Missed the Mark

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

Was there something that I said,
Made the words go to your head?
Was there something that I did,
Made you want to quit?
Now you’ve got it all worked out,
And I’m in the dark
And you’re, just gonna shut you mouth, and think
“Baby I Missed the Mark”,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
“Baby I Missed the Mark”
Well the world don’t act that way,
All those games you want to play……..
Leave it up to me to, come around
And you, kick me when I’m, kick me when I’m
Down……And you got it all worked out
And I’m in the dark
And you’re, just gonna shut you mouth, and think
“Baby I Missed the Mark”,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
“Baby I Missed the Mark” MUSICAL BREAK
Just got to be right, every day of your life
Just got to be right, what’s it get you when you’re right
What’s it get you, what’s it get you , what’s it get you when you’re right,
What’s it get you, what’s it get you , what’s it get you when you’re right……
And you got it all worked out,
And I’m in the dark
And you’re, just gonna shut you mouth, and think
“Baby I Missed the Mark”,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
“Baby I Missed the Mark”

And you got it all worked out,
And I’m in the dark
And you’re, just gonna shut you mouth, and think
“Baby I Missed the Mark”,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
“Baby I Missed the Mark”

Well maybe I Missed the Mark
(What’s it get you when you’re right)
Well maybe I Missed the Mark
(What’s it get you when you’re right)
Well maybe I Missed the Mark
Perhaps I Missed the Mark……

Sweet Wyoming

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

We were just kids
Playing at summer camp
Yeah looking up at the stars
Dreaming of true romanceI was the oldest of the five
Yeah looking back at those days
Makes me feel like being alive……Buck rail fences
And a moon light rides
Friends are deep
Forever to keep
Our secrets we confideSome of us married
Free spirits became a wife
Either way we all have to say
Sweet Wyoming…..
Was the best day’s of our lives
And there are no short cuts
No easy way out
We inspire each other
To be the best that we’re about
Good friends and laughter is what
We can’t live without,
what we can’t live without
Intimate tent talks
Or a tango with a bear
Fat or thin, it’s the skin you’re in
None of us really care

We’ve been through our stages
Our hearts out on our sleeves
But the smell of sage
Or a mountain gaze
Helps us to believe
Good friends and laughter
Are all we need…..

And there are no short cuts
No easy way out
We inspire each other
To be the best that we’re about
Good friends and laughter is what
We can’t live without,
what we can’t live without

Some of us married
Free spirits became a wife
Either way we all have to say
Sweet Wyoming…..
Was the best day’s of our lives

Sweet Wyoming,
Oh….good friends and laughter
Sweet Wyoming
Oh, oh………

Turn Around

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

Every ocean wave
Every addiction crave
Has an under-toe
It sucks you in and
Acts like your friend
You wanna think so
Don’t have room to move
From this program that’s inside
The bottom of a bottle’s not the safest
Place for you to hide
He’s so rigid
That man is frigid
His wife would knowShe’s on the outside
She tries to tell him
He doesn’t think so
Assumes his love’s forever
But never takes the time
Ring left on the table as she up
And leaves him behind

Life, oh life, can turn around on you
Life, oh life, can turn around on you

Down and out you are
Kicked around from
A love gone bad

You think you’re dying
Your insides are crying
Oh life’s so sad

Bum a cigarette
And ask for a light
The one who lights the match
Is the next new love of your life!

Life, oh life, can turn around on you
Life, oh life, can turn around on you
Life, oh…..life…….can turn around on……you…

Life Is Beautiful

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

Isn’t this beautiful
Here in this process
A grand development
We don’t understandIsn’t this beautiful
With memories we’ll never forget
And thoughts not conceived just yet
Part of the Master plan and
Isn’t life beautiful?Isn’t this beautiful
Yeah that look in your eyes
When you tell me no lies
And you speak the truth
Yeah and all the stories that unfold a
Sense of time and growing old
And we add the wisdom to our youthIsn’t this beautiful
Yeah growing into our skin
Picking up and believing again
We keep getting the chances to overcome
We keep living
And isn’t life beautiful
Can you see it as beautiful
Do you know that you’re beautiful
Can you see life is beautiful
Can you feel life is beautiful
Do you know that you’re beautiful, you know you’re beautiful

Life is, beautiful
Life is, beautiful
Can you see it as beautiful
Life is beautiful
Yeah, yeah yeah

The pendulum swings
The beauty, tragedy and chaos brings
The circles get closed
And you stand in the middle of yourself
And isn’t that beautiful,
Can you see it as beautiful
Do you know that you’re beautiful, you know you’re beautiful

Life is, beautiful
Life is, beautiful
Can you see it as beautiful
Life is beautiful
Ahhh Ahhh

Life is Beautiful
Life is Beautiful
Isn’t life beautiful?

Above the Rain

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

I only have one road to go
One road to travel
Who knows which one to follow
The concrete or gravel
I have one seed to sew
Can I make it a good one
Water it well to make it grow
Will it ever see the sun
But still there’s laughter
And there’s sorrow
No one knows just what’s in store for our tomorrows
And there’s joy, and a touch of pain
But the sunshine resides above the rain
I lie awake at night
And mire through my muck
Just what is my purpose
Is where I get stuck
But if I play a note just right
It might strike a chord
About this human existence
And all that is obscureStill there’s laughter
And there’s sorrow
No one knows just what’s in store for our tomorrows
And there’s joy, and a touch of pain
But the sunshine resides above the rain
I rise up out of bed
Step over the dog
Try to clear my head
From a complicated fog

You’re breathing soft and sweet
As I watch you sleep
Comforting like the ocean
Your dreams for you to keep

You gently stir awake
And the dog she does too
Sleepy thoughts concur
But a mighty voice rings through

Don’t be afraid- shut out the light
The brightest stars shine in the darkest night
And it’s yours to pave, this road of gravel
Plant some flowers as you go in our travels.

So I crawl back under the blankets
Shut out the light
Call on Spirit to thank it
For setting me right

I turn back to my lover
And plant a kiss
Wondering where I’d be, just wondering what I’d miss

Without the pain, without the laughter
That carries us through to our ever after
And there’s joy and there’s sorrow
And no one knows just what’s in store tomorrow

So shut out your lights, don’t be afraid
The greatest living, are the mistakes we’ve made
And it’s yours to pave, this road of gravel
We’ll plant some flowers as we go in our travels

Don’t be afraid, shut out the light (the brightest stars shine in the darkest night)
The brightest stars shine in the darkest night
And there’s joy, (and there’s sorrow) and a touch of pain (just the same)
But the sunshine resides above the rain

Deep

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

Deep into the abyss that is you
And I’m deep, deep into Blue
Deep into what I thought I knew
Cause I was deep, so deep into you
What I thought I knew, wasn’t true
Wasn’t you and now I am just deep
Deep into BlueNow you’ve got a puppet on a string and
You’re gonna show her
All your pretty little things
You’ll probably make her heart ring
And I’m gonna sing- Deep into Blue
You probably won’t feel a thing- cause you are so damn deep
Deep into you!What I thought I knew, wasn’t true
Wasn’t you and now I am just deep
Deep into BlueWere you really that bad
Were you really that mean
Were you somewhere in the middle baby?
Somewhere in between?
You promised not to hurt me honey
Knowing that you might
Tell me when did our love go
Far from your sight?

Because I’m deep, deep into blue
Yes I’m deep, so deep into you
What I thought I knew, wasn’t true, wasn’t you
And now I am just deep, deep into blue!

Were you really that bad
Were you really that mean
Were you somewhere in the middle baby
Somewhere in between
You promised not to hurt me baby
knowing that you might
Tell me when did your love go far from my sight

Because I’m deep, deep into blue
Yes I’m deep, so deep into you
What I thought I knew, wasn’t true, wasn’t you
And now I am just deep, deep into blue!

Swiftly By

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

My life is passing me swiftly by,
Staring out at the deep, blue sky
Catch a glimpse of a falling star
Temporary is all that we are.I want to find a better way to do my part
Share my feelings and open this heart
See all that I can see
Know what it means to truly be freeAnd I laugh (and I laugh)
And I sing (I sing)
And I try to do the best to show you
What your love brings……
I go out traveling across this land
It gets so big, the Earth is so grand
Try not to doubt what I have to say
Keep my thinking out of my way
And I laugh (and I laugh)
And I sing (I sing)
And I try to do the best to show you
What your love brings……
I hope that one day we won’t stop smiling
That one day we won’t believe in dying
Some day, we’ll float when we walk
We’ll know each other’s words,
We won’t have to talk…….

And I laugh (and I laugh)
And I sing (I sing)
And I try to do the best to show you
What your love brings……

My life is passing me Swiftly By,
Staring out at the deep, blue sky……

Not the Only One

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

Listen to the people
They won’t steer you wrong
Listen to the music
So many voices, so many songsWhat are we all trying to say?
Human emotion works that way
And tomorrow is just another day….And I know I’m not the only one
Who feels this way
And I know, I want to get it right
Get it right
And I know what I love
Is worth the fight…..The Big Man’s on top
Controlling our “time clock”
Look how much we give away
To the wind
Will it ever, ever come back
Come back again?….
And I know I’m not the only one
Who feels this way
And I know, I want to get it right
Get it right
And I know what I love
Is worth the fight…..
I’m not the only one who feels this way.

Tell it to your sisters
Tell it to your brothers
Tell it to your fathers and
Tell it to your mothers
Tell everyone that you know
We are every where you go
We’re not the only ones
There are others, just like me
Others…you don’t see

Putting up the Pavement

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

Waterfront goes down,
A bypass is going up
It’s going to change this town
And bring in fancier stuffSome folks like it simple
For some, it’s not enough
The waterfront goes down
A bypass, is rolling up….Now we all gather round,
With different points of view
Defined by the dollar
Is what it comes down toHear the talk round the neighborhood
And read it in the news
They’re putting up the pavement
More people are coming through
Witness of production
Is how it’s going to be
We’re going to raise our children
In this society
One man’s gain, is another man’s loss
Think we’ll know in a hundred years
The difference or the cost
Progress is for certain
We all must consume
Started with the airplane
Then we landed on the moon

We are here to bare witness
In all that we do
Let it be in goodness
Cause there’s others,
Coming through

Witness of production
Is how it’s going to be
We’re going to raise our children
In this society
One man’s gain, is another man’s loss
Think we’ll know in a hundred years
The difference or the cost

They’re putting up the pavement
There’s others coming through, oh yeah
Hey, hey……….
More people are coming through

Waterfront goes down, a bypass is rolling up

Castles

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

Always knocking me
Down a notch or two
Seems your mission in life
The thing you like to do
I never understood your need for competition
Step on others to have you way and call it ambition
Superiority, is a sickness we’ve been taught
Snares the mind like in a trap and in it we are caught
Cast away the love that’s there they miss the “Golden Rule”
The elephant’s still in the room and now look who’s the foolGo on, leave us all alone
Go on, King upon your throne
Castles of marble sitting up so high
When Karma catches up with you, don’t wonder whyWe all make our beds in life
Some don’t want to sleep
They lay awake, coveting other people’s sheets
But then the morning sun creeps in and catches them off guard
They never knew that waking up could be so hardGo on, leave us all alone
Go on, King upon your throne
Castles of marble sitting up so high
When Karma catches up with you, don’t wonder why
Don’t you wonder why?
Castles in the sky
Crumble all around
Down to the ground!

Fat Pants

Lyrics and music by Niccole Blaze

Get up in the morning and I
Put on my clothes
Life is feeling tight
From my chest down to my toes
I look in the mirror and I
Fight to pull the button closed
And ICan’t fit in my fat pants today
Somehow that weight
It keeps coming back to stay
And I, can’t fit in my fat pants today…..I’m running late, and I
can’t wait for this red
light don’t you see
it changed green but it’s left unseen
by the car in front of me
I honk my horn,
Curse the day he was born
And this seat belt won’t give me room
Radio blast’s “Jenny Craig” and the
Morning comes to soon, cause I
Can’t fit in my fat pants today
Somehow that weight
It keeps coming back to stay
And I, can’t fit in my fat pants today…..

Stop for my morning coffee and I
Skip the cream
Oprah Winfrey’s on the impulse shelf saying
“Follow your dreams”
The Skeletons in the tabloids
Well they know what it means cause they

Can’t fit in their fat pants today
Somehow that weight
It keeps coming back to stay
And I, can’t fit in my fat pants today…..

Thin’s not the skin that I’m in
But it feels good to know,
Good to know
So good to know
And let it all show!

Can’t fit in my fat pants today
Somehow that weight
It keeps coming back to stay
And I, can’t fit in my fat pants today…..
Think I’m gonna live anyway!

And I,
Can’t fit in my
Fat pants today

Higher Ground

Music by Niccole Blaze

INSTRUMENTAL

Lenas Lullaby

Lyrics & Music by Niccole Blaze

I’m going to sing you a lullaby
Soft and gentle baby don’t you cry, gonna sing you a lullaby
I’m going to sing you…a lullabyClose your eyes and find sleep
Everything is o.k. so don’t you weep
Cause good dreams are sure to come
Rest your head from the day that’s done
Tomorrow is a new day
Nothing bad is here to stayLet go and you will find
That kite will blow
Across your mind
Ride along on the wind
Everything that goes will come back again
You can hold on to that string
Sometimes the holding is the only thing
I’m going to sing you a lullaby
It’s the way I hold you
And let you fly
I’m going to sing you a lullaby

I’m going to sing you a lullaby
I’m going to sing you a lullaby

Ouuuuuuuu ouuuu ouuuuu!

What We Share

Lyrics & Music by Niccole Blaze

She – can bring you down
And all those stories of the past
They’re still hangin’ roundYou, you’re breaking through
Flip a light switch in your head
Is what you have to doI’ve seen that look in your eye
Spells un-requited love makes you wonder why
It could be time, or not the right space
Still you have to hurt with that smile on your face
All we have is what we share
Our dreams and aspirations and sometimes life’s not fair
A reason for everything if you believe
And sometimes those reasons are just too hard to conceive
(still we love…yes we love…and we share…what we share)
Wrap it up – close it in
Searching for the self to begin again
She brought you joy
She stole your heart
You’re a grand creator
You know you’ve played a part

So what now- how can I bear
To see you suffer in your pain
If I could I’d take your despair

All we have is what we share
Our dreams and aspirations and sometimes life’s not fair
A reason for everything if you believe
And sometimes those reasons are just too hard to hard

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