--Lyrics--

You called me your “first love”, as if I weren’t hurt enough.
You leveled my pride, my hope for us cast aside.
The life that we built, the family we swore to share,
All gone in a moment: a first love is love not there.

You’re proud of your choices. You’re happy to be set free.
Those two words relieve you: a first love is memory.

All that I ask, all that I need,
I know I deserve, I hope you agree,
Honor our friendship, honor our love,
Tell me without me your life’s not enough.

I know that we’re over. It’s obvious you’ve moved on.
There’s no happy ending. I’m not searching for shangri-la.
But I am no memory. I’m flesh and blood, I’m still me.
When you call me your “first love”, it’s hard to breathe.

All that I ask, all that I need,
I know I deserve, I hope you agree,
Honor our friendship, honor our love,
Tell me without me your life’s not enough.

The promises shared will always be there—you are not dead to me.
As hurt as I am I’ll give what I can, I want to be friends, so please:

All that I ask, all that I need,
I know I deserve, I hope you agree,
Honor our friendship, honor our love,
Tell me without me your life’s not enough.

First Love

--Lyrics--

To he who takes a knee, who makes a plea with a ring,
To he who earns her love, who learns just what she’s missing.
To he who makes it his priority to give my girl just what she needs.

I know I prayed you wouldn’t be, but if you’d just do this for me…

You must love and accept, forgive her and defend her, provide for her,
She deserves the best of you.
Respect her and protect her from the evils of the world;
You are blessed to have this girl.

To he who cheers her on, whose fears are gone when she’s dancing like a goddess.
To he who holds her hand, and strokes her hair in times of crisis.

I know I prayed you wouldn’t be, but if you’d just do this for me…

You must love and accept, forgive her and defend her, provide for her,
She deserves the best of you.
Respect her and protect her from the evils of the world;
You are blessed to have this girl.

My love for her is timeless, I hope yours is, too.
She has chosen you to give her life to.
I gave her all I had, now she’s yours.
And now you have the chance to give her more.

So you must love and accept, forgive her and defend her, provide for her,
She deserves the best of you.
Respect her and protect her from the evils of the world;
You are blessed to have this girl.

To He

--Lyrics--

There’s a train track from here to California
There’s a plane that takes me home
There’s a way back to the dreams I once believed in
There’s a life I could live on my own.

There’s a sun shining on a hillside
There’s a moon guiding me there
There’s a breeze cooling my journey
All I need I have with room to spare…

But you.

There’s a face on my pillow
There’s a love that could be
There’s a job – a career
Just waiting, just waiting for me.

There is night when I’m sleeping
There’s a day in my dreams
I can feel myself growing
I believe in everything…

But you.

But You

Lyrics:
Give love a chance,
Don’t say it’s too late,
Don’t give your heart to another when I’ve come so far to say.

Give us a shot,
Give us a break,
Know that no one has it easy but it’s worth it anyway.

So give me your hand,
And give me a day,
And I will show you all that love can do if you choose to stay.

Family harmony, beauty and legacy, songs for anniversaries, watercolor memories,
Stargazing, traveling, patient understanding.

I hear that you don’t think it’s fair
To wait for this to go somewhere.
You don’t remember what it’s like to even have me living near.

But babe there’s nothing I won’t do,
I’ll move wherever you want to,
I want nothing more than the life that I have promised you.

So give love a chance,
We don’t have to wait,
We’ll let our hearts lead us to a future we’ll create.
And all of our friends will see us and say:
Love is a miracle look how full the world is they have made.

Give Love A Chance

So much history in this city,
So many lives that I have lived.
So many memories I’ve forgotten,
So many I hope you forgive.

So hard to walk the streets of Chelsea,
So hard I skip 9th Avenue.
So much time spent on the Highline
Waiting out my patience on you.

The day we met I put a penny in a jar,
Thought I could fill that jar before you broke my heart.
But all these moments I collected next to you
Are history, now this city is all I have to lose.

Went to the Met last night I didn’t even pay.
Thought about what the lady said that day.
We discussed the price as jazz musicians played,
She laughed at us and told us not to worry what we gave.

Everything with you was harder than it had to be.
You never let our love become our reality.
But I have walked the Hudson from the Heights to the Battery,
And everywhere I look I see the beauty you left me.

The day we met I put a penny in a jar,
Thought I could fill that jar before you broke my heart.
But all these moments I collected next to you
Are history, now this city is all I have to lose.

They say that the heartland is better than it seems.
It lets you run away from your broken-hearted dreams.
But nothing beats the skyline of Manhattan in the spring,
I’d rather feel you everywhere than lose everything.

The day we met I put a penny in a jar,
Thought I could fill that jar before you broke my heart.
But all these moments I collected next to you
Are history, now this city is all I have to lose.
Are history, now this city is all I have to lose.
Our history in this city is all I have of you.

This City

I made you a promise,
 I thought you made one, too,
The faith I have in all we are, too stubborn to be moved.

So why am I so lonely?
 And why are you so cold?
 And why are we so distant, where did our love go?

You say you have a new life,
You say I'm just a friend,
I can't pretend to understand, I need you back again.

I called you for the last time,
 My hope was all but gone, 
And all you had to say was that you hoped I could move on.

All I asked was for everything, 
But you couldn't give me anything, anymore.

I'm walking in the winter,
 I'm squinting through the rain,
 I'm looking for an anchor so I don't get washed away.

I'm running so I'll lose my breath,
 I'm lifting for the pain,
I'm stretching what I can control of what still remains.

All I asked was for everything, 
But you couldn't give me anything, anymore.

My purpose has always been to give you what you need,
 But God knows this is hard to give, why'd you have to leave?

All I asked was for everything, 
But you couldn't give me anything, anymore.

Everything

Don’t pick up pennies anymore
No you won’t find me lookin’ down on the floor
Yeah I got all the luck that I need right here
Well babe, you’re my penny and I got no fear.

Look into your eyes I’m mystified to realize the signals you show.
You are smiling like you also care to find out just how far this can go.
We were friends and that was fun but now we’re pushing all the boundaries we know.
I was waitin’ I can’t wait no more I’m ready now to let this thing grow.

Don’t pick up pennies anymore
No you won’t find me lookin’ down on the floor
Yeah I got all the luck that I need right here
Well babe, you’re my penny and I got no fear.

I should prolly say I’m new to this I’m due to miss a signal or two.
I’ll be clingy, suffocating you’ll be hating some the things I will do.
But I’m yours if you will have me I will learn to understand what you need.
I think you’re the only one who could ever get me down on one knee.

And all the time I worried ’bout the way to move you, way to choose you.
I just couldn’t see, you want this just like me.

Don’t pick up pennies anymore.
No you won’t find me lookin’ down on the floor.
Yeah I got all the luck that I need right here.
Well babe, you’re my penny and I got no fear.

My Penny

If you can’t sleep tonight—
Your losses toss and turn inside.
If memories are all you’ve got
And new moons are your only light.

When carbs you call your friends,
And family: a glass of red.
You run to feel the heaviness
And read to see what you have missed.

Remember your name.
A gift you can claim.
Forever the same.
Remember your name.

Remember your name.
It’s almost like praying.
Say it softly but not in vain.
Remember your name.

If you can’t dream tonight,
Your future’s putting up a fight,
Overwhelming to decide,
Apathy—your only desire.

When darkness is your friend
And family: the silence within,
You speak so someone’s listening
And hold onto your loneliness.

Remember your name.
A gift you can claim.
Forever the same.
Remember your name.

Remember your name.
It’s almost like praying.
Say it softly but not in vain.
Remember your name.

Remember Your Name

Below are updated lyrics since this was recorded.

--Lyrics--

I pray I will be stronger, so I have courage to begin again.
I pray my life is longer, so I have time to realize my plans.
Help me wake tomorrow, I'm scared I can't do it alone.
Please let me borrow your shoulder, in order that I may have a home.

הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְשָׁלוֹם
וְהַעֲמִידֵנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ לְחַיִּים

My heart was broken, now I understand I've always been too trusting.
Love has left me empty of patience and faith. I never thought I'd need...

הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְשָׁלוֹם
וְהַעֲמִידֵנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ לְחַיִּים

Adonai, will you hold me?
Adonai, bring me peace.
Adonai, share your wisdom.
Adonai, I am alone.

My Penny

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