Music: The Girl In The Trees - The Songs


The Girl In The Trees

 

Eyes wide open, mouth closed shut

Feet on the ground, feeling love

The girl in the trees, she looked up

 

Mind wide open, screaming inside

Running away, wanting to feel alive

The boy on the mountain, he looked down

 

They're just playing hide with no-one to seek

They're just playing hide with no-one to seek

What a waste of a chance, if only they'd seen.

 

On different levels of the same ground

But she was too scared to climb and risk falling down

The boy on the mountain, alone he sat down

 

They're just playing hide with no-one to seek

They're just playing hide with no-one to seek

What a waste of a chance, if only they'd seen.

 

With his smoke on the hill, he was easily found

By a girl who was braver and knew what she'd found

The girl in the trees still waits to be found

 

She's just playing hide with no-one to seek

She's just playing hide with no-one to seek

What a waste of a chance, if only she'd seen. 

 

Nicole Perrott Hughes 2016


Let It Out

Letitout

 

Just waiting for the waters to lie

And holding back the tears you should've cried

Let it out

Let it out

Where did it go, that light in your eyes?

What did they say to make you loose your way?

Lost in yourself, why did you have to hide,

And loose your faith in a brighter day?

'Cause you're shining for me now

Brighter than the sun

You're dancing for me now

Out-running everyone

Let it out

Let it out

 

What made you think you were born to loose?

How could you think you were broken?

When d'y'think you'd lost the right to choose,

And leave those dreams unspoken?

Let it out

Let it out

 

'Cause you're shining for me now

Brighter than the sun

You're dancing for me now

Out-running everyone

Let it out

Let it out

 

Nicole Perrott Hughes and Graham Higgins


Some Stay'n'Measure

some stay n measure

 

Black smudged hands from the eyes of last night

Staring out at the birds on a branch holding tight

Try as hard as try I just might, I can't seem to be up for this fight.

Please come back

Please come back

 

Some stay'n' measure, some run away

Some go under 'till another day

Some stay'n'measure, some run away

Some go around and loose their way.

 

Scattered petals from a messed up thrown bouquet

Bridges burned never gonna be ok

I lost my fire, put my light away

 It"s all too stark now in the cold light of day

 Please come back

 Please come back

 

Some stay'n'measure, some run away

Some go under 'till another day

Some stay'n'measure, some run away

Some go around and loose their way.

 

Nicole Perrott Hughes 2016


Are We Ok?

Are We ok?

 

Hey I'm the one sitting miles and miles

Away on the other side of the room

You haven't seen me in years and years

Not since you got up to change the tune

 

Now I"m wondering why I'm so far away

And feeling out of view

I'm wondering if we're OK or is there something we should do

 

There's no place I'd rather be, I love who we are

I know you"d turn and look to see

If you knew how far

How far

 

Hey I'm the one sitting miles and miles

Away on the other side of the room

You haven't seen me in years and years

Not since you got up to change the tune

 

Now I know you're working oh so hard

No time to stop and think

I"m worrying thinking far too much

Numbing worries with drink

 

There's no place I'd rather be, I love who we are

I know you'd turn and look to see

If you knew how far

How far


A New Place To Hide

 

You don't notice when I slip away

You don't know that I've been gone for days

Maybe it's as well you don't miss me much

I've found an new place to hide

I've found a new place

I've found a new place to hide.

 

I've waited around for you for far too long

You've left me in places that I don't belong

Hiding in plain sight for all to see

Now I've a new place for me

 

I've found a new place

Found a new place to hide.


Mend'n'Make Do

 

I wanted to be heard by her

I needed to be understood

But she was from another time

So we just sat there with tears in our eyes, with tears in our eyes.

 

Mend and make do, mend and make do

Mend and make do is what she said to me

 

Aren't I allowed to be broken?

Do I always have to cope?

Ain't there strength in having weakness?

I'm I a clown, or just a joke?

 

Mend and make do…

 

I wish I could be that strong

I wish I could just carry on

I wish I could be that strong

 

Yes I'm allowed to be broken

But I mustn't let it show

Keeping busy will help me cope

and with all I'll have done, I'll not be a joke.

 

Mend and make do, mend and make do

Mend and make do, is what she said to me.


A Life Well Spent

 

I was always told, I could always be

Anything I want, 'cos I had all the love I'd need

She lives for your joy

She feels your pain

She can open up the whole world, yet make it all go away.

 

Oh, a life well spent, but it's a life spent on everyone

Else

 

You can see it in the heart of everything we do

She is the soul, She is the glue

She lives for your joy and feels your pain

She can open up the whole world, yet make it all go away.

 

Oh, a life well spent, but it's a life spent on everyone

Else.

 

Nicole Perrott Hughes 2017


I Put My Heart Out

I Put My Heart Out

 

When it feels so quiet sometimes

When I feel every moment so slow

I get to wondering sometimes

How low does low go?

When thoughts are racing inside

They've got no-where to go

Held so tight they implode

Internally they flow

 

I put my heart out, just far enough for you to reach

I put my heart out just far enough for you to see

 

Push it out a little further

Grab it back or let it fall?

 

When this journey's nearly over

When I feel myself come back

I get to wondering sometimes

Should I just put it all back

 

Push it out a little further….

 

When I'm stuck inside this wanting

Willing love to flow free

Can't make you feel things

Can't make you reach me

 

You wouldn't know it from the outside

Looks like there's no-one home

 

I put my heart out just far enough for you

I put my heart out just far enough for you to see me.


False False

 

False false have you been to me my love

Oh when did you change your mind

Ah, but since you've laid your love on another fair maid

I'm afraid you're no more mine

 

I was climbing to a tree that was too high for me

Asking fruit where there weren't any grew

I've been lifting warm water out beneath cold clay

And against those streams I was rowing

 

False false have you been to me my love

Oh when did you change your mind

Ah, but since you've laid your love on another fair maid

I'm afraid you're no more mine

 

Oh but I mean to climb up that higher higher tree

And harry white snowflakes nest

And down will I fall, I without any fear

To the arms that love me the best

 

False false have you been to me my love

Oh when did you change your mind

Ah, but since you've laid your love on another fair maid

I'm afraid you're no more mine

 

Trad (Roud 8276)


Mom's Boat

instrumental


Bolt Hole

 

Bolt hole green

Listenin' to the birds nesting in the eaves

Your old bed knows your old dreams

Doesn't matter where you go or what you've seen

 

Where is doesn't matter if your broken

Nor just how far you think you should've come

It always goes without being spoken

You've always somewhere left to run

 

Bolt hole blue

Running from the list of things to do

These old windows have seen some views

Their different light can help you choose

 

Where is doesn't matter if your broken

Nor just how far you think you should"ve come

It always goes without being spoken

You've always somewhere left to run

 

Bolt hole brown

Place your feet down on the ground

These old walls will hold you in

Keep out the world and all it's spin

 

Where is doesn't matter if your broken

Nor just how far you think you should've come

It always goes without being spoken

You've always somewhere left to run

Bolt hole.

 

Nicole Perrott Hughes 2016.


Nothing's Changed

 

I'm lighting this candle again

Knowing exactly where this will end

Praying for so much more, already know the score.

You catch your footing as the ground falls

Whilst a hole opens up and in I crawl

 

Say what you want, nothing's changed

I wanna know how this will flow

Will it break, will it fork or bow

I need to let the cracks appear

Then fix it all, have no doubts, all clear

You hold your head as the waters swell

While I dive and sink hoping you'll tell

 

Say what you want, nothing's changed

Never see the changes happen

'Cos you're not looking for things to fix

Whilst I was inside searching, you just held on to all the bricks

You feel the weight as it starts to lift

Whilst I feel the push of each and every gear shift

 

Say what you want, nothing's changed.

 

Nicole Perrott Hughes 2017.


Next Time

 

Just a little boat waiting for the storm

But I'm already home and I'm already warm

There's a stillness here but I need to move

 

If we don't grow we can only loose

No stone unturned, no moments lost

No bridges burned, no counting cost

No standing still, pretending you're lost.

 

Next time I'll give it all I have

Next time.

 

Here we are coming back to shore

We've been out drifting but I want more

There's a stillness here but I need to move

If we don't grow we can only loose

No regrets, things left unsaid

No second guessing, loosing thread

No standing still and playing dead

 

Next time I'll give it all I have

Next time….

 

Nicole Perrott Hughes 2016


Risk Your Heart

Risk Your Heart

 

Will I see it when it's turning in her?

Will I tell her it's ok?

Break your heart trying darlin'

Risk your heart it's ok.

 

'Cos once you've said it, it's out there

Just floating around

Would it be so bad even if it just falls to the ground?

 

To find love risk your heart

To find love, risk your heart.

 

Will he see it when it's growing in her?

Forget all risk and take the fall

Be brave and whole hearted

In the end it's worth it all

 

'Cos once you've said it, it's out there

Just floating around

Would it be so bad even if it just falls to the ground?

 

To find love risk your heart

To find love, risk your heart.

 

'Cos once you've said it, it's out there

Dancing around

Holding you sway, lifting your feet off the ground

 

To find love risk your heart

To find love, risk your heart.


Back In Your Arms

 

Coming to this part

This one scene again

Where 'here on' is held

Will I be here again

I will try to remember, hold this scene in my head

Take the next way around it, not cause a scene in bed

 

If you'd have told me, told me I'd been wrong

Then I"d be back in my place, back where I belong

If you'd have told me, told me I'd been wrong

Then I'd be back, where I'd do no harm

Back in your arms.

 

Coming to this part

The end of the act

It's part of the picture

With filled in cracks

Revealing all feelings, they're out and raw

But to say nothing, such a massive flaw

 

If you'd have told me, told me I'd been wrong

Then I'd be back in my place, back where I belong

If you'd have told me, told me I'd been wrong

Then I'd be back, where I'd do no harm

Back in your arms.