Sara Bareilles other songs:

 

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road lyrics - Sara Bareilles

(originally by Elton John)

When are you gonna come down?

When are you going to land?

I should have stayed on the farm

I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever

I didn't sign up with you

I'm not a present for your friends to open

This boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye yellow brick road where the dogs of society howl

You can't plant me in your penthouse

I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods

Hunting the horny back toad

Oh, I've finally decided my future lies

Beyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do then?

I bet that'll shoot down your plane

It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics to set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement

There's plenty like me to be found

Mongrels who ain't got a penny

Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground

So goodbye yellow brick road where the dogs of society howl

You can't plant me in your penthouse

I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods

Hunting the horny back toad

Oh, I've finally decided my future lies

Beyond the yellow brick road

So goodbye yellow brick road where the dogs of society howl

You can't plant me in your penthouse

I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods

Hunting the horny back toad

Oh, I've finally decided my future lies

I've finally decided my future lies

I've finally decided my future lies

Beyond the yellow brick road

I Just Want You lyrics - Sara Bareilles

Give me a heart to hold the godlike truth

Give me one good soul that I can tell it through

Give me good reason to believe in you

And give me strength if you have time

Give me two hands that'll hold this up

And know you give me no more than just enough

You gave a pair of brown eyes that could call a good bluff

And somebody who thinks they shine

You, I just want you

I just want you

Spent most of my life on a microphone

Giving all that I got 'til I head back home

And when the lights go out, and I'm all alone

I've got no reason to be crying

And on a bad day I feel like a masochist

Take it away from me if it's for the best

Somehow I've ended up the head of this

Freight train that isn't mine

You, I just want you

I just want you

So take it all away

If it isn't meant for me

I don't want the easy way

I just want you

They can give me everything

But at the end of the day

The only words I'll say

Is "I just want you"

Ooooh, mmmm, mmmm

It's all so simple when you break it all down

Two roads converged down on a hallowed ground

It's taken all my life to hear the sacred sound

Of sweet simplicity

Saying "Give it all back, it don't mean a thing"

You got a short-lived life and a song to sing

And the only way up is believing

In never looking down

So take it all away

If it isn't meant for me

I don't want the easy way

I just want you

They can give me everything

But at the end of the day

The only words I'll say

Is "I just want you"

You, you, you

You, you, you, mmmm

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay lyrics - Sara Bareilles

Sittin' in the morning sun

I'll be sittin' til the evening comes

Watching the ships roll in

And I'll watch 'em roll away again, yeah

Sitting on the dock of the bay

Watching the tide roll away

Just gonna sit on the dock of the bay

Wastin' time

Oh, oh

Left my home in Georgia

Headed for the Frisco bay

'Cause I got nothing to live for

And nothing's gonna come my way, yeah

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

Watching the tide roll away

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

Wastin' time

Looks like nothing's gonna change

Everything's gonna stay the same

I can't do what ten people tell me do

So guess I'm just gonna stay the same

I'm sittin' here, resting my bones

'Cause this loneliness won't leave me alone

It's two thousand miles I roam

Just to make this dock my home

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

Watching the tide roll away

I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay

Wastin' time

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh,

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

Wasitn' time, wastin' time, wastin' time

Any Way The Wind Blows lyrics - Sara Bareilles

Can't tell you the truth--

'least I don't like 'bout that.

A kind of comfort in you

comes when you lie right back

Safe from such a strange point of view:

to hear your own words on you.

I'm onto you; go to be gone,

you are any way the wind blows

Any way the wind blows in.

Don't wanna come down too low

Any way the wind blows,

any way the wind blows in

Any way the wind blows in.

Same all the creatures, we are

chasing the pipe dream down.

Love elusive so far

keeps us divided now

Go, go on and write me love songs

so I've something to sing when you're gone.

I'm onto you; go to be gone,

you are any way the wind blows

Any way the wind blows in.

Don't wanna come down too low.

Any way the wind blows,

any way the wind blows in.

Don't wanna come down, do you know the way

to be in one place but sway any way the wind's blowing?

You are loved.

You are monsters and angels:

untouched, unseen.

All in one, I take all that you are

'cause you're just like me

But you move,

and it's hard to stay close to a satellite

So I lose sight of you

till you come 'round again

I'm watching the wind.

Hey-ey, hey-ey

Hey-ey, yeah

Any way the winds blow in

I'm onto you; go to be gone,

you are any way the wind blows

Any way the wind blows in.

Don't wanna come down too low.

Any way the wind blows,

any way the wind blows in.

Don't wanna come down, do you know the way

to be in one place but stay any way the wind's blowing?

Any way the wind's blowing

August Moon lyrics - Sara Bareilles

I must be crazy

I can't see straight anymore

I'm ten feet from your door.

Surprise, dear--you both don't know

that I'm here watching alone.

My worst fear, now my home.

Such a cruel

Such a cruel heart

Such a cruel, cruel heart.

Her eyes, they shine on you

While I stay under the August moon

and I pray sleep comes soon

Why did I come here?

Look what you've undone, dear

Once two, now one here.

Just a cruel

Just a cruel heart

Just a cruel, cruel heart.

I don't know what I'm gonna say

when I go, who I'm gonna blame

in this pain, in this goodbye, oh.

I don't brave, broken down

and I crave the very ground

that I'm slave to

and I'll cry on.

I'm ten feet from your door

My heart beat not anymore

I'm empty and not yours.

Just a cruel

Just a cruel heart

Just a cruel, cruel, cruel heart

Just a cruel, cruel heart.

Floorplan lyrics - Sara Bareilles

(originally by Tegan and Sara)

I want to draw you a floorplan of my head and heart

I want to give directions, helpful hints

What you'll be looking for

What you'll be looking for

I know, I'll hold this loss in my heart forever

I know, I'll hold, I'll hold

I know, I'll hold this loss in my heart forever

I know, I'll hold, I'll hold

I'll hold

All eyes are on me now

All eyes are on me now

I want your lungs to stop working without me

I think about writing you, I thought about calling you

What was I looking for?

What am I looking for?

I know, I'll hold this pain in my heart forever

I know, I'll hold, I'll hold

I know, I'll hold this pain in my heart forever

I know, I'll hold, I'll hold

I'll hold

All eyes are on me now

All eyes are on me now

I shouldn't go but I can't really help it

When I feel this pressure

I shouldn't go but I can't really help it

When I feel this pressure

All eyes are on me now

All eyes are on me now

Shouldn't go but I can't really help it

(Shouldn't go)

I shouldn't go but I can't really help it

(Shouldn't go)

I shouldn't go but I can't help it

(Shouldn't go)

When I feel this pressure

(Shouldn't go)

I shouldn't go when I feel this building

(Shouldn't go)

I shouldn't go when I feel this building

(Shouldn't go)

I shouldn't go but I can't really help it

(Shouldn't go)

When I feel this building

Pressure

Pressure

Pressure

Pressure

Free Ride lyrics - Sara Bareilles

Look how you're standing there

There with your hands out

Standing next to the road that goes up

Running your mouth about how you're gonna wait for the one that comes down

Who do you think you are? Somebody's baby?

You want what everyone has but you want your name on it

Think it happens like that? That would be nice wouldn't it

I've gotta be careful of you

I wanna get there too

You wanna go, but you want a free ride

You want it in but standing on the outside

I'm not the one to call when it comes undone

You want the world, but don't wanna pay out

Don't wanna hurt, and don't wanna say out loud that I'm right

There's no end in sight waiting on a free ride

You say your turn is coming and that's what you told me

So you stand in one place and wait for the tunnel to light up your face and award you for what you haven't done

And I know it's out of my hands

But I had to pay with blood, sweat, and tears while you dare to say that your lucky days passed you

You wanna go, but you want a free ride

You want it in, but standing on the outside

I'm not the one to call when it comes undone

You want the world, but don't wanna pay out

Don't wanna hurt, and don't wanna say out loud that I'm right

There's no end in sight waiting on a free ride

I see you when the lights rise up

You want some too

How could anyone blame you

I see you when the lights rise up

You want some too

How could anyone blame you

You wanna go, but you wanna free ride

You wanna go, but you wanna free ride

You wanna go, but you wanna free ride

You want it in, but standing on the outside

I'm not the one to call when it comes undone

You want the world, but don't wanna pay out

Don't wanna hurt, and don't wanna say out loud that I'm right

There's no end in sight waiting on a free ride

Waiting on a free ride

Waiting on a free ride

Since you've been gone

If I Dare lyrics - Sara Bareilles

(from "Battle Of The Sexes" soundtrack)

If I dare to ask it

Then I dare it to be true

If I dare to risk it

Then I know that I'm willing to

If I dare to want this

To want more than I have

Then I dare to believe

I'll have it in the end

You climbed the mountain

Sent pictures of the view

And still can't believe when

I started climbing too

You haven't heard that

I'm not afraid to fall

That I'm not deterred yet

Until I tell them all

I am holding out

For more than what I have now

I'm holding out

I don't want your pity

I won't use your little scraps

I don't build my cities

With what could get taken back

I don't need permission

To rise up when it hurts

You don't have to listen

But you'll hear me mark my words

I am holding out

For more than what I have now

I'm holding out

When the room gets dark and I am quiet

There's a voice that's soft like someone's silhouette

Sayin' don't let me go yet

I am holding out

I am holding out

For more than what I have now

I'm holding out

If I dare to ask it

Then I dare it to be true

If I dare to risk it

Then I know that I'm willing to

If I dare to want this

To want more than I have

Then I dare to believe

I'll have it in the end

Love Is Christmas lyrics - Sara Bareilles

I don’t care if the house is packed,

Or the strings of light are broken.

I don’t care if the gifts are wrapped,

Or there’s nothing here to open.

Love is not a toy, and no paper will conceal it.

Love is simply joy that I’m home.

I don’t care if the carpet's stained; we've got food upon our table.

I don’t care if it’s gonna rain, our little room is warm and stable.

Love is who we are, and no season can contain it.

Love would never fall for that.

We sing oooooooooooooooo

Oooooooooooooo

Ooooooooooooooooooooooo

Let love lead us, love is Christmas.

Why so scared that you’ll mess it up? When perfection keeps you haunted.

All we need is your best my love, that’s all anyone ever wanted.

Love is how we do, let no judgment overrule it.

Love I look to you, and I sing.

Oooooooooooooooooo

Oooooooooooo

Ooooooooooooooooooooo

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Ooooooooooooooooo

Let love lead us, love is Christmas.

Let love lead us, love is Christmas.

Only Shadows lyrics - Sara Bareilles

Babe, will you save me a dance by the river

Moonlight is serving us well

She makes the whole world silhouette

Makes it flicker like film on a strip

Don’t let the sadness in yet to react as if

Somehow it’s all come and gone

Let’s pretend we’re all healed up and happy and moved on

Tonight let the moon come shine

Let us remain you and I

Tell the sun not to rise

For the darkest time

Moonlight keep us steady

Give me one more night then I’m ready

To let go, to know we are only shadows.

Babe, I’m so sorry to ask

I’m ashamed but tonight I just can’t give you up

I shackled myself to the past and my will has gone missing

Let’s call our shadow selves out for the evening

And watch them remember our love

Tomorrow will come and I know they’ll be leaving

That our time is up

Tonight let the moon come shine

Let us remain you and I

Tell the sun not to rise for the darkness lies

Moonlight keep us steady

Give me one more night then I’m ready

To let go, to know we will are only shadows, only shadows, only shadows

Playing For Change lyrics - Sara Bareilles

Playing for love

Playing for keeps

Playing for light come down

And set me free

Playing to say

Playing for change

Playing for peace

Brother, Brother

Come walk with me

Show me the tops of the canyons above the sea

And say look around you

This kingdom’s wide

To carry the weight of this world with pride

I am humbled

And I’m confused

There is no mountain I’ve found here that I can move

You say sweet love

Your heart is great

So will you follow it closely and let it show you your fate

And keep playing for love

Playing for keeps

Playing for light come down

And set me free

Playing to say

Playing for change

Playing for peace

Darling, Darling

Come take my hand

See that no border, no boundary can hold you in

And let loose your voices

And raise them up

Remember to let through the music it helps to continue to carry us

Playing for love

And playing for keeps

Playing for light come down

Set us free

Playing to say

Playing for change

Playing for peace

Ooh ooh

I am playing for love

Playing for keeps

I’m playing for light come down

And set me free

I’m playing to say

Playing for change

Playing for change

Playing for change

Playing for peace

Pretend lyrics - Sara Bareilles

I know we're headed for the open road

Don't know where to go.

We've got our separate ways in the same direction

Getting nowhere slow

We saw the end was coming

Credits rolling in a few hundred miles back

Oh, but our horizon tends to be deceiving

You never quite know where it's at.

Baby, can we just pretend we're not telling lies and this ain't ending

No talk, no time, no goodbyes

Nothing left of expectations, just you and me:

Impulsive creations with an alibi.

But the moment is precious for its brevity

This one's good as gold

It's a compromise of little white lies

The truth remains untold.

Baby, can we just pretend we're not telling lies and this ain't ending

No talk, no time, no goodbyes

Nothing left of expectations, just you and me:

Impulsive creations with an alibi.

Do what you will, but don't go, darling.

What story ends before it's started?

Final words and we'll be on our way, yeah.

One last thing, my dear departed:

Save tomorrow for the brokenhearted.

Aw, don't let it break today

Don't let it break today

Don't let it break today

Don't let it break today

No, not today.

Song For A Soldier lyrics - Sara Bareilles

Ooh...

Since you went away,

You can color me, colour me, colour me, colour me in grey

So I'm working on the words I want to say

I never knew, never knew, never knew your name

You're just my soldier, babe

You lost track of the days

They come and they go, and they come and they go

There's no way that I could keep up with it

And I pray

And I wonder, wonder, wonder if you hear me

Ten thousand miles away

Hey soldier

I'm missing your life

Wish I could hold ya

And make it alright

Sending you my love and a little light

I never told ya

That you're my soldier

But goodnight

You know it's gonna take, gonna take, gonna take more time

Till we're staring up at the same sky

And so I'm going to wait, going to wait, going to wait in line

Till my soldier's mine

Hey soldier

I'm missing your life

Wish I could hold ya

And make it alright

Sending you my love and a little light

I never told ya

That you're my soldier

Goodnight

I don't care how long it takes

I'm not going anywhere, love (no)

You see there

This distance only makes me

Say it over and over till it gets to you

My soldier (ooh)

Hey soldier

I'm missing your life

Wish I could hold ya

And make it alright

Sending you my love and a little light

I never told ya

You're my soldier

Goodnight

Sending you my love and a little light

I never told ya

That you're my soldier

Goodnight (Goodnight)

Goodnight (Goodnight)

Goodnight, Goodnight

Goodnight, Goodnight

Mmm...

Splintering lyrics - Sara Bareilles

We found a tender love it blossomed wild and free.

Pure proof was in your arms when you were kissing me.

I was an open book, you were an ocean breeze;

rustling through pages I never should have let you see.

Never should have let you see.

Was I so wrong being such an open book?

Trusting so soon, losing all the tender time it took to love you,

just to crawl away with broken wings

and the pieces of my heart still splintering.

The pieces of my heart still splintering.

Friend’s asking where you are, say I misunderstood.

I say he’s gone away, but he’s not gone for good.

Speak of romantic plans we’re looking forward to.

Meanwhile, imagining you end up with someone new.

Was I so wrong being such an open book?

Trusting so soon, losing all the tender time it took to love you,

just to crawl away with broken wings

and the pieces of my heart still splintering.

The pieces of my heart still splintering.

It’s surely over now, but how I ache inside.

This ocean full of tears that I’m about to cry.

You’re sorry for this pain, yeah, that’s not what you meant.

I’m sorry too but my feelings more permanent.

Was I so wrong being such an open book?

Trusting so soon, losing all the tender time it took to love you,

just to crawl away with broken wings

and the pieces of my heart still splintering.

The pieces of my heart still splintering.

The pieces of my heart still, pieces of my heart.

Theodosia Reprise lyrics - Sara Bareilles

(originally by Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Dear Theodosia

How to say to you?

Sometime last night

Your mother breathed your name

And like a flame

That flickers out too soon

She died

She's gone

She dedicated every day to you

She changed my life

She made my life worthwhile

And when you smile

I know a part of her lives on

I know I can go on

You have come of age with our young nation

We bleed and fight for you

Sometimes it seems that's all we do

And you and I will build a strong foundation

And I'll be here for you

The way is clear for you

To blow us all away (some day)

Some day, some day

Blow us all away (some day)

Some day, some day

Blow us all away (some day)

Some day

Oooh

Some day

Blow us all away

Some day

Tightrope lyrics - Sara Bareilles

(originally by Michelle Ingrid Williams)

Some people long for a life that is simple and planned, tied with a ribbon

Some people won't sail the sea, 'cause they're safer on land

To follow what's written but I'd follow you to the great unknown

Off to a world we call our own

Hand in my hand and we promise to never let go

We're walking a tightrope

High in the sky we can see the whole world down below

We're walking a tightrope

Never sure, never know how far we could fall

But it's all an adventure that comes with a breathtaking view

Walking a tightrope with you

Mountains and valleys and all that will come in between

Desert and ocean

You pulled me in and together we're lost in a dream

Oh, he's in motion so I risk it all

Just to be with you

And I'll risk it all for this life we choose

Hand in my hand and you promise to never let go

We're walking a tightrope

High in the sky we can see the whole world down below

We're walking a tightrope

Never sure, but you catch me if I should fall

Well, it's all an adventure that comes with a breathtaking view

Walking the tightrope with you

When You Wish Upon A Star lyrics - Sara Bareilles

(from "Disney 100")

When you wish upon a star

Makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires

Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream

No request is too extreme

When you wish upon a star

As dreamers do

When you wish upon a star

Makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires

Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream

No request is too extreme

When you wish upon a star

As dreamers do

Fate is kind

She brings to those who love

The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue

Fate steps in and sees you through

When you wish upon a star

Your dreams come dreams come

True...

(When you wish upon a star)

(When you wish upon a star)

(When you wish upon a star)

(When you wish upon a star)

Your dreams come true...

Winter Song lyrics - Sara Bareilles (with Ingrid Michaelson)

Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum

Bum bum bum bum bum bum

Bum bum bum bum bum bum

This is my winter song to you

The storm is coming soon

It rolls in from the sea

My voice; a beacon in the night

My words will be your light

To carry you to me

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love

They say that things just cannot grow

Beneath the winter snow

Or so I have been told

They say we're buried far

Just like a distant star

I simply cannot hold

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

This is my winter song

December never felt so wrong

Cause you're not where you belong

Inside my arms

Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum

Bum bum bum bum bum bum

Bum bum bum bum bum bum

I still believe in summer days

The seasons always change

And life will find a way

Ill be your harvester of light

And send it out tonight

So we can start again

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

This is my winter song

December never felt so wrong

Cause you're not where you belong

Inside my arms

This is my winter song to you

The storm is coming soon

It rolls in from the sea

My love; a beacon in the night

My words will be your light

To carry you to me

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

WONDER lyrics - morgxn & Sara Bareilles

Lately, I've been so disconnected

My feet don't wanna touch the ground

Can't find my way through this dimension

When all these voices drown me out

I feel so far from my body

It's hard to find a way back

Everyone tells me I'm crazy

Well maybe, well maybe I am

Oh, I wonder

I wonder if anyone will hear this

I wonder if I'll ever be fearless

I wonder if I'll end up alone

Don't know where I'm goin'

Oh, I wonder

If what I say will matter to someone

If I'll go broke tryin' to keep on

I wonder, I wonder

I wonder, I wonder

Oh, I wonder

Some days, I'm like a fallin' feather

Floatin', I don't know where to land

Why are we lookin' for an answer

When the question's way too hard to understand?

Oh, I wonder

I wonder if anyone will hear this

I wonder if I'll ever be fearless

I wonder if I'll end up alone

Don't know where I'm goin'

Oh, I wonder

If what I say will matter to someone

If I'll go broke tryin' to keep on

I wonder, I wonder

I wonder, I wonder

Oh, I wonder

Oh, I wonder

Oh, I wonder

I wonder if anyone will hear this

I wonder if I'll ever be fearless

I wonder if somebody will miss me

This life is a mystery, oh

Oh, I wonder

If what I say will matter to someone

If I'll go broke tryin' to keep on

I wonder, I wonder

I wonder, I wonder, I wonder

Oh, I wonder...