Nothing but Need
© 2006 Marie Bellet, Ordinary Time Music

Call me an ambitious girl, I thought I’d manage a smile
I planned it half the afternoon, the tone, the look, the style
But when he walked in an hour late, the center couldn’t hold
I looked him in the eye and said “Your dinners getting cold.”

There are dishes in the sink and the kids are in my hair
And he’s on the computer all plugged in and unaware
And even if I had the faith to move a mountain many miles
I believe it would be harder still to move this heart to smile

So please get to the punch line, I’ve got to know
Dear God, don’t You leave me down here all alone, cause…

I’m nothing but need, I need You
I’m nothing but want, I want You
Fill me with nothing but love
Fill me with nothing but love

So I’m over my head and under the gun
I don’t ask for signs and wonders, just don’t let me come undone
Fresh out of good intentions I am nothing at all
But on the other side of nothing is a pure and joyful call

I’m nothing but need, I need You
I’m nothing but want, I want You
Fill me with nothing but love
Fill me with nothing but love

Have You been waiting to be asked? Have You been waiting all this while?
To send me that simple miracle of grace that brings a smile? Well,…

I’m nothing but need, I need You
I’m nothing but want, I want You
Fill me with nothing but love
Fill me with nothing but love
I’m nothing but need, I need You

He Loved Me First
© 2017 Marie Bellet, Ordinary Time Music

He loved me first and I was slow to come around
He had a lot of nerve and he talked a bit too loud
A refugee from New York City, He made me feel like I was pretty
He loved me first and I was slow to come around

The interview got a bit off track
I sang him Crazy in the parking lot out back
A little reckless I confess, went for a barefoot run in my yellow dress
The interview got a bit off track

Little by little, year after year
We smoothed out the edges, calmed all our fears
He was the one who was steady and strong
Maybe I loved him all along

He loved me first and he loves me still today
For better or worse, he chose to stay
A refugee from cold and lonely, I am his and he’s my only
He loved me first and he loves me still today
He loved me first and he loves me still today