So your friend's been telling me You've been sleeping with my sweater And that you can't stop missing me Bet my friend's been telling you I'm not doing much better 'Cause I'm missing half of me And being here without you is like I'm waking up to Only half a blue sky, kinda there, but not quite I'm walking around with just one shoe I'm half a heart without you I'm half a man, at best, with half an arrow in my chest I miss everything we do I'm half a heart without you Forget all we said that night No, it doesn't even matter 'Cause we both got split in two If you could spare an hour or so We'll go for lunch down by the river We can really talk it through And being here without you is like I'm waking up to Only half a blue sky, well, kinda there, but not quite I'm walking around with just one shoe I'm half a heart without you I'm half a man, at best, with half an arrow in my chest 'Cause I miss everything we do I'm half a heart without you I'm half a heart without you I'm half a heart without you Though I try to get you out of my head The truth is I got lost without you And since then, I've been waking up to Only half a blue sky (only half a blue sky) Kinda there, but not quite I'm walking round with just one shoe I'm half a heart without you I'm half a man, at best (half a man, at best) With half an arrow in my chest I miss everything we do I'm half a heart without you Without you, without you Half a heart without you (without you, without you) Without you, without you I'm half a heart without you

You took a piece of me when you left I know you thought that I would forget The moments, the silence, the heartache And now I have this half a heart in my hand The other half is buried in your sand The better, the beautiful, the heartbreak Am I even alive to you Or just a shadow in the light of you? I tried to get you out my system I lied when I said I didn't miss you My mind is falling apart But I can't convince this half of my heart And I, I've been trying to erase you And I've been dying to replace you But time won't let me restart You're the only piece that fits this half of my heart This room it echoes with memories of you This row we made I guess we just start groove You've moved on, you're long gone I'm still holding on Sick and tired of always saying that I'm okay Pretending when it's written on my face I'm shattered and I'm battered It don't matter to you Am I even alive to you Or just a shadow in the light of you? I tried to get you out my system I lied when I said I didn't miss you My mind is falling apart But I can't convince this half of my heart And I, I've been trying to erase you And I've been dying to replace you But time won't let me restart Now the sweetest dreams have fallen apart You're the only piece that fits The only piece that fits This half of my heart

Wash my pain away Half a woman, half a shadow Daylight is breaking again I hide in the dark, I'm watching the rain You're out of touch and you're out of reach What can I say, I never wanted it this way Love sleeps all alone The cold telephone, I know the heart Yes, I know the kind, the kisses of fire turning to grey I never wanted it this way I always wanted you to stay Cause I'm half a woman, half a shadow Wash my pain away Cause I'm half a woman, half a shadow Oh love always change with the trees, the spring and the leaves The waves on the sea Wilder than light the wind in your eyes led me astray I never wanted it this way I always wanted you to stay Wash my pain away Cause I'm half a woman, half a shadow Wash my pain away Cause I'm half a woman, half a shadow Wash my pain away Oh, I need you Yes, I need you Oh, give me a reason to believe Oh, wash my pain, washing away Oh, half a woman (half a woman) Half a shadow Wash my pain away Cause I'm half a woman (half a shadow) Half a shadow Oh, wash my pain away, oh - oh Cause I/m half a woman (half a woman) Half a shadow Oh, wash my pain away Cause I'm half a woman (half a shadow) Half a shadow From album "Look Sharp!" (1988) Words: Per Gessle Vocals: Marie Fredriksson & Per Gessle

No need to give a bunch of lame half ass excuses Why this ain't love I'm blonde but I ain't stupid I was looking for a ring It doesn't mean it doesn't sting when you cut and run so soon Good luck, so long I guess I better get to leaving to A half truth's still a lie I need my space is still goodbye Wrong size shoe could look good on you But you'll be cussing your feet at midnight A half cold beer ain't cold I'll be back soon is still gone A half smoked cigarette is still smoked And a half broke heart's still broke Na, na, na, na A half broke heart's still broke Up front, no strings Sure fun till it unravels Won't see me cry But I might kind of want to call you tonight Pour me a drink but don't make it to strong Just need a little kicker to help me move on Could say I don't care, but just okay ain't all the way there A half truth's still a lie I need my space is still goodbye Wrong size shoe could look good on you But you'll be cussing your feet at midnight A half cold beer ain't cold I'll be back soon is still gone A half smoked cigarette is still smoked And a half broke heart's still broke Na, na, na, na A half broke heart's still broke Just because you don't call it love Don't mean it don't mean a thing I saw it coming and no hard feelings but it's hard feeling this way A half truth's still a lie I need my space is still goodbye Wrong size shoe could look good on you But you'll be cussing your feet at midnight A half cold beer ain't cold I'll be back soon is still gone A half smoked cigarette is still smoked And a half broke heart's still broke A half smoked cigarette is still smoked And a half broke heart's still broke Na, na, na, na A half broke heart's still broke Na, na, na, na A half broke heart's still broke

Tongue-tied in this parking spot 'Cause I gotta say a whole lot That we don't own our own memories That I rewrite all her melodies All the songs that we think are so deep I remember the nights that she showed me Don't know what to say, so I let 'em replay (only half my heart) But when you ask where I heard that song Or where I got that old sweatshirt from I really hate that it brings me back And that I ever put you through that, so I don't wanna be the name of your playlist Sorry it took two months for me to say this (to say this) I don't wanna leave you broke and hurtin' But you're not her, so you're not perfect (you're not perfect) You deserve the world and that endless love But I'm not the one you can get that from (from) So don't you fall too hard For only half my heart Na-na-na, na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na-na-na (only half my heart) Love won't leave in a hearse Struggle and fight 'til we find what works Didn't mean to leave so soon But she's what I see atop the moon, oh But when you ask where I heard that song Or where I got that old sweatshirt from I really hate that it brings me back And that I ever put you through that, so I don't wanna be the name of your playlist Sorry it took two months for me to say this (to say this) I don't wanna leave you broke and hurtin' But you're not her, so you're not perfect (you're not perfect) You deserve the world and that endless love But I'm not the one you can get that from (from) So don't you fall too hard For only half my heart Na-na-na, na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na-na-na (only half my heart) We cry 'cause it's hard, but it eats me alive That I clawed through your chest and I stole what's inside But that'll never belong to me (na-na-na, na-na-na-na) It's hard to return to the home that I burned But I promise that next time your heart will be earned Someone will set you free I don't wanna be the name of your playlist Sorry it took two months for me to say this (to say this) I don't wanna leave you broke and hurtin' But you're not her, so you're not perfect (you're not perfect) You deserve the world and that endless love (na-na-na, na-na-na) But I'm not the one you can get that from (na-na-na, na-na-na; from) So don't you fall too hard (na-na-na, na-na-na) For only half my heart (na-na-na, na-na-na) But when you ask where I heard that song Or where I got that old sweatshirt from (yeah) I really hate that it brings me back And that I ever put you through that (you're not perfect) You deserve the world and that endless love But I'm not the one you can get that from (na-na-na, na-na-na) So don't you fall too hard (na-na-na, na-na-na) For only half my heart (na-na-na, na-na-na)

Money's been a wise buck this year Now there's things in life that you've always feared There ain't a use to pouting around Singing 'woe is me' until you're six feet down Always following the same old tracks Time to break off and cut a new path Don't put down these words I say It takes blood and sweat to find a new way You're coming on strong I know your night's been long But I can see you coming around the bend And kicking until the end Like Prefontaine from an outside lane Proving them wrong Coming on strong Every miss is a payment made To a debt of dues that we all must pay Your empty coffers aren't a sign That you haven't saved for a whole lifetime And you can go out swingin' to a cold dark grave They can never say that you didn't live brave Born to nothing but pain and strain Leave with grit fixed to your name You're coming on strong I know your night's been long But I can see you coming around the bend And kicking until the end Like Prefontaine from an outside lane Proving them wrong Coming on strong You're coming on strong I know your night's been long But I can see you coming around the bend Oh and kicking until the end Like Prefontaine from an outside lane Proving them wrong Coming on strong Proving them wrong Coming on strong

I never would've guessed it in a hundred years or more I'd meet a lowland angel, the likes I'd never seen before She grew up where the sun does run hot across the sky Sweetened her up nice like some strawberry wine I crowned her in my mind, oh, my Strawberry Queen I ain't cut out for royalty, never saw myself a king No blue blood in these veins, just a mountain boy with dreams But I got caught up in her love like a storm down in the Gulf The high winds wreck my docks, the water rusts my locks My wave breaks on the rocks for my Strawberry Queen I ain't the first to pledge my service to the crown I know her subjects in the past have let her down Treasonous fools never come around this town Or I'd throw my fist and give 'em hell and stand my ground For my Strawberry Queen For my Strawberry Queen I met her at a dance hall early one spring Felt like Adam next to Eve staring at a fruit of God So I wrapped a bow around my heart And placed it in a box of cherry wood I asked her if she could take that box and do it good She smiled and said she would, oh, my Strawberry Queen I ain't the first to pledge my service to the crown I know her subjects in the past have let her down Treasonous fools never come around this town Or I'd throw my fist and give 'em hell and stand my ground For my Strawberry Queen For my Strawberry Queen

In the spring of 1949, that's when I crossed the county line It's there I saw in Seneca Creek A girl named Ruth who washed her feet I told her my name was RC Phares that I'd marry her with half a karat She said, "I do, but no stone can reach the prettiest shine of this here creek" The mud was deep and the roads were wide We'd retreat and then retake the lines Korean winters had torn me down and killed all the boys from my hometown But I'm coming home, Ruth, my dear I got money in my pocket, don't you fear We'll build a life by Seneca Creek You'll have everything you'll ever need Let's build a home by Seneca Creek and raise ourselves a family I'll work on the farm, you work the store We'll have everything we ever hoped for With the top of a mountain above our heads and the roar of Seneca by the bed Seneca Creek And sure enough, the hard times came You loved those, I did the same We made it through the winter's cold And many summers young and old In '85, the creek did rise but it only took the other side The Gandee, North Fork and South Branch too The house stood still that I built for you In '94, when you got sick, we'd make up trips for the hell of it Take my hand, Ruth, my dear I'll take you back to any year And now you lie on the hill up high Right beneath the mountain sky Seneca Creek sings below Atop the tree sits a lonely crow We built a home by Seneca Creek and raised ourselves a family I worked on the farm, you worked the store We had everything we'd ever hoped for With the top of a mountain above our heads and the roar of Seneca by the bed Seneca Creek

I watch you walking 'cross the floor And I've been missing you and more Beating on my heart shakes the framing in my chest I'm falling more and more, and hell, I don't mind being poor When I'm with you, I pity all the king's around the world Times are getting hard, good is getting rare You and me and the babies have 'em all the time, I swear We don't mind the shit folks talk We're just keeping our eyes locked They can watch us chase those dreams they never even dared We've got time, dear You're the girl I knew back when Don't you love, dear I'm the boy who's always been In love with you to the end And I'd do it all again We've got time, dear You're the girl I knew back when Don't you love, dear I'm the boy who's always been We've got time, dear You're the girl I knew back when Don't you love, dear I'm the boy who's always been In love with you to the end And I'd do it all again All again All again All again All again

Go put on that blue dress The one you know I love the best Don't mind me, I'll stay down here So I can watch you stridin' down the steps I missed you more than you know It seems like we're always fightin' time Thoughts of you on nights like these Give me hope while across state lines Let's warm up these hardwood floors And tonight I'll see you spin around Take my hand, honey, let's just dance And pretend there ain't nobody else in town And tonight there ain't nobody else around And tonight there ain't nobody else in town Four feet move down the line Synchronized in perfect time And for once my blues have past I can feel them fading behind In your eyes they look in mine Reading what lies behind It's just love, honey, don't you mind Everything will be just fine Let's warm up these hardwood floors And tonight I'll see you spin around Take my hand, honey, let's just dance And pretend there ain't nobody else in town And tonight there ain't nobody else around And tonight there ain't nobody else in town, no The moments he has a little life He lives and breathes like a soul Here and now it breathes in us Livin' on 'til we're old Until we're old Let's warm up these hardwood floors And tonight I'll see you spin around Take my hand, honey, let's just dance And pretend there ain't nobody else in town And tonight there ain't nobody else around And tonight there ain't nobody else in town Let's warm up these hardwood floors And tonight I'll see you spin around Take my hand, honey, let's just dance And pretend there ain't nobody else in town And tonight there ain't nobody else around And tonight there ain't nobody else in town, oh