Amos Lee

Keep it loose, Keep it tight

Well I walked over the bridge
Into the city where I live and I saw my old landlord
Well we both said hello
There was no where else to go
Cause his rent I couldn’t afford

Well relationships change
Though I think it’s kind of strange how money makes a man grow
Ah, some people they claim if you get enough fame
You live over the rainbow
Over the rainbow
But the people on the street,
Out on buses or on feet
We all got the same blood flow

Oh in society every dollar got a deed
We all need a place that we can go and feel over the rainbow

Some times we forget what we got
And who we are and who we are not
I think we got a chance to make it right
Keep it loose
Keep it tight
Keep it tight

I’m in love with a girl who’s in love with the world
Though I can’t help but follow
Though I know someday she is bound to go away and stay over the rainbow
Got to learn how to let her go
Over the rainbow

But sometimes we forget who we got
Who they are and who they are not

There is so much more in love than black and white
Keep it loose child
You gotta keep tight
Keep it loose child
Keep it tight
Keep it tight
Keep it tight

Seen It All Before

Go ahead baby
Run away again
I'm growing tired of chasing you

I know you only have time to love me
When you got nothing better to do
Who's bold enough to believe
In either love or war

Both just leave you busted, broken down
And wanting more

And baby I've seen it all before
You know that I've seen it all before
You know that I've seen it all before
I ain't gonna be your fool anymore

I can hear my heart pounding
Oh but I just can't decide
Stuck between the depths of my fears
And the peaks of my pride

And baby I've seen it all before
You know that I've seen it all before
You know that I've seen it all before
I ain't gonna be your fool anymore

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I've seen your tricks
And your trade-offs
I've seen your evil ways
I've seen everything your twisted smile conveys

Yeah baby I seen it all before
(Be your fool babe)
I've seen it all before
I ain't gonna be your fool babe
I ain't gonna be your fool babe
I ain't gonna be your fool babe
I ain't gonna be your fool baby anymore

Arms of a Woman

I am at ease in the arms of a woman
Although now most of my days are spent alone
A thousand miles from the place I was born
But when she wakes me she takes me back home

Now most days I spend like a child
Who’s afraid of ghosts in the night
I know there ain’t nothing out there
I’m still afraid to turn on the light

I am at ease in the arms of a woman
Although now most of my days are spent alone
A thousand miles from the place I was born
But when she wakes me she takes me back home

A thousand miles from the place I was born
But when she wakes me she takes me back home

I am at ease in the arms of a woman
Although now most of my days are spent alone
A thousand miles from the place I was born
When she wakes me she takes me
Yeah, when she wake me she takes me
Yeah, when she wake me she takes me back home

When she wake me she takes me back home

Give It Up

I’ve been waiting a long time
I was just hoping I might find
Ah, the right kind of lover for me

Well you know I’ve been lonesome
God knows we all been lonesome
Some people think being lonesome really means being free

But, I would give it all up for you
Yes I would give it all up for you
Yes I would give it up
Settle down
Stop looking around
I finally found something true

We live in a world full of confusion
A culture based in illusion
Ah, some people think it’s amusing
But its really just fantasy

I would give it up for you
Yes I would give t all up for you
Yes I would give it up
Settle down
Stop looking around
I finally found
Ah, yeah

I would give it all
I would give it all up for you now baby
I would give it all
I would give it all
It would give it all up for you now baby

Dreamin’

My soul is as open as the sky
Often time it’s just as blue
People tell me to keep on dreaming
That’s just what I’m gonna do

Now everybody want to treat me like a house fly
Turn me around and tell me to shoo
They want to tell me to keep on dreaming
That’s just what I’m gonna do

Every moral has a story
Every hand needs a glove
Sometime it’s for the glory
Ah, but mostly, it’s for the love
It’s the love
It’s the love
It’s the love that pulls me through
So when they tell me to keep on dreaming
That’s just what I’m gonna do

That’s just what I’m gonna do

Soul Suckers

Did you believe them
When they told you they discovered you
And that everything is free as long as you do what they tell you to
You think it’s true
But nothing could be further from the truth, my love
Did you even listen
When they told you to change your name
And that nobody wants honesty when looking at a perfect frame
Play the game
But nothing could be further from the truth, my love
And nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world
Play it girl
Play it girl
Play it girl
Does it make you feel good
When they tell you what you want to hear
And after they suck all your soul
Well that’s when they’ll disappear
Disappear, disappear forever
Like a prince in your little fairy tale
And you will find one day when they put your soul on sale
Nothing could be further the truth, my love
And nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world

Colors

Yesterday I got lost in the circus
Felling like such a mess
Now I’m down I’m just hanging on the corner
I can’t help but reminisce
When you’re gone all the colors fade
When you’re gone no New Year’s Day parade
You’re gone
Colors seem to fade

Your mama called she said that you’re down stairs crying
Feeling like such a mess
Yeah I hear you you’re in the background bawling
What happened to your sweet summertime dress

I know we all, we all got our faults
We get locked in our vaults and we stay
But when you’re gone all the colors fade
When you’re gone no New Year’s Day parade
You’re gone
Colors seem to fade
Colors seem to fade
Yeah

Bottom of the Barrel

I keep on laughing to keep from crying
I keep on dreaming to keep from dying
I keep on trying
Ain’t gonna stop
Get right down to the bottom of the barrel
And then you float back on top

We all know someone who’s always hurtin’
The sun is shining they draw the curtain
One thing for certain
The pain ain’t gonna stop

You get right down to the bottom of the barrel
And then you float back on top

You know the grass is always s greener in someone else’s yard
And the world is so much meaner when your heart is hard

I go out walking in any season
It could be rainin’ it could be freezin’
I don’t need no reason
It’s just so pleasing I can’t stop

You get right down to the bottom of the barrel
And then you float back on top
You get right down to the bottom of the barrel
And then you float back on top

Black River

Oh, Black River
Gonna take my cares a way
Whoa, Black River
Gonna take my cares a way
Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares
Gonna take my cares away
Gonna take a my cares gonna carry my cares
Gonna take a my cares away

Oh, dear savior
Gonna take my cares away
Whoa, dear savior
Gonna take my cares a way
Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares
Gonna take my cares away
Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares
Gonna take my cares away

Oh, sweet whiskey, lord
Gonna take my cares away
Whoa sweet whiskey lord
Your gone gonna take my cares a way
Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares
Gonna take my cares away
Gonna take my cares gonna carry my cares
Gonna take my cares away

Your gonna take my bottle, my bible, my mess
Your gonna take all of my empty and my loneliness
Gonna take all of that sadness inside of me
Gonna take it all and set me free

Oh, Black River
Gonna take my cares a way

Love in the Lies

I ain’t no wide eyed rebel
Oh, but I ain’t no preacher’s son
And now I see the trouble and all the loving that I’ve done
And the world ain’t no harder than it’s ever been
Looking for love in the lies of a lonely friend

So much superstition and so much worry in my heart
I need a new religion it’s time to make a brand new start
And the world ain’t no easier than it’s ever been
Looking for love in the lies of a lonely friend

Remember when we were in California
We were so much happier then
Now we’re back in New York City
Looking for love in the lies of a lonely friend

And now the clocks are running
And no one knows where time goes
You know the moon is stunning
It’s only shadows that she shows
And the world ain’t no harder than it’s every been
Looking got for love in the lies of a lonely friend

I ain’t no wide eyed rebel
But I ain’t no preacher’s son

All My Friends

All my friends
They all live in pain
Longing for the warmth of childhood to bring them home again
All my friends
They got broken hearts
And if the world’s a stage we’re searching for our parts

We’ll face the winds that break the strongest of trees
Beckon for the sweet soft summer breeze

All my friends
They got broken wings
Never will you hear them asking why the caged bird sings
All my friends
They know how to live
Oh, so much sorrow and so much love to give

We’ll face the winds that break the strongest of trees
Beckon for the sweet soft summer breeze


Now we all know that the storm is coming
Every body wants to know which way to go
I see the crowds a running
The wind’s gonna blow

All my friends are dear to me
Oh when the storm comes they’re as close as family
All my friends are the ones I choose
Oh, if I hear them knockin’
You know I can’t refuse

We’ll face the winds that break the strongest of trees
Beckon for the sweet soft summer breeze

All my friends

Supply and Demand

Shout out Loud

A thousand empty window
And only half the lights are out
I wonder what these people's lives
What they might be all about

Do they got a lover
And could they have a family
Or could it be they’re just as lonesome
As you and me

I wanna shout out
Shout out loud
Why don't you all
Just come on out
And we can
Tear it all down, yeah

White lights burning
Down an empty avenue
I wonder if their driver
Found someone he can go on home to

I wanna shout out
Shout out loud
Why don't you all
Just come on out
And we can
Tear it all down, yeah

Cause everybody's got a part in the game
And everybody's got a cross they can claim
And everybody's got somebody to blame
But we all must find our own way, yeah yeah

I wanna shout out
Shout out loud
I wanna shout out
Shout out loud
I wanns shout out
Shout out loud

Shout out loud, yeah, yeah
Shout out loud, yeah, yeah

Shout out loud
Shout out loud
Shout out loud

Sympathize

It ain’t no jive
I was burnin’ alive
Whenever you walked in the room
It happened so quickly
I was feelin’ so sickly
Like a lover who lost his muse

The sharks in the tank
Oh the man in the bank
He wants my money to loan
I can’t understand
What the hell is his plan
I ain’t even got a home
Ain’t got a home

The girl on the street
With holes in her feet
Looks through the eyes of a clown
She don’t look mad
She's feelin’ kinda sad
So I just walk around

I reassess
She’s down on her luck
She’s reading a book of lies
I don’t know when I’ll be comin’ home, baby
But I sure can sympathize
Can sympathize
Can sympathize

Angels spread their wings
On all the dirty things
You do

She drops to the floor
Her head’s by the door
Her bible is by her side
Heaven is callin’
The new world is fallin’
And she ain’t got a single person left
To confide
No one to confide
No one to confide
Oh ton confide

I sympathize
Can sympathize

Freedom

I don’t want to be a martyr in this war
Don’t want to hear the same excuses anymore
That everything’s a threat
And it’s only gonna get worse if we let it

Don’t want to blame the rich for what they got
Or point a finger at the poor for what they have not
To the politician and a priest
We’re in the belly of the beast
Because we fed it

Freedom is seldom found
By beatin’ someone to the ground
Tellin’ them how everything is gonna be now, yeah

Now if the tables were turned, tell me how you would feel
Somebody busted up into your house telling you to stay still
While the leaders will deny defeat
The innocent lay testifyin’, dyin’ in the street

Freedom is seldom found
By beatin’ someone to the ground
Tellin’ them how everything is gonna be

Freedom is seldom found
By beatin’ someone to the ground
Tellin’ them how everything is gonna be now

Careless

You speak of love
But you ain’t no lover
You were a friend
But more like a brother

As the miles passed beneath me
The sounds made so sweetly came to an end
And no man can deny her
But now you’re a liar
And you’ve no room left to defend

When I left
I should have known better
Of the kind of man that you are
You’d have to get her

And I know you got a lot of pain
That’s born inside you
But instead of growing stronger
You let it divide you, oh

How could you be so careless
How could you be so careless

And the waves that are crashing
True lies and passion
Washing on your shore
Yes a line has been crossed
A true love’s been lost
That I can’t get back anymore

And I’m sure
That we both still love her
It’s a shame we both lost her
And in turn lost each other

But a trust has been broken
And words have been spoken
But it can’t mend
And no man can deny her
As you laid beside her
I hope it felt good my friend

How could you be so careless
How could you be so careless
How could you be so careless
With her heart

Skipping Stone

I don’t know if I can do this alone
Oh after all our sweet love has flown
I’ve been runnin’
I’ve been skipping like a stone
And I don’t know if I
I can do this alone

When I met her she was standing by a door
I ain’t never seen a light like that before
Now she’s left me for something more sure
And I don’t know if I
I can do this anymore

'Cause lovers will come
Lovers will go
And it’s a rare seed
From which true love might grow
And if you see her, won’t you please say hello
’Cause I don’t know if I can do this alone

Supply and demand

Somethin’ gotta give with the way i’m livin’
Seems I’m gettin’ down everyday
The more I strive, the less I’m alive
And seems i’m gettin’ further away

Oh well all my superstitions
And my crazy suspicions
Of the people that I care about
I've been doin’ more screamin’
Than I've been doin’ dreamin’
And I think it’s time I figure it out

Baby i need a plan
Oh, to understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand

I've been goin’ joggin’ in the park after dark
Draggin’ ’round with me my ball and chain
Took southern skies to make me realize
That I’m causin’ myself this pain

Well the woman that I’m lovin’
Yeah I’m pushin’ and shovin’
Getting further on by the day
And I can’t understand
How the heart of this man
Ever let it end up this way

Baby I need a plan
Oh to understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand

When the road gets dark and lonesome dear
You can find me here
But honey you don’t know where I am
You need a friend, yeah

Life ain’t easy
In fact I know it’s sleazy
When you’re the big man in town
Shakin’ religions
And makin’ decisions
You never get to slow on down

Well your wife and your baby
You tell them yeah well maybe
“I’ll meet y’all at a weekend resort”
But your eyes on the prize
And you can’t realize
That your little girl’s life’s so short

Brother you need a plan
Oh to understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand

Yeah sister you need a plan
Oh to understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand

Hey, you better figure it out now
You know you ain’t comin’ back down, yeah
You better figure it out now
You know you ain’t comin’ back down

Sweet Pea

Sweet pea, apple of my eye
Don’t know when and I don’t know why
You’re the only reason
I keep on coming home

Sweet pea, what’s all this about
Don’t get your way
All you do is fuss and pout
You’re the only reason
I keep on coming home

I’m like the rock of gibraltar
I always seem to falter
And the words just get in the way
Oh I know I’m gonna crumble
I’m tryin’ to stay humble
But I never think before I say

Sweet pea, keeper of my soul
I know sometimes I’m out of control
You’re the only reason I keep on comin’
You’re the only reason I keep on comin’ yeah
You’re the only reason I keep on comin’ home

Night train

I've been workin’ on a night train
Drinkin’ coffee, takin’ cocaine
I’m out here on my night train
Tryin’ to get her safely home

Well in a little country station
Somewhere out in the midwest
I see the people out there waiting
Heart beating in my chest

And I’m thinking about a woman
Who I put no one above
I’m not looking to replace her
Just need someone to love

While I’m out here on my night train
Drinkin’ coffee, takin’ cocaine
I’m out here on my night train
Tryin’ to get her safely home

And I’m living in the city
Where the noise it never stops
Hammers pounding on the pavement
Whistles from traffic cops

Nobody looks you in the eye here
Walkin’ ’round with clenched fists
I've been searchin’ for a simple place
Don’t know if it exists

Sunrise out there callin’ my name
I can see her movin’
I can see her movin’

Well at a certain time of night now
I become one with the wind
Where there isn’t a beginning
And there is no end

Oh and everything is flowing
Everything is on time
And I know that we’re all going
To the end of the line

And I'm out here on my night train
Drinkin’ coffee takin’ cocaine
I’m out here on my night train
Tryin’ to get her safely home

Well I’m out here on my night train
Drinkin’ coffee, takin’ cocaine
I’m out here on my night train
Tryin’ to get her safely home
Tryin’ to get her safely home
Tryin’ to get her safely home

Souther Girl

Farewell my sweet
Well the time now has come
And the road has begun
To move beneath my feet

A good thing’s come to an end
Well I hope through the pain
And the heartache and strain
That we can still remain friends

Somethin’ about a southern girl
Make me feel right
In the Mississippi morning
She’s an angel in flight
In a blink of an eye
She’ll be out of your sight
Somethin’ about a southern girl

Your soft melody
Well I swear that I heard
From a lost mockingbird
Stuck up in a tree

You got a lot going on
Even though I’m not here
Please don’t shed any tears
For me dear when i’m gone

Somethin’ about a southern girl make me feel right
In the Mississippi morning
She’s an angel in flight
In the blink of an eye
She’ll be out of your sight
Somethin' about a southern

Girl I never meant to leave you lonely
It was only in your mind
Girl I never meant to leave you lonely
It was only a matter of time

Somethin’ about a southern girl make me feel right
In the Mississippi morning
She’s an angel in flight
In the blink of an eye
She’ll be out of your sight
Somethin’ about a southern
Somethin’ about a southern girl

The wind

Saturday night and my head is spinning
I wonder whose heart I’ve been sinning for
A cold rain blows on my window
A soft scent gone from my pillow

One more step that I've been takin’
Yes and one more heart
I don’t need no more breakin’ of
The red lights how they all
Burnin’ down the highway
I remember when the wind had blown my way

But the wind blew down my line
Yeah the wind blew down my line

The man on the street
Each day I’m passin’
A small bite to eat
Is all he’s been askin’ for
Cold stares is all he’s been yielding
Oh and now I know that empty feeling

Yeah the wind blew down my line
Yeah the wind blew down my line
Yeah the wind blew down my line

Long line of pain

I'm coming from a long line of pain
My family’s suffered greatly for my gain
I think a lot about
How my daddy died
So I would not live without

His heart lives in my song
Where the melody comes
And just as quickly
The melody is gone
I’m back alone
Far from home

Now my momma’s on her own
I try to call her
And see her when I’m home
And after all that she’s been through
All the doctors say
There ain’t nothing we can do

And her heart lives in my song
Where the melody comes
And just as quickly
The melody is gone
And I’m back alone
Far from home

There’s a bird outside my window
Takes his song where he goes
And he leaves it there
Like a dead man’s rocking chair

And tonight I’m feelin’ lost and
Headed down the highway
Out to Boston
I get the sense that I might lose it
But thank God tonight
For the light I got in music

’Cause my heart lives in this song
Where the melody comes
And just as quickly
The melody is gone
I’m back alone
Far from home

Last Days At the Lodge

Listen

Listen
Listen to them church bells ringing
Listen

Listen
You can hear them hounds calling off in the distance
If you listen
You can hear the engines stalling
You can hear the angels falling

And travel
You find men and women all have trouble
If you travel
You will that the poor are victims of the gun or gavel
If you travel

But be careful now
Be careful of all them folks out there who surround you
Be careful
Some of them really only want to ground you
They only want control
Tear you down to that hole
So be careful, yeah

Now listen
Listen to them church bells ringing
Listen

Listen
You can hear them hounds calling off in the distance
If you listen
You can hear the engines stalling
You can hear the angels falling
You can hear the engines stalling
And oh oh the angels falling
Alright

Won't Let Me Go

Been some time
Since the first night I saw you
Had some good
Had some bad time since then
And through all of these moments that I’ve gotten to know you
I realized that I want to be a little bit more than your friend

And I wanna know
If you want to get together
Stay for a while
We can talk about it all
I wanna know
‘Cause this feeling won't let me go

Stood around
While you dated that old fool Marcus
Whole time knew he wasn't no damn good for you, well.
Guess it's true sometimes we can all be a little heartless
But tonight, all I wanna do is make sweet love to you.

And I wanna know
If you want to get together
Stay for a while
We can talk about it all
I wanna know
‘Cause this feeling won't let me go

Well, all those wasted nights you spend
Well, just crying all those tears
Well, I want you to know girl
I'm around
Yeah I'm here alright
Alright

I wanna know
If you want to get together
Stay for a while
We can talk about it all
I wanna know
'Cause this feeling won't let me go

I wanna know (I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know)
I wanna know
I wanna know (I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know)
I wanna know, baby

All of these feelings
No it won't
No it won't let me go
No it won't baby
It won't let me go

Baby I Want You

Baby I want you
Baby I want you
Baby, I do
Darling I love you
Darling I love you
Know that it's true

Don't leave me here out on my own
Don't you know how I hate to be alone
I just want to be apart of your home

Baby I want you
Baby I want you
Baby, I do
Darling I love you
Darling I love you
Know that it's true

Don't leave me here out in the cold
Don't you know that it's your hand I wanna hold
As these days fly past and unfold
Hey

Baby I want you
Baby I want you
Baby, I do
Darling I love you
Darling I love you
Know that it's true

Truth

Well my woman, she showed up
With your number on her hand
Well I thought that I might call you up
So we could deal with this man to man

You better tell me the truth son

Now they got me here at the ballroom
Walking slow and acting strong
Well I said my friend I’ll give you one last chance
To admit that you done me wrong

You better tell me the truth son, yeah
You better tell me the truth son

Now they got me here at the county
With his blood still on my face
Well the boys in blue they don't play no games
All the sheriff said to me was this

You better tell me the truth son, yeah
You better tell me the truth son, yeah

Now they got me here at the lockdown
For a crime I did commit
Well for my last call
I called the number on my girl's hand
To remind you not to forget

You should have told me the truth son, yeah
You should have told me the truth son
You should have told me the truth son, no
Make me beat it out of you
Make me beat it out of you

What's Been Going On By

And no one says a word to me
They're concerned with my jealousy
Well I guess that's how it's got to be
From now on

And time, it swallows everything
From the mighty to the meager thing
And it's as dark as it is comforting
To play along

Well what's been going on
What's been going on
What's been going on
Around here

There goes her old beat up car
Outside of our old favourite bar
She's proudly in there playing her guitar
With stars in her eyes

Those are some of my favourite memories
All of those carefree melodies
While I'm out of here on this raging sea
About to capsize

Well what's been going on
What's been going on
What's been going on
Around here

What's been going on
What's been going on
What's been going on
Around here

And no one says a word to me
They're concerned with my jealousy
I guess that's how it's got to be
From now on

Street Corner Preacher

He got a new mercy
A new grace
Street corner preacher
With the angry face
He got two years off
For good behaviour
Back in the neighbourhood
Working for the city

There's two old ladies
And a junkie, now now
He can see for sure
That his work is cut out
Though he walks through the shadows
We won’t fear his neighbour
Back in the neighbourhood
Working for the saitor

Bau, bau
Put it on back
Ah put it in
Ah bau bau,
Put it ooh bop
Ah put it in
Ah bau bau
Put it ooh bop
Ah put it in
Ah, bau bau
Yeah yeah

Well he understands
The need for living it large
But it’s hard to get a job
With a felony charge
Now he's working in a hospital
Washing dishes
Walking through the fields
Of the lost inhibitions

There is death everywhere
The new, been addiction
To save the liver
From the waking death is his conviction
The eyes of man
Well he seeks no favour
Back in the neighbourhood
Working for the saviour

But there's a whole lot of trouble all around
Every night the same old siren sound
Ah there's a whole lot of trouble all around
Children, soldiers, in this battle ground

Ah put it in
Ah bau bau
Put 'em bop
Ah put it in
Ah bau bau
Put 'em bop
Ah put it in
A bau bau
Yeah yeah

Well a new sun
And a second chance
He unbolts the door
And hops ever the fence
Young woman with a baby
That her daddy gave her
Back in the neighbourhood
Working for the saviour

But all around
The war rages on
Burnt out houses
With the front door gone
Well his faith is his fountain
His love is his neighbour
Back in the neighbourhood
Working for the saitor

Whoa oh oh oh, oh
Yeah, ah

Bau, bau
Put it on back
Ah put it in
Ah bau bau,
Put it ooh bop
Ah put it in
Ah bau bau
Put it ooh bop
Ah put it in
Ah, bau bau
Yeah yeah

He got a new mercy
A new grace
Street corner preacher
With the angry face
He got two years off
For good behaviour
Back in the neighbourhood
Working for the saviour

It Started To Rain

Sally Jane
How did it end up this way
With our boxes packed
And not one word to say
The children play
As your car pulled away
I didn’t realize ‘til then
It was really goodbye
With your wheels on the gravel
I felt my heart strings unravel
As it started to rain
It started to rain
It started to rain
Forty days
It started to rain
The neighbours came
And they bought what remained
Of the life we built
With loving, with laughter
Then my heart started sinking
‘Cause I couldn’t help thinking
Their fate would be the same
It started to rain
It started to rain
Forty days
It started to rain
It started to rain

Jails And Bombs

The one I love is lost without the least bit of explanation
Just goes to show the futility of self-preservation
Now all I seem to see is all this war, and going amongst our nations
What good will it do

Now everybody wants to know the secrets to our salvation
Forever reading on and on, from Genesis to Revelation

Never stopping for a second to examine situations
After all that we've been through

And love it only ends
When there's nothing left to defend
Will we ever see, yeah, yeah
The common bond of humanity
Go on

Get a landscape of famine and also of frustration
And children walking round without the proper means to education
And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation
For jails and bombs

Still we live behind these hollow walls of lies and segregation
People walking round without the proper means to medication
And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation
For jails and bombs

Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer

Kid

Been kicked around so long
You're starting to get used to how it feels
The taste of blood that's in your mouth
There's still somehow it always heals
Don't know how you keep on getting up
From all those ghostly blows
And all that pain that lingers
Deep down in the darkness where it grows

I know how hard it is
To keep your head up kid
To keep your head up
Kid

And there you sit on high
All tucked away and locked up in the clouds
Waiting for someone to finally
Come along and take you out
Into this bitter world
That also often treated you so cruel
When they turn away
You know that they will say that you're a fool

I know how hard it is
To keep your head up kid
I know how hard it is
To keep your head up kid

And so patiently
You waited for a love to come along
Take you out into this bitter world
So often done you wrong
There you sit alone
And there you shed a solitary tear
Listening to a song
You think that no one else would ever hear

I know how hard it is
To keep your head up kid
I know hard it is
To keep your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your head up

Ease Back

Hello
It's good to see you coming back again
It's been a long time
Since I sat with you, my friend

I'll lend an ear
It's not that so severe
Time has killed the pain
And dried up every tear

And now
I'm thinking bout what went, down
All the heartache
I laughed away
Just like a clown

And now
Sit around talking
Drink some wine
I'm really glad you stopped in
Spend some time
You sit around talking
Thinking bout the past
It's funny how it lingers
But nothings meant to last

And my Ma
She'd like to say hello
But she’s a little scared
That I can't let it go
So let on, ease back, brother
And let it slip away
I'm tired of hanging onto
The pains of yesterday

Once again
The money is so thick
It makes your heart go numb
It makes your mind get sick

So come on by
Stay and talk about it
Drink some wine
I'm really glad you stopped in, brother of mine
We'll sit around talking
Drink some wine
And maybe by the morning everything is fine
Everything is fine
Ease back, brother
Let this clear your mind

Come on by
And drink yourself a good time
Have some wine
And think about each other
Sister and I are fine
Yes, I’ve been alright now
Take it lightly
Step on out the front door
I'll see you in some time

Better Days

The darkness has always been
The world was born into a blanket of sin
When all the faith's been gone
Still we found a reason to carry on

Through the worry, worry, worry
We’re caught in an endless maze
When the lights go out
All that I can think about
Is how, we've seen better days

Lover lately I’ve been thinking I might leave you
As you're surrounded by these fools who do deceive you
Yes our past is wretched true
But I’m still in love with you
That’s why I am still refusing to give in to

All this worry, worry, worry
We’re caught in an endless maze
But when the lights go out
All I can think about
Is how, we've seen better days

Where do we go from here
While we're all so consumed by fear
Well I’m trying not to be suspicious of those
I’m suspicious of
I'm trying to crack
Open this angry heart
And find a little love

Still I worry, worry, worry
We’re caught in an endless maze
When the lights go out
All that I can think about
Is how we've seen better days

Oh when the lights go out
All I can dream about
Is how we've seen better days

Dignified Woman

A dignified woman
She came to me
She bought out by lovers
And their rogue jewellery

Haunted by nature
Worn by their furs
She knew my longing
Was no different from hers

And nothing else matters
Runaway from love
And look for a rainbow
There’s never enough

A dignified woman
Lives with her pain
She bought me a ticket
For a runaway train

And I’ve been a-rambling
Living alone
A dignified woman
Is locked in her home

And nothing else matters
Runaway from love
And look for a rainbow
There’s never enough
For a dignified woman

Mission Bell

El Camino

Well all my friends
Treated me so well
You know I'm headed out
To that mission bell

Gonna wash my soul
Gonna get it clean
Headed down the border road
Called the El Camino

Well I've been a prince
And you know I've been a post
By a barb wire fence
And a murder of crows

I believe in all I've loved
And all I’ve seen
Headed down the border road
Called the El Camino
Headed down the border road
Called the El Camino

Yeah my heart’s grown sick
I've got a shepherds crook
As a walking stick
And I'm heading on

Yeah my heart’s grown blue
And I've done wrong by you
I don't know what to do
And I'm moving on
Yeah I'm moving on

One and one is two
And two and two is four
I'm walking back and forth
On your cracked-tile kitchen floor

With the orange juice
And the sun that shines
It really breaks my heart
Leaving you behind,
It really breaks my heart
Leaving you behind

And all my ships have sailed away
The price of this politic
That there's plenty of time to pray
And plenty of time to waste away

Well to all my friends
That I've loved the most
You know I'm heading out to that other coast

Gonna wash my soul
Gonna get it clean
Headed down the border road
Called the El Camino,
Headed down the border road
Called the El Camino

Windows Are Rolled Down

Look up child
The world is born
Shoe's untied
And your soles are worn

Windows are rolled down
Sun is setting high
Windows are rolled down
I'm fixing to die

Corn rows have companion feel
This rocky road and this steering wheel
Who do you call to ease your pain
I hope for you to get through this rain

Windows are rolled down
Moon is hanging low
Windows are rolled down
Think it's time for me to go

Is it what you dreamed it'd be
Are you locked up in this fantasy
Oh this miles that have torn us apart
My new found faith and my broken heart

Windows are rolled down
Sun is rising high
Windows are rolled down
Feel that wind rushing by

Windows are rolled down

Violin

(feat. Sam Beam)

Lately I, I've been heading for a breakdown
Every time I leave my house
Well it feels just like a shake down
Between street sweepers and the pushers are the lawyers
Who may as well be butchers
Between the small timing hustlers who all
Seem to feed upon each other

Oh God why you been
Hanging out in that old violin
While I've been waiting for you
To pull me through

Lately I, every time I try to lie down
Well my mind just gets away
I can't even close my eyes now
Between the big fish ambition, and the lovers
Using words as ammunition
Between wood planks I've been pacing endless
Impossible dream that I've been chasing

Oh God why you been
Hanging out in that old violin
While I've been waiting for you
To pull me through

Oh God, oh God
Oh God why you been
Hanging out in that old violin
While I've been waiting for you
To pull me through

Flower

My heart is a flower
That blouses every hour
I believe in a power
Of love

Well in this lonesome meadow
Well it's soft as a pillow
Oh I pray that we'll go back
To Love

I'm gonna reach on up over that fear
I'm never alone won't you please be near
I know that darkness before the dawn
Tomorrow's coming and yesterday's gone

I'm gonna get my baby
Get up stream
Fall asleep in her arms
And drift away in a dream

Gonna go out walking in the morning light
Well I know that my tomorrow's gonna be alright
Gonna be alright

Well I never shall wither
Well of course I, I forgive her
Oh please Lord deliver me
To love

I'm gonna reach on up over that fear
I'm never alone won't you please be near
I know that darkness before the dawn
Tomorrow's coming and yesterday's gone

I'm gonna get my baby
Get up stream
Fall asleep in her arms
And drift away in a dream

Gonna go out walking in the morning light
Well I know that my tomorrow's gonna be alright
Gonna be alright
Gonna be alright
Gonna be alright

My heart is a flower
That blooms every hour
I believe in the power
I believe in the power
Of love, of love, of love

Stay With Me

(feat. Priscilla Ahn)

One by one we watched them fall
Like trees on the country side
Yeah you stayed right with me babe
The river was rolling tide

Oh you stay, stay with me
Oh you stay, stay with me

All through it with broken bones
Oh how you watched them heal
No you never turned away
You were never afraid to feel

Oh you stay, stay with me
Oh you stay, stay with me

Oh and when the morning comes
Just know darling
I had to be moving on

Oh and when the winter comes
Oh and you can't decide
For your rabbit to run
Or your rabbit to hide

Stay, stay with me
Please stay, stay with me
Will you stay, stay with me
Will you stay, stay with me
Will you stay

Out of the Cold

(feat. Pieta Brown)

It's hard to argue in a bulletproof vest
'Cause you can walk straight with a bull in your chest
Another man down with the flag defoe
Yeah it takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold

??? never to see him cry
Not the same can be said for his brand new bride
Bills pile up with no hand to hold
It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold
It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold

Looking at the pictures upon the sheft
Feel I’m in shadow of himself
Twenty two years till he feels so old
It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold
It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold
It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold
It takes a lot of love and coming out of the cold

Jesus

(feat. James Gadson)

Oh, Jesus can you help me now
Oh, Jesus can you help me now
Oh, Jesus can you help me now
No, I never felt so alone

I remember when I was wild and free
Oh, so wild and free
Oh, so wild and free
Oh my heart was a skipping stone

But now the world has jaded me
Oh, corrupted and defeated me
You know I never thought you hated me
But I’ve never felt so alone

So, Jesus will you help me now
Oh, Jesus will you help me now
Oh Jesus will you help me now
No, I never felt so alone
So alone

Oh Jesus, oh Jesus
Oh Jesus
Won’t you help me now
Won’t you help me now
Oh Jesus
Won’t you help me now

Hello Again

Hello again
I know it's been a long time coming
You say you've been
Out there now a long time running

You used to be, so beautiful
But you lost it somewhere along the way
You used to be so beautiful
And it's easier now to walk away

That wonder wall
You're waiting for is now collapsing
Tell me more, but wait no, no
Let me find out what you're asking for

You used to be, so beautiful
But you lost it somewhere along the way
You used to be so beautiful
And it's easier now to walk away
Away, away

Now you have
Everything you have ever wanted
Oh, it's so sad to see
When the hunter becomes the hunted

But you used to be, so beautiful
But you lost it somewhere along the way
You used to be so beautiful
And I'm sorry now I don't have more to say

Learned A Lot

Hey baby, yes I'll grave you
We all do what we got to do
Hey darling, I'm broken hearted
I've been crying but my crying is through

And I learned a lot
I've really learned a lot
Broken down on my bedroom floor
Yes I've learned a lot
I've really learned a lot
I hope you found what you were looking for

I spent a lot of time staring at the ceiling
I spent a lot of time talking to walls
Spent a lot of time chasing on that old time feeling
Spent a lot of time waiting for your call

And I learned a lot
I've really learned a lot
Broken down on my bedroom floor
Yes I've learned a lot
I've really learned a lot
I hope you found what you were looking for

Oh and darling
The sun has been falling
Like the dust on some mid-western plain
Oh and darling
Instead of running
I think it might be time to sit down
And deal with the pain

Late at night I sit and listen to the freeway
Rolling like a river on a distant shore
Nobody told me that living was easy
I ain't living in fear anymore

And I learned a lot
I've really learned a lot
Broken down on my bedroom floor
Yes I've learned a lot
I've really learned a lot
I hope you found what you were looking for
I hope you found what you were looking for

Cup Of Sorrow

I want to drink from your cup of sorrow
I want to bathe in your holy blood
I want to sleep with the promise of tomorrow
I know tomorrow may never come

I’ll send a prayer out across the ocean,
To a man been forced out of his home
I’ll send a prayer out across the ocean
So that he may not suffer there alone

I want to drink from your cup of sorrow
I want to bathe in your holy blood
I want to sleep with the promise of tomorrow
I know tomorrow may never come

I want to sit at your table of wisdom
So that not one crumb shall go to waste
For if we keep down this pathway to destruction
Oh well, our children will suffer for our haste

I want to drink from your cup of sorrow
I want to bathe in your holy blood
I want to sleep with the promise of tomorrow
I know tomorrow may never come
I know tomorrow may never come
I know tomorrow may never come

Clear Blue Eyes

(feat. Lucinda Williams)

When I look into your clear blue eyes
I could cry, I could cry
When I think of what they've put you through
You know it tears me up inside

Left alone in your darkest night
By the one you trusted most
How come they expect you to
Be such a gracious host

When you look upon that heart of shame
Now I have to face
All these accusations and questions that are
Aimed at your disgrace

Now you’re left in the darkest night
By the ones you trust the most
But now just follow blind ambition
Like a promise of unknown costs

When I look into your clear blue eyes
I could cry, I could cry
When I think of what they put you through
You know it tears me up inside
You know it tears me up inside
You know it tears me up inside

Behind Me Now

All my best days are behind me now
Photographs tell of my wedding vows
And if you want heroes then I'd sail up to the stars
For all I got beneath my skin are tears and scars

I walked in these shoes ten thousand miles
Been through all sorts of bleating trials
So if you want heroes then I'll tell you where to go
I'll sell you a map to thank the faces that you know
Oh but for now I'll just be at this all night show
Oh yes tonight I'll spend my lonely dollar slow

Yes I've loved and lost and loved again
Happy ever after's never been
And if you want love than I suggest that you not wait
‘Cause I will know not what I've waited at heaven's gate

All my best days are behind me now
Still I find a way to live somehow

Non Albums Tracks

A Little Bit Of Rain

( Harry Belafonte Cover / A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village LP)

If I should leave you
Try to remember the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain

And if you look back
Try to forget all the bad times
Lonely blue and sad times
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain

And if I look back
I will remember all the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain

Brand New

( Amos Lee EP )

Without you
I was just a room without a view
A stranger in this town without a clue

Baby my whole world is brand new
Brand new
Brand new
Brand

Now with you
Every day is like Sunday afternoon
And everytime you leave just too soon

Baby my whole world is brand new
Brand new
Brand new
Brand

Baby my whole world is brand new
Brand new
Brand

No, no, no, no, no

Now you've gone
I'm just a Winter's night without a dawn
And every day is just harder to move on

There's nothing I'd rather do
Than to be with you
Maybe we can start again
Brand new

I'm Not Myself

( Amos Lee EP )

And if you wanna leave me
Baby go ahead
I know you don't believe me
Oh when I finally said

That I'm not myself
When I'm with you
It takes and breaks
My heart in two

I'm half a mile from Jersey
The headlights on the shore
You know how much it hurts me
I never been this deep before

And I'm not myself
When I'm with you
It takes and breaks
My heart in two

And oh...

Does anybody have a clue
How hard I worked at loving you

And I'm not myself
When I'm with you
It takes and breaks
My heart in two

Jails & Bombs

( Amos Lee EP )

The one I love is lost without the least bit of explanation
Just goes to show the futility of self-preservation
Now all I seem to see is all this war, and goin' amongst our nations
What good will it do

Now everybody wants to know the secrets to our salvation
Forever reading on and on, from Genesis to Revelation
Never stopping for a second to examine situations
After all that we've been through

And love it only ends
When there's nothing left to defend
Will we ever see, yeah, yeah
The common bond of humanity
Go on...

Get a landscape of famine and also of frustration
And children walking round without the proper means to education
And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation
For jails and bombs

Still we live behind these hollow walls of lies and segregation
People walking round without the proper means to medication
And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation
For jails and bombs

Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer

Makin' Love

( Amos Lee EP )

Shake off that towel baby
Come over here
I'm gonna leave you smiling woman
Leave you smiling from ear to ear, yeah

We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall
Not worrying about a thing at all
Except making love
We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair
Not having a single care
Except making love

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

It's been a hard week, mama
But now you're free, yeah
I'm gonna leave you leaving me in a world of ecstasy, yeah

We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall
Not worrying about a thing at all
Except making love
We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair
Not having a single care
Except making love

We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall
Not worrying about a thing at all
Except making love
We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair
Not having a single care
Except making love

My lonely day
Seems so far away, yeah
I love you more than words can...say
This is how I prove my love

We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall
Not worrying about a thing at all
Except making love
We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair
Not having a single care
Except making love

We're gonna shake from the middle of the clock on the wall
Not worrying about a thing at all
Except making love
This is how I share my love
We're gonna start in the kitchen to the rug to the chair
Not having a single care
Except making love
This is how I prove my love
Hmm...

May I Remind You

( As The Crow Flies EP )

Come here my darling
Come on now
You may not be searching
You may not know how

We're all born strangers
This we can see
We may fear each other
But each other we need

So may I remind you, love
What is inside you, love
The whole world is turning black
The springtime is sunshine,
The flowers grow back
Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Baby your family
You may feel broken
But you're golden to me
Come to me softly, come to me strong
Just like singing in song

Don't spend time wasted
Believing a lie
A love you were born with
Oh it never can die

May I remind you love,
What is inside you, love
The whole world is turning black
The heart that's inside you is coming back

So may I remind you
May I remind you
May I remind you, love

Morning

( Amos Lee EP )

Morning, like a picture
Without a frame
Morning, like a smile
Without a name

Simple, so simple but yet, so true
Oh morning I know now why your sky is so blue

Oh I...I cannot see through
What the whole soul can see behind
There are some things so beautiful, yet still undefined

Morning, like a prophet without a word
Morning, like a soldier without a sword
Woah now...

It's funny how we see so much
But cannot feel a thing
Oh my sweet saviour
Morning, here me sing
Here me sing, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Morning, morning, morning, oh now morning
Morning, morning, morning
Morning, morning, morning, oh no morning
Morning, morning, morning

Say Goodbye

( As The Crow Flies EP )

You've been playing your own game, baby
And you didn't give me the rules
Now I'm sitting on the sideline
And I'm feeling just like a fool

You don't have to speak
I can see it in your eyes
Say no more
Say goodbye

You've been holding back the tears baby
You've been hiding all your hurt
You've been wrestling with your tears baby
Meanwhile I'm dealing in the dirt

You don't have to speak
I can see it in your eyes
Say no more
Say goodbye

You don't have to speak
I can see it in your eyes
Say no more
Say goodbye

You've been waiting, you've been waiting so long
But you haven't been saying oh and everything's been wrong
Now you're lying down with your steely silence now
And I can see where this is going
Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin
You don't have to speak
I can see it in your eyes
Say no more
Say goodbye

You don't have to speak
I can see it in your eyes
Say no more
Say goodbye

You don't have to speak
I can see it in your eyes
Say no more
Say goodbye

Simple Things

( As The Crow Flies EP )

When I am returning
Another day on the job
It's like a revelation coming home
Seeing you sleeping with the light on

It's just these simple things
Keep me holding on
It's just these simple things
Keep me holding on
I can't go back
Right these wrongs
Oh, but these simple things keep me holding on
Well I know it gets hard, baby
Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Things get crooked and crossed
Sometimes I just get so hardly baby
I start feeling lost

It's just these simple things
Keep me holding on
It's just these simple things
Keep me holding on
I can't go back
Right these wrongs
Oh, but these simple things keep me holding on

It's just these simple things
It's just these simple things
It's just these simple things

The Darkness

( As The Crow Flies EP )

Well I never asked for nothing
I got nothing in return
Turn out that there's something
Letters bound and burned

Well I know you think you knew me
Well I thought I knew you too
I guess I was a fool but
That ain't nothing new
We all fall into the darkness

Oh the darkness
Oh the darkness
Before the dawn

Well I never was wasteful
With the time I had at hand
Guess I had to chase you
So I had to understand
That we all fall into the darkness
Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Oh the darkness
Oh the darkness
Before the dawn

So go get out my records
If you take one last request
Tell me that you love me
That you always did your best
So I sense I fell into the darkness

Oh the darkness
Oh the darkness
Oh the darkness