VERSE 1:
The earth around me is catching fire
And I’m the one who must brave the flames
Through the ashes we soar higher
The home we know will never be the same
The face of a revolution
A part I never thought I’d play
Well can you show me the solution?
Because right now I’m just praying for rain

CHORUS:
Don’t wanna be your savior
I’m the one who needs saving
But the world will never know
A savior must forge their path alone
Yeah, Oooo
Yeah, Oooo

VERSE 2:
So raise your hand toward the new horizon
Follow the sound of the raging drum
We’ll shake the ground with our declaration
We’ll march until they feel it in their bones
So cast away this age of darkness
Light me up, I’ll be your torch
Take my body, all my treasures
Remember my name and I am yours

CHORUS:
Don’t wanna be your savior
I’m the one who needs saving
But the world will never know
A savior must forge their path alone
Yeah, Oooo
Yeah, Oooo

VERSE 3:
What’s the price of a new beginning?
No two hands left unstained
Well it doesn’t look much like winning
Can’t name the bodies in their graves
Not what I want, what I intended
But some things I cannot change

CHORUS: 
Don’t wanna be your savior
I’m the one who needs saving
But the world will never know
A savior must forge their path alone
Yeah, oooo
Yeah, oooo

BRIDGE:
Don’t wanna be your savior
I’m the one who needs saving

Music & Lyrics by Leah Dowdy

Savior (The Hunger Games)

VERSE 1:
A synthetic drug that feels like love but never is
A half-baked man my idle hands would die to fix

You gotta be this high to ride the ride 
And I’m callin your bluff 
My heart’s too big for this 
And I have seen enough

CHORUS:
All these little toy soldiers
Keep pulling me closer
All these little toy soldiers 
Playtime is over

These little toy soldiers
These little toy soldiers
These little toy soldiers
These little toy soldiers


VERSE 2:
I want you to feel take my place, I want you to carry the weight
And when you’re on your knees remember it’s just a game

Another flag to claim, a body to tame
When he shoots he always scores
Well you can have the battle baby
I was built for war

CHORUS:
All these little toy soldiers
Right left right, on down the line
Keep pulling me closer
I left right left, you right on time

All these little toy soldiers
Right left right, on down the line
Playtime is over
I left right left, you right on time

Ooo, I left you right on  time

BRIDGE:
Yeah, I’ve been black and blue
But I’m stronger than they knew
Left me for dead
So I’ll paint it red 

Yeah, I’ve been black and blue
But I’m stronger than they knew
Left me for dead
So I’ll paint it red 

CHORUS:
All these little toy soldiers
Right left right, on down the line
Keep pulling me closer
I left right left, you right on time

All these little toy soldiers
Right left right, on down the line
Playtime is over
I left right left, you right on time

BRIDGE:
Yeah I've been black and blue
But I'm stronger than you knew
Leave me for dead
And I'll paint it red

These little toy soldiers
These little toy soldiers
These little toy soldiers
These little toy soldiers

Music & Lyrics by Leah Dowdy

Toy Soldiers

VERSE 1:
We crossed the line on the West side
Too many drinks and your sad eyes
A pinky swear and two locked lips
An inside joke and hands on hips

I didn’t know you caught feelings
Or maybe I did and I ignored them
A basket-case and far too late to see what she had in her hands

PRE-CHORUS:
Too good for you
Don’t let him see through
Too good for you
Don’t let him see through
Too good for you
Don’t let him see through
Too good for

CHORUS:
She’s a lovely bride and will she have your child?
A suburban life with a Stepford wife I’ll never be
Yeah, I’m a bit messy but you’ll never forget me
We rolled the dice, you paid the price
A neon drug, what almost was

What almost was
What almost was
What almost was
What almost was

VERSE 2:
I hope it’s everything you dreamed of
Just kidding, I really I hope you break up
White picket fences always go down in flames
And when you strike the match remember my name

You see I’ve grown I’ve gone to therapy
I meditate and I am learning
To love myself, to have faith in men
To ask for help and to trust my friends

PRE-CHORUS:
Too good for you
Don’t let him see through
Too good for you
Don’t let him see through
Too good for you
Don’t let him see through
Too good for

CHORUS:
She’s a lovely bride and will she have your child?
A suburban life with a Stepford wife I’ll never be
Yeah, I’m a bit messy but you’ll never forget me
We rolled the dice, you paid the price
A neon drug, what almost was

BRIDGE:
Yeah, I wasn’t ready when we were twenty three
And I’m so sorry the blame is all on me
Yeah, I wasn’t ready when we were twenty three
This my apology
Do you still dream about me?

CHORUS:
She’s a lovely bride and will she have your child?
A suburban life with a Stepford wife I’ll never be
Yeah, I’m a bit messy but you’ll never forget me
We rolled the dice, you paid the price
A neon drug, what almost was

What almost was
What almost was
What almost was
What almost was

What Almost Was

VERSE 1:
When he doesn’t say it back but you still meant it
When he’s careless with your heart but you still send it
A one sided ballroom dance, a classic doomed romance
The kind that makes your feet hurt

Now you’re left here defending his intentions
Filling in the blanks with the words he forgot to mention
Leave space for me he says
You stand and hold your breath
But he’s still gone and you haven’t moved yet

CHORUS:
The truth is I wanted to grow old with you
And I’d be your last love if you asked me to

VERSE 2:
So I’ll drink your poison, I don’t no need no chaser 
Yeah, I’ll breath in all your lies until my lungs hurt
Hold steady and aim true I’d Juliet for you
And say at least I touched the sky

Cause if you break me now at least I’ll know you meant it
A step outside the lonely I’ve been wrapped in
I gave it all to you
Some things you can’t undo 
One year gone and I’m still seeing blue

CHORUS:
The truth is I wanted to grow old with you
And I’d be your last love if you asked me to

VERSE 3:
Mistook your honesty for novelty, it was cruelty
Turns out real life ain’t nothing like the movies
Full speed and off the drive
A cinematic Bonnie & Clyde
Credits roll and I’m still alive

CHORUS:
The truth is I wanted to grow old with you
Could have been your last love if you'd asked me 
If you'd asked me to

I'll be your last love
Yes, I'll be your last love
I'll be your last love

I'll be your last love
Yes, I'll be your last love
I'll be your last love

Music & Lyrics by Leah Dowdy

Bonnie & Clyde

VERSE 1:
It’s been a week can’t eat or sleep
You pull the string and I’m undone
Straight through my heart this is how it starts
Starry-eye and tongue tied the battle won


PRE-CHORUS:
Well call me Alice cause I’m falling too fast
Eyes closed with a blind hope that it lasts 
When the Mad Hatter calls we raise our glass 
Down it goes 

CHORUS:
‘Cause I’m dreaming of waking up next to you 
In a sun-filled room ooh
Butterflies irrational highs
Tiny secrets just you and I

Yes it’s fragile and it’s new
But I know that this much is true
I’m dreaming of waking up next to you

I'm waking up next to you 
I'm waking up next to you 
I'm waking up next to you 
I'm waking up next to you  

VERSE 2:
I’m writing stories in my mind
Hope and delusion intertwined
Let’s turn the page take center stage
I’ll walk the tightrope if you’re on the other side

PRE-CHORUS:
Well call me Alice cause I’m falling too fast
Eyes closed with a blind hope that it lasts 
When the Mad Hatter calls we raise our glass 
Down it goes 

CHORUS:
‘Cause I’m dreaming of waking up next to you 
In a sun-filled room ooh
Butterflies, irrational highs
Tiny secrets just you and I
Yes it’s fragile and it’s new
But I know that this much is true
I’m dreaming of waking up next to you

I'm waking up next to you 
I'm waking up next to you 
I'm waking up next to you 
I'm waking up next to you    

BRIDGE:
Walk me home
Stay the night make me your own
Tell the stars to move slow
Take the risk let it go

CHORUS:
‘Cause I’m dreaming of waking up next to you 
In a sun-filled room ooh
Butterflies, irrational highs
Tiny secrets just you and I

Yes it’s fragile and it’s new
But I know that this much is true
I’m dreaming of waking up next to you  

I'm waking up next to you 
I'm waking up next to you 
I'm waking up next to you 
I'm waking up next to you 

I'm waking up  
I'm waking up 
I'm waking up
I'm waking up 

Music & Lyrics by Leah Dowdy

Next To You

VERSE 1:
My parents don’t talk and neither do yours
They sleep in separate rooms behind slamming doors
It’s all just hmm, hmm
It’s all just hmm, hmm

You think marriage is a scam and I do too
You can’t break forever unless you promise to
It’s all just hmm, hmm
It’s all just hmm, hmm

CHORUS:
So turn up the volume and turn off the lights
Roll down your window and sing to the night
Ride a radio wave until you find what you’ve lost
Put your faith in those  headlights that pierce through the dark

It’s all just white noise
It’s all just white noise

VERSE 2:
Your jeans don’t fit and neither do mine
Starving for attention to pass the time
It’s all just hmm, hmm
It’s all just hmm, hmm

An unspoken bond, the traumatic kind 
Two teenage ghosts on West Chester Pike
It’s all just hmm, hmm
It’s all just hmm, hmm

CHORUS:
So turn up the volume and turn off the lights
Roll down your window and sing to the night
Ride a radio wave until you find what you’ve lost
Put your faith in those headlights that pierce through the dark

It’s all just white noise
It’s all just white noise
It’s all just white noise
It’s all just white noise

VERSE 3:
She moved out West and she lives by the shore
I know why you don’t come home anymore
It’s all just hmm, hmm
It’s all just hmm, hmm

And I built a life in the Empire State
But I miss those back roads more than I can say 
It’s all just hmm, hmm
It’s all just

CHORUS:
So turn up the volume and turn off the lights
Roll down your window and sing to the night
Ride a radio wave until you find what you’ve lost
Put your faith in those headlights that pierce through the dark

It’s all just white noise
It’s all just white noise
It’s all just white noise
It’s all just white noise
It’s all just white hmm, hmm

Music & Lyrics by Leah Dowdy

White Noise

Verse:
You like games, home-field-advantage 
knocking every move and groove out the park 
Lock eyes, boy your a lethal breed 
keep off the streets after dark
What a fool, thinking I could be the one 
to break the chains on your heart
Lesson learned, wide awake with both eyes open 
I finally see who you are

Bridge:
So I’ll delete your number (gotta get you up out my head) 
But sometime I wonder (if you meant a thing you said)

Chorus:
‘Cause I can’t make you love me
I can’t make you know my heart
I can’t make you see me
I can hope, I can prey, but that won’t change our fate
‘Cause I can’t make you want me

Music & Lyrics by Leah Dowdy

Can't Make You Want Me

Your heart was in my hand
I balled it up into a fist
Guess I was scared or something
I don’t even know who made me like this
Everything it felt so good
I just couldn’t believe it was true
Have you ever burned your own bridge 
To keep someone from loving you?

What a sad mistake
Is it too late? 
  
You got me drinking on Tuesday's
Crying at movies, uh oh
You got me thinking about babies
We could call one Jamie, uh oh
And I’ve been dreaming about a white dress
And looking at tuxes, uh oh
I know I drive you crazy but baby
I’m ready now
I’m ready now

You took a broken girl
And build her up a house of bricks 
I tried to tear it down
Swore that I was too far gone to fix
Here in this lonely bed all I can think of is you
And how I’m gonna win you back 
‘Cause your love’s something I can’t lose

Pre-Chorus + Chorus
          
So I’ll stand here in the rain
Hoping you will change your mind 
‘Cause we all make mistakes
But I’m not gonna to let you down this time 
Now I’m an open book
Tell me what you need to know
Shout it from the rooftops if you want me
I love you so 

Chorus

Music & Lyrics by Leah Dowdy

Drinking On Tuesdays

Verse 1:
I’ve been thinking a long, long time
About the promises you made that night 
Head over heels into those blue eyes 
One week later we’re booking flights

Dive bars and Broadway shows
Late night chats and cracking codes
Swore I’d never let myself get too close
People come and then they go

Chorus:
And I think I could've loved you
But 300 miles is a long way to scream through
We were on borrowed time and you checked out at noon
Here’s to falling blind and playing the fool

Verse 2:
Silent treatment and one missed call
Do your friends ever ask you where I’ve gone?
Was it too soon to call you babe? 
Is that why you walked away?

You know I never asked for much
I just thought you were someone I could trust
Then you up and disappeared
At least one thing is clear

(Chorus)

Verse 3:
This time last year winter break
Kissed me outside in the rain
I miss the way you'd say my name
And I wouldn’t change a thing 

Yeah, I’d rather play the fool
‘Cause this fool was so in love with-
It was small and it was true
And I’d still choose you

(Chorus)

Music & Lyrics by Leah Dowdy

The Fool

05/07/2020

New York City alternative soul artist. Various gems from my songwriting adventures. Demos and shiny finished products alike. xx

Leah Dowdy

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