Shannon Stephens

Airplanes fly over in the night. Lit up, they blink across the sky. And voices murmur down below The streetlights and the dark windows, And cars thump down the empty street, In summer in the heat. He clings to me with burning skin, Covers thrown off

Shannon Stephens - Care of You Oh my baby blue, how am I gonna take care of you? Oh my baby blue, how am I gonna take care of you? Oh baby sweet, how am I gonna take care of me? I walk out at night, pulling my jacket around me tight, waiting for a si

Don't go down to servitude. This is how the crafty capture you, snare your soul and your days. If you sit down at their tables, you will taste delights while they, like wild parasites, suck dry their prey. Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down

I can't figure out what made you cling to me in the doorway of my building. I have this kind-of-disturbing, stomach-upset coffee-drinking feeling. Night goes by without sleep, no use for dreaming. I'm alive, I am awake, my eyes are shining, and my sk

Shannon Stephens - What Love Looks Like I'd like to hold you up as an example of what love looks like, love looks like. The world has never seen anything like you and me; this is what love looks like, love looks like. Oh, I know it isn't fair to wome

Oh, let that dream never come true. Oh, let that dream never come true. I couldn't sleep until I held you. I watched the clock and waited for you until I heard a noise in your room. I curled my whole body around you. Lord, let that dream never come t

Shannon Stephens - Girl Oh, girl, you're gonna have to grow up. You're gonna have to be strong and navigate the storm. Oh, and you won't want to hear it from me but I am not letting go. I think you ought to know. Oh, girl, when you see that the waves

Listen to me, daughter of mine: All kingdoms grow and flourish, then they decline. All that they've won unrighteously This is the ark we'll build on dry ground: I'll teach you to grow your own food and keep it sound, to bake your bread with your own

Shannon Stephens - The One Who Sees Me When I was walking, I was not alone, Although rain was dropping on my blue raincoat As I walked under trees, As I walked under trees, As I stood at the door And fumbled for my keys. When I was walking, I was not

Light on the water, lights on the hills. Driving across the dark highway bridge. I've got the heater blasting on high. Radio sounds like a lullaby. Got to make money, we've got to survive. Rise in the morning at quarter of five. It is a privilege to

Darling, you are always needed, and your tenderness is needed too. And it seems that I'm never tired of loving you, loving you. Never was a feeling stronger, aching for the sweet things that you do. And it seems that I'm never tired of loving you. Sh