SONGWRITING
SONGS WRITTEN BY KYLE CHADBURN
KYLE CHADBURN, THE HORIZON EP
Look What You've Done
I’ve been forsaken and you’ve been to blame
Now my heart’s burning for another flame
Still since you’re gone, it’s becoming so clear
I’ll never be happy like when you were here
Now look what you’ve done
You’ve stolen my love
Her laughter’s contagious and lights up a room
I’m under her spell, the way that she moves
But deep in her eyes I can see that she knows
That part of my heart still travels with you wherever you go
Now look what you’ve done
You’ve stolen my love
She’s forgiven every fault I have
Though I’ve never asked her to
Now the one thing that she asks of me
Is the one thing that I can’t do
You want another more than you ever did me
It’s the way you intended for our love to be
And though I have tried to leave the past in the past
That feeling still lingers, that feeling will last
Now look what you’ve done
You’ve stolen my love
Find My Way
There's a song that lives inside of me
I've never heard it sung
There's a song that lives inside of me
I've never heard it sung
There's a melody that's haunted
Every moment since I was young
And the echo of it lingers on and on
I tried to shed this shadow
But it walks one step behind
I've tried to shed this shadow
But it's footprints follow mine
And each time that I turn around
I fear for what I'll find
'Cause the darkness of it lingers on and on
I am lost
Lord, I am lost
And I don't know
If I'll ever find my way
The fire in my eyes don't burn so brightly anymore
And the arms that used to hold me don't hold tightly anymore
This hollowness I'm feeling leaves me crying out for more
And I've no doubt it will linger on and on
Avalanche
Given time these walls are bound to cave in on us all
I've been in line, but my savior still ain't found my name to call
Each of us has a burden that we must carry
But when the avalanche comes I won't be buried
When you blaze a path for those with passions in their soul
And run the risk of learning things you were never meant to know
Walking through the unknown, each step is scary
When the avalanche comes I won't be buried
It falls away and there's a chance it never will return
Another day, not knowing if there's fire left to burn
The road is long, talk is cheap, and my mind is wary
But when the avalanche comes I won't be buried
Until I Must
I can’t be your shelter from this storm
It’s too damn much to bear as time goes on
Break me down and leave me here to rust
I won’t make a move until I must
Freedom, oh sweet freedom, where’ve you gone?
My strength is not enough to hold on
To those who I had once given my trust
Now I’m afraid to move until I must
Silhouettes of figures from my past
Appear to me but never seem to last
At night I fall asleep, dust to dust
Too afraid to move until I must
On the Horizon
There's a man who hangs out down around the truck stop
Says he was a preacher once upon a time
Now he spends his nights beggin' blow off of the street girls
As they call out to the johns and then fade into the night
He said son you know I ain't complaining
But the times they are a-changing and there's nothing left for me
The worlds turned upside down now
All the thieves and all the liars run the show, and we're all goin' to hell
Take this fear out of my hands and let me rest awhile
The dark consumes the horizon and my mind constructs denial
A bottle and a few old magazines
We sat and rolled some joints out in the lot next to the fire
Sirens sang us both into a waking sleep
And we sat right there for hours watching everything around us start to dream
I said "hey old man you never told the story
About the time you were in Gatlinburg and you met JFK
Back then it must have been like meeting Jesus"
He said "boy it goddamn was, but like Kennedy that memory's gone away"
Take this fear out of my hands and let me rest awhile
The dark consumes the horizon and my mind constructs denial
Tell me won't you tell me
How to rectify what can't be changed
Feels like every day I'm dying
Feels like every day I'm trying to be someone I was never meant to be
Kyle chadburn, faded colors in darkened skies
Ferris Wheel
Time it just coasts by, there's no rhyme or reason why
I can't stand the time that we're living in
Fools will call the bluff, but their words just ain't enough
The roads are far too rough for our words to smooth
We're living life like we're riding a ferris wheel
Climb to to the top just to roll back down
And I can't keep playing this game with you my friend
Over and over again, over and over again
So afraid to change, it's so hard to rearrange
And the thoughts that once seemed so strange are now surrounding me
It's hard to settle down while the fires burn this town
And the one who wears the crown stands by idly
A Long Hard Ride
No one told me life would be this hard
Trying to find the balance in this random hand of cards
All the truth that's hidden in plain sight
Can't be seen by those who choose the blindness over light
That which brings us closer is hard to find
That which separates us has been weighing on my mind
The space between is one we can't ignore
And as it widens so too disappears the world we knew before
Draw a line in the sand, hold fast the best that you can
'Cause we're in for a long hard ride
Your hopes and your dreams may be coming apart at the seams
Hold on, we're in for a long hard ride
Underneath the shadow of our doubt
Lives a better world that we have learned to live without
Until the moment when we take control
Every one that passes takes its toll
Gasoline
Last night a cold wind brought me closer to home
It's the first time that I've felt like I was there since I've been gone
Now it seems like every corner you'll be waiting on
And I'll be damned if I stay, but I'll be even more damned if I run
Well life is short and each day it gets shorter
Sunrise, sunset, sunshine in between
I backed myself right up into a corner
Burned out dreams they're soaked in gasoline
When I was your I thought I'd live forever
Such a fool I was to play my hand so fast
The breath of life that helped me fly so highly
Has disappeared and these wings ain't gonna last
Falling, baby I have fallen
Slipping, you can see me slide
Crashing, I've hit the wall now
While searching for another place to hide
I Can't See You (Loving Me Again)
The greatest lesson that I ever learned was how to play in fire without getting burned
But that was then and baby this is now
As long as it lasts it's scary as hell to be at someone's mercy, under their spell
When each moment's passing can lead to love's final bow
Now every time I hear your name it always seem to be the same, I fall in love again
With every word you say to me my heart sinks into misery, I'm lost and never found
I learned to love, I learned to hate
I shot the moon and I tempted fate
No one told me I might fall apart
I've had to mourn, I've had to cry
I tried to tell you all the reasons why
There's no way now that we can make amends
'Cause I can't see you loving me again
There was a time when I couldn't tell which thoughts to save and which ones to sell
The truth is I was crazy from the start
Too many dreams and too many prayers leave you feeling helpless, gasping for air
And all that came before them falls apart
Runaway Train
Providence is an old dirt road
You kick up the dust and throw the stones
You try to stay true and you try to stay clear
But heaven is a damn long way from here
Blue collar hands ain't meant to touch gold
By the time they earn the money the prize has been sold
It's best just to watch it from afar
Gold can't fill up a lonely heart
There's times it's hard for me to remember
What my daddy told me when I was a boy
It's better to be cleaning up the messes that you've made
Than to leave it all behind for the world
Age is the gift that no one seeks
As you inch toward death and you're body grows weak
All of the knowledge that you have gained
Comes rolling out like a runaway train
Almost Over You
I remember saying some old tired cliche about her eyes
She laughed and knocked me down from off my cloud
She never drank in front of family, never opened up that much
'Til the day that she found someone new and said she'd had enough
It's the sound of a rolling train, telling me that I'm to blame
And she won't be coming back anytime soon
It's the promise that you make knowing damn well you will break it
It's the feeling that she's almost over you
I spent the first nights alone inside myself
Searching long and hard to blame somebody else
I got high and drove all night out past our home, hoping she'd be there alone
Stuck inside the world I'd built to hold us both
Annabelle
Wayward and weary were the days that I spent in your shadow
Beaten and battered, laden with heartache again
Your smile said I love you, damn it I want to believe it
But there's nothing more foolish than a man with his heart on his sleeve
Oh, Annabelle you come and you go as you please
Leaving me here on my knees, waiting for something to change
Oh, Annabelle you give and you take on a whim
Turning to me and then him, your love's like a maze
Oh, Annabelle
I guess I just wanted something that I could hold onto
No matter the price, my heart would pay it in full
You caught me reeling, fumbling, and losing my balance
One thing remained to love you and break every rule
All This Sin
Baby don't you hang my poor ass out to dry
Baby don't you hang my poor ass out to dry
Drag me up off of that barroom floor and send me swaying toward those swinging doors
But baby don't you hang my poor ass out to dry
Honey don't you worry I'm never gonna do you wrong
Honey don't you worry I'm never gonna do you wrong
Sure I got another girl on the side, but she's not the one I wanna hold at night
So honey don't you worry I'm never gonna do you wrong
Oh no, I've gone and done it again
Oh no, Jesus gotta save my soul from all this sin
Darling won't you tell me what you're doing with that gun?
Darling won't you tell me what you're doing with that gun?
I'll admit that I done you bad and you deserve better than what I have
So darling won't you tell me what you're doing with that gun?
Lay me in the cold hard ground and let me be
Lay me in the cold hard ground and let me be
It seems I screwed you over for the very last time and now another fella's gonna have what's mine
So lay me in the cold hard ground and let me be
Places That I've Known
There've been times that I've felt just like a hostage of my mind
Surrounded by the dreams I hoped to find there down the line
There's been days when I prayed I wouldn't see the light again
I lost the faith I had and all I'd made, shrouded in shame
This place was once my home, but it don't feel like home anymore
And the people that I knew ain't nothing like the people that I know
I see your face and it haunts me nearly every single day
A reminder of the faulty steps I've taken along the way
Nobody else could've helped me learn the ways to help myself
Put my proud and tattered heart upon a shelf, nobody else
By and By
You take just what you need and you shake the hand that feeds
So all you'll get from me is admiration
'Cause the song that must be sung, and the bell that must be rung
Will drive the silence off in celebration
Don't fault the ones who can't, who falter when they stand
That don't mean they ain't got rhyme and reason
The ties that bind us fray, they're getting weaker every day
Open up your eyes, it's that time of the season
'Round our way the neon lights are brighter
Faded colors shine in darkened skies
Someday baby all our dreams will surely turn to dust
And the winds of change blow in the sweet by and by
You feel misunderstood, and darling I think you should
Don't you cry those cryptic tears of sorrow
The storms are raising hell, and the nightmares on you fell
But the sandman's plan brings a better dream tomorrow
Kingdom surely come, and the spirit comes undone
In the language of a desperate fairytale
The king shall fall from grace, and the mud that stains his face
Will dry up long before we hit the trail
Time it just coasts by, there's no rhyme or reason why
I can't stand the time that we're living in
Fools will call the bluff, but their words just ain't enough
The roads are far too rough for our words to smooth
We're living life like we're riding a ferris wheel
Climb to to the top just to roll back down
And I can't keep playing this game with you my friend
Over and over again, over and over again
So afraid to change, it's so hard to rearrange
And the thoughts that once seemed so strange are now surrounding me
It's hard to settle down while the fires burn this town
And the one who wears the crown stands by idly
A Long Hard Ride
No one told me life would be this hard
Trying to find the balance in this random hand of cards
All the truth that's hidden in plain sight
Can't be seen by those who choose the blindness over light
That which brings us closer is hard to find
That which separates us has been weighing on my mind
The space between is one we can't ignore
And as it widens so too disappears the world we knew before
Draw a line in the sand, hold fast the best that you can
'Cause we're in for a long hard ride
Your hopes and your dreams may be coming apart at the seams
Hold on, we're in for a long hard ride
Underneath the shadow of our doubt
Lives a better world that we have learned to live without
Until the moment when we take control
Every one that passes takes its toll
Gasoline
Last night a cold wind brought me closer to home
It's the first time that I've felt like I was there since I've been gone
Now it seems like every corner you'll be waiting on
And I'll be damned if I stay, but I'll be even more damned if I run
Well life is short and each day it gets shorter
Sunrise, sunset, sunshine in between
I backed myself right up into a corner
Burned out dreams they're soaked in gasoline
When I was your I thought I'd live forever
Such a fool I was to play my hand so fast
The breath of life that helped me fly so highly
Has disappeared and these wings ain't gonna last
Falling, baby I have fallen
Slipping, you can see me slide
Crashing, I've hit the wall now
While searching for another place to hide
I Can't See You (Loving Me Again)
The greatest lesson that I ever learned was how to play in fire without getting burned
But that was then and baby this is now
As long as it lasts it's scary as hell to be at someone's mercy, under their spell
When each moment's passing can lead to love's final bow
Now every time I hear your name it always seem to be the same, I fall in love again
With every word you say to me my heart sinks into misery, I'm lost and never found
I learned to love, I learned to hate
I shot the moon and I tempted fate
No one told me I might fall apart
I've had to mourn, I've had to cry
I tried to tell you all the reasons why
There's no way now that we can make amends
'Cause I can't see you loving me again
There was a time when I couldn't tell which thoughts to save and which ones to sell
The truth is I was crazy from the start
Too many dreams and too many prayers leave you feeling helpless, gasping for air
And all that came before them falls apart
Runaway Train
Providence is an old dirt road
You kick up the dust and throw the stones
You try to stay true and you try to stay clear
But heaven is a damn long way from here
Blue collar hands ain't meant to touch gold
By the time they earn the money the prize has been sold
It's best just to watch it from afar
Gold can't fill up a lonely heart
There's times it's hard for me to remember
What my daddy told me when I was a boy
It's better to be cleaning up the messes that you've made
Than to leave it all behind for the world
Age is the gift that no one seeks
As you inch toward death and you're body grows weak
All of the knowledge that you have gained
Comes rolling out like a runaway train
Almost Over You
I remember saying some old tired cliche about her eyes
She laughed and knocked me down from off my cloud
She never drank in front of family, never opened up that much
'Til the day that she found someone new and said she'd had enough
It's the sound of a rolling train, telling me that I'm to blame
And she won't be coming back anytime soon
It's the promise that you make knowing damn well you will break it
It's the feeling that she's almost over you
I spent the first nights alone inside myself
Searching long and hard to blame somebody else
I got high and drove all night out past our home, hoping she'd be there alone
Stuck inside the world I'd built to hold us both
Annabelle
Wayward and weary were the days that I spent in your shadow
Beaten and battered, laden with heartache again
Your smile said I love you, damn it I want to believe it
But there's nothing more foolish than a man with his heart on his sleeve
Oh, Annabelle you come and you go as you please
Leaving me here on my knees, waiting for something to change
Oh, Annabelle you give and you take on a whim
Turning to me and then him, your love's like a maze
Oh, Annabelle
I guess I just wanted something that I could hold onto
No matter the price, my heart would pay it in full
You caught me reeling, fumbling, and losing my balance
One thing remained to love you and break every rule
All This Sin
Baby don't you hang my poor ass out to dry
Baby don't you hang my poor ass out to dry
Drag me up off of that barroom floor and send me swaying toward those swinging doors
But baby don't you hang my poor ass out to dry
Honey don't you worry I'm never gonna do you wrong
Honey don't you worry I'm never gonna do you wrong
Sure I got another girl on the side, but she's not the one I wanna hold at night
So honey don't you worry I'm never gonna do you wrong
Oh no, I've gone and done it again
Oh no, Jesus gotta save my soul from all this sin
Darling won't you tell me what you're doing with that gun?
Darling won't you tell me what you're doing with that gun?
I'll admit that I done you bad and you deserve better than what I have
So darling won't you tell me what you're doing with that gun?
Lay me in the cold hard ground and let me be
Lay me in the cold hard ground and let me be
It seems I screwed you over for the very last time and now another fella's gonna have what's mine
So lay me in the cold hard ground and let me be
Places That I've Known
There've been times that I've felt just like a hostage of my mind
Surrounded by the dreams I hoped to find there down the line
There's been days when I prayed I wouldn't see the light again
I lost the faith I had and all I'd made, shrouded in shame
This place was once my home, but it don't feel like home anymore
And the people that I knew ain't nothing like the people that I know
I see your face and it haunts me nearly every single day
A reminder of the faulty steps I've taken along the way
Nobody else could've helped me learn the ways to help myself
Put my proud and tattered heart upon a shelf, nobody else
By and By
You take just what you need and you shake the hand that feeds
So all you'll get from me is admiration
'Cause the song that must be sung, and the bell that must be rung
Will drive the silence off in celebration
Don't fault the ones who can't, who falter when they stand
That don't mean they ain't got rhyme and reason
The ties that bind us fray, they're getting weaker every day
Open up your eyes, it's that time of the season
'Round our way the neon lights are brighter
Faded colors shine in darkened skies
Someday baby all our dreams will surely turn to dust
And the winds of change blow in the sweet by and by
You feel misunderstood, and darling I think you should
Don't you cry those cryptic tears of sorrow
The storms are raising hell, and the nightmares on you fell
But the sandman's plan brings a better dream tomorrow
Kingdom surely come, and the spirit comes undone
In the language of a desperate fairytale
The king shall fall from grace, and the mud that stains his face
Will dry up long before we hit the trail
The Evansville Transit Authority, The Evansville Transit Authority
A Way to Say Goodbye
On my way home I found a new direction, on my way home I left my past behind
It's a curious thing the way a mind can travel, it's a curious thing to travel in your mind
The first time I got high I got in trouble, the first time you found trouble you were high
There's a lot to say about the human spirit, there's a song about a spirit in the sky
I can't say if all of my philosophies are true
You can't say for sure that they're a lie
I have never been much for the company of strangers
You can't find a way to say goodbye
The choice is our to work away our lifetime or make our work to live as best we can
Go out and find that diamond in the shadows, help the world around you understand
No One to Turn To
The fire's burning but I can't feel the heat
The heart is pouring words I cannot repeat
I feel alone, there ain't no one to turn to
The night is quiet but I still hear the sound
My mind is chasing all these questions around
I'm just a fool, there ain't no one to turn to
No matter where I run it seems like there ain't no one to turn to
No shadow, no doubt
No way in and no way out
No memory, no embrace
Nothing left behind, not even the taste of
Cold coffee left on the shelf
Every image that I had of myself
I feel alone, there ain't no one to turn to
No matter where I run, it seems like there ain't no one to turn to
Burn
There ain't one single choice that I regret
And none of my mistakes have caught me yet
Don't wait around for life to pull you down
We got a long way to go if we're freedom-bound
Let it burn, oh Lord, let that fire burn
I've run this race called life without a care
Without a dream, a hope, a goal, a prayer
It ain't the best way, but it's what I've got
No use in spending time on what I'm not
Cheap Motels
I spend most of my nights in a cheap motel with a bottle and a .45
Tracing back time to where it all went down, that moment when I ruined my life
I broke the law boys, I broke the law boys
I spend most of my night in cheap motels dreaming of the warmth of the holy South
I'll have to die 'fore I can get back home and lay my body in the cold hard ground
I broke the law boy, I broke the law boys
Now I'm ready to fly, now I'm ready to fly
Put the pedal to the floor and head for the border, I'm ready to fly
There's a teenage mother in 13C trying to save her baby from a broken life
She shot his dirtbag daddy down in cold blood and let her home to be here tonight
She broke the law boys, she broke the law boys
There's a coked out waiter in 14B who just got off a double to cover his high
His time is getting shorter as the lines grow longer, but he's ready for that long goodbye
He broke the law boys, he broke the law boys
Kentucky Pastime
It felt like heaven there with her tonight, but something told me she wasn't feeling right
Trying to find a good time, maybe if I could
And if her love couldn't do it, I knew the whiskey would
You know I've never been the worried kind, and never thought too much about what I've left behind
In between the bad times and the good
If my mind can't do it, I know the whiskey would
Everybody's talking 'bout the golden age, but people struggle to make minimum wage
Hard times are falling on my neighborhood
And if the money can't do it, they know the whiskey would
Asleep at the Wheel
There's danger up ahead, and memories back behind
I've had too much to drink and too much to think about tonight
The place I've never been and the place I ought to be
Don't pay me no mind as long as you're here in the passenger's seat
And I am asleep at the wheel
Trying hard not to feel all the twists and turns
And you are the pilot I need
To keep track of the breeze and make sure that I learn enough
Jesus said to me, "be mine and you'll be free"
Then he flashed me a smile and I walked for awhile to find out what he means
And I saw you watch the sky, and I watched you give your life
To some guy who just gave me a light at the corner of Main Street
If life is a dream then we'll find what it means in the end
Stalemate
The battle scars they keep on growing
Black eyes and bent and broken hearts
There ain't much left to hang our hopes on
It feels like we quit before the start
It's been years since we started this whole game
And baby, let's call it a tie
'Cause if we keep on trying to one up one another
We might as well keep playing until we die
Let's not pretend that this can't happen
True love is fragile, yes it's true
But if I have to watch this so-called sinking ship
I'm glad I get to watch it sink with you
Years will pass and we'll get older
We'll live our lives the way we do
So let's not forget the lessons learned here
Love ain't love unless there's proof
Lonely Days
Wasting away on a cold rainy day in my humble abode by the sea
And the creatures they stir as the water it purrs in the cold of the sweet morning breeze
And my eyes want to close and succumb to the thousand s of dreams that await in my mind
But there's work to be done if only the sun would come out and shine for awhile
Lonely day, nobody comes around no more
And I'm amazed that the hands of the clock can move so slow
Trees are my shade and my castle is laid right beneath to protect me from harm
But now as it seems Mother Nature don't mean to make trouble for me anymore
The townsfolk go past moving steady and fast to return while they still have the chance
The go back to their homes and I'm left here alone
Tell It To Me
Tell me little mama have you heard what the boss man said?
You better get your act together or you just might wind up dead
You gotta pay your bills by Monday, keep your children fed
There's no time a-wasting better get that through your head
Tell me little mama have you heard what the boss man said?
Hey there brother, tell me have you heard the news?
It seems that life is blowing past you and there ain't much left to choose
You spend all your time and money chasing smokes, cars, women, and booze
Then bitch about it later when you see how much you lose
Hey there brother tell me that you've heard the news
Everybody's talking but no one says a goddamn thing
Put the politics aside and we'll see what kind of change we can bring
If your money's where your mouth is there's no reason we can't make it swing
Forget about the past and we'll try to make the future king
Well everybody's talking but no one seems to say a thing
Well help me now mama, tell me where the time has gone
I'm sick of sitting still I just want to be moving on
Have something worth sharing when it's all said and done
Then leave it all behind me like a bullet from a gun
Tell me now mama where my precious time has gone
On my way home I found a new direction, on my way home I left my past behind
It's a curious thing the way a mind can travel, it's a curious thing to travel in your mind
The first time I got high I got in trouble, the first time you found trouble you were high
There's a lot to say about the human spirit, there's a song about a spirit in the sky
I can't say if all of my philosophies are true
You can't say for sure that they're a lie
I have never been much for the company of strangers
You can't find a way to say goodbye
The choice is our to work away our lifetime or make our work to live as best we can
Go out and find that diamond in the shadows, help the world around you understand
No One to Turn To
The fire's burning but I can't feel the heat
The heart is pouring words I cannot repeat
I feel alone, there ain't no one to turn to
The night is quiet but I still hear the sound
My mind is chasing all these questions around
I'm just a fool, there ain't no one to turn to
No matter where I run it seems like there ain't no one to turn to
No shadow, no doubt
No way in and no way out
No memory, no embrace
Nothing left behind, not even the taste of
Cold coffee left on the shelf
Every image that I had of myself
I feel alone, there ain't no one to turn to
No matter where I run, it seems like there ain't no one to turn to
Burn
There ain't one single choice that I regret
And none of my mistakes have caught me yet
Don't wait around for life to pull you down
We got a long way to go if we're freedom-bound
Let it burn, oh Lord, let that fire burn
I've run this race called life without a care
Without a dream, a hope, a goal, a prayer
It ain't the best way, but it's what I've got
No use in spending time on what I'm not
Cheap Motels
I spend most of my nights in a cheap motel with a bottle and a .45
Tracing back time to where it all went down, that moment when I ruined my life
I broke the law boys, I broke the law boys
I spend most of my night in cheap motels dreaming of the warmth of the holy South
I'll have to die 'fore I can get back home and lay my body in the cold hard ground
I broke the law boy, I broke the law boys
Now I'm ready to fly, now I'm ready to fly
Put the pedal to the floor and head for the border, I'm ready to fly
There's a teenage mother in 13C trying to save her baby from a broken life
She shot his dirtbag daddy down in cold blood and let her home to be here tonight
She broke the law boys, she broke the law boys
There's a coked out waiter in 14B who just got off a double to cover his high
His time is getting shorter as the lines grow longer, but he's ready for that long goodbye
He broke the law boys, he broke the law boys
Kentucky Pastime
It felt like heaven there with her tonight, but something told me she wasn't feeling right
Trying to find a good time, maybe if I could
And if her love couldn't do it, I knew the whiskey would
You know I've never been the worried kind, and never thought too much about what I've left behind
In between the bad times and the good
If my mind can't do it, I know the whiskey would
Everybody's talking 'bout the golden age, but people struggle to make minimum wage
Hard times are falling on my neighborhood
And if the money can't do it, they know the whiskey would
Asleep at the Wheel
There's danger up ahead, and memories back behind
I've had too much to drink and too much to think about tonight
The place I've never been and the place I ought to be
Don't pay me no mind as long as you're here in the passenger's seat
And I am asleep at the wheel
Trying hard not to feel all the twists and turns
And you are the pilot I need
To keep track of the breeze and make sure that I learn enough
Jesus said to me, "be mine and you'll be free"
Then he flashed me a smile and I walked for awhile to find out what he means
And I saw you watch the sky, and I watched you give your life
To some guy who just gave me a light at the corner of Main Street
If life is a dream then we'll find what it means in the end
Stalemate
The battle scars they keep on growing
Black eyes and bent and broken hearts
There ain't much left to hang our hopes on
It feels like we quit before the start
It's been years since we started this whole game
And baby, let's call it a tie
'Cause if we keep on trying to one up one another
We might as well keep playing until we die
Let's not pretend that this can't happen
True love is fragile, yes it's true
But if I have to watch this so-called sinking ship
I'm glad I get to watch it sink with you
Years will pass and we'll get older
We'll live our lives the way we do
So let's not forget the lessons learned here
Love ain't love unless there's proof
Lonely Days
Wasting away on a cold rainy day in my humble abode by the sea
And the creatures they stir as the water it purrs in the cold of the sweet morning breeze
And my eyes want to close and succumb to the thousand s of dreams that await in my mind
But there's work to be done if only the sun would come out and shine for awhile
Lonely day, nobody comes around no more
And I'm amazed that the hands of the clock can move so slow
Trees are my shade and my castle is laid right beneath to protect me from harm
But now as it seems Mother Nature don't mean to make trouble for me anymore
The townsfolk go past moving steady and fast to return while they still have the chance
The go back to their homes and I'm left here alone
Tell It To Me
Tell me little mama have you heard what the boss man said?
You better get your act together or you just might wind up dead
You gotta pay your bills by Monday, keep your children fed
There's no time a-wasting better get that through your head
Tell me little mama have you heard what the boss man said?
Hey there brother, tell me have you heard the news?
It seems that life is blowing past you and there ain't much left to choose
You spend all your time and money chasing smokes, cars, women, and booze
Then bitch about it later when you see how much you lose
Hey there brother tell me that you've heard the news
Everybody's talking but no one says a goddamn thing
Put the politics aside and we'll see what kind of change we can bring
If your money's where your mouth is there's no reason we can't make it swing
Forget about the past and we'll try to make the future king
Well everybody's talking but no one seems to say a thing
Well help me now mama, tell me where the time has gone
I'm sick of sitting still I just want to be moving on
Have something worth sharing when it's all said and done
Then leave it all behind me like a bullet from a gun
Tell me now mama where my precious time has gone