Spin Art
CD 1999 | |
Track list (Click on a song title to see its lyrics.) |
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1. | The Man You Think I Am | 4:28 | |
2. | Always | 3:57 | |
3. | Garden Wall | 4:21 | |
4. | Mary on my Mind | 4:02 | |
5. | The Road to Where You Are | 3:36 | |
6. | End of the World | 4:16 | |
7. | So Bad | 3:34 | |
8. | More of a Miracle | 4:24 | |
9. | Landslide | 3:41 | |
10. | Poor You Poor Me Poor Love | 3:31 | |
11. | One Quiet Day | 5:02 | |
12. | World Upon my Back | 5:18 | |
13. | The Family Tree | 3:25 |
THE MAN YOU THINK I AM
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon)
From the first time I saw you, or I guess that I should say
From the first time I saw you look at me
It was there on your face, you saw me not just as I am
But the way I've always wanted to be
What I felt there and then (I feel here and now)
And I know I'll do anything I can to be what you see
I wanna be...
The man you think I am
Wanna be the man you think I am
Wanna be the man
Wanna be the man you think I am... think I am
From the first time I held you, or I guesss that I should say
From the first time I felt you hold on me
I was lost, I was found, yeah you turned me upside down
In a way I've always wanted to be
What I felt there and then (I feel here and now)
And I feel like you've given me a card to get out of jail free
I wanna be...
CHORUS
From the first time I saw you, or I guess that I should say
From the first time I saw you look at me
What I felt there and then (I feel here and now)
And I swear I'll do anything for you to get the best of me
Yeah I wanna be
CHORUS
ALWAYS
(Martin Terefe, Nick Whitecross)
I saw a flag wave heavy over me
I saw the Virgin
For a moment, I believed
You said you'd save me
But I don't want to be saved
I just want to be loved
And to love always
I felt my lips move
But the words they were not mine
I saw you crying
For a moment I could see
You said you'd save me
But I don't want to be saved
I just want to be loved
And to love always
Yeah, and it's okay
I know what's confusing me
I know what I want to see
I know where I want to be...
Then an angel was flying next to me
No hesitation
For a moment I was free...
You said you'd save me
But I don't want to be saved
I just want to be loved
And to love always
All I want is to be loved
And to love always, always
I just want to be loved
And to love always
GARDEN WALL
(Kipp Lennon, Craig Bickhardt, Jack Sundrud)
Although she's not alone she feels so lonely
And when they do make love, she feels untouched
When they kiss she feels no lips upon hers
Thought they have it all they've lost so much
Although they share a home she says "I miss you"
But when she speaks, it doesn't make a sound
Though her days are filled she feels so empty
'Cause even when he's there, he's not around
...and they are...
Living there behind the garden wall
In a house that's grown so small
No one sees the flowers fade and fall
There behind the garden wall
Although she took his name he is a stranger
And when he looks at her he doesn't see
That even as she smiles her heart is breaking
Because she knows the man he used to be
Season after season nothing changes
And reason after reason comes and goes
She wants to leave but hangs on to the feeling
That somewhere in the garden something grows
...so they keep...
CHORUS
Though they have it all, they've lost so much
CHORUS
MARY ON MY MIND
(Michael Lennon, Bruce Gaitsch, Kipp Lennon, John Vester, Mark Lennon)
Trippin' out since I met her
Never been this way
Like a song...so hard to forget her
Stuck inside my head all day
She could've talked to anyone around her
But she talked to me instead
And I felt so high, but I remember
Every single word she said
I'm not the same,
And her number burns a hole in my pocket
Such an ordinary name but she's one of a kind
I got Mary on my mind all the time
Just hanging out, I got a feeling
She could change my world
And I've got no doubt there's something real
In the way I think about this girl
CHORUS
Oh what she's doing to me
Well it's something strange and new
If I could see her again
My heart would tell me what I'm supposed to do
CHORUS
THE ROAD TO WHERE YOU ARE
(Michael Lennon, John Vester)
Homesick postcards and late night phone calls
Lonesome hotel blue
I've been too long on this highway
And I'm missing you
Sending out a message from my heart
We were never meant to be apart
Driving underneath my lucky star
I'm coming home
On the road to where you are
California warm winds blowin'
Clouds across the moon
Straight to you these wheels are rollin'
And I'll be home soon
CHORUS
This road ends up right where it started
Holding onto you in your own backyard
I'm coming home
On the road to where you are
END OF THE WORLD
(Mark Lennon, John Vester, Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon)
Losing faith and it makes me sad
And when I think of losing more
Well it makes me mad
Losing beauty well it brings me down
And with everything we've gained well we're losing ground
Every time I turn another corner
Seems that someone else is doing wrong
And every time I jump into the water
Seems there's something there that don't belong
When it feels like the end of the world my dear
I need you here
When it feels like the end of the world my love
Will you help me rise, rise above
No more father, no more son
No more running from the man that I've become
Too much freedom but nothing's free
So I try to make some sense of what's to be
'Cause every day I wake up and I wonder
How a blessing could become a curse
And every night I pray it's getting better
But I find it's only getting worse
CHORUS
REFRAIN
CHORUS
SO BAD
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon, Craig Bickhardt, Jack Sundrud)
I tell myself to hold on tight
Any day now it'll be alright
Thought I loved enough for two
But even believing won't make it true
One heart waits
One heart breaks
I swear I've given more than I can take
You're in my arms but out of my hands
I've got someone to hold but not to have
And it hurts so much
To love someone so bad
Am I a fool to wait for you?
I keep pushing for you to pull me through
A little taste of love is a bitter pill
I can't take it, can't make it
All by myself
CHORUS
What can I do to make you want me too
The way that I'm wanting you now?
It's what I don't see when you look at me
I'm trying to change somehow
Please tell me how...
MORE OF A MIRACLE
(Michael Lennon, Bruce Gaitsch, Jeff Pennig)
Deep in the dark, the beat of your heart
Breaks through the silence like thunder
Soft on my skin, you breathe out and in
We turn into one and I wonder how
Did I ever have the faith
To know you were waiting?
Think of the stars, diamonds stuck in the sky
And the long lonely light years lying between them
Think of how hard real love was to find
In a world so wide we're even more of a miracle
More than a kiss, the warmth of your lips
Like some ancient fire still burning
More like a dream, there's nothing between
How I feel now and eternity
You're a treasure in my hands
And it defies understanding
CHORUS
Countless waves on endless oceans
Times the earth has turned
CHORUS
Even more even more even more of a miracle
Much more even more even more of a miracle...
LANDSLIDE
(Stevie Nicks)
I took my love, took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Till the landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Oh I don't know
Well I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder, even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Oh I'm getting older too
CHORUS
I took my life, took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring it down
Oh the landslide will bring it down
POOR YOU POOR ME POOR LOVE
(Mark Lennon, Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, John Vester)
Poor You, Poor Me, Poor Love
Maybe you were behind me
On some crowded New Year's Eve
When I was hoping love might find me
Before I had to leave
As the crowd counted down
Were you somewhere around
And like me you'd had enough
Poor You, Poor Me, Poor Love
Maybe you drove by me
Even heard my radio
Or maybe at the movies
When they pulled those lights down low
But where was love on that day
Did she look the wrong way
Make us feel like giving up
Poor You, Poor Me, Poor Love
My true love is like the needle in the hay
I'm always waiting for the moment
That you cross my way
I'll be searching til that day
But our eyes never met
And our lips never touched
So I curse the skies above
Poor You, Poor Me, Poor Love
Poor You, Poor Me, Poor Love
Poor You, Poor Me, Poor all that we could be
Poor You, Poor Me, Poor Love
ONE QUIET DAY
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
Is it too much to ask
For just one quiet day?
Where I hear no voices
And nothing is ticking away
A day I'm sure of something
Where I wanna be nowhere else
Is it too much to ask
For just one quiet day?
That would be alright I say
Some night some day
That would be alright I say
Some night some day
I say...
Tell me is it too much to ask
For just one quiet night?
Where I see no ghosts
And I never turn on the light
A night where I dream nothing
And I wanna be nowhere else
Is it too much to ask
For just one quiet night?
CHORUS
A day I'm sure of something
Where I wanna be nowhere else
Is it too much to ask for just one quiet... one quiet day?
CHORUS
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
THE FAMILY TREE
(Michael Lennon, John Vester, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon)
Branches in the wind
Still standing here together
One more storm to weather
We'll get through it yet
So we're gathered here
Holding on to each other
To let go of another one we won't forget
Now as we say goodbye
To one of our own
We may be lonely
But we're not alone
Though the leaves will fall
And the tears will flow
May it always comfort us to know
The family tree will always grow
Father down to son, mother to daughter
Thicker than water, we are made of this
From the Earth we rise
To the Earth returning
We'll keep a candle burning
For the ones we'll miss
And when we say goodbye
To one of our own
We may be lonely
But we're not alone
Though the leaves will fall
And the tears will flow
May it always comfort us to know
The family tree will always grow
It's stronger than the wind can blow
The family tree will always grow