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Do you wanna know Meredith's lyrics from her second album, Deconstruction??

(Click on any song to read)

Lay Down (candles in the rain)
I Have Everything
Cosmic Woo Woo
Nobody's Home
All For Nothing
I Said It
Back To Eden
Bored With Myself
Careful What You Wish For
Sin City
Back To Nowhere

Shout (written by M.Brooks)

It's 2:00am and the neighbours are jumpin', Mr. Cray threatens to call the police, He jumps out of bed hits his head, Now he's really got something to really shout about.

Everybody's got their eye on the T.V, Did Bill and Monica hit the floor, The bombs go off and we're off to war, Now we've got something to really get mad about.

You got something to shout about baby, yeah something to shout about, 'cuz if you're gonna shout, Do it good and loud, You need something to shout about, yeah yeah yeah shout it shout about.

The Stewardess doesn't have vegetarian, There's no leg room you've seen the movie twice, The plane goes down and smashes on the ground, Now you've got something to freak you out.

You got something to shout about baby, yeah something to shout about, 'cuz if you're gonna shout, Do it good and loud, You need something to shout about, yeah yeah yeah shout it shout about.

So much wasted on unimportant things, Throw away the precious time, When there's so much that really needs changin'

You're driving home and the traffic isn't budging, Layin' on the horn adding to the mess, Then Y2K shuts down LA, Now you got something to really figure out.

You got something to shout about baby, yeah something to shout about, 'cuz if you're gonna shout, Do it good and loud, You need something to shout about, yeah yeah yeah shout it shout about. Get something to shout about baby, you need something to shout about, 'Cuz if you're gonna shout, Do it good and loud, Shout it out, Shout about.

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Lay Down (candles in the rain) featuring Queen Latifa (written by Melanie Safka - additional lyrics by Queen Latifa)

Lay Down lay down, Lay it all down, Let your white birds smile up, on the ones who stand and frown, Lay down lay down, lay it all down, Let your white birds smile up, on the ones who stand and frown.

We were so close there was no room, we bled inside each other's wounds, we all caught the same disease, we all sang the songs of peace.

Lay Down lay down, Lay it all down, Let your white birds smile up, on the ones who stand and frown, Lay down lay down, lay it all down, Let your white birds smile up, on the ones who stand and frown.

What if I told you were stupid, destructive, soulless, callous, murderous, malignant, belligerent, ignorant, would you believe me would you like that, or would you prove me wrong and fight back, I'd like to take the sunshine right from the sky, and let it shine on you through my eyes, You see we all in the same boat trying to float, So everybody grab an oar so we can make it to shore.

Lay Down lay down, Lay it all down, Let your white birds smile up, on the ones who stand and frown, Lay down lay down, lay it all down, Let your white birds smile up, on the ones who stand and frown.

We were so close there was no room, we bled inside each other's wounds, we all caught the same disease, we all sang the songs of peace. Some came to sing, some came to pray, some came to keep the dark away, So raise the candles high, 'cuz if you don't we could stay black against the night, oh raise them higher again and if you do, we could stay dry against the rain,

Lay Down lay down, Lay it all down, Let your white birds smile up, on the ones who stand and frown, Lay down lay down, lay it all down, Let your white birds smile up, on the ones who stand and frown.

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I Have Everything (written by M.Brooks)

The list has been long full of complaints full of desires full of things, That keep me amused I don't even want, Some say I'm lucky, She poured down on me, When I didn't have a place to sleep. But you said it was fine that way All I need is this bed, and this guitar what more what more.

I have everything, I have everything, I have everything but you.

I hang around the place you do laundry, and I don't even wash a thing, You say that it's cool we're such good friends, I already know plenty of those friends, But not the kind i want to kiss.

I have everything, I have everything, I have everything but you.

Maybe it's simple, but what else is there but love, you can have all the money in the world, but it doesn't matter if i climb another dome alone, I'd rather be back home, Thinking of things to do with you and me, just me and you.

I have everything, I have everything, I have every little, every little thing,

I have everything but you.

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Cosmic Woo Woo (written by M.Brooks/L.Dvoskin)

Spirituality is a henna tattoo, That you wash off when you find something new to get into, standing in the field with your flashlight blinking, 'cus somebody told you aliens were thinking they'd want you, in the end it doesn't really matter what you say or what you wear, do you think big G gives a -- how you get there, Buddism, Communism, Hinduism, Health Foodism, Lennonism, Sexism, what about your own ism

Just get real, don't be a cosmic woo, be who you are let everybody deal, speak with your own voice just get real, Just get real like this.

When I was 15 I made my mother rant, 'cuz i joined a cult gave me words to chant to reach Heaven, So I used them for the lotto and won big money, they shouted you're in don't worry honey, this ain't 7-11 get in and out, pop psychology words don't mean anything, when you throw them around to be cool, that goes around comes around, that's what they say. Catholicism, Footballism, Judasim, Racism, Manism, Womanism, what about Humanism.

Just get real, don't be a cosmic woo, be who you are let everybody deal, speak with your own voice just get real, Just get real like this.

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Nobody's Home (written by M.Brooks/S.Peiken)

She can talk for hours, words don't cover her scars, she thinks she's crazy, they just pushed her too far, she runs to a mirror, only saviour she's known, another slap on her face, 'cuz nobody's home.

Her mother's always working, slinging beer on the side, daddy's watching TV, and he's still getting high, she knows he'll be waiting tyin' to get her alone, she hangs around the corner, hopin' nobody's home, Praying nobody's home.

All she ever wanted, was a place on this earth, she shouts for a saviour, or anyone who'll hear her, all she ever needed, was a hope in a world, in a world where she feels all alone, nobody's home.

A cry for attention, Hanging on by a thread, She can't stop the screaming, going on in her head, tears on her pillow, these are things she won't miss, nothing to believe in, so it comes down to this, blood on the mirror, temptation is bliss, pills on the table, she just couldn't resist, now nobody's home.

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All For Nothing (written by M.Brooks/R.Nowels)

I was walking down the street doing nothing, when she ran right into me and I was wondering, if it could be that she didn't see, but she spit that hatred at my face, I felt like I wanted to fight, when I saw her hungry eyes and broken heart, and recongized her pain, I saw it and I walked away, Only love could save her anyway.

I can't believe all the times that we bleed, that it's all for nothing, I will deny all the tears that we cry that it's all for nothing.

Sometimes I feel so confused when I look at us, and all we went through, after 8 years of sharing every dream together, we don't even talk, Is that all there is, what we stood up for, now we stand behind a million locked doors, and we can't even say that we'll be friends, sometimes things just change and we don't know why, I don't think I'll swallow that kind of lie.

I can't believe all the times that we bleed, that it's all for nothing, I will deny all the tears that we cry that it's all for nothing.

Do we all want to believe there's more to this, than the lights just turning out. Now we gotta have a real conversation even if we don't know each other's situation, who says we're powerless just because of all the injustice, there's still time to fight, you just gotta go and you just gotta try, you're the only one that's standing in your way, don't think I'll swallow that kind of lie.

I can't believe all the times that we bleed, that it's all for nothing, I will deny all the tears that we cry that it's all for nothing.

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I Said It (written by M.Brooks/R.Nowels)

Hold on now I'm slow to burn, I know you've been waiting your turn, I'm not giving in, It's just the time has come.

You want it I said it, you got it I meant it.

I thought I had so much to loose, but I'm no longer confused, you can't rush these things, and now I'm telling you.

You want it I said it, you got it I meant it.

Love will tell the truth, lovers can turn it to lies, I'd rather protect these lips, then say another goodbye, i don't want to regret from the past, to keep from something that could last, you're the only one who solved the mystery.

You want it I said it, you got it I meant it.

Hold on now I'm slow to burn, you're the only one, who saw the mystery.

You want it I said it, you got it I meant it.

Believe it, now get it, you want if I meant it, I love you.

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Back To Eden (written by M.Brooks/R.Nowels)

Fill me up with a promise, touch my eyes so I can see, the tears have dried the clouds have broken, come to me, fill my body with innocence, came lay your head upon my pillow test my strength over and over, 'til I'm weak, won't you make me weak.

Hey now take me back to Eden, I'll fly when you call my name, give me Heaven while I'm sleepin', back to Eden, hey hey now now.

I surrender tear my house down, shame it will lose it's hold on me, a thousand nights I invite you, crash through me

Hey now take me back to Eden, I'll fly when you call my name, give me Heaven while I'm sleepin', back to Eden, hey hey now now.

I tremble when you pass through me, I burn like a rose on fire, this secret storm in me is humbled by your desire, I swallow your kisses deep, a million voices rise up, they cry they cry they cry out to me.

Hey now take me back to Eden, I'll fly when you call my name, give me Heaven while I'm sleepin', back to Eden, hey hey now now.

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Bored With Myself (written by M.Brooks/S.Peiken)

I'm just a little defensive, but I'll be okay tomorrow, this happens once in a while, 'till I'm back on my feet, once I get out of bed, I'll come to my senses, feed my head, a double shot of caffeine, a pair of shades can change it all, maybe Superman will jump the wall, whatever it takes to get on with the world.

'Cuz I'm bored with myself, so very bored with myself, more and more everyday, and I wonder if Marilyn ever felt this way.

We're moving so fast, why do I feel so empty, there's clothes in my closet, but nothing to wear, it's a mysterious thing, the more that I acquired, the less hungry I am but not more satisfied, there's India where I can chant, therapy to rave and rant, whatever it takes to distract me from being so

Bored with myself, so scary bored with myself, more and more everyday, and I wonder ig Jacqueline ever felt this way.

I'm a little uninspired, it happens to the best of us, I know I shouldn't take it hard, But I'm so afraid this time I'll never change, won't shake it off I'll just go insane, more and more everyday, and I wonder if Loretta Lynn ever felt this way.

I'm so bored with myself, so very bored with myself, so bored with myself.

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Careful What You Wish For (written by M.Brooks/S.Peiken/A.Gorgoni)

Snap your fingers and they come, running to you awesome one, getting lonely out in space, it's not such a special place, on the outside looking in, at the bad girl you've been.

Isn't this what you always wanted, isn't this how you saw the view, careful what you wish for, it just might come true, might come true

You say catch me when I spin, as if we've been through thick and thin, I don't think that you can stop, you still want what you ain't got, such a stupid super star, yeah you are.

Isn't this what you always wanted, isn't this how you saw the view, careful what you wish for, it just might come true, might come true

Isn't this what you always pictures, isn't this what you planned to do, careful what you wish for, it just might come true. Trying' to find the meaning of life, in a deeper shade of red, on your lips, tryin' to find a way to be loved, without ever giving a shit.

But enjoy it while you can, after all the jagged ends, you come round again and again and again.

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Sin City (written by M.Brooks)

In this town of pain, you could be the luck one, fate turns on a dime, the only thing that will change, are the lights when they get brighter, they replace the sun, out the door you get burned, and there's no way back in, you got nothing snake eyes the house always wins

A drowning man does not die silently you can feel the final warning, and the black money follows through the veins of the shallow, change the name to protect the guilty, you'll never leave Sin City, where you are King.

In this room of shame, you can sink this town, and breathe another day, the mirror faces you, you cannot look away, blood is on your hand, the streets will be the same, under your feet like quicksand, touch the face, where a kiss of hope can last.

A drowning man does not die silently you can feel the final warning, and the black money follows through the veins of the shallow, change the name to protect the guilty, you'll never leave Sin City, where you are King.

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Back To Nowhere (written by M.Brooks)

If you could have told me, I wouldn't find my way back home, never would have closed the door, I never would have left the phone unplugged, all night, waiting for the sunrise, to take me out of here, back to nowhere.

Wish you would have told me, who knows if I could have heard, Love don't make the reasons why, some people just don't find the words to convey, the truth, the passion that they feel, why do I keep falling back, back to nowhere,

Wish that you could hold me, like you used to in the dark, lay your body next to mine, where it does it end, where does yours start, I'm sure your fine, but in case it's me you're missing, you should know I'd gladly go, back to somewhere, back to anywhere, I'd go, With You.

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