Written / Performed by Rosanne Baker Thornley (RBT)
From her album "Sorry I'm Late"

The tea you used to love
Well, I am down to the last bag
The cup that was your favorite has a crack
that pen you wrote me notes with
is almost outta ink
/n It’s hard to see the line
Where I used to wear your ring

It’s so hard to keep you here
It’s so hard to keep you here

I’m looking round the room
and nothing feels the same
So much of you is missing it’s all changed 
I can feel you standing here with me
I can feel you standing here with me 
… but barely 

The sweater that was yours 
I swore I’d never take it off 
but it’s so full of holes 
it’s not the perfect that it was 
Your favorite cologne, 
I put some on when I get lost
Now the bottles almost empty
And I'm down to the last drops 
      
It’s so hard to keep you here
It’s so hard to keep you here

I’m looking round the room,
and nothing feels the same
So much of you is missing it’s all changed
I can feel you standing here with me
I can feel you standing here with me 
… but barely 

I didn’t want to say goodbye
I didn’t want to say goodbye
No I didn’t want to say goodbye

Looking round the room
and nothing feels the same
So much of you is missing it’s all changed
I can feel you standing here with me
I can feel you standing here with me 
I can feel you standing here with me 
… but barely 
Barely

BARELY

Written by : RBT | NE (Rosanne Baker Thornley, North Easton)
Performed by : RBT | NE
From RBT's album "Sorry I'm Late"

If was a book you could turn my pages slowly,
Look at all the words, that wait for you to hold me
When your fingers touch my spine
You find the place, where you left off last night

Every chapter of this story
We get lost in every line
And the part that means the most to us
We say out loud each time
And just before, we both fall asleep

We read

One more line, underneath the covers
And one more line, rolls into another
And we don’t ever want to close our eyes
One more line, underneath the covers
And one more line, rolls into another
And we don’t ever want to close our eyes
Just one more line. Just one more line

If I was a book, you could bend my edges softly
Lay me on your chest, pull me right against your body
And when you hold me long enough
I will just let go, and open up

Every chapter of this story
We get lost in every line
And the part that means the most to us
We say out loud each time
And just before, we both fall asleep

We read

One more line, underneath the covers
And one more line, rolls into another
And we don’t ever want to close our eyes
One more line, underneath the covers
And one more line, rolls into another
And we don’t ever want to close our eyes
We don't want to ever close our eyes
And we don't want to close our eyes
Just one more line. Just one more line

Just one more line.

ONE MORE LINE

Music Written & Performed by Rosanne Baker Thornley | North Easton

She was just a little girl
With her fingers tightly curled
Around her daddy’s every time he went away
And when the tears came pouring in
He’d take his hand and lift her chin
He’d smile into her eyes and then he’d say 

Look up, I’m gonna be back here real soon
Look up, we’ll share that big ol’ moon
It don’t matter where we are
We’ll always have those stars 
Everything will be ok if you
Look up

She was barely 17
WIth a suitcase full of dreams
They were quiet on the drive to catch the train
It was hard to say goodbye
She’d never seen her daddy cry
She fell into his arms and heard him say

Look up, you’re gonna be back here real soon
Look up, we’ll share that big old moon
It don’t matter where we  are
We’ll always have those stars 
Everything will be ok if you
Look up, Look up

All the years they went by fast
Each one better than the last
And every moment big and small
She really had it all
Then she got the call 

Black umbrellas in the rain
The teardrops on her face
She lifts her daughter’s chin and says 

Look up, it’s gonna be ok real soon
Look up, we’ll share that big ol’ moon
It don’t matter where we are
We’ll always have those stars
And everything will be ok if you
Everything will be ok if you
Oh everything will be ok if you

Look up, Look up, Look up, Look up

LOOK UP

I can’t believe it
That I’m the one that feels this
I told myself I should let go
A hundred times or more and so I’m sorry
But I can’t let you go

Wish I didn’t need this 
and everything beneath it
Sometimes it gets so hard
It’s pulling me apart and I can’t stand it
But I can’t let you go

CHORUS
How do you leave behind what you want
How do you dial it down and turn it off
How do you say goodbye and move along
How is anyone, that strong

Maybe if I try it
Hurts less inside if
I stop needing to explain
the feelings I can’t change and I don’t like it
but I can’t let you go

How do you leave behind what you want
How do you dial it down and turn it off
How do you say goodbye and move along
How is anyone, that strong

If the truth can set you free
then I confess that this is killing me
All the pieces from the past
And all the days I can’t get back
Every day that I can’t have
How, do I, get over that

How do you leave behind what you want
How do you dial it down and turn it off
How do you say goodbye and move along
How is anyone, that strong

Is anyone that strong
Is anyone that strong
Is anyone that strong
Is anyone that strong
Is anyone that strong
Tell me, 
how, is anyone that strong

RBT - STRONG (LIVE SESSION)

Written and Performed by RBT

We were together
talking like we had forever
every drop of time
was never ending wine
and I was yours

Every precious moment
we just kept on holding
every single sip
Lingered on our lips

CHORUS
Here we are
And noone’s dancing
Here we are
Burning and crashing
We’re lost in the ashes
Of who we were

What happened to - you’re perfect
No questions asked - you’re worth it
falling on the sword
to never needing more
Cause I was yours

Never could imagine
We’d end up so damaged
No need say goodbye
(cause) there’s nothing left inside

CHORUS

How can two hearts be replaced
with emptiness and bitterness and ‘I-wish-I’d-never-known-you’ hate
How does that kind of love, lose its way ….. How does love, loose it’s way

CHORUS

Here We Are

HERO
Robbery Inc.
Written by Robb Torres, Rosanne Baker Thornley
Produced by Robb Torres 

I do my best 
But it’s more than I had planned
I’m overworked and underpaid
I do what I can, I do what I can 

I close my eyes 
But I don’t have a clue 
I hold my breath and pray that we’ll get through
I do what I can, I do what I can 

CHORUS 
I don’t wanna be the hero 
I don’t wanna wear the cape 
I don’t wanna lead the way
I don’t wanna be the hero
Don’t wanna feel the weight of more than I can save 

I do what I can, I do what I can 

I only want to give what’s good
Lately I’ve given way more than I should 
I have to have the answers 
have to answer to the call
Now I’m just so tired of answering at all
I do what I can. I do what I can. 

I don’t wanna be the hero 
I don’t wanna wear the cape 
I don’t wanna lead the way
I don’t wanna be the hero
Don’t wanna feel the weight of more than I can save 
I do what I can, I do what I can 

Everyone is reaching out  
they put all their faith in me
But I’m just a regular guy, yea
I do what I can, I do what I can 

I don’t wanna be the hero 
I don’t wanna wear the cape 
I don’t wanna lead the way
I don’t wanna be the hero
Don’t wanna feel the weight of more than I can save 

I do what I can, I do what I can

HERO

RBT / Corby's Orbit
Radio Regent, Toronto Radio
Interview with Paul Corby, February 24, 2023

All music revolves; it goes around and around. Corby's Orbit, hosted by musician, educator and artist Paul Corby attempts to track all the trajectories of both instantly new, and durably old tunes, amidst live, in-studio performances and interviews. Known for cutting edge curation of Canadian talent, Corby digs into local and international entertainment news, historical perspectives, poetic spoken word and campaigns of shameless idealism to further expand the revolutionary airspace. Listen up!

Corby's Orbit : RBT Interview

Folk Roots Radio : Episode 661
Full Interview - May 4. 2023
feat. Rosanne Baker Thornley – Sorry I’m Late & Gordon Lightfoot Tribute 
Hosted and produced by Jan Hall, Folk Roots Radio is a syndicated radio show that focuses on bringing new folk, roots and blues music, and the voices of upcoming and independent artists to the airwaves.

"Toronto singer-songwriter Rosanne Baker Thornley joins us on Episode 661 of Folk Roots Radio to chat about her fabulous second album, the very personal “Sorry I’m Late”, a new recording that arrived twenty-eight years after her debut, “Courage”. Sorry I’m Late is a fantastic album with a wonderful cinematic feel and one that really connects with the listener. It deserves to be heard by as many people as possible. It’s that good. Although we can’t share all of our interview on this radio episode – which stretches into an excellent conversation about songwriting and mentorship, it is really worth checking out. We wrap up the rest of the episode with a tribute to Gordon Lightfoot who sadly left us recently. So many great songs, so many memories of a fantastic songwriter; we feature a few of our favourites, alongside a couple from his banjo-toting daughter Meredith Moon, and a lovely finale from Aengus Finnan. Remember, If you like the artists you hear on this show and want to support them, don’t just stream their music – BUY their music, and then you’ll really make a difference to their income at a time when it is becoming much more difficult to make a living as a musician.

Folk Roots Radio

Folk Roots Radio : Overtime - Rosanne Baker Thornley - Sorry I'm Late  (May 4 2022) SC

MM Radio, Switzerland 
Bands, The Good, Bad & the Ugly : RBT with Dr. Dawg
October, 2023 

My world was broadened when invited by MMRadio to jump into an interview with Dr. Dawg. An interview series focused on music insights from the perspective of "The Good, Bad and The Ugly" - a great conversation generously sprinkled with tracks from my new album, we covered a lot of ground between me here in Canada, Dr. Dawg in Colorado and Magpie Sally / MM Radio in Switzerland.

You can also find the full interview / video here - 
https://youtu.be/BwqIOkswPA8?si=iexK3cwrn2TgjBJa

BANDS, the Good, Bad & the Ugly with Rosanne Baker Thornley

MM Radio, Dr. Dawg with Rosanne Baker Thornley

“No Need To Speak”, a song written for the Deaf community.
A universal expression of love, compassion, and understanding - a song that is a promise of trust. A message of assurance that those who care about you won’t turn away - and a song that illustrates despite any type of barrier, what you have to share shines through to those in front of you. 
Performed by Marshall Dane. 

Written by Marshall Dane, Rosanne Baker Thornley (RBT)
Produced and Arranged by Will Schollar 
Drums - Kevin Howley
Pedal Steel - Doug Johnson 
Mixed by Ben Pelchat at Kensington Sound, Toronto, Canada 
Mastered by Andy Krehm 

LYRICS
No need to speak
No need for words
You don’t need the noise
Know that you’re heard

I don’t need the thunder
To tell me when there’s rain
There’s no need to speak
Cuz I see what you’re saying

CHORUS
I won’t close my eyes
No I won’t turn away
I want to see you
See everything you say
Hear you with my heart
And hear you with my eyes
See me when I say I won’t turn away

I can see it in your smile
I can see it in your face
I can see how you feel
By the love that’s in your wave

And I love that you can’t hide
Who you are inside
There’s no need to speak
Just trust these hands of mine

CHORUS

I won’t close my eyes
I won’t turn away 
I see what you’re saying 
No need to speak 
No need for words
Don’t need the noise 
Just know you’re heard

No Need To Speak

Music & Lyrics © RBT | NE (Rosanne Baker Thornley, North Easton)
Performed by North Easton

At 17 a boy don’t know,
‘bout living smart and moving slow,
18 notches on the wall,
I carved ‘em all.
Once a year I mark the day,
I should have turned and walked away.

I had the hopes that young men do,
Not the strength to see ‘em through
I followed blind, I crossed the line,
Took the fall in someone else’s shoes,

And if I could go back, back to me I’d say 

Look before you follow 
Think before you chose
It’s not what you gain,
It’s in everything you lose
Don’t forget your feet,
You don’t have to stay
You can always turn, and walk away, walk away

In the shadows of my youth,
I didn’t care about the truth
I was desperate to belong,
Could of put it right, but I did it wrong,
And the hardest part in the empty dark,
Is the quiet pain and the fear I face

If only I could just go back and say –

Look before you follow 
Think before you chose
It’s not what you gain,
It’s in everything you lose
Don’t forget your feet,
You don’t have to stay
You can always turn, 

Look before you follow 
Think before you chose
It’s not what you gain,
It’s in everything you lose
Don’t forget your feet,
You don’t have to stay
You can always turn, you can always turn and walk away, walk away

TURN - RBT | NE

Performed by MIKALYN
Written by © Rosanne Baker Thornley & Scott MacKay

There’s too much sky - too blue - too wide
The birds on the wire, are singing but I don’t know why 
Why aren’t the roses hanging their heads
They’re standing straight up - blooming instead

Now that we’re apart, 
There’s nothing, 
but blood in my heart

Why does that guy, have a smile on his face,
And why is the sun even shining today,
Why are the headlines talking ‘bout love 
Don’t they all know, what happened to us ,

Now that we’re apart,
There’s nothing
But blood in my heart.

The moon goes up -  the sun goes down
The stars light up - the world goes round 
Every day, life moves on
It don’t stop, for anyone
Moon goes up - the sun goes down
The stars light up - the world goes round 
Every day, life moves on
It don’t stop, for anyone

Now that we’re apart there’s nothing 
Now that we’re apart there’s nothing 
But blood in my heart

NOTHING  BUT BLOOD

Written / Performed by Rosanne Baker Thornley (RBT) 

It’s the morning of the day 
her life is going to change and it’s quiet
She is in her hotel room 
all the girls will be here soon 
but not arrived yet
All the pieces of this dream
all the months imagining
And here she is
A bit of old, a bit of blue, 
a bit of borrowed, bit of new,
Just like she planned it.
	 
CHORUS
She’s years of braids and ponytails
Pink lemonade, and fairytales
And today she is a bride
And she’s six years old inside
Her mother’s eyes
	 
They sit together on the bed 
a picture perfect wedding dress waits in the corner
A mother, daughter, side by side
they don’t speak so they don’t cry
The day moves forward 
Bit of lipstick, bit of blush, 
a bit of champagne all because 
Here she is
Standing in her wedding day
With her beautiful bouquet
Just like she planned it.
	 
CHORUS
	 
She thinks about all that they’ve had
She knows love moves them forwards not back
And she smiles cause she knows what they’ll have … 

The years, the braids, the ponytails
Pink lemonade, and fairytales
And today she is a bride
And she’s six years old inside
Her mother’s eyes
Today she is the bride,
She’s the passion, she’s the pride, and she’s the light in …
Her mother’s eyes

HER MOTHER'S EYES

Written, Performed by Rosanne Baker Thornley (RBT)

I can’t believe it 
That I’m the one that feels this
I told myself I should let go
a hundred times or more and so I’m sorry
but I can’t let you go 

Wish I didn’t need this 
And everything beneath it
sometimes it gets so hard  
It’s pulling me apart and I can’t stand it
But I can’t let you go 

CHORUS 
How do you leave behind what you want 
How do you dial it down and turn it off
How do you say goodbye and move along
How is anyone, that strong 

Maybe if I try it
Hurts less inside if
I stop needing to explain
the feelings I can’t change and I don’t like it
but I can’t let you go 

How do you leave behind what you want 
How do you dial it down and turn it off
How do you say goodbye and move along
How is anyone, that strong 

If the truth can set you free
then I confess that this is killing me
All the pieces from the past 
And all the days I can’t get back
Every day that I can’t have
How, do I, get over that

How do you leave behind what you want 
How do you dial it down and turn it off
How do you say goodbye and move along
How is anyone, that strong

Is anyone that strong
Is anyone that strong
Is anyone that strong
Is anyone that strong
Tell me how
Is anyone that strong

STRONG

Written and performed by Rosanne Baker Thornley 

Had an obligation I had to keep
A conversation I couldn't leave
A ton to do so I didn't sleep
A lotta people I wan'da please
 
Had a pile of clothes I had to wash
Had to raise the kid, ’n’ walk the dog
Grab the groceries an’ drop em off
Had so much to do that I forgot
 
CHORUS 
Sorry I’m late
But there's a thousand things I had to do today
And another 1000 things that I would love to chase
That have to wait
Sorry I'm late
 
Had a stack of bills I had to pay
Had 25 years I know that saved me
Had a moment there where I kinda wandered
Thought I had enough time
But it took longer
 
I got caught on another road
and the clock didn't stop and I got older there 
were years there where I lost a page 
had a lot of plans I couldn't change

Sorry I’m late
But there's a thousand things I had to do today
And another 1000 things that I would love to chase
That have to wait
Sorry I'm late
 
22 turns 29
31 turns 35
41 and 43 run 
quickly into 50 and
51 meets 53 and right beside is 55
And 56 it can't believe when it's
staring right at 60
 
Sorry I’m late
But there's a thousand things I had to do today
And another 1000 things that I would love to chase
That have to wait
Sorry I'm late
Sorry I’m late
Sorry I’m late
Sorry I’m late
Sorry …

Recorded at Kensington Sound in Toronto, Canada, this song shines with the talent and hearts of - Will Schollar, Producer, Arranger / Multi-Instrumentalist;  Mark Kelso - Drums; Ben Pelchat - Mixing; Andy Krehm - Mastering; Greg Sanford - Cover art design; Taylor Thornley-Schollar - Photography.

Sorry I'm Late

Written and performed by Rosanne Baker Thornley

You always seem to blur the line
Of what is hers and what is mine
I trust your lips, but not your eyes
And all the signs that tell me otherwise
 
In the dark I can’t undo 
the talk that leads us right into
the words that feed a quiet flame
and you are not the same
because of me
because of me 
 
And I know, you know
I don’t wanna let you go
And I know, you know
I can’t wait forever
Cause she ain’t never gonna let you go
 
You might say you understand 
but there’s no way you really can
You bare your soul and then you leave
and tell me you can’t stay
because of me
because of me 
 
All this time that I keep bending
I walk a line that has no ending 
and you can say what you believe
But you keep coming back
because of me
because of me  
 
And I know, you know
I don’t wanna let you go
And I know, you know
I can’t wait forever
Cause she ain’t never gonna let you go
 
Every time you come
you change, you change
Every time you go
you change, you change 

And I know, you know
I don’t wanna let you go
and I know, you know
I can’t wait forever
Cause she ain’t never gonna let you go

Because of me

BECAUSE OF ME

Because of Me

Written / Performed by Rosanne Baker Thornley (RBT)
From her album "Sorry I'm Late"

All the nights that I’ve laid here
I just assumed that all the years 
Would come and go, and you’d be near
All the nights you held me close
We laughed ‘bout who loved who the most
I never thought, they’d disappear

I can hear your heartbeat
I can feel your breath
I can feel your warmth inside my chest
I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin
I can feel your lips against my skin

You know that it’s the hardest part
To reach to touch you in the dark
And realize, that you’re not here
I close my eyes and try to sleep
But it keeps coming back to me 
I always thought I’d be where you are 

I can hear your heartbeat
I can feel your breath
I can feel your warmth inside my chest
I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin
I can feel your lips against my skin

I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay,
Give me one more night, for what I need to say

Here I lay alone in bed
With endless things I should of said
And sunlight is climbing up the wall
I wonder if you really knew
How much I wanted you
I shoulda said it all

I can hear your heartbeat
I can feel your breath
I can feel your warmth inside my chest
I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin
I can feel your lips against my skin

I can hear your heartbeat
I can feel your breath
I can feel your warmth inside my chest
I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin
I can feel your lips against my skin

I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay,
Give me one more night, for what I need to say
I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay,
Give me one more night

GIVE ME ONE MORE NIGHT

Written / Performed by Rosanne Baker Thornley 
Produced / Arranged by Will Schollar
Mixed by Ben Pelchat
Recorded at Kensington Sound, Toronto, Canada 
Mastered by Andy Krehm 
				           
I got on a plane cause
Had to meet you in Paris
That was the plan 
We climbed the stairs
to Montmartre, up to where 
the painters paint portraits
in the square 

And it wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last
And I could not help but think just take this in
cause it all goes by so fast

Chefs in white aprons 
Cafe tables of patrons 
Waiting to dine
The night was amazing
sharing, talking and tasting 
such a fine, bottle of wine

And it wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last
And I could not help but think just take this in
cause it all goes by so fast

Nothing could prepare us
for when I left you there in Paris
and kissed you goodbye

I remember you wanting
your own Parisienne drawing
a piece of the weekend
to keep
You picked the chair
and I paid the artist 
Watching you smile woulda broken my heart if 

And it wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last
And I could not help but think just take this in
cause it all goes by so fast

Nothing could prepare us
for when I left you there in Paris
and kissed you goodbye
I just knew that this trip
Was definitely different 
When I kissed you goodbye 



It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last
I could not help but think just take this in,
I could not help but think just take this in
I told myself don’t think, just take this in
Cause it all goes by so fast

In Paris

I create. I write. 
I write songs for me. And I write songs with and for other artists. My team produces me and many of the artists I work with. I’ve received quite a few international songwriting awards which is cool and that adds a nice bit of visibility along the way. I love what I do, and I’ve been doing this a long time. Every day I work with awesome, talented people who inspire and motivate me to want more. Music is not an easy business, but its certainly made for an interesting journey to this point. And so it continues :) For more, please visit my site at rbtsong.com. And thank you for dropping by to listen. RBT

Rosanne Baker Thornley (RBT)

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