Story Behind The Song
I wrote the song with Swedish singer/songwriter Lisen Elwin on the island of Iniseer off the coast of Ireland. We were taking part in a songwriting collaboration week.
Song Description
Breaking up. The song is hopeful and positive that the future will bring happiness yet sad at leaving.
| Song Length |
3:38 |
Genre |
Folk - Country, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Poignant |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Freedom |
| Similar Artists |
Joni Mitchell, Jim Croce |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
LETTING GO
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010
Bags are packed, no turning back
Nothing stands in my way
Words unsaid, Unmade bed
I know that I will be okay
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go.
Feeling free, got all I need
Heart of dreams and wings to fly
Song to sing, I know, everything
Yes it's gonna be alright
Chorus
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
Bridge
Running down the freedom road
Like a bullet from a gun
Living only in the here and now
No turning back the pages, no future in the past
Now and then I will think of you
I'll follow my own rainbow, out across the blue
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
To somewhere I don't know
Somewhere I don't know
To somewhere I don't know, Letting Go
By: Willie Murphy & Lisen Elwin
IMRO Member. Copyright 2010