Born and Raised
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| CD 1997 | |
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| Track list (Click on a song title to see its lyrics.) |
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| 1. | That's the Way It Is | 5:33 |  |
| 2. | When I Get Over You | 3:43 | |
| 3. | Never Coming Back | 3:51 | |
| 4. | If I Were You | 4:07 | |
| 5. | Cool Me Down | 3:17 | |
| 6. | Bring On the Next One | 4:30 | |
| 7. | Bad Timing Song | 5:19 | |
| 8. | Starting Here Again | 3:24 | |
| 9. | For a Kiss | 3:42 | |
| 10. | Running Home | 3:59 | |
| 11. | Rivers Never Run | 4:08 | |
| 12. | Baby's Calling | 6:48 | |
| 13. | Circus in Town | 5:17 | |
| 14. | Time on my Hands | 4:56 | |
| 15. | Oh Yeah, Oh Well | 2:43 | |
| 16. | We're Still Here | 2:46 | |
THAT’S THE WAY IT IS
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Monroe Jones)
Was a time, it wasn't good
It wasn't long ago
I thought our time had come
And gone the way things go
But now you're here with me
And I am here with you
And I have to say that I love it this way
That's the way it is
Back where we started
Back where we belong
That's where it ends
That's the way it is
So glad we got it
Back where we belong
Right back again
You changed and so did I
We had our things to do
And yes… a part of me
Still needed a part of you
I know what I had to do
Where I was supposed to be
And you felt the same when I called out your name
CHORUS
What was old has now become new
And the dream that I had of coming back to you
Has now become true
WHEN I GET OVER YOU
(John Vester, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
Hell will freeze
Love will grow on trees
And the rivers all will run dry
The birds won't sing
And the bells won't ring
There will be no stars in the sky
The truth will be untrue
One and one will not be two
And I'll do something I'll never do
When I get over you
The moon won't glow
And the wind won't blow
There will be no lesson to learn
Life will be too long
Right will be all wrong
And this world will no longer turn
CHORUS
The blues will not be blue
When I get over you
NEVER COMING BACK
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon)
Another winter morning gone
Beautiful winter moving on
And though you taught me to stay warm
I never learned to brave the storm
And as I lay here by myself
Again I say here to myself
You're really never coming back
Never coming back
Another spring without you here
Beautiful spring without you near
And though you taught me how to grow
I never learned to let you go
And as I stand here in the rain
I understand here in the rain
You're really never coming back
Back to my window
Back to my door
Back to the life we were living before
Back to a love that will not go away
Back to this bed where I lay…
As the Autumn evening falls
Another Autumn evening calls
And though you taught me how to love
I never learned to live without enough
I bundle up and say your name
And realize here once again
It isn't ever going to end
'Cause you're never coming back
CHORUS
Oh if you only had stayed
Back in this bed where I lay
You're really never coming back
IF I WERE YOU
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Scott Crago)
I would live like a free man
Shake the chains from my soul
Change my direction
To heal my reflection
Stepping out into the cold
These are the things I would do
To help me break through
These are the things I would do
If I were you
Try to live with a reason
Find a place for it all
A name for the nameless
Shame for the shameless
Nobody's blameless at all
These are the things I would do
With nothing to lose
These are the things I would do
If I were you
COOL ME DOWN
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon)
You say you wanna get away
Feel the sun on your back
Forget the race
Just get off the track
Well that's alright…
'Cause I feel that way too
Yeah, I've been there before
You don't have to go far
To lose what you do
And find who you are
Yeah that's alright…
Start livin' the good life
Just wanna feel right
And it's cool coming down
Cool coming down
This is the real life
Forget the headlines
And it's cool all around
Cool you down, cool me down
So now you got it in your head
But you're wondering why
You're still so afraid
Well that's part of the high
Yeah that's alright…
CHORUS
Losing the war in the battle somehow
Look for yourself in the here and the now
The love of our lives can escape us it seems
Where is the life that we live in our dreams?
1ST VERSE
CHORUS
BRING ON THE NEXT ONE
(Kipp Lennon, Monroe Jones, Michael Lennon)
I shed my clothes and turn out the light
Shut my eyes and welcome the night
This day is over now
I don't want it anyhow
Nothing's come true and now I can see
The more that I give the less that's free
All that I have is what's to be
So bring on the next one
Bring it on Bring it on Bring it on
Because it's over now
I take a breath and let it go
I guess you're never old enough to know
This love is over now
Don't want it anyhow
Nothing's come true and now I can see
The more that I give the less that's free
All that I have is what's to be
So bring on the next one
I shut the door without making a sound
There'll be one less here when morning hits this town
This life is over now
Don't want it anyhow
Nothing's come true and now I can see
All that I have is what's to be
All that I have is what's in me
So bring on the next one
Bring it on Bring it on Bring it on
Because it's over now
Bring it on Bring it on Bring it on
BAD TIMING SONG
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon, Scott Crago, Monroe Jones)
Wasn't it yesterday
You felt next to nothing?
And I had to mend myself alone
No hope in your eyes
And wasn't it yesterday
I lay next to nothing?
You felt like a statue in my arms
No feeling at all
How many times have I dreamt of this scene
You coming back and you're crying for me
Saying my name and wondering what went wrong
But I'm different now
And whatever I felt is gone
No love or revenge
Just another bad timing song
You say that yesterday
Is not like tomorrow
Though maybe I love you in my way
I can't love you in yours
REFRAIN
Pulling me close and saying your love is strong
CHORUS
Now I know that yesterday
Is not like tomorrow
'Cause you'll be praying my name
And wondering what went wrong
CHORUS
STARTING HERE AGAIN
(Mark Lennon, Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
Starting here again
I'm afraid of what I'll find
Starting here again
Please be tender please be kind… yeah
Starting here again
And I'm not sure where to go
Well I'm starting here again
Can you tell me what you know?
'Cause I've lost a love, my only love
Along the road I've taken
I must have missed the signs along the way
Starting here again
Just when something seemed so clear
Starting here again
What I need is what I fear
But I'll try my best to lay to rest
The anger and the sorrow
And find a one-way road that leads to you
Starting here again
Please be tender please be kind
I'm starting here again
Oh the world can be unkind
'Cause I lost a love, my only love
Along the road I've taken
Well I must have missed the signs along the way
Oh but I'll try my best to lay to rest
The anger and the sorrow
And find a one-way road that leads to you
Starting here again
Still afraid of what I'll find
I'm starting here again
Please be tender please be kind… yeah
FOR A KISS
(Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Monroe Jones)
If you were an angel up in heaven
And I was a Devil with a wish
I would hop the Pearly Gates
Sell my soul and bribe the saints
You can bet your wings I'd do all this
For a kiss
On the lips
If you were a knight in shining armor
I would be a damsel in distress
I'd let the dragon capture me
So you could come and rescue me
I would have no problem doing this
For a kiss
On the lips
There'd be no doubt about it
I'd swim the seven seas
I just can't do without it
If you were a vampire in a casket
I would love to meet you in the mist
I'd keep the garlic far away
Drink all night and sleep all day
I am not afraid to do all this
For a kiss
On the neck
CHORUS
One kiss is all I need
RUNNING HOME
(Kipp Lennon, Scott Crago, Mark Lennon, Michael Lennon)
Years may fly and fly they will
Over my head
Love may die and tears may spill
Over the dead
Long ago there was a boy
Who knew none of this
Happiness was just a toy
Love just a kiss
I've had enough of this
I'm wired to this, so tired of this
Oh how I miss the days of running home
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo, running home
Dreams were new and Summers long
They were warmer somehow
Friends were true and hope was strong
It seems impossible now
And when the day was through
I always knew I'd run to you
Oh how I wish I could be running home
CHORUS
And when the day was through
I always knew I'd run to you
But now that world is gone and I can't go
No more running home
CHORUS
RIVERS NEVER RUN
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Monroe Jones, Scott Crago, Mark Lennon)
Long forgotten train
Lighthouse standing alone
Sidewalk smells of rain
Autumn whispers of home
Once again I feel the fading sun
Of loves I never lost
Wars I never won
Memories of things I have not done
Houses never lived
And rivers never run
In a candle's glow
Hear a churchbell slowly cry a tune
Stables in the snow
Willow cradles the moon
CHORUS
Though I'm not one to believe it all… anymore
So I let it come and I let it fall…
Fall away
BABY’S CALLING
(Mark Lennon, Michael Lennon, Scott Crago, Mark Harris)
It's hard to be heard when there's no one listening
It's hard to be strong on your own
Sometimes I cry with a heart half broken
But sometimes I fly away
Fly away
Where she lays… every day
When my Baby's calling…
Do I fit in to the songs she plays for me?
Do I fit in at all?
Soon I will sleep in the bed she made for me
Soon I will have it all
Have it all
Hear her call… See me fall
When my Baby's calling me
When my Baby's calling me
CIRCUS IN TOWN
(Mark Lennon, Scott Crago, Michael Lennon)
Come one and all
Right this way
No age limit
No height limit
Step right up
You have to move through me… yeah
In this corner of the center ring
Kudisama does her thing
Keep all eyes open this is gonna thrill ya
Yeah, the fall alone can kill ya
I'm a man
And I'm alone in this city
But I fell in love at the circus in town
There's a circus in town
I'm entangled as she sings
Slow decent with invisible wings
Can she feel me falling for her?
She don't know that…
CHORUS
Believe me believe me
'Cause I believe in you
TIME ON MY HANDS
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon, Monroe Jones)
I wanna save the world
But I can hardly save myself
So I keep holding on
And it keeps holding on as well
I wanna be somebody
But I can hardly be myself
How can I be someone
If I never live to tell
Gonna swing my hammer
While the iron's hot
And I may have nothing
But it's all I've got
I've got no time to pretend
Time is what you make it
Better do what you can…
I understand…
Time on my hands
I wanna free somebody
But freedom don't come easy
How can I free someone
If I don't know what it means?
I wanna save the world
Hide it high up on a shelf
Someplace where nobody can find it
I'll just keep it to myself
CHORUS
Time moves on and forgets your name
Right or wrong it's all the same
Daylight burns and a year goes by
Whole world turns in the blink of an eye
Only want somebody you can blame
I understand… Time on my hands
CHORUS
OH YEAH, OH WELL
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Monroe Jones, Pat Lennon)
PAT:
Hope this album does okay
'Cause all I really want to do is play
But for now I'll pound another nail
Oh yeah, oh well
MARK:
Trying to buy my childhood home
Born and raised, but I can't get a loan
Buying a piece of heaven can be hell
Oh yeah, oh well
Just when you think you've hit the hammer on the nail
Check is in the mail and the wind is in your sail
That's when you find you've got a tiger by the tail
Oh yeah, oh well
KIPP:
Bought a dog looks like a mouse
Likes to do her business in the house
I think she knows it's wrong, it's hard to tell
Oh yeah, oh well
CHORUS
MICHAEL:
I've been trying to write my verse
The more I try, the more it just gets worse
If words were food, this verse would really smell
Oh yeah, oh well
CHORUS
WE’RE STILL HERE
(John Vester)
Who knew that we would last
For worse or better
Who would have ever thought
That we could weather
The hard times we've been through
And still be together
Here's to us
'Cause we're still here
Here's to us
'Cause we're still here
Thank you for holding on
And never leaving
When you were giving more
Than you were receiving
And thank you most of all
For always believing
CHORUS