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The Blue Period

by Irene Hartfield

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1.
Chorus: Oh, I WISH YOU COULD BE The one for me I wish like in the movies we were meant to be Coming halfway ’round the world to meet Me in the air, you on your feet Why can’t you be the one, the one for me? When I met you We were sailing all our cares away Now to forget you Will take hours of my days away I wish I didn’t have to go I wish I didn’t love you so I wish that you could be the one for me CHORUS I love you It feels so good, it hurts so bad I’ll always love you It’s the best romance I ever had I wish you weren't so very sure That you were going to marry her I wish that you could be the one for me Bridge: The open sea And you and me Why can’t it be Our destiny? CHORUS
2.
With so many reasons Why and why not So many ways we could go In a different place and time We could say yes We know that right now it is no Maturity beckons Inevitably We know the end without any doubt No more naiveté No more pretend We know just how things can turn out Chorus: So it’s SEPARATE BEDS, separate lives So attracted but we know that it can never work Say goodnight Say goodbye It can’t be a fling So it can’t be anything Hurt while it’s happening Or hurt in the end My choices are clear to me now When I was much younger I would jump for the chance Now my head my heart won’t allow CHORUS Bridge: I am learning to enjoy attractiveness I am yearning but I’m destined to progress So I’ll go to sleep now But I’ll still regret Not knowing you intimately I wish things were different I wish you were mine But wishing’s not reality CHORUS
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Chorus: HEARTBREAK DEAD AHEAD Hurtin' right in front of me Seems like I don't want to be Smart enough to call a halt to Lovin' you the way I do You told me right up front the way you felt about her You said that all you wanted was a friend You told me that you liked me and you wanted to be near me But I didn't see the heartache 'round the bend CHORUS I said OK to you that I would let it go no further But deep inside I knew that I was lying I looked into your eyes and listened to your sighs And pretty soon my pillow heard me crying CHORUS Bridge: Darlin’, don't you be my Deadman’s Corner You could stop the hurtin’ if you wanted to If you'd fall in love with me You could set us free And the hurt could be A bridge behind us burnin’, burnin’ But until that day I’m willin’ to keep hurtin’ I'll pay whatever price to be with you And maybe I will learn you play with fire you get burned And I'll trade my heartache for a love that’s true CHORUS
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Sailing Away 04:59
Chorus: SAILING AWAY today The City ‘neath my feet Takin' me there To where the view is open sea Vast overhead ahead As far as you can see Sailing today Away, away Carrying you with me Having you by me Holding on and surviving My time is arriving Anew on my own Inspired by strength and a new kind of caring I'm traveling and traveling to nowhere called home CHORUS Loving you freely Creating within me Born anew and renewing Fate boiling and brewing I’m on to it now Inspired by God and a new way of seeing I’m traveling and traveling to where I am now CHORUS Bridge: Willing and waiting Without hesitating I’m still navigating to you Love is an ocean It draws you and calls you Seducing your spirit All you do is hear it And you must be free The song is forever in spite of your wishes You’re traveling and traveling on your way to me SAILING AWAY today The City ‘neath your feet Takin' you there To where The view is open sea Vast overhead ahead As far as you can see Sailing today away, away CHORUS
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Chorus: BOSTON, BERMUDA, me in Manhattan Who do I care for and where do I live? Sailing madly between these two rocks in the ocean Who do I care for and what can I give? I want to come home But where is home? I’m on the run since I’m on my own I want to be loved, but what’s the price? What’s gonna happen at the next throw of the dice? CHORUS I want to be free But what is free? Is it something in you or is it in me? I want to be loved, but what’s the price? What’s gonna happen at the next throw of the dice? CHORUS I'm drinkin’ again Without any friends I know it’s a phase but when will it end? I want to be loved, but what’s the price? What’s gonna happen at the next throw of the dice? CHORUS
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Chorus: THANK GOD WE’RE FRIENDS and we’re not lovers I couldn’t handle loving you Because you need constant distraction And ’cause I know you’d be untrue Your effort is Olympian although it never ends THANK GOD WE’RE FRIENDS THANK GOD WE’RE FRIENDS You sure are handsome You sure are smart You’ve got the qualities to break somebody’s heart You’d charm the buzz right out a bee Your charm is so disarming that it almost works on me But THANK GOD WE’RE FRIENDS… You’re good at lovin’ Of that I’m sure But with emotions you are just a bit obscure Avoiding all direct response Avoiding all but coital confrontations and advance But THANK GOD WE’RE FRIENDS… I hope our friendship Lasts a long while ‘Cause even when I’m down you always make me smile You’d charm a bird right out a tree Your charm is so disarming that it almost works on me But THANK GOD WE’RE FRIENDS…
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They say young loves are fragile dreams Moonlight, sad songs, and roses The first strains of a symphony That only time composes You’ve made me see that love is more Than emotions built for two So, in gratitude for all you’ve done, I’ll write this love song just for you Chorus: IT TAKES A LIFETIME to say, “I love you” It takes laughter, tears, and pain that say it to The tests of time cannot suppress it A thousand love songs can’t express it IT TAKES A LIFETIME … to say, “I love you” So love is more than fragile dreams Moonlight, sad songs, and roses It’s the first strains of a symphony That only time composes A house, a home, and memories That only time can give Oh “I love you” – it’s not a simple phrase But it’s the way we’ve seen you live CHORUS
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Chorus: DON’T LET THIS NIGHT END DON’T LET THIS NIGHT END Please don’t say “Goodnight” to me Let me be with you Let me stay with you Just make believe you love me Don’t let our time end Don’t let this time end Please don’t say “Goodbye” to me Let me be with you Let me stay with you Just make believe you love me Pretend you love me Pretend you want me Pretend there are no goodbyes There’s no tomorrow There’s just today now The future is just a disguise You know I love you You know I want you You also know I must go Let me be with you Let me stay with you Please, just this once, don’t say no CHORUS If I must leave you And I will leave you Let it be when I am gone Let me be with you Let me stay with you Just until morning has dawned We have today now We have tonight now Then I am gone, I am gone
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Venus to Me 03:21
Chorus: You’re VENUS TO ME, VENUS TO ME You brought my heart out to play When I’d been keepin’ it away So carefully Dangerous, dangerous Potentially dangerous sensually You’re VENUS TO ME VENUS TO ME You’re in and you’re out You’re here and you’re not In town for the day, tomorrow en route A definite chapter in what life’s about I can’t wait to see how the book will turn out CHORUS I’m high and I’m low You come and you go I’m melting with yeses; you’re hardened with no It’s courting destruction I’d better go slow The harvest is heartache, you reap what you sow CHORUS Bridge: Venus, Venus, you’re so appealing Sending me off, senses reeling Scraping me off, off the ceiling Crashing me back to the ground I like what I see When you look at me Until you must tell me that you are not free Magnetically speaking we start to agree And nothing else matters on earth or on sea CHORUS
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The mountain speaks to you, she’s calling out your name Inspiring you to excellence, no thought of fear or fame You’ve skied like this a million times, but this times not the same And you go for it, you go for it, you go for it again You’re high above the crowd, upon the white terrain Your life is like that too; sometimes it seems insane You’ve felt like this a million times but this time’s not the same And you go for it, you go for it, you go for it again The time is now The flag is down You hear the sound You got to bring it, BRING IT HOME Defining your own challenge, this is why you came You run the razor’s edge of total loss or gain You’ve prayed like this a millions, but this time’s not the same And you go for it, you go for it, you go for it again You got to bring it, BRING IT HOME You’re flying past the gates on wings of wax and steel You’re aiming for the stars and God knows how you feel You’ve tried for this a million times but this time it’s for real And you go for it, you go for it, you go for it again You got to bring it, BRING IT HOME
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Well, I’m lookin’ through clean windows and I can see clear From where I came from it looks like it just rained here Something exciting in the air Seems I’m learning how to care for myself as well as you Tryin’ hard to keep that point of view I’ll find another kind of lovin’ better than down there Another kind of feelin’ than “I don’t care” Can’t you see it’s not his thighs bringing tears to cloud my eyes But his tongue gently lashing me in two Why does it feel so good around you? I’ll find another love There’ll be another night much better than that night, last night Another loft much bigger and more bright No more lunches with the foe Pins and needles in Soho Does it all BEGIN WITH YOU? And there is nothin’ that I would rather do Than BEGIN WITH YOU

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released June 12, 2004

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Irene Hartfield Northern, Minnesota

Irene spent many years in NYC as a pro musician, both in clubs and recording studios. Currently residing in Ely, Minnesota, Irene appears at The Loft.

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