Nina Gordon
Bleeding Heart Graffiti


  1. Bleeding Heart Graffiti
  2. Christmas Lights
  3. Kiss Me 'Til It Bleeds
  4. Suffragette
  5. This Was The Year
  6. Don't Let Me Down
  7. Pure
  8. Watercolors
  9. Superstar
  10. Turn On Your Radio
  11. When You Don't Want Me Anymore
  12. Bones And A Name
  13. The Time Comes
  14. The Crickets Sound Like Sleigh Bells

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Bleeding Heart Graffiti

this is a prayer to anyone who's up there
this is a call, kneeling at your wailing wall
i've never talked to you, but i don't know what else to do
i'll sing these songs, and all my friends will sing along
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Christmas Lights



i dream we're out on the runway
and you're right there by my side 
we're taking off in your G5 baby 
i love it when we fly
you're mighty like a knock-out
you're desperate like a rose 
you stumbled into the spotlight
and we watched the crowd grow

but my hero said:
you can't hold the hand of a rock 'n roll man
but what if i can?
what if i can?

what if i...

look to the sky
check out the stars
how they shine
into your eyes
they're just like mine 
searching the darkness for some kind of sign
we're building our lives on the dreams we string together like christmas lights

i can't wait 'til the night comes
for that sweet blue summer sky
'cause i've got something to tell you baby
and the daylight makes me shy

but tonight i'll sing out
as loud as i can
like a die-hard fan
for my favorite band
loud as i can

i'm going to...

look to the sky
check out the stars
how they shine
into your eyes
they're just like mine 
searching the darkness for some kind of sign
we're building our lives on the dreams we string together like christmas lights

slow down baby, the summer is over
and it's almost time to go home
don't worry baby, the nights may get colder,
but you're not alone

my hero said:
you can't hold the hand of a rock 'n roll man
but what if i can?
what if i can?

what if i...

look to the sky
check out the stars
how they shine
into your eyes
they're just like mine
searching the darkness for some kind of sign
we're building our lives on the dreams we string together like christmas lights
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Kiss Me 'Til It Bleeds

destructive, exciting, and i can't let go
inciting a riot on my radio
i'm going, i'm gone, even though i know it's wrong

he's a saturday night and a sunday morning rolled into one
with a dirty smile that could shame the sun

if i'm going to hang myself on someone else, he's just enough rope
i know it's bad news, but i can't say no
if bitter is sweet, he's just what i need
so kiss me 'til it bleeds

i'm stupid, a sucker-- he's a loaded gun
a lover, a leaver-- just a hit-and-run
when our worlds collide, breathe deep and hold on tight

'cause he's so rock and roll, i'm a tortured soul with him in my bones
and he leaves me shattered like a rolling stone

if i'm going to hang myself on someone else, he's just enough rope
i know it's bad news, but i can't say no
if bitter is sweet, he's just what i need
so kiss me 'til it bleeds

so what do you do now?
you know he's going to take you down
but you're addicted to the sound and so you hang around

i'm going, i'm gone, even though i know it's wrong

he's a saturday night and a sunday morning rolled into one
with a dirty smile that could shame the sun

if i'm going to hang myself on someone else, he's just enough rope
i know it's bad news, but i can't say no
if bitter is sweet, he's just what i need
so kiss me 'til it bleeds
just kiss me 'til it bleeds
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Suffragette

("i'll make history," the suffragette said
"i'm clever, to do this forever")

you don't know me yet
but i'm a suffragette
i suffer for your sins and wash them all away

some kind of jesus christ
check out my sacrifice
a pretty poison flower bring you the sweetest juice

and you'll remember me
making history
just you wait, just you wait and see

("i'll make history," the suffragette said
"i'm clever, to do this forever")

so don't try to stone me
you don't own me, and baby you don't know me yet
don't try to break me
you can't take me
cause baby i'm a suffragette

my mama said to me,
"be what you want to be."
"just take your time, enjoy the ride along the way"

and you'll remember me
making history
just you wait, just you wait and see

so don't try to stone me
you don't own me, and baby you don't know me yet
don't try to break me
you can't take me
cause baby i'm a suffragette
you cannot fight me
you don't have to like me
you don't even know me yet
don't try to break me
you can't take me
cause baby i'm a suffragette

it's like you fell asleep in a cab and woke up in another land
and everything's changed
but it's okay-- it's better this way

so come along girls, without hesitation
change the channel baby, try another station
i'll fill you up with a sense of elation
i'll build you up with a sex education

so don't try to stone me
you don't own me, and baby you don't know me yet
don't try to break me
you can't take me
cause baby i'm a suffragette
you cannot fight me
you don't have to like me
you don't even know me yet
don't try to break me
you can't take me
cause baby i'm a suffragette
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This Was The Year

this was the year i fell apart
this was the year i went to war with my heart
this was a bad year for girls like me
we want love, but we want to be free
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Don't Let Me Down

rolling down the hill to see my friends
i don't feel well
and i'm not happy, but i'm going to be

the summer starts and the summer ends
i look around at all my friends
they don't seem happy, but they're going to be

and they saylife's a dream
we believe what we want to believe
and i want to believe in something please

so don't let me down
please place me gently on the ground
it took me all this time to figure out what i need
and the journey made me weak
so don't you let me down this time
don't let me down

i needed more, or so i thought
i needed a love that couldn't be bought
but i kept on spending 'til he loved me not

now someone new is coming in
oh god it's so sweet when it begins
but i'm so bitter, what if i poison him?

but he says that i'm the dream
he's been praying for down on his knees
and i want to believe him please, believe

he won't let me down
please place me gently on the ground
it took me all this time to figure out what i need
and the journey made me bleed
so don't you let me down this time
don't let me down

and i feel like i'm running
this time don't let me down
'cause i feel like it's coming
this time don't let me down
oh please don't let me down

don't let me down
please place me gently on the ground
it took me so long to figure out what i mean
and the journey made me bleed
so don't you let me down this time
don't let me down
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Pure

is this the future that i promised myself?
a pretty perfume bottle on the shelf
take it down and i'm someone else
the perfect spell is...

pure
the dark night is far behind me
and i'm sure the white light will come and find me
i'm pure and now i know it's all i ever want to be

are you some silent god that i can't see?
'cause i feel you building up inside of me
there's nowhere else i would rather be
my memories are...

pure
the dark night is far behind me
and i'm sure the white light will come and find me
i'm pure and now i know it's all i ever want to be

i'm lost in time in my head
floating through the sky from my bed
imagining that i am dead
and it's a lovely view

if this is the beginning of some heavenly dream
then i'll just sit back and enjoy the scene
my heart beats slow, like a soft machine
tenderly and

pure
the dark night is far behind me
and i'm sure the white light will come and find me
i'm pure and now i know it's all i ever want to be

lost in time in my head
floating through the sky, i'm in my bed
i'm gone, i'm dead
and it's a lovely view
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Watercolors

once in a while
you ask for a smile
and what am i going to say?

my tears are real
i like how they feel
i like how they carry me away

baby i'm warning you
i'm happiest when i'm blue

now i'm bleeding like watercolors
keep me dreaming in pale blues and greens
keep on running like watercolors
lead me back to the sea

i'm just a fool
i talk out of school
i do things i should not do

but i'm not ashamed
it's the way that i'm made
i'm sorry but i'll never change for you

at least i can tell the truth
that i'm happiest when i'm blue

now i'm bleeding like watercolors
keep me dreaming in pale blues and greens
keep on running like watercolors
lead me back to the sea

nightshade and opaline
blackbirds and faded dreams
and i'm falling, falling down
i keep falling, falling down

baby i'm warning you
i'm happiest when i'm blue
when i'm blue

now i'm bleeding like watercolors
keep me dreaming in pale blues and greens
keep on running like watercolors
wide and open and blue like the sea
always running like watercolors
ocean colors that bleed for me
keep on running like watercolors
and lead me back to the sea
just lead me back to the sea
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Superstar

somebody stop me before i throw it all away
'cause i know he's gonna drop me if i wait another day

you are a superstar
and i pushed you way too far
and i don't know if i can get to where you are
but i'm on my way

and everybody asks me if i fell for someone new
and i wouldn't put it past me, but this time i've been true

'cause you are a superstar
and i pushed you way too far
and i don't know if i can get to where you are
but baby,i'm on my way
i'm on my way

there's a half a million reasons why i'm on this plane tonight
and i half a million reasons why i almost missed my flight

and you are a superstar
and i pushed you way too far
and i don't know if i can get to where you are
but darling, i'm on my way
i'm on my way
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Turn On Your Radio

i want to write a song that will break your heart
i want you to hear it and fall apart
i want to be there when the tears fall from your eyes
i want to see it in your face when you realize

turn on your radio
and listen to these words as i repeat them:
you have lost me
you have lost me

turn on your radio
and listen to these words 'til you believe them
you have lost me
you have lost me this time

i don't know where you are tonight
or if there's someone sleeping by your side
but i'm going to write it with my airplane in your sky
and you're going to read it on a billboard when you're driving by

turn on your radio
and listen to these words as i repeat them:
you have lost me
you have lost me

turn on your radio
and listen to these words 'til you believe them
you have lost me
you have lost me

i'm taking over the airwaves
loud and clear so you can hear me
over and over until you sing it in your sleep
and no matter where you go
i'll be right there in stereo

i want to be there when the tears fall from your eyes
i want to see it in your face when you realize just

turn on your radio
and listen to these words as i repeat them:
you have lost me
you have lost me

just turn on your radio
and listen to these words 'til you believe them
you have lost me
you have lost me this time
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When You Don't Want Me Anymore

:

this is not a dream
i am not asleep
this is not a game that i'm playing

somewhere in between
what's real and how it seems
i find myself forgetting how to speak

but it's good to be alone
and it's good to see what i become
when you don't want me anymore

everybody knows
how the story goes
summer fades away and you're leaving

welcome to the world
of your former favorite girl
september comes and washes her away

and it's good to be alone
and it's good to see what i become
when you don't want me anymore
when you don't want me anymore

love dies, everyone lies
you did your best and so did i
but everybody has to give up sometime

young gods, alien gods
star by star, we all must fall
everybody has to burn out sometime

and it's good to be alone
and it's good to see what i become
when you don't want me anymore
when you don't want me anymore
and you don't want me
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Bones And A Name

:

rolling through the canyon blasting heartbreaker
i see your famous face riding next to me
we smile at each other 'cause we know we know each other
but damn if i'm going to talk to you again

i always thought that you were funny
i always thought we could be friends
but the way you treated her in the end...

all the horses and all the men
couldn't bring her back again
we tried so hard
we couldn't save her day

all the millions and billions
of stars that shine into her eyes
are barely bright enough to light her way

so she covered herself with sorrow and shame
and smoke and mirrors and fame
and fake love, angry love, bad love, and sad love
and damn if i didn't almost do the same

and now sometimes i think i see her
and i can almost hear her cry
i hear those chilling words she chose to say goodbye

all the horses and all the men
couldn't bring her back again
we tried so hard
we couldn't save her day

all the millions and billions
of stars that shine into her eyes
are barely bright enough to light her way

he was predictable, cliche, and cruel to you
he made it ugly, and he made it high-school
he said i love you, i need you, i want you, i'll feed you
i get you, i've got you, i'll catch you and i'll keep you
my sweet, you will never be sad again
he said my sweet, you will never be sad again

all the horses and all the men
couldn't bring her back again
we tried so hard
we couldn't save her day

all the millions and billions
of stars that shine into her eyes
i swear sometimes i can almost hear her say

we're just bones and a name
we all go out the way we came
so don't you try to tell me that love is all we need
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The Time Comes

i wait for the day to break me
i look up to the sky
i look back on the life that graced me
when you were mine

the time comes
the time comes
and then it goes
then it goes away

don't try to read the silence
don't try to live it down
i've learned a thing or two about patience
and i have found...

the time comes
the time comes
and then it goes
then it goes away
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The Crickets Sound Like Sleigh Bells

the crickets sound like sleigh bells as they sing through the night
so august feels like christmas when i close my eyes
i'm seconds from sleeping as it crosses my mind
that everything changes and this is my time
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