Thief in the Night | Billie Williams
Didn’t see it coming, didn’t hear you sneak up from behind
I didn’t know you got into my heart, didn’t feel you slip into my mind
You took me by surprise, when I finally opened my eyes
I saw that you’re a thief in the night – trying to steal my love from me
Blindsided by your persistency
Under cover of the darkness, under cover of the night
You made away with all of my kisses
Somehow I gave ‘em up without a fight
You’re planning and you’re scheming, when will you stop your dreaming
You’re nothing but a thief in the night – trying to steal my love from me
Blindsided by your persistency
(When will you give up)
Thinking I’ll let down my guard
(When will you grow tired)
Trying to soften a heart so hard (so hard)
I feel you working on me with your covert operation
You’re winning my heart with your constant dedication
You’re wearing me down, I think I might just hang around
I’m falling for you thief in the night – trying to steal my love from me
Blindsided by your persistence, you’re so damn persistent
Thief in the night – trying to steal my love from me
Blindsided by your persistency
I feel you working on me
With all your planning and your scheming
You’re wearing me down
I think I might just have to hang around
DAMN | Billie Williams
Cry, I cry
‘Cause you don’t love me anymore
Damn, Goddamn
Your love is all I’m living for
Pain, such pain
Well, it’s about to do me in
Damn, Goddamn
The way I need you is a sin
Why you have to drag me through the mud?
I gave you my heart, you wanted blood
Down, break down
No, I can’t seem to make it through the day
Damn, Goddamn
Why’m I the one who has to pay
Why you have to drag me through the dirt?
Like you want to see just how much I hurt
Try, I try
To make my peace and move along
But Damn, Goddamn
I can’t figure out just what went wrong
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COLD NOVEMBER | Billie Williams
Leaves, they are falling ‘cross Avenue B
Your eyes looking restless, your arms holding out on me
You said you’re hitting the coast, though I begged you to stay
You left me here in the City, took that gig in LA
You left me alone with those dying embers
That empty room, how I remember
Oh, what a cold, cold November.
I stare out the window, see my breath on the pane
My body just aching to feel you again
Lonely sound of the subway rumblin’ up through the ground
Shakin’ my bones and it’s tearin’ me down
You left me alone with those dying embers
That empty room, how I remember
Oh, what a cold, cold November.
Ah, ah, ooh, you wrote me a letter
Ah, ah, ooh, all sunshine in LA
Ah, ah, ooh, you said you miss me
Ah, ah, ooh, but it seems I’d just be in your way
It ain’t the words on the page that go ‘round in my head
But the spaces between with the things left unsaid
You left me alone with those dying embers That empty room, how I remember
Oh, what a cold, cold November
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START ALL OVER | Billie Williams
We turned left when we shoulda turned right
Put our hands in the air when we shoulda fought the fight
We gave up, and then we gave in
How I wish that baby, we could start all over again
No, we didn’t have an easy time
Yes, how we struggled through the climb
Why’d we have to quit
Why’d we have to stop
When you and I we almost made it to the top
Chorus
No, our timing never was in sync
Yes, our love was always on the brink
Why’d you have to go, why couldn’t you stay
I can’t imagine how I let you slip away
Chorus
We flew the flag of surrender ‘cause our hearts were bruised and tender
No, I know it wasn’t meant to be
Yes, but a piece of you still lives inside of me
Why does it still hurt, why do I still cry
I’m here to tell you that I think I know the reason why
Chorus
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YOU | Billie Williams
Who stood beside me? Who held my hand?
Who was there to guide me when I was a ship unmanned?
Who was there, foul weather and fair
Showing they care, baby, who?
You, yeah, you! You, yeah, you
Who lit the darkness? Pointed the way?
Who showed me a little kindness day after day?
Who gave their heart, baby, right from the start?
Kept me from falling apart, baby who?
You, yeah, you! You, yeah, you
Who helped me fight my demons?
Who brought me in from the storm?
Who wrapped the love around me?
Who kept me warm?
Who brought the sunshine? Who stopped the rain?
Who filled my cup with sweet wine to help me dull the pain?
Who stayed around when my luck was down?
Picked me up off the ground, baby who?
You, yeah, you! You, yeah, you
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HELL TO PAY | Billie Williams
Sipping the cool-aid
While the well runs dry
Turn up the headphones
While the babies cry
Sit on the sidelines
Don’t join in the fray
Left it to the other guy
And there’s hell to pay
Hell to pay
Eyes glued to your screen
But it’s making me blind
I cannot see what’s coming up from behind
Turned your back on your neighbor
While they took him away
Now they’re coming for me
And there’s hell to pay
Hell to pay
You made your bargain
Give the devil his due
Custom made, and a perfect fit
Now you gotta wear that shoe
My $5 latte
$500 dress
My 5K vacation
Where I can’t see the mess
Un-friend my connections
When I don’t like what they say
Head down in the sand
And there’s hell to pay
Hell to Pay
It’s too late to run away
Borrowed from the devil, now there’s hell to pay
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HOUR BY HOUR | Billie Williams
6:00am, I open my eyes, I try to get out of bed
But I’m so weighed down with thoughts of you filling up my head
9:00am, I get to work, I’m wondering what it’s all for
I sit in my place, while I picture your face as you walked out the door
You said it’s time to move on, you told me it’s time to move on
Salty tears turn bitter from a sweet love that’s turned sour
I just have to live my life now day by day and hour by hour
1:00pm, I take my break, but I just walk around the block
I can’t socialize and spin the lies, can’t hear the people talk
They say it’s time to move on, they tell me it’s time to move on
Salty tears turn bitter from a sweet love that’s turned sour
I just have to live my life now day by day and hour by hour
5:00pm, I’m headed home, but I just drive around a while
I ain’t in no hurry to sit home and worry, wondering if you’ll change your mind
And then I turn around, it’s 2:00am, I should try to get some sleep
But the bed is empty and the bed is cold and the cold it runs so deep
I know it’s time to move on, I know now it’s time to move on
Salty tears turn bitter from a sweet love that’s turned sour
I just have to live my life now day by day and hour by hour
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DRINK FROM MY CUP | Billie Williams
I am the desert
And you are the pouring rain
My heart is like a railroad track
Your love is like a freight train
I like the way you fill me up
Now won’t you take a drink from my cup
You are the nectar
And I am the honeybee
I’m drinking in your sweet, sweet wine
Your love it has intoxicated me
You know just how to fill me up
Now won’t you take a drink from my cup
You are the bullet
And I am your shotgun
My heart is like the darkest night
Your love is like the rising sun
Yeah, I love the way you fill me up
Now won’t you take a drink from my cup
You are my coffee
And I am the percolator
I am the mineshaft
Your love is like the elevator
Oh, I love the way you fill me up
Now won’t you take a drink from my cup
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LOST IN THE WILDERNESS | Billie Williams
It was my rainy season
It was my darkest day
Lost in the wilderness
I couldn’t find my way
Just as I was about to fall down
You gave a hand, kept me up off the ground
Into the raging river
I was swept downstream
Couldn’t fight against the current
Caught in a bad dream
Just as I was about to lose hope
You came along and you gave me the rope
Lost in the wilderness, I couldn’t find my way out
But I found your sweet caress
Showed me what love is about
What love is about
Caught on the mountaintop
While the tempest blew
Blinded by the white-out, then along came you
Just as my light was about to go dark
You came along and you gave me the spark
Chorus
Lifted me up from an early grave
Healed my wounds with the love we made
You took me in, you built a blazing fire
Gave me back my hope, gave me back desire
Chorus
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MY EVERYTHING | Billie Williams
I saw the look in your eye
I said “Oh, right, this’ll come to nothing”
I saw the flash of your smile
“Oh, right, this’ll come to nothing”
Now you got me waiting for your call
You got me hanging by a string
Now you got me thinking about what love could bring
Now you got me hoping you’ll be my everything
You treated me so kind
I said “oh, right, this’ll come to nothing”
You seemed to read my mind
“Oh, right, this’ll come to nothing”
Now you turned my heart upside down
You turned my winter into spring
Now you got me thinking about what love could bring
Now you got me hoping you’ll be my everything
Be my everything
You’re the one I need, your love is inside me
Your name is the song I sing
Your face is all I see, your love is inside me
I feel the thrill of your touch
I said “oh, right, this’ll come to nothing”
I think of you too much
I said “oh, right, this’ll come to nothing”
Now you got me waiting for your call
You got me hanging by a string
You turned my heart upside down
You turned my winter into spring
Now you got me thinking about what love could bring
Now you got me hoping you’ll be my everything
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TAKE THESE DREAMS | Billie Williams
Take this heart, so I don’t have to feel it break
Take these arms, so I don’t have to feel them ache
Take these eyes, so I don’t have to watch you walk away
Take this love, so I don’t have to feel it fade away
Take these dreams when you walk out the door
I can’t use them anymore
Take the night, so I don’t have to sleep alone
Take the stars, so I don’t have to count them on my own
Take these dreams when you walk out the door
I can’t use them anymore Don’t leave anything behind
I don’t want anything left to remind me
Take the fire, I need to feel the numbing cold
Take the memories, so I don’t have to look back when I’m old
Take these dreams when you walk out the door
Take the dreams–what am I dreaming for?
I can’t use them anymore, no, I can’t use them anymore
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TEN MILLION SISTERS | Billie Williams
You can’t hold me down
You can’t hold me down
If you try to tie me to the ground
Ten million sisters going to take your crown
You can’t shut me away
You can’t shut me away
If you try to lock me away
Ten million sisters gonna take my place
No damsel in distress
I’m no damsel in distress
That hanger gonna be for my dress
Ten million sisters gonna clean this mess
You can’t silence me
No, you can’t silence me
If you try to bury me
Ten million sisters gonna water that seed
Ten million sisters gonna stand by me
Ten million sisters gonna set me free
NAIL IN YOUR COFFIN |Billie Williams
Oh yeah, I heard you’re sneakin’ around
Oh yeah, the moment I left town
You didn’t waste a minute
You stepped right in it
You tried my patience once too often
Just another nail in your coffin
Oh yeah, I hear you tellin’ me lies
Oh yeah, rehearsin’ your alibis
You’re workin’ out your story
But that ain’t workin’ for me
You tried my patience once too often
Just another nail in your coffin
I watch you dig your grave with a sense of satisfaction
When will you ever see the consequences to your actions
Oh yeah, you think I’ll keep hangin’ on
Oh yeah, but I tell you soon I’ll be gone
You’re taking me for granted
With every tale you tell that’s slanted
You tried my patience once too often
Just another nail
You tried my patience once too often
Just another nail
You tried my patience once too often
Just another nail in your coffin
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I CAN READ THE SIGNS | Billie Williams and Kenny Harris
I can read the signs, read the writing on the wall
I can read the signs, we’re headed for a fall
You stay out late at night, leave early in the morning
You don’t have to tell me baby, I can read the signs
I can read the signs, they’re plain as day
I can read the signs, I know you ain’t gonna stay
Won’t look me in the eye, you don’t hold me like you used to
You don’t have to tell me baby, I can read the signs
I tell you not to worry, baby
You don’t have to spell it out for me
I have no regrets, baby
Just think kindly when you think of me
Just think kindly when you think of me
I can read the signs, they’re easy to see
I can read the signs, I know you’re leaving me
Won’t tell me where you’re going
I don’t know where you been
You don’t have to tell me baby, I can read the signs
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YOU WANT TO TAKE ME DOWN | Billie Williams
I can see what you’re trying to do
You’re sinking fast and you want to take me with you
You wanna take me down, You wanna take me down
I can see what you’re trying to hide
You’re falling apart and you wanna take me for the ride
You wanna take me down, You wanna take me down
I know misery loves company
I know you don’t want to wallow alone
But I’m going to keep my head above the water
If you go that road, you’re going to go on your own
I can see now the way that you work
You’re out of control and you wanna drag me through the dirt
You wanna take me down, You wanna wanna take me down
You wanna take me down, You wanna take me down
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RUNNIN’ BACK | Billie Williams
I like the feeling of the heat off the pavement
I like the sound of the elevated train
I like the taste of the coffee from the food truck
You know I live in New York City
I stay away from Times Square at New Year’s
I like the park on a rainy day
I feel at home on the back streets of Harlem
Because I live in New York City
Because I live in New York City
Gets under your skin and into your bones
Once your hooked you’ll never get away from it, baby
Sometimes this town will give you the blues
But don’t try to go, you’ll only come running back, baby
You’re gonna come running back, baby
I like the crush of the crowd on the subway
The jingling coins as someone looks for their fix
The ads and the poetry look over your shoulder
When you live in New York City
When you live in New York City
Chorus
You know I live in New York City
You know I live in New York City
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GOING DOWN | Billie Williams
You got me standing on the edge, baby
You got me down on my knees
You got hangin’ by a thread, baby
I’m going down, down, down
You got me looking at the brink, baby
You left me stranded at sea
Now I’m slipping in to the drink, baby
I’m going down, down, down
I’m going down, down, down
You turned and you walked away from me
Love story now reads a tragedy
There’s not a soul there to rescue me
I’m sinkin’ down into misery
I’m going down, down, down
I’m doing down, down, down
You left me standing in the rain, baby
You left me out in the cold
Now I’m growing numb to the pain, baby
I’m going down, down, down
I’m doing down, down, down
I’m going down, down, down, down
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NEW YORK WINTER | Billie Williams
New York winter
Across my cheek, a bitter wind
Tears its way inside the layers
Sinks its teeth to bite my skin
New York winter
Across my cheek, a bitter tear
It works its way inside the layers
Tattoos the message you’re not here
New York Winter with the snow comin’ down
Where’m I gonna find you in this dirty old town
People stringing lights and putting up trees
Strains of Hallelujah, got me on my knees
New York winter, was a time you were my friend
Now you’re just a cruel reminder
My New York winter when will it end?
Chorus
The trees undressed they shiver in the cold
As I walk the park without you
The birds they cling to the edges of Autumn
And I cling to the prayer I’ll find you
New York winter, across my cheek a bitter tear
Burns its way inside the layers
Tattoos the message you’re not here
Chorus
halleluja
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BLACK AND BLUE | Billie Williams
You never laid a finger on me
I can’t accuse you of acting cruel
You never raised your hand up in anger
So, why’s my heart so black and blue
I never heard you make a threat against me
I never felt scared of what you’d do
I know that you would never hurt my body
So why’s my heart so black and blue
Black and blue
So black and blue, my heart’s so black and blue
Always there to charm me with your sweet talk
But now I think you’ve played me for a fool
The pain you dealt was never on the outside
It’s just my heart that’s black and blue
So black and blue, my heart’s so black and blue
You bruised it when I heard you found another girl
You crushed it when I found out it was true
You broke it when I knew that you were leaving me
That’s why my heart’s so black and blue
So black and blue, my heart’s so black and blue
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LONELY NIGHT IN HARLEM | Billie Williams
A hot day brewing uptown
Around the corner lurks July
A drop of sweat rolls down my back
Reminding me not to cry
To keep from thinking of you, that’s my problem
To make it through another day, just one more day
And one more lonely night in Harlem
Walking down Lenox Avenue
Music floating in the air
The heat’s pressing down upon me
Reminding me you’re not there
To keep from dreaming of you, that’s my problem
To make it through another day, just one more day
And one more lonely night in Harlem
The thunder of the northbound train
Drowns your voice inside my brain
The whistle cries out from the track
Calls to you to please come back
Things just won’t seem to cool down
Like this fire down below
The sirens sing a mournful song
Singing why’d you have to go
To keep my head together that’s my problem
To make it through another day, just one more day
And one more lonely night in Harlem