B i o g r a p h y (by Matt Hanks)
Taking inspiration from soul greats, Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers, and folk legends, John Prine and Dave Van Ronk, Amos Lee directs his music with a spirit and presence rooted in American tradition. Amos delivers a unique brand of folk-soul music that aims to unite, uplift, and inspire. The “folk” side is reflected in his nimble acoustic guitar playing and the intimacy of his live performances. The “soul” strain comes through in the engaging song-poetry of his lyrics and in what the Philadelphia Inquirer described as his “easygoing voice” and “raw, unedited emotion.” Amos Lee, his eponymous Blue Note debut, is set for release in March 2005. The eleven tracks, all composed by Amos, were produced by Lee Alexander and recorded by Danny Kopelson in July 2004 during two weeks of sessions at The Magic Shop in New York City. Among the album's choice cuts are the atmospheric opener “Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight” and “Arms of a Woman,” a classic triplet ballad that could have been covered in an earlier era of soul. Enhanced by a delicate string arrangement, “Soul Suckers” warns a young performer of the hazards of the music business. “Bottom of the Barrel” echoes classic John Prine in its wry humor, resilient spirit, and timeless melody. THE STORY SO FAR The 27-year-old former schoolteacher grew up going between Philadelphia, PA, and a suburb, Cherry Hill, NJ. “I've been fortunate to have had the opportunity to see a few sides of life in this country.” Amos entered the University of South Carolina in 1995, where he began to play acoustic guitar and write songs. “I met my kind of people in there: down-to-earth, sincere folks who didn't belong to any club. They were all musicians, and they taught me how to treat my music with sincerity and integrity.”
After graduating college with a degree in English, Amos returned to Philadelphia where he taught elementary school. His desire to pursue music as a career forced him to make the difficult decision to leave teaching. To earn a living he waited tables, tended bar, and continued writing songs. “I started playing open mikes and getting some feedback. I started feeling a little more confidence.” A self-released EP with five of his original songs made Amos “one of the area's most-talked-about emerging talents” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, and was followed by a second, seven-song disc (both sold out on their initial pressings). “The time between when I stopped teaching and when I got signed was a beautiful, fun time.” Having had the honor of opening shows for such legends as Bob Dylan, BB King, and Mose Allison, Grammy winning Norah Jones invited Amos to open her 2004 European tour. Equipped with only his voice and guitar, Amos found himself facing 3,000-5,000 listeners a night-and up to three times that number when he joined Ms. Norah's 56 date US tour that same year. 2005 finds Amos about to embark on an eight week major city run with "The Bob Dylan Show" featuring Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard. The remainder of the year will be spent performing in Europe, Japan and finishing out 2005 with a fall tour of the US. And yet, night after night, he pulled it off. In their concert review the Los Angeles Times referred to Amos as a “writer and singer with enough personality to charm a crowd impatient for Jones to take the stage.” The Albany Times-Union praised Amos's “charming and soulful solo set”; the Seattle Post-Intelligencer heard him blend “a folksy, flannel-and-denim sound with sultry R&B.” “My favorite time in music is probably 1970-75. Still Bill by Bill Withers, Harvest by Neil Young, John Prine's first album, James Taylor's One Man Dog—I hope I can bring the same sort of spirit I hear on those records.”
Amos Lee - 2005-03-01 -
Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight Seen It All Before Arms Of A Woman Give It Up Dreamin' Soul Suckers Colors Bottom Of The Barrel Black River Love In The Lies All My Friends
Non Albums Tracks - Misc -
A Little Bit Of Rain Brand New Holiday Song I'm Not Myself Jails & Bombs Makin' Love May I Remind You Morning Say Goodbye Simple Things The Darkness
Amos Lee
Keep it loose, Keep it tight Well I walked over the bridge Into the city where I live and I saw my old landlord Well we both said hello There was no where else to go Cause his rent I couldn't afford Well relationships change Though I think it's kind of strange how money makes a man grow Ah, some people they claim if you get enough fame You live over the rainbow Over the rainbow But the people on the street, Out on buses or on feet We all got the same blood flow Oh in society every dollar got a deed We all need a place that we can go and feel over the rainbow Some times we forget what we got And who we are and who we are not I think we got a chance to make it right Keep it loose Keep it tight Keep it tight I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world Though I can't help but follow Though I know someday she is bound to go away and stay over the rainbow Got to learn how to let her go Over the rainbow But sometimes we forget who we got Who they are and who they are not There is so much more in love than black and white Keep it loose child You gotta keep tight Keep it loose child Keep it tight Keep it tight Keep it tight Seen It All Before Go ahead baby Run away again I'm growing tired of chasing you I know you only have time to love me When you got nothing better to do Who's bold enough to believe In either love or war Both just leave you busted, broken down And wanting more And baby I've seen it all before You know that I've seen it all before You know that I've seen it all before I ain't gonna be your fool anymore I can hear my heart pounding Oh but I just can't decide Stuck between the depths of my fears And the peaks of my pride And baby I've seen it all before You know that I've seen it all before You know that I've seen it all before I ain't gonna be your fool anymore Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I've seen your tricks And your trade-offs I've seen your evil ways I've seen everything your twisted smile conveys Yeah baby I seen it all before (Be your fool babe) I've seen it all before I ain't gonna be your fool babe I ain't gonna be your fool babe I ain't gonna be your fool babe I ain't gonna be your fool baby anymore Arms of a Woman I am at ease in the arms of a woman Although now most of my days are spent alone A thousand miles from the place I was born But when she wakes me she takes me back home Now most days I spend like a child Who's afraid of ghosts in the night I know there ain't nothing out there I'm still afraid to turn on the light I am at ease in the arms of a woman Although now most of my days are spent alone A thousand miles from the place I was born But when she wakes me she takes me back home A thousand miles from the place I was born But when she wakes me she takes me back home I am at ease in the arms of a woman Although now most of my days are spent alone A thousand miles from the place I was born When she wakes me she takes me Yeah, when she wake me she takes me Yeah, when she wake me she takes me back home When she wake me she takes me back home
Give It Up I've been waiting a long time I was just hoping I might find Ah, the right kind of lover for me Well you know I've been lonesome God knows we all been lonesome Some people think being lonesome really means being free But, I would give it all up for you Yes I would give it all up for you Yes I would give it up Settle down Stop looking around I finally found something true We live in a world full of confusion A culture based in illusion Ah, some people think it's amusing But its really just fantasy I would give it up for you Yes I would give t all up for you Yes I would give it up Settle down Stop looking around I finally found Ah, yeah I would give it all I would give it all up for you now baby I would give it all I would give it all It would give it all up for you now baby Dreamin' My soul is as open as the sky Often time it's just as blue People tell me to keep on dreaming That's just what I'm gonna do Now everybody want to treat me like a house fly Turn me around and tell me to shoo They want to tell me to keep on dreaming That's just what I'm gonna do Every moral has a story Every hand needs a glove Sometime it's for the glory Ah, but mostly, it's for the love It's the love It's the love It's the love that pulls me through So when they tell me to keep on dreaming That's just what I'm gonna do That's just what I'm gonna do Soul Suckers Did you believe them When they told you they discovered you And that everything is free as long as you do what they tell you to You think it's true But nothing could be further from the truth, my love Did you even listen When they told you to change your name And that nobody wants honesty when looking at a perfect frame Play the game But nothing could be further from the truth, my love And nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world Play it girl Play it girl Play it girl Does it make you feel good When they tell you what you want to hear And after they suck all your soul Well that's when they'll disappear Disappear, disappear forever Like a prince in your little fairy tale And you will find one day when they put your soul on sale Nothing could be further the truth, my love And nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world
Colors Yesterday I got lost in the circus Felling like such a mess Now I'm down I'm just hanging on the corner I can't help but reminisce When you're gone all the colors fade When you're gone no New Year's Day parade You're gone Colors seem to fade Your mama called she said that you're downstairs crying Feeling like such a mess Yeah I hear you you're in the background balling What happened to your sweet summertime dress I know we all, we all got our faults We get locked in our vaults and we stay But when you're gone all the colors fade When you're gone no New Year's Day parade You're gone Colors seem to fade Colors seem to fade Yeah Bottom of the Barrel I keep on laughing to keep from crying I keep on dreaming to keep from dying I keep on trying Ain't gonna stop Get right down to the bottom of the barrel And then you float back on top We all know someone who's always hurtin' The sun is shining they draw the curtain One thing for certain The pain ain't gonna stop You get right down to the bottom of the barrel And then you float back on top You know the grass is always s greener in someone else's yard And the world is so much meaner when your heart is hard I go out walking in any season It could be rainin' it could be freezin' I don't need no reason It's just so pleasing I can't stop You get right down to the bottom of the barrel And then you float back on top You get right down to the bottom of the barrel And then you float back on top Black River Oh, Black River Gonna take my cares a way Whoa, Black River Gonna take my cares a way Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares Gonna take my cares away Gonna take a my cares gonna carry my cares Gonna take a my cares away Oh, dear savior Gonna take my cares away Whoa, dear savior Gonna take my cares a way Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares Gonna take my cares away Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares Gonna take my cares away Oh, sweet whiskey, lord Gonna take my cares away Whoa sweet whiskey lord Your gone gonna take my cares a way Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares Gonna take my cares away Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares Gonna take my cares away Your gonna take my bottle, my bible, my mess Your gonna take all of my empty and my loneliness Gonna take all of that sadness inside of me Gonna take it all and set me free Oh, Black River Gonna take my cares a way Love in the Lies I ain't no wide eyed rebel Oh, but I ain't no preacher's son And now I see the trouble and all the loving that I've done And the world ain't no harder than it's ever been Looking for love in the lies of a lonely friend So much superstition and so much worry in my heart I need a new religion it's time to make a brand new start And the world ain't no easier than it's ever been Looking for love in the lies of a lonely friend Remember when we were in California We were so much happier then Now we're back in New York City Looking for love in the lies of a lonely friend And now the clocks are running And no one knows where time goes You know the moon is stunning It's only shadows that she shows And the world ain't no harder than it's every been Looking got for love in the lies of a lonely friend I ain't no wide eyed rebel But I ain't no preacher's son
All My Friends All my friends They all live in pain Longing for the warmth of childhood to bring them home again All my friends They got broken hearts And if the world's a stage we're searching for our parts We'll face the winds that break the strongest of trees Beckon for the sweet soft summer breeze All my friends They got broken wings Never will you hear them asking why the caged bird sings All my friends They know how to live Oh, so much sorrow and so much love to give We'll face the winds that break the strongest of trees Beckon for the sweet soft summer breeze Now we all know that the storm is coming Every body wants to know which way to go I see the crowds a running The wind's gonna blow All my friends are dear to me Oh when the storm comes they're as close as family All my friends are the ones I choose Oh, if I hear them knockin' You know I can't refuse We'll face the winds that break the strongest of trees Beckon for the sweet soft summer breeze All my friends
Supply and Demand
Shout out Loud A thousand empty window And only half the lights are out I wonder what these people's lives What they might be all about Do they got a lover And could they have a family Or could it be they're just as lonesome As you and me I wanna shout out Shout out loud Why don't you all Just come on out And we can Tear it all down, yeah White lights burning Down an empty avenue I wonder if their driver Found someone he can go on home to I wanna shout out Shout out loud Why don't you all Just come on out And we can Tear it all down, yeah Cause everybody's got a part in the game And everybody's got a cross they can claim And everybody's got somebody to blame But we all must find our own way, yeah yeah I wanna shout out Shout out loud I wanna shout out Shout out loud I wanns shout out Shout out loud Shout out loud, yeah, yeah Shout out loud, yeah, yeah Shout out loud Shout out loud Shout out loud
Sympathize
It ain't no jive I was burnin' alive Whenever you walked in the room It happened so quickly I was feelin' so sickly Like a lover who lost his muse The sharks in the tank Oh the man in the bank He wants my money to loan I can't understand What the hell is his plan I ain't even got a home Ain't got a home The girl on the street With holes in her feet Looks through the eyes of a clown She don't look mad She's feelin' kinda sad So I just walk around I reassess She's down on her luck She's reading a book of lies I don't know when I'll be comin' home, baby But I sure can sympathize Can sympathize Can sympathize Angels spread their wings On all the dirty things You do She drops to the floor Her head's by the door Her bible is by her side Heaven is callin' The new world is fallin' And she ain't got a single person left To confide No one to confide No one to confide Oh ton confide I sympathize Can sympathize
Freedom
I don't want to be a martyr in this war Don't want to hear the same excuses anymore That everything's a threat And it's only gonna get worse if we let it Don't want to blame the rich for what they got Or point a finger at the poor for what they have not To the politician and a priest We're in the belly of the beast Because we fed it Freedom is seldom found By beatin' someone to the ground Tellin' them how everything is gonna be now, yeah Now if the tables were turned, tell me how you would feel Somebody busted up into your house telling you to stay still While the leaders will deny defeat The innocent lay testifyin', dyin' in the street Freedom is seldom found By beatin' someone to the ground Tellin' them how everything is gonna be Freedom is seldom found By beatin' someone to the ground Tellin' them how everything is gonna be now
Careless
You speak of love But you ain't no lover You were a friend But more like a brother As the miles passed beneath me The sounds made so sweetly came to an end And no man can deny her But now you're a liar And you've no room left to defend When I left I should have known better Of the kind of man that you are You'd have to get her And I know you got a lot of pain That's born inside you But instead of growing stronger You let it divide you, oh How could you be so careless How could you be so careless And the waves that are crashing True lies and passion Washing on your shore Yes a line has been crossed A true love's been lost That I can't get back anymore And I'm sure That we both still love her It's a shame we both lost her And in turn lost each other But a trust has been broken And words have been spoken But it can't mend And no man can deny her As you laid beside her I hope it felt good my friend How could you be so careless How could you be so careless How could you be so careless With her heart
Skipping Stone
I don't know if I can do this alone Oh after all our sweet love has flown I've been runnin' I've been skipping like a stone And I don't know if I I can do this alone When I met her she was standing by a door I ain't never seen a light like that before Now she's left me for something more sure And I don't know if I I can do this anymore 'Cause lovers will come Lovers will go And it's a rare seed From which true love might grow And if you see her, won't you please say hello 'Cause I don't know if I can do this alone
Supply and demand Somethin' gotta give with the way i'm livin' Seems I'm gettin' down everyday The more I strive, the less I'm alive And seems i'm gettin' further away Oh well all my superstitions And my crazy suspicions Of the people that I care about I've been doin' more screamin' Than I've been doin' dreamin' And I think it's time I figure it out Baby i need a plan Oh, to understand That life ain't only supply and demand I've been goin' joggin' in the park after dark Draggin' 'round with me my ball and chain Took southern skies to make me realize That I'm causin' myself this pain Well the woman that I'm lovin' Yeah I'm pushin' and shovin' Getting further on by the day And I can't understand How the heart of this man Ever let it end up this way Baby I need a plan Oh to understand That life ain't only supply and demand When the road gets dark and lonesome dear You can find me here But honey you don't know where I am You need a friend, yeah Life ain't easy In fact I know it's sleazy When you're the big man in town Shakin' religions And makin' decisions You never get to slow on down Well your wife and your baby You tell them yeah well maybe “I'll meet y'all at a weekend resort” But your eyes on the prize And you can't realize That your little girl's life's so short Brother you need a plan Oh to understand That life ain't only supply and demand Yeah sister you need a plan Oh to understand That life ain't only supply and demand Hey, you better figure it out now You know you ain't comin' back down, yeah You better figure it out now You know you ain't comin' back down
Sweet Pea Sweet pea, apple of my eye Don't know when and I don't know why You're the only reason I keep on coming home Sweet pea, what's all this about Don't get your way All you do is fuss and pout You're the only reason I keep on coming home I'm like the rock of gibraltar I always seem to falter And the words just get in the way Oh I know I'm gonna crumble I'm tryin' to stay humble But I never think before I say Sweet pea, keeper of my soul I know sometimes I'm out of control You're the only reason I keep on comin' You're the only reason I keep on comin' yeah You're the only reason I keep on comin' home
Night train I've been workin' on a night train Drinkin' coffee, takin' cocaine I'm out here on my night train Tryin' to get her safely home Well in a little country station Somewhere out in the midwest I see the people out there waiting Heart beating in my chest And I'm thinking about a woman Who I put no one above I'm not looking to replace her Just need someone to love While I'm out here on my night train Drinkin' coffee, takin' cocaine I'm out here on my night train Tryin' to get her safely home And I'm living in the city Where the noise it never stops Hammers pounding on the pavement Whistles from traffic cops Nobody looks you in the eye here Walkin' 'round with clenched fists I've been searchin' for a simple place Don't know if it exists Sunrise out there callin' my name I can see her movin' I can see her movin' Well at a certain time of night now I become one with the wind Where there isn't a beginning And there is no end Oh and everything is flowing Everything is on time And I know that we're all going To the end of the line And I'm out here on my night train Drinkin' coffee takin' cocaine I'm out here on my night train Tryin' to get her safely home Well I'm out here on my night train Drinkin' coffee, takin' cocaine I'm out here on my night train Tryin' to get her safely home Tryin' to get her safely home Tryin' to get her safely home
Souther Girl
Farewell my sweet Well the time now has come And the road has begun To move beneath my feet A good thing's come to an end Well I hope through the pain And the heartache and strain That we can still remain friends Somethin' about a southern girl Make me feel right In the Mississippi morning She's an angel in flight In a blink of an eye She'll be out of your sight Somethin' about a southern girl Your soft melody Well I swear that I heard From a lost mockingbird Stuck up in a tree You got a lot going on Even though I'm not here Please don't shed any tears For me dear when i'm gone Somethin' about a southern girl make me feel right In the Mississippi morning She's an angel in flight In the blink of an eye She'll be out of your sight Somethin' about a southern Girl I never meant to leave you lonely It was only in your mind Girl I never meant to leave you lonely It was only a matter of time Somethin' about a southern girl make me feel right In the Mississippi morning She's an angel in flight In the blink of an eye She'll be out of your sight Somethin' about a southern Somethin' about a southern girl
The wind Saturday night and my head is spinning I wonder whose heart I've been sinning for A cold rain blows on my window A soft scent gone from my pillow One more step that I've been takin' Yes and one more heart I don't need no more breakin' of The red lights how they all Burnin' down the highway I remember when the wind had blown my way But the wind blew down my line Yeah the wind blew down my line The man on the street Each day I'm passin' A small bite to eat Is all he's been askin' for Cold stares is all he's been yielding Oh and now I know that empty feeling Yeah the wind blew down my line Yeah the wind blew down my line Yeah the wind blew down my line
Long line of pain I'm coming from a long line of pain My family's suffered greatly for my gain I think a lot about How my daddy died So I would not live without His heart lives in my song Where the melody comes And just as quickly The melody is gone I'm back alone Far from home Now my momma's on her own I try to call her And see her when I'm home And after all that she's been through All the doctors say There ain't nothing we can do And her heart lives in my song Where the melody comes And just as quickly The melody is gone And I'm back alone Far from home There's a bird outside my window Takes his song where he goes And he leaves it there Like a dead man's rocking chair And tonight I'm feelin' lost and Headed down the highway Out to Boston I get the sense that I might lose it But thank God tonight For the light I got in music 'Cause my heart lives in this song Where the melody comes And just as quickly The melody is gone I'm back alone Far from home
Last Days At the Lodge
Listen Listen Listen to them church bells ringing Listen Listen You can hear them hounds calling off in the distance If you listen You can hear the engines stalling You can hear the angels falling And travel You find men and women all have trouble If you travel You will that the poor are victims of the gun or gavel If you travel But be careful now Be careful of all them folks out there who surround you Be careful Some of them really only want to ground you They only want control Tear you down to that hole So be careful, yeah Now listen Listen to them church bells ringing Listen Listen You can hear them hounds calling off in the distance If you listen You can hear the engines stalling You can hear the angels falling You can hear the engines stalling And oh oh the angels falling Alright Won't Let Me Go Been some time Since the first night I saw you Had some good Had some bad time since then And through all of these moments that I've gotten to know you I realized that I want to be a little bit more than your friend And I wanna know If you want to get together Stay for a while We can talk about it all I wanna know ‘Cause this feeling won't let me go Stood around While you dated that old fool Marcus Whole time knew he wasn't no damn good for you, well. Guess it's true sometimes we can all be a little heartless But tonight, all I wanna do is make sweet love to you. And I wanna know If you want to get together Stay for a while We can talk about it all I wanna know ‘Cause this feeling won't let me go Well, all those wasted nights you spend Well, just crying all those tears Well, I want you to know girl I'm around Yeah I'm here alright Alright I wanna know If you want to get together Stay for a while We can talk about it all I wanna know 'Cause this feeling won't let me go I wanna know (I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know) I wanna know I wanna know (I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know) I wanna know, baby All of these feelings No it won't No it won't let me go No it won't baby It won't let me go Baby I Want You Baby I want you Baby I want you Baby, I do Darling I love you Darling I love you Know that it's true Don't leave me here out on my own Don't you know how I hate to be alone I just want to be apart of your home Baby I want you Baby I want you Baby, I do Darling I love you Darling I love you Know that it's true Don't leave me here out in the cold Don't you know that it's your hand I wanna hold As these days fly past and unfold Hey Baby I want you Baby I want you Baby, I do Darling I love you Darling I love you Know that it's true Truth Well my woman, she showed up With your number on her hand Well I thought that I might call you up So we could deal with this man to man You better tell me the truth son Now they got me here at the ballroom Walking slow and acting strong Well I said my friend I'll give you one last chance To admit that you done me wrong You better tell me the truth son, yeah You better tell me the truth son Now they got me here at the county With his blood still on my face Well the boys in blue they don't play no games All the sheriff said to me was this You better tell me the truth son, yeah You better tell me the truth son, yeah Now they got me here at the lockdown For a crime I did commit Well for my last call I called the number on my girl's hand To remind you not to forget You should have told me the truth son, yeah You should have told me the truth son You should have told me the truth son, no Make me beat it out of you Make me beat it out of you What's Been Going On By And no one says a word to me They're concerned with my jealousy Well I guess that's how it's got to be From now on And time, it swallows everything From the mighty to the meager thing And it's as dark as it is comforting To play along Well what's been going on What's been going on What's been going on Around here There goes her old beat up car Outside of our old favourite bar She's proudly in there playing her guitar With stars in her eyes Those are some of my favourite memories All of those carefree melodies While I'm out of here on this raging sea About to capsize Well what's been going on What's been going on What's been going on Around here What's been going on What's been going on What's been going on Around here And no one says a word to me They're concerned with my jealousy I guess that's how it's got to be From now on Street Corner Preacher He got a new mercy A new grace Street corner preacher With the angry face He got two years off For good behaviour Back in the neighbourhood Working for the city There's two old ladies And a junkie, now now He can see for sure That his work is cut out Though he walks through the shadows We won't fear his neighbour Back in the neighbourhood Working for the saitor Bau, bau Put it on back Ah put it in Ah bau bau, Put it ooh bop Ah put it in Ah bau bau Put it ooh bop Ah put it in Ah, bau bau Yeah yeah Well he understands The need for living it large But it's hard to get a job With a felony charge Now he's working in a hospital Washing dishes Walking through the fields Of the lost inhibitions There is death everywhere The new, been addiction To save the liver From the waking death is his conviction The eyes of man Well he seeks no favour Back in the neighbourhood Working for the saviour But there's a whole lot of trouble all around Every night the same old siren sound Ah there's a whole lot of trouble all around Children, soldiers, in this battle ground Ah put it in Ah bau bau Put 'em bop Ah put it in Ah bau bau Put 'em bop Ah put it in A bau bau Yeah yeah Well a new sun And a second chance He unbolts the door And hops ever the fence Young woman with a baby That her daddy gave her Back in the neighbourhood Working for the saviour But all around The war rages on Burnt out houses With the front door gone Well his faith is his fountain His love is his neighbour Back in the neighbourhood Working for the saitor Whoa oh oh oh, oh Yeah, ah Bau, bau Put it on back Ah put it in Ah bau bau, Put it ooh bop Ah put it in Ah bau bau Put it ooh bop Ah put it in Ah, bau bau Yeah yeah He got a new mercy A new grace Street corner preacher With the angry face He got two years off For good behaviour Back in the neighbourhood Working for the saviour It Started To Rain Sally Jane How did it end up this way With our boxes packed And not one word to say The children play As your car pulled away I didn't realize ‘til then It was really goodbye With your wheels on the gravel I felt my heart strings unravel As it started to rain It started to rain It started to rain Forty days It started to rain The neighbours came And they bought what remained Of the life we built With loving, with laughter Then my heart started sinking ‘Cause I couldn't help thinking Their fate would be the same It started to rain It started to rain Forty days It started to rain It started to rain Jails And Bombs The one I love is lost without the least bit of explanation Just goes to show the futility of self-preservation Now all I seem to see is all this war, and going amongst our nations What good will it do Now everybody wants to know the secrets to our salvation Forever reading on and on, from Genesis to Revelation Never stopping for a second to examine situations After all that we've been through And love it only ends When there's nothing left to defend Will we ever see, yeah, yeah The common bond of humanity Go on Get a landscape of famine and also of frustration And children walking round without the proper means to education And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation For jails and bombs Still we live behind these hollow walls of lies and segregation People walking round without the proper means to medication And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation For jails and bombs Anybody out there can hear my prayer Anybody out there can hear my prayer Anybody out there can hear my prayer Anybody out there can hear my prayer Anybody out there can hear my prayer Kid Been kicked around so long You're starting to get used to how it feels The taste of blood that's in your mouth There's still somehow it always heals Don't know how you keep on getting up From all those ghostly blows And all that pain that lingers Deep down in the darkness where it grows I know how hard it is To keep your head up kid To keep your head up Kid And there you sit on high All tucked away and locked up in the clouds Waiting for someone to finally Come along and take you out Into this bitter world That also often treated you so cruel When they turn away You know that they will say that you're a fool I know how hard it is To keep your head up kid I know how hard it is To keep your head up kid And so patiently You waited for a love to come along Take you out into this bitter world So often done you wrong There you sit alone And there you shed a solitary tear Listening to a song You think that no one else would ever hear I know how hard it is To keep your head up kid I know hard it is To keep your head up Keep your head up Keep your head up Keep your head up Keep your head up Ease Back Hello It's good to see you coming back again It's been a long time Since I sat with you, my friend I'll lend an ear It's not that so severe Time has killed the pain And dried up every tear And now I'm thinking bout what went, down All the heartache I laughed away Just like a clown And now Sit around talking Drink some wine I'm really glad you stopped in Spend some time You sit around talking Thinking bout the past It's funny how it lingers But nothings meant to last And my Ma She'd like to say hello But she's a little scared That I can't let it go So let on, ease back, brother And let it slip away I'm tired of hanging onto The pains of yesterday Once again The money is so thick It makes your heart go numb It makes your mind get sick So come on by Stay and talk about it Drink some wine I'm really glad you stopped in, brother of mine We'll sit around talking Drink some wine And maybe by the morning everything is fine Everything is fine Ease back, brother Let this clear your mind Come on by And drink yourself a good time Have some wine And think about each other Sister and I are fine Yes, I've been alright now Take it lightly Step on out the front door I'll see you in some time Better Days The darkness has always been The world was born into a blanket of sin When all the faith's been gone Still we found a reason to carry on Through the worry, worry, worry We're caught in an endless maze When the lights go out All that I can think about Is how, we've seen better days Lover lately I've been thinking I might leave you As you're surrounded by these fools who do deceive you Yes our past is wretched true But I'm still in love with you That's why I am still refusing to give in to All this worry, worry, worry We're caught in an endless maze But when the lights go out All I can think about Is how, we've seen better days Where do we go from here While we're all so consumed by fear Well I'm trying not to be suspicious of those I'm suspicious of I'm trying to crack Open this angry heart And find a little love Still I worry, worry, worry We're caught in an endless maze When the lights go out All that I can think about Is how we've seen better days Oh when the lights go out All I can dream about Is how we've seen better days
Dignified Woman A dignified woman She came to me She bought out by lovers And their rogue jewellery Haunted by nature Worn by their furs She knew my longing Was no different from hers And nothing else matters Runaway from love And look for a rainbow There's never enough A dignified woman Lives with her pain She bought me a ticket For a runaway train And I've been a-rambling Living alone A dignified woman Is locked in her home And nothing else matters Runaway from love And look for a rainbow There's never enough For a dignified woman
Mission Bell
El Camino Well all my friends Treated me so well You know I'm headed out To that mission bell Gonna wash my soul Gonna get it clean Headed down the border road Called the El Camino Well I've been a prince And you know I've been a post By a barb wire fence And a murder of crows I believe in all I've loved And all I've seen Headed down the border road Called the El Camino Headed down the border road Called the El Camino Yeah my heart's grown sick I've got a shepherds crook As a walking stick And I'm heading on Yeah my heart's grown blue And I've done wrong by you I don't know what to do And I'm moving on Yeah I'm moving on One and one is two And two and two is four I'm walking back and forth On your cracked-tile kitchen floor With the orange juice And the sun that shines It really breaks my heart Leaving you behind, It really breaks my heart Leaving you behind And all my ships have sailed away The price of this politic That there's plenty of time to pray And plenty of time to waste away Well to all my friends That I've loved the most You know I'm heading out to that other coast Gonna wash my soul Gonna get it clean Headed down the border road Called the El Camino, Headed down the border road Called the El Camino Windows Are Rolled Down Look up child The world is born Shoe's untied And your soles are worn Windows are rolled down Sun is setting high Windows are rolled down I'm fixing to die Corn rows have companion feel This rocky road and this steering wheel Who do you call to ease your pain I hope for you to get through this rain Windows are rolled down Moon is hanging low Windows are rolled down Think it's time for me to go Is it what you dreamed it'd be Are you locked up in this fantasy Oh this miles that have torn us apart My new found faith and my broken heart Windows are rolled down Sun is rising high Windows are rolled down Feel that wind rushing by Windows are rolled down Violin (feat. Sam Beam)
Lately I, I've been heading for a breakdown Every time I leave my house Well it feels just like a shake down Between street sweepers and the pushers are the lawyers Who may as well be butchers Between the small timing hustlers who all Seem to feed upon each other Oh God why you been Hanging out in that old violin While I've been waiting for you To pull me through Lately I, every time I try to lie down Well my mind just gets away I can't even close my eyes now Between the big fish ambition, and the lovers Using words as ammunition Between wood planks I've been pacing endless Impossible dream that I've been chasing Oh God why you been Hanging out in that old violin While I've been waiting for you To pull me through Oh God, oh God Oh God why you been Hanging out in that old violin While I've been waiting for you To pull me through Flower My heart is a flower That blouses every hour I believe in a power Of love Well in this lonesome meadow Well it's soft as a pillow Oh I pray that we'll go back To Love I'm gonna reach on up over that fear I'm never alone won't you please be near I know that darkness before the dawn Tomorrow's coming and yesterday's gone I'm gonna get my baby Get up stream Fall asleep in her arms And drift away in a dream Gonna go out walking in the morning light Well I know that my tomorrow's gonna be alright Gonna be alright Well I never shall wither Well of course I, I forgive her Oh please Lord deliver me To love I'm gonna reach on up over that fear I'm never alone won't you please be near I know that darkness before the dawn Tomorrow's coming and yesterday's gone I'm gonna get my baby Get up stream Fall asleep in her arms And drift away in a dream Gonna go out walking in the morning light Well I know that my tomorrow's gonna be alright Gonna be alright Gonna be alright Gonna be alright My heart is a flower That blooms every hour I believe in the power I believe in the power Of love, of love, of love Stay With Me (feat. Priscilla Ahn) One by one we watched them fall Like trees on the country side Yeah you stayed right with me babe The river was rolling tide Oh you stay, stay with me Oh you stay, stay with me All through it with broken bones Oh how you watched them heal No you never turned away You were never afraid to feel Oh you stay, stay with me Oh you stay, stay with me Oh and when the morning comes Just know darling I had to be moving on Oh and when the winter comes Oh and you can't decide For your rabbit to run Or your rabbit to hide Stay, stay with me Please stay, stay with me Will you stay, stay with me Will you stay, stay with me Will you stay Out of the Cold (feat. Pieta Brown)
It's hard to argue in a bulletproof vest 'Cause you can walk straight with a bull in your chest Another man down with the flag to fold Yeah it takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold Two tours served never wanted to see him cry Not the same can be said for his brand new bride Bills pile up with no hand to hold It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold Looking at the pictures upon the sheft Feel I'm in shadow of himself Twenty two years till he feels so old It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold Jesus (feat. James Gadson) Oh, Jesus can you help me now Oh, Jesus can you help me now Oh, Jesus can you help me now No, I never felt so alone I remember when I was wild and free Oh, so wild and free Oh, so wild and free Oh my heart was a skipping stone But now the world has jaded me Oh, corrupted and defeated me You know I never thought you hated me But I've never felt so alone So, Jesus will you help me now Oh, Jesus will you help me now Oh Jesus will you help me now No, I never felt so alone So alone Oh Jesus, oh Jesus Oh Jesus Won't you help me now Won't you help me now Oh Jesus Won't you help me now Hello Again Hello again I know it's been a long time coming You say you've been Out there now a long time running You used to be, so beautiful But you lost it somewhere along the way You used to be so beautiful And it's easier now to walk away That wonder wall You're waiting for is now collapsing Tell me more, but wait no, no Let me find out what you're asking for You used to be, so beautiful But you lost it somewhere along the way You used to be so beautiful And it's easier now to walk away Away, away Now you have Everything you have ever wanted Oh, it's so sad to see When the hunter becomes the hunted But you used to be, so beautiful But you lost it somewhere along the way You used to be so beautiful And I'm sorry now I don't have more to say Learned A Lot Hey baby, yes I'll grave you We all do what we got to do Hey darling, I'm broken hearted I've been crying but my crying is through And I learned a lot I've really learned a lot Broken down on my bedroom floor Yes I've learned a lot I've really learned a lot I hope you found what you were looking for I spent a lot of time staring at the ceiling I spent a lot of time talking to walls Spent a lot of time chasing on that old time feeling Spent a lot of time waiting for your call And I learned a lot I've really learned a lot Broken down on my bedroom floor Yes I've learned a lot I've really learned a lot I hope you found what you were looking for Oh and darling The sun has been falling Like the dust on some mid-western plain Oh and darling Instead of running I think it might be time to sit down And deal with the pain Late at night I sit and listen to the freeway Rolling like a river on a distant shore Nobody told me that living was easy I ain't living in fear anymore And I learned a lot I've really learned a lot Broken down on my bedroom floor Yes I've learned a lot I've really learned a lot I hope you found what you were looking for I hope you found what you were looking for Cup Of Sorrow I want to drink from your cup of sorrow I want to bathe in your holy blood I want to sleep with the promise of tomorrow I know tomorrow may never come I'll send a prayer out across the ocean, To a man been forced out of his home I'll send a prayer out across the ocean So that he may not suffer there alone I want to drink from your cup of sorrow I want to bathe in your holy blood I want to sleep with the promise of tomorrow I know tomorrow may never come I want to sit at your table of wisdom So that not one crumb shall go to waste For if we keep down this pathway to destruction Oh well, our children will suffer for our haste I want to drink from your cup of sorrow I want to bathe in your holy blood I want to sleep with the promise of tomorrow I know tomorrow may never come I know tomorrow may never come I know tomorrow may never come Clear Blue Eyes (feat. Lucinda Williams) When I look into your clear blue eyes I could cry, I could cry When I think of what they've put you through You know it tears me up inside Left alone in your darkest night By the one you trusted most How come they expect you to Be such a gracious host When you look upon that heart of shame Now I have to face All these accusations and questions that are Aimed at your disgrace Now you're left in the darkest night By the ones you trust the most But now just follow blind ambition Like a promise of unknown costs When I look into your clear blue eyes I could cry, I could cry When I think of what they put you through You know it tears me up inside You know it tears me up inside You know it tears me up inside Behind Me Now All my best days are behind me now Photographs tell of my wedding vows And if you want heroes then I'd sail up to the stars For all I got beneath my skin are tears and scars I walked in these shoes ten thousand miles Been through all sorts of bleating trials So if you want heroes then I'll tell you where to go I'll sell you a map to thank the faces that you know Oh but for now I'll just be at this all night show Oh yes tonight I'll spend my lonely dollar slow Yes I've loved and lost and loved again Happy ever after's never been And if you want love than I suggest that you not wait ‘Cause I will know not what I've waited at heaven's gate All my best days are behind me now Still I find a way to live somehow
Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song
Johnson Blvd Up on Main Street They built a highway Changed its name to Johnson Boulevard Up on Thursday Down on Friday People ask me Why are things so hard Times been hard though From Laredo To San Jacinto And it's a long way back home There's an old train In a stock yard It's like a graveyard Of things that come and gone And the wind moves On a gravestone Where the men's gone And everybody knows Times been hard though From Laredo To San Jacinto There's a long way back home I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Sometimes you're standing still And the wind just beats you down Oh and sometimes it's just so hard To keep your two feet right there on the ground Mother's faithful She goes to church still She prays on Sunday And Mondays too Father's somewhere In the back field Thinking out loud That this ain't nothing new Time's been hard though From Laredo To San Jacinto So why don't we just go back home Why don't we just go back home Stranger I'm a stranger everywhere I go They say the apple It don't fall Far from the tree "Hey Daddy look at me" Well I went back And I knocked on that door But the man said that "Your mama, she don't live here anymore" I'm a stranger everywhere I go I ain't got no bags to pack I ain't got nothing left to my name I ain't got no goodbye letters So I guess I'll get right on this here night train I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake I'm a stranger everywhere I go I'm a stranger everywhere I go And if anybody ask you if you see me Tell that you never ever seen such a man And anyway, he ain't no friend in the end Well that scarlet lady She tread upon my crown I think it is about high time That I head out of ??? harbor town And I'm a stranger everywhere I go I'm a stranger everywhere I go I'm a stranger everywhere I go I'm a stranger everywhere I go
Tricksters, Hucksters, and Scamps Well he used to be so peaceful Used to be so serene Well if it wasn't for us here It would still be pristine He'd have fires a burning down on empty cans All of these tricksters and hucksters and scamps Many days I've got my hands full Tryin' to find out what's real But a bunch of hungry eyes will Turn you into a meal Beware that smiling face beneath that ole street lamp He's got those tricksters and hucksters and scamps I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake He cut a hole in the bucket Watched that water follow down Said if I'm gonna be a hero Gonna have to make a mess out of this town Well he waited for a while so Everything would turn to rust Waited for he slept next to a pistol Set a price upon my trust But he stole that election Put his face on every stamp On his council were tricksters, hucksters and scamps He'd been fighting for some years now It was his turn to survive Well they offered him a fortune In the faith that he'd survive Well the crowd went home happy The nations faith lives with the champ! All in his corner is tricksters, hucksters and scamps All of his sponsors are tricksters, hucksters and scamps. Chill In The Air Well the morning came like a freight train Bearing down on me from a thousand miles away Well it came and gone and kept rolling on Laying up all night with my tear stained sheet as my veil I don't want to see you again I don't want to feel your breath As you leaned on me so peacefully while we slept I don't want the keys to our door I don't live there anymore And I'll do my best just to forget The dreams we've dreamt Well the morning came with the pouring rain And I feel just as empty as a pail With the evidence and your crime confessed It don't seem right that it's me that spend a night in jail I don't want to see you again I don't want to feel your breath As you leaned on me so peacefully while we slept I don't want the keys to our door I don't live there anymore And I'll do my best just to forget The dreams I've dreamt I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake If you feel a chill in the air It's my spirit hanging somewhere And if you ever get scared Look on the Brightside You got a new life When the evening's come And I'm all alone And I can't tell if silence is my former friend Well I'm holding on, but I ain't too strong I've gotta get some rest before that train come back 'round the bend I don't want to see you again I don't want to feel your breath As you leaned on me so peacefully, while we slept And I don't want the keys to our door I don't live there anymore And I'll do my best just to forget The dreams we've dreamt The dreams we've dreamt Dresser Drawer The phone rings I don't care who it is that is calling You moved our things from ours to his While outside the snow is falling The wedding band that meant so much Signified our blessed vow Like coffee spills and unpaid bills and all my pills It's in a dusty dresser drawer I watched these trees from green to brown Suddenly this small town has gotten smaller The arctic breeze it sings to me, and says now look Any fool can go out and walk on water I shoulda known that time alone Would only serve to break you down Don't know why I sit and stare at that damn thing sitting there In a dusty dresser drawer I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Snow has turned to water to please the trees And cheer up that late bloomer While I'm sipping on a beer Counting down another year Couldn't come a second sooner I wonder how Easily that ring it slid off of your finger Did you stop for a moment Let the memory of us linger Or was it just an afterthought Like casting water from a bow I'm past the point of crying For a love that lies there dying In a dusty dresser drawer now It's such a goddamn shame Right next to your picture frame In a dusty dresser drawer now If anybody asks me what I think That love is for now, I'll tell them Look in a dusty dresser drawer Indonesia I woke up in a box today Just like every other day And I just don't know where I should be When will I be free I grew up in the dark streets Where voices called, voices go You don't know your friends from your enemies When will I be free Oh, when will I be free I want to go out To the countryside Find a little place for us Find a little place for us To run away and hide Oh, the supervisor His eyes are always red He don't care if we live or die, he said I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake When will I be free Oh, when will I be free I want to go out To the city of Rome Or New York City Oh, like Marilyn Monroe And my love says to me “Nothing's gonna change You knowr where we were born Is where we're gonna die, you see” When will I be free Oh, when will I be free When will I be free
High Water Whole lifetime have come and gone And I'm still here on my own Don't know when I'll ever get back home High water, high water, high water gonna rise Newsman come on the air Sponsored by a billionaire Says folks please won't you say a prayer High water, high water, high water gonna rise Lost souls breed and loot the stores Doctors still searching for the cures While I'm here waiting on these shores For high water, high water, high water gonna rise The Man Who Wants You Misty mountain lady Won't you borrow me tonight I'm gonna keep you company Oh until the morning light I don't want you to be untrue I don't want you to be untrue But the truth is I'm the man who wants you Sit right down, and I will I'm gonna give you an end to this pain Let the game come easily You don't have to understand I don't want you to be untrue I don't want you to be untrue But the truth is, I'm the man who wants you I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Misty mountain lady Won't you borrow me tonight I ain't him and this ain't when He did not treat you right I don't want you to be untrue I don't want you to be untrue But the truth is, I'm the man who wants you I don't want you to be untrue I don't want you to be untrue But the truth is, I'm the man who wants you Loretta She don't suffer no fools She don't play by nobody's rules but her own She got the peaches ‘n cream That old ice cream dream Deep down in her bones Yeah Loretta, Loretta, Loretta Marie Well, if you're ever in need There ain't no way she gonna let you bleed on your own If she got a dollar to spare And your cupboards are bare She'll give you a loan I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Loretta, Loretta, Loretta Marie Loretta, Loretta, Loretta Marie She's the sunshine in the bluest of skies She's the truest friend you'll ever have in your life She ain't nothing but love She ain't never gonna put herself above no one And when the heat comes down and there's no one around That girl don't run Loretta, Loretta, Loretta Marie Loretta, Loretta, Loretta Marie...
Plain View We all live in glass boxes in bows Tempting each other with our lonely souls What once was a bubble that we hold Shattered when we stoned and stoned And stoned and stoned it We all live in glass boxes in bows Beneath our bridges live these angry little trolls Linger so that they may destroy Our sorrow is their joy Their toy to marvel and implore Well, I’ve looked upon their towers They all sleep at night They gather all their shadows By stealing all the light The light, the light, the light Now we all live in such plain view Now at the mercy of the merciless who Sharpen their daggers when we’re down They’ve bought us with their crowns Their crowns, their crowns, their crowns We all live in glass boxes in bows Dispose of heroes and make men into moles Times Square, we all gather together A star and a feather For he’s thought to back the treasure Mountains Of Sorrow When I awoke from my dream Awakened by the darkness of the night I was unprepared to be unseen I was prepared to fight Oh the rains are bitter The winds are strong In the mountains of sorrow And the rivers of song I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake I was unprepared in my animal state To contemplate the cruel winds of fate And I'll say a prayer for those who carry on Past the mountains of sorrow and the rivers of song And I'll fade away I'll fade away In a glass of corn liquor And the memories of Eden The memories of fire and of wine One by one the procession passes Later in the day we'll raise our glasses To a good man, now belongs To the mountains of sorrow and the rivers of song And I have a cabin of solitude I built it with my own hands it's quite crude Ain't much to it, this I know But I won't leave too much behind here when I go I'll be seeking my fortunes, carrying on Past the mountains of sorrow and the rivers of song Through the mountains of sorrow and the rivers of song Oh these mountains of sorrow and these rivers of song Burden I never meant to be a burden Oh I just worry more than I'd like to I never meant to be a burden Please forgive me if I've weighed on you For so long I have lived amongst the shadows Waiting for the sun to break on through Oh it's time I cast my oars and head out on these shores And find some place where I can start anew I never meant to be a burden Oh I just worry more than I'd like to I never meant to be a burden Please forgive me if I've weighed on you Oh forgive me if I've weighed upon your back It's so heavy already without me Going ahead into this abyss and find my own way out of this So you can walk ahead more easily I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake I never meant to be a burden But you're the light that is guiding me through I never meant to be a burden Please forgive me if I've weighed on you Please forgive me if I've weighed on you Please forgive me if I've weighed on you
Scared Money If you've got scared money Always lay it down If you've got scared money Run you out of town If you've got the small stack, Jack Best not be afraid Either take the king down Or get out of his way They see you walking in With a target on your chest They see you at your work But they want you at your best Ain't nowhere to run You in far too deep The climb is far to high The fall is far to steep If you've got scared money You always lay it down If you've got scared money Run you out of town I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake If you've got the small stack, Jack Best not be afraid Either take the king down Or get out of his way So welcome to my world Go on take a chair There's demons in your drink And evil eyes are everywhere Only hope that you gonna have ??? Either bow down now Or come in for the kill ‘Cause if you've got scared money Run you out of town If you've got scared money You always lay it down There's terror in your eyes Too afraid to blink You're too afraid to swallow I know what you think You're up against the wall The killer in your sight The read the death slowly Get back up and fight If you've got scared money Run you out of town If you've got scared money You always lay it down If you've got the small stack, Jack Best not be afraid Either take the king down Or get out of his way Charles St. Lolita you're a cheater I don't wanna see you again You had the guts to tell me That you were my best friend Oh but best friends They don't do me like you done You broke my heart to have a little fun You called me up crying Saying it was just a fling I think you're just just trying to feel better About doing a shitty thing Oh but save them tears I hope you feel ashamed 'Cause deep inside I'm gonna take the blame Every man has his pride Even though he keeps it locked up Deep down inside And I know you're just a little kid It's more about the lies Than what you did I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Lolita you're a cheater, I don't wanna see you no more You showed up again crying outside of my front door Oh but save them tears I hope you feel ashamed 'Cause deep inside I'm gonna take the blame And next time you go downtown to fuck that asshole Do one last thing for me Don't park your car down on Charles Street That's how I get out to eighty three
Lowdown Life Meet this girl Lula, down in Missoula Boy, we had a lot of fun Took me to her trailer Introduced me to her grandma Who's drinking Kool-Aid out a water gun Her grandmother's been smothered By the love of a lowdown life I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Chicken's are clucking Down on their luck and Drinking water out of rusty pipes Empty can of Stroh's Half-eaten bag of Cheetos Little brother in the backyard nodding out on a shot Her brother's been smothered By the love of a lowdown life Her father, Roger, was a draft-dodger Now he spends his days doing meth with his best friend Bobby Jim When he gets that feeling takes to robbing and stealing Parked cars from the Holiday Inn Her father's been smothered By the love of a lowdown life
Spirit
New Love Softer than the summer sun across my window Oh she's lying there, as the violets will bloom Round and round this carousel, I am underneath her spell She's lying there silently, I'm patiently waiting Wondering if I can kiss her on her shoulder It's just new love It's just new love I can smell last night's perfume Like the sun up in the sky While the moon is still there All these times to share I can't wait to say good morning baby copy paste robots kill the internet What you wanna do today I can't wait to get you home I'm gonna get you home, yeah You alleviate my fears and my anxieties You set my mind at ease Your sensitivities are free Your sensibilities will see and I can't wait I say too I can't baby Oh, what you want to do today I can't wait to get you home, yeah I'm gonna get you home, yeah It's just new love It's just new love It's just new love It's just new love Running Out Of Time Lord have mercy Lord have mercy Lord have mercy, please Oh, yeah Woke up this morning and the sky was colored gray I gotta do a little bit better than I did with myself yesterday Gotta keep myself from falling so far behind Oh keep getting myself on down the line Alright Lord have mercy Lord have mercy on me Lord have mercy, please 'Cause we're running out of time copy paste robots kill the internet Saw my name on tombstone in a dream that I had Oh you know I'm running round everyday tired of feeling so sad and bad I gotta get myself a little closer to no return Oh I know someday these bones are bound to burn, alright Lord have mercy Lord have mercy on me Lord have mercy, please 'Cause we're running out of time Oh that train come, full speed ahead It's a rumbling down the track Well I know that train ain't stopped before And I know that train don't know how to turn back So I I gotta do a little bit better than a once I did Oh, stop hiding behind my hat like I'm a little kid I keep ?? keeping me upon ??? Keep on pushing down the road And do a little bit better than once I done Lord have mercy Lord have mercy on me Lord have mercy, please 'Cause we're running out of time Oh, everybody, everybody We're running out of time Oh everybody, everybody We're running out of time Oh yeah Have mercy, have mercy Yeah Spirit Walkin' down Royal Street A street singer symphony Ain't been the hardest way Ain't had the greatest day Walkin' past memories And the pain that she gave to me Don't you know I'm tryin' to be the bigger man I just wanna feel the spirit I just wanna feel the spirit I just wanna feel the spirit Washin' over me copy paste robots kill the internet Me and Madame Laveau Seen some people come and go Seen a couple storm clouds pass Seen a couple spells been cast People trippin' down cobblestones Marching bands and trombones Everybody's out here waitin' on the second line And I'm just fine I just wanna feel the spirit I just wanna feel the spirit I just wanna feel the spirit Washin' over me Storm clouds out up ahead Singin' songs of praise to raise the dead I got a heart that was born to be Broken down and wild and free, yeah Johnny came in on a train With not a dollar to his name Just an old guitar case And the bruises on his pretty face Walkin' down a railroad track He aint never comin' back Said mama "I don't know if I'm every comin' home again" But until then I just wanna feel the spirit I just wanna feel the spirit I just wanna feel the spirit Washin' over me Lost Child Lost child Only wants to find a place Where he can fit in and play Rain cloud Hovers all around his head He's hidden away Through all this pain Oh, I can see these clouds just drifting away Through all this pain Oh, I can see these clouds just drifting away copy paste robots kill the internet A black rose Grows in the city garden Hidden away Despite Not finding the proper sunlight She finds a way Through all this pain Oh, I can see these clouds just drifting away Through all this pain Oh, I can see these clouds just drifting away, oh Lost child Hungry for a celebration Sits upon a stone Left with Only his imagination Still a party is thrown Through all this pain Oh, I can see these clouds just drifting away Through all this pain Oh, I can see there's gonna be a celebration day, oh Highways and Clouds Highways, clouds Ain't no stopping It's all I've gotten As far as I've dropped in As far as I've come I'm from the badlands Raised up by hard hands You can't feel your face when The wind makes you numb copy paste robots kill the internet Highways and clouds Highways and clouds We meet in the middle With highways and clouds Based Madonna Do you wanna Hop on my Honda And get on the run When you're rollin' You lose all your schoolin' It's all for fools man That can't come undone Highways and clouds Highways and clouds We meet in the middle Highways and clouds Highways and clouds Highways and clouds We're all lost a little In highways and clouds Ain't no roadmap We lost it at Flagstaff It's too late to turn back There's nothing to gain So swallow me darkness The cruel and the heartless Will hold to our harness And feed from our pain Highways and clouds Highways and clouds We're all lost a little In highways and clouds Highways and clouds Highways and clouds We meet in the middle Of highways Lightly Met her on a Tuesday Went out on a Friday night Said she was lookin' for a love affair And I was lookin' for a getaway flight So we packed up a bag And hailed up a cab And I grabbed my guitar because It was the only thing that I had copy paste robots kill the internet Well I learned to travel lightly Babe, livin' alone Some say that it's the hard way, mama But it's all that I've known And if I move fast enough, hopefully Oh the darkness can't catch up to me Hey, hey, hey So we headed off the mainland With the beating of a drum She turned and smiled and said Honey, where you from I said I'm from all over But I was born in the wind She turned and smiled and said You're goin' home again Well I learned to travel lightly Livin' alone Some say that it's the hard way, mama But it's all that I've known And if I move fast enough, hopefully Oh the darkness can't catch up to me Hey, hey, hey Oh I hear that train a comin' Around the bend Oh in the morning I'll be Runnin' away again Runnin' away, runnin' away again When she woke up in the morning With the rising sun In her heart she knew I'd be gone But I wrote her a letter With the words to this song And she read it on the balcony While the wind was strong Well I learned to travel lightly 'Cause I was born alone Some say that it's the hard way, mama But it's all that I've known And if I move fast enough, hopefully Oh the darkness won't catch up to me Hey, hey, hey One Lonely Light Sometimes I get the feelin' like I just ain't a damn bit of good Sometimes I get the feelin' like a better man than me never would Just then a chord is drawn And all the pain there is gone There are storms and there's storms and there's storms through the night Oh the waves how they rage and they crash deep inside Oh and when the wind howls and you feel you've lost sight You'll be guided back home by one lonely light Lonely light, one lonely light copy paste robots kill the internet Sometimes I feel as if the wheels are put here just to stay in place Sometimes I feel that I could disappear into the air out of trace Just then a chord is drawn And all the pain there is gone There are storms and there's storms and there's storms through the night Oh the waves how they rage and they crash deep inside Oh and when the wind howls and you feel you've lost sight You'll be guided back home by one lonely light, lonely light Oh I'll sing for you What more can I do Oh I'll sing for you There are storms and there's storms and there's storms through the night Oh the waves how they rage and they crash deep inside Oh and when the wind howls and you feel you've lost sight You'll be guided back home by one lonely light Lonely light One lonely light One lonely light One lonely light Wait Up For Me When you cannot get to sleep at night Taunted by that new daylight When you just can't sleep before the morn And you do not feel reborn Wait up for me Wait up for me I'll be coming home So you don't have to be alone When you're lost out in this world And you feel you've come undone You ain't nobody's little girl You ain't nobody's sacred son copy paste robots kill the internet Wait up for me Wait up for me I'll be coming home So you don't have to be alone Well I'm ragged too Just like you I might not show it But I feel it inside Well I'm ragged too Lost and blue Feeling like a little child Lately I've been thinking of All the losin' that I've done in love The wind she steals my sweet caress Please feel me in your emptiness Wait up for me Wait up for me I'll be comin' home So you don't have to be alone Wait up for me Wait up for me I'll be comin' home So you don't have to be alone Till You Come Back Through Darling I've been waiting my whole life for you And I'll be waiting Till you come back through You say You always wait And I'm sure to find Someone to ease your worried mind So just leave this behind copy paste robots kill the internet Honey, you say that, oh you gotta leave now, forever I have no choice but to say goodbye Till you come back through Till you come back through Till you Come back through Hurt Me Well the sun come up and I'm feelin' so blown away Don't know what I'll do to make it through another day 'Cause I'm reaching past the breaking point again And I'm beggin' you to put this to an end I want you to hurt me Break me down I want you to hurt me Let the pain lead me out I don't want your mercy, tonight I wanna see the devil in your eyes Are you strong enough to watch me die Late at night while I lie awake watching you so peacefully Oh a fantasy of how you're gonna set me free 'Cause this brutal truth is too true to deny And I'm begging you to free the pain that locks me up inside copy paste robots kill the internet I want you to hurt me Break me down I want you to hurt me Let the pain lead me out I don't want your mercy, tonight I want to feel the devil in your eyes Are you strong enough to watch me die I want you to hurt me Break me down I want you to hurt me Let the pain lead me out I don't want your mercy, tonight I want to feel the devil in your eyes Are you strong enough to watch me die Vaporize Should've let you walk away the first time Instead of letting you walk back through my door As if I needed any more pain Oh I've been waiting up so long I've been sleeping out so long in the rain Rain been falling down I've been stressing all the time And I can't seem to find A little piece of mind I guess I'll just vaporize Everything that's inside I guess I'll just vaporize I, I, I I guess I'll just vaporize Everything that's inside I'm gonna get High, high, high, high, high, high copy paste robots kill the internet Now you wanna talk about the hard times And all the joy that you bring Are you even listening To the strain Oh I've been waiting up so long I've been sleeping out so long in the rain Rain been pouring down I've been stressing all the time I can't seem to find A little piece of mind I guess I'll just vaporize Everything that's inside I guess I'll just vaporize I, I, I I guess I'll just vaporize Everything that's inside I'm gonna get High, high, high, high, high, high Ain't no use in the truth When the lies are raw anyway Ain't no use in the truth, you say Ain't no use in the truth When the lies are raw anyway Ain't no use in the truth, you say I guess I'll just vaporize Everything that's inside I'm gonna just vaporize I, I, I I'm gonna just vaporize Everything that's inside I'm gonna get High, high, high, high, high, high... Walls I know it ain't been easy I know it ain't been good lately All I'm askin' for you Is just to be honest with me She's writing on my walls It's over She's writing on my walls We're through She's writing on my walls She ain't saying Baby I'm not in love with you copy paste robots kill the internet Been a minute since we really connected Got lost in the shuffle of our busy lives I understand it happens But I didn't think it would happen to us baby She's writing on my walls It's over She's writing on my walls We're through She's writing on my walls But she ain't saying Baby I found someone new My love's still here After all these years And all these tears All these tears Oh, after all these tears Ain't nothing you can keep me away Baby stay But I'm starting to think things ain't gonna work out Baby it's okay All you gotta do is say The real way you're feeling about me I'm a man She's writing on my walls It's over She's writing on my walls We're through She's writing oh But she ain't saying Baby I'm not in love with you With You Baby in your loving eyes Baby in your loving hands Baby I can see right now It's only you who understands When there are no cures My pain becomes yours Sitting in this twilight With a half-drawn shade Don't wanna lose that light Never wanna see it fade copy paste robots kill the internet I don't wanna lose you yet I wanna see another summer sunset With you With you Baby the sea gonna rise And then the sea gonna fall I just hope there's peace Somewhere beyond this wall I'm gonna keep you here with me Wherever you go Wherever you're gonna be That's where I'm gonna go I'll be With you With you Baby in your lovin' eyes Baby in your lovin' hands
My New Moon
No More Darkness, No More Light We stare through broken mirrors Shattered reflections of the past I think we may be Standing in the same shadows that been cast Darkness, no more darkness Broken days that feed the dead of night Darkness, no more darkness No more darkness, no more light And the trail we choose to follow It's as cursed as it is blessed Is there mercy that we all must face Before the dead can rest Darkness, no more darkness Broken days that feed the dead of night Darkness, no more darkness No more darkness, no more light In the real world did you copy and paste too? If you listen to the song that settled on the breeze A woman sings unto her baby boy I won't live to see the day that you'll be lifted off your knees Some days it feels so hopeless Nothing's making any sense The flags we raise in praise of ruthlessness Is posed as innocence Darkness, no more darkness Broken days that feed the dead of night Darkness, no more darkness No more darkness, no more light No more darkness, no more light No more darkness, no more light Louisville Well little by little and blow by blow It's a the little breakin' down in the towns we know I'm choking on this bitter pill I'm headed back to Louisville I'm headed back to Louisville Now don't worry, baby, she said it's fine What's mine is yours and what's yours is mine She clean my clock but it's ticking still I'm headed back to Louisville In the real world did you copy and paste too? I'm headed back to Louisville Well Queen bee buzzing around my bedroom door I don't know who she's looking for Sweet sacrifice coming for the kill I'm headed back to Louisville I'm headed back to Louisville Little Light Some days I can't get myself out the box Some days I can't find the keys to any locks Some days I feel like it's all overblown And then I look at you and I don't feel so alone And I say Hey, let your little light shine Let your little light shine For the world to see Hey, let your little light shine Let your little light shine For the world to see In the real world did you copy and paste too? Some days I can't get myself out the race And all that cold wind blows right in my face Some days I feel like I'm against the wall But then I look at you standing strong and tall against it all Hey, let your little light shine Let your little light shine For the world to see Hey, let your little light shine Let your little light shine For the world to see Now I'm gonna keep on looking for the stars in the sky I'm gonna keep on looking for the stars, yeah Hey, let your little light shine Let your little light shine For the world to see Hey, let your little light shine Let your little light shine For the world to see Hey, let your little light shine Let your little light shine For the world to see All You Got Is A Song I was standing there Holding your hand In the dark of the night We was way past a prayer I felt you slipping away You were barely holding on Well sometimes, sometimes All you got is Sometimes, sometimes All you got is Sometimes, sometimes All you've got is a song You put everything on your wedding ring And the health and happiness of your family I watch you silently While I sat there watching silently Praying your rosary In the real world did you copy and paste too? I felt you slipping away And I knew you wouldn't stay long Well sometimes, sometimes All you got is Sometimes, sometimes All you got is Sometimes, sometimes All you've got is a song I'm gonna sing away the pain Like I always do, like I always do I'm gonna sing away the pain Until the morning light will break on through I'm gonna sing away the pain Somewhere over the rainbow I'm gonna sing away the pain And pray that all your pain goes I felt you slipping away You held my hand to keep me strong Well sometimes, sometimes All you got is Sometimes, sometimes All you got is Sometimes, sometimes All you've got is a song I Get Weak First time I bit the apple, tasted sweet Now it's harder to hold the bottom When I'm in trouble stumbling down the street Looking for you my love, my sweet dancer Looking for you my love, you always have the answer I get weak I get weak I get weak when I push that needle I can hardly speak And I get weak Really ain't no reason Really ain't no point at all I peeked into the keyhole There's just an empty wall Looking for you my love You always disappear Like a phantom in my soul That always feels so near In the real world did you copy and paste too? I get weak I get weak I get weak when I push that needle I can hardly speak And I get weak I get weak I get weak I get weak Went and saw the elephants today They were down and out Sleeping in the shadows Giving up on getting out Looking for you my love Nowhere to be found Looking for you my love They say you're always underground I get weak I get weak I get weak when I push that needle You make me feel complete again And I get weak I get weak Crooked Walked a crooked road for a crooked mile Showed my crooked teeth in my crooked smile Read a cuckoo clock on a crooked wall Turns out it's all crooked, y'all And I don't know what I'm supposed to do Turns out that I'm crooked too I read a crooked headline on a crooked page There's a crooked leader on a crooked stage But he seems to think he's standing tall Turns out it's all crooked, y'all In the real world did you copy and paste too? And I don't know what I'm supposed to do Turns out that I'm crooked too So when you stand before that setting sun And the needle's broken and the record's spun You hear a stampede from a cattle call Turns out it's all crooked, y'all Oh, it turns out it's all crooked, y'all Hang On, Hang On We never left you We never left you that day We never left you Even though we felt far away Couldn't hold you But you didn't wanna be held anyway So hang on, hang on Hang on, hang on Hang on, hang on You already come so far alone We never failed you Even though we might have felt that way We never left you But it hurt to see you in so much pain And I would have stayed there forever But it didn't work out that way In the real world did you copy and paste too? So hang on, hang on Hang on, hang on Hang on, hang on When morning comes you won't be here alone Say a lover's prayer A lover's prayer is all we've known Say a lover's prayer As we're standing there in the shadowstone Say a lover's prayer A lover's prayer is all we've known Say a lover's prayer Hang on, hang on Hang on, hang on Hang on, hang on When morning comes you won't be here alone When morning comes you won't be here alone When morning comes you won't be here alone Don't Give A Damn Anymore You ask me who I think I am You ask me as if I give a damn I been wrong so many times So many times before I been wrong so many times I don't give a damn anymore Who the hell is he And who the hell are you Who the hell together Are the two of you I been wrong so many time So many times before I been wrong so many times I don't give a damn anymore Devil been knocking at my door Said the angel been calling But he can offer more In the real world did you copy and paste too? I been wrong so many time So many times before I been wrong so many times I don't give a damn anymore You ask me who I think I am You ask me as if I give a damn I been wrong so many times So many times before I been wrong so many times I don't give a damn anymore Whiskey On Ice I see you pour whiskey on ice It's what you've known of sacrifice Stumbling down this empty hall Pictures stare back on the wall I can see the light Starting to take shape I can see the sun Seeking out escape I can see the moon Slowly creeping in Worlds are dying high she said Anytime you wear the wind When you wear the wind You said he was your only son He gave himself to everyone In the end the loss was yours Now you pace upon these floors In the real world did you copy and paste too? Looking for the light Finding its own shape While the sun it falls Seeking its escape Moon is coming in Stars are hiding high Whare are you my son Where are you right now Looking for the light Trying to find your shape While the sun it falls Tumbling down my face Moonlight crashing in Like waves upon the shore You are at the gate Waiting to find all the fortune that you lost that night That night was a new moon My new moon My new moon Don't Fade Away Praying for a miracle Still she looks so beautiful Smiling through all the pain She never been in love before Staring at the kitchen floor Smiling through all the pain In the real world did you copy and paste too? Feeling like a queen tonight Dancing in that new moonlight Smiling through all the pain Wanna build a wall for her Climb in and wait for a cure So she can be a child again Don't fade away Don't fade away Don't fade away 'Cause I need you here 'Cause I need you here Graffiti on the highway wall On the way to the funeral Says everything's meant to be I'm calling on a good old friend An empty bottle for a broken man I never thought that I'd see You fade away You fade away You fade away And I need you here 'Cause I need you here I need you here And I need you here And I need you here
Little Bear (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track) Lay your head down, little bear 'Cause I going nowhere Let your eyes hide honey child For a little while I ain't leaving till the morning There might be storm clouds up ahead And monsters beneath your bed But don't worry 'bout 'em 'Cause I got 'em So just be peaceful, little bear I'll be taking care of anything you're needing So let yourself sleep Go on, count a bunch of sheep And I'll see you tomorrow So let your eyes hide honey child I'll be by your side whenever you're in needin' There might be storm clouds up ahead And monsters beneath your bed But don't worry about 'em I'll grab 'em by their shirts And throw them right out of the window I'll be sitting here on your corner So dream on, dream on, little bear I'll see you there In the morning Summer All Over (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track) Sometimes my heart is just like a box Often it's heavy and guarded by locks When the door opens flowers all bloom It's summer all over but it's gone too soon The book, it's been written long long ago Maybe you've read it, so maybe you know Nothing ends well here, it's all such a strain Summer all over, sure looks like rain Often it's empty there, so much space Someone to open and share in the case What good is living if it's all in despair It's summer all over, there's love everywhere There's love everywhere There's love everywhere There's love everywhere There's love everywhere Dying White Light (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track) I'm lying awake in the dark While you're out there screaming in Jefferson Park Roaming the dome with a blank dew in sight Crying like children for a dying white light You're out there instilling your rage While I'm in here with our children turning the page When I hear you my knuckles sent fist closing tight Crying like children for a dying white light Your daddy's gone but you can't let it go Your daddy's gone but still you follow With your faith and your fury And your bigoted spite Basking in the glory of our dying white light I'm trying to undone what you've done To the innocent minds of our daughter and son I can lie beside you if you're willing to fight For your broken brotherhood and a dying white light I'll be leaving in the morning at sunlight's first sight You'll be living alone in your dying white light What's Going On (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track / Marvin Gaye Cover) Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Come on, talk to me So you can see, yes What's going on What's going on, yeah Father, father We don't need to escalate War is not the answer For only love can conquer hate Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Come on, talk to me So you can see What's going on, what's going on What's going on, what's going on What's going on, what's a-going on What's going on Father, Father Father, Father Father, Father Who are they to say we're wrong? Who are they to judge us Simply 'cause our hair is long? Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Come on, talk to me So you can see, yeah What's going on, what's going on What's going on What's going on What's going on What's going on, yeah What's going on Song For Tops (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track) I'll never see a sunset in Cuba And after all my work has been done I thought that this would be my last move but My song was not meant to be sung I'll never see a sunset in Cuba I'll never feel that warm summer air I've lived a life that kings would've killed for But still there's more love I can bear So if you ever spend a night in Havana A ravenesque beauty you see Whisper my name so my flame will burn Eternally I'll never see a sunset in Cuba I'll never taste that sweet sugar cane I'm dreaming of her now while I'm drifting She's lifting me out of my pain So if you ever spend a night in Havana See the light in a young child's eyes Just whisper my name so my flame Will burn in that sunrise
Dreamland
Dreamland Dreamland Nothing's ever what it seems You stumble around and you fall down You think It's everybody else's dream Here in dreamland everything's a broken line You think it's you who's falling apart and everybody else is fine But I, I'm not afraid to dream Even when I can't stop shaking Even when my heart is breaking And I, I'm not afraid to dream Even when I can't stop falling Even when the light is calling Dreamland Faces without their eyes Trying to hypnotize me Trying to advertise me Into dreamland Sleep walking into walls When I feel it tearing me down That's when I hear my angel's calls But I, I'm not afraid to dream Even when I can't stop shaking Even when my heart is breaking And I, I'm not afraid to dream Even when I can't stop falling Even when the light is calling Dreamland, here we go again Feeling like a story doesn't have an end I can't wake up even when I'm falling through the deepest blue I keep on reaching out for you but you just listen to me scream I'm not afraid to dream Even when I can't stop shaking Even when my heart is breaking And I, I'm not afraid to dream Even when I can't stop falling Even when the light is calling I'm not afraid I'm not afraid I'm not afraid I'm not afraid Worry No More Even if it don't come true Dreaming is what dreamers do Evan's keys on green to blue Are never gray Even if it all goes bust Your pretty pearls all fade to rust Angel wings to angel dust Every day Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you When you're walking through the clouds Bottles break in angry crowds Lion tamers can't be found Anywhere Listening to the sounds of miles Spanish sketches, playground smiles Crowded streets and empty vials For all to share Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you Keep climbing Keep climbing Keep climbing, keep climbing Keep climbing Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you Worry no more Oh, worry no more There's an open door for you How You Run Oh fighter Oh fighter Born to the fire Left on your own Oh fighter Sky igniter Cry in the night to get you back home Precious gunner The stars you're under The sound of thunder is all that you've known Disappearing Skies are clearing Left you fearing for none but your own How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run Pretty baby Pretty baby Who will save you Who will you know? Not your mother Not your father A fire fight breaks out in the fog How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run Pray love Pray love Pray love Pray love Oh fighter How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run How you run Pray love Pray love Pray love Pray love Oh fighter Into The Clearing I done so many people wrong in my time I was only concerned with getting what was mine Breaking, forsaking, all of this shit's been taking its toll on me My soul ain't free I was always waiting for something more to cure I wanna burn up I wanna burn up I wanna burn up And disappear into the clearing I done you wrong, baby, I know, I know I took the best you had to give And I left you waiting at the door All of my lonely nights Just ain't worth the fight no more My radar's been busted Shouldn't be trusted with something so pure I wanna burn up I wanna burn up I wanna burn up Disappear into the clearing I can be free again I can be free again Into the clearing To the clearing I wanna burn up I wanna burn up I wanna burn up And disappear into the clearing All the silence I've been hearing Hold You See you in the doorway Those tears on your face Singing "Stand by Me" Wanna make you see I can keep you safe Don't need no one to fix you 'Cause, babe, you ain't broken There's hope in your eyes, a new sun will rise You shall be woken I wanna hold you I just wanna hold you I wanna hold you You say everyone seems happy Everyone except for you Babe, I know it seems that way, everybody got pain Something they're going through I don't wanna hurt you Don't wanna cause you pain You fight through, I'll stand by you Ours shall be the same I wanna hold you I just wanna hold you I wanna hold you I wanna hold you I just wanna hold you I wanna hold you, yeah I wanna hold you There is a shelter A sweet little shack Want to sit with me? Wait peacefully for the storm to pass Beauty beneath me Beauty above me I want you to reach me, I want you to teach me how I can love you I wanna hold you I just wanna hold you I wanna hold you So just reach out your hand Reach out your hand Reach out your hand Reach out So just reach out your hand Reach out your hand Reach out your hand Reach out So just reach out your hand Reach out your hand Reach out your hand Reach out See The Light Even when I lose a winner Even when I fail to place When I fall off the map and disappear without a trace Even when I can't breathe in And I'm falling out of line Everybody 'round me says that everything gonna be alright See the light See the light See the light I see the light I see the light I see the light I see the light I see the light Even when I feel I'm falling And there ain't no one to catch Feeling weightless even know I did my best Even when I know I'm crying, I'm smiling on the side 'Cause I know everything gonna be alright I see the light I see the light I see the light I see the light I see the light I see the light I see the light I see the light Hold on Hold on Hold on, on Hold on Hold on Hold on, on, yeah See the light (For everybody that don't see the light) See the light (For everybody that don't see the light) See the light (For everybody that don't see the light) See the light I see the light (For everybody that don't see the light) See the light (For everybody that don't see the light) See the light (For everybody that don't see the light) See the light I see the light (For everybody that don't see the light) See the light (For everybody that don't see the light) See the light (For everybody that don't see the light) See the light See the light (Hold on) See the light (Hold on) See the light (Hold on) See the light (Hold on, on) See the light (Hold on) See the light (Hold on) See the light (Hold on) See the light (Hold on, on) See the light It's Real So you want to walk away just like you always did Push me down and run away just like a little kid You hold up me up and so I feel the flame Then you leave me in the dark again It's all so precious, this part of the game You say you love me but you need the pain Wild-eyed with your hands on the wheel I'm a fool when I want you to feel My love is real My love is real My love is real It's real I'm the same sort of misfit Missed it when I had a wishlist that I made But I'd like to believe When you say you still feel the same If you want me I'd fall at your feet There's a hole where your heart used to be And I can't deny I don't want you to leave It's a sadness and a sickness that I still believe My love is real My love is real My love is real It's real Seeing Ghosts In the garden I woke up alone Startled by the radio I'm home in the shadows I'm seeing ghosts Everywhere I'm seeing ghosts In the light, they disappear But I'm not scared I'm seeing ghosts I'm seeing ghosts I'm seeing ghosts I'm a slave To the tidal wave been crashing down Can't see the sounds that hold me near But will I reappear I'm seeing ghosts Everywhere I'm seeing ghosts In the light, they disappear But I'm not scared I'm seeing ghosts I'm seeing ghosts I'm seeing ghosts From where you stand From where you see me Am I a mystery Part of your history I'm seeing ghosts Everywhere I'm seeing ghosts In the light, they disappear But I'm not scared I'm seeing ghosts I'm seeing ghosts I'm seeing ghosts I'm seeing ghosts I'm seeing ghosts Shoulda Known Better She came to me like a dream Like nothing that I'd ever seen Lying awake here in the dark Trying to find out what to do with my heart Still coming down from the high I'm asking myself why I had to tell a lie Still coming down from the high I'm asking myself why I had to tell a lie I shoulda known better not to stay the night I shoulda known better, I should go I shoulda known better not to stay the night How was I supposed to let you go I shoulda known better but I didn't I guess I shoulda known better but I got no regrets I shoulda known better but I didn't I guess I shoulda known better, known better We both got considerations Other city situations Faraway conversations That might've led us to these deviations No, I won't regret a minute of it No, I won't regret a second of it No, I won't regret a minute of your lovin' No, your lovin' got me open I shoulda known better not to stay the night I shoulda known better, I should go I shoulda known better not to stay the night How was I supposed to let you go I shoulda known better but I didn't I guess I shoulda known better but I got no regrets I shoulda known better but I didn't I guess I shoulda known better, known better But I stayed And I stayed so I could lay in your glow But I stayed Oh I stayed I shoulda known better not to stay the night I shoulda known better, I should go I shoulda known better not to stay the night How was I supposed to let you go I shoulda known better but I didn't I guess I shoulda known better but I got no regrets I shoulda known better but I didn't I guess I shoulda known better, known better I shoulda known better not to stay the night I shoulda known better, I should go I shoulda known better not to stay the night I shoulda known better, known better I shoulda known better not to stay the night I shoulda known better, I should go I shoulda known better, known better I shoulda known better not to stay the night I shoulda known better, I should go I shoulda known better, known better Clean It's been so cold up here The sky won't clear, no the sky won't clear Will you come to see What's become of me, what's become of me Nothing can come between us Except for my fevers, except for my demons And they will not leave my side They will behind Oh they will be- Will you wait, will you wait Will you wait for me Will you wait, will you wait Will you wait for me It's been snowing now for days I can't get away, no I can't can't get away I smile but it fogs the glass Time slowly passes, yes time slowly passes And babe, oh babe, going crazy, yeah Will you wait, will you wait Will you wait for me Will you wait, will you wait Will you wait for me You said that you would wait for me You said that you would climb Up any mountain I was stranded I think about it all the time But I know the words I said to you I was broken, I was blind I took so much and never gave back But do I ever cross your mind I was swallowed by the avalanche And now I watch the hourglass I need one thing I can remember So I don't surrender Will you wait, will you wait Will you wait for me Will you wait, will you wait Will you wait for me Will you wait, will you wait Will you wait for me Will you wait, will you wait Will you wait for me If I get clean
Invisible Oceans In invisible oceans, we get so carried away And she's lying there motionless, corpse-like in a daze Sinking way down Curled up like a wave She calls my name, and I go to her And wait until the tide is turned It's unbearable that I can't lift the weight of her world And I guess it was delusional to think I ever could She says, "You don't have to save me You don't have to say a word In love and silence, I'll return" Now I'm lying in our dark room with the wave gone back to sea And I'm staring in the mirror wondering how wrong I could be? Sinking way down I wish that she could save Wish I hadn't said a word In silence, our love returns In waves, like waves Like waves, like waves Like waves, like waves In invisible oceans, we get so carried away
My Ideal (A Tribute To Chet Baker Sings) That Old Feeling I saw you last night And got that old feeling When you came in sight I got that old feeling The moment that you danced by I felt a thrill And when you caught my eye My heart stood still Once again I seemed to feel that old yearning And I knew the spark of love was still burning There'll be no new romance for me It's foolish to start For that old feeling is still in my heart There'll be no new romance for me It's foolish to start For that old feeling is still in my heart It's Always You Whenever it's early twilight I watch till a star breaks through Funny, it's not a star I see It's always you Whenever I roam through roses And lately I often do Funny, it's not a rose I touch It's always you If a breeze caresses me It's really you strolling by If I hear a melody It's merely the way you sigh Wherever you are you're near me You dare me to be untrue Funny, each time I fall in love It's always you If a breeze caresses me It's really you strolling by If I hear a melody It's merely the way you sigh Wherever you are you're near me You dare me to be untrue Funny, each time I fall in love It's always you Like Someone In Love Lately, I find myself gazing at stars Hearing guitars Like someone in love Sometimes the things I do astound me Mostly whenever you're around me Lately I seem to walk as though I had wings Bump into things Like someone in love Each time I look at you I'm limp as a glove And feeling like someone in love Lately I seem to walk as though I had wings Bump into things Like someone in love Each time I look at you I'm limp as a glove And feeling like someone in love Feeling like someone in love In love My Ideal Long ago my heart and mind Got together and designed A wonderful girl for me Oh, what a fantasy Though the idol of my heart Can be ordered a la cart I wonder if she will be Always a fantasy Will I ever find The girl in my mind The one who is my ideal Maybe she's a dream But yet she might be Just around the corner waiting for me Will I recognise The light in her eyes No other eyes reveal Or will I pass her by And never even know that she was my ideal Will I recognise The light in her eyes That no other eyes reveal Or will I pass her by And never even know that she is my ideal I've Never Been In Love Before I've never been in love before Now all at once it's you It's you forever more I've never been in love before I thought that I was safe I thought I knew the score But this is wine It's all too strange and strong I'm full of foolish song And out my song must pour So please forgive this helpless haze I'm in I've really never been In love before But this is wine It's all too strange and strong I'm full of foolish song And out my song must pour So please forgive this helpless haze I'm in I've really never been In love before My Buddy Nights are long since you went away I think about you all through the day My buddy, my buddy Nobody quite so true Miss your voice, the touch of your hand Just long to know that you understand My buddy, my buddy Your buddy misses you Miss your voice, the touch of your hand Just long to know that you understand My buddy, my buddy Your buddy misses you But Not For Me They're writing songs of love But not for me A lucky star's above But not for me With love to lead the way I found more clouds of gray Than any Russian play Could guarantee I was a fool to fall And get that way Hi-ho, alas! And all So, lack-a-day Although I can't dismiss The memory of her kiss I guess she's not for me I was a fool to fall And get that way Hi-ho, alas! And all So, lack-a-day Although I can't dismiss The memory of her kiss I guess she's not for me Time After Time Time after time I tell myself that I'm So lucky to be loving you So lucky to be The one you run to see In the evening, when the day is through I only know what I know The passing years will show You've kept my love so young, so new And time after time You'll hear me say that I'm So lucky to be loving you I only know what I know The passing years will show You've kept my love so young, so new And time after time You'll hear me say that I'm So lucky to be loving you I Get Along Without You Very Well I get along without you very well Of course, I do Except when soft rains fall And drip from leaves That I recall The thrill of being sheltered in your arms Of course, I do But I get along without you very well I've forgotten you just like I should Of course, I have Except to hear your name Or someone's laugh that is the same I've forgotten you just like I should What a guy What a fool am I To think my breaking heart Could kid the moon What's in store Should I fall once more No, it's best that I stick to my tune I get along without you very well Of course, I do Except perhaps in spring But I should never think of spring For that would only break my heart in two My Funny Valentine (For Oskar And Eli) My funny valentine Sweet comic valentine You make me smile with my heart Your looks are laughable Unphotographable Yet you're my favorite work of art Is your figure less than Greek Is your mouth a little weak When you open it to speak Are you smart But don't change a hair for me Not if you care for me Stay, little valentine, stay Each day is Valentine's Day There Will Never Be Another You There will be many other nights like this And I'll be standing here with someone new There will be other songs to sing Another fall, another spring But there will never be another you There will be other lips that I may kiss But they won't thrill me like yours used to do Yes, I may dream a million dreams But how can they come true If there will never ever be another you Yes, I may dream a million dreams But how can they come true If there will never ever be another you The Thrill Is Gone The thrill is gone The thrill is gone I can see it in your eyes I can hear it in your sighs Feel your touch and realize The thrill is gone The nights are cold For love is old Love was grand when love was new Birds were singin', skies were blue Now it don't appeal to you The thrill is gone This is the end So why pretend And let it linger on The thrill is gone The thrill is gone I Fall In Love Too Easily I fall in love too easily I fall in love too fast I fall in love too terribly hard For love to ever last My heart should be well-schooled 'Cause I've been fooled in the past But still I fall in love too easily I fall in love too fast My heart should be well-schooled 'Cause I've been fooled in the past But still I fall in love too easily I fall in love too fast Look For The Silver Lining Look for the silver lining When every cloud appears in the blue Remember somewhere, the sun is shining And so the right thing to do Is make it shine for you A heart, full of joy and gladness Will always banish sadness and strife So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life A heart, full of joy and gladness Will always banish sadness and strife So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life Everything Happens To Me I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains I try to give a party, and the guy upstairs complains I guess I'll go through life just catching colds and missing trains Everything happens to me I never miss a thing, I've had the measles and the mumps And when I will play an ace, my partner always trumps I guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps Everything happens to me At first I thought that you could break this jinx for me That love would turn the tricks and end despair Oh, but now I just can't fool this head that thinks for me I've mortgaged all my castles in the air I've telegraphed and phoned and sent an Air Mail Special, too You answer was "Goodbye", and there was even postage due I fell in love just once, but then it had to be with you Everything happens to me I'm Old Fashioned I'm old-fashioned I love the moonlight I love the old-fashioned things The sound of rain Upon my windowpane The starry song that April sings This year's fancies Are passing fancies But sighing sighs, holding hands These my heart understands I'm old-fashioned But I don't mind it That's how I want to be As long as you agree To stay old-fashioned with me This year's fancies Are passing fancies But sighing sighs, holding hands These my heart understands I'm old-fashioned But I don't mind it That's how I want to be As long as you agree To stay old-fashioned with me
Honeysuckle Switches Are You Alright Are you alright All of a sudden you went away Are you alright I hope you come back around someday Are you alright I haven't seen you in a real long time Are you alright Could you give me some kind of sign Are you alright I looked around me and you were gone Are you alright I feel like there must be something wrong Are you alright 'Cause it seems like you disappeared Are you alright 'Cause I've been feeling a little scared Are you alright Are you sleeping through the night Do you have someone to hold you tight Do you have someone to hang out with Do you have someone to hug and kiss you Hug and kiss you Hug and kiss you Are you alright Is there something been bothering you Are you alright I wish you'd give me a little clue Are you alright Is there something you wanna say Are you alright Just tell me that you're okay Are you alright 'Cause you took off without a word Are you alright You flew away like a little bird Are you alright Is there anything that I can do Are you alright 'Cause I really need to hear from you Are you alright Are you sleeping through the night Do you have someone to hold you tight Do you have someone to hang out with Do you have someone to hug and kiss you Hug and kiss you Hug and kiss you Are you alright Are you alright Are you alright Are you alright Are you alright Are you alright Are you alright Fruits Of My Labor Baby, see how I been living Velvet curtains on the windows to Keep the bright and unforgiving Light from shining through Baby, I remember all the things we did When we slept together And the blue behind your eyelids Baby, sweet baby Traced your scent through the gloom Till I found these purple flowers I was spent, I was soon Smelling you for hours Lavender, lotus blossoms too Water the dirt, flowers last for you Baby, sweet baby Tangerines and persimmons And the sugarcane Grapes and honeydew melon Enough fit for a queen Lemon trees don't make a sound Till branches bend and fruit falls to the ground Baby, sweet baby Yes Yeah Come to my world and witness The way that things have changed 'Cause I finally did it, baby I got out of La Grange Got in my Mercury and drove out west Pedal to the metal and my luck to the test Baby, sweet baby I've been tryin' to enjoy All the fruits of my labor I've been cryin' for you, boy But truth is my savior Baby, sweet baby, if it's all the same Take the glory any day over the fame Baby, sweet baby Baby, sweet baby Yeah Get Right With God I would risk the serpent's bite I would dance around with seven I would kiss the diamondback If I knew it would get me to heaven 'Cause I want to get right with God Yes, you know, you know I want to get right with God I would burn soles of my feet Burn the palms of both my hands If I could learn and be complete If I could walk righteously again 'Cause I want to get right with God Yes, you know, you know I want to get right with God I would sleep on a bed of nails 'Til my back was torn and bleeding In the deep darkness of Hell The Damascus of my meeting 'Cause I want to get right with God Yes, you know, you know I want to get right with God I asked God about his plan To save us all from Satan's slaughter If I gave one of my lambs Will you take me as one of your daughters 'Cause I want to get right with God Yes, you know, you know I got to get right with God 'Cause I want to get right with God Yes, you know, you know I got to get right with God Compassion Have compassion for everyone you meet Even if they don't want it What seems conceit is always a sign Always a sign, always a sign For those you encounter, have compassion Even if they don't want it What seems bad manners is always a sign Always a sign, always a sign Always a sign of things that waste effort Always a sign of things no eyes have seen You do not know what wars are going on Down there, where the spirit meets the bone Down there, where the spirit meets the bone Down where the spirit meets the bone For everyone you listen to, have compassion Even if they don't want it What seems cynicism is always a sign Always a sign, always a sign Always a sign of things no ears have heard Always a sign of things no eyes have seen You do not know what wars are going on Down there, where the spirit meets the bone Down there, where the spirit meets the bone Down where the spirit meets the bone Down there, where the spirit meets the bone Down there, where the spirit meets the bone Down where the spirit meets the bone Everything Has Changed I can't feel my love anymore I can't feel my love anymore The mystery and the splendor Don't thrill me like before And I can't feel my love anymore I don't wanna talk to anyone I don't wanna talk to anyone All the words that used to work Have melted in the sun And I don't wanna talk to anyone Faces look familiar, but they don't have names Towns I used to live in have been rearranged Highways I once traveled down don't look the same Everything has changed Everything has changed I can't find my joy anywhere I can't find my joy anywhere All the magic vanished Into the misty air And I can't find my joy anywhere I don't know where my faith has gone Now I don't know where my faith has gone The wonder I had a sense of To the brightest star that shone I don't know where my faith has gone Faces look familiar, but they don't have names Towns I used to live in have been rearranged Highways I once traveled down don't look the same Everything has changed Everything has changed Born To Be Loved You weren't born to be abandoned You weren't born to be forsaken You were born to be loved You were born to be loved You weren't born to be mistreated And you weren't born to misguided You were born to be loved You were born to be loved You weren't born to be a slave You weren't born to be disgraced You were born to be loved You were born to be loved You weren't born to be abused You weren't born to lose You were born to be loved You were born to be loved You weren't born to suffer You weren't born for nothing You were born to be loved Hmm hmm, you were born to be loved You were born to be loved You were born to be loved You were born to be loved You were born to be loved Greenville Don't wanna see you again or hold your hand 'Cause you don't really love me, you're not my man You're not my man, oh you're not my man Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville You scream and shout and you make a scene When you open your mouth you never say what you mean Say what you mean, oh say what you mean Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville You drink hard liquor, you come on strong You lose your temper, someone looks at you wrong Looks at you wrong, oh looks at you wrong Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville Out all night playin' in a band Looking for a fight with a guitar in your hand A guitar in your hand, oh a guitar in your hand Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville Empty bottles and broken glass Busted down doors and borrowed cash Borrowed cash, oh borrowed cash Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville Lookin' for someone to save you Lookin' for someone to rave about you To rave about you, oh to rave about you Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville Little Angel Little Brother Your R&B records, your music books Your sense of humor and your rugged good looks I see you now at the piano, your back a slow curve Playing Ray Charles and Fats Domino while I sang all the words Little angel, little brother Your bad habits and your attitude Your restless ways and your solitude I see you leaning your lanky frame just inside the door A figure behind the kitchen screen staring down at the floor Little angel, little brother Little angel, little brother Your passion for Shakespeare and your paperbacks Your chess pieces and your wisecracks I see you sleeping in the car, curled up on the backseat Parked outside of a bar, an empty bottle at your feet Little angel, little brother Little angel, little brother Your R&B records and music books Your sense of humor and your rugged good looks I see you now at the piano, your back a slow curve Playing Ray Charles and Fats Domino while I sang all the words Little angel, little brother Little angel, little brother Little angel, little brother of mine Sweet Old World See what you lost when you left this world This sweet old world See what you lost when you left this world This sweet old world The breath from your own lips The touch of fingertips A sweet and tender kiss The sound of a midnight train Wearing someone's ring Someone calling your name Somebody so warm Cradled in your arms Didn't you think you were worth anything See what you lost when you left this world This sweet old world What you lost when you left this world This sweet old world Millions of us in love Promises made good Your own Flesh And blood Looking for some truth Dancing with no shoes The beat The rhythm The blues The pounding of your heart's drum Together with another one Didn't you think anyone loved you See what you lost when you left this world This sweet old world What you lost when you left this world This sweet old world See what you lost when you left this world This sweet old world What you lost when you left this world This sweet old world I Envy The Wind I envy the wind That whispers in your ear That howls through the winter That freezes your fingers That moves through your hair And cracks your lips That chills you to the bone I envy the wind I envy the rain That falls on your face That wets your eyelashes And dampens your skin And touches your tongue And soaks through your shirt And drips down your back I envy the rain I envy the sun That brightens your summer That warms your body And holds you in her heat That makes your days longer And makes you hot And makes you sweat I envy the sun I envy the wind I envy the rain I envy the sun I envy the wind West Come out West and see The best it'll ever be I know you won't stay permanently But come out West and see Climb up on a rock And stretch out in the sun And close my eyes And let my imagination run I'm tracing your initials In the shining sand And I'm counting out the days 'Til I see you again Who knows what the future holds Or where the cards may fall But if you don't come out West and see You'll never know at all I look off in the distance Blow a kiss and wave A thousand miles between us Will disappear someday I watch as all the starlings Fly in from the North The beating of the winds Echoes the beating of my heart I sleep out in the desert Under the stars above And keep making an effort To wander in your love Who knows what the future holds Or where the cards may fall But if you don't come out West and see You'll never know at all Come out West and see The best it could be Come out West and see Bus To Baton Rouge I had to go back to that house one more time To see if the camellias were in bloom For so many reasons, it's been on my mind The house on Belmont Avenue Built up on cinder blocks off of the ground What with the rain and the soft swampy land By the sweet honeysuckle that grew all around Were switches when we were bad I took a bus to Baton Rouge I took a bus to Baton Rouge All the front rooms were kept closed off I never liked to go in there much Sometimes the doors, they'd be locked The precious things I couldn't touch The company couch covered in plastic Books about being saved The dining room table nobody ate at The piano that nobody played I took a bus to Baton Rouge I took a bus to Baton Rouge Was a beautiful lamp I always loved A seashore was painted on the shade It would turn around when you switched on the bulb And gently rock the waves The driveway was covered with tiny white shells A fig tree stood in the backyard There are other things I remember as well But to tell them would be just too hard Ghosts in the wind that blow through my life Follow me wherever I go I'll never be free from these chains inside Hidden deep down in my soul I took a bus to Baton Rouge I took a bus to Baton Rouge I took a bus to Baton Rouge
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Built To Fall Mystical, hysterical, radical, tyrannical Cynical, the pinnacle, the pitiful in their pretty wool The gravitas, the lives we've lost, sign your cross to pay the cost You bend the knee quite shakily, and break my heart so tenderly The ringing bells that tell the tales, empires rise, empires fell Charity, catastrophe, the past decree, let the bastards be Hold me now and hold me down, cut me with your thorny crown And bleed me out, let the children shout, so they can see what we're all about Walls were built to fall Our gods and alcohol I refuse the call Walls were built to fall Mystery conspiracy surrounding me in groups of three The trinity that sits with me and pours my tea in symmetry Breaks my bread and keeps my stead, they watch the blood fall from my head And gather like a shadow grows, upon my pillow, fills my nose Until no longer breath I feel, the horse, it bucks and breaks the wheel Laughter rise like clouds of dust, we turn to heroin, to lust And rush the pope with veils and sheaths, scream heresy Bring forth the beast and lead us to our vaunted fate, with bones as beggars dirty plates Fill the streets with rotten meats, with fallen angel wings defeat Bleary eyes terrorize the blindness of our mortal lies Injurious, spurious, incurious, in God we trust To once again cut down our foes, we fill our pails as darkness grows Walls were built to fall Our gods and alcohol I refuse the call Walls were built to fall I sit in Bodhisattva robes, the serpent with the servant rose And hung him in his filthy clothes, the swollen holes sung songs for those Who never had a chance to rise, the golden light of dawn's demise The wind, it lashes, shakes the steel, impales the pines with pain we feel Idolatry, the policy, the coliseum spawned by greed The common creed, the prophecies, the dying mother's final pleas My child, my child, why can't we know the promised land, where we were told Would keep up safely from the cold? Forbidden cities paved with gold But as I keep you at my breast, and guide you to eternal rest With feral faith, I'll stalk the key and face the feckless pharisee To keep your name in full, I'll fight, I'll follow you into the light Forever in my mournful state, I'll rush my death to crash the gate Walls were built to fall Gods and alcohol I refuse the call Walls were built to fall Walls were built to fall Beautiful Day Woke up this morning with a bear inside my brain Scratchin' and a-clawin' tryin' to get out of its cage There ain't no taming it, there ain't no blaming it For its animal ways I let him out to play It's a beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day So many days that I have spent lost in the fog Bound and gettin' on but I'm still trying to get along She said to me she sees a sadness in my eyes I was trying to hide it while I waited for the worst of it to fade It's a beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day You can cry all night, baby you ain't gotta explain But I won't be the one who will define you by your pain All night long the tractor trailers rattle all my walls Huffin' and a-puffin' hustlin' overnight hauls Used to be furious but I got used to it Just like a sailor does to waves Kinda glad I stayed It's a beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Beautiful day Carry You On Sister, sister, carry me Always in your memory At every social gathering Alleluia we will sing We'll dance in the sun In the garden, we'll be as one Sister, I will carry you In the light, I'll be with you In every hour you're forlorn Through every night and every morn Ooh, I will carry you, carry you Carry you on Yes, I will carry you, carry you Carry you on Let this harmony you hear Bear testament I'm always near Go without burden towards love Look straight ahead and not above And I will carry you, carry you Carry you on Yes, I will carry you, carry you Carry you on, on Hold On Tight Green light, I don't think I woke up looking for a fight We all know that the ocean tides will rise We all know that the ocean tides will rise All we have is each other All we have in this long cold night All we have is each other Hold on tight You bend your will Deep inside your soul your soldiers Looking for a kill Flag fly away like a dollar bill Time is just a hobo and it won't stay still It never will All we have is each other All we have in this dying light All we have is each other Hold on tight Come on, come on, come on You're always rolling lonely now Come on, come on, come on You're always stoned and rollin lonely Rollin lonely All we have is each other All we have in this dying light All we have is each other Hold on tight Hold on tight Hold on tight Hold on... Madison Madi, don't you let it slip away I'm holding out today that you may be my one and only love I've been broken down before But I've never wanted more to not bear the burden on my own For I can't live my life without you Madison I've been drifting through the night When I walk into the light, I only see you in my shadow Madi, the reason that I write Please help me in this fight so I don't have to eat this arrow For I can't live my life without you Madison I've been cutting myself again I've been cutting myself again Fuck the feeling, fuck the sin I want the feeling of your skin as we prepare this holy eucharist If I could only feel your lips Oh, and feed upon your kiss, my life would no longer be meaningless For I can't live my life without you Madison For I can't live my life without you Madison Darkest Places I've been holding on by a thread And the wind won't stop blowing this flag around I've been looking out for letters and Waiting for a stranger to come knock me out I've been wandering 'round like a man Who fought in a war he knows never would be won Like an empty Budweiser bottle in The window glowing in the sun When I'm sinking down, that's when I cry out above Yes, even in the darkest places, we still look for love I've been reading the news, and boy, it looks so bad So many people out there really struggling All these profiteers with all our tears as souvenirs All the time, they're juggling Well, I've played the clown before, and baby I would do it for you all again But when the sands are always shifting It's so hard to know exactly where to stand When I'm sinking down, that's when I cry out above Yes, even in the darkest places, we still look for love Baby, I'm so hungry now, but I can't reach out 'Cause I am freezing to the bone I don't wanna live without you 'cause I've only learned how to live alone, oh Now I stand before the door with a handful of keys And I can't find the lock I've been riding out on rough seas, baby And you know I'm always seeking out a place to dock I know a man like me was never really supposed To find a proper place to rest And that the stars, they shine so bright because The sky is always full of all its emptiness When I'm sinking down, that's when I cry out above Yes, even in the darkest places, we still look for love Yes, even in the darkest places, we still look for love Yes, even in the darkest places, we still look for love Keep On Movin When I when I was a child, my mother would sing She'd say, "Hush, little baby, don't you worry about a thing" But it's been such a lonely time With so much worry on my mind I'm gonna keep on movin' I'm gonna keep on movin' I'm gonna keep on movin' I'm gonna keep on movin' It's gotten so dark, I can hardly see Even two feet in front of me But it's been such a lonely hour But in the darkness, I will find my power I'm gonna keep on movin' I'm gonna keep on movin' I'm gonna keep on movin' I'm gonna keep on movin' Till the sun breaks through from this long cold night Gonna rage against the dying light Gonna start a fire, gonna watch it grow Gonna hold you tight, gonna let you go Gonna watch you fly straight into the wind Where my dreams die, they'll be born again Gonna seek out comfort from a friend I'm gonna keep on movin' Hum a little tune, I'm gonna hum a little tune Hum a little tune, I'm gonna hum a little tune I'm gonna keep on movin' I'm going to keep on movin' I'm going to keep on movin' Till the sun breaks through from this long cold night Gonna rage against the dying light Gonna start a fire, gonna watch it grow Gonna hold you tight, gonna let you go Gonna watch you fly straight into the wind Where my dreams die, they'll be born again Gonna seek out comfort from a friend I'm gonna keep on movin' Night Light They say that I'm over my head But I just been holding my breath Watching the beautiful shipwreck And swimming away from it Been busy here walking the stairs My friends say that I'm in their prayers But it don't change the fact It all turns to black Whenever you're not there So who do I turn to now Who do I turn to now Now that I'm without you Now that I'm without you Run, baby, run Baby, run Get out of this town Baby, run, baby, run It's all a showdown Baby, run, baby, run Before they burn you down I'm not sure it's worth the fight There's no one to kiss goodnight Been barely sleeping Even with the night light So who do I turn to now Who do I turn to now Now that I'm without you Now that I'm without you Now that I'm without you Now that I'm without you Lucky Ones You know I watched you grow, you know I did my best But I can never take credit for the woman you've become You know I held your hand, I helped you pass the test In a past life, there must have been some good I've done 'Cause when you shine on me, oh, I watch the river shimmer And glimmer like a diamond in the sun Yeah, when you shine on me My greatest gift, my greatest giver Even with nothing more than our love We are the lucky ones Woo, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are You know they're all so proud They ain't prouder than me Sometimes I can't believe my eyes when I look at you and see what I see It's all been a blur, you grew up so fast But the times we spend together, babe, I wish that they forever would last 'Cause when you shine on me, oh, I watch the river shimmer And glimmer like a diamond in the sun Yeah, when you shine on me My greatest gift, my greatest giver Even with nothing more than our love We are the lucky ones Woo, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones Woo, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are And on a clear night, the stars shine so bright Sometimes you know they don't feel all that far And in this great big sky A tear comes to my eye To know by far, you are my brightest star 'Cause when you shine on me, oh, I watch the river shimmer And glimmer like a diamond in the sun Yeah, when you shine on me My greatest gift, my greatest giver Even with nothing more than our love We are the lucky ones Woo, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones Woo, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones We are, we are, we are, we are the lucky ones When You Go Beautiful dreamer, beautiful dream How many lifetimes you been lost at sea? And if you return when the west wind blows Take me with you when you go, oh Once in a lifetime, a love comes along It tears you to pieces, and it fills you with song It hands you an arrow, and it destroys your bow Oh, take me with you when you go, oh Alone in this hotel, my fever spikes high I reach out for the water, but the well, it's run dry I wrote you a message, and I sent by a crow Oh, take me with you when you go, oh The picture we bought still hangs on the wall There's a puddle below it where my tears, they all fall Your memory lays in me like the first falling snow Take me with you when you go Take me with you when you go Take me with you when you go Take me with you when you go Baby Pictures Angel, are you hiding Come outside in Don't you go into that light I can hear you crying in the darkness All you ever want is love Darling, are you shaking Let me hold you I can see you're trying to fight Don't you go down where that beast will blind you Don't you go into that light Same smile that's in your baby pictures Boy, that'll never change Same love that you always gave us Will always stay here with us You're in my broken heart and in my ever-aching mind Angel, are you spinning, can you hear me Are you trying to take flight Darling, please stay with me Are you merely sleeping, or have you gone into that light Same smile that's in your baby pictures Boy, that'll never change Same love that you always gave me Will always stay here with me You're in my broken heart and in my ever-aching mind Angel, are you hiding Come outside in All you ever want is love Transmissions Love, love's a setting sun When the day is done No one really knows Life, life is sown with pain The sunshine and the rain Make the flowers grow Get caught up in all these transmissions Forget to put your keys in the ignition Click on the radio, there ain't no song You turn around, and she's gone The mirror and the clock that's just above The hourglass of love Gets lower every day Days and weeks turn into years The cost of all these tears With memories I pay You get caught up with all these transmissions You forget to put your keys in the ignition Click on the radio, there ain't no song You turn around, and she's gone Blessed, blessed are the wise Who understand the prize Is always letting go But then you see a butterfly flow Oh, and flutter by and then The world begins to slow You get caught up with all these transmissions You forget to put your keys in the ignition Click on the radio, there ain't no song You turn around, and she's gone You get caught up with all these transmissions You forget to put your keys in the ignition Click on the radio, there ain't no song You turn around, and she's gone Look around, and she's gone Turn around And she's gone
Non Albums Tracks
A Little Bit Of Rain ( Harry Belafonte Cover / A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village LP) If I should leave you Try to remember the good times Warm days filled with sunshine And just a little bit of rain And just a little bit of rain And if you look back Try to forget all the bad times Lonely blue and sad times And just a little bit of rain And just a little bit of rain And if I look back I will remember all the good times Warm days filled with sunshine And just a little bit of rain
Brand New
( Amos Lee EP ) Without you I was just a room without a view A stranger in this town without a clue Baby my whole world is brand new Brand new Brand new Brand Now with you Every day is like Sunday afternoon And everytime you leave just too soon Baby my whole world is brand new Brand new Brand new Brand Baby my whole world is brand new Brand new Brand No, no, no, no, no Now you've gone I'm just a Winter's night without a dawn And every day is just harder to move on There's nothing I'd rather do Than to be with you Maybe we can start again Brand new
Holiday Song (A Dualtone Christmas LP) Alone my peace will start with me I want it for my family And for all humanity Alone my peace will start with me I pray this time most every year For greed and hunger disappear And for no child live in fear I pray this time most every year It's gonna snow, snow From the highways to the meadows It's gonna snow, oh From the white house to the ghettos And to my gift I will be true And do what little I can do And when this year it starts anew To my gift I will be true Alone my peace will start with me I want it for my family And for all humanity Alone my peace will start with me I'm Not Myself ( Amos Lee EP )
And if you wanna leave me Baby go ahead I know you don't believe me Oh when I finally said That I'm not myself When I'm with you It takes and breaks My heart in two I'm half a mile from Jersey The headlights on the shore You know how much it hurts me I never been this deep before And I'm not myself When I'm with you It takes and breaks My heart in two And oh... Does anybody have a clue How hard I worked at loving you And I'm not myself When I'm with you It takes and breaks My heart in two Jails & Bombs ( Amos Lee EP )
The one I love is lost without the least bit of explanation Just goes to show the futility of self-preservation Now all I seem to see is all this war, and goin' amongst our nations What good will it do Now everybody wants to know the secrets to our salvation Forever reading on and on, from Genesis to Revelation Never stopping for a second to examine situations After all that we've been through And love it only ends When there's nothing left to defend Will we ever see, yeah, yeah The common bond of humanity Go on... Get a landscape of famine and also of frustration And children walking round without the proper means to education And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation For jails and bombs Still we live behind these hollow walls of lies and segregation People walking round without the proper means to medication And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation For jails and bombs Anybody out there can hear my prayer Anybody out there can hear my prayer Anybody out there can hear my prayer Anybody out there can hear my prayer Anybody out there can hear my prayer Makin' Love
( Amos Lee EP ) Shake off that towel baby Come over here I'm gonna leave you smiling woman Leave you smiling from ear to ear, yeah We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall Not worrying about a thing at all Except making love We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair Not having a single care Except making love Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh It's been a hard week, mama But now you're free, yeah I'm gonna leave you leaving me in a world of ecstasy, yeah We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall Not worrying about a thing at all Except making love We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair Not having a single care Except making love We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall Not worrying about a thing at all Except making love We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair Not having a single care Except making love My lonely day Seems so far away, yeah I love you more than words can...say This is how I prove my love We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall Not worrying about a thing at all Except making love We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair Not having a single care Except making love We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall Not worrying about a thing at all Except making love This is how I share my love We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair Not having a single care Except making love This is how I prove my love Hmm...
May I Remind You ( As The Crow Flies EP ) Come here my darling Come on now You may not be searching You may not know how We're all born strangers This we can see We may fear each other But each other we need So may I remind you, love What is inside you, love The whole world is turning black The springtime is sunshine, The flowers grow back Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Baby your family You may feel broken But you're golden to me Come to me softly, come to me strong Just like singing in song Don't spend time wasted Believing a lie A love you were born with Oh it never can die May I remind you love, What is inside you, love The whole world is turning black The heart that's inside you is coming back So may I remind you May I remind you May I remind you, love Morning
( Amos Lee EP ) Morning, like a picture Without a frame Morning, like a smile Without a name Simple, so simple but yet, so true Oh morning I know now why your sky is so blue Oh I...I cannot see through What the whole soul can see behind There are some things so beautiful, yet still undefined Morning, like a prophet without a word Morning, like a soldier without a sword Woah now... It's funny how we see so much But cannot feel a thing Oh my sweet saviour Morning, here me sing Here me sing, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Morning, morning, morning, oh now morning Morning, morning, morning Morning, morning, morning, oh no morning Morning, morning, morning
Say Goodbye ( As The Crow Flies EP ) You've been playing your own game, baby And you didn't give me the rules Now I'm sitting on the sideline And I'm feeling just like a fool You don't have to speak I can see it in your eyes Say no more Say goodbye You've been holding back the tears baby You've been hiding all your hurt You've been wrestling with your tears baby Meanwhile I'm dealing in the dirt You don't have to speak I can see it in your eyes Say no more Say goodbye You don't have to speak I can see it in your eyes Say no more Say goodbye You've been waiting, you've been waiting so long But you haven't been saying oh and everything's been wrong Now you're lying down with your steely silence now And I can see where this is going Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You don't have to speak I can see it in your eyes Say no more Say goodbye You don't have to speak I can see it in your eyes Say no more Say goodbye You don't have to speak I can see it in your eyes Say no more Say goodbye
Simple Things ( As The Crow Flies EP ) When I am returning Another day on the job It's like a revelation coming home Seeing you sleeping with the light on It's just these simple things Keep me holding on It's just these simple things Keep me holding on I can't go back Right these wrongs Oh, but these simple things keep me holding on Well I know it gets hard, baby Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Things get crooked and crossed Sometimes I just get so hardly baby I start feeling lost It's just these simple things Keep me holding on It's just these simple things Keep me holding on I can't go back Right these wrongs Oh, but these simple things keep me holding on It's just these simple things It's just these simple things It's just these simple things
The Darkness ( As The Crow Flies EP ) Well I never asked for nothing I got nothing in return Turn out that there's something Letters bound and burned Well I know you think you knew me Well I thought I knew you too I guess I was a fool but That ain't nothing new We all fall into the darkness Oh the darkness Oh the darkness Before the dawn Well I never was wasteful With the time I had at hand Guess I had to chase you So I had to understand That we all fall into the darkness Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Oh the darkness Oh the darkness Before the dawn So go get out my records If you take one last request Tell me that you love me That you always did your best So I sense I fell into the darkness Oh the darkness Oh the darkness Oh the darkness