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For What It's Worth
03:57
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For what it’s worth
For what it’s worth I’m never really spot on
There are days when it seems that everything goes wrong
But I leave it, it’s so hard to leave it
Tomorrow will bring what it may
For what it’s worth, I don’t always give up the fight
to have things go my way and to always be right
But I leave it, it’s so hard to leave it
to throw it in the air and catch what falls
I want the fame
I want the fire
I want to be the only one that you desire
But the only thing that I know will get me by
is my eternal flame
to write my name up in the sky
For what it’s worth, I’m still falling through the cracks
Think I can get away with sneaking in through the back
But I leave it, it’s so hard to leave it
I believe I’m falling hard for you
I want the fame, I want the fire
I want to be the only one that you desire
But the only thing that I know will get me by
is my eternal flame
to write my name up in the sky
I want the fame, I want the fire
I want to be the only one that you desire
I want the fame, I want the glory
I want to be the only page in your story
I want the fame, I want the fire
I want to be your only gun for hire
But the only thing that will get me by
is my eternal flame to write my name up in the sky
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2. |
Let You Go
04:07
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Let you go
Music & lyrics: Annette Campagne
I’ve been wishing on all the falling stars
Been looking out for life on Mars
I’ve been trying to escape earth’s gravity
I’ve been smoking too many cigarettes
Been giving air time to my regrets
Been thinking about you and me
I’ve been wearing this carpet thin
Been wearing your shirt against my skin
Thinking about how it used to be
Tell me how can I change
having everything to lose
into everything to gain
I think I know
I guess I have to let you go
You were the sky and I was the soil
You were water and I was oil
living proof that opposites attract
But we were never homeward bound
This love never left the ground
I guess that doesn’t change the fact
Tell me how can I change
having everything to lose
into everything to gain
Oh, does it show
that it still hurts to love you so
Even though I know that I’m to blame
Oh, since you’ve been gone
Oh, I carry on
Tell me how can I change
having everything to lose
into everything to gain
Oh, does it show
that it still hurts to love you so
Even though I know that I am to blame
I think I know,
I guess I have to let you go
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3. |
Life With You
04:30
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Life with you
Music & lyrics
Annette Campagne
Driving on automatic in the morning traffic
I slow down to a halt at fourth and main
Feeling a bit deflated and unappreciated
and for what, I cannot explain
Today I can’t remember why we are together
They say that it’s for better or for worse
Well maybe we’re just jaded, maybe love’s too complicated
Until now we used to quench each other’s thirst
Can anyone tell me what we do it for
and if everything will be alright?
I’m hungry for something more
I seem to have lost my appetite
for this life with you
We started clean and urgent with bleach and detergent
We made up for what the other lacked
But now the honeymoon is over, the drunkard must get sober
It’s time to take our own projections back
Can anyone tell me what we do it for
and if everything will be alright?
I’m hungry for something more
I seem to have lost my appetite
I think we owe it to ourselves to go for something real
Are you ready baby for the new frontier?
Can anyone tell me what we do it for
Well we do it for love alright
I’m hungry for something more
Can you help me find my appetite
for this life with you
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4. |
Let Temptation Be
04:10
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Let temptation be
Music & lyrics Annette Campagne
Come on now, little girl, life is a game
Sweet things come to those that like to play
Come on now, sweet thing, it would be such a shame
It’s so much fun to be led astray
Which side are you on, where are you in the food chain,
are you the predator or prey?
You’re in the system now fingerprints and all
so you might as well let me have my way
We all look to the sun
Obey the laws of gravity
I’ll be damned if I’m the one
to satisfy your vanity
I’m gonna let temptation be
I made my bed long ago and I sleep just fine
Offered up my heart to the one above
And everyday is a sacred mystery
when I rely on the strength of love
We all look to the sun
Obey the laws of gravity
I’ll be damned if I’m the one
To satisfy your vanity
I’m gonna let temptation be
I know the way come have some fun
cause that’s the way, my dear, the world is run
I know the way, I know my soul
I don’t need anyone to make me whole
Chorus:
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5. |
Only Forgiveness Knows
04:27
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ONLY FORGIVENESS KNOWS
Music & lyrics
Annette Campagne
Strange things come to you in the middle of the night
They become the demons that you dare not fight
And you carry on
and sometimes you even will them to be right
The strange things that you feel you have to contain
they become the reasons that you need yourself to blame
And you carry on
needing all of this pain
Only forgiveness knows
how to turn me about
Only forgiveness knows
the way out
There are times in this life when you’re forced to make a choice
When you think you need permission from that small inner voice
And you carry on
even though you did not accept
All I know is that you and I we come from the same place
And though I’ve never met you, I think I know your face
And we’ll carry on
meeting on the wings of grace
Because only forgiveness knows
how to turn me about
Only forgiveness knows
the way out
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6. |
Freudian Slip
03:53
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FREUDIAN SLIP
Music & lyrics
Annette Campagne
I get up
I say good morning to the ghost in the hall
Drink my coffee and bounce off the wall
Burn my toast and scrape off all the black
I bite my nails on my way to work
Don’t make much money, my boss is a jerk
I swear he just wants to get me in the sack
Oh, sometimes I’d like to leave the world behind
Oh, at least until I get you out of my mind
Then I remember that you’re not coming back
and that I’m losing my grip
I’ll take my chances so give me a coin to flip
so you can become
just another Freudian slip
I get up
I pay my bills like a good girl should
Swear on the bible and I knock on wood
I wear a halo, but I know it doesn’t fit
I ask the ghost who lives in the hall
Why do we bother with life at all?
He walks right through me, doesn’t care one bit
Oh, well I know I’m just killing time
Oh, at least until I get you out of my mind
Chorus
Well you saw right through me, you laid it on so thick
If I was the window baby, then I guess you were the brick,
The prick, the Freudian slip
Chorus
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7. |
Sentimental Journey Home
04:22
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Sentimental journey home
Music & lyrics
Annette Campagne
She said to me “I’ll be okay,
I know your heart’s sinking like a stone
But there isn’t any other way
This is something I must do alone”
She said to me “I’ll be just fine,
I know how to get along
I was always just one step behind
Now I’m the one who must be strong”
So don’t be afraid for me
I’m not particularly worried
Going to set myself free
to unearth what long ago I buried
but would you stay with me
to see me off on this sentimental journey home
She said to me “I was so good
at letting everything just slide
But for once I stood my ground
and the earth and sun did not collide”
So don’t be afraid for me
I’m not particularly worried
Going to set myself free
to unearth what long ago I buried
but would you stay with me
to see me off on this sentimental journey home
I’m so glad to break the mould
I was so tired of the lies
Never will my love be undersold
I know how you hate long goodbyes
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8. |
Stay With Me
04:01
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Stay with me
Music & lyrics: Annette Campagne
I had a boyfriend, my favourite ex
With a dimple on his chin
A dimple so exciting, so warm and inviting
I loved to dive right in
He would paint my toenails red
bring me breakfast in bed
I fell heels over head
That’s when he fled
Life is much too short to worry
To take so seriously
Where you going in such a hurry
Why don’t you stay with me
I had a buddy, my favourite tortured soul
We would party the night away
We were more than just misunderstood
and we both liked it that way
But my heart was full of dread
too much smoke in my head
“I’ve got to quit”, I said
That’s when he fled
Life is much too short to worry
To take so seriously
Where you going in such a hurry
Why don’t you stay with me
I had a guru, my favourite human being
He said he was from up above
He said “Do not be frightened, for I am enlightened
I will show you the ways of love”
When I questioned where he led
where angels fear to tread
he turned on me instead
That’s when I fled
Life is much too short to worry
To take so seriously
Where you going in such a hurry
Why don’t you stay with me
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9. |
Life Has No Meaning
03:53
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Life has no meaning
Music & lyrics: Annette Campagne
She’s no ordinary woman
but she leads a simple life
Sings happy birthday to herself each year
She holds her tongue
but if you ask her for advice
she’ll never tell you what you want to hear
She’s no ordinary woman
but she knows her place,
the black and white and all the shades of grey
For every line etched in her palm
a story can be told
Yeah but I can almost hear her say
She says life has no meaning
except for the one you give it
Life has no meaning
It’s more the way you live it
She’s no ordinary woman
but she still has her doubts,
her existential journeys to the core
She knows that there are questions
she won’t have the answers to
so she won’t ask them anymore
She says life has no meaning
except for the one you give it
Life has no meaning
It’s more the way you live it
And me, I roll around in my drama
Like a dog rolls in the dirt
And she, she smiles and asks
why I hold on to all that hurt, all that hurt
Chorus
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10. |
You Gotta Laugh
03:35
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You gotta laugh
Music & lyrics Annette Campagne
There’s a tear in the fabric of your sky
So your illusions come crashing down
No, this is good, I swear, let it go
I know you’ll come around
So things didn’t turn out the way you planned
Even though you had thought them through
You tell yourself there’s something better
Then you ask, “So now what do I do?”
You gotta laugh
It’s just too good
And trust that things happen
just as they should
You gotta smile
For the tables will turn
We get what we give
So can we give
Without knowing what we’ll get in return
There’s a smile beneath all that rage
So you pick yourself up off the floor
Shake the dust off of your senses
“What do I do it for?”
Maybe we do it cause inside of our doubts
are born the embers of our faith
The fire that keeps us going is fed
by what we dare to create
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Annette Campagne regina, Saskatchewan
Singer songwriter Annette has been writing and performing for over 25 years, releasing 7 albums with former band Hart Rouge and 3 solo projects. She delivers a mix of contemporary folk, melodic pop and acoustic rock, combined with straight 'shoot from the hip ness' lyrics and soulful vocals. The earthy positive tones of her music leaves one with a refreshing sense of hope and faith. ... more
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