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The act of persisting

by Emma Forman

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1.
What do you do when Romeo turns out to a player thrill seeking using you when we spend our lives dreaming of the right one, so afraid they will pass us by? What do you do when Romeo's kiss turns out to be incurable? What do you do when the price of love is that high? If only I had a little more time I'd travel the whole wide world with you If only I had a little more time I swear that I'd be good If only I had a little more time I'd make you smile everyday If only I had a little more time I'd spend it all, all with you I'd spend it all, all with you I'd spend it all, all with you If you could see the future would you be able to hold it all together in your everyday life? Could you walk down the street with a smile on your face knowing it's your last day Or press send when you know your pleas for help will be ignored? yeah you know your pleas for help will be ignored If only I had a little more time I'd travel the whole wide world with you If only I had a little more time I swear that I'd be good If only I had a little more time I'd make you smile everyday If only I had a little more time I'd spend it all, all with you If only I had a little more time I'd travel the whole wide world with you If only I had a little more time I swear that I'd be good If only I had, if only I had a little more time If only I had, if only I had a little more time
2.
Your place 03:19
You became my weakness You became my addiction You make me burn like a fever of pure seduction Your persistence paid off Now I can't get enough of you I can't get enough of your sweet sweet love Oh baby, nothing could fill that void Fill that void that your love left Oh baby, nothing could fill that void Fill that void that your love left Oh baby, noone could take your place noone could take your place by myside Oh I can't let you go No I won't let you go I need you more with every passing day I need your love each day as a flower needs sunlight I don't feel no shame when I see your smile I feel alive, I feel alive Oh baby, nothing could fill that void Fill that void that your love left Oh baby, nothing could fill that void nothing could Fill that void that your love left Oh baby, noone could take your place noone could take your place by myside Oh baby, noone could take your place noone could take your place by myside Oh, noone could ever take your place Oh, noone could ever take your place I need your love love like a flower needs sunlight I need your love love
3.
I tell myself when things get messed up, real messed up It could have been much worse, it could have been much worse It could be me sitting at home drinking all alone while you're off with other women every night It could be much worse, it could be me all maxed up on my credit card living on the never never hoping that I'll be dead by the time the debt collectors come round hoping that I'll be dead by the time the debt collectors come round Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? You're not worthy of my love Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? At least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah at least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah at least I'm not married you I'm glad I never married you I'm glad I never married you I'm glad I never married you No good can come of your empire of deciet You look so beautiful but you're so unsatifying You should get done for false advertising What's on the box ain't what you receive What's on the box ain't what you receive I've made some mistakes in my life but at least I never married you At least I never married you Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? You're not worthy of my love Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? You're not worthy of my love At least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah at least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah at least I'm not married you I'm glad I never married you At least I'm not your wife, it could have been much worse Yeah, it could have been much worse it could have been much worse At least I'm not married to you Yeah, it could have been much worse
4.
The Truth is 03:11
It's the diagnosis that arrives too late It's the dramatic pause that gives it away It's the one true love that burns every bridge but still keeps looking back It's the fountain of life that just ran dry It's the photograph that always makes you cry but you still keep it by your side It's the love letter that you spend hours writing then delete it because it is far too frightening To tell the truth about love To tell the truth about love is too hard And I'll keep your secret I'll take your secret with me Yeah, I'll keep your secret I'll take your secret with me It's the one promise that I won't break I tried to keep them all but life got in the way It's like living your whole life wearing your stage smile It's the blots in memory where important information lies The feeling of saying goodbye when your heart is screaming no It's the feeling of letting go when you want to fight for this love To tell the truth about love is too hard To tell the truth about love is too hard And I'll keep your secret I'll take your secret with me Yeah, I'll keep your secret I'll take your secret with me To tell the truth about love is too hard, Yeah To tell the truth about love is too hard But I'll keep your secret I'll keep your secret with me Yeah I'll keep your secret with me I'll take your secret with me
5.
A Souvenir 03:34
If you loved me it wouldn't end this way We're both walking on as perfect strangers My love should have rescued you but instead you brought me down with you Sweet love I'll never change but I will love you til my dying day No matter what they say about me My heart will always forever be yours I'm giving you my heart to keep Call it a sentimental souvenir I'll never ask for it to be returned Just call it a souvenir of a love unchanged of a love unchanged of a love unchanged of a love noone could break I gave you my life but it weren't enough Tired from fighting I'm giving up But in my heart I will carry you Never stop loving you Call it souvenir of a love unchanged by hurt and fear Call it souvenir, a piece of me you can always keep near of a love unchanged of a love unchanged of a love unchanged of a love noone could break of a love noone could break of a love noone can take of a love that never changed of a love untamed
6.
Shelved 02:55
Oh my love this has gone on too long I cannot do this anymore for you Oh my love when will it stop? When will it stop? There seems to be no limits to what you'll do And I'm so powerless next to you Oh I'm so powerless next to you Oh so powerless I cannot wait on the shelf my whole life I cannot step back and just hope you'll change your mind I cannot wait on this shelf my whole life I cannot watch my life pass me by Oh my love, there's no other I'll need None I'll love so deep Oh my love there's no other I will seek but you're not meant for me I cannot sit on that shelf Oh my love I cannot sit on the shelf my whole life and just wait Oh You cannot expect that of me but I know you do Oh my love play fair with me Try not to be so cruel with me
7.
I don't have no money, I can't pay my way only things that I own is my guitar and my boots and I can only give you what any other could I just could give you love if that's any good? So baby I am asking how are you fixed? Would you like to come on the road with me? Baby I'm asking how's about you and me? Baby yeah I'm asking how's about it? How's about you and me? And if you ever want to be a cowboy that's a game I like to play If you would ever like to hit the road well that is my favourite place Never feel alone when you're in company in guitars Even if your heart breaks,pick up the six string it puts the pain away Baby yeah I'm asking how's about it? How's about you and me? Baby How about you and me? How's about you and me? How's about you and me? How's about it? Baby take a while to think about it Baby how's about you and me? How's about you and me? I think we'd work Let's hit the road and see Baby how's about you and me? How's about you and me? you and me you and me you and me together Just you and me baby How's about you and me? How's about you and me? Just you and me
8.
I remember you from years ago All dressed in black and all on your own In the darkest alleys in this small city In the darkest alleys searching for me You were searching for me I don't know why I fell in love with a vampire like you I don't know why I fell in love with a vampire like you A vampire like you Why I'd fall in love with a creature so cold so cold so cruel You don't want anyone to recognise you unlike how you live the rest of the time You don't want anyone to know your real name It is all illusions and alibis And I don't know what made me fall in love with a vampire like you And I don't know what made me fall in love with a vampire like you A vampire like you A vampire like you
9.
Someone else 03:43
You wanted to know if I had any regrets I gave the answer I thought you wanted to hear but the truth is you're my one regret Oh the truth is you're my one regret Why couldn't I have loved someone who fought on my side? Why couldn't I have loved anyone else? Why couldn't I have loved somebody else? Why couldn't I have loved anybody else? Anyone but you would have been a kinder fate Anyone but you and it wouldn't end this way All my life I dreamt of love I was a prisoner to all that I wanted While the others went chasing for lust Only in love would I bow for Only for love would I bow for Why couldn't I have loved anyone else? Why couldn't I have loved somebody else? Why couldn't I have loved anyone but you? Oh anyone would have been a kinder fate Forgiveness won't come for me I pretend I'm okay when I'm not My head is a mess and I can't keep it all together Cos all I know is time is running out Oh Why couldn't I have loved someone else? Anybody else just not you Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? Anybody else would have been a kinder fate than you Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? Oh why couldn't I have loved someone else? Oh why couldn't I have spared myself this fate?
10.
I really like you but I just don't know where I stand and where to go I tried to tell but you're hard to read If you like me could you give me a sign please Some sorta message just to let me know that I'm not just wasting my time I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me What you want from me What you want from me Let's not make things so complicated Life is short we should enjoy it I'm not the wreckless type I just feel I've waited all my life waited for someone like you I've waited for someone like you I've waited for someone like you I've waited for someone like you I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me What you want from me So paint the town red and pull the stops out show me a sign that you want to me mine So paint the town red, pull the stops out show me a sign that you want to me mine I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me What you want from me I just don't know what you want from me I just don't know what you want from me What you want from me
11.
It's feb 14th it's valentine's day I wrote a card for you I never gave you with all the words, all the words I couldn't say All the happy couples in the street pass by me invisibly I stand all on my own, all on my own They all have big red hearts, chocolate and flowers big red hearts, chocolate and flowers but there's no you in sight Oh it'll pass Oh it'll pass Yeah it'll pass soon enough this valentine's without you Brave the storm tell the world, tell the world I love you, I love you Let the rain wash all the players out the way Let the rain wash the plastic hearts away I love you, I love you It'll pass It'll pass, soon enough It'll pass this Valentine's without you It'll pass soon It'll pass soon It'll pass this valentine's without you
12.
Baby when you bore of going through the motions and need something real, you can call me, you can call me anytime When the nights go longer all the chat gets colder and it's harder to hold on to the real you you should call me then Oh when your heart breaks for something you don't have you know you're always, you're always looking back You should call me, you should call me then Oh yeah you should call me sometime soon Oh yeah you should call me sometime soon Oh yeah you should call me sometime soon Baby when the going through the motions seems so lonely you should call me, don't leave it longer, don't leave it a minute more Yeah I know I'm sometimes oh so bad I find it hard to pick up that phone but if I knew it was you I'd be there Baby when you get so bored going through the motions you should call me, you should me you should call me sometime call me, you should call me sometime you should call me, you should call me sometime soon Oh yeah, don't leave me waiting give me a call when you're ready don't want to stray no more don't want to be out on this lonely world alone you should call me when you're ready you should call me sometime soon

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released March 1, 2011

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Emma Forman is a singersongwriter based in Scotland
In 2001 Emma performed her first solo acoustic gig, and has since gone on to carve out a reputation for herself as a fine much in demand singer songwriter. She has been compared with artists like PJ Harvey and Suzanne Vega. she has supported Frank Turner, James Grant, Julie Matthews, Astrid Williams, and many more ... more

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