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Skin & Script

by Jessica Lynn

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1.
I loved you too much to like you now No matter what I do now So many times I’ve tried to write you off but I don’t know how So I say we’re just friends You’ve got to see that I don’t mean it But I keep on playing until I end up where I started. Where my mind moves fast And the words come slow Because you know me well And my heart stayed put in your pocket tucked away, Just another piece of your spare change. I didn’t think it was easy, Gonna be a little lonelier soon ‘Cause you thought letting go was easy And I thought that you wanted this too Wish I cared a little less Wish you hadn’t played pretend we were lovers then said You needed time, you needed space. But you held my heart as you held your place I’ll just put my best face on And put my guard up if you come around I play it cool but I’m a fool for thinking I won’t freak out I’ll try to wrap my mind around How you let me down for the last time I wish I could say it’s good to see you But it’d be a lie I didn’t think it was easy Gonna be a little lonelier soon ‘Cause you thought letting go was easy And I thought that you wanted this too Wish I cared a little less Wish you hadn’t left me hanging on every word you said You needed time, you needed space But maybe you should’ve just stayed away Our hands were intertwined Your lips found mine too many times We tried to say we’re fine So our eyes stayed locked But I could see your thoughts drifting away And you were begging me to be okay So this is how it ends We never wanted all this anyway I’m tired of this mess I can’t play pretend; I loved you too much once To ever try and like you again Please don’t ask me to be your friend
2.
Hollow 04:11
Your blue t-shirt, an old love letter My lucky penny and our favorite records Red playing cards, and your worn guitar That empty frame that used to hang here on the wall Is gone, gone, gone This house is Hollow This passion bruise on my neck, the only proof that you left The last sign that you were ever really here with me In this single bed where I rest my single head, since you left Your side grows colder than my heart pinned to your sleeve You're gone, gone, gone You’ve left me Hollow The bright lights bleed in city streets Take little pieces of the love I used to know They’ll steal your song they’ve changed your sound They’ll build you up and they will tear you right back down They’ll leave you Hollow All I see now is silver-lined clouds You said these stars, well they're just old light burning out I think of days, when my tired face Begged you to stay we wouldn’t be so lonely now But we're Hollow
3.
All you are is black ink on blue lines. But all I am is one notch in a bed post, or at most the ghost that keeps you warm. Just the ghost. We went searching for some comfort by using one another, both needing lovers of some sort. But it was vile and it was cheap how we'd trade for what we need with words and curves behind closed doors. I bought the lines I needed from you slipping out of that dress in my high heeled shoes. Because I needed my fix too. I spent the night so you'd spend your words and we both got hooked, we both got hurt. Because I moved the way that you like and you fed me your best lines. So we took one more hit of skin and script. You'll lose me in your sleep tucked beneath the same sheets that sheltered my bare skin. And I lose my mind when I rewind every time I tasted your sweat, I breathed your heat in. Because the only way you'll keep me warm now is burning lyrics I wrote down. I bought the lines I needed from you slipping out of that dress and my high heeled shoes. Because I needed my fix too. I spent the night and smoked your words and we both got high, it all got worse. Because I loved the way you needed and you became my addiction; sweet and sick, with one more hit of skin and script.
4.
Landslide 04:14
Someone builds you up this tall, there's one way to fall And it's all downhill from here, it's weird But I felt calm in the free fall Free fall What's it gonna take 'til I find out I'll only break if I don't stand my ground But loving you is like a Landslide, I can't help it, you always bring me down When I feel steady I just slip back somehow You give just enough 'til I'm halfway up, I'm not strong to hold on for too long But I try, I still try To love you like a landslide They all said, Won't you open up your blue eyes, the skies not so blue When you hit rock bottom you've got a long way down And a long way out So what's it gonna take 'til I find out I'll only break if I don't stand my ground But loving you is like a Landslide, I can't help it, you always bring me down When I feel steady I just slip back somehow You give just enough 'til I'm halfway up, I'm not strong to hold on for too long But I try, I still try To love you through a landslide But it's all or nothing, gotta give me something 'Cause I can't keep running up a mountainside I won't waste my time If you can't love me through a landslide Loving you is like a landslide, I can't do it You'll break me somehow When one step up is two more back down So I'm giving up, I'm not strong enough, Only needed a piece of your love, But you only love me when you have the time Oh you only loved me on the side You loved me like a landslide
5.
Sister listen low So to miss that murmur grow 'til your blood runs cold Sister listen low Brother speak with care Guard your mother’s rocking chair Brush her cloud white hair Brother speak with care Pray the roots grow deep In the family tree Bound by blood, a soul, a heart for keeps Pray the roots grow deep Father fly lightly For a daughter’s a fragile thing Give her song their wings Father fly lightly Help the roots grow deep In a family tree Let the branches lean in the breeze Help the roots grow deep Mother rest your eyes Dwindling heart of fire Kindled for your child Mother rest your eyes Where the roots grow deep In the family tree Let your soul dance in the leaves Where the roots grow deep
6.
Some days Like this The sun reminds me to smile but I want to fall to pieces On nights Like this My heart’s a wreck, my mind’s a mess, and I can’t make this make sense Some days Small towns Like ours Are filled with memories, we were family, making our mark On days Like this It’s hard to breathe when the make believe fades, and everything else sinks in So tell me how it’s fair That somebody could disappear From the pages of a story that was only half written Leaves me wishing there were still Some days Some hearts Like yours Grow too big and die to young and leave me fumbling for Days Like this When I know you would have told me not to be sad, but I can’t help it And I know you're right where you’re supposed to be So I don’t cry for you, I cry for me Some days.
7.
Well I haven’t got a dime or a penny in my pocket. I’d have jumped ship but I’m too afraid to rock it, and my only true love is a picture in a locket that fades in time. I’ve got a lot of time but not a lot of money. Got a lot of laughs but I’ve never been funny and my feet move slow but my mind keeps running to the east coast. So I start slow and I work hard. I dream big but I never get too far. So I learn to love what I live without. If I can’t be what I want, I’ll learn to be what I’ve found. I haven’t caught a break since I caught a broken heart, Made a few mistakes and made a new start, And it feels like a waste if it all falls apart, But I wish I’d let it be. Be what it could be, be what it should, be what it would be if it’d be good. I seem to see a lot, but I’ve never been seen, been heard but never believed. So I start slow and I work hard. I dream big but I never get too far. So I learn to love what I live without. If I can’t be who I want, I’ll learn to be who I’ve found. The tide goes in while my hair grows out. The freckles on my skin dance around my doubts, And I found myself when I fell apart, I finally heard the song inside my heart. So I haven’t got a dime or a penny in my pocket, but I’ve still got time, I’ve still got the locket that I press to my chest, hope for the best, and head for the coast. Where I’ll start now and I’ll work hard. I’ll dream big until I outshine the stars I’ll learn to love and I won’t live without I’ll be who I want with what I’ve found What I’ve found What I’ve found
8.
December's not the same in the city and you had me worried how you'd stay warm For me it was a bottle of whiskey and burning all the letters that you left under my door And I stumbled home at night Like I will stumble through the rest of my life But you always told me to be stable, so I tried to be fine But I had to get away, so I jumped on the first jet plane to anyplace And I found myself in London by New Years day On Shaftesbury Avenue where nobody knew my name And I did a thousand things That I would have never dreamed But you always told me to be impulsive, a little more carefree So I raced to the mountains while your train rolled to the coast Our heads and hearts and eyes were heavy Because the closest we could be was the other side of the screen where I watch your life play out now without me And I can't keep my mind off those eyes So I will stumble home at night, I will do it all a thousand times Because December's not the same in the city, so just tell me, tell me who is keeping you warm.
9.
Not All That 04:03
I took a train to the other side of town and I held my head up as the rain came down I took my time waiting for the sunrise and I held my breath for you for the last time Why do you get so high getting me so low I've never been better than being alone, now that you're gone You were holding me back, holding me back I've got to let you know that you're not all that No I've never been stronger, I'm telling you off 'cause you're nothing that I want Oh don't you know you're not the best thing I've ever loved and let go Oooh you think you're too cool hot shot I took a chance on falling like a fool, guess I should have known better when my daddy didn't like you But I gave you the benefit, I gave you everything, anything that you could've needed Now all you get from me is the coldest shoulder when you look me over like you know me but you don't Never been better than being alone, now that you're gone You were holding me back, holding me back I've got to let you know that you're not all that No I've never been stronger, I'm telling you off 'cause you're nothing that I want Oh don't you know you're not the best thing I've ever loved and let go Oooh you think you're too cool hot shot Oooh but you're nothing that I want You thought that my heart wouldn't beat without you, couldn't breathe without you, but I can finally see without you standing in my way Never been better, and I don't want you back You're not all that Never been stronger I'm telling you off, you're nothing that I want Oh don't you know, don't you know, don't you know Never been better than being alone, now that you're gone You were holding me back, holding me back I've got to let you know that you're not all that No I've never been stronger, I'm telling you off 'cause you're nothing that I want Oh don't you know you're not the best thing I've ever loved and let go Oooh you think you're too cool hot shot Oooh but you're nothing that I want Ooh you think you're too cool hot shot Oooh no you're not all that
10.
Strategy Is carefully placed in every space that you might be You might be Because maybe if I caught your eye You’d remember how you loved me, you’d remember why Would you laugh, about those days When we'd lose ourselves under your sheets No it makes me sick, you make me sad I wish I could forget, wish I could forget wish I could forget Wish I could forget Gravity Is pulling me through a crowded room to get to you I’ve got to be close to you Because maybe if I brushed your skin I could make it feel the way it did, once again Would we laugh, would you kiss my cheek Would we lose ourselves under these sheets No it makes me sick, I can't take it back But I wish I could forget, wish I could forget, wish I could forget Like that Like you’ve forgotten, you’ve forgotten, You wanted me, You loved me You touched me, you saw me, Forgot me I wish I could forget Strategy Is try something new Try to forget too
11.
Drown 03:54
You had the pieces of a heart But they were buried deep Locked up in little jars, Hidden treasures in the sea And you never gave me many, never gave much, never gave me any but you gave enough To keep me hoping If I held my breath For you to come around You’d be the death of me, you’d just let me Drown I’d just drown You had an island for a soul that I thought I could reach But when the water’s so cold, it’s just too hard to breathe I never had many, no I never had much, you never gave me any but you gave enough to keep me floating If I held my breath until you came around You’d be the death of me, you’d just let me Drown I’d just drown Now I’m sinking into the water and dreaming of the ways you could save me But I keep on drifting farther in all the space you gave me So I hold my breath and I'll find out If this is how it feels, this is how it feels To drown, I just Drown You’d be the death of me You’d be the death of me You make it hard to breathe I’m drowning
12.
Let Me Be 03:39
I could be your biggest fan, I know every word to every song I could be your muse or just sing along I could be your best friend where all your secrets are told I could the other half of your lonely soul If you’d just let me be, oh let me be I want to make you coffee and bring you breakfast in bed. I want to be every kiss that lands on your forehead. I want to be the reason you can’t sleep at night, And I want to be the one thing that makes every thing all right If you’d let me be, oh please let me be Can't you let me be I’ve been trying for so long to make you see that we could be so good So are you blind or am I the kind to keep hanging on your rope Waiting for you to love me but you won’t You don’t want me but you don’t want to let me go You can’t let me be Let me be, please let me be if you don't need me Let me be, just let me be 'cause you don't love me so set me free No you're never gonna need me So let me be
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Jessica Lynn's first full length original album, recorded and produced by Dennis Webber in Missoula, Montana.
© Jessica Lynn 2013

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released March 26, 2013

Producer - Dennis Webber
Co-Producer on Tracks 3 and 7 - Esteban Calderón
Bonus Track Producer - FOSTER
Bassist on Tracks 3 and 7 - Trebor Riddle
Violinist on Track 3 - Mike Belkowski

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Pop/folk singer-songwriter from Montana.

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