Janet Robin - Out From Under CD

Out From Under - Lyrics

Second Look

it wasn't easy to come here,
you know i've never been the confrontation type
It wasn't ego that brought me
knocking on your door so late at night
the first time i saw you, i only saw a friend
then i finally took
that second look
and it all came true, where i'm supposed to be
so now we know, i'm a little slow
is there a second chance waiting for me?
was it stupid to come here,
did you write me off
or think i could be worth the wait
did i save face or lose,
did i get the clue in time or just too late?
the next time i saw you
you were all that i could see

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I have learned to pay attention,
with my eyes on you

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Words & music by Janet Robin & Maia Sharp
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Brownstone

she takes a drive by her brownstone building
whenever she thinks to leave manhatten far behind
she's fallen into a slim survival
with a full time job that keeps her tired
and wastes her mind
she'll confess it's hardly glamour
when her hometown critic's call to question
why she'd stay
but she's got another chance to keep a promise
to a girl she know's who's been to quick to walk away
she's crossing the hudson
just outside of manhatten
it was perfectly clear, this is where it begins
subway crimes and dirty faces
can't break the spell the city's casting over her
cause this is where her life turned into
the one she finally decided to endure

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words & music by janet robin & maia sharp
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Out from Under

don't misunderstand me
i'm just afraid of what i might say
you don't wanna come near me
when i've had such a messed up day
nothing's working
but i don't wanna screw up my one good thing
it rolls off usually
but today i'm in a slow recovery
don't overlook my undertaking
understand i'm overloaded
you could overestimate me
if you think that i could
get out from under
am i taking for granted
that you will always wanna be
unbelivabley patient
with the messed up side of me
i swear i'm trying
to be here in the moment lost in you
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i understand your overloaded
i could overestimate you
overlook you're undertaking
if you think that i could get you
out from under
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baby i don't know
how you put up with me

words & music by janet robin & maia sharp
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Dream in Blue

oh my darling now i do sleep tight
when you take me away
no more worries
and no more sorrows
like a little child i play
softly melt in your arms
cool me down from the harm
soon i fade into you
i tumble fast, and dream in blue
broken memories
of past regrets
now i'm falling to the ground
swiftly rescued
you kiss me deeply
loosen all that has been bound
see me crash in your eyes
splash and swim hear my cries
soon i fade into you
i tumble fast, and dream in blue

words & music by janet robin
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Around the Corner

how come i've been crying
i've been crying all alone
how come i ain't smiling no,
cause i've been shivering cold to the bone
why's it so depressing
to be out here on my own
and i can't be missing the message
cause i know it's waiting
right around the corner
so you think so i'm all crazy
i've been running rapid town to town
you bet i ain't lazy
cause you know i do get around
maybe it's experience
that's suppossed to teach us lesson's of life
i don't know, i don't know
what's the truth any more
i just do, i just do what i do
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i've been confused but i refuse to give in
i'm tired of dreaming
i'm sick of the screaming
that's been chasing me down
pushing me Ôround
somebody save me now

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words & music by janet robin
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

You'll Come Running

i heard you talking loud but i wasn't listening
you wanna walk away ruining everything it seems
you know it's not easy out above,
i don't think you're strong enough
you know it baby
you Ôll come running, just wait and see
you'll come running after me
i know that you are free to leave,
but you will soon agree, you'll come running after me
so easy you can split and never give a thought
well you'll wake up all alone
and wonder what you lost
so go out on your own,
cause you'll soon be crying home
you know it baby
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you might not get what you want
don't you wait too long, cause it'll soon be gone
you know it's not easy out above,
i don't think you're strong enough
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just give it some more time to breath
cause we were meant to be
you'll come running after me
i know that you are free to leave,

but you will surely see, you'll come running after me

words & music by janet robin
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Happiness

daydreaming you're standing before
all of your adoring fans and they're screaming
beging for more
but you make them wait just because you can
in the real world it's allways the same
you're working hard and shaking hands
but the journey to fortune and fame
ain't goin' as well as you had planned
you lie awake at night
wondering what went wrong
but when my friend will you realize what went right
it was paying off all along
if you could re-define success
to mean you always do your best
it's easier for happiness to find you
a big house up on a hill
looking down on everyone
and an off-road in the garage
for forcing people off the road
in the real world it's always the same
you drive all day and get no where
when no one remembers your name
it gets to be too much to bare

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if you could re-define success
to mean you always do your best
you lie awake at night
wondering what went wrong
no house no hill
and still you never mind what went right
it was paying off all along
if you could re-define success
to mean you always do your best
it's easier for happiness to find you

words & music by janet robin & maia sharp
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Just One Night

just leave your car
double parked outside my door
cuz baby i know you won't be staying here that long
so give it a rest and save your breath
slow seduction leaves me unimpressed
call it just one night
cause i know how these situations
always get so complicated, expections
are such a waste of time
throw your leather coat
on my living room floor
make sure to lock the door
and i'll unplug the phone
now don't say a word and come upstairs
leave the light on cuz i don't care
it's hard to keep it clear when
moments disappear don't misunderstand

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words & music by janet robin, nathen meckel, & alan miller
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

SuperHuman Powers

you got electric eyes
that glitter with a passionate soul
harmony in your heart
that moves like melted gold
so you been hiding all these bones
they're just bursting blow
well you been missin' all the glory
and you didn't even know
cause you got superhuman powers
you just hide them all inside
live it sweet not sour
you know it's all you'll ever need
just wait and see
go on and let it all out
so you been feeling a little low
cause someone took you down
just keep your head up high baby
you can turn it all around
don't listen to no dog people
they're just gonna talk trash
stand up now and forever
forget about the past

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so you wanna wake up and live it high
on your own cloud
why don't you fly and stand up for it now

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words & music by janet robin & maia sharp
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Closer

i ran wild off the plane
you know it really took me far away
but i waited for you
been gone so long though
i never really was afraid
cause i waited for you
come a little bit come a little bit
closer to me now
come a little bit come a little bit yeah
come a little bit come a little bit closer to me now
i obsessed on the telephone
and was ringing almost all the time
i hoped you'd answer
but i'd gladly pay the price
my bill was only eight hundred twenty nine
and i'd hope you'd answer

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naked lying on the ground
you look so good and natural
i was lost and i was upside-down
now i'm found, i am found
take my arms to wrap around you
been so lonely now, it's cool to feel you
finally feel you, i'm in heaven now
you know i'm so glad i'm back home
and we can stay up all night
i think i've lost control
won't you shake me up
i must dreaming your such a beautiful sight
i think i've lost control

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words & music by janet robin & maia sharp
© 2001 Janet Robin Music/BMI

Brother

i never knew when i was young just where i'd be today
but my brother really blew my mind with the music that he played
it's the truth, he kept me running on the loose
i soon picked up a beautiful big brown guitar
and mother drove me down to lessons in her station wagon car
it was smooth i was running on the loose
groove i heard moved my soul
brother didn't know i was outta control
i was ten when i just wanted to be like donny and marie
but thank god for my brother, you know he rescued me
it's the truth, he kept me running on the loose
so now my brother filling teeth but that's just fine with me
cause i know he's still listening to bad company
it's the truth i keep running on the loose
groove i heard moved my soul
brother didn't know i was outta control
rock n' roll took my soul
brother didn't know i was outta control
i'm still playing for my friends and i found out what is true
that i've promised to myself
there'd be nothing else i'd do
it's the truth i keep running on the loose

Hollywoodland

the smog is thick and been clouding my day
i wanna breath, but that's life in la
i was born in the city of dreams
but sometimes i wanna run,
i wanna crawl, i wanna scream
so let me tell you loud
if it's hollywood that's got you now
you know it's my own damn territory
so i can believe in my own grand glory
but if you desire to stop on in
i'd be careful of the addiction
that begins, to seep in,
and you don't know what to do
so you're left just feeling screwed
well can you take playing part of the game
a little pain to push the perils of fame
i know it's all been on your minds,
you better be aware or you'll miss all the crimes
my advice to you is free, don't take yourself to seriously

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you travel far indeed, so come with me
to quench your need

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so you're left just feeling screwed
cause it's not what you thought you knew

Stand Alone

i lose my head sometimes
and i just wanna break down cry
it's close to 5 am
but i'm not gonna kiss the world goodbye
so i fight the enemy
and stand alone
with my past behind me
i'm coming home
well i always wanted to see myself
standing on top of the world
stand, stand, stand
but the climb is steep
don't know how i'm gonna keep holdin' on
i've made my choice today
i won't be running away
no more living a hungry life
i'll satisfy my appetite

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i'm coming home to a place devine
so i slip into a clearer state of mind
and i try to stay in line and respect my pride