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Pretty Things (2002)

by Christina Martin

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1.
Stronger 02:56
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STRONGER Music and Lyrics by Christina Martin (2002) Sad moon, bad embrace Crazy mind Hearing whispers from the wind like Shouldn’t do’s I know she has felt this too I know he has felt this too Too tired to sleep I refuse to trace the pain down to my feet Why does it mess me up I should be stronger Why does it mess me up I should be stronger I should be I should be strong I should be I should be strong I should be I should be strong I should be I should be Sad song, on your way To a Crazy day Tired eyes whisper things I Shouldn’t know And I know she has felt this too I know he has felt this too Too restless to breath I am troubled by the harsh reality Why does it mess me up I should be stronger Why does it mess me up I should be stronger I should be I should be strong I should be I should be strong I should be I should be strong I should be I should be
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Stay Awhile 03:41
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STAY AWHILE Music and Lyrics by Christina Martin (2002) When will I see you again You’ve gone away and I feel like I have nothing Deliver me in a postcard Fly over mountains and grow into a traveling man When will I see you again I feel I have nothing to remember Settle your roots Save your soul For something that will make you stay awhile That will make you stay awhile When will you write me a song? So I can hear your voice and feel like you are not gone so long Deliver me in a postcard Fly over oceans and grow into a traveling man When will I see you again I feel I have nothing to remember Settle your roots Save your soul For something that will make you stay awhile That will make you stay awhile Why don’t you just stay awhile Come on now stay awhile
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Pale Moon 04:45
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PALE MOON Music and Lyrics by Christina Martin (2002) Under a pale moon I speak to you in honesty Say that you and I are crazy And up to no good baby And maybe we should turn This carousel around This fantasy called love Hasn’t brought me very far before oh Tends to pull me to my knees Please don’t make me beg because It makes no difference I know I can get through this Makes no difference I know I can get through this Under a pale moon I admit to you in honesty All the things I’ve done to you Nothing promised will come true I know that I can’t make it up Guess that I just need to grow up Maybe to be done upon My crystal palace takes the bomb oh Tends to lead me to the ground But I won’t let myself go down It makes no difference I know I can get through this Makes no difference I know I can get through this (Bridge) This love smothers Come back later When the time is right and I’m Old and wiser Hypnotize me And I promise I’ll be good.. to you
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My Red Wine 04:55
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MY RED WINE Music and Lyrics by Christina Martin (2002) I don’t want to talk And I certainly don’t want to laugh at your jokes It’s never been so easy You ask me anything and I start to choke You know it’s always been a chore You can’t keep me in here any longer I’m kicking out the back door You know I’m sending you a storm I can’t keep on watching no one saying One thing to save you now CHORUS I can’t talk I really want to I can’t think to save myself I’m not walking without reason I can’t stop to read your mind I can’t breath the air is thin Its not you its everything around This town and I am caving Around my red wine I don’t want to watch Your skeletons can keep their pride and their pain It’s all about reviving And no ones big enough to end the parade We can’t keep playing harmful games You can’t keep on playing with my patience I’m going to burst again I can’t keep packing up the anger I’m gonna beat this demon with a hammer Come see me riding high CHORUS x 2
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Questions 02:18
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QUESTIONS Music and Lyrics by Christina Martin (2002) Do these questions scare you Are you ready to come out of the hat Stare into the eyes of the magician I keep asking myself Is this what I’m here for Is this what I eat for, what I breath for Is life just a habit Are we scared of what we might find Slip back into our dreams and wine I keep asking myself Is this what I’m here for Is this what I eat for, what I breath for CHORUS It’s a long way to the end of time It’s a long way to the edge of my mind It’s a long way to the end of time It’s a long way… questions of a third kind Are you someone’s hero Do you know how to be true to yourself Can you strike a chord right off the shelf I keep asking myself Is this what I’m here for Is this what I eat for What I breathe for CHORUS x1
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I'll Do For You 03:28
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I’LL DO FOR YOU Music and Lyrics by Christina Martin (2002) I’LL TAKE THESE HANDS AND CATCH YOUR WAVES OF GLORY RAISE THE GATE I WELDED TO THE EARTH BEFORE ME NO MORE STEPPING ON THE KINDER HEART THAT FEEDS ME YOU SHUFFLE THROUGH MY MIND AS I TURN TO YOU FROM ALL MY SIDES I LIKE YOUR FACE YOUR WAY-LIKE MAZE I’LL DO FOR YOU THOSE THINGS I’LL NEVER DO, FOR ANYONE BUT YOU I’LL DO FOR YOU THEY’LL THINK I’M CRAZY BABY I DON’T MIND SEND SHIVERS WAKING DOWN MY SPINE I’D LIKE TO TASTE ANOTHER WAKING DAY BY YOUR SIDE NO MORE WAITING JUST TO HEAR ANOTHER LONELY GOODBYE TAKE THE NIGHT TO FIGHT THE QUARRELING HEARTS OF OUR KIND YOU WHISPER OUT OF FEAR AS A NEW REFINE OF LOVE IS HERE I LOVE YOUR SMILE TAKES ME AWAY I’LL DO FOR YOU THOSE THINGS I NEVER DO, FOR ANYONE BUT YOU (BRIDGE) I’LL DO FOR YOU THEY’LL THINK I’M CRAZY BABY I DON’T MIND WITH LOVE SO (BM)STRONG IT WILL (D)OUTSHINE(HOLD NOTE) THE DOUBT THAT REINED MY MIND I LIKE YOUR FACE YOUR WAY-LIKE MAZE I’LL DO FOR YOU THOSE THINGS I’LL NEVER DO, FOR ANYONE BUT YOU
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Harsh Words 05:52
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HARSH WORDS Music and Lyrics by Christina Martin (2002) This may sound worn, just to please you Just to be with you, just to feel your breath upon my neck and Just to hear you, whisper in my ear That I am beautiful Just to touch me where it hurts You don’t have to give your every waking moment But this hurts to be so distant Cutting just enough to bleed To kill sometimes I think it should And oh there times I wish it would Awaken you, from the depths of your despair I don’t want to wait forever I just want to be together CHORUS Harsh words are spoken in the night Next time we’ve fallen get back up again You’ll be my kind I’ll be your Queen Cause I believe we’ll make it through, all depends on you It hurts my pride but I’ll ask you anyway Knowing well you will not speak, fear of falling And I may be weak, quest to find some echo Its like digging stones from hollow air But nothings there You don’t say things, just to hurt me It’s the honest mans device, silence used instead of vice It’s a riddle, put your thoughts away In a bottle throw them out to sea Drift to my shore so I can read you I don’t want to wait forever I just want to be together CHORUS
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Pretty Things 03:51
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PRETTY THINGS Music and Lyrics by Christina Martin (2002) Look deep inside You have never gotten over the pain Look into yourself You can’t live without the shame, it hangs with the night I will try to find the words To ease your constant ache, like a ghost in love But I don’t want to go, back to yesterday CHORUS To forgive you’ve got to remember Then to live you’ve got to let go Oh, hold on to the pretty things Of love… of love. I can’t wait for us to be Older and wiser, not so quick to despise love Caught in this chase In this civilized maze we’ll ponder our whole lives Deaths over your shoulder He’s pushing you forward no time to look back But I don’t wanna go back to yesterday To forgive you’ve got to remember Then to live you’ve got to let go Oh, hold on to the pretty things Of love… of love. Its all that I can give I’ve pushed myself to live This life of constant yearning Its all that I can give You’ll find there’s something more than this I hope to see you come on over child now Don’t you weep you’re only starting to breakthrough To forgive you’ve got to remember Then to live you’ve got to let go Oh, hold on to the pretty things Of love … of love
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Always Rain 02:31
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ALWAYS RAIN Words and Music By Christina Martin (2002) Who said it’d be easy Gave it our best shot You think she’s ungrateful But she’s not Slap me with your iron words Sharper than your fist 12 years old, you tell me she’s a bitch Solve me with your money Toys are temporary Mama come and pick me up I can’t wait till I’m grown up Who said it’d be easy Gave it your best shot Overburdened Daisy (cat reference) Strained and watched Love to feed the fire Wine to ease the pain Just before the sun came Always Rain Solve me with your money Toys are temporary Mama come and pick me up I can’t wait till I’m grown up I can’t wait till I’m grown up
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I Have a Heart 05:13
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I HAVE A HEART Words and Music By Christina Martin (2002) I have a heart please don’t break it I have a soul please don’t shake it Under my wing I’ve forsaken Love lost and broke love beat and tainted Too many nights lost in wonder Listened to my heart beat like thunder When did we turn from now to never The mysteries here not there or after All of the bad childhood places Stormy like pictures in my basement When you are near, frown bequeaths me Forget all the bad stuff, slips from neath me Wish I could sing what’s down deeper What’s covered in thick years, I can’t remember There was a cloud, dulled my heart out You came along and lit that spark Say goodbye this time then When your wind starts to bend Come my way, maybe this time hearts can mend I lost the jewel to innocence valley Somebody led me down that alley Castaways linger here beside me Climb all around to find the way out Then you appeared offering flowers Tears brought from kindness hold more power Happiness no more just a memory You wrapped words and kisses around my body Too many nights laid by your side Too many nights to go without now Lucky to have our eyes and our ears Lucky to feel what we can feel You have a heart I won’t break it You have a soul, I won’t shake it Eyes wide shut and deeper this time Passion is pain it’s not a crime
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Like I Do 04:18
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LIKE I DO Words and Music By Christina Martin (2002) Started to feel like I did the right thing Like I came home again I came home to you Did you feel it too Started to doubt if I did the right things When I saw you again Felt the jagged rusty sting When I saw you again Starting to realize I can’t swallow this pain No I don’t know her name Is she sweet to you Does she swim in the mystery about you Does she love your smile Like I do, Like I do Starting to feel a tinge of fester dismay No I can’t be that way People get through this Though its quite the bitch And through it all I know I’ll find someone new Someone beautiful and true No need to go and find them Flowers flourish even though you do not mind them I’ve still got a few issues on my mind Nothing cruel or unkind Was it hard for you Or a token just to fill the slot inside you Back again I feel the need to find you Yeah I do, Yeah I do Starting to back and fill this hole in my heart It took patience to start Was it real for you Is this your way of telling me we’re through Do you pretend that things are better off now Like I do, Like I do
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It's Too Late 05:56
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IT'S TOO LATE Words and Music By Christina Martin (2002) Locked up deep inside When you think you can’t survive I will be there And all your treasures lost And you’ll dive at any cost I’ll see you there Don’t you think it’d be easier to crawl Let your mama pick up your heart and mend it But I think, we already know Its too late Its too late We’re off on our own now Its too late Its too late Tipped my head to bow Beneath a city twelve times higher Twelve times harder Hands get crazy trying In the city Maybe I’ll just Run away again Don’t you think it’d be easier to leave again Let your mama pick up the bill and spend it But I think, we already know Its too late Its too late We’re off on our own now Its too late Its too late And winters got me thinking You and I laugh coldly wishing On a hot dream Depressions got you under Don’t hold fast to sweet surrender I’ll be there Don’t you think its be easier to scream Let your mama call up your friends and question Well I think we already know Its too late Its too late We’re off on our own now Its too late Its too late Its too late

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Produced by Darwin Smith in Austin, TX, Christina’s 2002 debut album features ‘Always Rain’ and ‘Stronger’ from the British-Canadian TV Drama Series Sex Traffic.

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released October 22, 2002

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Christina Martin

Christina Martin is a powerhouse musician, songsmith, and performer hailing from the windswept East Coast of Canada. Her music dances effortlessly through Pop, Rock, Folk and Americana traditions but stays deftly unchained by any one label, refusing to be pigeon-holed and unafraid to dip into stranger waters. Martin is an artist who is constantly shifting, and constantly evolving. ... more

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