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While The Angels Sigh

by Cindy Alexander

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1.
The Power of You 03:56
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You’re so special, yeah you know it So magnetic, don’t shy from the gun Arms wide open when you blink at them A true believer in the power of you They got no will to walk away from you Mortar and pestle, girl and the gun And we’re all the same rose by another name Picked off the petals, wilted and shunned I’ll never belong, I’ll never concede Climbed up a slippery slope with my dreams The weight of the world is so hard on your knees I’ll never belong to the power of you I’m so special, yeah I know it Casting a net around all of my girls Learn from my bruises, burn from my scars I’m a true believer in all that you are We never belong, we never give in Love’s not a game or something we win The weight of the world isn’t something we lose But I believe in the power of you When they have their fill of the fun They catch and release all the hearts that they’ve won I’ll never belong to anyone I’ll never belong Pay your dues and pay a visit But don’t you expect they’ll remember your name It ain’t worth it, just preserve it Don’t you give them the power of you We never belong, we never concede Climb up a slippery slope with our dreams The weight of the world we cannot release But I believe, yeah We never belong, we never give in Love’s not a game or something we win And the weight of the world isn’t something we lose But I believe in the power of you (in the power of you) In the power of me (in the power of me) In the power of you (in the power of you) In the power of you
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Broken but Beloved 04:37
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We are broken but beloved We are damaged but divine We are broken but beloved We are unexploded mines Peeling on the surface Bleeding out on purpose While the angels sigh We are broken but beloved We are fragments of the light Temporary sparks turning cartwheels in the dark ’Til the tunnel turns to white Stay with me tonight We know how this thing ends I don’t need another friend To spend my time We are broken but beloved We are stagnant then revived Perfectly imperfect Completely wired circuits When you turn me on I shine Stay with me tonight We know how this thing ends I don’t need another friend To spend my time Spend my time Spend my life Watch the hour glass Turn upside Down we go Down we go Now you know Now you know Spend my time Spend my life Watch the hour glass Turn upside Down we go Down we go Now you know Down we go Down we go Now you know We are broken but beloved We are fragments of the light We are broken but beloved When you turn me on I shine
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Try, Try, Try 04:19
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It’s a strange disease I wreck ‘em like a hurricane Yeah, you know me Boredom is my Novocain Aah, you’re shutting me down You’re locking me up There’s a static in the chemosphere So, let’s go out Knock a couple things down Remind me why I’m here ‘Cause I try, try, try To get back the look in your eyes Yeah I try, try, try To get back by your side Gotta feed a fire Push until we shake At least I feel alive I’m bleeding from a break Aah, you’re lifting me up Outta my shell See your body watchin’ over mine Pull me back in Under my skin It’s time to rectify Yeah I try, try, try To get back the look in your eyes Yeah I try, try, try To get back by your side Miss me like a muse Give me everything to lose Yeah, you know me I’m better when I’m bruised Oh, not like that More like this Kiss me like our last goodbye Now let’s go out Knock a couple things down Make it worth a cry Yeah I try, try, try To get back the look in your eyes Yeah I try, try, try To get back by your side Oh I try, try, try To get back the look in your eyes Yeah I try, try, try To get back by your Right back by your Get back by your side Try, try, try Yes I try, try try Try, try, try
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Alizarin Crimson 02:57
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Rolling with the flow Rocking with the rhythm Sliding into home by the skin of her teeth Leaving a wake of alizarin crimson Cheating the dark with a lucky streak Some will take a low road Others go high Joei climbs on backs And begs ‘em to fly No one can deny the stars in her eyes The stakes up ahead and the damage behind Rolling with the flow Rocking with the rhythm Sliding into home by the skin of her teeth Leaving a wake of alizarin crimson Cheating the dark with a lucky streak Yeah, cheating the dark with a lucky streak Oh, she’ll do whatever it takes ‘Cause there’s no time to waste All we are is all we take away We’re all we take away Flashes a smile Makes the light go green Burning down the doors With her alchemy God I’d love to hate her, but she’s circling me Everything I want and wanted to be Oh yeah, rolling with the flow Rocking with the rhythm Sliding into home by the skin of her teeth Leaving a wake of alizarin crimson And cheatin’ the dark with a lucky streak Rolling with the flow Rocking with the rhythm Sliding into home by the skin of her teeth Leaving a wake of alizarin crimson Cheating the dark with a lucky streak Painting the sky alizarin crimson And cheating the dark with a lucky streak
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The Piano 04:03
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Got an antique upright from Detroit, Michigan With story after story just waiting for a friend It passed three generations ’til it sat in front of me And said “Play me outta here… let the ghost go free” So, I closed my eyes and let my fingers glide upon the ivory And she said Sing it out for the ones who love you Sing it out for the ones who don’t Play it all for the world around you Some will get it, some just won’t Let it go cuz you can’t contain it Let the feeling flow right through You’re right where you belong Sing and I will sing along Every note was paid for by Grandma’s sweat and tears She’d seen it in the Grinnell storefront window for some years She worked the extra hours teaching kids the Do Re Mi So, she could play a lullaby and sing my dad to sleep So, I close my eyes and listen to the angels in my head Sing it out for the ones who can’t and Sing it out for the ones who won’t Let your heart go heed a call that No one hears except your soul Spread the love cuz you can’t contain it Let the feeling flow right through You’re right where you belong Sing and I will sing along I played it for some 20 years as she channeled through the songs Then I passed it to a child ‘cause was time that she move on To yet another soul who had the music in her blood You see God gives us a gift if we listen close enough So, close your eyes and let your fingers glide upon the ivory Sing it out for the ones who love you Sing it out for the ones who don’t Play it all for the world around you Some will get it some just won’t Let it go cuz you can’t contain it Let the feeling flow right through you’re right where you belong Sing and I will sing along Sing it out for the ones who can’t and Sing it out for the ones who don’t Let your heart go heed a call that No one hears except your soul Spread the love cuz you can’t contain it Let the feeling flow right through You’re right where you belong Sing and I will sing along with you
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Lightning 03:22
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How can you just sit there with your eyes upon a platter Speaking in third person as if I don’t really matter You’ve all but given up to find a way to bury me I’m a ghost that won’t lay low…busy bee I know he planned a party rave underneath the table And she could give two shits about my video on cable Tell me that I can’t and then I’ll do it twice for fun I’m not blonde or 21…but I strike lightning I strike through Am I frightening I found the outline of your ego when it moves Does it freak you out I find the heart to cut in two I strike lightning I strike through I’m chewing on a gummy while I finish up a song I know they’re gonna hate it, they’ll say it’s not my genre Well, they can kill it, worm will win it, burrow in like it’s tinnitus I won’t quit until I’m finished I’m not done ’til I strike lightning I strike through Am I frightening I found the outline of your ego when it moves So, does it freak you out I find the heart to cut in two I strike lightning And I strike through (Whoa whoa whoa oh) (Whoa whoa whoa oh) How can I just sit here with my heart upon a platter Speaking in first person like I think I really matter I thought of giving up, then I thought again you see I’m a ghost that won’t lay low…busy bee I strike lightning I strike through Am I frightening I found the outline of your ego when it moves Sometimes it freaks me out I find the heart I cut in two I strike lightning And I strike through (Whoa whoa whoa oh) (Whoa whoa whoa oh) Oh...
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Chiaroscuro 01:59
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All the colors on the line Chiaroscuro in my mind I think that everyone is blind And out of time I should hide under a rock But I’m the loudest ticking clock Fine, you can leave But know that I love you Don’t you know a time will come When we all blend into one And we can’t outlive the sun Who carries on I should hide under a rock But I’m the loudest ticking clock Fine, you can leave But know that I love you How many signs Before we break the wheel How many lifetimes Before we heal How many seasons Can one girl kneel Before she sleeps All the colors on the line Chiaroscuro in my mind Now I think I might go blind And just in time I could hide under a rock But I’m the loudest ticking clock Fine, you can leave But know that I love you
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Carolina in My Mind 03:46
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In my mind I'm going to Carolina Can't you see the sunshine Can't you just feel the moonshine Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind Yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind Karen she's the silver sun You best walk her way and watch it shine Watch her watch the morning come A silver tear appearing now I'm crying Ain't I? I'm going to Carolina in my mind There ain't no doubt in no ones mind That loves the finest thing around So ,whisper something soft and kind And hey, babe, the sky's on fire I'm dying, ain't I? I'm going to Carolina in my mind In my mind I'm going to Carolina Can't you see the sunshine And can't you just feel the moonshine Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind Yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind Dark and silent late last night Think I might have heard the highway call. With geese in flight and dogs that bite And signs that might be omens say I'm going, going I'm gone to Carolina in my mind With a holy host of others standing round me now And still I'm on the dark side of the moon And it seems like it goes on like this forever So, you must forgive me If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind In my mind I'm going to Carolina Can't you see the sunshine Can't you just feel the moonshine Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind Yes, I'm gone to Carolina in my mind Gone to Carolina in my mind
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Room At The Bottom 03:49
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Below the belt of the Sunset Strip One shoe drops and the other one fits Misery’s company has got a sale on tears Any deadbeat you can lend me I’ll give him an ear You’re all welcome, no line to get in It’ll cost you nothing and everything So, come on down, call your friends if you got ‘em There’s room at the bottom Welcome to the low life Everybody here’s got no life At the bottom I see where I’m headed through a hole in the roof If you don’t believe me, I’m holding the proof The door that leads in leads out as well Choose your stairway to heaven Or your highway to hell You’re all welcome, no line to get in It’ll cost you nothing and everything So, come on down, call your friends if you got ‘em There’s room at the bottom Welcome to the low life Everybody here’s got no life At the bottom Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em At the bottom But nobody’s got ‘em At the bottom There’s nowhere to go (nowhere to go) Nowhere to go (nowhere to go) Nowhere to go But up from here You’re all welcome, no line to get in It’ll cost you nothing and everything Come on down, call your friends if you got ‘em There’s room at the bottom Welcome to the low life Everybody here’s got no life At the bottom Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em At the bottom Nobody’s got ‘em At the bottom You don’t have to beg me I said I’m loser friendly At the bottom Welcome to the low life Welcome to the low life At the bottom
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Try, Try, Try (Acoustic) 04:07
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It’s a strange disease I wreck ‘em like a hurricane But you know me Boredom is my Novocain Oh, you’re shutting me down Locking me up There’s a static in the chemosphere So, let’s go out Knock a couple things down Remind me why I’m here Oh I try, try, try To get back the look in your eyes Yeah I try, try, try To get back by your side We gotta feed a fire And push until we shake At least I feel alive I’m bleeding from a break Aah, you’re lifting me up Outta my shell See your body watchin’ over mine So, pull me back in Under my skin And make it worth a cry Cause I try, try, try To get back the look in your eyes Oh I try, try, try To get back by your side Miss me like a muse Give me everything to lose Cause’ you know me I’m better when I’m bruised Oh, not like that More like this Kiss me like our last goodbye Now let’s go out Knock a couple things down It’s time to rectify Cause I try, try, try To get back the look in your eyes Oh I try, try, try To get back by your side Oh I try, try, try To get back the look in your eyes Yeah I try, try, try
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Walking Constellation 03:59
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Everything you need to know Is in between the words I wrote A million times my heart will beat And break to make an hour’s show But don’t you worry, I’ll be alright ‘Cause I’m a citadel, I was born to fight If the hole in my heart is how the light gets in Shoot me now I’m a walking constellation Your elevation, my motivation If the fear in your mind is where the dark sets in Use me now, I’m your walking constellation Illumination, it’s what we’re chasin’ Shine on, shine on Everything I ever loved Is wrapped inside the songs I’ve sung On every fail and every fall Is where I stand, when I stand tall I’m a bullseye on display But I can’t live any other way If the hole in my heart is how the light gets in Shoot me now I’m a walking constellation Your elevation, my motivation If the fear in your mind is where the dark sets in Use me now, I’m your walking constellation Illumination, it’s what we’re chasin’ I’m a walking constellation You can spend your life following the sun But there’s a brighter light inside of everyone So, shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on Shine on, shine on Most of what I need to know Comes after all the books have closed His blue eyes filter me Love is so enlightening So, don’t you worry, I’ll be alright I got an extra hit of hope to keep me high If the hole in my heart is how the light gets in Shoot me now, I’m a walking constellation Your elevation, my motivation If the fear in your mind is where the story spins Use me now, I’m your walking constellation Illumination, it’s what we’re chasin’ I’m a walking constellation I’m a walking constellation I’m your walking constellation Shine on, shine on

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released April 23, 2021

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Cindy Alexander California

As a seasoned writer and performer, Cindy has tackled many subjects; not only the classic singer/songwriter confessional fare of dysfunctional relationships, marriage, and motherhood, but also her personal discovery and recovery from breast cancer, the perils of the entertainment business, classic literature, sexuality, spirituality, history and the human condition. No topic is out of bounds ... more

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