The Story

Ok. I am addicted to this CD. I generally burn my own because I find that half of the songs on the average albums are not to my liking & I end up constantly skipping through the tracks to find my favorites. But I downloaded this Brandi Carlile CD in it's entirety from Napster (only a few hours on our speeeeedy dial-up) and I haven't listened to anything else since.

I love "The Story" & "Turpentine" & "Wasted" & "Have You Ever" (which makes me think of Cole out wandering the hills) & "Until I Die" and "Downpour"... OK I love all the songs. Unheard of! And to top it off Cole listened to part of it last night and didn't roll his eyes or talk over it. Really.

So here are the lyrics to one of my top favorites from the album, its a waltz - so read the lyrics with a sing-song rhythm. When I hear this track I picture drifting gently down the river. So melancholic. The lyrics are great - but to hear the song brings chills.

"Cannonball"

I was born when I met you

Now I'm dying to forget you

And that is what I know

Though I dreamed I would fall

Like a wounded cannonball

Sinking down with my heart in tow

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Bright lights like white lightning

Who shot me down

Who'll cut me down

I'm frozen in my bed till the day comes around

How I'm lost

How I'm found

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There's a man all alone

Telling me his friends are gone

That they've died and flown away

So I told him he was wrong

That your friends are never gone

If you look to the sky and pray

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Bright lights like white lightning

Who shot me down

Who'll cut me down

I'm frozen in my bed till the day comes around

How I'm lost

How I'm found

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Someone told me a lie

Someone looked me in the eye

And said time will ease your pain

But behold, when you fall

It's that same old cannonball

Coming back for your heart again

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Bright lights like white lightning

Who shot me down

Who'll cut me down

I'm frozen in my bed till the day comes around

And it may come around

Until the day comes around

How I'm lost

How I'm found

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I was born when I met you

Now I'm dying to forget you

And that is what I know

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