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LYRICS
The BenjaminWaters / Singles
WHEN TROUBLES COME AROUND
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Troubles come
And pass away
Life simply moves that way
It's what you do, not what you say
When troubles come around
Storms of life
Are seldom kind
Yet people say they often find
An inner strength, an inner light
When troubles come around
(Bridge)
All I hope is you can find me
All I hope is I can be found
All I know, are the ties that bind us
Reach beyond this earthly realm...
And if I don't
Return to you
In the flesh and blood you pray I do
You need to know I'm there with you
When troubles come around
(repeat - Bridge )
(repeat - 1st verse)
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Find inner strength
Find inner Light
When troubles come around
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w/m Tom Benjamin
MONET'S DAUGHTER
Colors drift across the room
On sunlight through a window shade
As sleepy eyes awaken
And tiny arms stretch to greet the day
Then the door slowly opens
And a silhouette appears
Bringing flowers from the garden
And a new toy from the market
These were the things he brought her, Monet's daughter
Look outside your window
Paint the world you see
Light and shadow on the surface
Underneath the mystery
Then the door slowly opened
She saw the world differently
Brushstrokes of broken colors
Reflections harmony
These were the things he taught her, Monet's daughter
We are here.... then we are gone...
Like a touch of blue... on a Monet pond
She watched over her father
When his sight began to fade
As he painted weeping willows
To honor soldiers who were slain
Then the door slowly opened
She saw the end was near
She brought flowers from the garden
And placed them by his bedside
The last time he saw her, Monet's daughter
We are here.... then we are gone...
Like a touch of blue... on a Monet pond
These were the things he taught her, Monet's daughter
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w/m Tom Benjamin
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TOO MANY JAWBONES
There're backbones
And there're jawbones
There's solid rock
And there're rhinestones
There's give and take
And there's shut down
There's to the point
And there's round and round
(chorus)
I'll tell you what's the problem
with the world today
Too much talk and not enough to say
Too many jawbones
Not enough backbones
Too much big talk
Not enough walk the walk
Too many houses
Not enough real homes
Too much who cares
Not enough hand sewn
So take a look around and
I know you'll see
Listen for a moment and
I think you'll agree
Too many jawbones...
There're big hearts
And there're hardheads
There's what you say
And what they say you said
There're those who lead
And those who are misled
There're those who rise
And those who stay in bed
(Chorus)
I'll tell you what's the problem
with the world today
Too much talk and not enough to say
Too many jawbones
Not enough backbones
Too much big talk
Not enough walk the walk
Too many houses
Not enough real homes
Too much who cares
Not enough hand sewn
So take a look around and
I know you'll see
Listen for a moment and
I think you'll agree
Too many jawbones... (repeat)
Including my own …..
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w/m Tom Benjamin
RISE ABOVE
Gonna beat a song out of this highway
Make a man out of this dust
Make amends to those who've loved me
Rise above
Gonna find the truth and I will live it
Pass the flame that's passed to me
Sleep as sound as a new born
Rise above, rise above
Gonna rise above, rise above....
Gonna throw a stone into still waters
Rock the cradle rob the grave
Keep it steady I'll be ready
Rise above
Gonna find a way to cool this fever
Find a way to calm this fright
Gonna jump this wall at midnight
Rise above, rise above
Gonna rise above, rise above....
I'm gonna write my life story
Then I'm gonna put it to a match
Burn all these illusions
Rise Above
Gonna walk down by the river
When fall is in the air
To admire its creator
Rise Above
Gonna rise above, rise above, rise above ....
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w/m Tom Benjamin
SINGLE PARENT KIDS
I'm a single parent kid
Wonderin' what my dad would think
If he could see me now
Tryin' to make it in this world
There's a lot of us out here
With a lot of feelings hid
Unnoticed in the crowd
Single parent kids
He didn't mean to go
His leavin' wasn't planned
That summer long ago
He let go of my hand
There's a lot of us out here
With a lot of feelings hid
Tryin' to make it through this world
Single parent kids
In old photographs
From years gone past
You'll see a stranger's face
Someone who resembles you
You never could replace...
My mother was a saint
The definition of the word
If she ever did complain
Well I guess I never heard
There's a lot of them out here
With a lot of feelings hid
Single parent moms of
Single parent kids
In old photographs
From years gone past
You'll see your mother's face
With someone who resembles you
You never could replace...
I'm a single parent kid
Wonderin' what my dad would say
About these struggles that I face
If he were here today
There's a lot of us out here
With a lot of feelings hid
Tryin' to make it through this world / unnoticed in the crowd
Single parent kids
w/m Tom Benjamin / Branch Creek Music ASCAP