LYRICS:

Seventeen voices are at my door
And they all sound just the same
With daggered tongues brushing 'gainst the floor
Wearing down as they etch my name

Long has time stood still beside me
Lamenting days when the chronicles once read,
"You're not gonna have it all
If what you want is dead."

Mem'ries never go away
For my heart sings the song of yesterday
How can I find the strength to live for today
When all my joy seems to light the road behind me?
What will it take for yesterday to find me?
And who am I to keep holding onto
Pictures in a frame that are withholding me?

So I'm here once again
Looking back from the end
While my life passes by
It's a shame you and I
Couldn't settle the score
Oh, those pretty things you wore
Were just holding you down
While memories left you bleeding upon the ground
Bleeding on the ground
Bleeding on the ground...

A Song For Forgetting (Demo)

"You Belong To Me" | Elijah Duncan (The Doobie Brothers)

"This Christmas" | Pabey (feat. Elijah Duncan) [Donny Hathaway]

"Bad Habits" | Pabey (feat. Elijah Duncan) [Ed Sheeran]

"As It Was" | Pabey (feat. Elijah Duncan) [Harry Styles]

© North Corner Music Group

LYRICS:

Seventeen voices are at my door
And they all sound just the same
With daggered tongues brushing 'gainst the floor
Wearing down as they etch my name
Long has time stood still beside me
Lamenting days when the chronicles once read,
"You're not gonna have it all
If what you want is dead"

Memories never go away
For my heart sings the song of yesterday
How can I find the strength to live for today
When all my joy seems to light the road behind me?
What will it take for yesterday to find me?
And who am I to keep holding on
To pictures in a frame that are withholding me?

So I'm here once again
Looking back from the end
While my life passes by
It's a shame you and I
Couldn't settle the score
Oh, those pretty things you wore
Were just holding you down
While memories left you bleeding upon the ground
Bleeding on the ground

But I can't get rid of this feeling inside
That the world would be better off knowing I tried
So I'm gonna take my memories and throw them aside
'Cause my heart'll be better off knowing they died

I'm gonna forget you
I'm gonna forget you
I'm gonna forget you
I'm gonna forget you...

"A Song For Forgetting" | Elijah Duncan

© North Corner Music Group

LYRICS:

Father, look what you’ve done to me
You laid a hand upon these eyes
And now I cannot see
You were low on alcohol
Mama’s a-weepin’ down the hall
And there was no one there at all for me

Oh, you
You never took a chance to let me in
So afraid of what was ‘neath your skin
And now you’ve left us all behind

Don’t you know love has never forsaken you
In spite of all that’s achin’ you?
So let it go, and then you will know it’s true

Mother, see what you’re going through
You never stopped to greet the tears
And now they’re changing you
You were high on feeling good
Making light of your childhood
In truth, I felt misunderstood by you

Oh, you
No need to hide behind that smile you wore
You know it never stopped the pain before
So won’t you leave that all behind?

Don’t you know love has never forsaken you
In spite of all that’s achin’ you?
So let it go, and then you will know it’s true

"All That's Achin' You" | Elijah Duncan

© North Corner Music Group

LYRICS:

Hey, Mrs. Moses
I don’t know you well, but I think I love you
Oh, yes I do
I bet the good Lord chose us
To join our separate hells and build something new

You’ve never met a man like me
I need just one chance to set your spirit free

‘Cause I’m here to renew you
You know, I see right through you
I wanna prove it to you
Day after day
(Anyway...)

(CHORUS)
So I guess I’ll leave my number on the till
And then I’ll drink up these summer breezes
Rollin’ over the hill
Because I, oh, I think I love you
Come on, sweet Virginia, say you will

Hey, Mrs. Moses
I was told you made a fuss with poor ol’ Jimmy
Oh, is it true?
I don’t suppose it’s
Too bold of me to discuss what I have in me

You would not need that man anymore
If you would only look out your front door

‘Cause I’m here to relieve you
From the ones that thieve you
Oh, I won’t deceive you
Day after day
(Anyway...)

[CHORUS]

Hey, Mrs. Moses
You don’t know me at all, but I think I love you
Oh, yes I do
I would’ve sent you roses
But I cannot help but stall when I think of you

I guess I’ll keep these things to myself
Just as long as I can’t find somebody else

‘Cause I’m here to renew you
You know, I see right through you
I wanna prove it to you
Day after day
(Anyway...)

[CHORUS]

(Oh, I think I love you)
Come on, sweet Virginia, say you will
(Oh, I think I love you)
Come on, sweet Virginia, say you will

"Virginia Moses (Say You Will)" [Original] | Elijah Duncan

Elijah Duncan | "A Case of You" (Joni Mitchell)

LYRICS:

Long ago, I was hiding in the dark
Playing games with the voices in my mind
You don't know how those words picked me apart
I crumbled at my name and left myself behind

How can I keep myself together
When my voice drifts away just like a feather
And what's left of me is aching to get better?
I need to find someplace to hide away
Where I might find the time to say what I...

(I'm-a gonna say what I need to say)
What I need to say
(To quit holdin' onto yesterday)

It ain't easy to open up
When the world wants to shoot you down
You just need to stop, and give it a chance
For the love you found

In my heart, there's a child who's crying out
Broken words that never seem to convey
Reaching out for a patient soul to hear
Just beyond the silly words he has to say

When will I get myself together?
Who will take the time to sit through this old letter?
And am I wasting my time trying to get better?
I need to find someplace to hide away
Where I might find the time to say what I...

(I'm-a gonna say what I need to say)
What I need to say
(To quit holdin' onto yesterday)
(I'm-a gonna say what I need to say)

This is goodbye
This is the end of what I put me through
This is goodbye
This is the dawning of somebody new
This is goodbye
This is the end of what I put me through
This is goodbye

Elijah S. Duncan

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