Written by Stacy Swinford
www.stacyswinford.com 

FALL FOR ME
If I wrote you a love letter
Wrapped in ribbons and
Some French perfume
would you fall for me like I fell for you
Would you fall for me
Like I 
Fell 
For you. 

If I wrote you a sweet love song
With the rhymes just right
And a melody strong
Would you fall for me like I fell for you
Would you fall for me
Like I
Fell
For you
	I carved I love you into a tree
	put a forever heart around you and me
	I'll love you for always 
	I have from the start
	it's you and me against the world 
	inside that wooden heart

If I took you by surprise
On a faraway trip
To paradise
Would you fall for me like I fell for you
Would you fall for me
Like I
Fell 
For you 

	I carved I love you into a tree
	put a forever heart around you and me
	I will love you for always 
	I have from the start
	it's you and me against the world 
	inside that wooden heart

If I stood here by your side
Thru the very worst days 
and the best of times
Would you fall for me like I fell for you
Would you fall for me
Like I
Fell 
For you 


FALL FOR ME

I’m going home
back to my roots 
back to the girl 
I used to know 
I’m gonna turn 
back in to me 
who I used to be 
I’m going home 

I’ve been a long time gone

I’m going home
Back to the start
back to the place 
that has my heart 
I’m gonna stay 
gonna settle down 
watch the world go round
I’m going home

I’ve been a long time gone

I’ve been a long time gone away
I’ve been a long time gone away
I’ve been a long time gone away



Going Home

written by Stacy Swinford

This thread I'm hanging on by
Is getting weaker
Maybe I should just let it break

The strength that I have left
To keep it all together
Is becoming less the more I have to take 


oh no This is not the way I thought it’d go
My minds eye had seen it all so clear
How We were meant to be together
Love like our would last forever
this is not the way I thought it'd go


This picture perfect world 
Is only an illusion
It's time to face reality 

Let's just admit that we
Looked better in the abstract
You and I were never meant to be

oh no This is not the way I thought it’d go
My minds eye had seen it all so clear
How We were meant to be together
Love like our would last forever
Oh no this is not the way I thought it'd go


Better In The Abstract

written by Stacy Swinford

Maybe I’ve been looking in the wrong direction
with lowered expectations 
raising up my glass half empty
Maybe I’ve been taking everything for granted
with no appreciation
of all the blessings life has given me

but then love, love came around
and it changed the way I see things now
and the way I see it now looks pretty good
as I watch every moment unfold as it should
and the world may not be perfect but so be it
oh its beautiful to me the way I see it


I used to measure all my satisfaction
by material possessions
but it was never good enough for me
and the more that I received the more I wanted 
the more that I needed to
fill up this emptiness in me

until love, love came around
and it changed the way I see things now
and the way I see it now looks pretty good
oh I watch every moment unfold like should
and the world may not be perfect but so be it
oh its beautiful to me the way I see it

love, love came around
and it changed the way I see things now
the way I see it now looks pretty good
oh  I watch every moment unfold just like it should
and the world may not be perfect but so be it
oh its beautiful to me the way I see it

its beautiful to me the way I see it


The Way I See It

Are you still standing there where I left you
At the fork in the road at the bottom of the hill
Trying to figure out which way you should travel
Paralyzed by the lies that you whisper to yourself

Are you still swimming at the bottom of a bottle
Drowning in those old memories and living in your past
Blaming society and everyone around you for mistakes
And the pain that you bring upon yourself. 

Oh oh oh change ain't easy
 Lord knows I  should know
I never found what I needed 
Til I learned to let you go

Do you still dance around the truth when your talking
Telling lies just to satisfy the one you're talking to
 making promises you don't intend on keeping 
And You wonder why when you reach out 
No one is there for you. 

LET YOU GO

Turn around Ruth
Let me take a look at you
Tell you what to wear
Tell you what to do

You don't live right
As far as I can tell
Turn around Ruth
For you go to hell

Turn around Ruth
You've been living in sin
Let me tell you who to love
Let me tell you how to live

You don't live right
As far as I can tell
Turn around Ruth
For you go to hell

Turn around
Turn around
Make a change
Make a change
Turn around

Turn around Ruth
and walk away from me
Don't let anyone tell you
Who you need to be

Live your life
And make your choice
Turn around Ruth
And raise your voice

Turn around Ruth
Fight the fight




Stand your ground
know your rights

Live your life
And make your choice
Turn around Ruth
And raise your voice

Turn around
Turn around
Make a change
Make a change
Turn around

Turn around Ruth
And make a choice
Turn around Ruth
And raise your voice.

Judging Ruth (demo FAWM 2016)

I was taken by surprise
when I saw you standing there
always knew that you’d go far
never thought I’d see you here

It’s so great to hear your voice
it’s so good to see you smile
come and sit here next to me
we’re gonna be here for a while

	Welcome to Hell
	wont you make yourself at home
	where the whiskey is weak
	and the fires burn strong
	We’ll be dancing with the Devil
	til the break of dawn
	welcome home

I think we all knew from the start 
that I’d end up here someday
but I never would have guessed 
that I’d see you in this place

Tell me all about the past
take some time to reminisce
what’d you do since I’ve been gone
How’d you end up here like this

	Welcome to Hell
	wont you make yourself at home
	where the whiskey is weak
	and the fires burn strong
	We’ll be dancing with the Devil
	til the break of dawn
	welcome home

	Welcome to Hell
	wont you make yourself at home
	where the whiskey is weak
	and the fires burn strong
	We’ll be dancing with the Devil
	til the break of dawn
	welcome home

StacySwinford