Shannon McNally - Beautiful and Strange

When they say a heart's too young to truely fall in love
are these the words of liars or just fools
who's to say when that feeling will creep
down an annymous street
and break every sensible rule

It's beautiful and strange
common and plain
and the only thing for certain is all the uncertainty you feel
you're numb, revealed and sometimes hidden
from the truth that you know all too well inside
and these are only a few of
the many contradictions of love.

Love's a pirate, a thief
who'll make you believe
that one day he'll fly a flag of truce
though he lies through his smiles
still he makes you believe
you know, you could be wrong

It's beautiful and strange
common and plain
and the only thing for certain is all the uncertainty you feel
you're numb, revealed and sometimes hidden
from the truth that you know all too well inside
and these are only a few of
the many contradictions of love
What's a little confusion
a little dispair
if it's the price to be recognized by love?

yes, it's beautiful and strange
yes, it's beautiful and strange
and it's beautiful

Shannon McNally: I don't want to know

Shannon McNally: TMR

TMR: Thacker Mountain Radio

Shannon McNally: Worst Part of a Broken Heart

Shannon McNally - Now that I know

Now that I know what I know, I know I'll always love you
Now that I see what I see I see it will always be
Now that I got what I got I know I had it all along

Midweek morning time I wake up next to you
With your head on my pillow and your arms around me,
Oh baby it's so warm
Still I lay here thinking about the way I thought it would be
But all my planning aside

Now that I know what I know, I know I'll always love you
Now that I see what I see I see it will always be
Now that I got what I got I know I had it all along

And I'll be your ground if you'll be my muse I can tie on to
You follow me and I'll follow you
Yes I'll follow you
Still I lay here thinking 'bout the way I used to be
And man baby with you I've come a long way

Now that I know what I know, I know I'll always love you
Now that I see what I see I see it will always be
Now that I got what I got I know I had it all along

And it's all a trick till you figure it out
I couldn't hear myself thinking till I started to shout

Now that I know what I know, I know I'll always love you
Now that I see what I see I see it will always be
Now that I got what I got I know I had it all along

Now that I know what I know, I know I'll always love you
Now that I see what I see I see it will always be
Now that I got what I got I know I had it all along

Shannon McNally: Pale Moon

Oh I'd like to find myself trapped in some desert town with you
just me and you
my long black hair waving in the dry wind
me waving at you my lover from some ancient balcony
but like a thirsty vision I see you and you're gone
where could you have run to?
come back, come back, come back
but you're gone to California
and it's just my fate making me blue
why else would I see you today?

But I'm not in some desert town and you're not there with me
I'm underground in NYC
the city of perpetual motion, the city that never sleeps
that's alright I wasn't tired anyways
I was so close to getting clear
thought I had nothing to fear
you'd be on a plane and you'd be gone
and it would be done
there are eighteen million people in this town
I spent the day just bumming around
just to bump into you on Third Avenue.

It's a pale moon, burning sun
when will I see my only one
Pale moon, burning sun
when will I see my only one?

I think it's unbelievable,
I think it's incredible,
it's magical, it's tragic.
but I know we'll meet again someday
we'll be very far away
I'll know you and you'll know me
and we're gonna both agree
that we belong together
we belong together
we belong together

It's a pale moon, burning sun
when will I see my only one
Pale moon, burning sun
when will I see my only one?

Shannon McNally - Down And Dirty

Come on in through my screen door
Tell me all of your cares
I'm here to lend my ears
Where have you been lately, haven't seen you much around here
You've been hiding out in the shade
Your skin is all gone to grey
Did you eat today when are you coming home to stay?

CHORUS
Don't you know I love you when you're down and dirty
Don't you know I love you when you're clean

If you could see what I see, you'd see a boy who thinks that sad is all he is
You've been looking around without your vision
Hearing things without listening suffering but feeling no real kind of pain
And you know I'd like to help but if I let you ride for free
You'd only drag me down into the cheap, cheap seats

CHORUS
Don't you know I love you when you're down and dirty
Don't you know I love you when you're clean

You've got this thing against living with the best
but you sure like to visit it don't you?
When the streets get too cold, when you're feeling weary and old
When your chances for survival are looking oh so slim
When all of a sudden you want to live to be 80, maybe 90, maybe 110

CHORUS
Don't you know I love you when you're down and dirty
Don't you know I love you when you're clean

I know that everything ain't always what it seems to be