Repeated Themes

**Repeated Themes** is a page of repeated word/phrases in Lady A's lyrics that are *not* part of an overall motif or re-used similar lyrics. This is a sub-page of Song Connections.

## California Kings

* Heart Break: In a California king I made.
* Mansion: Sleeping by your side, California king.

## Celestial Bodies

##### The Moon

* Perfect Day: As the moon came out and the fire burned.
* Just A Kiss: Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight.
* Get to Me: Got a full moon risin'.
* On A Night Like This: The moon sits still.

##### Stars

* Perfect Day: I couldn't help but think with the stars above.
* Golden: My single star amongst the gray, always shinin' down.
* One Great Mystery: I don't know how many stars fill the sky.
* All Nighter: I'm falling and feeling like a star right out of a midnight skyer.
* Famous: Ain't a mystery why a star goes down in flames.
* What I'm Leaving For: Picked the right stars, made the right wish.
* On A Night Like This: And the stars are watching too.
* Be That For You: When you need a North Star in the night.

## Cities

* Downtown: They wanna stroll on a city sidewalk.
* Fire: All the city lights and a boy who changed his mind.

## Days of the Week

##### Monday

* You Keep Thinking That: I'm drinking on a Monday in heartbreak Hell.

##### Saturday

* Downtown: We used to smoke while we were jaywalking, like it was your birthday every other saturday night.
* It Ain't Pretty: But it just happened to be Saturday night.
* Things He Handed Down: "Don't let a ball game ruin your Saturday".

###### Sunday

* What A Song Can Do: Makes you wanna take a Sunday drive.
* Home Sweet: Your love is like a porch swing on Sunday.

## Diamonds

* Love's Lookin' Good on You: Yeah, you shine like diamonds in everything you do. [...] You shine like diamonds do.
* Champagne Night: No, we ain't drippin' in diamonds.
* Mansion: I like diamond rings.
* Friends Don't Let Friends: Yeah, he was gonna put a diamond on her hand.

## Dresses

* Lookin' for a Good Time: You shouldn't have worn that dress, you shouldn't dance like that.
* Something 'Bout a Woman: Slips a red dress on and her eyes light up.
* Downtown: I got a dress that'll show a little uh-uh.
* Bartender: Slip on my favorite dress and sky high leather boots.
* Heart Break: Don't need nobody's help, zippin' up my own dress.
* Like A Lady: Leave the dress at home 'cause it makes me too polite.

## Fire

##### Direct

* Perfect Day: As the moon came out and the fire burned.
* Something 'Bout a Woman: She's like a fire on the mountain.
* Just A Kiss: Just a touch of the fire burning so bright.
* Famous: Ain't a mystery why a star goes down in flames.
* Fire: You're gonna find what you're made of walking through fire, fire.

##### Indirect

* Can't Take My Eyes Off You: I know that the bridges that I've burned along the way.
* Love This Pain: It's just strikin' a match, a tank of gas, combination. [...] But here I am again, lightin' it up, knowin' that she'll just burn me.
* Goodbye Town: And I can't burn the whole place down.
* Better Off (Now That You're Gone): Now the candles have all burned out and the doors are locked and chained.
* Talk Of This Town: Like we lit a match when we broke up. [...] Now the little of what's still left of us is burning door to door.
* Things He Handed Down: "Don't burn a bridge that maybe one day you'll have to cross".

## Lighthouses

* Home: Like a lighthouse when I'm lost at sea.
* Ocean: Like a lighthouse, I've been shining bright.

## Weather

##### Lightning

* Bottle Up Lightning: But holding you is just like trying, to bottle up lightning.
* Get to Me: But I want you just like lightnin'.

##### Rain

* One Day You Will: You walk outside and all you see is rain, you look inside and all you feel is pain.
* Get to Me: Like a drop of rain, gotta find the way.
* It Ain't Pretty: Outside, it's starting to rain.
* Can't Stand the Rain: I'll be your umbrella when you just can't stand the rain.
* Golden: While the rain is fallin'.
* Chance Of Rain: Is like never seeing summer 'cause a chance of rain.

##### Sun

* One Day You Will: But down the road, the sun is shining.
* Emily: And wake up with the sunrise, in your arms.
* Perfect Day: As the sun came breaking down through the clouds. [...] We got to the spot and the sun was hot.
* When You Got a Good Thing: The sunshine sure looks good on you, I swear.
* Something 'Bout a Woman: You're the colors of the sun at the end of the day.
* All Nighter: Till the sun stings back up, 'cause we just can't get enough.
* Alright: Gray skies try their best to cover up my sunshine, but not today, not today.
* Chance Of Rain: Never feeling that sunshine.
* Home Sweet: Just as gentle as a summer sunrise.

##### Sun + Rain

* Life As We Know It: As the sun surely follows the rain.
* Be That For You: I'll be your sun, I'll be your rain.