Lori Carmichael

STANDING IN THE RAIN

Sometimes I feel like a fly against the window
Can't seem to figure my way out
The world outside looks so free
Upside down, inside out

I've made some moves tangled in regret
living life at second best
the same moments passing by
I followed words that led me blind

I'm stuck in time games keep playing in my mind
There in the dark where stories breathe

Once again I'm standing in the rain
Facing the storm, feeling the pain
Once again standing in the rain
Returning my heart to love again

I thought I had to fight now the truths been shown
the pains not mine, I don't have to hold
when the mirror cracks in two
in each piece a different view

In the stillness of the night
I find my way Through shadows cast,
I hear the whispers say Let go of fears,
let the heart ignite Embrace the dawn,
light your own light

Once again I'm standing in the rain
Facing the storm, freeing the pain
Once again standing in the rain
Returning my heart to love again

I DANCE WITH ANGELS

Last night I danced
I danced with the Angels
Last night they held my hand

Last night in my sleep
they watched as I walked on the water
to find all my desires
right here in my hand

You might say my life is empty
but you don't see
How I never settled for less
When things went wrong
I laid them to rest
and like how I dance with Angels
and like how they danced with me

Last night I swam in the ocean
I felt those waves roll right across my head
and in my life the road lays clearly before me
I know that I must follow where its taken me

You might say my life is empty
but you don't see
Like how I never settled for Less
if it didn't feel right I laid it to rest
and like how I dance with Angels
and like how they dance with me
and like how they dance with me

Lori Carmichael - copyright 2003 Fresh From the Oven Music
HOLLYWOOD
Neon lights called her to Hollywood
Fame and fortune, calling her name
In her Eyes stars all a gleam
Her name in lights, lost in the dream
she was young, bold, and naive

The years flew by so fast in Hollywood
seeing through the old city's tease
She wandered on till her passion died
Chasing dreams that felt denied
she didn't love the art but wanted the life

'Cause when the shadow slips away
Like Peter Pan
Then you see beyond that looking glass
Like Alice can

Dreams come and go every day in Hollywood
Fame and fortune a long lost game
the moment held in her heart's embrace
allowing fate to have its pace
surrendering to the unknown

'Cause when the shadows slip away
Like Peter Pan
And you see beyond that looking glass
Like Alice can
When the shadows slip away
Like Peter Pan