1. HERE
Words & Music by Judith Owen
© 2006 Dog on the Bed Music (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dog on the Bed Music controlled and administered by Songs of MAM (ASCAP).
Isn't it true how the hard things in life
Make us the people we are
It would be nice to have life easy
But would we have come quite so far
For all my sense & my knowing
I still miss you
I still wish that you were
Here...
I wish you well
But I wish you were still
Here...
Isn't it good to forgive
How things were
Be grateful for what you have now
Thankful to all who have passed thru your life
Who hurt you and showed you how
But sometimes I just want to call you
It makes me angry
Knowing how I miss you...
Here...
I wish you well
But I wish you were still
Here...
And when they're gone
We try to swim against the tide
But you can't move on
Till we stop denying just how much
They touched our lives... Here
Here...
I wish you well
But I wish you were still
Here...
2. YOU AND THE MOON
Words & Music by Judith Owen
© 2005 Dog on the Bed Music (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dog on the Bed Music controlled and administered by Songs of MAM (ASCAP).
You and the moon and the music
You've captured my heart
They say that's the way it happens
"It's better to love and lose it"
You and the moon and the music
It's where I belong
Life's little joke
To make me wake up
Just to watch you leaving
All I can hope
Is that one day
You'll come home to me
You and the moon and the music
You're all that I need
I try to live
Like the song sais
But you're everything (that I see)
I'm torn apart
And I know that it's you...
Only you... can save me
It just takes a moment
To know what your life's meant to be
You and the moon and the music
You're all that I need
3. BEST FRIEND
Words & Music by Judith Owen
© 2006 Dog on the Bed Music (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dog on the Bed Music controlled and administered by Songs of MAM (ASCAP).
what would you say
if i told you..
somethings aren't worth anything
would your world turn
or would you stand
by everything that you believe in
you're living on what went before you
that's something that we all do
don't leave it too late
to find out, to sort out
the stranger who's inside.
There are no straight roads to happiness
The road must bend
And there is no one path to seek the truth
each path must end somewhere
And I tell you
Cause I love you
And you're hurting again
Cause I'm your best,
your best...friend
friends like us don't happen
too often or too easily
who share the same compassions
evasions and conspiracies
and I've never liked the fashion
of saying what comes easily...
4. WORSHIP
Words & Music by Judith Owen
© 2006 Dog on the Bed Music (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dog on the Bed Music controlled and administered by Songs of MAM (ASCAP).
There was someone I loved
Made a fool in that hungry way
Living and dying each and every day
I'm not the same girl I once was
But clearly some things remain
And I worship
Memories, of sweetness and pain
And I worship... those days
That love was a sickness... I know
Wanting me only when I'd gone astray
Hating me just for needing it that way
I couldn't help myself... God knows
And clearly some things remain
So I worship
Memories, or sweetness and pain
So I worship... those days
I have a good life now
Loving and loved
I live in truth, not lies
But sometimes I see that girl before my eyes
And sometimes I wonder
And clearly some things remain
And I worship
Memories, of sweetness and pain
And I worship... those times
Clearly, I'm not over yet
So I worship
The wrong love's so hard to forget
So I worship... those days
5. CLIMBING SHOES
Words & Music by Judith Owen
© 2006 Dog on the Bed Music (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dog on the Bed Music controlled and administered by Songs of MAM (ASCAP).
There was a young and troubled girl
Who dreamt of all the things she'd do
When she was grown and put to right
And all her gifts came shining through
She waited long with baited breath
To be discovered, like you do
And with each frustration, each unhappiness
She just put on her... climbing shoes
She watched the others race ahead
The fireworks, the sparks that flew
And every time that the stars alined
She just put on her... climbing shoes
Would you give up all this yearning
Learning what it's all about
Speak without experience
Well would you?
Would you could you?
So you tell me of the latest thing
A shamen in a skin so new
And you ask me why I take so long
To make my deepest dreams come true
(I tell you)
I know exactly who I am
I know exactly what I do
Some people fly straight to the heady heights
Me, I pull on... climbing shoes.
7. HAND ACROSS THE WATER
Words & Music by Judith Owen
© 2001 Dog on the Bed Music (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dog on the Bed Music controlled and administered by Songs of MAM (ASCAP).
Well we all have those terrible days,
When you can't seem to make it out your own front door,
And life seems to get in your way
And is it any wonder, that sometimes,
It's easier to hide under the covers.
So when somebody calls you
And they say they understand...
It's like a hand across the water
A hand across the water
Sister, brother, father, mother
You... turn me around
And we all have those terrible times
When you want something so bad, your insides ache
And you try to eat your breakfast, but there's tears on the flakes
And is it any wonder, that sometimes,
It's easier to cry than to recover
So when somebody calls you
And they say you're not alone...
It's like a hand across the water
A hand across the water
Sister, brother, father, mother
You... turn me around
And we all have those terrible days,
When you try to be strong, but you're shaking inside
And you try to be a grown-up, but you feel more..
You feel more like a motherless child
So when somebody calls you
And they say they understand...
It's like a hand across the water
A hand across the water
Sister, brother, father, mother
You... turn me around
9. THE ROOM
Words & Music by Judith Owen
© 2000 Dog on the Bed Music (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dog on the Bed Music controlled and administered by Songs of MAM (ASCAP).
If I die and have three wishes
I would ask to swim with fishes please
Cause I have fought with life's distresses
But, here with my princesses... things seem very clear
And I am happy here
I am so happy here
And in this room
Mother earth and father sea
And in this room
God... swims with me
So if I die and go to heaven
I'm pretty sure that fish is who I'll see
Cause I have fought with these distresses
But, my Fijian princesses... they carry me
And I am happy here
I am so happy here
And in this room
Mother earth and father sea
And in this room
God... swims with me
BONUS: I'LL WATCH YOU WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING
Words & Music by Judith Owen
© 2006 Dog on the Bed Music (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dog on the Bed Music controlled and administered by Songs of MAM (ASCAP).
I love to see you dreaming
Here so deeply by my side
My heart is almost breaking
With this tenderness and pride
I bless the world for bringing you into my empty life
And I’ll watch you while you’re sleeping
I thank you for the joy and love
u bring me every day
For every precious moment
that we share along the way
So little time
So many words I might forget to say
So then I’ll watch you while you’re sleeping
And till the day you leave me
And I know one day you will
I’ll take such good care of you
And guard you when you’re ill
For time is sadly fleeting
And life must not stand still
So till then I’ll watch you while you’re sleeping
I’ll watch you while you’re sleeping