Gabrielle Louise

Colours
words and music by Donovan

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair 
In the morning, when I rise 
In the morning, when I rise 
That's the time, that's the time 
I love the best 

Blue's the colour of the sky-y 
In the morning, when I rise 
In the morning, when I rise 
That's the time, that's the time 
I love the best 

Green's the colour of the sparklin' corn 
In the morning, when I rise 
In the morning, when I rise 
That's the time, that's the time 
I love the best 

Mellow is the feeling that I get 
When I see him, m-hmm 
When I see him, m-hmm 
That's the time, that's the time 
I love the best 

Freedom is a word I rarely use 
Without thinking, m-hmm 
Without thinking, m-hmm 
Of the time, of the time 
When I've been loved
 

Nature's Not a Fool
words and music by Gabrielle Louise 

You can pretend 
prolong this as long as your patience extends  
but you know  
what I know  
this is the end.  

We've drank all the wine  
compensated with candlelight 
but you know  
what I know  
A lie is a lie is a lie is a   .  

The magician's gone home  
collected his cards and disrobed  
wearing jeans and a cap  
he now carries the costume  
we have outgrown. 

Killing off ghosts  
Coming of age 
Replacing the racing  
with incense and sage.  

The stars aren't aligned.  
The cold has been cruel  
the current is high  
but Nature's Not a Fool.  

We're coming up dry  
there's no diamond left in the mine  
just a portrait  
of a painting  
of an era gone by.  

The newscasters smile -  
a lie is a lie is a lie -  
quaintly explaining the earth's misbehaving,  
"it'll pass in a while." 

Killing off ghosts  
Coming of age 
Replacing the racing  
with incense and sage.  

The stars aren't aligned.  
The cold has been cruel  
the current is high  
but Nature's Not a Fool.


What's We Ask For 
words and music by Gabrielle Louise

The answer is no, the reason is because.  
If you're gonna act like a child I'm gonna treat you like one.  
As far as I'm concerned we only get to do this once,  
and we all get what we ask for, my love.  
We all get what we ask for.  

You can hold it in your gut- that tired old grudge-  
you can cheat life like a chore, use it like a drug.  
But as far as i'm concerned we only get to do it once,  
and we all get what we ask for, my love.  
We all get what we ask for. 

I choose gentleness, I choose truth.  
You might not mind the games, I do.  
Lets talk about it in the morning light  
when we first rise, our voices kind.  
All the king's horses and all the king's men 
have nothing left to defend.  

Someone hurts our feelings, we pass it down the line.  
We should be embarrassed of ourselves in those times.  
Cause the hurt's still howling through our hearts  
like the wind through the pines-  
rattling at the door and the windows,  
rattling at the door!  

like a drunk we gamble everything for the ecstasy,  
tripping on our tongues,falling on our feet.  
We can talk like lovers, we can talk like enemies-  
We will get what we ask for, my love. 
We will get what we ask for.  

I can be your lover, I can be a memory.  
You will get what you ask for, my love.  
You will get what you ask for.  


Marionette 
words and music by Gabrielle Louise

Eight pins in a rag doll's chest,  
had me dancing like a marionette and  
I play ball with that bullshit,  
turn on cue.  

Amen! The candle's lit!  
I'm afraid my pride had to kill your puppet.  
Karma hasn't caught up yet -  
but it will soon.  

Hey YOU!  
Everybody's happy when the money rolls in.  
Hey YOU!  
First thing out were your good intentions.  
Hey YOU!  
How do you act when you feel cornered?  
And what becomes of your perfect morals?  

Nine hens in a chicken coop,  
kinda look like men in business suits.  
whay lie when you can use the truth  
in your favour?  

It rained for ten straight days,  
Noah's yaught up and sailed away.  
The poorest were left to pray  
for a savior.  

Chorus  

How do your heart strings hold up?  
When human instinct shows up?  
So who are we to judge?  

Chorus  

Eight pins in a rag doll's chest,  
had me dancing like a marionette. 


End of the Blues 
words and music by Gabrielle Louise  

I'll try my best to describe them -  
deep set and brown,  
mesmerizing.  
There's never been a day  
I could deny them.  

But if I could choose...  
it'd be the end of the blues.  

Oh, I think about him and that wicked grin,  
my vision blurs, my senses spin!  
Savoring every  
time I ever caught him,  
caught him looking at me.  

My heart starts peeling 
layer after layer  
til it's raw and red  
and god forbid  
feeling!  

Envy is an evil seed  
when the branches grow  
they bear no leaves! 
They burrow through my body  
til I crack and I bleed.  

I can point the gun,  
I can't shoot it.  
Put it up on trial,  
I can't execute it!  
If my head only knew  
what my heart was doing.  
Oh if I could choose....  

My eyes are wide and tearing  
drip drop  
drip drop  
somehow I don't wanna stop 
feeling!  

I'll try my best to describe them  
deep set and brown,  
mesmorizing.  
They'll never come a day  
I could deny them.  

But if I could choose...  
it be the end of the blues. 

Te amaré
words and music by Silvio Rodriguez

Te amaré, te amaré como al mundo 
Te amaré aunque tenga final 
Te amaré, te amaré en lo profundo 
Te amaré como tengo que amar 

Te amaré, te amaré como pueda 
Te amaré aunque no sea la paz 
Te amaré, te amaré lo que queda 
Te amaré cuando acabe de amar 

Te amaré, te amaré si estoy muerto 
Te amaré al día siguiente además 
Te amaré, Te amaré como siento 
Te amaré con adiós, con jamás 

Te amaré, Te amaré junto al viento 
Te amaré como único ser 
Te amaré hasta el fin de los tiempos 
Te amaré y después te amaré


Sarahbell
words and music by Gabrielle Louise 
for my sister 

Sarahbell,  
this song is for you when you are  
finding yourself,  
and your head is spinning.  

Sarahbell,  
a pretty little melody 
when your soul is a shell-  
you can hear it singing.  

I regret to report  
that the world is a fragile place.  
And it seems that the view  
(from a few years ahead of you) 
is just a taste.  
so I have saved a little faith  
for you.  

Sarahbell,  
open up your eyes there is a new born sky!  
The day is grinning.  
Sarahbell,  
this song is for you when you are  
finding yourself.  
when your soul is a shell 
we can hear it singing.  

For we are all connected,  
every single little move-  
Dominoes, Jenga cubes.  
When one fails, we all fall  
an avelanch of attitudes  
and points of view.  
So I have saved a little faith  
for you. 


Use Your Teeth
words and music by Gabrielle Louise

Mean as the wolf 
without a leash,  
your the beast  
hanging around outside.  
And my mind  
is just another room  
that you occupy.  
If you're gonna tear my heart out  
do it right -  
use your teeth.  

Like a siren  
in the street  
all your sorrow  
keeps me company.  
You're the steam  
rising from the pavement.  
You're behaving  
so finiky!  
If you're gonna tear my heart out  
do it right -  
use your teeth.  

All these consolations,  
hollow conversations!  
We're hanging empty photographs  
in empty halls.  
I don't need a sunset  
a ride with a knight,  
but if we're coming to the ending  
stop pretending to be... 
to be nice!  

I've been framed  
in your mind games.  
I'm not afraid,  
I'm petrified.  
If I had any faith  
in God,  
I would fall.  
(And I will fall 
when you look at me that way.)  
If you're gonna tear my heart out  
do it right --  
use your teeth. 

I Propose a Toast 
words and music by Gabrielle Louise 

I propose a toast  
to the sunrise.  
Hold the glass in your left hand, man.  
Don't forget to meet my eyes.  
I propose a toast  
to the city lights  
fading out one by one  
into the yawning sky.  

Each of us are here  
from different corners of the globe,  
in different seasons of our souls,  
but there ain't nobody  
nowhere  
who is whole.  

So I propose a toast  
to the uncertainty,  
to drowning out the low down dirty sound  
of sensibility!  
I'm all nerves and feelings  
stepping down into the crooked street.  
The garbage trucks are loading up  
and everybody's waking up!  

I don't need to sleep.  
I just gotta work this through.  
I'm so tired  
of wanting you.  
But there ain't nobody 
nowhere  
who's not confused.  

Damn this love!  
The aperature in my heart has been stuck.  
Let the light in!  

I propose a toast  
to the sunrise.  
I hold the glass in my left hand, 
unafraid to greet this life.  
I can be alone.  
I'll just watch the world turn  
from cinders  
to daybreak  
cause there ain't nobody  
nowhere  
that doesn't ache. 


When Satan Saw Inside the Cradle 
words and music by Gabrielle Louise

Everyday I'm learning the strangest things 
About my dreams 
About my dreams 

Turns out they're not a movie 
Turns out they're not starring me 
But bouncing on my knee -- 
The greatest mystery. 

The universe expanded 
Bloomed from a tiny seed 
Became this breathing thing 
The rest is history 

The rest is history, oh oh oh 
 the rest is history. 

Love is like a ladle 
providing all we need 
from an endless sea 
of empathy 

When Satan Saw Inside The Cradle 
he turned into a bird 
 lost all his wicked words 
 lost all his wicked words 

The universe expanded 
smoothed out his furrowed brow 
Oh, don't ask me how. 
don't ask me how! 

The universe expanded 
bloomed from a tiny seed 
because this breathing thing. 
The rest is history.