Karla Anderson

Uninvited
Performed by: Karla Anderson
Songwriter: Karla Anderson
© Betty Black Music 2026

Love showed up uninvited
Forced its way in
And invaded my space
With all those thoughts I’ve decided
Should stay buried within
The kindness of a friendly face

Our connection
Was a redirection
Of a love you once had and love you lost
But I know my place
To fill the empty space
And to remind you of the cost

You said “I love being inside of you”
But who were you talking to
Who were you talking to
I know it wasn’t me
When I felt your love
Who were you thinking of
Who were you thinking of
Cause I know it wasn’t me

Love showed up uninvited

And when love just feels like shame
A humiliating game
Only meant to punish a few
Please don’t punish me too

You said “I love being inside of you”
But who were you talking to
Who were you talking to
Cause I know it wasn’t me
And when I felt your love
Who were you thinking of
Who were you dreaming of
Cause I know it wasn’t me
It was never me, it will never be me
I know it wasn’t me

Love showed up uninvited

Summer Came
Performed by: Karla Anderson
Songwriter: Karla Anderson
© Betty Black Music 2025

Summer came
And so did you with the desert heat
A dormant flame
You lit again
Inside of me

Summer came
And so did I like the desert heat
I arched my back
And the earth collapsed
All around me

Summer came
With those thoughts again like a freight train
That hit so hard
With no regard
For the pain

Please understand
If I take matters into my own hands
To avoid another crisis
Yes
I guess
It might be best
If I’m left
To my own devices

Summer came
And so did I like the desert heat
That dormant flame
Lit up again
Inside of me

Summer came
Another summer came
Summer came
Another summer came

Tattooed
Performed by: Karla Anderson
Songwriter: Karla Anderson
© Betty Black Music 2024

Stranded in the desert on a dark dusty road
Somewhere between anger and empathy
I left my heart alone with my brain
And thumbed a ride towards ecstasy

But you dropped me at the corner
Of lonely and despair
And now I’m living there

I jumped in when I should have ran
Love ended before it began
And you left your mark
Tattooed on my heart

Now I’ve made my home here, it’s cozy and warm
The dogs all keep me good company
But I’m still living with falling too hard
It’s left me with these scars on my knees

Where you kicked me out of the car
At the corner of lonely and despair
It’s been years and I’m still living there

I jumped in when I should have ran
Love ended before it began
And you left your mark
Tattooed on my heart

Someday I’ll travel back to that dark dusty road
Somewhere between anger and empathy
I’ll have a little chat with my heart and my brain
About making some new memories

I’ll put a “for sale” sign
At the corner of lonely and despair
And I’ll move far away from there

I jumped in when I should have ran
Love ended before it began
And you left your mark
Tattooed on my heart

In the End
Performed by: Karla Anderson
Songwriter: Karla Anderson
© Betty Black Music 2024

I scroll past the hate and other displays
Maybe it's too late, I've been down for days
There's madness on TV and shit on the radio
But none of that's up to me so just let it go

It's not cool to be kind, it’s lame to care
So how can I find a love I can share
I may not be where I wanted to be
Maybe I'll get there eventually

And I don't know how this will end
Feels so hopeless, so alone
But maybe today I can find a friend
I know change starts at home

It's okay to worry, it’s okay to feel
We all have our story and still need to heal
Sometimes I spiral, my thoughts in a cyclone
Like a meme gone viral, takes on a life of its own

When those thoughts come I try to push them away
I don't know why I hurt me that way
I may not be where I wanted to be
But maybe I'll get there eventually

And I don't know how this will end
When it feels so hopeless and so alone
But maybe today I can find a friend
I know change starts at home

And I don't know how this will end
But I know I'm not alone
Maybe today I can be a friend
I know change starts at home

Maybe it'll all be okay in the end
I know I'm not alone
Cause I won't regret love in the end
I know change starts at home

Walk Away
Performed by: Karla Anderson
Songwriter: Karla Anderson
© Betty Black Music 2023

It was a year ago today
I should’ve walked away
But here I am today

And all of these thoughts like fools rush in
As I sit here alone with my headphones in
Your voice in my ear
With every word I hear
It’s all so clear
So I listen

It was a year ago today
I didn’t walk away
Here I am today

There’s comfort in indifference and peace of mind
But thoughts like these are the killing kind
And even though
I wanna go
I know
I still wanna try

It was a year ago today
It’s time to walk away
From a game I don't wanna play

All these self-fulfilling prophecies may be my condition
But you read my mind without my permission
Yeah you read my mind
You read my mind
You read my mind
Without my permission

It was a year ago today
Now it’s time to walk away
When there’s nothing left to say
It’s time to walk away

Push
Performed by: Karla Anderson
Songwriter: Karla Anderson
© Betty Black Music 2023

You pull me in
You pull me close
You kiss my lips
You pull my heart
Pull at my mind
With vice-like grips

And you know it
And you pull
Then you push
I’m your fool

My love is unconditional
But your push is harder than your pull
You pull me in
Just to push me away again

Your pull has power over me
Like the moon over the tide
And I could drown
Cause when you pull me close
I feel like I’m falling for you
But I’m just falling down

And you know it
And you pull
Then you push
I’m your fool

My love is unconditional
But your push is harder than your pull
You pull me in
Just to push me away again

Cause when you pull me close
I feel like I’m falling for you
But I’m just falling down

And you know it
And you pull
Then you push
I’m your fool

My love is unconditional
But your push is harder than your pull
You pulled me in
Just to push me away again

Destroy Me
Performed by: Karla Anderson
Songwriter: Karla Anderson
© Betty Black Music 2022

I desire the things which will destroy me
In the end
And all of those things
Just annoy me
So I pretend
Not to care
I swear
I don’t
Cause it won’t
Matter anyway

I’m scared to ask for that which will destroy me
So I intend
To play it safe
Hoping it won’t destroy me
In the end
I just pray
And never say
Forever
Cause it’ll never
Matter anyway

If I desire your touch please don’t destroy me
In the end
I won’t ask you for much
Please enjoy me
Please be my friend
If I plea
Could we agree
But you couldn’t
And it wouldn’t
Have mattered anyway

But will I find myself standing here once again
Gazing at your face
And will I find myself standing here once again
Gazing at your face
Will I find myself standing here once again
Gazing at the face
Which will destroy me
In the end

I desire the things which will destroy me
In the end

You ever feel so stupid you feel sick
Wondering if it was all a game or some cruel trick
It’s a sucker punch straight to the gut
It snuck right up on me and kicked my butt

See I’ve got this forsaken heart
I’m a lost wandering soul
I don’t always play it smart
Lord knows it’s taken its toll

So how was that supposed to go
Getting me to trust you that way
You pulled me in too close
Then you pushed me away

So why get tangled up with me
If we’re unhappily happy on our own
And if misery loves company
Oh God I should have known

You ever feel so stupid you feel sick
Wondering if it was all a game or some cruel trick
It’s a sucker punch straight to the gut
It snuck right up on me and kicked my butt

If everything I ever wanted
Is everything I cannot have
Then oh what a beautiful contradiction you are
If everything I manifested
Was meant to slip right through my hands
Then oh what a beautiful contradiction you are
Oh what a beautiful contradiction you are
Oh what a beautiful contradiction you are
Oh what a beautiful contradiction you are

You ever feel so stupid you feel sick
You ever feel so stupid you feel sick
You ever feel so stupid you feel sick
You ever feel so stupid you feel sick

Something in your smile
Seemed gentle and so kind
When I finally figured it out
Your smile was burned into my mind
And when you played your songs
There was no turning back
Every goddamn song
Was a goddamn heart attack

But what do I do now
What do I do now

I tried playing it cool
But that didn’t last long
My poker face game just
Wasn’t that strong
And I felt so stupid but
You were gentle and you were kind
Your smile forever burned
Into my heart, into my mind

But what do I do now
What do I do now
Now that I want more

The more I got to know you
The more I wanted to know you
I wasn’t in any hurry
I wanted more time to get to know you

Well I still listen to your songs
And see you around sometimes
I love to see you smile
So gentle and so kind

But what do I do now
What do I do now
Now that I want more

What do I do now
What do I do now
Now that I want more

What do I do now
What do I do now
Now that I want something worth waiting for

Scattering through the scat
Of the scattering rats
I tripped on a memory of you
So I rummaged through the garbage
And the baggage and the luggage
And found an old photo of you

This is what it looks like
This is what it looks like
This is what it looks like

Memories are snapshots
In my portfolio
Of discarded photographs
With my collection of broken records
Skipping and repeating
On discarded phonographs

This is what it sounds like
This is what it sounds like
This is what it sounds like

My brain’s terrain
Has begun to erode
So please tread lightly my friend
My mind is a minefield
Ready to explode
Yeah this could be the end

This is what it feels like
This is what it feels like
This is what it feels like

This is what it looks like
In the junkyard of my mind
This is what it sounds like
In the junkyard of my mind
This is what it feels like
In the junkyard of my mind

In the junkyard of my mind
In the junkyard of my mind
Of my mind, of my mind
In the junkyard of my mind