Here’s my MCC collection:

Walking Through Fire (from Come On Come On)

When you set a match to your heart, fueling it with bitterness and doubt
That’s the place that once it starts, no amount of tears can put out
I know you’re scared, but no one’s spared when you play with matches

You got me walking through fire
You got me walking through fire

Maybe you’ve been burned by lovers, maybe you’ve been scarred by the pain
But baby, I’m not like the others, drawing moths to a flame
Spite is like a spark, crackling in the dark, consuming all it catches
And you got me walking through fire
You got me walking through fire to get to you
Got me walking through fire (walking through fire)
You got me walking through fire (walking through fire)

You can see the toll it’s taking, you can feel the faith it’s shaking
You can hear the heart it’s breaking now

Baby, I’ve been burned by the fever, I’ve been scorched by desire
But baby, I am not your deceiver or your eloquent liar
Your jealous heart is tearing us apart, turning love to ashes

When you got me walking through fire
You’ve got me walking through fire to get to you
Got me walking through fire
You’ve got me walking through fire
You’ve got me walking through fire (walking through fire)
You’ve got me walking through fire (walking through fire)

As the flames shoot higher
You got me walking through fire (through fire), walking

******************************

Just Because (from Hometown Girl)

Have you ever loved someone you knew nothing of
Except you’d seen the light inside their eyes

Have you ever loved
Whether right or wrong
Have you ever loved someone
Just because
Have you ever tried to speak the truth instead of lie
When it seemed you had everything to lose
Have you ever tried to stand your ground instead of hide
When staying only made you look a fool
And now I see the ones, who’ve lost so much
They swear they’re done
With love and all the chance it brings for pain
But have you ever touched, and by itself it was enough
To make you want to reach out once again

And I’ll touch you when I need a friend
Or just a small reminder
That I haven’t grown too cold to feel
You penetrate my armor

**************************************

Not Too Much to Ask (Come On Come On)

Now I can only dream of being all you need
And I can only try to be the reason why
You think about today and forget about the past
It’s too much to expect, but it’s not too much to ask.

*************************************

Quittin Time (the Party Doll and other Favorites Version)

Hey baby tell me what we’re gonna do
It’s getting crazy and I need some help from you
We were so connected that you were a part of me
Now I feel an emptiness right to the heart of me

But you pretend and I pretend
That everything is fine
And though we should be at an end
It’s so hard admittin’
When it’s quittin’ time

Hey baby I’m running out of things to say
Please don’t hate me this feeling just won’t go away
Now we’re spending all our time caught in a fantasy
Just trying to keep in mind the way it used to be

But you pretend and I pretend
That everything is fine
And though we should be at an end
It’s so hard admittin’
When it’s quittin’ time

But you pretend and I pretend
That everything is fine
And though we should be at an end
It’s so hard admittin’
When it’s quittin’ time

*************************

A Keeper for Every Flame (Stones in the Road)

There is someone in his past that he hasn’t gotten over yet
Each day’s like the last, he just misses what he can’t forget

It’s just an empty space where something used to be
Now he guards the gate, but he’s lost the key
So no one enters, but no one leaves
There’s a keeper for every flame

Thought my heart had broken, but it was just a little bruised
I thought love had spoken, I guess I was just confused

Sometimes we were a fire burning out of control
Sometimes we were nothing but a candle glow
But it never died, baby, how I know
There’s a keeper for every flame

**********************************

What You Didn’t Say (Shooting Straight in the Dark)
I can read your eyes just like a book
You tell me different, but I know that look
And I don’t have to guess what’s between the lines

So what in the world am I still doing here
You push me away when I get too near
Saying love’s too simple to analyze

Where are the windows, where are the doors?
I haven’t the key to your heart anymore
I haven’t a clue to what’s gone wrong

I never wanted to doubt you
But I’d be better off without you
I’m no good at looking the other way
It wasn’t what you said, it’s what you didn’t say

So look at me one last time
With eyes that still know how to shine
Hold me like you won’t let go
But you let go anyway

No one belongs where they’re not wanted
You’re just a ghost, and my heart is haunted
When I said goodbye, you didn’t even beg me to stay
It wasn’t what you said, it’s what you didn’t say
No baby, it wasn’t what you said, it’s what you didn’t say

************************

It Don’t Bring You (State of the Heart)

Well I know it ain’t been roses lately, baby, it’s just been thorns
And no matter what we do, nothing seems to change
Love has always been my shelter, for you it’s been a storm
But for a while I thought we’d almost beat the rain

Now there’s a hole here in my pocket where all my dreams have gone
Fallen out like so many nickels and dimes
And last of all you, you’d always been my good luck charm
I should’ve known that luck’s a waste of time

‘Cause it don’t bring you love if you don’t love
And it don’t bring you time if you ain’t got time
And it don’t bring you strength, baby, if you ain’t strong
And it don’t bring you kindness if you ain’t kind

Now there’s a whole lot of life to be unsure of
But there’s one thing I can safely say I know
That of all the things that finally desert us
Pride is always the last thing to go

But it won’t bring you love if you don’t love
And it won’t bring you time if you ain’t got time
And it won’t bring you strength, baby, if you ain’t strong
And it won’t bring you kindness if you ain’t kind

And now I wish you only roses, baby, without the thorns
And I hope your dreams are always within reach
And I wish you shelter, baby, from all your storms
They scared you, but they never seemed to teach

That I can’t bring you love if you don’t love
And I can’t bring you time if you ain’t got time
And I can’t bring you strength, baby, if you ain’t strong
And I can’t bring you kindness if you ain’t kind
And I can’t bring you kindness if you ain’t kind

********************************

When She’s Gone (Shooting Straight in the Dark)

She threw her purse upon the bed
She looked around and shook her head
There’s really nothing left, she said
There’s nothing I ain’t done
She wore your favorite dress tonight
She hoped her hair would catch the light
And you just sat there gettin’ tight
On double shots of rum

You don’t care what people say
They’re gonna say it anyway
You don’t hear what you can’t use
It’s always been the same old news
You don’t beg and you don’t plead
Or miss a thing that you don’t need
She knew by the way you kissed her
When she’s gone, you won’t miss her

Morning comes on an old cat’s paws
And when the sun hits the walls
The light’s as bright as it ever was
After or before
And you wince as waking pounds your head
And you drag your arm across the bed
And the tangled sheets and the twisted spread
Fall onto the floor

And the kitchen table finds you silent
If you had a thought, now you can’t find it
You take a long drag on your smoke
And taste your coffee growing cold
She didn’t beg and you didn’t plead
She knew exactly how to leave
The way she knew when you kissed her
When she’s gone, you won’t miss her

She didn’t beg and you didn’t plead
She knew exactly when to leave
The way she knew as you kissed her
When she’s gone, you won’t miss her

******************************