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LYRICS FROM: LOVE ME TILL I'M ME AGAIN-2009
1) Obsessed
2) Midnight Train
3) Old Boxes
4) Love Leads The Way
5) My Version of it
6) Here I am Again
7) I Loved Before
8) Try a Little Tenderness
OBSESSED
There ain’t nothing you can say,
Baby that will take my love away.
Seems there’s nothing you can do,
That will take my eyes from you.
Foolish, useless, little girl and boy school kids
Do this, sweet kiss, check off all my wish list.
Not having a fall back so I can fall into you,
People ask why you’re all that,
It’s the things you do.
Never met a gaze that says
“ I love you” like yours does,
I need you for sure cuz,
You give me more purpose, you do.
And for that I’m obsessed with you.
It’s those days when things go wrong,
You take my hand and it’s all gone.
Nights you make love to me,
No one’s ever touched me so intimately.
Foolish, useless, little girl and boy school kids
Do this, sweet kiss, check off all my wish list.
Not having a fall back so I can fall into you,
People ask why you’re all that,
It’s the things you do.
Never met a gaze that says
“ I love you” like yours does,
I need you for sure cuz,
You give me more purpose, you do.
And for that I’m obsessed with you.
MIDNIGHT TRAIN
I stopped wishing on stars,
What’s the point, when they too are,
So far away?
I’ll be waiting on that midnight train,
To come and roll me away,
So I don’t have to love again,
I’ve been paying that toll since
I don’t know when.
‘Bout that time I’d be rolling away,
I’td be commin’ any day now.
I’m an empty faucet with no water,
I’m a bastard child with no father.
I’m the sky with no sun,
I’m the earth with no one.
When the lights go down,
On this sleepy little town,
As it fades behind the passenger cart,
I’ll be miles away from where I was yesterday
I’ll be waiting on that midnight train,
To come and roll me away,
So I don’t have to love again,
I’ve been paying that toll since
I don’t know when.
‘Bout that time I’d be rolling away,
I’td be commin’ any day now.
OLD BOXES
Old boxes filled with stories,
Beat wood taken down, glorious days.
Cement ground spotted footsteps,
Paint cans, tools of success.
We saw what we wanted,
what we had wasn’t good enough.
Our eyes are lined with these days,
Our hands are books in many ways,
Only we knew what went down.
We were made from these ideals,
Kept comming home for meals,
Running from what it feels to feel.
Wished we could have loved,
Regret having what we gave.
Unspoken poetry, picture frames
and empty deeds.
Thought we were much bigger than,
Life’s mysteries,
Distractions kept the pain away,
Jokes and drinks and travelling.
Scared shitless to our bones,
We’d never admit that no,
We were made from these ideals,
Kept comming home for meals,
Running from what it feels to feel.
LOVE LEADS THE WAY
Saw your eyes,
Heard your words.
I was afraid,
I was petrified.
Lay in your bed,
You kissed my head.
I was lost, than you found me.
For I have travelled high,
For I have travelled below.
When there’s nothing left to give,
You give it all away.
When there’s no more time to live,
Love leads the way.
Saw your eyes,
Heard your words.
It was cold and damp,
I could smell my past,
Peeling from my hands.
Took a trip across the world,
Landed in a foreign place.
Where the sky was grey,
Like a hound it haunted me.
For I have travelled high,
For I have travelled below.
When there’s nothing left to give,
You give it all away.
When there’s no more time to live,
Love leads the way.
Nothing he could do that
would make me wanna cry,
Nothing I could ask for
That would surpass his smile.
Nothing we could do that would
stop what we’re feeling.
For I have travelled high,
For I have travelled below.
When there’s nothing left to give,
You give it all away.
When there’s no more time to live,
Love leads the way.
MY VERSION OF IT
Here’s my version of it,
The one where you said that I didn’t love you,
The empty good-bye’s,
The pre-written cries.
There musta been no leaves on the ground that fall,
There musta been no snowflakes that winter at all,
Cuz the way I remember it,
Isn’t the way you pretend to believe,
That I never loved you at all,
Time colours our fall.
The way I remember it,
Is the way you believe
That I’d leave you,
And you’d left,
This is it, and you’d quit,
This is my version of it.
Here’s my version of it,
The one where you said that I couldn’t love you,
The stolen surprise,
The look in your eyes…
Kills me inside,
To know we're alive,
Waisted out time,
With all of these lies,
Can't we come together and just breathe?
I’d leave you,
And you’d left,
This is it, and you’d quit,
This is my version of it.
HERE I AM AGAIN
Here I am again,
Thinking about you,
All I can do is think about
how much I love you.
Here I am again,
Talking with you,
All I can do is think about
How much I love you,
Here we are again,
Holding our breath,
Hoping that
This moment will never end.
I was walking in my sleep
When you came,
and you said,
You’d give me all that I’d need
Forever,
and than,
In a flash of a light, tonight,
My knees fell weak,
And out of sight.
And I was yours.
Here I am again,
Tossing and turning.
Counting sheep,
Cuz I can’t get to sleep.
Here my mind goes,
Down the rabbit hole.
Hoping that, you’d forget,
that you have to be somewhere else.
Stay with me, Cuz I need you baby.
I was walking in my sleep
When you came,
and you said,
You’d give me all that I’d need
Forever,
and than,
In a flash of a light, tonight,
My knees fell weak,
And out of sight.
And I was yours.
And I was yours,
All yours,
All yours.
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
Otis Redding
oh she may be weary
them young girls they do get wearied
wearing that same old miniskirt dress
but when she gets weary
you try a little tenderness
oh man that
un hunh
i know shes waiting
just anticipating
the thing that youl never never possess
no no no
but while she there waiting
try just a little bit of tenderness
thats all you got to do
now it might be a little bit sentimental no
but she has her greavs and care
but the soft words they are spoke so gentle
yeah yeah yeah
and it makes it easier to bear
oh she wont regret it
no no
them young girls they dont forget it
love is their whole happiness
yeah yeha yeah
but its all so easy
all you got to do is try
try a little tenderness
yeah
damn that hart (hard?)
all you got to do is know how to love her
you've got to
hold her
squeeze her
never leave her
now get to her
got got got to try a little tenderness
yeah yeah
lord have mercy now
all you got to do is take my advice
you've got to hold her
don't squeeze her
never leave her
you've got to hold her
and never
so you got to try a little tenderness
a little tenderness
a little tenderness
a little tenderness
you've got to
got to got to
you've gotta hold her
don't squeeze her
never leaver her
you got
got got got to
now now now
got got got to
try a little tenderness
LYRICS FROM LIVE ALBUM: Subtitles - 2006
1.) 7 Of Spades
2.) Rainy Day Love Song
3.) Yellow Season
4.) Wrongfully Right
5.) Those Women
6.) Scarlette Red Dress
7.) Most Beautiful Surprise
8.) Springtime In Georgia
9.) Nobody Here But Me
7 OF SPADES
7 of spades etched on your skin
gambling man but you just cant win
blues on your shoulders and walk with holes on your feet
you got so much emptyness but nothing to eat
sold your soul to the devil but still cant sleep
cuz your a restless soul in the heart of a city
that doesn’t give a shit for people who are witty
your a small town boy in a big town world
and you love that guitar like you never loved no girl
You’re a man of few words, but those words are heavy
got stuff to say, so say it already
dad never told you he loved you plenty
but I’ll tell you as many as you let me
you got so much emptyness but nothing to eat
sold your soul to the devil but still cant sleep
cuz your a restless soul in the heart of a city
that doesn’t give a shit for people who are witty
your a small town boy in a big town world
and you love that guitar like you never loved no girl
RAINY DAY LOVE SONG
Mr.Johnston was a man
who had a moustache and a cain
and walked the streets from 6 am to four
he wore a hat most everyday
and a cloak to keep him warm from the rain
They use to say,
who are you?
they use to say
who are you?
The children watched from behind thier mums legs
as they walked in line to school on thier way
and all the women glared up from under thier umbrellas
just to catch a glimpse of the old mans eyes
they use to say,
who are you?
they use to say,
who are you?
Everybody thought that he was a loner
nobody knew that his wife had died ten years ago
and everybody was talking
everybody was spreading roumours but nobody knew
that this is what he had to do
he walked everyday to where they had thier first date
and nobody knew that he was deathly in love
and now that he is out of it he feels like he could
die of it
so he walks everyday, yea he walks everyday, he walks
everyday,
trying to get the thought of her out of his head
cuz everytime he walks he thinks about her
and he feels like he should be dead in the head,
in the clouds and on the rocks,
he feels like he should be not alone...
they use to say,
who are you?
they use to say,
who are you?
YELLOW SEASON
Well it’s yellow season again
the fall of something new
feeling kind of blue
but than I think of you
you’re like heaven in a handshake
even the tone of your voice makes my soul smile
let me breathe my intensity into your bones
why dont you breathe yours , breathe it into mine
well my heads up in the clouds
waiting for your mouth
to turn to me and say,
“I think of you”
you’re like heaven in a handshake
even the tone of your voice makes my soul smile
let me breathe my intensity into your bones
why dont you breathe yours , breathe it into mine
Cuz I’ve been waiting a long time
just to see that smile up on your face
through seasons and rough times
just so I could find you in this place
God please bless me , bless me, bless me,
with the grace,
to tell you that I love you to your face,
To tell you that I love you to your face.
WRONGFULLY RIGHT
I can still taste my lipstick on this water bottle
from last night
I know its wrong, I know it’s wrong,
but it feels so right
My hair smells like ciggarettes and my skin a bit too
much like your scent,
but everybody, everybody knows,
sometimes it just feel so wrongfully right
all night just right
dont do this every night
but somehow this one
felt so wrong but was so right
and when you’re gone
and it wont be in so long
I’m gonna know that I did no wrong
so come on baby, come on baby, come on , come one,
and s-s-s-s-s-s-ssing this song.
My head is aching, skin is quaking,
I think I’ve stayed too long,
No need for small talk baby just drive me home,
no need to explain yourself I already know
cuz everybody, everybody knows,
sometimes it just feels so wrongfully right.
all night just right
dont do this every night
but somehow this one
felt so wrong but was so right
and when you’re gone
and it wont be in so long
I’m gonna know that I did no wrong
so come on baby, come on baby, come on , come one,
and s-s-s-s-s-s-ssing this song.
THOSE WOMEN
They like to smile those women,
Spend your time those women,
They’ll find your cash, treat you bad,
throw a fit if you get mad,
Cuz they think you should be,
everything that they would want you to be
They’ll bat thier eyes those women,
show thier thighs those women,
they’ll get in your hearts
those women are smart
they’ll hold you down till’ you drown
cuz they think you should be
eveything that they would want you to be....
So a word for the wise,
Look out for these women
their mouths only lie
and thier bodies decieving.
They come in all sizes those women,
big beaty eyes those women,
they’ll get dressed up,
give you a fuck,
than as they leave, your pockets they’ll steal,
cuz they think
you should be
everything that they would want you to be.
Men fantasize about those women,
on thier minds all the time those women,
they’ll get in your hearts
those women are smart
they’ll hold you down till’ you drown
cuz they think you should be
everything that they would want you to be...
So a word for the wise,
Look out for these women
their mouths only lie
and thier bodies decieving.
SCARLET RED DRESS
He met her unexpecdedly one day
his guard was down so he said oh lady
let me take you out to you can tell me
everything about yourself oh lady
everything about her screamed yes
her hair her eyes her scarlette red dress
her smile was bright like a pin up burlesque
but you never no never no never would have guessed
the secrets she kept.
he instantly fell like a bullet to the ground
in a war fought for love baby you crashed down,
so the day came when you asked her to be yours for
life
to your surprise she cried
not tears of joy but those of pain
she said,” honey I cant be yours you dont even know my
real name.”
everything about her screamed yes
her hair her eyes her scarlette red dress
her smile was bright like a pin up burlesque
but you never no never no never would have guessed
the secrets she kept.
turns out she was the women
you had left a long time ago
when she said, “honey I have your child”
and youve been drunk on gin since the day
and now youve fallen in love
with your own childs mother
and youd never know
unless the women in the red dress came your way
everything about her screamed yes
her hair her eyes her scarlette red dress
her smile was bright like a pin up burlesque
but you never no never no never would have guessed
the secrets she kept.
MOST BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE
There was a moment when you looked into my eyes,
that I swear I saw my reflection falling in love..
at the surprise.
Oh and I knew I only had a second to take it in,
a few more and I would have to say goodbye,
Oh and drive away from my most beautiful surprise.
So maybe I’m crazy,
But it feels so good tonight,
So what if I lost my sanity,
the moment you looked in my eyes,
so what if im crazy
I’m crazy about you tonight
It’s funny how the heart works,
Cuz even before I met you face to face,
I knew, it would work out right.
Oh and you kissed exactly how I knew you would,
You were a gentleman to me,
You payed attention to details,
And no one’s ever made me feel so damn beautiful,
than you made me feel.
So maybe I’m crazy,
But it feels so good tonight,
So what if I lost my sanity ,
the moment you looked in my eyes,
so what if im crazy
I’m crazy about you tonight
“Would you sing me to sleep everynight?”
“Oh , I’d sing you to sleep everynight.”
SPRINGTIME IN GEORGIA
I aways wanted to see Georgia in the spring,
One year and here we are back in eachother’s lives
again,
I couldn’t feel more greatful than now to tell you
how,
In Love,
I am,
With every part of you.
It was worth the 21 years alone before your voice,
And it’s still worth the 21 years everytime I see your face,
1 hour every few months and it makes my soul my thoughts complete,
I don’t know how I know, But I know,
this is it...
I know that you know,
that I know,
exactly what this is.
I aways wanted to see Georgia in the spring,
One year and here we are back in eachother’s lives again,
I couldn’t feel more greatful than now to tell you how,
In Love,
I am,
With every part of you.
(Your angels told me, that this was right,
They told me it would be hard, but not to give up the
fight.)
NOBODY HERE BUT ME
Aint nobody here but me,
ain’t nobody here but me,
no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no
not even my mother lord
not even my tom waits cd.
sitting on my front porch
with my shoes strapped on
looking to the outside pretty baby
but the outside looks on
I have to options tonight
talk to the air or my broken phone in this candlelight
Aint nobody here but me,
ain’t nobody here but me,
no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no
not even my mother lord
not even my tom waits cd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |