Janet Robin - Open the Door CD

Open the Door - Lyrics

I Swore

so you feel a little low
but maybe sooner than you know
things are bound to turn around
and go your way
if you scoot a little closer
and lay head upon my shoulder
i will let you in on something i heard today
but i can only tell you part
cause i promised on my heart
when i heard it, it was something i'd never say
icouldn't bear to see you thinking
nobody could love you
so if i share a little i think it'd be ok
someone maybe even someone
that you know quite well
is dreaming of of you but i'll stop there
i swore i would not tell
inswore i would not tell
so you beg me to confide is she
thin is she wide
would she make you look
twice on a crowded street
is she short is she tall,
do i think she'll ever call
you can't wait another minute
until you meet
well when you look into her eyes
will you find you're hypnotized
does her long hair flow
in the summer breeze
i think i've had enough
i should have never brought it up
it's time that you get off
of your bended knees

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i guess i could break down and tell you
she's not all you expect her to be
i'm not sure that you wanna hear this
your mystery girl is me

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words & music by janet robin & maia sharp
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Steppingstone

i used to think that i was educated
and i was looking thru a keener eye
right in front of me the dream had faded
left me feeling a little shy, of knowing why
between the day you said our love had grown
into the truest one you'd ever known
and the day you left me all alone
i'm missing a steppingstone
missing a steppingstone
i searched the memories for some connection
from when you fell to when you ran
so if you're hiding any old affection
could you help me understand
when the end began
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what did i do to make it this way
you didn't say what you needed to say
you didn't say what you wanted to say
you say you're tired of all the crying
but i never saw a single tear
you'd hide away when you were dying
but by the time you'd reappear
you're eyes were clear

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words & music by janet robin & maia sharp
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Say It One More Time

say it one more time
i think i'm losing my mind
i cannot find it one more time
i hit the wall, fall behind, there's no more signs
just say it one more time
darling curl your heart around mine
all my days divine
i need to know, i must confess
i'm feeling low, i'm such a mess
so save me now
squirmming in the fire
take my body, raise me higher
cause' i've been insecure
don't drift away another day we cannot pay
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words & music by janet robin
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Formosa Cafe

parked outside robert deniro's space
get inside pictures of movie greats
what a place
been around forty years or more
hasn't changed cuz life is such a chore
only place i know with a full collection of elvis statues
meet me down at formosa cafe bar
where the stars dine with champagne cocktail jars
flanagan flanagan, pour me another one tonight
another one tonight
wanna drink wanna drink it all up
see my friends and talk about talk in the town
just look around
pretty people faking their way to hollywood
pretty people sittin' right next to me
i wish they could see
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blow that smoke, blow that smoke
right out the door
blow that smoke
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words & music by janet robin
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Brilliant Disguise

wipe down your face
and show me inside
like all of your days
when there's nothing to hide
someone's gonna see you
someone's gonna know your alive
someone's gonna catch you in your
brilliant disguise
so you tried a new scene tonight
you didn't think you did alright
you could have been fine at home
but it's too hard to be alone
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so just don't be afraid
when you walk those brittle lines
this life that you've made
has shown you the simple signs

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words & music by janet robin
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Catch My Breath

i'm so happy when i see you smile
i quiver and i shake and go run a whole mile
i'm so happy when you kiss my lips
i quiver and i shake
and run my hands down my hips
i better catch my breath
i'm feeling light feeling light in the head
catch my breath
i'm feeling light feeling light in the head
i'm so happy cause i got a whole heart
the way that you move just tears me apart
i'm so happy cause i got a best friend
nothing could be finer than to fuck you again
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well are you listening to what i said
i better catch my breath
i'm feeling light feeling light in the head

words & music by janet robin
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

All That You Needed

i know you loved me once before
when we were lying on the floor
you took my clothes off in the dark
and we ran naked thru the park
i must have been insane
to give you all i had to give
it was never enough
do you remember how we used to love
i was all that you needed
i was everything you ever wanted
all that you needed
laughing holding hands like fools
ii never thought that i would lose
but when you turned away from me
i should have know that i was free
i must have been insane
to give you all i had to give
it was never enough
do you remember how we used to love
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you didn't really find what you were looking for
and i know better now that i can see
you'll continue on and never committ to love
and you won't know that what you had was good
until it's gone
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all that you needed
i thought life back then was so complete
all that you needed
i know you love me once before
and now i finally shut the door

words & music by janet robin
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

She's Cracking

she's cracking up again
and she's so glad
just take a look at her
i think she's gone mad, i think she's gone mad
does she go somewhere we don't go
does she know something we don't know
high above the life that we deal with
high above reality
no worries presently, no worries from the past
she's cracking up again
but you know she's gonna last
but you know she's gonna last
while we're sittin' around
wasting time, she's been laughing long
losing her mind, losing her mind
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she's crawling on the ground
and sewn her mouth
she can't speak no more
but there's nothing to let out
there's nothing to let out

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words & music by janet robin
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Give It All Up (for you)

made a million dollars, just the other day
feels real good did it all my way
bought a brand new car, light brown leather seats
feels real sweet should someone kiss my feet
i should have known as faces turn to stone
but i twist my head got my thinking wrong
give it all up, give it all up give it all up for you
what's a dime when i'm rich in my shoes
give it all up give it all up give it all up for you
happiness has never been so true
big fat man come bring me some cigars
lift me up tell me i'm a star
you think your friends, that's what they say so far
call them friends, but they don't know who you are
and in the end i'll be fallling in your arms
laughing proud knowing i'm still strong
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words & music by janet robin & dave way
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Broken

i turn my head to check the clock as
i hear your keyring at the door
and even thought i'm half asleep
i know i've been through this before
then i feel your arms around my body
calming any doubt that may be there
as you tell me where you've been
so i entertain your lie
and your faulty alibli
for a kiss i justify
your indescrestions
and i am broken again
in the morning i awaken
with a feeling i can't dignify
i know that i been taken
i should save myself and
say goodbye
then i see a note left on your pillow
with hurried lines you claim to give your love
and i don't know how to feel
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now you know that i know you bend the truth
so how could i love someone with no pride who's
so easlily tossed between extremes

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words & music by janet robin & maia sharp
© 1998 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Will U Still Kiss Me

if i leave my clothes all over the floor
and eat all the food you bought at the store
123 i'm a disease, think i'll sit and watch the tv
but will you still
kiss me tomorrow
will you still
kiss me tomorrow
sometimes i stay on the phone
i'm talking all day
i have a few drinks and eat a milky way
take a shower or play in the rain
or go to egypt on a airplane

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kiss me tomorrow, kiss me tomorrow
count my blessings and go to bed
try to think about what's ahead
take responsibility, love can be no guarantee

How Many Times Before

i put my hands down and i told you the score
how many times before
i threw your clothes out and
i slammed the front door
how many times before
so stop your sobbing you won't get me no more
how many times before
hard to believe you were someone i adored
how many times, how many times
i said no more thick and thin
i'm ready for my life
to begin a new start, crawl out of the dark
now that we're apart again
take a deep breath, now that you've guessed
how many times, how many times before
you're so pathetic i should call
the mental health ward
how manytimes before
you're such a dog down
and dirty on the floor
how many times before follow me around i'll always ignore
how many times before
well it don't matter cause i been so damn bored
how many times, how many times

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you're crying out, you're crying for help
crying out, crying for help, crying out, crying for help
but i'm no listening cause this is farewell

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Always Want

what you don't have
when you get it such a drag
cause then you want what you don't have
just a circle of more crap
always want what
blue eyes, brown eyes, green i see
then you get what you don't have
drive you crazy make you mad
always want what you don't have
you're fat you're skinny just wear a bag
then you get what you don't have
more problems then you''ve ever had
always want what don't have
always want what you don't have