling on itself

    Oh, I was lifted

    Choke on the bricks, mortar and stone, choke on the brine

    I was afraid to hope for anything – this time I’ll

    Burn them down – burn them all down

    Burn them down – burn them all down

    Tear off the roof – and let me see what’s in the sky

    I don’t want to dream about it anymore – it’s mine

    Burn them down – burn them all down

    Burn them down – burn them all down

    Destroy the wall that left me out and let it in

    I don’t want to live without it anymore

    Burn them down – burn them all down

    Burn them down – burn them all down

    Oh, I was lifted

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • No Destination

    No real destination

    I was wondering if you

    would drive my car

    No more desperation

    I’m just wondering if you’re

    wondering how we are

    No more reservations

    I was stumbling

    Is the tripping worth the fall

    No more conversation

    Doesn’t matter if we’re

    driving the nail too far

    I get into my car to get out of my way

    We could leave today for nowhere

    I get into my car to get on my way to nowhere

    And the journey is all

    And the journey is all

    And the journey is all

    And the journey is all

    The clock in the kitchen

    Doesn’t change it reads

    Ten of ten all the time

    I’ve got the sensation

    That I’m losing something

    that was never mine

    I get into my car to get out of my way

    We could leave today for nowhere

    I get into my car to get on my way to nowhere

    And the journey is all

    And the journey is all

    And the journey is all

    And the journey is all

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Sleepy Sunday Morning

    Pick up the paper in the morning light

    Carry it upstairs through your sleepy Sunday eyes

    Reading the front page makes you sad, you say

    We are the lucky ones, we haven’t got a care today

    And I don’t feel right, and I don’t feel whole

    I couldn’t sleep last night, cause I’m all alone

    When I imagine you and your baby blues

    In the morning sun

    I get those sleepy Sunday morning baby blues

    I tossed and turned last night, I burned and crashed

    Buried it in there in the shadows of the past

    I got my room serviced – I got breakfast, too

    Got a constant stream of visitors, but all I want is you

    And I don’t feel right, and I don’t feel whole

    I couldn’t sleep last night, cause I’m all alone

    When I imagine you and your baby blues

    In the morning sun

    I get those sleepy Sunday morning eyes blues

    Constantly moving and still looking back

    Greasing my wheels on a slippery track

    You pull me back- I can gently slow down

    You’re the only peace and sweet release that I have found

    Pick up the paper, I unlock the door

    Carry me upstairs, leave my luggage on the floor

    Crawl into bed with you where it’s safe and warm

    I am the lucky one, I say as I drift away

    And I feel just right, and completely whole

    I slept good last night, cause I’m back at home

    And the kettle sings, and the cats line up

    I can’t believe it’s true

    In your sleepy Sunday morning baby blues

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Superball

    We, adrift on the sea, no rhyme or reason

    This is the season just to be

    Don’t know the plan

    Whatever will be will be

    Time and time again I have crashed down

    Only to blast back up through the atmosphere

    With the sunshine

    Leading me back again

    So don’t throw it away, don’t throw it away

    You’re a superball

    So don’t throw it away

    It’s no mistake, a super fall

    It’s just your fate, a superball

    Will bounce back up again

    You, one of a kind, it’s no mistake

    You are exactly as you should be

    Incredibly perfect

    Before all your needs

    So, if you feel adrift, lost in the crowd

    Simply remember just to be

    Incredibly perfect

    If you want to be

    So don’t throw it away, don’t throw it away

    You’re a superball

    So don’t throw it away

    It’s no mistake, a super fall

    It’s just your fate, a superball

    Will bounce back up again

    Michelle Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Surrender

    There’s a fire burning, raging inside me

    The more I smother it the bigger it gets

    When did I lose control, did I ever have it

    I have to wonder what’s the purpose of this

    What am I gonna do, I feel so overwhelmed

    So sick of trying to get over the wall

    I try and cry and feel I’m working for nothing

    I have to wonder what’s the point of it all

    Crystal ball confusion

    Magic in the mayhem

    Surrender

    Surrender

    Surrender

    My insecurities, they always surprise me

    It’s not easy to admit I’m afraid

    Have I lost control, did I ever have it

    I have to wonder why do I feel this way

    Crystal ball excuses

    hope in the illusive

    Surrender

    Surrender

    Surrender

    What am I doing- searching

    What am I learning – loving

    How am I feeling – open

    How am I dealing – hoping

    Crystal ball persuasion

    Keep the fire raging

    make me

    Surrender

    Surrender

    Surrender

    There’s a fire burning raging inside me

    What am I gonna do? I’m gonna get higher

    There’s a fire burning raging inside me

    What am I gonna do?

    Surrender

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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  • Twice in a Lifetime

    I know that you have loved and lost

    Love leaves at such a cost

    Taking with it all your innocence

    Heaven knows I’ve had my share

    The walls inside my soul grew bare

    When all the trust and promises were spent

    The second time around you’ll find

    We’ll leave our torn love coats behind

    We’ll take this thread of hope to fate

    No fleeting promises

    There may be sunshine

    There may be laughter

    There may be moonlight

    There may be thunder

    When the rain falls

    We’ll walk together

    You’ll find that love shines

    Twice in a lifetime

    We shot the lights out of the stars

    As veterans we share the scars

    From all our fleeting passionate mistakes

    The hand that bleeds and the hand that feeds

    Turing knives in back of me

    Spinning back around a second late

    But there’s a medal for the brave

    A ticker- taping love parade

    for those of us who aren’t afraid

    A second chance at love

    There may be sunshine

    There may be laughter

    There may be moonlight

    There may be thunder

    When the rain falls

    We’ll walk together

    You’ll find that love shines

    Twice in a lifetime

    You’ll find that love shines

    Twice in a lifetime

    Michelle Malone ©2000

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