Words Won't Do

from Marie by William Caleb Parker

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VERSE 1:
I the lonely author of
The words I strive to speak
Hope they might find your ear
And deliver thoughts I think

I hear a voice inside my mind
That begs me not to speak a line
Says you’ll never empathize
But you get me every time

CHORUS:
It’s hard to know what best to say
When words won’t hardly do
My stumbling speech and empty phrasing
All makes sense to you
Do you know that when I say I love you
My words are all too true
Aloud they feel awfully empty
But you hear them through and through

VERSE 2:
A picture I have in my mind
I want for you to see
A canvas dealing with deepest feeling
Just for you and me

Not often do I meet a soul
Who hears and understands
Who can see the well that holds my tears
Who will listen to my plans

_to CHORUS

BRIDGE:
When I feel the world has lost its meaning
And I can’t believe a thing I know is true
You softly wake me up out of my dreaming
And you ease my heavy heart with gentle words that soothe my mind and calm my soul

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from Marie, released October 6, 2015

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