Happenstance

Be Be Your Love

If I could take you away
Pretend I was queen
What would you say
Would you think I'm unreal
'Cause everybody's got their way I should feel

Everybody's talking how I can't be your love
But I want to be your love
Want to be your love, for real
Everybody's talking how I can't be your love
But I want to be your love
Want to be your love for real
Want to be your everything

Everything's falling, and I am included in that
Oh, how I try to be just okay
Yeah, but all I ever really wanted
was a little piece of you

Everybody's talking how I can't be your love
But I want to be your love
Want to be your love for real
Everything will be alright
if you just stay the night

Please, sir, don't you walk away
Everybody's talking how I can't be your love
But I want to be your love
Want to be your love for real

Letter Read

My love, my love, my love
How could you do this to me
My love, my love, my love
You were supposed to be
And I shouldn't have to tell you to explain yourself

My love, my love, my love
How could you do this to me
My love, my love, my love
You're not enough for me
And I shouldn't have to tell you to explain yourself

All I have is your letter read
And I cannot get it out of my head

And I'm afraid, and I can't breathe
And I'm in love with you
But you are not with me
And I have put so much into a life
I made too much about you now to lie

My love, my love, my love
How could you do this to me
My love, my love, my love
You're not enough for me
And I shouldn't have to tell you to explain yourself

But all I have is your letter read
And I cannot get it out of my head

All I have you letter read
And I cannot get it out of my head

And I'm afraid, and I can't breathe
And I'm in love with you
But you are not with me
And I have put so much into a life
I made too much about you now to lie

Time passes by
While I wait for your call
Time passes by
I hear nothing at all

And I'm afraid, and I can't breathe
And I'm in love with you
But you are not with me
And I have put so much into a life
I made too much about you now to lie

I'm afraid, and I can't breathe
And I'm in love with you
But you are not with me
And I have put so much into a life
I made too much about you now to lie

I'm afraid, and I can't breathe
And I'm in love with you
But you are not with me

Worn Me Down

Gone - she’s gone.
How do you feel about it
That’s what I thought
You’re real torn up about it
And I wish you the best
I could do without it
And I will because you’ve worn me down
Oh, I will because you’ve worn me down

Worn me down like a road
I did everything you told
Worn me down to my knees
I did everything to please you
But you can’t stop thinking about her
No, you can’t stop thinking about her

And you’re wrong, you’re wrong
I’m not overreacting
Something is off
Why don’t we ever believe ourselves
And I, oh I, I feel it more for you
And I will because you’ve worn me down
And I will because you have worn me down

Worn me down like a road
I did everything you told
Worn me down to my knees
I did everything to please
But you can’t stop thinking about her
No, you can’t stop thinking about her

She’s so pretty.
She’s so damn right
But I’m so tired of thinking about her, again, tonight

Worn me down like a road
I did everything you told
Worn me down to my knees
I did everything to please you

Worn me down like a road
I did everything you told me to do
But you, you can’t stop thinking about her
No, you can’t stop thinking about her
No, you can’t stop thinking about her
No, you can’t stop thinking of her

Paper Doll

Only daughter
You got your ticket too soon
Holy Water
'Cause everybody's getting ruined
They are waiting to see what you do
Too long, waiting

Everybody's cleared the room
And they'll dress you up
Stand you in all the right places
Words like honey
Smile as they change your faces
With no regard to you at all
And you find they treat you like a paper doll

And they'll dress you up for the flight
Like Ophelia, you wave goodnight
With the earth and sky you cheer and cry
Writhe as all your days go by
And laugh as you die

Sweet softer shoulder,
Oh sweet sugar safe

Everybody's got their own life philosophy
And I can't wait 'til I find one coming from me
Oh, the bridge is narrow
You better not look down
'Cause as soon as you jump over
You won't find nobody around
Oh, the bridge is narrow
And you've got so far to fall
And you know down in dirty water's
No place for a paper doll

I'll Find A Way

I'll find a way to see you again
I'll find a way to see you again

I used to think that anything I'd do
Wouldn't matter at all anyway
But now I find that when it comes to you
I'm the winner of cards I can't play

Wait for me, wait for me
Darling, I need you desperately, desperately, here

And I'll find a way to see you again
I'll find a way to see you again

The rain is like an orchestra to me
Little gifts from above meant to say
Girl, you're falling at his feet
Isn't lovely or stunning today?

Lay with me, lay with me
I'm alive when you're here with me, here with me, stay

Oh I'll find a way to see you again
Yes I'll find a way to see you again

Why do the street lamps die when you're passing by
Like a hand that won't stay on my shoulder tonight?
If you held me close, would you laugh it away?
Would you dare the glance that I steal to stay?

And I'll find a way to see you again
Yes I'll find a way to see you again
I'll find a way, a way, oh a way, to see you again
I'll find a way, a way, oh a way, to see you again, to see you again
I'll find a way, oh a way, to see you again (I'll find a way)
I'll find a way (I'll find a way...), to see you again

The rain will bring, the rain will bring, the rain will bring, the rain will bring me down
The rain will bring, the rain will bring, the rain will bring, the rain will bring me down
The rain will bring, the rain will bring, the rain will bring, the rain will bring me down

*** Thanx a lot to Chogu for this one ***

1963

Baby, I'm stuck in the middle, and I don't know why
Find the words you sing to be
Sweeter than the words of the bird in the sky
Oh, the days you came around
I feel so good for me
I can take most anything
Cause what you bring

I find it to be magical
I feel like I'm loving you in 1963
Flowers in my hair
Little bitty hearts upon my cheek
Baby, you'll be on my mind
'Til I kiss you next time

Baby, come on, take a ride in my little blue bug
Keep the windows down
Don't forget to celebrate the radio's up
Oh, the way you hold my hand
There is no other way
We could take a thousand walks
And laugh all day

I find it to be magical
I feel like I'm loving you in 1963
Flowers in my hair now
Little bitty hearts upon my cheek
Baby, you'll be on my mind
'Til I kiss you next time

Under My Skin

I hesitate to say I was bait for you
Could that be something that you all would do?
I'd be lying if I did now say I wasn't intrigued
But timing is everything here, and for the moment the "we" is reprieved
But, as I watch the girl unfold before my eyes, I discover
That I like her

Would you please get out from under my skin?
For I can't begin this yet
And I don't know what my intentions are
They're speaking in a different tongue
And deep inside, I'm not as tough as I seem
But I won't let you know
Until it's right, I'm gonna stay my distance
And you should go

I'm in the dance, and it's a chance
But stay and watch awhile
I'll be singing a tune just for you with a smile
And maybe, if I'm lucky
You'll tip your hat to me, and you'll discover
That you like her

Would you please get out from under my skin?
For I can't begin this yet
And I don't know what my intentions are
They're speaking in a different tongue
And, deep inside, I'm not as tough as I seem
But I won't let you know
Until it's right, I'm gonna stay my distance
And you should go

Crazy as it all plays out
I think I'm lonelier than I've ever been before
'Cause I was so close
To going through that door
But I don't want to be to blame for them
I don't want to be to blame

Oh, would you please get out from under my skin?
For I can't begin this yet
And I don't know what my intentions are
They're speaking in a different tongue
And, deep inside, I'm not as tough as I seem
But I won't let you know
Until it's right, I'm gonna stay my distance, and you should go
Oh, would you please get out
I'm not as strong as I seem, but I won't let you know

Meet Me by the Water

Would you please meet me by the water, baby?
We'll have a really good time
Would you please meet me by the water, baby?
'Cause I can't get you off of my mind

I've been thinking everyday about you
Don't fit anywhere into my life, but that's okay
'Cause I think I might be right for you
And because of that, I'm not scared at all
And everyone says I'm crazy
And everyone says I'm a fool
Would you meet me by the water tonight?
'Cause I'm ready to break all the rules

Please don't leave me standing with my heart in my hand
I can't last here
I'm breaking down, and no one understands why I got here
But I knew from the very first moment that I met you
You'd be the one

Would you meet me by the water tonight?
Would you please fall asleep holding my hand?
'Cause I've got everything in store for you, baby
If you'll be my man

Even so

You're gonna hate me when I tell you everything
You're gonna question whether you really know me at all
You will revisit every smile, and where it fit into the day
I know this is how it will play
And I try, oh I try to think of all the things
That I could do to let you know that I love you

Even so

I was not looking to do you wrong
Was not looking for a change of scenery
Don't remember where, or when, or how I did
But I'm hoping that you'll forgive me
And I try, oh I try to think of all the things
That I could do to let you know that I love you

Do you remember how we used to run in the summertime?
Do you remember how we'd run in the summertime?

Oh I try, I try so very hard
And I cry, I cry so very much
For I love you like you'll never let yourself feel again
I love you like a brother and a friend
I love you with my whole heart until it bends
I love you like a lover until the very end

But I'll always think of all the things
You did to let me know that you love me
But you're leaving
Even so

I Want You

You sat down next to me, like poetry to wine
Our window looked upon a yellow neon sign
I took your hand while you decided what to do
The only kiss I ever miss, I shared with you
The other cities hold a memory still of a place
But when I dream of London, I can only see your face

I want you
Or no one
No one else will do
You, or no one
No one is the only one
to fill the empty space I hold for you

You simplified me down to slogans on the wall
I took offense, but you were right about them all
My friends are telling me I shouldn't waste my time
But I can't concentrate until I make you mine
I'm drawing cards and making wishes down by the well
Who would've known I'd lose myself in the old hotel

I want you
Or no one
No one else for me
You, or no one
No one else is strong enough
To slow me down in time to set me free
I want you
Or no one
No one else is fine
Oh, you, or no one
No one is the only one
To fill me up until I make you mine

Reason Why

I think about how it might have been
We'd spend our days travelin'
It's not that I don't understand you
It's not that I don't want to be with you
But you only wanted me
The way you wanted me

So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
And we can hang our heads down as we skip the goodbyes
You can tell the world what you want them to hear
I've got nothing left to lose, my dear
So, I'm up for the little white lies
But you and I know the reason why
I'm gone, and you're still there

I'll buy a magazine searching for your face
From coast to coast, or whatever I find my place
I'll track you on the radio
And I'll sign your list in a different name
But as close as I come to you
It's not the same

So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
We can pat ourselves on the back and say that we tried
And if one of us makes it big
We can spill our regrets
And talk about how the love never dies
But you and I know the reason why
I'm gone, and you're still there

So, steal the show
And do your best to cover the tracks that I have left
I wish you well and hope you find whatever you're looking for
The way I might've changed my mind
But you only showed me the door

So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
We can pat ourselves on the back and say that we tried
And if one of us makes it big
We can spill our regrets
And talk about how the love never dies
But you and I know the reason why

Quiet

Baby says I can't come with him
And I had read all of this in his eyes
Long before he even said so
Why go, I asked?
You know, and I know why
And it'll be just as quiet when I leave
As it was when I first got here
I don't expect anything

Take care
I've been hurt before
Too much time spent on closing doors
You may hate me, but I'll remember to love you
Goodbye
Don't cry
You know why
And it'll be just as quiet when I leave
As it was when I first got here
I don't expect anything

All the waves of blame arrange as broken scenery
As they steal your best memories away
What if I was someone different in your only history?
Would you feel the same
As I walk out the door
Never to see your face again

And it'll be just as quiet when I leave
As it was when I first got here
It'll be just as quiet when I leave
As it was when I first got here
I don't expect anything to change when I leave

Untitled hidden track

No thanks
No more
No love

I’m done
I’ve had enough

You’re going off with her
And I wish I was
But there’s another can be
Just because

All right
Be on your way
The kindest thing to say
Is not that you have fallen for me say
You’ll come back to my arms again someday

Baby, write
Some words about
How you can’t shut me out
How you must find a way
To see me one more time

One more time

And please call up all your friends and tell them it can’t end
You don’t know what you’d do
If you lost her

And lost me too

That’s fine
That’s good
That’s nice

I understand the price
The cost of craving dark
Instead of light
I flip a coin to see if you still care tonight

My blood
My hand
My soul

I’ve thrown them onto you without control
The things I freely give
You stole
And now I’m left in pieces

Baby tell
The world about me
The way you won me over
In a city you can’t remember
You think it was September
Sweet September

Oh baby
Oh it’s all right
I know she needs you more than I do
And I wouldn’t win this fight
But there is one thing
That you’ve gotta do,
You’ve gotta tell the world about a
Girl you once knew
Oh she
Wasn’t meant to be

But you
Fell so very deeply
In love

With me

To all the girls he’s loved
To all the girls he’s loved

*** Thanx a lot to Stan for this one ***

Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart

Elephants

If the elephants have past lives
Yet all destined to always remember
It's no wonder how they scream
Like you and I they must have some temper

And I am dreaming of them on the planes
Dirtying up their beds
Watching for some sign of rain
To cool their hot heads

And how dare that you send me that card
When I am doing all that I can do
You are forcing me to remember
When all I want is to just forget you

If the tiger shall protect her young
Then tell me how did you slip by
All my instincts have failed me for once
I must have somehow slept the whole night

And I am dreaming of them with their kill
Tearing it all apart
Blood dripping from their lips
And teeth sinking into heart

And how dare that you say you'll call
When you know I need some peace of mind
If you have to take sides with the animals
Won't you do it with one who is kind

And if the hawks in the trees need the dead
If you're living you don't stand a chance
For a time though you share the same bed
There are only two ends to this dance

You can flee with your wounds just in time
Or lie there as he feeds
Watching yourself ripped to shreds
And laughing as you bleed

So for those of you falling in love
Keep it kind, keep it good, keep it right
Throw yourself in the midst of danger
But keep one eye open at night

What If I Leave

Why don't you call
When you say you will my dear
Is it because I don't belong to you

And why don't you come
When you say you will my dear
Do you really think it will work out wrong

What if I leave
What if I leave
What if I leave
What if I leave

Why don't you call
Don't you miss me at all
Left a long long time ago
To where the weather was better for his kind

Why won't you play
You've gone and lost your face
I may be a fool all along
But I never understood these rules

What if I leave
What if I leave
What if I leave
What if I leave

So I grow up longing for another
With the windy city left behind to my lover
Will you ever know the way I cry
You were gone that day so you may have missed my goodbye

And sometimes in my dreams I hear you say
"If you really care you won't go away"

What if I leave
What if I leave
What if I leave
What if I leave

What if I leave
What if I leave
What if I leave
What if I leave

Little life

When all of this
Makes the news
Will they remember to tell it right
Or will devils make off in the night
Can you tell me why
I got so high as ??

As she lays in bed
In her piece of ground
Will they remember how
Blessed soul
Or just that she lost all control
Can you tell me why she had to die alone

And people wake up
People get moving
There’s a life waiting here
Get up
People start doing
There’s a life waiting here

When all our time
Spent away
We remember the loves of our past
Or just that love never lasts
Can you tell me why
This little life goes so fast

Sunday Afternoon

It's a choice to stay
It's a dream and I wanna wake
You have blood on your hands
And I'm feeling faint
And honey you can't decide

I'm a drug you don't wanna give up
Smoke your cigarettes
Make your love
You poured blood in my heart
I can't get enough
I'm drowning
And you can't decide

It's not about geography or happenstance
You need to fly and take a chance
You don't need to soar to emptiness
Float on high and forever dance alone
You're scared
'Cause I feel like home

I Hear your voice
And I knew right away
If you were here
Well your eyes would say

I have blood on my feet
As I walk away
Rivers are red
It's starting to rain

I'm not gonna live for you or die for you
Won't do anything anymore for you
Because you leave me here on the other side
You leave me here on the other side

I won't live for you or die for you
Won't do anything anymore for you
Because you leave me here on the other side
Oh you leave me here on the other side

I won't live for you or die for you
Won't do anything anymore for you
Because you leave me here on the other side
Oh you leave me on the other side

I won't live for you or die for you
Won't do anything anymore for you
Because you leave me here on the other side
You leave me here on the other side

I won't live for you or die for you
Won't do anything anymore for you
I'm not gonna shed one more tear
Shed one more tear for you
I'm not gonna shed one more tear for you
At least not 'til Sunday afternoon
Sunday afternoon

Duet

Oh Lover, hold on
'Til I come back again
For these arms are growing tired
And my tales are wearing thin

If you're patient
I will surprise
When you wake up
I'll have come

All the anger
Will settle down
And we'll go do
All the things we should have done

Yes I remember what we said
As we lay down to bed
I'll be here
If you will only come back home

Oh lover, I'm lost
Because the road I've chosen
Beckons me away
Oh lover, don't you roam
Now I'm fighting words
I never thought I'd say

But I remember what we said
As we lay down to bed
I'll forgive you
If you just come back home

Oh lover, I'm old
You'll be out there
And be thinking just of me

And I will find you
Down the road
And will return back home
To where we're meant to be

'Cause I remember what we said
As we lay down to bed
We'll be back as soon
As we make history

Over and Over

I really thought I was okay
I really thought I was just fine
But when I woke this time
There was nothing to take me back to sleep
To take you off my mind
This time

And I keep saying over and over and over and over again
Let it rain, let it rain
Over and over and over and over again
Let it rain, let it rain

I need to hide within a storm
So have the lightning come
And bring the winds that scream
And spill the fog all over time
And hold me in your standstill ground
And I will sit down
And you'll be washed away
You'll be washed away

Over and over and over and over again
Let it rain, let it rain
Over and over and over and over again
Let it rain, let it rain

I really thought I was okay
I really thought I was just fine
But when I woke up this time
There was nothing to take you off my mind

Over and over and over and over again
Let it rain, let it rain
Over and over and over and over again
Let it rain, let it rain

I need to hide within a storm
So have the lightning come
And bring the winds that scream
And spill the fog all over time
And break through every door
And strip away between
And raise the rivers high
Just help me drown
And hold me in your standstill ground
And I will sit down
And you'll be washed away
You'll be washed away

Brown eyes

Brown eyes will you wait for me to follow
I’m used to letting everybody down
I’ve seen your face in our shadow
Does it look as pretty in the light

Will you save me from myself
Will I save you from the rest
Oh, brown eyes
Save a little something for me too

Full moon is there wisdom in your tide play
The cold is come and now
The love throwing everybody off
Sleep just doesn’t taste the same
I’ll be waiting till we’re side by side once again

Old love, how I wish we were an old love
I’ve survived all this and more
Oh, you’re turning everything to dust
And the wind is picking up
Oh, brown eyes
Save a little something for me too

*** Thanx a lot to Jonathan for this one ***

Horizon

The last time I laid my eyes upon you
You were blowing kisses
I was waiting in the car

Something had died, yet
Everything around kept turning
Don’t even know where you are

Somewhere along the line we lost our horizon
I’ve been looking 'round, up and down
To no avail

Someday I hope to find the horizon
I’ve been all around the world
And nothing is clear

The last time I held you
It was head to heart
The curtain was drawn
I left you sleeping so sound

If I had known forever
After we would stay apart
I would have whispered
All the things I can’t tell you now

Somewhere along the line we lost our horizon
I’ve been looking ‘round, up and down
To no avail, no avail

Someday I hope I can find the horizon
I’ve been all around the world

I don’t believe in you
Like I so wanted to
I hope you’re asking the heavens above
To forgive all the damage you’ve done

And if I did teach you anything at all
I hope that you learned how to love
But I doubt if I'll ever talk to you, I don’t know

Somewhere along the line we lost our horizon,
I’ve been looking ‘round, up and down
To no avail, no avail

Someday I hope we can find the horizon
I’ve been all around the world
And nothing is clear, no
No, no, no

Nothing is clear to me now, at all
Nothing is clear, oh, nothing is clear
Nothing is clear to me now, at all

Nothing is clear, nothing is clear
Nothing is clear to me, nothing is clear
Nothing is clear, nothing is clear
Nothing is clear

The Only Fault

If I could have one wish
If I could have some say
I'd keep you far from home
I'd roll back both my sleeves
Dig under your skin
And fix your shattered bones

Hold on, this may hurt you
When I tell you of the truth
We don't get two lives to live
It's true, the only fault I found in you
Is not being free to take what I would give

If I could bend your pain
Into something good
Make you a prouder man
If I could rough you up
And save you with good luck
I'd show you hope again

Hold on, we're not meant to suffer so very long
Leaving love that's gone has never been a sin
Hang tight, the only fault you have tonight
Shutting down so cold 'til I break in

Oh, sad young man, I think I need you
For reasons I don't know
I pledge myself to winter season
So it's perfectly on course
But in the end it has to snow

If I can make you stay
Convince you you'd be lost
if we were torn apart
If it remained unclear
Between the two of us
Which one would be the one
To break the other's heart.

Hold on, this will floor me
Differently than any drug that's washed me into sleep
It's true, the only fault I'll take from you
Is how to run from what you wish to keep

*** Thanx a lot to Kat for this one ***

Sidedish Friend

Do you want to be my sidedish friend
'Cause I'll miss you if you go for good, yeah
We can stay together 'til the very end of time

If it's understood
That I don't want you hanging out with me
But I want you when I call
And we can stay together separately
And we won't be lonely at all

Oh boy
Oh boy
I got to think about that
Oh boy

And do you want to be the one on hold
'Cause you know I'll always come right back, yeah
We can find a quiet place for both of us to go

If you always know
That I don't want you hanging out with me
But I want you when I call
And we can stay together separately
And we won't be lonely at all

Oh boy
Oh boy
I got to think about that
'Cause every time
(Every time)
I think I'm all right
I think I'll win you over
I hear you say
(Hear you say)

That I don't want you hanging out with me
But I want you when I call
And we can stay together separately
And we won't be lonely at all
I don't want to get too close to you
And I don't want you close to me

There's a back door waiting just for you
If this isn't what you need
There’s a back door waiting just for you
If this isn't what you need

Accident

I think he's in a jealous rage
She's probably not the easiest one to live with either
There's nothing worse than bitterness
Just splashed across the page
I don't think that either one of them are fit to be alive
Oh, she’d just shut up and do what she does best
Show a little bit of skin
But keep it all when she's undressed
And doesn't she know that she is doing it all wrong
You can't tell a joke, yeah
While I'm listening to your song

All of this talking and all of this chatter
Is making me sick
Even though they say it doesn't matter
Let's put them in a room
Or maybe they should stay apart
Or maybe words are meant a mile
Yeah, let's fuck with their hearts

There's no reason to change
So let’s watch everybody bleed
Cause everybody loves an accident
And everybody loves what they read

I think he's gonna be a big star
A voice of social change to rearrange the world’s perspective
But there's nothing better than watching him go down
He could pick up a habit or get in trouble
That might be affective

Oh, If he'd just shut off his conscience for one day
And take a cue from all of us
And give us a song we can really play
Doesn't he know he's going down
And going down fast
If he keeps on being difficult
He'll always come in last

All of this talking and all of this chatter
Is making me sick
Even though they say it doesn't matter
Lets take away the stars
Give while enough a add-on
He's calling for backup
But, I'm strong enough to take that phone

There's reason to change
So lets go all have a beer
Cause everybody loves an accident
And everybody loves what they hear

Two sides working together
And working against one another
Two bad souls are destroyed
It's the nature of business
You know how this part is

Oh look, they're losing all of their trust
Oh look, they're trying to bite the helping hand that feeds them
We put clothes on their backs
And they try to take the money up front
Now they don't like what we're saying
So lets up and leave them

We would have done what they are doing anyway
So this shit about taking in the souls
And life’s lasting misery
We're gonna take them down
And do it on the front page
Watch those little crooks come crawling back on bended knee

All of this talking and all of this chatter
Is making me sick
Even though they say it doesn't matter
I'm becoming a bore
Now I am wasting ashore
Now I'm still broken
But the subjects been spoken

There's no reason to change
But it sure is fun to advertise a fight
We're feeding off each other once again
But now neither one of us will give an inch until I break

I hope
I hope
I really hope
I hope
I hope
I hope
I hope

Faster

I can't talk to you
You think I'm lost inside my mind
You're like an old tattoo
And I know you'll fade in time

I'm not the girl you think you know
I'm not the girl you waited for
I'm not the one for you
It's just one thing left to do

Why don't you let me be
'Cause I'm a million miles away
Why don't you set me free
'Cause you don't treat me like you said

I won't tuck you in one last time
I'm taking back what is mine for me
I belong to me

I'm going faster
You're going backwards
You're going to miss me when I'm gone
I'm going faster
I know what I'm after
I should've been after it all along

I'm going faster
I'm going faster

That's the last black eye
I hope I ever give to you
Yeah J had a good time
But what's a girl supposed to do

Take the pictures off the wall
They don't look like us at all
They don't look like friends
I've got new things to begin

Why don't you let me be
'Cause I'm a million miles away
Why don't you set me free
I belong to me

'Cause I'm going faster
You're going backwards
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
I hang from the ceiling
I feel what I'm feeling
I should've been feeling it all along

I'm going faster
I'm going faster
Da da da da da...

'Cause I'm going faster
You're going backwards
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
I hang from the ceiling
I feel what I'm feeling
I should've been feeling it all along

I'm going faster
I'm going faster

Pause The Tragic Ending

Draw me under
Cut me open
Take my heart
I give it to you
Call the thunder
And bring the storm
Hold me close
I beg of you

And pause the tragic ending
For just a moment more
Draw the dresser out
And slide it to the door

And burn the air out
Of the room
Close the curtain
And kill the lights

Only seconds
Left to tell you
How I need you
Every night

And pause the tragic ending
For I'm almost out of breath
Whisper in my ear
Take a bite upon my neck

I'll give you blood
If that's what you need to stay alive
You'll be free
And I will die

You're falling down
Broken loose ends
No sense
Hey yeah
No sense
Hey yeah

You're falling down
Broken loose ends
No sense
Hey yeah
No sense
Hey yeah

You're falling down
Broken loose ends
No sense
Hey yeah
No sense

Throw the ashes
Out to sea
God forbid you
hurt her twice

Drink away the
Taste of me
And in the morning
Pay the price

Of this tragic ending
Running out of things to say
Wash the sheets
And clear your head
You'll be ok
But bury me deep down
In every song you play

The tragic ending
The tragic ending
The tragic ending
Saves the day

*** Thanx a lot to Jamie for this one ***

Don't

I can understand all that you are
I can even take all that you're not
I can sympathize with all you want to be
But don’t fuck me in front of me

I can even scores with the best of them
I can leave my innocence at bay
You can turn your back on my sincerity
But don’t fuck me in front of me

How could they, they wait
I saw the look you gave her
Breathe and begin again
May God the world do say you hurt

Don't, don't, don't, don't...

I could say I blame you for everything
Instead I think I'll recognize my part
Needing doesn't hide who I want to be
But don’t fuck me in front of me
Yeah, don’t fuck me in front of me

Non albums Tracks

*** Thanx a lot to the Rachael Yamagata Fansite for these lyrics ***

Blame on me

( With Toots and the maytals )

You've been doing all that you do
And say what you wanna say
And you're puttin' all the blame on me
Eh, baby...

Everything i try to do
Through it all you made it so hard for me
And you're puttin' all the blame on me

I'm givin' you my love
Feel you want ???
How could you
'Cause you want to put the blame on me

Tell me

Oh tell me (tell me)
Come tell me (tell me)
Tell me how you do me good
And you're puttin' all the blame on me

Through hard times and sorrow (mm hmmm)
Through heart aches and pain
I'll always be there for you
Just for you
(uh... They say love is true)

You say your love was true
Now you wanna break my heart in two
And you want to put the blame on me
Eh, baby...

And it was so good before (uh huh)
Tell me what came into your mind
Why you wanna put the blame on me

Oh tell me (oh tell me)
Tell me
Tell me how you do me good
And you're puttin' all the blame on me

Whoa...
???
It's just like ???
Tell me why you want to put the blame on me
Oh...oh

If your love can't be true
Then i don't know what we gonna do
And you're putting all the blame on me

Yeah, yeah...
I really love you
But you wanna hurt me, why?
I want to know why

Tell me babe,

Say you wanna light my fire (mmm hmm)
You wanna give me your desire
Don't forget the word, no no no no no no

Oh baby,
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me how you do me good
And you're puttin' all the blame on me

Oh baby,
Tell them (tell them)
Tell all your friends
Tell me how you do me good
And you're puttin' all the blame on me

If your love for me will never go
Tell me baby, why did you want to love no
???

Cold roses

( With Ryan Adams )

The mirrors in the room go black and blue
On a sunday morning in her saturday shoes
We don't choose who we love
We don't choose

The lights over the midway melt on the street
In a sunday shoes, with her saturday feet
She don't love who he choose
She don't need what she use

Daylight comes and exposes
Saturday's bruises and cold roses
Cold roses

Nothing but the sunlight will help you grow
From underneath your bed you can't see the window
We don't choose what we see
We don't choose

Fortunate and angry just like a child
All that money buys you medicine but can't buy you time
We don't choose what we love
And she don't need what she got

Daylight comes and exposes
Saturday's bruises and cold roses
Cold roses

Cold roses
Cold roses
Cold roses

Collide

( Rachael Yamagata EP )

I'll fascinate you
for awhile
My hands can wave to please
So well

When I wake to realize all I've done
I'll be breaking strings
And all you're gonna feel is untied

I will not stay if you ask me to stay
Do not ask me to stay, because I will not stay

Why do we always collide
Stuck on two different sides

Your resignation
Dont simplify
It's not always good about
your life

When I wake up to find
All I've been is unkind
All you're gonna feel is untied
Untied

Why do we always collide
Stuck on two different sides

Why do we always collide
Stuck on two different sides

Why do we always collide
Stuck on two different sides

Why do we all...
Why do we all...

Dwell

Won't you dwell on the things you can't change
???
Don't you tell me to lie still and say
What will be will be will be will be will be
And be ok

I'm trying hard to find a reason to stay
When my ??? is much to ???
With your shadow ???
Oh, as i walk your ocean blue

You see its only a graveyard dog
That hangs around the past
Only the stones and the bones are meant to last

And i pray on your good will that you will come to see it
I wanna ???

There's a ??? i've been feeling just too fine
???
But don't you bring me around and ask me to ???
I'd be a ??? to give you the breath of ???

And i'm trying hard to find a reason to stay
When my ??? is much to ???
With your shadow ???
As i walk your ocean
As i walk your ocean blue

You see its only a graveyard dog
That hangs around the past
Only the stones and the bones are meant to last

And i pray on your good will that you will come to see it
I wanna ???

??? that hangs around the past
Only the stones and the bones are meant to last

And i pray on your good will that you will come to see it
I wanna ??? today...
I wanna ???
I wanna ???

It's not ??? to do
To do

Edith

Oh edith
You'll never know how much i wanted you
It was not appropriate...

Oh edith
I loved you like a movie star
Driving in your car
Counting the waves with the top down

Oh edith
I loved you like a waterfall
But you don't know this
I never told you...

No...no...no...no...no...no...

And i think of you
Whenever street lamps die
And i think of you
No matter hot i try
You doubted my tears
Haunted me for years

Don't you know... Know...don't you know
Don't you know you murder me

Oh edith
Do you ever thinnk of me
When you're waking from a dream
Or walking down an alley way

I wanted to send you some rain for your birthday
But it wasn't up to me
Oh that's how it had to be
Not up to me

Oh edith
You murder me
You murder me

And i miss you...
I miss you...
Miss you...

Fireflies

( With Rhett Miller )

Rhett :
You looked like my mother
Did when she was nineteen
And not afraid to die

I started planning our future
But you were just nineteen
And still a firefly

Rachael :
You got terrible vision
Should have seen I was leaving
When I first appeared

I got bit by the footlights
I got caught in a headlights
Headed any place but here

Both :
Never say you'll never leave
'Cause you never know til you try
In a jar fireflies only last for one night
Only last for one night

Rachael :
Trains roll
Like gamblers in slow mo
Trying to find good luck
When they couldn't find love

Rhett :
Oh yeah and I
I'm gonna sleep on the train tracks
It's gonna be peaceful
And then it's gonna get rough

Both :
Never say you'll never leave
'Cause you never know til you try
In a jar fireflies only last for one night
Only last for one night

I must have had a reason for leaving
Not one I could see
I must have had a a reason for leaving
It must have been me, it must have been me

Rhett :
You looked like my mother
Did when she was nineteen
And not afraid to die

Rachael :
For the last time
I'm not your mother
And I was only nineteen
And still a firefly

*** Thanx a lot to Kit for this one ***

I Wish You Love

Goodbye, no use leading with our chins
This is where our story ends
Never lovers, ever friends
Goodbye, let our hearts call it a day
But before you walk away
I sincerely want to say

I wish you bluebirds in the spring to give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss but more than this
I wish you love

And in July a lemonade to cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health and more than wealth
I wish you love

My breaking heart and I agree that you and I could never be
So with my best, my very best, I set you free

I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love

My breaking heart and I agree that you and I could never be
So with my best, my very best, I set you free

I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love

Jesus Was a Crossmaker

Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flying low for me

One time I trusted a stranger
'Cause I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticing me
Though there was something wrong
When I turned he was gone

Blinding me his song remains reminding me
He's a bandit and a heartbreaker
Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker

Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flying low for me

He wages war with the devil
A pistol by his side
And though he chases them out my window and
Won't give him a place to hide
He keeps his door open wide
Fighting him
He lights a lamp inviting him
He's a bandit and a heartbreaker
Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker

Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flying low for me

I hear the thunder come rumbling
The light never looked so dim
I see the junction get nearer
And danger's in the wind
And either road's looking grim

Hiding me I flee desires dividing me
He's a bandit and a heartbreaker
Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker
Yeah but Jesus was a crossmaker

Known for Years

( Rachael Yamagata EP )

I'm so good runnin' away
You'd think I'd grown up that way
And you're so good at leading them on
Who am I to bring you down

I wonder why I'm still hangin' around
Was it the song

'Cause I've known for years that we'd get here
And I can't make believe that when I'm seeing the same thing
And I've known for years that we'd get here
And it'd be a shame to make believe
It's better to leave

And it's cruel the way I recall
A readiness to take it all
And I question still whether I am just a friend
And you don't need to stand in my way

I wonder if I just sold you the crown
Was it that sound

'Cause I've known for years that we'd get here
And I can't make believe that when I'm seeing the same thing
'Cause I've known for years that we'd get here
And it'd be a shame to make believe
It's better to leave

It'd be a shame to make believe, better to leave
It'd be a shame to make believe, better to leave
Yeah, It'd be a shame to make believe
Better, better, better, better to leave

'Cause I've known for years that we'd get here
And I can't make believe that we're seeing the same thing
'Cause I've known for years that we'd get here
And it'd be a shame, it'd be a shame, shame

Oh no, it'd be a shame to make believe
It'd be a shame to make believe
Oh, it's better to leave

Let it ride

( With Ryan Adams )

Moving like the fog on the cumberland river
I was leaving on the delta queen
And i wasn't ready to go
I'm never ready to go
27 of nothing but failures and promises that i couldn't keep
Oh lord, i wasn't ready to go
I'm never ready to go
Let it ride
Let it ride easy down the road
Let it ride
Let it take away all of the darkness
Let it ride
Let it rock me in the arms of stranger's angels until it brings me home
Let it ride
Let it roll
Let it go

Loaded like a sailor
Tumbling off a ferry boat
I was at the bar till three
Oh lord, and i wasn't ready to go
I'm never ready to go
Tennessee's a brother to my sister carolina where they're gonna bury me
And i ain't ready to go
I'm never ready to go
Let it ride let it ride easy down the road
Let it ride
Let it take away all of this darkness
Let it ride
Let it rock me in the arms of stranger's angels until it brings me home
Let it ride
Let it roll
Let it go

I wanna see you tonight
Dancing in the endless moonlight
In the parking lot in the headlights of cars
Someplace on the moon
Where they moved the drive-in theater
Where i left the car that i can't find but i still got the keys to
Let it ride
Let it ride easy down the road
Let it ride
Let it take away all of this darkness
Let it ride
Let it rock me in the arms of stranger's angels until it brings me home
Let it ride
Let it roll
Let it go

New York to L.A.

You've ruined every city
From new york to la
Every street and every corner
Every highway

Not even the planes know
No new way to fly
Your words etched in smoke
All over the sky

I'm a fool
I'm a fool again
I'm a fool
A fool again

You'd think i'd have found a better man
But i'm a fool
Once again

From starlight to sunrise
Through snow and then spring
I've watched from my window
As you turned to leave

My eyes on your back
I review what you say
"give me up' you whisper
At the hotel cafe

I'm a fool
A fool again
I'm a fool
A fool again

Oh, you would think i would've had a better plan
But i'm a fool
Once again

Please let me learn my lesson this time
Or am i up for another round
It breaks my hear and i just can't let it go
There is gold(?) To be found

Oh you've ruine every city
From new york to right here
I'm adrift in a dream
Nothing is clear

But with love such as this
I have no need to wait
God be with me
And bring ???
If this is a mistake

Oh i'm a fool
I'm a fool
I'm a fool

Pale

( With Bill Deasy )

I have called you here
To discuss the present situation
Never mind the tears, love,
I see them for the utter fabrication
That they are

I didn't mean to pry
I found the key behind the bedroom table
Save your alibi, love,
The sigts I saw effectively disabled
That device, and oh you look so...

Pale
Pale and peaked
Like an 18th century epidemic victim
Pale, like you've just seen the living
Ghost of your lost innocence

I taste it on your skin
I feel it in this stagnant air between us
Hear them on the wind, love,
Tolling bells announcing the defeat of our
New Life, and oh you look so...

Pale
Pale and peaked
Like an 18th century epidemic victim
Pale, like you've just seen the living
Ghost of your lost innocence

It didn't take long
To see your colors
The color of gone is,
Pale, your story's flimsy
Like a cardboard box on a rainy sidewalk
Pale, you're looking guilty
And your face is all the evidence I need

Parade

Don't try to figure me out
Don't try you'll only fail
I'm not a reed in the sand
You're already starting to pale

Everyone's gone for the summer again
Something is building , i don't understand
A hummingbird larks in my hand

But i'm too busy chasing parades
To ever love you the same
Just breathe
He's going away

Pack up your jacket and shoes
Kiss all my friends one more time
Don't take a minute on paintings you see
There's a curtain on the blinds

Peeking is stealing the life you don't share
There's a map of a memory, of us over there
Dangerous questions are near

I'm too busy chasing parades
To love you the same
Just breathe
I'm going away

And I...

River

( Joni Mitchell Cover )

It's coming on christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace

Oh i wish i had a river
I could skate away on

But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm gonna make a lot of money
And i'm gonna quit this crazy scene

Oh i wish i had a river
I could skate away on

I wish i had a river so long
I could teach my feet to fly

Oh i wish i had a river
I could skate away on

I made my baby cry...

You tried hard to help me
Always put me at ease
You loved me so naughty, baby
Made me weak in the knees

Oh i wish i had a river
I could skate away on

And i'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and i'm sad
And i've gone and lost the best baby
That i have ever had

Oh i wish i had a river
I could skate away on

I wish i had a river so long
I could teach my feet to fly

Oh i wish i had a river
I could skate away on

I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace

Oh i wish i had a river
I could skate away on

Sao paulo rain

( Tom McRae Cover )

There's always a party on funeral row
Where the cross flashes red to the street
And gasoline dreams of girls in blue jeans
He's grazing the surface of sleep

The vultures on main street are eyeing you up
Calculating the wait of your bones
And midnight graffiti appears on your door
So we all can sleep safe in our homes

And the storms in the distance hold no rain
And i feel my resistance giving way
Shelter me from this sky
Dance wiht me one last time
Sao paulo rain
Sao paulo rain

Do not disturb this blood red earth
There's giants sleeping beneath
And carnival queens on their deathbed scenes
All go through the motions of grief
Take another hit
Let the bottle slip through your fingers and
Break like a promise made
The day i remember
My heart i will keep
My voice i surrender
And i will not speak to lie

We were so alive
We were so alive
Shelter me from this sky
Dance with me one last time
Sao paulo rain
Sao paulo rain

Sweet Forgiveness

( With Bill Deasy )

I know the sky had grown dark
And you had to go chasing down a spark
Hey you, now that it's done
The love we had will still shine on
Like the headlights on a train I won't see coming
Like the sunrise on the building we lived

Sweet forgiveness rain down on me
Sweet forgiveness rain down on me
Every time I look in your eyes

Heartbreak can stand beside love
With a little help from up above
Walk on... I will stay here
And try to wish you joy beyond my tears
Like the tree that sheds it's yellow leaves in autumn
Like the stone that waits for water to come clean

Sweet forgiveness rain down on me
Sweet forgiveness rain down on me
Every time I look in your eyes

You broke me open yeah you broke me down
Left me stranded in some stranger's town
But I was hoping you might turn around
And see this

Sweet forgiveness rain down on me
Sweet forgiveness rain down on me
Every time I look in your eyes

The other side

I'm on the other side
Of where our lives used to be
I'm on the other side
Of where our lives used to be

Every push of my feet
In the sand

Reminds me
Together is not where we stand
Anymore
And every kiss to meet my hand
Defines me
And opens a new door

And all the little lies
Well they call and they wait
And they comfort
And save me from nothing

I'm on the other side
Of where our lives used to be
And i can feel alright
About whatever's good for me


Baby i wanna go back
You were supposed to come with me
All i ever wanted was to be with you
Yeah supposed come with me
Anything ???
And i would never do

You're just a postcard out
Or so they say
I'm holding
Records for more
Sent out in one day
And if there's a road
I'm meant to take
I'm going
Back on the ones who say

All the better times
When you were mine
And the cats are fine but they miss you

I'm on the other side
Of where our lives used to be
And i can feel alright
About whatever's good for me
Baby i wanna go back
You were supposed to come with me
All i ever wanted was to be with you
Yeah supposed come with me
Anything ???
And i would never do

I'm on the other side
Of where our lives used to be
And i can feel alright
About whatever's good for me
I'm on the other side
Of where our lives used to be
And i can feel alright
About what's good for me
Yeah
Yeah but
Baby i wanna go back
Oh baby i wanna go back
You were supposed to come with me
All i ever wanted
Was to be with you
You're supposed to come with me
Anything ???
And i would never do

These Girls

( Rachael Yamagata EP - Bonus Track )

I am tired
Of crying in bathrooms
And lighting drags
When I don't even smoke

Writing to no one
Sleeping with the hours
And sighing for a thousand things

So tired, ignoring your words
About a new girl

Watching flirtations
Whispered conversations

These Girls, they don't know
How they kill me down
Whenever they hold his hand
And these girls
I'm getting old, just by
Being 'round them
They're breaking the future
I'll never hold again

So blue, I'm scratching at nothing
The tighter you hold him, the stronger he gets
Inside I'm spinning, my lesson
Lipstick & perfume, and fanciful speech
My suitcase is packed by the door
In case he comes crawling, like he did before

Baby come get me, don't you look over there

And these girls, they don't know
How they kill me down
Whenever they hold his hand
And these girls
I'm getting old, just by
Being 'round them
They're breaking the future
I'll never hold again

And these girls, if I had my chance
Oh, I'll find a way to spell it out in the night
And these girls, it's dangerous
It's not their fault
But I'm so tired of being nice

Anywhere that I go, they appear before me
And everybody knows I'm addicted
To the object of their eyes

And these girls, they don't know
How they kill me down
Whenever they hold his hand
And these girls
I'm getting old, just by
Being 'round them
They're breaking the future
I'll never hold again

And these girls, if I had my chance
Oh, I'll find a way to spell it out in the night
And these girls, it's dangerous
It's not their fault
But I'm so tired of being nice

So tired of being nice
So tired, so tired of being alone...

Until I heard

All my life
Nothing seems to last
Its just some name i'll soon forget

And in the past
I never take the chance
To lead with my heart, and not my head

All my life i've heard them,
But to hear those words from you
Just knocks me down
And i'm spinning
Since i heard the words from you

And til this time
I never seemed to mind
Not having heartache to regret
But now i found
All my clouds are silver lined
And it's all a part of the words you said

All my life i've heard them,
But to hear the words from you
Just knocks me down
And i'm spinning
Since i heard the words from you
And i feel the way i do
Since i heard the words from you

All my life i've heard them,
But to hear the words from you
Just knocks me down
And i'm spinning
Since i heard the words from you
And i feel the way i do
Since i heard the words from you

I do

Woman

Is there a woman out there who'll take me
'Cause i've been far too hurt by this man
Apparently i don't give him leeway
Apparently, i don't understand

There's the last word we were meant to have
With the crossing light turned white too fast
There's the last kiss we were meant to share
There's a new girl now
So he shouldn't dare

Is there a woman out there who'll take me
'Cause i need sleep with somebody soft
I take a drink, a toast to his fortune
I'm not ready yet
For coffee or talk

'Cause there are pictures i've yet to take down
And he's still watching over my cat
At a hotel, just down the street
'Cause the new girl
Prefers it like that

Is there a woman out there who'll take me
Safe from the one who's lovin' him tonight
She's even got a beautiful name
Now rachael and james just doesn't seem right

Well, that's the way it goes
That's the way it goes

Is there a woman out there who'll take me
'Cause i am drifting far off to sea
With a couple of ticket stubs to float on
And the backlight of each memory

Is there a woman out there who'll take me away
'Cause i may never fall in love with a man

He was my best friend, my everything
He can't save me
Nobody can

That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes

Would You Please

( Rachael Yamagata EP )

Would you please
Let me slide a few words
Under your door
And would you please
Let me slide a few words
under your door

The first 3 say "I Love You"
The last 5 "But I can't no more"
I don't believe in miracles (no no)
Not like I did before

And would you please
Let me slide a few words
Under your door
And would you please (yeah)
Try to understand

There's a paragraph or two
Devoted to the memories that we shared
In the dramatized songs about how there'll be no more memories
No more memories

And if you'll notice in the corner
There's a tiny little heart I've enclosed
Like a little surprise (oh yes i did)
And if you'll please ignore the smeared smudged writing
It came from the tears in my eyes

You're probably gonna get it
After a long day
You may not even believe it's true
I know you know, you know, you know my crazy ways

Yeah, but sleeping beauty is going to bed
She put a little tiny hole in her own head
Gotta find her own way home
Before she's dead

Yeah, but Sleeping Beauty is going to bed
She put a little tiny hole in her own head
Gotta find her own way home
Before she's dead

Woo Sleeping Beauty is going to bed
She put a little tiny hole in her own head
Gotta find her own way home
Before she's dead

Woo Sleeping Beauty is going to bed
She put a little tiny hole in her own head
Gotta find her own way home
Before she's dead