"Love Rules" (2010)




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Let Me Introduce Myself lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

You might not remember me
But we've met before, kind of briefly
Back then I had longer hair
You came from out of nowhere

It might not have meant much to you
But to me, it meant everything
I know you meet a lot of people

So let me introduce myself to you again
It's probably obvious
I wanna be more than friends

I still believe in, you still believe in
Forever and ever, amen
Hello, love, let me introduce myself again

We'll go slow, take it easy
I'm kind of nervous, so believe me
I'm not in any kind of hurry
I've got lead boots on, don't you worry

I've been a skeptic so many times
But I want it to wait until it felt right
And now the birdies are singing so sweetly

Oh, let me introduce myself to you again
It's probably obvious
I wanna be more than friends

I still believe in, you still believe in
Forever and ever, amen
Hello, love, let me introduce myself again

I'm the girl whose heart
Was crushed and broken
I had locked it up
But now it's open

Let me introduce myself to you again
It's probably obvious
I wanna be more than friends

I still believe in, you still believe in
Forever and ever, amen
Hello, love, let me introduce myself again

It's probably obvious
I wanna be more than friends
Let me introduce myself to you again
Hello, my name is Carolyn

Nice to meet you again

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The Whole Thing lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

I spent my whole life trying to make
A little feel big enough
A drop here a touch there
Trying to make it all add up to love

You can't jump in the water
With one foot out and one foot in
I think I'd rather just be alone
Than to try and love that way again

I don't want just a corner
I don't want just a piece
Don't want a little taste
I don't want a little peek

Half way or half of
Is just not good enough for me
Oh, I want the whole thing
Yeah, I want the whole thing

So if you got something that you wanna say
Well, baby, this would be the time
Are we or aren't brave enough
Brave enough to lay it all on the line

Anytime you gamble
There's a chance you might get hurt
Or you might just find
That forever kind of love
That we both deserve

I don't want just a corner
I don't want just a piece
Don't want a little taste
No, I don't want a little peek

Well, half way or half of
Is just not good enough for me, no
I want the whole thing
Yeah, I want the whole thing
Yeah

One more crumb
That won't fill me up
One more sip
That won't fill my cup

Don't ask me for another night
'Cause, baby I can't
I'm tired of calling cabs in the morning light
With my high heels in my hands

I want the whole thing
Yeah, I want the whole thing
I need the whole thing
Yeah, I want the whole thing

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I'd Still Have You lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Didn't know til I was alone
How much I'd miss your love
When you were gone
Waking up without you was all it took
That's when I knew

What I thought
That I wanted
Feels a lot
Like a heartache don't it
If I could go back
Clean the slate
Just like that
Change my mind
Hit rewind
Make you love me
Just one more time
Everything I've done
I'd undo
And I'd still have you

I'd still hold you in my arms at night
Instead of laying alone wondering why
It took you going away
For me to know
It was a big mistake

What I thought
That I wanted
Feels a lot
Like a heartache don't it
If I could I'd go back
Clean the slate
Just like that
Change my mind
Hit rewind
Make you love me
Just one more time
Everything I've done
I'd undo
And I'd still have you
yeah yeah

I just wanna love you one more time
I just wanna love you
I just wanna take back all I've done
I just wanna undo
I just wanna love you one more time
I just wanna love you
I just wanna take back all I've done
I just wanna undo
Yeah yeah

What I thought
That I wanted
Feels a lot
Like a heartache don't it
If I could I'd go back
Clean the slate
Just like that
Change my mind
Hit rewind
Make you love me
Just one more time
Everything I've done
I'd undo
And I'd still have you
yeah yeah

I'd still have you
Ohhhh
oh I'd still have you
yeeaaaahhhh
oh ho yeah
oh ho yeah

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Stop For Me lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

I had big plans
More powerful than a locomotive
Innocent as a flower growing
In the middle of a barley field
I didn't understand
That you could have pockets overflowing with determination
Give it all you got with no congratulations
And still be at the bottom of the hill
Waiting at the station
With the rails laid out before me
Trying to be patient
Hoping it didn't leave

Sitting on a suitcase
Crossing fingers counting the days til it arrived
I was sure that it was coming
But somehow it just passed me by
Oh how could I be so naive
I always thought this train would stop for me

I had a ticket
That was paid for with my hard earned money
I thought that maybe that would count for something
Wasn't looking for a free ride
But nobody mentioned
ohhh sometimes all the passenger seats are taken
The cars are full and it's a rude awakening
When you're left behind
So disappointed... yeah
I never even got to try
Instead of living in the moment... ohhh
I've been wasting all this time

Sitting on a suitcase
Crossing fingers counting the days til it arrived
Ohhh I was sure that it was coming
But somehow it just passed me by
Oh how could I be so naive
Well I always thought this train would stop for me

Stop, stop, stop, I always
Thought, thought, that it would stop

Sitting on a suitcase
Crossing fingers counting the days til it arrived
Ohhhhhh I was sure that it was coming
But somehow it just passed me by
Oh how could I be so naive

I always thought this train
Yeah I always thought that this train yeah
I always thought this train would stop for me

I thought it would stop for me yeah...

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Reach You lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

You pick up the phone
Tell me that you're so alone
And you don't feel like living today

I put the coffee on
It's gonna be a long, long night
But maybe this will be the night
When the dam breaks

You let me in and you shoo-ed me out
I wanna help you but I don't know how

To reach you, I wish I could breach you
I'm doing all that I can, I'm trying to understand
I'm outside of the fire, holding out my hand
Trying to reach you, oh

You hang on to the ledge
Like it's your best friend
I'd like pull you in from
Out of the rain, out of the pain

But I can't reach you, I wish I could breach you
I'm doing all that I can, I'm trying to understand
I'm outside of the fire, holding out my hand
Trying to reach you

It's like you turned out the lights
And I'm walking in the dark
Just trying to get to where you
Oh where you are

I'm just trying to reach you
'Cause I don't wanna lose you
Oh, won't you let me get close to you?
'Cause there's nothing I won't do, no
Nothing I won't do

To reach you, I wish I could breach you
I'm doing all that I can, I'm trying to understand
I'm outside of the fire, holding out my hand
Trying to reach you

I'm just trying to reach you
I'm trying to reach you, yeah, yeah
Trying to reach you

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I Just Want My Life Back lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Used to get up at 7
Make breakfast for the children
Get them out to the bus by 8

Sit down with a coffee
Throw the hair in a pony
Make sure the kitchen was clean
And the bed was made

Then make plans for dinner
But the laundry waits
Check in with the husband
At least a couple of times a day

That was before I came home
Before walked in and I found
Him with the neighbor
Who I thought was a friend

Now I am down on my knees
Begging, please God, please
I just want my life back again

Had a garden and flowers
Where I spent hours and hours
It was a homecoming sight to see

And I would hang in my cozies
While we watch old rented movies
You said, "You don't have to dress up
For me"

That was before I came home
Before walked in and I found
Him with the neighbor
Who I thought was a friend

Now I am down on my knees
Begging, please God, please
I just want my life back again

I had everything I dreamed
This just can't be happening
How am I supposed to go on
Where did go so wrong?

I just want my life back
I just want my life back

Everything I built, everything I had
I just want my life back
That can't be too much to ask, oh no
I just want my life back
How could it change just like that

I just want my life back
I just want my life back
Please, God, please

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At The Time lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Sometimes I catch myself
Staring off into the distance
Dreaming 'bout you dressing me
Head to toe with your kisses

I smile as the memory sinks in
Thinking I'd like to feel that again

We headed up, we took the fall
We said we'll never let it die
And if I had the chance, well, you can bet
I'll do it all over again, what a beautiful lie

Oh, and even if you have to lie
Please tell me you meant it at the time
You meant it at the time

Like when you said
I was your breath of air and your sunshine
And how you could never
Imagine be it anything but mine

Well, I have to believe it was true
Well, I just feel like a fool
And I'm not a fool

We headed up, we took the fall
We said we'll never let it die
And if I had the chance, well, you can bet
I'll do it all over again, what a beautiful lie

Oh, and even if you have to lie
Please, tell me you meant it at the time

We headed up, we took the fall
We said we'll never let it die
And if I had the chance, well, you can bet
I'll do it all over again, what a beautiful lie

Oh, even if you have to lie
Oh, even though you've left me behind
I hope you meant it at the time
I hope you meant it at the time

We had it all
Yeah, yeah

Sometimes I catch myself
Staring off into the distance

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Teach Me lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Teach me to be strong to stand up for the weak
For those without a voice, teach me how to speak
Teach me to forgive and how to give a damn
Teach me how to lay down like the lion with the lamb

Teach me how to pray
To heavens up above
Teach me how to love

I've got so much to learn even when it hurts

Teach me how to smile when I'm sitting on a frown
To lift somebody up when the world has kicked them down
Teach me to be humble, to push aside my pride
Teach me to be thankful for every tear I've cried

When my heart has all but given up
Teach me how to love

I've got so much to learn, yeah
Even when it hurts, teach me how to love

Oh teach me, oh teach me

When I'm losing faith, teach me to believe
Teach me how to give, teach me to receive

I've got so much to learn, yeah
Even when it hurts teach me how to love
I've got so much to learn

Teach me to be strong, to stand up for the weak
For those without a voice, teach me how to speak
Teach me to forgive and how to give a damn
Teach me how to lay down like the lion with the lamb

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Won't You teach me to be humble
To be thankful for every tear I've cried

Woah, teach me
Woah, teach me
Woah, teach me

Woah, teach me
Woah, teach me
Woah, teach me

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Love Rules lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

It's me
The girl you said forever to
Head over heels before you knew
She kind of has a hard time being wrong

And it's you
Outside the bedroom door
With words I'm sure you're sorry for
We both know that's not where you belong

I don't like this at all
Putting up these walls
But that don't have a chance
If I recall

'Cause love rules
Turns the wisest men into pathetic fools
Guarantees you'll lose your head
And lose your cool

I don't know about you
But I've had enough
I don't wanna fight
Just wanna make up

It's so right when we let love do what it does
'Cause love, love rules

Well, it's true
We don't always see eye to eye
But that doesn't mean we mean goodbye
It only means that we don't think the same

And it's okay, yeah
'Cause if you were too much like me
Just think how boring that would be
I'm sure by now we'd both be on our way

Oh, who do we think we are?
Messing with the stars
It's out of our control
What's in our hearts

'Cause love rules
Turns the wisest men into pathetic fools
Guarantees you'll lose your head
And lose your cool

I don't know about you
But I've had enough, yeah baby
I don't wanna fight
Just wanna make up

It's so right when we let love do what it does
'Cause love, love rules

I don't know about you
But I've had enough
I don't wanna fight
Just wanna make up

Oh, it's so right when we let love do what it does
'Cause love, love rules
Yes, it does
Love, love rules

Love rules

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"Love & Negotiation" (2006)




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Love & Negotiation lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Jenny's got Jack tacked up on the freezer
Jack's got Jenny in the back of his mind
She'd do anything to see him
He'll see her when he's got time... yeah
He called her up last minute for dinner
She put her friends on the burner in the back
They tell her she don't know what she's in for
She tells them they don't know Jack
And she'll make it up to them
So she stands them up again

Love and negotiation
Makes the world go round
At the bottom of the situation
When you break it down
It's all about
Love and negotiation

I've kissed a few Jack's back in my day
Turned a few princes into toads
I traded in all my lonely
For a six foot dead end road... yeah
I got my knight in rusty armor
He still gets his night out with the guys
I try hard not to be his mother
He knows I can put up a pretty good fight
To get my way
It's a give and take

[Repeat Chorus]

We plant our feet
We draw the line
The line moves from time to time
We always try to keep our minds open

[Repeat Chorus]

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Taking Back My Brave lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

I am from the tiny town,
Where I learned to tough it out.
WhereI kicked the dirt an' my dreams around,
To conquer the whole world.
My uncle slipped me fifty bucks:
Some rolled their eyes an' wished me luck.
Yeah, I spent the first night in the cab of my truck,
An' I am still that girl.

I like a challenge an' I like to fly.
I'm not always perfect; I'm not always right.
When I go to weddings, it always makes me cry.
My heart is fragile an' I can be hurt,
An' I can crumble inside at the drop of a word.
But I can jump off a limb into a river change:
I'm taking back my brave.

I kinda lost it for a while,
I had to force myself to smile.
An' I quit going that extra mile.:
Abandoned my belief.
An' I spent hours on the phone,
Crawlin' back to my comfort zone.
Then I woke up one day; said I'm not runnin' home:
It's just not like me.

'Cause I like a challenge an' I like to fly.
I'm not always perfect; I'm not always right.
New born babies always makes me cry.
My heart is fragile an' I can be hurt,
An' I can crumble inside at the drop of a word.
But I can jump off a limb into a river change:
I'm taking back my brave.

I'm my Momma's only girl;
The child in a mess. 
(I've always been that way.)
I been pushin' the limits,
Since I was little, yeah, yeah.

Oh, my heart is fragile an' I can be hurt,
An' I can crumble inside at the drop of a word.
But I can jump off a limb into a river change:
I'm taking back my brave;
I'm taking back my brave, yeah. 
Takin' it back, back.

I'm takin' it back, back.
I'm taking back my brave, yeah. 
Takin' it back, back.

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Got A Good Day lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

A full tank, a hot day
Ice cold gas station lemonade
Mmmm, just to cool me off
My girlfriend on the phone
Giving me the skinny on the brand new beau
I can always count on her to know what's going on
Tom Petty's singing me "Free Fallin"
I hear the summertime a-callin'

And I got the sunshine and the blue sky up above
I got the black-top under my wheels
And I got big dreams and I got people that I love
And there ain't nothin' wrong
I got a good day going on

Window's way down
Smellin' sweet honeysuckle all around
Mmmm, I just have to breathe it in
I look left, I look right
I look to see the scenery, it's outta sight
Oh, it just doesn't get better than this
No sense of time, no clear direction
Just gonna bask in this perfection

And I got the sunshine and the blue sky up above
I got the black-top under my wheels
And I got big dreams and I got people that I love
And there ain't nothin' wrong
I got a good day going on

(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day) 

I said hey, hey, are your hands up
If you're feeling the beat and you're having some fun
I said hey, hey, are your hands up
If you got a good day going on

I got the sunshine and the blue sky up above
I got the black-top under my wheels
And I got big dreams and I got people that I love
And there ain't nothin' wrong, oh no
I got a good day going on

(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day) 

I got a good day 
I got a good day goin' on
Oh yeah
I got a good day

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Thinkin' Things lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

I'm picturing me in your arms tonight
I'm starting to taste your lips against mine
It's nothin' you're doing
It's something I'm feeling
I've never felt before
You're sitting here talking
While I'm busy dreaming 'bout so much more

You got me thinkin' things
Imagining
Everything that's possible later
When it's just the two of us
I'm curious
Baby what's waiting behind those eyes
Yeah when you look into mine
You got me thinkin' things

When did my heart change I don't know
This isn't a place I thought that I'd go
I'm thinking that I'm not the only one
Who's walked across that line
The way that you're smiling
Is saying I read what's on your mind

[Repeat Chorus twice]

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Everybody's Favourite lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

We all have dreams
Imagine things
Who we want to be
Straight to the top
Don't give up, don't stop
Be perfect visually

I don't have to be the girl that turns everyone's head
I don't have to be behind the number one door
I don't have to be everybody's favourite
But I definitely have to be
Have to be yours
I have to be yours

I wanna make you laugh
The best you've ever had
I wanna be your last
Be your every need
Your everything
Your future and your past

[Repeat Chorus]

I got one wish

And it is this
I will be the one that you will run to when your looking for love
Cause I will love you
I will love you
Like you've never been before
I promise this if I am yours

I don't have to be the girl
Don't have to be the girl
Oh but I have to be yours
I have to be yours
I don't have to be the girl that turns everyone's head
But I have to be your favorite

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Dreaming Without You lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

The hopeful possibilities
Have come and gone away
We've both run out of reasons to stay
Who we are and who we thought we were has somehow changed
We kept trying anyway

It's just not gonna work
It's just not gonna fly
We've been frozen on the edge
Staring at good-bye
We've both reached for the stars
Shared the victories, shared the scars
Made each other's dreams come true
I never thought I'd do
My dreaming without you

You'll go one way, I'll go mine
And take some awkward steps
Almost free except for these regrets
Moving one's the only thing that we have left to do
No one can say we didn't see this through
But...

[Repeat Chorus]

I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you

We've both reached for the stars
Shared the victories, shared the scars
Made each other's dreams come true
I never thought I'd do
My dreaming without you

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Crybaby lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Familiar: oh, this sounds so familiar.
You tell me I'm a drama queen.
You act like you don't care:
You look right past me,
Like I was a ghost;
Someone you don't even know.
I don't know why I still love you,
When all you do is make me,

Cry, cry, crybaby.
I don't know why I think you're gonna save me.
You just stand an' watch my tears hit the floor,
Like it doesn't even matter anymore.
I don't really want to leave tonight,
But I don't want to be your crybaby.

Lonely: I can take being lonely.
I've kinda gotten used to it.
Mmmm, you treat me like you don't know me,
Or maybe you never did.
They say there's nothin' to it:
Oh, someone's got to do it.
So I'm tellin' you goodbye,
An all I wanna do is,

Cry, cry, crybaby.
I don't know why I think you're gonna save me.
You just stand an' watch my tears hit the floor,
Like it doesn't even matter anymore.
I don't really want to leave tonight,
But I don't want to be your crybaby.

I don't really want to leave tonight,
An' it rips me apart inside,
But I'm not gonna be your crybaby, no.
I'm not gonna be your cry, crybaby.

You just stand an' watch my tears hit the floor,
Like it doesn't even matter anymore.
I don't really want to leave tonight,
But I don't want to be your crybaby.
No, no, no.

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