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"A Toast" © Kiran Kairab 2003 I’m sitting here tonight; I’m holding back the tears The weeks turned into months; Guess the months turned into years I’ll drink until I’m numb, then I can drift away Drinking to your memory which haunts me everyday Here’s a toast to roads we did not take, To a heart I know you never meant to break (Chorus) Please excuse me if I look the other way I do not have the strength to face you – not today My wounds need time to heal and the best thing I can do Is to turn around, walk away and close the door on you Solitude is something which I think I used to fear But everyday my solitude is lessened by the beer I cling to mirrored walls which reveal nothing to me Reflecting on the shadows which only you could see Here’s a toast to roads we did not take - To promises we never meant to break (Chorus) Here’s a toast to roads we did not take To dreams which make me never want to wake (Chorus) X 2 Listen to Song You will be directed to my web page on the Washington Post.com MP3 web site where you can download this song. |
photo by Keith Barraclough |
photo by Ken Dworkin |
"Summer Rain" © Kiran Kairab 2002 Dancing in the summer rain the night would never fall Dancing in the summer rain I thought I had it all Dancing in the summer rain your rainbow pulled me through I loved that summer rain cuz that’s when I had you (Chorus) You left me standing here and I can’t see the sun There is no light for me now that the summer rain is done The drops don’t fall down on my window pane And god how I miss the summer rain Wish I could stop the passing of time – Ohhhhhhh Cuz somehow in the summer rain you were mine Dancing in the summer rain the stars shone in your eyes Dancing in the summer rain there was no place for lies Dancing in the summer rain I wanted to believe That even if the rain stopped falling you would never leave (Chorus) The summer rain was warm and sweet The summer rain swept me off my feet The rain drops fell and blurred my eyes The rain drops fell I was hypnotized In the summer rain I paid my price The rain turned cold - you turned to ice In the summer rain I said goodye to you As the last drop fell I knew what you would do Dancing in the summer rain you lifted me so high Dancing in the summer rain I thought that I could fly Give me back that summer rain baby sweep me off my feet Just cuz the rain stopped falling did it mean you had to leave? (Chorus) And now I’m standing still in time … ooohhh Cuz somehow in the summer rain you were mine X 3 Listen to Song You will be directed to my web page on the Washington Post.com MP3 web site where you can download this song. |
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"No Consequence" © Kiran Kairab 2003 Give me just one reason now before I walk away Just lay it on the line for me – say what you have to say Give me just one reason now why I should choose to stay The black and white, what’s black and white - just turned a little gray (Pre-chorus) Don’t condescend; don’t play pretend – why don’t you break it down for me? I will not bend; Can’t comprehend why it took so long to see (Chorus) Your proof is of no consequence – I’m not blind you see Your proof is nothing more than just my own hypocrisy Your words have no significance – your eyes give you away Your eyes can say what words cannot convey Just tell me what I need to hear then maybe I can breathe Don’t hold out not when I want so badly to believe Just tell me what I need to hear I’ve waited patiently I know the truth – I know the truth has never come for free (Pre-chorus) (Chorus) Up on a pedestal through it all Seems like I was just waiting for the fall I guess there are some things I need to know I’m thinking that its time that I let go (Pre-chorus) (Chorus) (Outro) You truth's of no significance – stop taking up my time The truth is simply I must leave to stay would be a crime I'm taking back my sanity - I'm taking back my mind I wish you well let's say goodbye and leave this all behind We're gonna leave this all behind . . . |
"Why Tomorrow?" © Kiran Kairab 2003 What if I let down my defenses? What if let you in to see? What I can be when I no longer have these walls around me Would you know to tread along gently? How can you ask about tomorrow? When I can’t figure out today How can you take away whatever little pride I hold You seem to take a piece of it each day Pre-Chorus: I’ll see - I’m guessing we should take it slow I believe - That time will tell as it unfolds I’ll wait - I’ll wait until I finally know And figure out which way that I should go Chorus: I think I’ll wait until tomorrow Right now just let it be today Don’t ask me for too much right now it seems I can’t let go I can’t let go of all our yesterdays. Verse 3: You tell me this time things are different You tell me this beyond arms length How can it really be so different - tell me baby Tell me while I still - still have the strength Pre-Chorus & Chorus: Bridge: Your eyes - tell me different stories every day I’ll try hard just not to throw it all away Repeat Chorus Three Times |
This is my lovely friend Nancy with her husband, Dale. I sang "Nancy's Smile" during Nancy and Dale's wedding weekend - if you haven't guessed the reason just look at this picture . . . :-) |
"Nancy's Smile" © Kiran Kairab 2003 Tonight we’re looking back upon the moonlit miles Brought together by a magic so worthwhile The precious little things that brought us here today The precious little things she always seems to say I see his glance softly touch upon her face I see a vision full of such amazing grace (Chorus) It’s in her smile; It’s in her eyes You know it ain’t no big surprise Cuz if you know her like I do You know how special and how true Her love so deep it burns a hole Her love so deep it touched his soul Let’s drink a toast to the blessed miles Let’s raise a glass to Nancy’s smile To Nancy’s smile . . . They say that beauty lies much deeper than the skin He holds the key to all her love that lies within She reaches for the stars her fingers touch the sky He reaches for her hands; the truth shines in his eyes I see him bring her only sunshine in the rain I see him hold her close and chase away her pain (Chorus) Even jaded eyes can see it’s meant to be I see that she has found her destiny (Chorus) X 2 Let’s raise a glass . . . |
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"Somethings" © Kiran Kairab 2003 I touched your face; I touched the sky I felt your warm embrace; I heard your lullabye I knew your tenderness – I knew your tender kiss and I saw your loveliness – I just wanted so much more than this (Chorus) You see – something’s just aren’t meant to be It seems that way to me Some things just aren’t meant to be I wished on rusty coins; I wished at every fountain I climbed so many stairs; I couldn’t climb your mountain I lost the keys before – I never could unlock your door I wanted so much more – so much more than I bargained for (Chorus) I crumbled when at your wall cuz I knew it was too high I stumbled and took the fall but I had to close my eyes I’m not your satellite and I can’t see your light tonight It’s like we’re lost in flight and we just can’t make it right (Chorus) I wished on rusty coins; I wished at every single fountain I climbed so many many stairs – but I could not - I could not climb your mountain I lost the keys before – But you had already locked your door And now I know - that I have to let you go because You see – you see - tell me tell me what do you see Something’s just aren’t meant to ... Something’s just aren’t meant to ... Something’s just aren’t meant to ... Something’s just aren’t meant to be Listen to Song You will be directed to my web page on the Washington Post.com MP3 web site where you can download this song. |
"Shade of Gray" © by Kiran Kairab 2004 Strange how tomorrow - Seems the same as yesterday The clouds they seem to pass me by; The time it keeps on slipping by And I’m standing – standing in one place Sometimes I fade into my corner - Sometimes I fade into my fears In this tunnel I cannot define; In this tunnel I cannot divine How I find, find my way from here And it always seems I’m searching for the words To a song that was lost long ago but I think I might have heard you know that I - - never meant to take it all oh so literally I was lost and never found; I climbed up to just fall down These steps that lead me back to nowhere And I - - never meant to make it into such a great big deal I was blinded by the light; I never could tell black from white That’s why it always appears to me . . . In a shade of gray . . . In a shade of gray . . . In a shade of gray . . . In a shade of gray . . . And I - - never meant to call upon your sympathy I turned around, the sun was gone; The storm it threatened but moved on Tell me was I just passing time? And I - - guess it never really was such a great big deal If I was wrong, you weren’t right I never could tell black from white That’s why it always appears to me . . . In a shade of gray . . .. In a shade of gray . . .. In a shade of gray. … In a shade of gray. … In a shade of gray. … In a shade of gray. … If I was wrong, you weren’t right I never could tell black from white That’s why it always appears to me . . . |