Garage Demos Part 2
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| CD 1995 | |
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| Track list (Click on a song title to see its lyrics.) | |||
| 1. | The Water | 6:13 |  |
| 2. | Bleeding | 3:55 | |
| 3. | Circus in Town | 5:05 | |
| 4. | Time on my Hands | 5:29 | |
| 5. | Get Out | 5:42 | |
| 6. | World Upon my Back | 4:55 | |
| 7. | In July | 4:11 | |
| 8. | Twenty Words or Less | 4:36 | |
| 9. | My Woman | 3:56 | |
| 10. | I'll Be Drivin' | 3:25 | |
| 11. | My Own House | 4:41 | |
| 12. | Hard Life | 4:22 | |
| 13. | If I Were You | 4:12 | |
THE WATER
(Venice)
The sun has long since set
Dusk is blown like a net
I can barely see your face
The conversation starts to sway
And everything I came to say
Seems so small and out of place
I'm helpless around you
Helpless, helpless
Oh, tell me what's it about you
It surrounds you
You've got to…
Take me under the water
I don't want to come up till tomorrow
Take me under the water
The water
Intoxication from you skin
Makes me want to breathe you in
Pay my dues another day
So I take it on the chin
Caution thrown to the wind
When you talk to me, talk to me that way
Oh, want you to…
CHORUS
Who am I?
To think I could fly without getting wet?
Who am I?
One of these days, I'll have to decide
CHORUS
BLEEDING
(Venice)
Twelve o'clock has come and gone
I'm making friends with fear
Waiting up brings me down
There's something happening here
Now I say what I feel 'cause I feel what I say
And it feels like a storm is heading my way
Is it nothing at all? Is there nothing to say?
I just wait and I wait and I wait
I'm bleeding from this hole in my heart
Bleeding
Just take me home again so I can know the end from the start
Three a.m. has come and gone
I'm making love with fear
I'm going off, the radio's on
So loud I just can't hear
Now I say what I feel 'cause I feel what I say
And I know there's a storm and it's coming my way
Is it nothing at all? Is there nothing to say?
I just wait and I wait and I wait
CHORUS
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
GET OUT
(Venice)
Well, I have someone
But I feel alone
If we don't see eye to eye
It's like pulling water from a stone
If I'm talking crazy
It's 'cause I'm trying to understand
How you open up your arms
But refuse to take my hand
Take a look around me
I've got nothing left to lose
One thing's been decided
Only one thing left to choose
Oh why?
Get out
Don't talk to me
You know it's over
Can't you see I've had enough?
Get out
Turn out the lights
The party's over
It's time to find another
Wait…
Carried on so long
But I just found out
All the things we know are wrong
We just don't talk about
Don't you try to mend it
Don't put up a fight
This time don't pretend it's
Ever gonna be alright
Take a look around us
We've got nothing left to lose
One thing's been decided
Only one thing left to choose
Oh why?
CHORUS
Wait…
Find another way…
Get out!
Oh why?
CHORUS
Wait…
Find another way…
Find another way…
WORLD UPON MY BACK
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Scott Crago, Monroe Jones)
Picked up the phone, I hear your voice
You say you called for conversation, babe
Say all is well, but I can tell
The same old thing is on your mind
You say I've changed, that I'm a different man
But it's just a different time
What can I do to help you understand
When I can't get you out of your mind
I'll take the world upon my back
(I'll take the world upon my back)
If that's what it takes to help you ease your pain
(Yeah)
One day it's white, the next, it's black
(I'll take the world upon my back)
Until you find the love you lack
I'll take the world upon my back
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't long ago
You keep me hanging on the line
But tomorrow brings the same old answers
To the questions you can't find
So call me crazy, call me selfish
You can call me anything you need to call me
I take the world upon my shoulders
'Cause I can't get you out of your mind
CHORUS
How can you tell me our love wasn't real?
Do you know who I am? Do you know how I feel?
I could tell you I care, but you've made up your mind
That it's nothing but wasted time
Ooh, I'll take the world
Uh huh, uh huh
I'll take the world upon my shoulders
'Cause I just can't get you out of your mind
CHORUS
IN JULY
(Venice)
Not long ago
When I traveled below the state line
Bound for a town
Where the water was changing to wine
I was looking for something to see
When the shadow came down over me
Like a hole in the light
On the day that the night took the sky
In July
In July
Sight without sound
I fell back on the ground where I lay
Watching and waiting
And hoping in vain it would stay
While the children were out in the street
And the taxis hid under the trees
Afraid of the light
On the day that the night took the sky
In July
In July
Though I knew all along what to do
It was clear as it faded from view
I had damaged my sight
On the day that the night took the sky
In July
In July
TWENTY WORDS OR LESS
(Venice)
So you find your time is over now
And the years were just for fun
Now you're hoping that you're free to walk
Through the gates of Number One
Have you ever played the dark side of your heart?
Did you step on anyone?
Can you take a long last look at yourself
As you step through the gates of Number One?
Sell your life in twenty words or less
That's the best that you can do
Sell your life in twenty words or less
If I were you
Have you broken all the rules you made?
Did you scare yourself and run?
Are you proud of all the games you've played?
As you step through the gates of Number One…
CHORUS
MY WOMAN
(Venice)
I hear the coming of another day
I see the yellow breaking through the gray
I feel the tugging like a ton of lead
It's like I'm tied to something I once said
I don't want to fight it
Tonight it's alright, It's
No good to fight it
When all I know is…
My woman's got a hold on me
My woman's got her soul in me
Got me right where I wanna be
My woman's got a hold on me
I hear the crying of another train
I know the calling like I know my name
I feel the tugging like a ton of gold
It's like I'm tied to something I've been told
I don't want to fight it
Tonight it's alright, It's
Useless to hide it
When all I know is…
CHORUS
I don't want to fight it
Tonight it's alright, It's
No good to fight it
When all I know is…
CHORUS
I’LL BE DRIVIN’
(Venice)
She's got something, understand
I've got something, 'cause I'm her man
We hold something in our hands and our hearts
She's gotta choose a side, but she don't know
Whether to ride with me or let me go
No matter what, I just want her to know
I'll be drivin'
As she sings
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
As she laughs
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
As she lives
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
Anyway
(I'll be drivin')
Anyway
In her eyes
In her eyes
In her eyes
In her eyes
Her bags are packed and she's all set to go
But she's not riding with me, don't you know?
She's gonna find what she was looking for in me
And she'll sing
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
And she'll laugh
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
And she'll live
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
Anyway
(I'll be drivin')
Anyway
In her eyes
In her eyes
In her eyes
In her eyes, her eyes, her eyes
Well, I'll sing low, but she don't know
She's got a wish for something, she'll make it grow
Hold out a little longer, don't you know
I'll be drivin'
As you sing
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
As you laugh
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
As you live
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
Anyway
(I'll be drivin')
Anyway
In her eyes
In her eyes
In her eyes
In her eyes
Wake, daybreak
Sing a song in every state
And then move on
Sing high, sing low
Every single town I go
And then move on
I'll be driving
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
I'll be drivin' all day
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
I'll be drivin' all day
(I'll be drivin', I'll be drivin')
I'll be drivin' all day, all day, all day
MY OWN HOUSE
(Venice)
It was a cold ugly morning
Just the right place to begin
I had a feeling, and it wasn't wrong
That something was broken and nothing was where it had been
(In my…)
Feelin' mighty low
(Own house)
How was I to know?
(My…)
I'd be taken in
(Own house)
You were breaking in
Oh will it ever be the same
In my house?
Now heaven knows I'm no angel
And I've done some time on my own
But how am I just to let it go
When my back door is gone and I can't get the mud off the floor
CHORUS
Forgiveness is long in coming
And love even longer still
But I'll change my heart, and I'll change the lock on the door
And try to forget, though I don't know if I ever will
CHORUS
Oh won't you look at me and tell me
(My…)
How did you feel
(Own house)
As I was sleeping there
In my house
Will it ever be the same?
My house
HARD LIFE
(Venice)
Hold me up
Hold me high
Take me flying in a crimson sky
Crawling down
What a thrill
Me and Sasha got some time to kill
Keep it up
And keep it high
Roll me over under crimson sky
Falling down
Just laugh it off
Take a picture from my mountaintop
I don't want no indecision
Breaking in my home
And I don't need a premonition now
Hard life
Indecision
Well, we all play a role
Wrong or right
There's a premonition
That say it's good for the soul
So won't you serve it up
And keep it high
Lay your head under my crimson sky
Open up
Close your eyes
Drink it in before this moment dies
REFRAIN
CHORUS
I don't need no indecision
Breaking in my home
And I don't need a premonition
It's such a…
Everybody knows
CHORUS
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