[ti:Cartwheels] [ar:Vonda Shepard] [al:The Radical Light] [offset:500] [00:00.00]written by Vonda Shepard [00:04.00] [00:21.45]Oh mama we'd sail away [00:29.47]Doing cartwheels on the front lawn everyday [00:41.61]And you'd sing "Here Comes The Sun" [00:46.28]Then we'd dance together [00:49.90]I thought it would last forever [00:54.22]I see my life fly on by [01:03.20]Like a soldier in the rain [01:06.53]With a shining road ahead of me [01:10.74]For once in my life I wanna be happy [01:19.00]Stop running from my memories [01:22.80]Being on the road sets me free... but sometimes [01:31.56]I want to come back home [01:35.98]I want to hear your voice say to me [01:42.36]Be yourself, 'cause that's all that matters baby [01:51.62]Oh mama you'd carry me away [01:59.31]On the rooftops and in the high trees [02:07.02]That's where I used to dream [02:12.58]I'd close my eyes and hear you sing [02:20.23]"Blackbird in the dead of night" [02:24.96]I see your life fly on by [02:34.39]Mama don't you be afraid [02:37.29]Look at all the love that you have made [02:41.92]Oh mama you want us to forgive you [02:50.81]But you did nothing wrong [02:54.17]You followed your road for so long...that sometimes [03:03.21]You want to come back home [03:07.34]You want it all to be the way it was [03:13.54]Shaynamaidala...doing cartwheels on the lawn [03:23.82]All the planes are out tonight [03:27.88]I see them flying...lighting up the sky