Martyr Away

---" One of those, Feeling sorry for yourself songs.  Sometimes  I just feel that way!!!"

Too bad. So sad. Too bad. So sad. Too bad. So sad.

You set yourself up to watch yourself fall.

How many times? Let's count them all.

And martyr away the rest of the day.

Martyr away.

The dues you pay won't go away.

The pain you feel is here to stay.

The chances have come. You kiss them all good-bye.

Good-bye and run away.

But if you'd listen you would know that you are not alone.

And if you'd stand up you would find tomorrow gives us time.

I don't know why why why why why why why why you have to

Kiss it all good-bye.

Too bad. So sad. Too bad. So sad. Too bad. So sad. Too bad. So sad.

The world doesn't wait for you to spin.

And if I loose, you think you win.

The bridges you've burned could all to built again

If you'd try.

You looked me in the eye. I see you

And it makes me sad to feel the way I do about you.

But if you'd listen you would know that you are not alone.

And if you'd stand up you would find tomorrow gives us time.

I don't know why why why why why why why why why

You have to kiss it all good-bye.

You set yourself up to watch yourself fall.

How many times? Let's count them all.

And martyr away the rest of the day. Martyr away.

Martyr away. Martyr away……..

La la la la la la la la la

c 1996 Foxx

Angels On Parade

---" An, I love you, story.... and heaven smiles."

Not long ago

Not far away

You caught my eye and for a day

A breeze became a breath of you

Your love was like I never knew

And with your touch I came alive

And I am filled with love inside

When I'm with you I fly with wings like

I'm in heaven

When I'm with you angels go on parade

In all the world they'll never be

Another love for you than me

I'll hold you now until I die and then to heaven I will fly

With every end there is a start

Our children will carry this in their hearts

When I'm with you I fly with wings like I'm in heaven

When I'm with you angels go on parade

All of my life I've waited here for something to believe

All of my life I've waited here for you and now I see

As stories go there will be spring, there will be snow, but,

Through all of my life, when I'm with you angels go on parade

On parade

We love we loose. We share we bruise

And all my life I'll share with you.

We'll see the joy, the pain, the loss

And passion's ache at any cost.

And looking back we'll know we've lived

I love you now, forever.

When I'm with you I fly with wings like I'm in heaven

When I'm with you angels go on parade.

All of my life I've waited here for someone now I know

All of my life I've waited here for you and now I see,

As stories go - there will be spring - there will be snow

But, through all of my life, when I'm with you angels go on parade.

Angels in heaven - we're all on parade - life has been given - we're all on parade - we're all on parade……………….

c 1999 Foxx

Narrowly Lost My Mind

---" obsessive love"

Until I narrowly lost my mind

Until I narrowly lost my mind……….

Naked in love

But I'm too numb to feel the pain

And I am swimming in the tars that fill my heart

And now I fear

Because this feeling is way too strong

And if you left me now I know I'd fall apart

Nothing but you will hold me together

Nothing but you in all kinds of weather

Turning me on the inside until there's nothing but you

Nothing but you is making me crazy

Nothing but you I thought that just maybe

You'd dance inside my had until there's nothing but you

All over me

Until I narrowly lost my mind………..

My only hope

Is that we make it last forever

Because there's nothing that makes me crazier than you

And if I have the time

I'd only like to return the favor

Because only crazy's good enough for you

Nothing but you will hold me together

Nothing but you in all kinds of weather

Turning me on the inside until there's nothing but you

Nothing but you is making me crazy

Nothing but you, I thought that just maybe

You'd dance around head until there's nothing but you

All over me

Until I narrowly lost my mind

Until I narrowly lost my mind

Giving me hope

Giving me joy

Giving me pain

c 1999 Foxx

Fallen From Grace

---" twirling, swirling, in the turmoil of living on the edge" 

Looking for an answer

Flowing white lace

Guardian angel of the city

Fallen from grace

She dances on the outside

She runs to survive

Carnival masses on bourbon street

Inside she cries

She's a friend to the lady with her pushcart

She's but one step away

Fate holds her a place at the alter

Just not today

She is ruler of her little world

Court jester to the wind

High priest to the clouds that surround herSunday Morning Smile

She is dancing in the rain

In the rain she is free again

She is free

She dances on the outside

She runs to survive

Carnival masses on bourbon street

Inside she cries

She is ruler of her little world

Court jester to the wind

High priest to the clouds that surround her

She is dancing

She is dancing in the rain

c 1999 Foxx

Sunday Morning Smile

---"oooh, baby.."

Where's my Sunday morning smile

Why don't you stay with me a while

I promise to be everything you need

And you could make me happy

You've got me churning like butter

I'm higher on the inertia, babe

I've seen it all and I see no other

And everything is alright

I've been away for way too long and

I packed by bags and I walked right out the door

I'm floating like cotton candy,

And everything is alright

Come from the desert I am thirsty, dear

You be my Zeus I'll be your Aphrodite

You be the map I'll be the engineer

Together we'll find our way

I'm coming home coming home coming home coming home

This is my fantasy, oh what you do to me

This is my fantasy, oh what you do, I'm coming home,

Coming home………coming home

Come from the desert I am thirsty, dear

You be my Zeus, I'll be your Aphrodite

You be the map I'll be the engineer

Together we'll find our way

So, where's my Sunday morning smile

Why don't you stay with me a while

I promise to be everything you need and you could

Make me happy

c 1998 Foxx

Whirling Dervish

"wild middle-eastern vocal/drum song.  Wonderfully fun to Sing!'

Millions of people. Lost in a crowd.

Shoved through the doorway. Pushed to the ground.

Fate held it's promise. Luck has it's cost.

That's when I found myself, found myself lost.

In Bombay.

There in a vision a glorious face

Saved by a spirit of infinite grace.

There in a vision a glorious face

Held by a spirit in a loving embrace. Embrace. Embrace.

There at that table a syntax divine,

Humanity and knowledge, spirits intertwined.

The snake and the flower.

Good and evil fall.

And I did as he commanded when he said,

"eat the lotus and drink the venom wine."

"eat the lotus and drink the venom wine."

In Bombay.

We are connected, the right and the wrong.

Fear is not knowing

We all belong. All belong. All belong. All belong.

c 1996 Foxx/Boullt

Heaven Sweet

---" edgy love song included in film, "Letters To Lauren"

come to me my heaven sweet shelter from the pain

comfort me give me my addiction

find the place where heaven's meet to throw it all away

you're like heaven sweet, heaven sweet

you know how to lose it all you've got nowhere else to be

aaaah babe, it's only me

we cannot tell the future, but we can recognize the past

because it's gone gone gone, shadows never last

all the fear you hold so close is swallowing you whole

we will find a way, find a way

you know how to loose it all you've got nowhere else to be

and aah babe, you take my breath away

(solo)

heaven sweet my heaven sweet

breaking all the rules

calm the waves and

ease your inhibitions

each and all the angels wait to hold you in their arms

heaven's Zen holds on your confession

you know how to loose it all, you've got nowhere else to be

and aah babe it's only me. and aah babe, you take my breath away.

c 1998 Foxx

Honey jar

---"IT AIN'T GONNA' HAPPEN"

Can't fill the honey jar if the honeycomb's dry

Can't be the baker with your fingers in the pie

Can't build a relationship that's based upon a lie

It's all on the outside of you

Can't fly like an eagle if you're locked

Inside a cell

Can't heal a broken heart

That's hidden in a well

And you can't confide in a friend if you

Know they're gonna tell

It's all on the outside of you

(chorus)

     So don't lie to me and expect me to believe

     My heart can hear what my eyes can't see

     Leave me alone - just let me be

     A worm can't mate with a dinosaur

     And in the back of your mind you're

     Always keeping score

     And one thing I know (deep down - for sure)

     We are never more

Can't wait in the desert for your

Ship to come in

Can't find an ending if you forget to begin

And if you don't play the game,

You're never gonna' win

So name it fate, throw it away

It's about time we used the gift of knowing,

The right way to choose and

It's about time, about time

I put an end to you.

Can't save a drowning man when he's running away

Can't make it April when its really may

And you can't hide in the closet -

And then have it your way

And you can't change what you did to me yesterday.

(chorus)

     So don't lie to me and expect me to believe

     My heart can hear what my eyes can't see

     Leave me alone -just let me be

     Nothing you can do will bring me back, nothing you…

c 1998 Foxx

Keeper of my Soul

---"dedicated to my mother."

That moment you stood alone

Hang on the edge of the sea,

Like tears in the morning looking back at me..

She said she would always love you

But how could everything go so wrong

Just when you least expected she was gone..

Let her go keeper of my soul set it free she is home

Let her go and know forever she's with you inside

You are the keeper of my soul.

Here we are standing alone.

The moment I saw you I knew.

I was destined to love you forever, I knew…..

They say there's a heaven.

We find it in a place we feel inside.

But to find it you've got to let it go. Let it go.

Ooh, keeper of my soul. Set it free. Take me home. Keeper of my soul.

c 1998 Foxx

Childhood Games

---" Oh, the games we play..........."

I love you madly

You treat me badly

I leave you sadly weeping at bedroom door

My fortress crumbles

I take a tumble

You tease me with my back against the wall and then you

Run, hide. Play with my mind

But don't dare me, the truth can hurt so don't blame me or else I'll run away.

So just close your eyes

You'll never win.

So just compromise

And we'll begin. We'll begin.

Run, hide. Play with my mind

But don't dare me, the truth can hurt so don't blame me or else I'll run……..

(interlude)

Oh, those games that we play

Fumbling around in the rain

Gotta' make up my mind. I can't help it if I play too much like a guy

I gotta'' push it till you're bouncing off the walls, and I send you to the deep

end baby.

Gotta' see the other side, other side and I've gotta make up my mind

'cause you know I love a con-test we'll see who's best baby

Run hide play with my mind

But don't dare me, the truth can hurt so don't blame me

Or else I'll run away.

Run, hide. Play with my mind

You're a sweetheart, but you're mean as hell

And I'll fight you. But I love you, anyway.

c 1996 Foxx/Boullt

I Love You, Eternally

---" Best friends, too afraid to admit they have fallen in love"  for indie film, " Junk In a Trunk"

Best friends forever

That is you and me

Tied together like laces, comfortable and free

But something has changed today

It's like you stepped into the light

And all of a sudden - I see

What if I told you that I fell in love with you

Why can't you see it in my eyes

What if I told you that I loved you more than a friend

What if we never had to say goodbye again

Tonight I hold you close afraid to watch you go

Wanting you more than you'll ever know

Will I loose you forever if I tell you now, my friend

In another moment, I'll know

Sometimes it's hard to be the best of friends

Wanting you more than I can stand to pretend

You know all about me but there's one thing you can's see

I love you, eternally

What if I told you that I fell in love with you

Why can't you see it in my eyes

What if I told you that I love you more than a friend

What if we never had to say goodbye, again

What if we never had to say - goodbye, again.  Never, ever - say goodbye, aah, goodbye, yeah, goodbye

Good bye..............

c 1998 Foxx