Laura Oden - Lyrics

Alchemy Lyrics

It's Just Me
Words: Teeka Ballas and Laura Oden, Music: Laura Oden

I come to you with troubles. I come to you flawed. I come to you naked, and I am raw. The reason why I think I need you, is so that you can help me sort it all through. But all these fingers, keep on pointing, back to me. Cause it's just me. It's just me. It's just me.
I know that I'm a problem. I know that I'm impossible. And I know that I think too much. And I drink too much. And I sink too much. The reason why I think I need you, is so that you can help me sort it all through. But all these fingers, keep on pointing, back to me. Cause it's just me. It's just me. It's just me.

One Tattoo Girl
Words, music: Laura Oden

She sailed around the world and. She danced with pretty pearls and. She liked the boys that were canvassed in, daring and confidence. Confidence. She couldn't see where her life was gonna go. So she was just happy being a one tattoo girl. A one tattoo girl.

She bobbed in and out of. Of lives that were wide enough to. Step in and enjoy the ride of character and happenstance. Happenstance. She couldn't see where her life was gonna go. So she was just happy being a one tattoo girl. A one tattoo girl.

You Still
Words, music: Laura Oden

You still, Sleep like a baby. I've watched you, A thousand times. Sleeping the world behind. Cause I can't watch you. And I can't save you. And I can't watch you in your dreams.

I can see, The writing on the wall. It's all about to change, now. Everything's gonna change, now. Cause I can't watch you. And I can't see you. Drink up life this way much more.

Slow Go Day
Words: Brian Hutton, Music: Laura Oden

It seems so easy when you get there. When you finally find your way back, No problem. Nothing to it. It's second nature. Second nature. Like falling off a bike and learning how to fly. But ya gotta find the timing, And you gotta find the time, But ya gotta find the timing, And you gotta find the time.

It's like livin on your wits, And your uncanny sense of time and gravity. Time and gravity. It's like goin to the dog track, And bettin on a cat. What could go wrong with that?What could go wrong with that? But ya gotta find the timing, And you gotta find the time, But ya gotta find the timing, And you gotta find the time.

Seems so easy when you get there, But you find your way back, No problem. And on and on. And so and so. And it ain't so bad, On a Sunday slow go day. And ahead is still the night.

Sophie Don't
Words: Bruce Farnsworth, Music: Laura Oden

Woke up today at half past five. It’s Sophie’s birthday, man alive. She’s sixteen and never been kissed. She has a lot to do and I’m sure it’s all on a list. Sophie, don’t grow up anymore. Stay sixteen and hang around some more. Sophie don’t go through that door, Cause I am not as fun, no, I am not as fun without you.

Woke up and the sky was gray. Snow’s coming down, a late winter’s day. It’s gray inside my grownup heart. Cause I think this place she plans to depart. Sophie, don’t grow up anymore. Stay sixteen and hang around some more. Sophie don’t go through that door, Cause I am not as fun, no, I am not as fun without you.

I’ll get a big prize, From the cosmos someday. Cause you highlight, My soul’s resume.

Sophie, don’t grow up anymore. Stay sixteen and hang around some more. Sophie don’t go through that door, Cause I am not as fun, no, I am not as fun without you.

Three Generations

Words and Music: Laura Oden

More than 40 years

Of doing the same thing that she's always done

And now she see's the pitfall

Of leaving this thing unwon

Cause three generations of girls

Is not enough to mend

History's unkindly insults

Just to pass them along

To her next of kin

Next of kin

Less than 15 years old

The next one blindly waits for her turn

As one by one her mother disengages

The knots that have kept them all undone

Cause three generations of girls

Is not enough to mend

History's unkindly insults

Just to pass them along

To her next of kin

Next of kin

Love Finds

Words and Music: Laura Oden

Time unfolds

And opens new roads

And like an unfamiliar guest

You don’t get to know the rest

la da da

Love’s like water

It finds it’s own way

Love will find you

Anyway

You once told me that

You’re stuck in time

But time flies on by

You have to open your eyes

Cause love just heals

And time just flies

And love just heals

And time just flies on by

la da da

Love’s like water

It finds it’s own way

Love will find you

Anyway, any way

Any way you are

Anywhere you are

Any way you are

Anywhere you are

Love will find you

Cause, love finds

Yeah, Love Finds

Anyway

Alchemy

Words, music: Laura Oden

Some people pray

Others meditate

Some people just keep movin' around

And they never let their feet touch the ground

But I can see

This might take alchemy

Cause when I get lonely

I don't want to wait

For magic to come

And take me away

Some people stay

And others walk away

Sometimes the hurt is just

Blistered by time

It depends on the caliber of crime

Depends on the depth of the crime

But I can see

This might take alchemy

Cause when I get angry

I don't want to wait

For magic to come

And fix everything

Again
Word and Music: Laura Oden

Capsized again. I see you are not right-wise, My friend. Again, again, again, again, again. I see you've thrown your weight around again.

If you look inside your heart, You seem enticed. To let things fall apart. Again, again, again, again, again. I see you've thrown your weight around again.