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Memories Held Tight

by Ryan Winford

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Holding You 03:42
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I stare into your eyes And watch the sunset fall down into mine Heaven's so near to me now That I am drifting to another place and time And I'll be watching you Holding his hand Just thinking about all the times we could have Who said that hurting was part of romance I love you baby, so give me a chance Chorus: If I was holding you You'd be happy darling There's nothing I wouldn't do We'd slip right down Away from the troubles its true If I was holding you Take your hand And touch my body Like you touched my soul These feelings I'm feeling for you I can't deny it And I can't let it go And I'll be watching you Smiling at him Just thinking about How our life could have been He's an abuser, a user He treats you so bad If that's love, then I don't understand Chorus I'd say "I love you, baby" But my heart couldn't take the chance You you'd say to me "I just wanna be friends" You'd never treat me the same Chorus If I was holding you If I was holding you
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Against The Odds 04:32
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With a starting point of nowhere I feel invisible emotions that we share Just a city and a vehicle Two legs would walk a thousand miles Just to be there With already half the city gone Behind me with every step All to see you They call it devotion When I would walk a thousand miles Just to see you CHORUS: And I know you can't be alone And I don't wanna be alone So why don't we just go against the odds? 'Cause if it's a million to one that I love you Then, baby, you've already won With a rhythm in my awkward step I go forward without looking back Just smiling With these times that we are living in I'm tired of always giving in To the fighting I'm your savior from this nightmare place Like a child is from a frowning face A vacation And I promise I won't let you go I'll take you where you'll never know Confrontation CHORUS They say that we can't make it But we're the ones who make or break it In this life They say that it's not love Just a phase when things get tough But I know that they are wrong So call off the army Tell the asteroids to go back home I'm on my way Take a moment to reflect on things Sit back and just enjoy the ride I'm on my way CHORUS Baby you've already won, yeah yeah You've already won
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Ordinary Feelings 04:09
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The words travel 'round inside my head The words that hang around waiting to be said You're beautiful, you're far away from me Yet you're so close, you're within my vicinity Not ordinary feelings that come my way I wish I could say CHORUS: I want to hold your hand And make you feel so wonderful If that's so bad, then I'll just walk away I love you than anyone could ever say they do My heart pours out to you just like the rain I feel so hollow in this place I must have lonely written in my face I'll disappear among this heavy crowd You're beautiful, I hear you'll never come around Not ordinary feelings But Feelings about you I want to say to you CHORUS What I want to say Gets lost in conversation My burdened heart wants to confess to you That I'll still love you without any hesitation I just want to tell the truth CHORUS Just like the rain I want to hold your hand And make you feel so wonderful If that's so bad then I'll just walk away I love you more than words Can every be described to you My heart is ruptured by self-disdain
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Late 04:15
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It's late You can't come in How could you forget about the pain You left beneath my skin It's late The stars are out You're desperate for the moon to shine But it just won't come out I hope the shame Is sinking in Sometimes when you're counting the stars You forget to count your sins You're the same And you want in All you want is to scatter my dreams And it's too late to begin CHORUS: 'Cause it's late You can't come in If you think I'll fall back in love Then you've got to think again I hope the shame is sinking in 'Cause you held my heart once And you trashed it without thinking And now it's late Friends Have come and gone Took a long time to heal my soul And now it's time to move on It doesn't hurt That you are here 'Cause once you're out of the deep You're pain starts to disappear CHORUS And there's no hope now For you and me So just go away Just leave me alone Why can't you just let me be We can't go back Across to the past You shouldn't have gone with him If you wanted my love to last CHORUS You can't come in If you think I'll fall You're insane To think that I'd b there waiting 'Cause you burned me like a candle And I've wasted down to nothing And now it's late
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The Fall 03:39
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I figured out what it means in life To lose the one you love A mystery that's plagued man's heart Since the dawning of the sun A stretch of words, an anger burst In a crowded courtyard scene We yell and scream such hurtful things We're quick to say we didn't mean I figured out what it means in life To tell it from the heart And things we know we should never do Is tearing us both apart So don't ask me where I've been You know damn well inside I'm tired of all the broken trust That spawned from all the lies CHORUS: Lately I've been locked up in my room In my little utopia Just hanging around watching The TV make shadows on the wall Said I love you But it won't change a thing So I'll hang around waiting For the hand that's gonna guide me through the fall It was a hazy winter afternoon And I was bitter from the storm And I watched him as he walked away I was angrier than before Can't believe what he had done to me Can't believe what he had said He knew that he had done me wrong I wondered what was in his head I went 'round back in all my rage Slammed myself against the wall And I screamed into the frigid air "God, can you save me from the fall?" So don't ask me where I've been You know damn well inside I'm tired of all the broken trust That's come from all the lies CHORUS And don't ask me how I feel You know dam well inside I'm tired of all the aggravation I'm tired of all the lies
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Back Home 04:50
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It's the scent of the land My memories held tight So tight in my hands It's the cold The fresh fallen snow And that's when I know It's the pure happiness My sorrows behind Behind that white fence It's the house Where time moves too slow And that's when I know CHORUS: That I'm back home Back to the place With familiar old songs I'm back home Back to that special place Where we all belong I'm back home It's the feeling of warmth I get when I'm near Near my old porch It's the sky Hand in hand you and I And that's when I know It's the call of a friend Across that old road Where it all began It's the love Like songs from above And that's when I know CHORUS You might think it as fiction 'Cause I left here without looking back But I really regret The moment I left 'Cause now I'm back home Back home CHORUS

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This album was recorded, produced and mixed by my friend Rich Allen, whom I met at an open mic night. He was also the host of a songwriting group in Kissimmee that I attended regularly. He helped me get my songs out there when I was in high school at a time when recording and releasing music seemed impossible. He had an early digital recording studio set up in his home and I went over an laid down some heartfelt emo-folk songs. My other friend Alicia Stella also helped me with the artwork and cover photo, which featured pictures of all my high school friends.

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released February 26, 1999

All songs copyright (c) Ryan Winford, 1999
All songs written and performed by Ryan Winford
Produced, recorded and mixed by Rich Allen.
Booklet and all photos by Alicia Stella.

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Ryan Winford is a composer and singer/songwriter from Orlando, FL that has been writing and performing for more than 20 years. Ryan Winford is a singer/songwriter, film composer from Orlando, FL that has been writing and performing for over a decade. He has a unique acoustic-driven alternative/pop/rock/folk style with earnest vocals and delicately crafted songs that aim straight for the heart. ... more

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