VONDA SHEPARD
The Radical Light (1992)


1: Searchin' My Soul
written by Vonda Shepard
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I've been down this road walkin' the line
That's painted by pride
And I have made mistakes in my life
That I just can't hide

Oh I believe I am ready for what love has to bring
Got myself together, now I'm ready to sing

I've been searchin' my soul tonight
I know there's so much more to life
Now I know I can shine a light
To find my way back home

One by one, the chains around me unwind
Every day now I feel that I can leave those years behind

Oh I've been thinking of you for a long time
There's a side of my life where I've been blind and so...

I've been searchin' my soul tonight
I know there's so much more to life
Now I know I can shine a light
Everything gonna be alright
I've been searchin' my soul tonight
Don't wanna be alone in life
Now I know I can shine a light
To find my way back home

Baby I been holding back now my whole life
I've decided to move on now
Gonna leave all my worries behind

Oh I belive I am ready for what love has to give
Got myself together now I'm ready to live

I've been searchin' my soul tonight
I know there's so much more to life
Now I know I can shine a light
Everything gonna be alright
I've been searchin' my soul tonight
Don't wanna be alone in my life
Now I know I can shine a light
To find my way back home 



2: The Radical Light
written by Vonda Shepard and Matthew Wilder
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He was a poor boy having a hard time
A shoulder chipped and a head for crime
He was destined to be broken
She found a diamond in a coal mine
What she saw in him was a crooked line
She just wanted him to straighten
She said truth lies underneath the radical light
Show you qhat you need, what you're looking for
One night underneath the radical light
She said once you see the truth you'll be wanting more

She doesn't know why she's got the desire
To lead this boy out of the burning fire
Call it love or call it mercy
See, one night she was dreamin'
She saw a man who looked just like him,
He said "When you find me baby set me free"

We can shine standin' in the radical light
Take a chance and find your vision
We can feel fine walkin' in the radical light
It all comes down to radical decisions

I feel your sorrow
I know you're afraid to let it go
There's always tomorrow
Come into the light you don't have to be alone anymore

Show me real truth real love
Wake me hold me tonight
Under the radical light
Show me the real truth real life
Underneath the radical light

Someday we will be one
Under the radical light 



3: 100 Tears Away
written by Paul Gordon and Vonda Shepard
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Go ahead and cry now
Just give in to the madness
The only way to feel your joy
Is to first feel the sadness

Go ahead and sail now
Just give in to the ocean
The only way to tame your fear
Is to feel her rocky motion

You're a long way from somewhere you call home
There's a place in your heart, you're not alone

All of the happiness you seek
All of the joy for which you pray
Is closer than you think
It's just 100 tears away

Go ahead and listen
Just give into the voices
You think you're backed into a corner
But you've got so mahy choices
You can't save all the hungry
The lonely or the dying
Sometimes we wanna give up
But fools like us keep trying

You're a long way from some place you feel safe
Peace of mine comes from just one place

All of the happiness you seek
All of the joy for which you pray
Is closer than you think
Is just 100 tears away

Whatever it is that'll make you feel good
You can have if you want, if you knew that you could
You can have it all baby

You're a long way from somewhere you call home
There's a place in your heart you're not alone

All of the happiness you seek
All of the joy for which you pray
Is closer than you think
It's just 100 tears away 



4: Wake Up The House
written by Vonda Shepard and Gerard McMahon
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I seem to walk on ice
Some things make me think twice
When I get that resistance
Like having freedom with my hands tied

I've censored what's inside way too long
I can't live so black and white
Somebody listen
Somebody say what's on your mind

I've got the wheels of the reckless
I'm gonna scream on the edges

Wake up the house start the clock work
Turn on the lights anybody home
Break all the glass on my windows
Wake up the house so I'm not alone
Disturb this neighborhood
Maybe it'll do some good
You know what I'm missing
When everybody's asleep at night

Somebody's got to tlak
Might as well be my job yeah
Maybe somebody's listening
You know I've censored this heart too long

I've got the wheels of the restless
I'm gonna scream on the edges

Wake up the house start the clock work
Turn on all the lights anybody home
Break all the glass on my windows
Wake up the house so I'm not alone

I can't live so black and white
You know what I'm missing
Something's making me think twice
Is anybody listening?

(Repeat Chorus) 



5: Clean Rain
written by Vonda Shepard and David Pack
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Oh city shine on tomorrow
For today I feel rain
There is a decent moon
Now I lay me down in the light

My man's afraid, no communication
I'm sure life in my arms ain't been free
Is it a sacrifice to love me now
Are you alright?

Will you take my hand so I'm not alone
You're the road I need to lead me home baby...forever
Will you be my friend, will you walk with me
Can we wash away the history that clouds our love
What came before surely won't be
There's a clean rain fallin' over me

I know I cried after what you told me
You said you're not sure where this love is going
Why would you hesitate if you really love me now
Are you alright?

Will you take my hand, you're the road I need to lead me home...forever
Will you be my friend, will you walk with me
Can we wash away the history that clouds our love
What came before surely won't be

Hey we've been running too long, let's settle down
Gotta keep our head above water
Take a look around
How long will you wait for me
How long will you wait for me

(Repeat Chorus) 



6: Dreamin'
Written by David James and Lana Williams
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I sit and wonder
How my life would be
If you were here with me
What a beautiful fantasy
Early in the morning
I find myself with tears in my eyes
From a dream that you're featured in
And it hurts deep inside
To know that you won't let me in to your life
And I wonder why
I'm going crazy
I keep thinking about your foolish smile
Here I go I just can't stop

Dreamin'
Dreamin'
All the time
I'm dreamin' of all the joy we could have baby
Dreamin'
Dreamin'
For your heart
I'm dreamin' of all the love that we could share

It's my decision
To leave you now
Just because it hurts too much
Knowing you'll never give enough
But how I long to
Experience the magic of your touch again
Now you're always on my mind
I just can't stop

Dreamin'
Dreamin'
All the time
I'm dreamin' of all the time we could have baby
Dreamin'
Dreamin'
For your heart
I'm dreamin' of all the love that we could share

I think of the time we had
You're making me want you so bad
I'm watching you walk away
But I wish I could make you stay
The only thing that I can do
Is baby, baby to dream of you
I wake up in the morning thinking 'bout you baby
All the time and the time that we could be together yeah 



7: Good To Yourself
written by Vonda Shepard and Paul Gordon
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I stopped at an all night diner
Ooh, it seemed like a romantic thing to do
Yeah, but I'm lonely, it ain't like the movies
In the old days
I saw you sittin' in the corner counting change,
Like you were counting your daydreams
Then youe eyes, they suddenly hit me like a railroad train

Oh, sometimes I think I might be immune to a guy like you
But I can't walk away, no I can't walk away
Oh, tonight I see you're at the end of the line, well, me too
But we all gotta pay

I know you'd be good to me
I know you'd try to be good to me
But in the end, baby can't depend on no one else
When the chips are down, I have found
You better be good to yourself...good to yourself

I guess I've known you before, maybe in high school
or maybe you're just one more guy I went looking for
The boy next door
Or maybe I'm the girl with the see-through eyes
But I watch too many movies,
I get tangled in the story of someone else's life
Baby, who am I...and who are you?

Oh, sometimes I go to bed at night
And I think that I'm with you
Then I say a little prayer, cuz I threw it all away
The other day you called up to see if I miss you
And all I could say was

I know you'd be good to me
I know you'd try to be good to me
But in the end, baby can't depend on no one else
When the chips are down, I have found
You better be good to yourself...good to yourself

Night has a clever desguise
She makes me believe that I'm lonely
I should know by now if I can make it to tomorrow
I can work it out

Cuz in the end, baby can't depend on no one else
When the chips are down, I have found
You better be good to yourself...good to yourself 



8: Love Will Come And Go
written by Vonda Shepard and David James with additional lyrics by Paul Gordon
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Do you want me to read your mind?
Oh if I only could
I wonder if I'd find the same
Hopes I've been having
'Cause baby I came alive
When you caught my eye
I'm falling in love you see
And it's the kind of love
That makes me breathe

I would share all my secrets
I would tell you anything
You know I'd let you in darling
We could be so good together
I would give you the world
If only you would take it from me

Sometimes love comes quickly
Sometimes love comes slow
Let's not miss this moment...'cause
Love will come and go

I never thought I could feel
Such emotion in me
I'm not the kinda girl who falls in love so easily
It's all so clear to me now
Ain't no shadow of a doubt
Now I understand what this mystery is all about

I would be there for you baby
In a special kind of way
If I only had the say darling
We could be so good together
I would give you the world
Baby will you take it from me

Sometimes love comes quickly
Sometimes love comes slow
Let's not miss this moment...'cause
Love will come and go

Let's not miss this moment
Let's not take too long
I think we both know it
Our love would be that strong, be that strong, be that strong

I would be there for you baby
In a special kind of way
'Cause I love you darlin'
We could be so good together
I would give you the world
Baby will you take it from me

(Repeat Chorus) 



9: Out On The Town
written by Vonda Shepard
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They called her Synthesizer Suzi
And Fast Fingers Flynn &
Bobby you played saxophone
Like you'd never play again
We all four got together
In a divey weekend bar
Working on our standards
Seeing who would be the star
Out on the town

Bobby, I knew you were a gambler
'Cause you made my wheel spin
I should have known you cheated
'Cause you'd never fail to win
We all knew you were a joker
And your luck was running thin
When they took you one cold morning
Out on the town

Out on the town
We're gonna make our rounds
Out on the town
We're gonna close it down
Out on the town
To the last call of the last bar
Out on the town

Now I walk along these darkened streets
With an open mind 'cause I'm tryin' to reach
The memory that brought me here
On this lonely night for one last tear
Suzi you moved up town for good
Flynn you would if you thought you could
And I'm still staring these same walls down
On a dirty street...Out on the town

Out on the town
We're gonna make our rounds
Out on the town
We're gonna close it down
Out on the town
To the last call of the last bar 



10: Cartwheels
written by Vonda Shepard
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Oh mama we'd sail away
Doing cartwheels on the front lawn everyday
And you'd sing "Here Comes The Sun"
Then we'd dance together
I thought it would last forever

I see my life fly on by
Like a soldier in the rain
With a shining road ahead of me
For once in my life I wanna be happy
Stop running from my memories
Being on the road sets me free... but sometimes

I want to come back home
I want to hear your voice say to me
Be yourself, 'cause that's all that matters baby

Oh mama you'd carry me away
On the rooftops and in the high trees
That's where I used to dream
I'd close my eyes and hear you sing
"Blackbird in the dead of night"

I see your life fly on by
Mama don't you be afraid
Look at all the love that you have made
Oh mama you want us to forgive you
But you did nothing wrong
You followed your road for so long...that sometimes

You want to come back home
You want it all to be the way it was
Shaynamaidala...doing cartwheels on the lawn

All the planes are out tonight
I see them flying...lighting up the sky 
