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If I Had Let My Eyes Decide

from Tell Me A Story by Elise Massa

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main vocals: Elise Massa
keyboard: Peter Chace
guitar: Elise Massa

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I once met an old man who was old, wrinkled and grey
If I had let my eyes decide, I would have walked away
His stories were of adventure, and mystery and love
And his crows feet grew from praying to the sky and Son above
the whiskey on his breath keeps him sober through the day
if I had let my eyes decide, I'd have had too much to say

I once met a woman with stains on all her clothes,
If I had let my eyes decide, I would have gone back home
She told me of the tears that have soaked her tattered skirt,
Her child is at school, and comes home to sleep in dirt
The coins that line her pockets feed the lining in her stomach
If I had let my eyes decide, I'd have thought quite little of it

I once met a gentle man with colors on his arm
If I had let my eyes decide, I'd have thought he meant me harm
He told me that his pictures were the still frames of his life
That gave him strength and character for his future, Christian wife
His hope is just to love the ones the world chose to ignore
If I had let my eyes decide, I would have wanted more

I once met a girl with a sweater for each season
If I had let my eyes decide, I'd have not asked for a reason
She told me that each sweater hides the scars on both her wrists
And her entourage of friends conceals the only one she'll miss
The pills will not stay down because she’s not sure where she’ll go
If I had let my eyes decide, I never would have known

I meet so many people but we never truly meet
I pass my judgment as I pass them on the street
I'd never ask them questions, I'd simply just assume
That the way the look today is who they were straight from the womb
If I had let my eyes decide, how would I see within
How can I find the heart of man, if all I see is skin

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from Tell Me A Story, released April 17, 2010
Elise Hindmarsh: main vocals, background vocals, guitar
Peter Chace: keyboard

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Elise Massa Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Elise Massa is a singer-songwriter and director of music & worship arts in Pittsburgh, PA.

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