Beth Nielsen Chapman Album

(Beth Nielsen Chapman and Mat Rollings)

I held you close to me
Once in a distant dream
Far from the shores of my fear
I sailed on this ocean
Where all I imagined could happen
And now you are here

It's so hard to touch what is out of our hands
To know and to trust what the heart understands

Chorus:
Only the ones who believe
Ever see what they dream
Ever dream what comes true

Life gives us magic
And life brings us tragedy
Everyone suffers some loss
Still we have faith in it
Childlike hope
There's a reason that outweighs the cost

And gravity throws all these rules in our way
And sometimes the spirit refuses to play

Chorus

Oh Love
Turn me around in your arms
And in this dream we share
Let us not miss one kiss

And add my regrets to the tears in the rain
That's what the color of roses contain

Chorus

(Bethe Nielsen Chapman and Gary Nicholson)

Away beyond the blue
One star belongs to you

And every breath I take
I'm closer to that place

Yeah, baby
I'm gonna meet you there
On the outskirts of the sky
Yeah, baby
I'm gonna meet you there
And we will fly

Away beyond the blue
One star belongs to you

This life is but a dream
Go gently down the stream...

Is nind se, Prabhu, kya mujheuthaoge?
(From this steep, Lord will you wake me?
Is swapan se, Prabhu, kya mujhe jagoge?
From this dream, Lord will you wake me?
Tum hi mai dubu, Turn hi mai uthu,
In thee I dive, in thee I rise,
Tere sagar me, Tum hi me
In thy sea, in Thee.)
Tere sagar me, Tum hi me

(Beth Nielsen Chapman and Bill Lloyd)

There's a woman in a wool suit
Carrying an infant
Coming through the bank doors
Late for some appointment
Now she rushes to the front desk
And she talks to the receptionist
Who motions to the telephone
Over in the waiting room
She's calling someone
But I can't see much from where I sit
I'm stuck here in this drive-through window
Waiting in this line
There goes the diaper bag
The baby's slipping on her hip
Before my car moves up an inch
They both have started crying
All the time in the world
Climbs the walls, swells the doors
It goes flying out the window
All the time in the world...
These precious days we live through
Thrown away like tissue
I wish that I could give you all the time in the world
Dresses on a clothesline
Dancing in a heat wave
Browning in the car fumes
Blowing off the interstate
Now I'm clicking past the lightpoles
Glancing down the cornrows
Dreaming in a straight line
Waking up in circles
And did I say I've got the right to want it all
Well if it's true I want it all
How could that do me any harm
I'll take my curves, I'll dodge the cops
I'll jump the ditches
Doing eightly miles an hour
Slammin' back into your arms

(Beth Nielsen Chapman)

All alone I didn't like the feeling
All alone I sat and cried
All alone I had to find some meaning
In the center of the pain I felt inside

All alone I came into this world
All alone I will someday die
Solid stone is just sand and water, baby
Sand and water, and a million years gone by

I will see you in the light of a thousand suns
I will hear you in the sound of the waves
I will know you when I come, as we all will come
Through the doors beyond the grave

All alone I heal this heart of sorrow
All alone I raise this child
Flesh and bone, he's just
Bursting towards tomorrow
And his laughter fills my world and wears your smile

I will see you in the light of a thousand suns
I will hear you in the sound of the waves
I will know you when I come, as we all will come
Through the doors beyond the grave

All alone I came into this world
All alone I will someday die
Solid stone is just sand and water, baby
Sand and water and a million years gone by

(Beth Nielsen Chaman and Dominic Miller and Kevin Savigar)

Fair enough
There's nothing more to say
You closed the door today
You chose to walk away

Fair enough
You won't see the tears I cry
Spare me your sad good-byes
Let's keep this cut and dry

'Cause if my love can't stop you
Words won't make you change your mind
I took a chance to love you
You broke my heart this time

Fair enough
This lesson I have learned
Someday the tides will turn
And you will cry

And if my love can't stop you
Words won't make you change your mind
I took a chance to love you
You broke my heart this time
Fair enough

Someone leaves someone stays
Someone lost but who's to say
You risk it all to walk away

Fair enough
The sun will shine again
Somehow my heart will mend
And I'll be fine

And if my love can't stop you
Words won't make you change your mind
I took a chance to love you
You broke my heart this time
Fair enough

(Beth Nielsen Chapman)

I want to hold you now
And listen to you breathe
It's like the ocean sound
Whispering through the trees
In the hollow of your shoulder
There's a tide pool of my tears
Where the waves came crashing over
And the shoreline disappears

Baby close your eyes
Fly back there with me
Where the phosphor shines
Green flashlights from the sea
Our nets were full of soft shells
Our hearts were free from toil
And we made love on the kitchen table
Till the water reached a boil

We hold it all for a little while, don't we...
Kiss the dice, taste the rain
Like little knives upon our tongue
We can do no wrong when the lights come on
And the music plays
And we take the stage like we own the place
As if time were cheap and the night forever young

So let 'em turn my soul
Seven shades of blue

And with the ocean's roll
I will wave to you
And the birds will sing my laughter
And the whales will steal my song
And I'll be ok forever after
And the world will get along

(Beth Nielsen Chapman and Annie Shoes Roboff)

I used to live in a darkened room
Had a face of stone and a heart of gloom
Lost my hope, I was so far gone
Crying all my tears with the curtains drawn
I didn't know until my soul broke free
I've got these angels watching over me

Chorus:
Oh watch me go
I'm the happy girl, everybody knows
That the sweetest thing that you've ever seen
In the whole wide world Is a happy girl

I used to hide in a party crowd
Bottled up inside, feeling so left out
Standing in the corner wearing concrete shoes
With my frozen smile and my lighted fuse

Now every time I start to feel like that
I roll my heart out like a welcome mat

Chorus

Laugh when I feel like it
Cry when I feel like it
That's just how my life is
That's how it goes

Oh watch me go
I'm the happy girl and I've come to know
That the world won't change just 'cause I complain
Let the axis twirl I'm the happy girl
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm the happy girl
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm the happy girl

(Beth Nielsen Chapman)

I can almost feel you smiling
From beyond those silver skies
As you watch me finding my way
Here without you in my life

Chorus:
No one knows but you
How I feel inside
No one knows
No one knows but you

I've come so close to believing
All the echoes in the wind
Brushing my hair off my shoulders
I feel you there once again

Chorus

And if there is some magic
Some way around these stars
Some road that I can travel
To get to where you are
I'll cry this empty canyon
An ocean full of tears

And I won't stop believing
That your love is always near

Chorus

(Beth Nielsen Chapman)

Hey baby it's a mean old world
Gotta keep your feet on the ground
Gotta have a heart like Jesus
When the devil come an' knock you down
Trust what's inside you
And heads up for the wrecking ball

Hey baby it's a backseat ride
Nothing but your hope at the wheel
So you want to be a true believer
You can't pretend what your soul don't feel
Good luck will guide you
And heads up for the wrecking ball

High on a shelf inside myself I go
One day we'll all fly home...

Hey baby it's a mean old world
Gotta keep your feet on the ground
You gotta have a heart like Jesus
When the devil come an' knock you down
Trust what's inside you
And heads up for the wrecking ball
Heads up for the wrecking ball
Heads up for the wrecking ball

(Beth Nielsen Chapman and Joe Henry)

Say goodnight not good-bye
You will never leave my heart behind
Like the path of a star
I'll be anywhere you are

In the spark that lies beneath the coals
In the secret place inside your soul
Keep my light in your eyes
Say goodnight not good-bye

Don't you fear when you dream
Waking up is never what it seems
Like a jewel buried deep
Like a promise meant to keep

You are everything you want to be
So just let your heart reach out to me
I'll be right by your side
Say goodnight not good-bye

You are everything you want to be
So just let your heart reach out to me
Keep my light in your eyes
Say goodnight not good-bye