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NAVIGATION
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​ACT I
01.  11:11
02.  Wait For You 
03.  Kick In   
04.  Stay With Me
05.  My Birthday 
06.  Still   
07.  Expectations

​ACT II

​08.  Work It
09.  Room 421
10.  Gold
11.  Run Away With Me
12.  Glittering Fish
13.  Can't Remember

(lyrics below are in the following order -
​scroll to desired song)
​

11:11

instrumental (no lyrics)

WAIT FOR YOU

i've had time to think it over
you might be surprised with the decision i've come to
you do your thing and i will be right here
living my life, too

but not on your timeline
and not according to your needs
i've always wanted this to work
but i don't know if i need it, anymore.

i've had time to think it over
you might be confused with what i'm about to confess
for years i've just followed you and lost myself
living in a dream

that will never come to fruition
as hard as i might try
so i have to remove myself

i can't wait for you.
i can't wait for you
cuz i might die before you love me again...

KICK IN

sleepwalking through life
needing to be more than a wife
yearning to explore
yearning to run right out the door

how do people make peace with their decisions?
how do i stop feeling i've missed out on me?

waiting for the fog to clear from my windshield
knowing that it might not help at all
waiting for my real life to finally begin
waiting for the caffeine to kick in

living in a daze
struggling to unwind this maze
needing to let go
but knowing if i do - i'll just float

how do people make sense of this confusion?
how do i make peace with all that i've lived through?

waiting for the hail to carve out a new road
knowing i will follow wherever it goes
waiting for my real life to finally begin
i'm waiting for the caffeine to kick in

STAY WITH ME

pack the car, grab my coat
if we're on the road by 3 we'll be on the beach
in no time flat

take the curves around the trees
over mountains as the sun creeps out
right on our heels

i don't want this night to end
i just want you to stay with me...

wear my scarf, i'll take your coat
i made a mix tape of our favorite songs 
put it on

touch my cheek... do it soon...
kiss me on the sand as the waves crash
under the moon...

there's just you as far as i can see
let go and stay with me....

MY BIRTHDAY

when i told you we were through
on my birthday, 2002
how could i know how it would burn?
how could we know all we would learn?
and here's the dumbest part - i was in the dark
i was standing in the pain
from your mistakes on my birthday

when i told you we were through
on my birthday, 32
how could we know all it would change?
how could i know i'd go insane?
but here's the saddest part - you're still holding my heart
i'm still drowning in the pain
from the mistakes on my birthday

i should know better by now
i should have figured it out
i should be over it , somehow
i shouldn't still be filled with doubt

i wonder if it ever really goes away...
i wonder if we would still fall in love, today...

STILL

i'll stand right here
i'll be right here to remind you of all you've forgotten
i will not move
i promised you that i would never love another

are you still with me?
is our heart still breathing?

don't be afraid
though time is passing 
our love remains the same forever

i won't give up
i'll remind you that we still belong...

EXPECTATIONS

i don't know why
i don't know why i wait for you
it's always the same thing

it's always the same
it's always the same words from your lips
"i know i love you, but..."

what do you expect?
what do you expect me to do?
what do you expect?
oh...

does she even know?
does she know why you still cry at night?
does she realize it's me?

do YOU even know?
can you even comprehend the loss?
we're both without our best friend...

what did you expect
when i found out you were all alone?
or did you expect me not to see?

i know you wouldn't call
you've always been the stubborn one
but what did you expect - from me?

what did you expect?
what did you expect me to do?
what did you expect?
oh...

what do you see next?
do you see us making it through?
and what do you expect
from me?

WORK IT

everybody wants a piece of me
(show me how to fake it)
everybody thinks i've got it made
(show me how not to hate it)

what can i do? what can i say?
how do i make these people go away?
(give me the information, baby)
what can i do? what can i say?
how can i train these fools to stay away?
(give me the information, baby)

show me how to work it
show me how to work it
show me how to work it
show me how to work it

everybody wants to watch you bomb
(it makes for a great story)
but everywhere you go you just belong
(it drives the haters crazy)

what can you do? what can you say?
how can you make these people go away?
(give me the information, baby)
what can you do? what can you say?
how can you make your skin thicker than their nails?
(give me the information, baby)

and show me how to work it

ROOM 421

instrumental (no lyrics)

GOLD

i waited a year and nothing happened
i gave you your space and you disappeared
last year i reached out and we reconnected
but this year began with you pulling away...

back and forth you go
how am i supposed to know?

i wish we could go back to 2010
or to the beginning a year before then
cuz though we were confused - 
we were young and in love
and now we're just old...

september was orange
december was grey
but we were gold...

RUN AWAY WITH ME

pack a bag and your saxophone
we'll write on the road
a jacket and jeans for sure
and maybe a microphone

i'll race you out to the car
leave our shoes behind
what we forget we can buy
you never seem to mind

let me drive until your eyes shine...

run away with me
we have so many sunsets still to see
holding your hand is an adventure all on its own...

run away with me
if we don't go now - how can we be sure we'll leave tomorrow?
i don't want to wait to see the world with you...

head west on route 66
or south on the 5
let's head to big sur at dusk
or mount rushmore at sunrise

let's find a waterfall in the rain
or find a dark bar to hide
throw the map right out the window
we've never needed a guide

let's find our favorite sign
that says: "the joy's in the ride"

run away with me
if we don't go - we won't know what could be
i won't take pictures i'll just see it all in your eyes...

run away with me
the road is calling
how can we say no? the stars are falling!
i don't want to see the world without you
i don't want to wait to see the worlds in 
you..

GLITTERING FISH

instrumental (no lyrics)

CAN'T REMEMBER

and now i can't remember your face
and now i can't remember how you taste
some things fade and some remain
but you're almost gone

and now i can't remember your voice
i can't remember why you made the choice
to leave me behind

i can't remember why you are
still on my mind.
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