Lyrics
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01. Faith
*for karla
how did you know
that I needed to be loved?
why did you care?
I was only dreaming,
but you knew that…
and I didn’t wanna’ try
‘cause my life was reelin’
and you felt that…
but you didn’t wanna’ lie
so you said to me…
“why don’t you listen to your heart, love?
I want you to feel it in your soul…
and you’ll never have to worry,
I am by your side
believe in yourself the way I do”
02. A Sense of Love and War
wrapped inside her loneliness
the sadness of no one to kiss
and as the moments turn to days
she calls a name she will always miss
love me right or love me wrong
as long as love is never gone
the dream is all she's hoping for
the day her heart walks through that door
wrapped inside her loneliness
the sadness of no one to kiss
and as the moments turn to days
she calls a name she will always miss
love me right or love me wrong
as long as love is never gone
a kiss would bring her to her knees
she never wanted to be free
woe, oh...
you remind me of a love i knew
is there a possibility that i held you?
would you even tell me so?
can i rely upon your sense of love and war?
lookin' like a love i knew...
is there a possibility that i held you?
would you even tell me so?
can i rely upon your sense of love and war?
wrapped inside her loneliness
another day in life's abyss
the weight of time too much to bear
passing thoughts of love's affair
love me right or love me wrong
as long as love is never gone
a kiss remains a thousand years
the taste of lips within her tears
woe, oh...
you remind me of a love i knew
is there a possibility that i held you?
would you even tell me so?
can i rely upon your sense of love and war?
lookin' like a love i knew...
is there a possibility that i held you?
would you even tell me so?
can i rely upon your sense of love and war?
God bless the day i found you
God bless the day i found you...
well there's nothing more to say
wouldn't change a thing anyway
the deed is done and i'm your slave
the very thought of you i crave
there's this one thing that i know
that i am yours....
i'm yours
oh, i'm yours...
for all time
03. Beautiful
additional vocals - karla marie thomas
if all the world could only see
all the things you are to me
your heart of gold, it draws me near
and i declare "you are my dear!"
i...
i want to be with you, girl
tell me now what i must do
i'd... swim the seven seas, yeah
fishin' for the love i need
i...
you are so beautiful, i say
you are so beautiful
and life is beautiful
'cause when you smile you stop the rain
foolish just enough to try
to be that boy to catch your eye
the way you smile it draws me near
and i declare "you are my dear!'
i...
i want to be with you, girl
you're beautiful and lovely too
i'm... fool enough to try, yeah
to have that beauty in my life
i...
you are so beautiful, i say
you are so beautiful
and life is beautiful
'cause when you smile you stop the rain
you are so beautiful
and i say... well
won't you stop this rain, little girl?
won't you try, one more day?
heeey, hey, heeey
yeah, yeah, yeah
and i, i, i
i wanna' see the sun
won't you try, one more day?
unhh!
(won't you stop the rain?)
unhh!
won't you stop this rain, lawd?
won't you stop this rain?
won't you stop the rain, lawd?
won't you stop the rain?
well, won't you stop this rain?
oh...
it's falling down it's, falling all around
falling all around me, yeah...
unhh!
04. Rosilyn
she’s the kind of girl
that you’d dream all about and
oh will you ever try?
surely if you’d apply
a little effort
she might flash a smile
and you’ll feel a little better
more than a passing glance
oh won’t you take a chance?
you’re valentino
but you feel like you’ll never have
a girl like her so you never plant the seed
so as sure as the falling rain
she’ll find another lover and your heart will bleed
she’s the kind of girl
makes you leave all the others
but oh, baby you won’t mind
you’ll only want to spend your time
between her arms
and she’s the kind of girl
that you take home to mamma
sweeter than apple pie
you see your future in her eyes
you’re makin’ babies
but you feel like you’ll never have
a girl like her so you never plant the seed
so as sure as the falling rain
she’ll find another lover and your heart will bleed
birds may someday want to fly away
and love can be gilded cage
rosilyn is free…
why don’t you tell the girl
you want her to be all your own?
why don’t you tell her that you love her
and you think you’ve always known?
why do you sit and stare?
tomorrow is another day
how will you ever face the mirror
if she gets away?
but you feel like you’ll never have
a girl like her so you never plant the seed
so as sure as the falling rain
she’ll find another lover and your heart will bleed
birds may someday want to fly away
and love can be gilded cage
rosilyn is free…
don't got no money or the time of day
all night i'm workin'
well you know that girl is rosilyn...
for her love.
love in the mornings, love that easy chair
love in the evenings
oh love's always on my mind...
these days
for her love.
well you know that girl is rosss...
05. Burnt Red Moon
lyrics written by robert brown
i see a burnt red moon
it’s too dark…
too soon
with cornfields whizzing by
beneath a blackened sky
it’s only half a piece
not a whole
just the least
at disconcerting speed
fleeing away from me
hog parks and trailer farms
my oz is just past the next hill
refineries, the smell of the mill
old cars better than factory new
i see a burnt red moon
lost the string
bye balloon
losing sight in the sky
and now i wish i could fly
06. Grand Central
lyrics written by robert brown
my voice... courtesy of jack daniels,
clove cigarettes & sleep deprivation.
until a better day comes along
we’ll all be homeless people
looking for a place
in a universe running out of space
applauding as we quickly
fall from grace
until a better day comes along
we’ll perpetuate the
long unspoken crimes
whine about what is and isn’t mine
standing on my head
to do the time
until a better day comes along
we’ll pay with checks from
long depleted funds
shouting to the world
“i, i used to be the one.”
expose my eyes directly
to the sun
until a better day comes along
we’ll all be homeless people
looking for a place
in a universe running out of space
applauding as we quickly
fall from grace
until a better day comes along
we’ll squeeze the stone
and wish to make a pearl
lament my little boy
was not my little girl, oh lawd…
new york remains
the center of the world
07. When We First Met
this time was different
while she was fixin’ up to go
he felt the wound that would become
his broken heart
was it midnight?
or just a little after nine?
with every move she made
the clocks fell out of time
when did this happen?
this beloved apathy?
this passing kiss?
this smile from across the room?
take off those shoes, he said
let me have your coat and hat
let us talk for a while
and try to find the way
to a brand new day…
why don’t we fall in love again?
why don’t we fall in love?
maybe you could stay home tonight
laying back in my arms, i’ll hold you tight
can't we just make it sweet tonight?
like it was when we first met?
tell me how is your appetite?
let me cook you some dinner, i’ll make it nice
don’t you just wanna’ be with me?
like it was when we first met?
she listened to his words
then she smiled, she smiled
she smiled...
maybe you could stay home tonight
laying back in my arms, i’ll hold you tight
can't we just make it sweet tonight?
like it was when we first met?
tell me how is your appetite?
let me cook you some dinner, i’ll make it nice
don’t you just wanna’ be with me?
like it was when we first met?
i, i, i
i...
i fell in love
i...
oh my baby wait
i...
stay, won't you stay?
stay around
i, i, i, oh yeah...
oh my, oh my baby wait.
08. Fallen from Grace
this life’s drivin’ me mad
throwing me changes and wreckin’ my bag
this life’s drivin’ me insane
everybody’s cryin’ and callin’ my name
can you…
help me out, can you give me a hand
spare a little change while you try to understand
well, uh…
this time and never again
i’m no savior, yeah, yeah
i’m flying away…
i’ve fallen’ from grace…
do you know how it feels to be so alive in this world?
have you ever tried to scream silently?
i have.
strip down and call it a day
peace of mind is a million miles away
strip down and crawl into bed
the nightmare is hungry, it wanna’ be fed
well, uh...
fallen queens and broken men
fatherless children fillin’ up the pen
well, uh...
strip down and wake me not
i’m no savoir, yeah, yeah
i’m flying away…
i’ve fallen’ from grace…
09. Run Away from You
i won’t ride in your car cuz i know you’re no good
in you arms is no place for me now
i would stare at your lips but i don’t think i should
i once died for their taste and your smile
i would reach for your fingers but the sting is too great
though their heat is only blood through cold hands
then you whisper my name and your breath
wets my face
and my soul belongs to you for one more dance
and i tried to run away from you
(to run away from you)
it was hard to do
and romance is but a game for you
(i run away from you)
and though i’ve played it too
i run away from you...
all my life i’ve waited just to find someone
who’d be true and love me 'til my dying days
('til i go away, you would never stay)
through the years we’ve fallin’ in and out of love
in my heart i know that you’re the only one
(the moon and the sun)
i run away from you...
i won’t ride in your car cuz i know you’re no good
in you arms is no place for me now
i would stare at your lips but i don’t think i should
i once died for their taste and your smile
oh, oh...
i'd reach for your fingers but the sting is too great
though their heat is only blood through cold hands
then you whisper my name and your breath
wets my face
and my soul belongs to you for one more dance
and i tried to run away from you
(to run away from you)
it was hard to do
and romance is but a game for you
(i run away from you)
and though i’ve played it too
i run away from you...
mom and dad said i’m so lucky
all my friends say that you’re my type
read the paper ‘ tells a story
boy meets girl and it works out right
yeah, yeah
10. A World 4 Us All
additional vocals - karla marie thomas
electric guitars - antoine brumfield
these are the days of liars and fools
time marches on and love’s long overdue
i’ve spent the hours searching for a sign
of hope for the day, of truth redefined
there’s a little girl i see
holding the hands of her mom and dad
now those lives in this world
have been all torn apart
liars and fools often make this so…
make this a place for us all
make this a world where it’s ok to fall
open your heart to a child
make this a world where it’s ok to smile
before the end of our time
make these the days of a world so divine…
my eyes wide open
and now i see the whole sky
bluer than blue
but here on the ground
night falls…
hold me in your arms and here i find
you’re so…
cold and i know why
you think hope has lost
but hear me
there’s a brighter
day on the way
don’t you worry;
i’ll…
help you to fly
hold on…
make this a place for us all
make this a world where it’s ok to fall
open your heart to a child
make this a world where it’s ok to smile
before the end of our time
make these the days of a world so divine…