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I found this Cd by chance in a musicstore in november 1993, So I found a treasure of ballads, is beautiful to listen Laura singing again. The sweetness of these songs couldn't be more far from commercial intentions, despite of songs from Roxette, Gloria Stefan, Michael Bolton and Branigan brethen. Laura perfomed with taste and I love the songs "Only time will tell", "How can I help you to say goodbye" & "Over my heart", but I guess that in this album Laura Branigan begin to says: "...the sad goodbye".
(1993)

Song List:

  How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye [4:29]
  The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye [5:07]
  Over My Heart [4:24]
  It's Been Hard Enough Getting Over You [3:41]
  Is There Anybody Here But Me? [4:51]
  Love Your Girl [4:34]
  Didn't We Almost Win It All [5:09]
  Only Time Will Tell [4:25]
  I'll Wait For You [4:40]
  Mujer Contra Mujer [5:07]
  Over You [5:20]
  Mangwane (The Wedding Song) [4:02]

 

How Can I Help You
To Say Good Bye

Through the back window
of our '59 wagon
I watched my best friend Jamie slipping
further away
I kept on waving
till I couldn't see her
And through my tears I asked again
why we couldn't stay

Mama whispered softly
time will ease your pain
Life's about changing
nothing ever stays the same

And she said
how can I help you to say goodbye
It's okay to hurt
and it's okay to cry
Come let me hold you
and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye

I sat on our bed
he packed his suitcase
I held a picture
of our wedding day
His hands were trembling
we both were crying
He kissed me gently
and then he quickly walked away

I called up Mama
she said, time will ease your pain
Life's about changing
nothing ever stays the same

And she said
how can I help you to say goodbye
It's okay to hurt
and it's okay to cry
Come let me hold you
and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye


Sitting with Mama
alone in her bedroom
She opened her eyes
and then squeezed my hand
She said, I have to go now
my time here is over
And with her final words
she tried to help me understand

Mama whispered softly
time will ease your pain
Life's about changing
nothing ever stays the same

And she said
how can I help you to say goodbye
It's okay to hurt
and it's okay to cry
Come let me hold you
and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye

The Sweet Hello,
The Sad Goodbye

Red like fire was the day I met you
I tell you now, there are no regrets
In this room there are many memories
Some are good, some I try to forget
I thought we were the chosen ones
who were supposed to fly

We're very much the same, you and I
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye
Still waiting to get hurt, time after time
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye
When love lies in our hands,
we seem to run and hide
And I can't help but wonder why
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye

My heart was like a runaway train, babe
I don't believe I've ever felt more alive
In this room I hear voices linger
We never talked about our pride
You know you're not the only one
Who knows how to cry
We're very much the same, you and I
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye
Still waiting to get hurt, time after time
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye
When love lies in our hands,
we run away and hide
And I can't help but wonder why
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye

Over My Heart

I've been burned by love, fooled by deception
Though times have changed I still feel the pain
I would hold back my true emotions
And if someone got close
I would change my direction
Then you walked into the picture
Right into my soul

I knew from the first night together
I never had a chance
I'm in over my heart this time
Don't know how I could be so blind
I was playin' it safe, but I made a mistake
Ignoring the danger signs
I'm in over my heart, over my heart this time

Well you told me you loved me
I got lost for a minute
Tangled is silence, nothing to say
I was in love, but I didn't know it
And the look in my face was a dead give away
Then you walked into the picture
Right into my soul

I knew from the first night together
I never had a chance
I'm in over my heart this time
And I can't get you out of my mind
It's like I'm frozen in place
and I just can't run away
I'm in over my heart this time
Don't know how I could be so blind
I'm in over my heart, over my heart this time

I'm in over my heart this time
And I can't get you out of my mind
I was playin'it safe, but I made a mistake
Ignoring the danger signs
I'm in over my heart, over my heart

Over my heart
Don't know how I could be so blind
I was playin'it safe, but I made a mistake
Over my heart this time
How I could be so blind
I was playin'it safe, but I made a mistake
Over my heart

It's Been Hard Enough
Getting Over You

For the first time in such a long time
I've been feeling there's some reason
To hold on through the night
And for the first time
since you broke this heart of mine
I find myself believing
It's really going to be alright

Now you're asking me to let you
walk back into my life
Something I can't bring myself to do
Cause it's been hard enough getting over you
Ya know you kept me holdin' on til the end
Oh, it's been hard enough getting over you
I don't think that I could say goodbye again

I could trust you, but it's out of my hands
I once believed your promises
Believed in every word you said
I still love you
but my heart won't take the chance
That all the pain I've left behind me
Might be waiting for me up ahead

Just remember
it was you who walked right out of my life
Oh, you don't know
what I've been through
Cause it's been hard enough getting over you
Ya know you kept me holdin' on til the end
Oh, it's been hard enough getting over you
I don't think that I could say goodbye again

I made a promise to myself
And this one, I'm not gonna break
I've made it without you,
and I'm not about to
Just turn around and make the same mistake

Cause it's been hard enough getting over you
Ya know you kept me holdin' on til the end
Oh, it's been hard enough getting over you
I don't think that I could say goodbye
I know that I can't say goodbye
I don't think that I could say goodbye again

Is There Anybody Here But Me

Sitting in La Casolette
The same place we first met
Trying to talk it out before the fall
You look the other way
I struggle for the words to say
Feels like I'm talking to the wall
I can here them play our song
But somehow it sounds all wrong
In a lost romance, dancing a lonely dance
With a heart that doesn't beat as much
Fingers that have lost their touch
Looking into eyes that just don't see
We dance a little loud at times
I laugh when I feel like crying
Is there anybody here but me

Two silhouettes in the dark
So close, so far apart
Going through the motions of the past
The night is coming to an end
It's getting harder to pretend
But still we try to keep this love alive

With a heart that doesn't beat as much
Fingers that have lost their touch
Looking into eyes that just don't see
We dance a little loud at times
I laugh when I feel like crying
Is there anybody here but me

Never dreamed what we started
could end like this
Lovers saying goodbye
with a strangers kiss

With a heart that doesn't beat as much
Fingers that have lost their touch
Looking into eyes that just don't see
We dance a little loud at times
I laugh when I feel like crying
Is there anybody here but me
Is there anybody here but me
Is there anybody here but me

Love Your Girl

Oh I love my baby and my baby sure loves me
He understands me like no other so naturally
I spoil my baby with love too hot to throw away
I don't think he'll ever find
Another that 'll love him that way
Oh baby please, every night
The only thing I really need
To keep me satisfied

You really gotta love your girl!
You really gotta love your girl,
don't let go Show her how much you care
You really gotta love your girl!
You never gonna lose this girl
Say that It's true, she is your world

My baby knows me
He knows what I love and what to do
He takes me to heaven
and I know just how to take him too
I know of no desire
my baby has that I can't fulfill
For all the times that we've made love
I've never really had my fill
Oh baby please, every night
The only thing I really need
To keep me satisfied

You really gotta love your girl!
You really gotta love your girl,
don't let go Show her how much you care
You really gotta love your girl!
You never gonna lose this girl
Say that It's true, she is your world

You really gotta love your girl!
You really gotta love your girl,
don't let go Show her how much you care
You really gotta love your girl!
You never gonna lose this girl
Say that It's true, she is your world

Oh baby please, every night
The only thing I really need
To keep me satisfied

You really gotta love your girl!
You really gotta love your girl,
don't let go Show her how much you care
You really gotta love your girl!
You never gonna lose this girl
Say that It's true, she is your world

Didn't We Almost Win It All

You don't act the same
And your eyes have changed
I don't want to hear the words you say
I don't want to know the pain
And I see your lips move
But I can't hear the sound
So I turn my head away
As my heart drops to the ground

And I try to see right through you
But It's all in vain
Like a locomotive blinded by the rain
And I swear that you loved me
just the other way
I still remember how you used to say:

I would die for you, I would live for you
I would fight for the right, just to give to you
You can set me free but you'll come back to me Didn't We Almost win, Didn't We Almost win It All

Time seems to heal wounds
Well that's what they say
But it doesn't matter now
Cause I never felt that way
And I see your lips move
But I can't hear the sound
So I turn my head away
As my heart drops to the ground

And I try to see right through you
But It's all in vain
Like a locomotive blinded by the rain
And I swear that you loved me
just the other way
I still remember how you used to say:

I would die for you, I would live for you
I would fight for the right, just to give to you
You can set me free but you'll come back to me Didn't We Almost win, Didn't We Almost win It All

I could swear that you loved me
just the other way
I still remember how you used to say:
I would die for you, I would live for you
I would fight for the right, just to give to you
You can set me free but you'll come back to me Didn't We Almost win, Didn't We Almost win It All

You can set me free but you'll come back to me Didn't We Almost win, Didn't We Almost win It All

Only Time Will Tell

We're all a mystery
In this world in which we live
And there's n guarantee
That we'll get back what we give
We take a chance on love
A dream that lasts forever
We're only flesh and blood
Throwing coins in a wishing well

Only time will tell if a love is true
Only time will tell what a heart is gonna do
Only time will who's the dreamer, who's the fool
Only time will tell

We time the ties that bind
With a simple act of faith
No matter how we try
We're in the hands of fate

We take the gift of life
And give it to each other
We promise you and I
A promise that we'll try to keep

Only time will tell if a love is true
Only time will tell what a heart is gonna do
Only time will who's the dreamer, who's the fool
Only time will tell

We take the gift of life
And give it to each other
We promise you and I
A promise that we'll try to keep

Only time will tell if a love is true
Only time will tell what a heart is gonna do
Only time will who's the dreamer, who's the fool
Only time will tell

I'll Wait For You

Time, time gets the best of me
Moving on endlessly, when we're apart
Faith, faith is the strengh I need
Faith is the inner key, the key to the heart
Just a face in the crowd
Is all that it takes for the memory
Of that pale cool night, with you by my side
When all that I wanted was you

Wherever we run, whatever we choose
Wheter we win or if we lose
Until the sun no longer shines
I'll wait for you
Wherever we run, whatever we choose
Wheter or not our dreams come true
Until we reach the end of time
I'll wait for you

You, you are my fantasy
You are my destiny Like the sea to the shore
Faith, faith is the strengh I need
Faith is the inner key, the key to the heart

Just a face in the crowd
Is all that it takes for the memory
Of that pale cool night, with you by my side
When all that I wanted was you

Wherever we run, whatever we choose
Wheter we win or if we lose
Until the sun no longer shines
I'll wait for you
Wherever we run, whatever we choose
Wheter or not our dreams come true
Until we reach the end of time
I'll wait for you

I, I close my eyes and see
Your body next to me
Your lips on mine

Wherever we run, whatever we choose
Wheter we win or if we lose
Until the sun no longer shines
I'll wait for you
Wherever we run, whatever we choose
Wheter or not our dreams come true
Until we reach the end of time
I'll wait for you

Mujer Contra Mujer

Nada tienen de especial
dos mujeres que se dan la mano
el matiz viene despues
cuando lo hacen por debajo del mantel
Luego a solas sin nada que perder
tras las manos va el resto de la piel
Un amor por ocultar
y aunque en cueros no hay donde esconderlo
lo disfrazan de amistad
cuando sale a pesar por la ciudad

Una opina que aquello no esta bien
la otra opina que que se le va a hacer
y lo que opinen los demas esta demas
Quien detiene palomas al vuelo
volando a ras del suelo mujer contra mujer

No estoy yo por la labor
de tirarles la primera piedra
si equivoco la ocasion
y las hallo labio a labio en el salon
ni siquiera me atrevere a toser
si no gusto ya se lo que hay que hacer
que con mis piedras hacen ellas su pared

Quien detiene palomas al vuelo
volando a ras del suelo mujer contra mujer

Una opina que aquello no esta bien
la otra opina que que se le va a hacer
y lo que opinen los demas esta demas
Quien detiene palomas al vuelo
volando a ras del suelo mujer contra mujer

Quien detiene palomas al vuelo
volando a ras del suelo mujer contra mujer

Over You

I don't lose my breath
When I hear a step on the stairway
And my heart doesn't stop
When I hear a knock at my door
I say to myself
It's just some old friend of mine
I don't think for a moment, boy
That you've changed your mind

I'm over you I'm finally over you
Just like you've gotten over me
Just like you did so easily
I'm over you This time I'm over you
I really don't care what you do
Just don't tell yourself
I'm still in love with you

Things have fallen in place
And there's hardly a trace of you anywhere
I've got too much to do
To keep thinking of you coming home
And I don't expect
that you turn will come to cry
Cause after all, baby
It was you who said goodbye

I'm over you This time I'm really over you
Just like you've gotten over me
Just like you did so easily
I'm over you This time I'm really over you
I really don't care what you do
Just don't tell yourself
I'm still in love with you

Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh. Oh, ooohhhh
I'm over you This time I'm really over you
I don't give a damn what you do
Just don't tell yourself
I'm still in love with you

This time I'm over you
I swear I'm really over you
I really don't care what you do
Just don't tell yourself
I'm still in love with you

I'm over you
I swear I'm really over you
Just like you've gotten over me
Just like you did so easily

I'm over you
I swear I'm really over you
I really don't care what you do
Just don't tell yourself
I'm still in love with you

I'm over you, I'm over you

Mangwane

Mangwane, Mpulele Ke nelwa pula
Mangwane, Mpulele Ke nelwa pula

Le ga di le peli, le ga di le tharo
Nka nyala mosadi
Le ga di le peli, le ga di le tharo
Nka nyala mosadi


Mangwane, Mpulele Ke nelwa pula
Mangwane, Mpulele Ke nelwa pula
Mangwane, Mpulele Ke nelwa pula
Mangwane, Mpulele Ke nelwa pula

Le ga di le peli, le ga di le tharo
Nka nyala mosadi
Le ga di le peli, le ga di le tharo
Nka nyala mosadi


(Mangwane!)
Mangwane , Mpulele Ke nelwa pula
(Mangwane!)
Mangwane, Mpulele Ke nelwa pula
(Mangwane!)
Mangwane , Mpulele Ke nelwa pula
(Mangwane!)
Mangwane, Mpulele Ke nelwa pula


(Le ga di le peli)
Le ga di le peli, le ga di le tharo
Nka nyala mosadi
(Le ga di le peli)
Le ga di le peli, le ga di le tharo
Nka nyala mosadi

(Le ga di le peli)
Le ga di le peli, le ga di le tharo
Nka nyala mosadi
(Le ga di le peli)
Le ga di le peli, le ga di le tharo
Nka nyala mosadi


(repeat)