In My Next Life
Lydia Patritto

Verse 1
I want him like birds wanna fly
But he wants his freedom at night
It is what it is I’m the sinking ship
So, I’m running on empty
And he’s going full speed
To warmer arms, softer lips

Chorus
Cause I don’t have what he needs
I wanna know why Lord, why not me
Pick a fight to get mad, drink away his goodbye
But either way I’m stuck here facing time
And no matter what I do he’s still not mine
But maybe he’ll love me in my next life

Verse 2
Maybe one day he’ll miss
The safe haven in my kiss
The electric world I tried to give him

CHORUS

Bridge
His favorite song, his sweetest dream
A fresh breath of air, where his worries sleep
I’m gonna be everything this old me will never be

CHORUS





In My Next Life

Until You’re Dead
Lydia Patritto

Verse 1 
Never knew how long I could hold my breath
Till my faith choked and there was no air left
Never knew how much weight I could put on one string
Till it broke, went to hell, and I lost everything

Chorus
But I should’ve know never to see
Any dreams but my own and not to believe
Promises made until they’re kept
But you live and you learn until you’re dead

Verse 2
Never knew how much strength was in my heart 
Until I challenged love to a game of darts
Never knew just how fast I could run
‘til I stared down the barrel of the devils gun

CHORUS

Bridge
I should have opened my eyes to see
Trouble standing there targeting me
Should have seen the world differently
Trusted no one but me


Until You're Dead

Forbidden
Lydia Patritto

Verse 1
No lovers could ever love like we could
If this barbed wire weren’t there hell we would
Sew your eyes shut and I’ll bite my tongue 
We’ll make ‘em believe nothings going on

The longer we wait tension burns brighter
Can’t slip up or we’ll land in fire

Chorus
It’s forbidden so we’ll pray to God for now
The struggle won’t get too real before our turn comes around
Oh, it’s killing us slowly, but we’re not dead
Just living for the day when the air gets thin enough again
Cause right now breathings forbidden

Verse 2
I’m doing everything in my power not to
Drown in you but you smile my way and I loose
And you go to sleep to avoid your fear
Of wanting us so bad the world might hear

We will make this agony worth it
Hold my breath till you’re the one I’m with

Chorus
It’s forbidden so we’ll pray to God for now
The struggle won’t get too real before our turn comes around
Oh, it’s killing us slowly, but we’re not dead
Just living for the day when the air gets thin enough again
Cause right now breathings forbidden

Verse 3
And I don’t know if I’ll ever have a shot with you
But I’ll keep telling myself there’s a chance I do, I do

Chorus
It’s forbidden so I’ll pray to God for now
The struggle won’t get too real before our turn comes around
Oh, it’s killing me slowly, but I’m not dead
Just living for the day when the air gets thin enough again
Cause right now breathings forbidden


Forbidden

Wake Up Song
Lydia Patritto

Verse 1
The sun keeps dancing in on your closed eye lids
You still sleep
And I’m drunk on coffee, pacing, going crazy
You still sleep
And I don’t wanna wait for the morning dove
I’m gonna sing you awake my love

Chorus
Darling here’s your wake up song
Though you haven’t been asleep for too long
You’re just caught up in your wild dreams
Come back and seize the day with me
I’ll keep singing you this wake up song
You’ll be back to me before too long
You just live out all those crazy dreams
Then come on back to me
After this wake up song

Verse 2
The lake is calm and the clouds are gone
Let’s take a swim
When the day gets cool we’ll picnic under the moon
Your kind of bliss
But I don’t wanna wait for the morning dove
I’ve gotta sing you awake my love

Chorus
Darling here’s your wake up song
Though you haven’t been asleep for too long
You’re just caught up in your wild dreams
Come back and seize the day with me
I’ll keep singing you this wake up song
You’ll be back to me before too long
You just live out all those crazy dreams
Then come on back to me
After this wake up song

Chorus
Darling here’s your wake up song
No, you haven’t been asleep for too long
You’re just caught up in your wild dreams
Come back and seize the day with me
If I keep singing you this wake up song
Then you’ll be back to me before too long
You just live out all those crazy dreams
Then come on back to me
After this wake up song
Darling, come back to me


Wake Up Song

Buttercup’s Lullabye
Lydia Patritto

Verse 1
Buttercup, don’t cry
Mama’s always by your side
Tonight I’ll rock you to sleep
All your troubles I will keep
My little girl as you grow up
I’m gonna protect you with my love

Chorus
So, Buttercup don’t cry
Cause you’re here for the long ride, baby 
The long ride, baby
Pack your dreams for flight
Cause you’re here for the long ride, baby 
The long ride, baby for life

Verse 2 
Buttercup, don’t cry
Curves are gonna be thrown sometimes
That day when the car won’t start
The sinks full and the soap runs out
Your late for work, the light turns red
Don’t let the stress inside your head

Chorus

Verse 3
Buttercup, don’t cry
The world’s not gonna pass you by
Don’t you worry your life away
Slow down you’ve got time to play
Go grab your dancing shoes
It’s time to make the world move

Chorus


Buttercup's Lullabye

Walking Memory
Lydia Patritto

VERSE 1
Say Tequila and I’m right back with him
Journey plays I hear him singing it
See a Saturn I’m rollin’ down the window in his

Spring breeze I’m hiking holding his hand
A good joke I’m getting lost in his laugh
A cold night I’m wearing his sweatshirt again

PRE-CHORUS
Lightning strikes we’re running through the rain
Smell of smoke I’m consumed in his flames

CHORUS
Oh he’s forever burned in my mind
Or I’m frozen with him in time
A disease that won’t let me move on
So I’ll love him, love him until he’s gone
Dead dreams are better than nothing 
Even if they’re making me go crazy
Haunted by his walking memory
And I’ll let him walk all over me

VERSE 2
Don’t give me roses cause you’re not him
Try to beat his smile cause you won’t win
You don’t want my heart I already broke it

PRE-CHORUS
I stare into a new pair of blue eyes 
but I only see his looking back in mine

CHORUS

BRIDGE
One day I’ll forget the heat of his skin
The sound of his voice, the taste of his lips
Get through a day without thinking about him
But I’d rather I didn’t
No I’d rather I didn’t

CHORUS

TAG
All over me.
He can walk all over me
I love his walking memory
And I’ll let it walk all over me



Walking Memory

My Most Wanted Man
Lydia Patritto

Verse 1
You have got the most beautiful mind
The words you speak stop the world, freeze time
You know you better than water knows the sea
The ties you bind are forever and free

Pre-Chorus 1
I’ll never really live 
blinded in the blue
Never truly love 
until I'm loving you

Chorus
So breathe me, dear and hold me in.
Cause life with you 
I know is gonna be the best place I’ve ever been
I’ll go to the ends of the earth to find you,
My most wanted man.
My most wanted man.

Verse 2
Always my angel through the good and the grey
Cup of coffee and a kiss and everything will be okay
Everyday I’m gonna love you even more
Watch what makes you smile, the way it makes you glow
	
Pre-Chorus 2
Everything I need
Is everything you are
I’ll tell you right now
I’m gonna get to your heart

CHORUS

PRE-CHORUS 1

CHORUS

Tag: Wait my whole life for the day I finally meet you
         My most wanted man.
         My most wanted man.


My Most Wanted Man

I Held My Own
Lydia Patritto

Verse 1
When you cross my mind I chain smoke
Sit on the porch and just let go, just let go
Wish I could say it’s just a now and then
But you are my shadow’s best friend

Pre-Chorus
And you get to me, you get to me
Every choice I make, haunting memories

Chorus
You saw the world landing in my hands
And you held it back every chance you had, every chance you had
I built my dreams, I built my goals
You’d knock ‘em down blow by blow, yeah blow by blow
But I held my own

Verse 2
You’d stand on your soapbox and preach
I always aim too high to reach, to high to reach
Then storm away like I’d gone mad 
For not backing down on my plans

Pre-Chorus
You were getting to me, you were getting to me
Every choice I made, haunting memories

CHORUS

Pre-Chorus
You get to me, You get to me
Every choice I make, haunting memories

CHORUS


I Held My Own

Your Way
© 2013 Lydia Patritto 

Verse 1
You think I checked out insane came in
The girl you knew went off the deep end
I’m not a rose replaced with a weed
The problem child or the one bad seed

Pre-Chorus
Yeah, I’ve been caught in wild night
Heartless men have stolen mine
Chasing freedom, wasting time
But that’s just all a part of life

Chorus
Like leaves with time my colors have changed,
Oh they have changed
Some got darker and some got dark and grey
Dark and grey
Mistake after mistake, life’s little heartbreaks
Have made me the person I am today
I just didn’t grow your way

Verse 2
No, I’m not her anymore
Let go of innocence I breathed before

Pre-Chorus
But I get stronger with every sun
Learned the difference of wrong and fun
Fool me once, but twice you’re done
Above all I’ve learned to run

Chorus


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