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Portrait Of A Songwriter

2003 (Hi-Fi News HFNCD2003)
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Lyrics

Isn't it a little late?
Did I Hurt You?
The Rain Falls Down
More To This Woman
Wrapping Me Up In Luxury
Precious Little
Whisper A Prayer To The Moon
Only A Woman's Heart

Isn't It A Little Late? © ELEANOR MCEVOY

Time was kinder to you
than it was to me
I paid dearly
you got off scot free
You always said you'd sleep
after you were dead
I think you should quit
while you're ahead

Isn't it a little late to be
Coming back here and cryin' to me?
Isn't it a little late to be
Coming here at all?
Isn't it a little late to be
Coming back here and cryin' to me?
Isn't it a little late to be
Coming here at all?

There's no applause, no curtain calls
no spotlight no acclaim
There are no prizes due to you
for all your little games
And if someday you'll go change your ways
and then come passing through
Don't expect me to be one
who'll be believing you

Isn't it a little late to be
Coming back here and cryin' to me?
Isn't it a little late to be
Coming here at all?
Isn't it a little late to be
Coming back here and cryin' to me?
Isn't it a little late to be
Coming here at all

Did I Hurt You? © ELEANOR MCEVOY

All my arguments sound pretty weak
So I'll be quick and concede defeat
All the evidence lies on your side
So I'll come clean and say that I lied
I guess it's OK if I'm hated and damned
But don't go away thinking I had it planned
It wasn't part of my scheme to be hateful to you

Did I hurt you?
What can I say?
I am guilty
Of walking away
And the signals that I sent you
I never meant to
Did I hurt you?
Forgive me please
I am guilty
I let you believe
That I loved you
And I tried to
Still you were lied to

Believe me please when I say
Sometimes our hearts can lead us astray
Believe me I never knew
How much of a hold I had over you
And try if you can to let reason be heard
Don't let your anger be blind to my words
Don't cut me off if I try and explain it to you.
Did I hurt you?
What can I say?
I am guilty
Of walking away
And the signals that I sent you
I never meant to
Did I hurt you?
Forgive me please
I am guilty
I let you believe
That I loved you
And I tried to
Still you were lied to

The Rain Falls Down © ELEANOR MCEVOY

The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down on me

Well I gotta get up
but I can't get my head out of bed 'cause I went to bed late
So I drag myself out
and I wonder about how I let myself get in this state
And my coffee's run out
and the milk has gone off and the last piece of bread has gone stale
And I hear myself curse,
when the heating won't work 'cause I didn't pay the bill right away

The cold air is chilling me
and my head is killing me and I've only got myself to blame
I swear that in future I'll be more together
I see my computer, so I go to check my mail
It takes me a while,
but eventually I get on line, and when I finally do
I open up my messages
the second one's from you....... then

The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down on me

So you're breaking it off
and you didn't think it could be said to me straight to my face
And those rumours were true,
you've got somebody new, you've been taking her out in my place
And now you want rid of me
you've gotta be kidding me, don't you think I want rid of you?
And No you cannot be my friend
My friends they come through..........when

The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down on me

Well I click on your mail
and I drag it away to the trash and I gather my strength
I delete your address
all along with the rest of the messages you ever sent
'Cause I will find someone new
someone who'll love me too, cherish me to have and to hold
And you will be the one we'll see
Out there in the cold.........when

The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down
The rain falls, the rain falls down .......... (ad lib) ..........on me

There's More To This Woman © ELEANOR MCEVOY

I
Something came along
And stopped me right in my tracks
I’d tell you what it was
But I can’t be exact

II
But it filled me with strength
And it held me intact
When it blessed me with courage
And shamed me to act

III
I’m unable to establish
The moment in time
When swallowed in rhetoric
And dressed up in rhyme

IV
I went and faced the music
And all that entailed
The right on my side gave
Wind to my sails

CHORUS
When it’s time, let it go,
You’ve got to let it go.
When the time has come,
you have to let it go

V
You took me for granted
You took me for mad
And you know you took advantage
Of the trust that I had

VI
It shocked me to notice
The mess I was in
It hurt me to find out
The fool that I’d been

VII
I know you always
Underestimated me
There’s more to this girl
Than the girl (that) you see

VIII
You thought that when you’d gone
I’d be fallin’ apart
But there’s more to this woman
Than a woman’s heart
But there’s more to this woman
Than a woman’s heart

REPEAT CHORUS

IX
There’s a time to be faithful
There’s a time to be brave
I was trying to rescue
Struggling to save

X
Every little piece of
What was left to me here
Every little shred
Of all I held dear

XI
Until piece by piece
And bit by bit
I gathered them together
And I made them all fit

XII
Until standing tall
And feeling strong
I’m facing the future
And my life goes on
And then life still goes on

REPEAT CHORUS

Wrapping Me Up In Luxury (Until The Morning Comes) © ELEANOR MCEVOY

I
Sometimes late at night
By the candle light
All too subtly
You mood alter me … and I …

CHORUS
I’ll be drinking up the minutes as they pass
I’ll be cherishing the seconds while they last
And you’ll be wrapping me, up in luxury,
Until the morning comes

II
So we go upstairs
And you stroke my hair
And you’re touching me
It gets too much for me … and I …

CHORUS
I am drinking up the minutes as they pass
I am cherishing the seconds while they last
And you are wrapping me, up in luxury,
Until the morning comes

And oh how I could weep
When I drift to sleep
Cause it seems such a sin
Not to see your face
So I stay awake
Just to drink you in.

III
When the morning breaks
And we both awake
And we’re forced to part,
That just breaks my heart … ’cause I …

CHORUS
I’ve been drinking up the minutes as they pass
I’ve been cherishing the seconds while they last
And you’ve been wrapping me, up in luxury,
Until the morning comes
You’ve been wrapping me up in luxury
Until the morning comes.

Shake your beads out,
One by one
And call me Magdalene
It won’t grieve me
I understand
Where it is you’re coming from
Draw a curtain
Close your eyes
When history’s pages fail you.
I will not open up those history books
That’s not for me to do.

Precious little in your life
Is yours by right
And won without a fight
Precious little in your life
Is yours by right
And won without a fight.

Shadows call me,
In the wind
Some don’t go away
Angels guide me
From the clouds
In everything I do and say
Shake your beads out

Kneeling down
It will not pass me by
Two people coming from a different place
Maybe neither one is right.

Repeat CHORUS

Shake your beads out
Join your hands
That still won’t make you right
Those so-called sinners that you’re praying for
Are standing by your side

Repeat CHORUS

In case of loving unreturned
Unrequited fingers burn
Don’t you blame yourself at all
There is no blame,there is no crime
This madness happens all the time
No one there to break your fall

I understand how hard it’s been
I’ve been there too and I have seen
What running after love can do
That feeling deep down in your soul
That searing,empty,gaping hole
Has dug a hole in my life too

My darling,my darling
So crazy,so charming
It’s just that it happened too soon
But I send you my wishes
My hugs and my kisses
And whisper a prayer to the moon

In case you’ve lost your faith in life
In case you cannot sleep at night
Be certain this will take it’s toll
I recognise those waves of pain
I’ve known them time and time again
And would not wish them on a soul

Repeat CHORUS

In cases lying by your door
A life is packed to go once more
There was no intent to deceive
Please bear no grudge,just bear your soul
It’s hardly bearable to go
And barely possible to leave

My sweet tempered angel
I wish I were able
To heal all the hurt with a tune
And if I had the powers
I would give you the stars
The sun and the light of the moon

Repeat CHORUS

Repaet CHORUS

I whisper a prayer
I whisper a prayer
I whisper a prayer to the moon
I whisper a prayer
I whisper a prayer
I whisper a prayer to the moon

Chorus:
My heart is low, My heart is so low,
As only a woman's heart can be
As only a woman's, as only a woman's
As only a woman's heart can know

The tears that drip
From my bewildered eyes
Taste of bittersweet romance
You're still in my hopes
You're still on my mind
A even though I manage on my own.

Chorus
When restless eyes
Reveal my troubled soul
And memories flood my weary heart
I mourn for my dreams
I mourn for my wasted love
And while I know that I'll survive alone

Chorus x 2

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