PRISCILLA AHN – When You Grow Up

When you were young enough
Doing all that fun kid stuff
Did you think of what you’d be?

Marco Polo in the pool
Kickball games behind the school
Playing tag and hide ‘n’ seek

When you grow up, what kind of boy will you be?
Oh, what will you be?

Drawing pictures with some chalk
Raindrops wash it from the walk
Summer days it never ends

Spin the bottle on the ground
Watch it turning round and round
Maybe he will be my friend

When you grow up, what kind of girl will you be?
Oh, what will you be?

Will you write a book or invent a machine?
Will you be an astronaut or will you sail the sea?

(What will I be when I grow up?)
La la, la la, la la, la la
(What will I be when I grow up?)
(What will I be when I grow up?)
(What will I be when I grow up?)

When you grow up, what kind of person will you be?
Oh the things you’ll be happy

PRISCILLA AHN – We Were Free

Didn’t think you would go
With the moon shining low
On a night like tonight with me
But I asked you to be
Something you couldn’t be

You were free
You were free
You were free

There’s a feeling so strong
That it has to be wrong
And I knew when it came to me
But I asked you to be
Something you couldn’t be

You were free
You were free
You were free

Now, will we really be happier
And we probably never could be then

You’re a beautiful sight
In the warm purple light
Like a dream I had failed to see
But I asked us to be
Something we couldn’t be

We were free
We were free
We were free [x3]

PRISCILLA AHN – Wallflower

Do you see me standing there in the corner
I was alone, I always am at these big parties

Watching you, watching everybody
Wishing I was more outgoing
Wishing I was dressed up pretty

Wallflower, I’m not here, no one sees me
Wallflower, I’m by myself, please excuse me

But there you were
Standing in your own corner
Your eyes were wide
Tired, fading, just like mine
We could be the best of friends
I’m sure of it
But I’m too shy to
Cross this crowed room
Besides

Wallflower, I’m not here, no one sees me
Wallflower, I’m by myself, please excuse me

Help me leave this corner of the room
I’m reaching out to you
Cause I’ve got things
I could talk to you about
And we could be
Wallflower friends ’til the end
Wallflower friends ’til the end
I’m sure of it

Wallflowers, we’re not here, no one sees us
Wallflowers, we’re together, please excuse us

PRISCILLA AHN – Torch Song

Long ago, I thought I heard your name
I thought it was the same
As all the boys I made into men
But you were different then

You are the only one to know me
You are the only one to see
You were my one and only
The only one I ever learned to love

The ocean’s waves could not steal my heart
They can’t keep us apart
Soon ahead, I will watch you go
But I won’t be alone

You are the only one to know me
You are the only one to care
You were my one and only
The only one I ever learned to love

You are the only one to know me
You are the only one who saw
You were my one and only
The only one I ever learned to love
The only one I ever wanna love
The only one I’m ever gonna love

PRISCILLA AHN – Red Cape

I’m alive should have died in a plane crash
Four long years ago
Lost my hope, couldn’t cope
With my fear of news on the radio

But I’ve got a long red cape
That’s caught in the engine of a plane
That’s flying way too low
Yesterday a hurricane had blown away my long red cape
And I, feel satisfied

[vocalizing]

I’m in peace, I feel sweetly released
From all that I couldn’t let go.
If I knew, what to do
The I guess I’d finally feel anew

But I can’t wear my cape
‘Cause I would be repeating a mistake

I just gotta let it go
I just gotta let it go
I just gotta let it, let it go, let it go
I just gotta let it go
[x3]

Yesterday a hurricane
Had blown away my long red cape
And I, I, I
Feel satisfied (-ied, -ied)

[vocalizing]

Yesterday a hurricane had blown away my long red cape,
And I feel satisfied

PRISCILLA AHN – Opportunity To Cry

Just watch the sunrise
On the other side of town
Once more I’ve waited
And once more you let me down

This would be a perfect time for me to die
So I’d like to take this opportunity to cry

You gave your word
Now I return it to you
You faced suggestion
As to what you can do

Just exchange the words, I love you for goodbye
While I take this opportunity to cry

I’d like to see you but I’m afraid
I don’t know wrong from right
And if I saw you
Would I kiss you
Or wanna kill you on the inside

It’s been a long night, so I think I’ll go home
And feed my nightmares
They’ve been waiting all night long

They’ll be blessed once to tell me goodbye
And they’ll give me many, many opportunities to cry

PRISCILLA AHN – Oo La La

What if you took the long way down
To your favorite cafe on the east side of town?
And you got stuck at the light
So you turn down a side street
But you couldn’t drive down ’cause it’s a Saturday swap meet

Oo la la, oo la la, oo la la, la la
Oo la la, oo la la, oo la la, la la oo

So you get out of your car
And you walk through the crowd
You bargain for a teapot in the shape of an owl
So you walk and you walk and you walk to the coffee shop

Oo la la, oo la la, oo la la, la la
Oo la la, oo la la, oo la la, la la oo

You feel lonely and shy
But you take the empty seat next to the cute guy

What if he smiled when you asked for the time?
Your pen wouldn’t write, so he said, “Take mine”
When your coffee got cold, he bought you another
You didn’t know it yet, but you were meant for each other

Oo la la, oo la la, oo la la, la la
Oo la la, oo la la, oo la la, la la oo

What if you talked ’til it was time to go?
He said, “See you around”
And you said, “Who knows?”
But you knew in your heart
That you’d see him again
After walking down a side street coming from a new direction

Oo la la, oo la la, oo la la, la la
Oo la la, oo la la, oo la la, la la oo

PRISCILLA AHN – Masters In China

You’ve always been bashful, you’re just that way
But your eyes are like billboards, they give you away
Your mouth is a trumpet, somebody else plays
Long after the notes gone, the tone usually stays

And your chest a fine pillow, with lining of feather
Your hair is a family, with strands stick together
Fingers are keys from the grandest piano, played by a line that the Lord only knew

A tongue of an angel, floats in red wine saliva
Your teeth ravel porclein, made by masters in China
Your face can’t be captured by pictures or words
And your voice is a music that I’ve never heard

And your skin is a cream, dipped out beyond measure
Your nose is a pink color touched by the weather
Your fingers are keys from the grandest piano
Played by a soul that the Lord only knows

Ooh…

PRISCILLA AHN – Lullaby

Here’s a Lullaby
For anyone who wants to fly
From there home town
Where people drown and where the town leaves die

This old library
Has thrity books and one dictionary
But thats okay no one reads anyway we all watch tv

So heres your lullaby
No girl dont cry just rest your head and go to bed your time will come to fly
Away
Never a day just dream your life away
Sleep…

All the dogs will die
They just cant seem to stay alive
Cause in this town our cop shoots him down and we just let him go inside

Please God please what happened to our dreams
Were loseing hope so we invest in dope to feel our vacant feelings

So heres your lullaby
No girl dont cry just rest your head and go to bed your time will come to fly
Away

Never a day just dream your life away
Sleep…

PRISCILLA AHN – Lost Cause

I’m a sinner, I ain’t a saint
I should pray as much as I complain
Oh, it’s all just a lost cause

And if you knew me when I was eight
I was the queen of Labor Day parades
Oh, it’s all just a lost cause,
Lost cause
I’m waiting for the reason for it all
Lost cause

When you work to buy some food
Then you work to turn it in love
Oh, it feels just like a lost cause
And when you’re marching in peace parades
But it feels just like charades
Oh, it’s all just a lost cause

I’m pretty lazy, I like to sleep
You could say I am pretty beat
Oh, am I just a lost cause?
Lost cause
I’m waiting for the reason for it all
Lost cause

Lost cause
I’m waiting for the reason for it all
Lost cause

PRISCILLA AHN – Leave The Light On

Leave the light on
Said mama, papa, do
Leave the light on
When I’m coming home to you

Say I get scared in the dark at night
and I can’t find my key
So leave the light on
for me

Tuck me in, babe
Just like you always do
Tuck me in, babe
So tired and close to you

Say’tgit cold in the dreams at night
and I’m reachin out for you
So tuck me in, ba-by
do

la da da da
da da dada da

Give me love, love
I say to all of you
Give me sweet love
And I’ll give it back to you

You get tired and you fall down I been
loathe to pick you up..
So give me love, love
love
Give me love, love, love

da da da da
da da da da da

PRISCILLA AHN – I Will Get Over You

I painted my nails for my birthday
I turned to gray, my color had drained
Cause I finally saw how you hurt me
I was blinded by love, rewarded with pain

And I will get over you
It hurts right now
But I know it’s true

I thought we had something golden
I thought that we’d outlive them all
I hoped that we would grow old
But I’m just another brick in your wall

But I will get over you
It hurts right now
But I know it’s true

I may break down
I imagine your arms
Around me in my mind
So wrong, so right

And I will get over you
It hurts right now
But I know it’s true

I will get over you
It hurts right now
But I know it’s true

But I will get over you
It hurts right now
But I know it’s true

PRISCILLA AHN – iElf Song

She was an elf with long legs
Who had no friends
Cause everyone around her was small and petite
Perfect and she was all so different

She didn’t like it at all
Why must I be so tall?
Was I meant to be completely alone?
And oh, I want something different

Once, when the moon was full
She sat on her stool
An said “Hello, old friend, could you grant me a wish
And take me away to some place that’s different”

La la la, la la la, la la la la la

So the moon sang a tune
And it went like this:
“You are so beautiful, so special
And someday you will find a love
That’s strong and kind and true”

La la la, la la la, la la la la la

And when she opened her eyes
To her surprise, there was a man
With very large hands to hold hers
And he was all so different

La la la, la la la, la la la la la

PRISCILLA AHN – I Don’t Think So

1, 2 3, 4

Girl, you been looking at him
A little too long
For me to be your friend
And boy, you been looking at her
A little too sure
For me to be yours

And I’ve been a little too nice, I know
You probably thought that we were just a show
But you better listen up
You better listen close
I don’t think so

I, I think I should go
I can feel your eyes
Look and me and the door
Oh I can take a hint
Oh I can take a clue
You’re giving me the go, sir
You’re giving me the boot

And I’ve been a little too nice, I know
You probably thought that we were just a show
But you left me utterly confused
I am not here for you to use

So, you better listen up
You better listen close
I don’t think so

PRISCILLA AHN – I Don’t Have Time To Be In Love

I don’t have time to be in love
Kissing you on the cheek, 200 times a week
I don’t have time to be in love
Watching a foreign film, feet on the windowsill
But that’s not true when I’m with you

I don’t have time to be in love
Way too much candlelight, keeping me warm at night
I don’t have time to be in love
Cooking a meal for two, climbing all over you
But that’s not true when I’m with you

Cause I used to be there for you when you were so blue
I’d walk with you in the rain
Nothing was better when we did it together
I don’t have time for love

I don’t have time to be in love
Holding you to my chest, feeling your every breath
I don’t have time to be in love
Laughing so hard we cry, sometimes I don’t know why
I don’t have time to be in love
Maybe this revelry just wasn’t meant for me
But that’s not true when I’m with you
When I’m with you

PRISCILLA AHN – Find My Way Back Home

Don’t you go,
Away, I know,
Without your love,
I’ll never find my way back home

‘Cause you and me,
So happily,
Make all our dreams of make believe reality

La la la La la la La la la la la

Troubles, never find us there
Oh, bubbles, float through the air,
Float through the air
Float through the air air air air

La la la La la la La la la la la

So don’t you go,
Away, I know,
Without your love,
I’ll never find my way back home,
I’ll never find my way back home,
No, no,
I’ll never find my way back home,
No, no,
I’ll never find my way back home.

PRISCILLA AHN – Empty House

Empty house, my old friend
We meet again
I have been gone for so long
But here I am

It’s been a long time since I laid on this bed

Dusty shelves, stains in the rug
Broken door to mend
Here is where they used to lie
And wanted it all to end

It’s been a long time since I laid on this bed

Old memories
Haunt me
Haunt me
Haunt me
Haunt me

I can’t stay for too long
I must be gone

Empty house, my old friend
We’ll meet again
And again

It’s been a long time since I laid on this bed

It’s been a long time since I laid on this bed

PRISCILLA AHN – Dream

I was a little girl
Alone in my little world
Who dreamed of a little home for me.
I played pretend between the trees,
And fed my houseguests bark and leaves,
And laughed in my pretty bed of green.

I had a dream
That I could fly
From the highest swing.
I had a dream.

Long walks in the dark
Through woods grown behind the park,
I asked God who I’m supposed to be.
The stars smiled down on me,
God answered in silent reverie.
I said a prayer and fell asleep.

I had a dream
That I could fly
From the highest tree.
I had a dream.

Now I’m old and feeling grey.
I don’t know what’s left to say
About this life I’m willing to leave.
I lived it full and I lived it well,
There’s many tales I’ve lived to tell.
I’m ready now,
I’m ready now,
I’m ready now
To fly from the highest wing.

I had a dream.

PRISCILLA AHN – Cry Baby

You don’t call anymore
You don’t look on this door
Just a picture, you out there without me
Breaks my heart into two
What am I suppose to do
When I thought you would never ever leave?

Cry baby, I am
Cry baby, I am

If I knew you would leave
Then this heart on my sleeve
Would be safe and sound inside of me
But I guess I’m the fool
And you were too cool
I can see this was never meant to be for me

Cry baby, I am
Cry baby, I am
Cry baby, I am
Cry, cry, cry
Cry baby, I am

PRISCILLA AHN – City Lights (Pretty Lights)

Look at me now, we’re on the town
Kicking up dust, it’s all for us
City lights, pretty lights just take me out to play

Dressing me up as red for luck
So much to do to hide the blue
City lights, pretty lights just wear me out they say

Buttons and ribbons are finding their place
Smearing the make-up I put on my face
Spiders and lizards are tying my shoes
Whispering da da da, da da da, da da da

Finding my crutch, a gentle touch
Finding my dance, retreat, advance
City lights, pretty lights just wring me out to dry

Buttons and ribbons are finding their place
Smearing the make-up I put on my face
Spiders and lizards are tying my shoes
Whispering da da da (da da da), da da da (da da da), da da da