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Let Me Love You

by BettySoo

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Don Soper This was BettySoo's first album which as far as I know is out of print. Great stuff, I just wish the artists (or Bandcamp) would include album art (front & back cover, CD etc...) I don't plan to play this wonderful music on crappy computer speakers....enough of this rant. Hope to hear more from Bettysoo in the future. :) Favorite track: The Day You Married Me.
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1.
For Bethany 03:14
When he died, there was no need for sympathy She felt brave for the first time in years And when they put him in the ground It was more of a relief than a tragedy She waved goodbye to Daddy From the windows of the car Taking her far from the tall pine trees That recorded every bad memory And she drove out till she found herself Surrounded by nothing but the grass upon the hills And the orange of the flowers by the road Well she tried to live a different life She had a new name and a new town all her own But as she fell down to the ground She knew that it was just the same as before And she saw her mother in the mirror in the hall She had the same small cheek Of pink and red that pushed her left eye shut So she ran until till she found herself Surrounded by nothing but the grass upon the hills And the orange of the flowers by the road And she imagined a life that looked Much different than this Where a man could love her And she would not want to resist him And she was dreaming, lying, looking up at the sky And every storm cloud coming in Seemed to sympathize So she laid there in the rain Ready to be washed away To the river’s edge and swept into the ocean So there she lay and prayed but found Herself still there Surrounded by nothing but the grass upon the hills And the orange of the flowers by the road
2.
Over You 04:20
I see you everywhere I go You’re getting nice with my friends, I know You’re shopping at all the same stores I do I can’t go anywhere and not find you Everyone who sees you Thinks you want to be with me But I know you don’t You got a dog that looks just like my dog You’re taking him on the same trail I jog You got yourself a new car from my dreams But I know you ain’t as good as you seem I hear my favorite song playing on your radio Real slow as you go Well, you’re the one who said that I was bringing you down But who’d have guessed that after you left Was when you’d start hangin’ around…oh— You got a brand new job in my hometown You got my brother showing you around You said you were over me and we were through Now by becoming me, it’s come true ‘Cause you made every good thing about me A part of you You wanna be the new me Well, you’re the one who said that I was bringing you down But who’d have guessed that after you left Was when you’d start hangin’ around…oh— I can’t want to see your next fling You’ll copy her little everything I think that I am beginning to understand Why you slowly became less a man When you realize You’re nothing more than a disguise What’ll you do? I’m over you.
3.
Her smile’s a ray of sunlight Like she practiced it till she got it right Like a movie star on opening night Light shines right from her hair Spotlight on her everywhere She goes, she goes, she goes Cute clothes on a perfect body She’s at the center of every party She’s friends with everybody She knows, she knows, she knows She spends all day and night With people so she won’t be alone But when she goes to sleep She wonders if she’ll ever really be known She never lets anybody in Let them see the black behind the thin façade And I don’t think it’s true That she’s as happy as she says she is to you She’s got every connection That you’ll never make, a network of perfection She wears her pearls everyday She’ll say they’re nothing in her careless way But when she fingers them, her eyes betray her Acts gracious and is always nice But her friendship comes at its own price Thanks you once but never twice Then she goes, she goes, she goes And she knows, she knows, she knows She spends all day and night With people so she won’t be alone But when she goes to sleep She wonders if she’ll ever really be known She never lets anybody in Let them see the black behind the thin façade And I don’t think it’s true That she’s as happy as she says she is to you
4.
Frail 03:44
You want me to be brave But I don’t know how To summon that kind of courage To do what you say Is good for me will take More than I know I can do I don’t know why You ask so much of me Of anyone in my life, you know how I fail But you put this in my hand A promise I should keep And I don’t want to carry something heavy You should know It’s not just these hands that fail But this heart just gets so weak I’m trying to show That I want to give you more But I don’t think I can do it alone I don’t understand when you say I don’t Have to be all that strong to make it ‘Cause the things you ask of me Are hard and costly And seem to take more than I have to give You should know It’s not just these hands that fail But this heart just gets so weak I’m trying to show That I want to give you more But I don’t think I can do it alone You are here, you’re holding my hand And you say, “My dear, you don’t understand” “I never meant for you to do this on your own,” You say, “My dear, I’ll take you there, Then I will bring you home.”
5.
Mother 03:55
Mother, I wanted you here Mother, breathing then disappeared Father, holding this fragile bird Whispers, watching, then not one word And now I know I’ll never see My life the way I thought it would be Mother, I pray my beautiful dream Is where this finds you I see your hands everywhere Drawings and ghosts of things prepared Where do you lay your head tonight Do you wait for me or do you walk in sunlight And now I know I’ll never see My life the way I thought it would be Mother, I pray my beautiful dream Is where this finds you Images floating around my bed Pictures of your face never leaving my head When did you spirit take its flight Did I see it, a ray of light And now I know I’ll never see My life the way I thought it would be Mother, I pray my beautiful dream Is where this finds you And now I know I’ll never see My life the way I thought it would be Mother, I pray my beautiful dream Is where this finds you
6.
I keep finding small forgotten places Where you have held on to pieces of me And you keep showing up, your face like a dagger Pierces my memory I pray all the time that I could just forget you Never know that you existed Never know you held my hand I try so hard to wash away the memory of you I know your smile is hiding somewhere close by In the corner of a wallet, long forgotten At the bottom of my closet, watching and waiting To break my heart again Find your way in Find another way to leave me Wishing I was done forgetting you There’s not one thing of mine that you hold That I could possibly want back from you But somehow still I feel that you have stolen Something very precious, something I can’t get back I try so hard to wash away the memory of you I know your smile is hiding somewhere close by In the corner of a wallet, long forgotten At the bottom of my closet, watching and waiting To break my heart again Find your way in Find another way to leave me Find another way to stay When I think of the best things in my life You are not counted among them at all Sometimes I want to show you how far I’ve come From the pain you held over me so long Sometimes I’d rather hide every good thing So that you could not take them away I try so hard to wash away the memory of you I know your smile is hiding somewhere In the corner of a wallet, long forgotten At the bottom of my closet, watching and waiting To break my heart again Find your way in Find another way to leave me Wishing I was done forgetting you
7.
You used sweet words, you promised so many things You held my hand, and gave me a second ring It was the happiest I thought I could be All my friends heard you when you said you loved me The day you married me How could just a few months turn our lives around I don’t know how anymore how to stand my ground Well, I am not my own, and you aren’t only yours now These are things that changed Since we made those vows The day you married me This means sacrifice and more humility Than I know that I can give to you like you give to me You make sacrifices and you cover over me And you give me everything, just like you said The day you married me Here is nine o’clock, I’m holding onto you Fighting to stay awake And finish talking the day through You tell me each day Your love is bigger than the day before And I cannot believe it But I know I love you more than The day you married me
8.
It Seems 03:38
You love better than I do And it makes me uneasy And I’m not sure why, ‘cause it seems It’d be the perfect place to be But if anything Sometimes it makes it hard for me To enjoy you, somehow it’s scary I can’t lose you It seems And I can’t control the way you see me And it’s better than I know I really am And I know that I can’t fool you But it almost seems You’ve chosen to change what you perceive Sometimes it’s hard to believe Some days I wish so hard That I could hide this lack of feeling But I know you see it anyway And you know well as I do That I’m never going to love you The way I should The way I wish I could And still the way that I don’t want to It’s too costly, I’m too poor, it seems And I can’t control the way you see me And it’s better than I know I really am And I know that I can’t fool you But it almost seems You’ve chosen to change what you perceive Sometimes I can’t believe
9.
Well I said to you, I said you are my beloved And I’ll care for you, and you’ll never want for nothing But what I gave to you, you spent on other lovers You couldn’t be satisfied with staying true And I gave to you a ring for every finger That you used to hold the faces of other men And your face it shines, it glows with a million colors And in the middle of darkest night, it shows through Every night, I look for you among the dark places Hoping I can bring you home with me And sometimes, you’re ready, you’re sorry You want to come home But mostly, when I find you, you run If I could hold you close Hold you long enough next to me I’d take you in and wash the perfume from your hair And I’d give to you a ring for every finger And I’d marry you all over again Every night, I look for you among the dark places Hoping I can bring you home with me And sometimes, you’re ready, you’re sorry You want to come home But mostly, when I find you, you run And I’d be happy just to be your only lover I’d never need to remember the past And it would be enough That you would choose to stay And let me love you Every night, I look for you among the dark places Hoping I can bring you home with me And sometimes, you’re ready, you’re sorry You want to come home But mostly, when I find you, you run
10.
Family Man 03:44
He brings a good paycheck, keeps them fed He does good at his business He keeps ahead He drives a nice car, stays between the lines People ask how he’s doing, says he’s doing fine He’s a family man He does what he can Volunteers at church with the offering plate He always makes the service, never comes late His kids are always in the Christmas musical He’ll make sure this year their stockings get full He’s a family man He does what he can And He’s not looking to fool around He keeps to his business Keeps his eyes on the ground But every once in a while that pretty girl comes in And he wonders what would happen, if it’d be a sin He’s a family man He’s a family man He feels so alone late at night He can’t help but miss his wife Just one year ago she closed her eyes He promised he would never, ever compromise He’s a family man He does what he can

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BettySoo's debut album, produced by Stephen Doster, featuring 10 of the first songs she ever wrote. It met positive press reviews locally and nationally.

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released May 31, 2005

Words & music by BettySoo, (c) 2005 BettySoo/Sweet Papaya Music, BMI. Produced by Stephen Doster, Recorded by James Stevens, Bridge Studio, Austin, TX

BettySoo: vocals, acoustic guitar. Stephen Doster: electric guitar. Todd Wilson: keys and bass guitar. Jim Echels: drums.

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In the past ten years, BettySoo zigzagged her way across the North American and European continents dozens of times. The Austin American-Statesman says BettySoo has "exceptionally well-arranged songs, as easily equal in precision to, say, Patty Griffin or Alison Krauss…a confidence that speaks volumes,” and KUT praises her "beautiful, heart-wrenching songs that are also edgy and unwavering." ... more

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