lyrics — Kate Kelly

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KATE KELLY ‘16-’20

“Quiet as a Mouse”

We built a house

All the plans drawn together

Quiet as a mouse

We moved in

We built a house

We filled it with memories

Don’t you remember

Quiet as a mouse

You packed your bags and you left

When you’re gone its just me and these walls

And my voice it echoes and echoes

When I’m alone in here

I sit and wait about

I count the seconds until your arrival

Quiet as a mouse the clock ticks on

And you don’t show

When you’re gone its just me and these walls

And my voice it echoes and echoes

When I’m alone in here

I’ll pick up the pieces

And make this place my own

I’ll pick up the pieces

And learn to live alone

We built a house

and filled it with memories

Don’t you remember

Quiet as a mouse you packed your bags and you left

“The Book We Made”

I’m burning the book we made

I’m letting our story fade

It started with a phrase and then it grew

Two troubled little hearts became a novel

Called me and you

Setting fire to the good old days

Forgetting the summer where we strayed

Letting go off all our precious dreams

And ripping each chapter from its seams

I’m gonna throw away the book we made

I’m tearing out the pages

Blacking out the spaces that say your name

I’ll throw away the book we made

I’m lighting all the matches

Kicking up the ashes

And going my separate way

I’m burning the book we made

In the smoke I write goodbye

In the flames I say goodnight

And when I get down to the heart of it

It was all just lovesick rhetoric

I’m gonna throw away the book we made

I’m tearing out the pages

Blacking out the spaces that say your name

I’ll throw away the book we made

I’m lighting all the matches

Kicking up the ashes

And going my separate way

I’m burning the book we made

You’re calling for the pen and paper

Asking where’d it go

You’re calling for the pen and paper

But you will never know

I’m gonna throw away the book we made

I’m tearing out the pages

Blacking out the spaces that say your name

I’ll throw away the book we made

I’m lighting all the matches

Kicking up the ashes

And going my separate way

I’m burning the book we made

“Friday Night”

Where should I go

To drink

Or dance

Or see a show

I never seem to know on Friday night

Why would I stay out late

I’ve got tapes and a player at my own place

Got the time

Got the space

On Friday night

All my doors are closed

But I’ve got nothing to hide

I’m dressed to go out

But I think I’ll just stay inside

I just say

I think it's fine

To make the move

To make you mine

So I call you over for the first time

We just sway

Dim the lights

Throw on a forty five

Everything changed when you arrived

That Friday night

So many things you want to see

But not many places you can be

When you’re broke and twenty three

On Friday night

Why would I waste the time

When I have you and three dollar wine

My place is small

But it's mine

On Friday night

All my doors are closed

But I’ve got nothing to hide

I’m dressed to go out

But I think I’ll just stay inside

How could it be this easy

It’s simple but I feel it deeply

Why would I try to doubt it

When you’re making me so sure about it

I just say

I think it's fine

To make the move

To make you mine

So I call you over for the first time

We just sway

Dim the lights

Throw on a forty five

Everything changed when you arrived

That Friday night

“The Garden”

I was wandering for a while

Ringing my hands and asking for a sign

A place to lay my troubles out to dry

To rest my head

And wipe my eyes

I heard a whisper through the leaves

Wisdom I could not yet see

Telling me to come near

There’s a place I like to go

Forgotten woods cover the road

I go to the garden

I am the only one that knows

But I sure would like to take you there

Come to the garden

‘Cause you’ve been down since a year ago

And I’m the only one thats close enough to even know

So grab your keys and leave a note

Let’s get gone for an hour or so

Its a secret I don’t share

But you may be my exception

If I took you

Would you care anyway

There’s a place I like to go

Forgotten woods cover the road

I go to the garden

I am the only one that knows

But I sure would like to take you there

Come to the garden

Unlock the gate

The path will lead you

To a time without despair

You don’t need a map to guide you

Just turn the corner

I’ll be there

There’s a place I like to go

Forgotten woods cover the road

I go to the garden

I am the only one that knows

But I sure would like to take you there

Come to the garden

“Honey”

You had me wrapped around your finger

But that’s not where I wanted to stay

You had me talking in circles

But left me empty at the end of each day

I find it funny how the flowers and the bees

Made me think we were lovely

Even though you were no good for me

It’s cause you were sweet like honey

Yeah you were sweet like honey

But I know what you’re made of

And I’m not that naive

Honey, you and I both know

That you’re not fooling me

You had my heart out on the floor

Telling me you were my natural remedy

You had me begging you for more

But there’s no perfect cure for me

I find it funny how the flowers and the bees

Made me think we were lovely

Even though you were no good for me

It’s cause you were sweet like honey

Yeah you were sweet like honey

But I know what you’re made of

And I’m not that naive

Honey, you and I both know

That you’re not fooling me

Why am I so caught up on your sting

Mama warned me of your type

He’s not worth fighting for

You deserve something more

She said you know better girl

Still I find it funny how you were sweet like honey

And I find it funny how I thought we were lovely

When learning to be alone

Is learning to be free

Sometimes I want someone I really just don’t need

Cause I know what you’re made of

And you’re not fooling me

Honey, you and I both know

That you’re not fooling me

“Sweet Nothings”

While he’s sound asleep and dreaming

I’m wide awake and hearing

Him whisper the kindest things

I toss and turn until sunrise

While he’s still talking with closed eyes

Deep in the spell of golden slumber

I’m wrapped up in his arms

Getting to drift off to the dreamy charm

That he whispers in my ears

My darling keeps me up through the night

Holding me tight ‘til I’m sleep deprived

But I don’t mind if this is how we will be

His sweet nothings are something to me

Good morning love

Time to get up

Got work

Need coffee in my cup

Head to the door

Let in the breeze

But then he says those words to me

I think I’ll wait a while to leave

I’m wrapped up in his arms

Getting to drift off to the dreamy charm

That he whispers in my ears

My darling keeps me up through the night

Holding me tight ‘til I’m sleep deprived

But I don’t mind if this is how we will be

His sweet nothings are something to me

Your secrets are mine for keeping

And I will hold them close

Tell me once more what you’ve been repeating

And I’ll pretend that I don’t know

I’m wrapped up in his arms

Getting to drift off to the dreamy charm

That he whispers in my ears

I think I’ll stay right here

“Daydreamer”

When you’re a daydreamer

You paint pictures in your head

Of places far away

Of days other than today

I don’t wanna stay

But it’s not time for leaving

Sitting still but soaring out the window

I’m wide awake but my heads still on the pillow

Stuck in between today and tomorrow

I’m alone and I don’t know

Where I’m going

When you’re a daydreamer

You sort through the mess around

Some days I think I’m lost

Other days I say that I’m found

I don’t wanna stay

But it’s not time for leaving

Sitting still but soaring out the window

I’m wide awake but my heads still on the pillow

Stuck in between today and tomorrow

I’m alone and I don’t know

Where I’m going

“If the Moon Had Eyes”

If the moon had eyes

What would she think of the way we live our lives

Numbing our minds

Rushing through time

Under city lights and power lines

Failing to pick up each of her signs

If the moon could sing

How would she some up the beauty she brings

Would she weave melodies through the tides of the sea

Just for you and me

I can’t sleep with all the questions I have for the sky

I’m a lucky insomniac

I’m a lover of the night

Staring out my window thinking

If the moon could love

Who would she choose to share the lonely sky above

Spinning through time

Changing her mind

Through each phase she writes

Who would deserve all the wonder of the night

I can’t sleep with all the questions I have for the sky

I’m a lucky insomniac

I’m a lover of the night

Staring out my window thinking

If I see the moon

The moon must see me

She must know who I’ve come to be

Reflecting light from sun beams

Reflecting love to you from me

I’m a lucky insomniac

A lover of the night

Staring out my window thinking

“Child Inside”

I’m getting older

But I’m not sure what’s changed

Is it so easy when we’re younger

Or do things just stay the same

The hours keep racing on

I feel them when I hear the clock tick tock

In the kitchen after dawn

Tell me now will the world take away my wild

Change the way I like to think to make me mild

When I lose the place where I belong

I remember that the child inside lives on

I fill up empty jars with fireflies

I see stars and stay up too late at night

I count sheep and fall asleep to lullabies

To free the child inside of me

Still nothing's better than being held in my sisters arms

Reminds me of braiding her hair

And feeling safe from any harm

Telling stories from places we’ve gone

I just know that the child inside lives on

I fill up empty jars with fireflies

I see stars and stay up too late at night

I count sheep and fall asleep to lullabies

To free the child inside of me

I see you in there

I hear your precious call

Standing barefoot

Deep in the wonder of it all

Is a part of you that’s been there all along

You can try to fight it

But it will never be gone

The child inside lives on

“Tiptoe”

I have been pacing across the floors

Film photographs hang upon your door

Tiptoe quietly to your room

I whisper do you see me the way I see you

Dandelions floating like feathers

separate wishes casted together

Tiptoe quietly up to me

We tell our secrets

In the branches of the trees

I sit

I breathe

I wait

I think

I think of you loving me

And us

And he

He is mine

Covered in moss

Covered in dirt

Covered in petals

I watch the world as the summertime settles

Tiptoe quietly so it seems

I catch a glimpse of you

In every passing breeze

I sit

I breathe

I wait

I think

I think of you loving me

And us

And he

He is mine

I'll fall asleep writing letters you might keep

I'll fall asleep with wild flowers in my dreams

I think of you loving me

And us

And he

He is mine

Tiptoe into a hidden place

To be alone with you

To be alone

Again

“Ellamoon”

They said she ran away too fast

They did

Stumbled her way off of the path

She hid

Covered her ears and closed her eyes

She heard their cry

And the wolves they howl

One after one all in a row

Facing the moon

Time after time she'd go astray

To hear them croon

Covered her ears and closed her eyes

They brought her in

And the wolves they howl

Silver fur and freckled skin

As the summer nights begin

And the wolves they howl

“Blind Sailors”

It never once worked how I planned

I spent the whole day talking to a blind man

He said he'd sailed the world around

I knew his life was off the ground

And there I stood amongst the wicked waves

I felt the wind push me to the right place

Words and feelings

He had only touch and taste and hearing

The blind man did yes he did

We spent the days out on the sea

We spent the nights talking of our first loves

About our first moments free

He took me as he wife

To sail the world without our sight

And there I stood amongst the wicked waves

I felt the wind push me to the right place

Books and theories

Up with law and down with meaning

I didn't know before

I didn't know the blind mind

Words and feelings

We traded our sight

For a new meaning

Oh yes we did

“New Heartbeat”

I felt like a child

Heard you talking

Felt like a child

I couldn't help but eavesdropping

Called your name out

said I don't mean to interrupt

Called your name out

You said it don't bother you much

When I sleep I feel it when I breathe

And I see it in my dreams

I've got a new heartbeat

I lit a candle

Left it on and walked out the door

I lit a candle

It burned our house to the floor

I said I'm sorry now all we have is turned to dust

I'm so sorry

You said it don't bother you much

When I sleep I feel it when I breathe

And I see it in my dreams

I've got a new heartbeat

My world is spinning so fast

Will you carry me forward

I keep slipping through every crack

Will you carry me forward

Because when I sleep I feel it when I breathe

And I see it in my dreams

I've got a new heartbeat

“Falling Down Again”

I am so tired of living in this haze

weeks keep on passing

I've lost all sense of days

Have I fallen down again

Down by the river

by myself again

Saw my reflection

Saw a good old friend

Have I fallen down again

Found your old letters

Doused in your perfume

As I read them I saw images of you

Have I fallen down again