Ronda Matson: Songs

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Weight

Is anything there right when you want it?
Who always answers when you call?
You stack your cards the way you want them,
then seem surprised to watch them fall.

Life is such a messy game.
Though we do the best we can,
there’s just no way to make the wind blow
the water neatly on a summer sand.

I’ve fallen down, oh yeah.
Do you feel it, too?
I’ve fallen down, oh yeah.
Not coming back the way I knew.
I’m not coming back they way I knew.

So, how did you become the victim?
When did the tables start to turn?
I remember how it was, yeah.
It’s memory I’d like to burn.
But I'll hold onto all my sadness.
You can make me what I’m not
because the truth is all I have right now
and it’s the one thing that you haven’t got.

I’ve fallen down, oh yeah.
Do you feel it, too?
I’ve fallen down, oh yeah.
Not coming back the way I knew.
I’m not coming back the way I knew.

Why do you put it all away now?
Will tomorrow be the day?
I cannot wait inside this box, no.
But let me out and I’m in your way.
You want life the way you want it.
You need to have the better plan.
Do you think about the price you've paid
for the drama so neatly, so neatly canned?

I’ve fallen down, oh yeah.
Do you feel it, too?
I’ve fallen down, oh yeah.
Not coming back the way I knew.
I’m not coming back the way I knew.

All around me, earth is dying.
The blue jay took a final fall.
My eyes are trapped by winter’s madness.
My heart broke up in the final call.
The words you write me do not touch me.
I read them now, don’t care at all.
I only hope that I’ll come ‘round-- oh yeah--
beyond the dream, beyond the dream of a winter’s thaw.

I’ve fallen down, oh yeah.
Do you feel it, too?
I’ve fallen down, oh yeah.
Not coming back the way I knew.
I’m not coming back the way I knew.
I'm not coming back the way I knew.

Ronda Matson 2007