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"A Gift For Melody Anne" lyrics

Swept Away Original Broadway Cast, The Avett Brothers, Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe, John Gallagher Jr. & Wayne Duvall Lyrics

"A Gift For Melody Anne"
(from "Swept Away" soundtrack)

I wanna get back
I wanna get square
I wanna get back all the hopes and dreams that I had
That the good Lord above us can spare
Like the preacher said
I don't wanna lose heart
I don't wanna get beat, beat down by the big big world
Or quit before I even start

Lord, I just want my life to be true
(I just want my life to be true)
Yeah, and I just want my heart to be true
(I just want my heart to be true)
Yeah, and I just want my words to be true
(I just want my words)

I want my soul to feel brand-new

I wanna hold hands
Yeah, and I wanna make love
And I wanna keep running all day and all night
Even when my mind tells my body, "That's enough"
And I wanna stand up
Yeah, and I wanna stand tall
If I ever have a son, if I ever have a daughter
I don't wanna tell them that I didn't give my all

Yeah!

Lord, I just want my life to be true
(I just want my life to be true)
Yeah, and I just want my heart to be true
(I just want my heart to be true)
Oh, and I just want my words to be true
(I just want my words)

I want my soul to feel brand, brand-new
Like a fresh coat of paint
We could make it anything but blue
Anything but blue

Now when your dreams start saying
"I can't come true. You'd be better off without me"
No

Don't let 'em go
Don't let them go!

No

And I just want my life to be true
(I just want my life to be true)
Yeah, and I just want my heart to be true
(I just want my heart to be true)
Oh, and I just want my words to be true
(I just want my words)

I want my soul to feel brand, brand-new
Like a fresh coat of paint
We could make it anything but blue
Anything but blue

No

I want my soul to feel brand-new
I want my soul to feel brand-new


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Writer(s): Robert William Crawford, Timothy Seth Avett, Scott Yancey Avett
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soundtrack: "Swept Away" (2025)
Swept Away Original Broadway Cast, The Avett Brothers, Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe, John Gallagher Jr. & Wayne Duvall - Swept Away soundtrack cover
Prelude
(Instrumental)
The Charnel House
Go To Sleep
Hard Worker (Part 1)
Nothing Short Of Thankful
Hard Worker (Part 2)
Swept Away
Lord Lay Your Hand On My Shoulder
Ain't No Man
May It Last
Murder In The City
The Shipwreck
A Gift For Melody Anne
Through My Prayers
Two Tableaux
(Instrumental)
Satan Pulls The Strings
No Hard Feelings
Go To Sleep (Reprise)
Finale
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