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Waiting again for my ride to come; forty breaths. Watching the leaves as they fall brilliant deaths. Christopher passes me the metal cap, which I refill. I say, "Eyes on the road," as he accelerates. The coffee spills.
I'd be running if I could. If I could leave, I know I would. Love has long since left this home. So, forty breaths now on my own.
We pass the High School. The baseball field is a pond of leaves. Half of our main street is for sale, but the town still breathes.
I'd be running if I could. If I could leave, I know I would. Love has long since left this home. So, forty breaths now on my own.
Some days, it all comes back to me. How we swore our love before the whole town. The memories, they blow right through me. We cleared out the yard and settled down. I'm a peaceful man, but I made mistakes, so Sara left for G-d knows where. She could have taken everything. She left this place my cross to bear.
Skin gets thick and backs get bent, but hearts stay shy. Chris doesn't speak through the first coat. Neither do I. If I could cover the whole d-mn town, I would. A brand new coat on everything would do some good.
Someone somewhere surely knows how to leave and when to go, but I'm a man who must atone with forty breaths now on my own.
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You've been waiting for something true and holy. You've been waiting for something beautiful. Time passes slowly while you're waiting, and all you've got for praying was a dream and some high heeled shoes. And some moves to hide your blues.
But now you don't have to do a thing to impress me. Even though you're sad and depressed, you're sexy.
You're the queen of sorrow, aren't you, baby? You're the queen of cars in the moonlight. You just want a boy who can drive you crazy. So, now you're back out dancing, hoping to meet someone new, and that your blues will not show through.
But now you don't have to do a thing to impress me. Even though you're sad and depressed, you're sexy.
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When you're gone, it's like I'm going blind; everything loses beauty. When you're home, it's like I've lost my mind. Loneliness never leaves.
If this is love, why do we act this way? Sharing pain to hide depression. I leave home. I am left alone. And we start asking stupid questions,
Like "why can't this life be easy on us?" When did complication surround us? Then, when we've lost all hope and reason, coincidence falls like rain around us. All around us.
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When I was a boy and my mother left the home, I would cry like the world was ending. But it was me who she'd be thinking of, with never-ending love she was always sending.
It is the same with you and me. I have never left you and I will never leave. This is the way we'll always be. You can count on me.
Years past by and left my mother sick at home. I would cry, already grieving. So scared she'd die and I'd be left alone. What I did not know was she was never leaving.
It is the same with you and me. I have never left you and I will never leave. This is the way we'll always be. You can count on me.
As I become the man I am supposed to be, I'll hold you close, my baby boy, beside me. My mother's voice tells me I am not alone, and I never was, and I never will be.
James, it is the same with you and me. I have never left you and I will never leave. This is the way we'll always be. You can count on me.
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I love two girls with the same name, at the same time, in the same place. I love two girls with the same hair, and the same lips, and the same taste.
The first one says she loves me, and it's easy to see. The second one hides it from me; she likes me on my knees. She justifies both means and ends. Either way, I win again.
I love two girls in the same bed, through the same night, and the next day. I love two girls with the same name. She might be two faced. I love her both ways.
The first one says she loves me, and it's easy to see. (She tells me she loves me). The second one hides it from me; she likes me on my knees. (She makes me crawl for her). She justifies both means and ends. Either way, I win again.
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What is this voice I keep hearing? Why is it calling me? Are these the answers I'm seeking? Am I alone in this feeling?
Tell me, who is this speaking? Is it only in my mind? Are these the answers I'm seeking? What is this voice I keep hearing?
Aren't you the one who we've been waiting for? The one we knew would save us. (True.) And aren't you the ringer, a fighter and a singer, who will come through when we need you? (Too true.) Aren't all these questions you've been asking only masking answers you already knew? (Yes, all this is true, but I'm still confused and I don't know what to do.)
"You've got to trust yourself a little bit more. You already know the way because you've been here before. You've got to trust yourself a little bit more, so when the devil comes calling he won't know what's in store." (This here is praying what we're laying down on the dance floor.)
Why am I so slow in knowing that permanent peace inside me? This world with its comings and goings: just flashing of lights on a screen.
Aren't you the one who we've been waiting for? The one we knew would save us. (True.) And aren't you the ringer, a fighter and a singer, who will come through when we need you? (Too true.) Aren't all these questions you've been asking only masking answers you already knew? (Yes, all this is true, but I'm still confused and I don't know what to do.)
"You've got to trust yourself a little bit more. You already know the way because you've been here before. You've got to trust yourself a little bit more, so when the devil comes calling he won't know what's in store." (This here is praying what we're laying down on the dance floor.)
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Have we said these words? Haven't we said these words before? Have we cried these tears? Haven't we dried these tears before? So I will make a bed once more upon the living room floor, and then maybe tonight, you might unlock the bedroom door.
There is a place where our love will go, but it is a place that we'll never know.
Were we playing fair, or we were each playing to win? Since we have cleared the field, let the next couple move in.
There is a place where our love will go, but it is a place that we'll never know.
Through it all, how I've loved you. Through our passions and peaces, you have held me with care. So it's hard, after all that we've been through, to lose you. But in our safe place, our love will always be there.
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Backing vocals - Maki Itami, Susan Cannon, Kadir Cannon, Lateef Cannon
Written by Leonard Gershe & Rogers Edens [Warner Bros; all rights reserved].
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It's been a year since I've been living here, in this safe, secluded room. The walls are strong, but the days are long. I believe I'll be leaving soon.
There is no doubt that I've been hiding out because of lessons learned. The push and shove of a girl I once loved has left me bruised and burned.
But don't accuse me of playing it safe as if safety were ever a sin. All of this time, you could have come inside. These doors have always opened in.
Well, I've made a mess in this loneliness; in this safe, secluded room. The heart is strong and the days are long, so I believe I'll be leaving soon.
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Darling, I lied when I told you how I carry my love inside for you. I said that my heart reaching towards you. It's true, but there is another love too.
A love far deeper than a thought I could hold inside. A love far truer than a truth I could show or hide.
I imagine the house we will live in as a gift we must wait to be given. But our home is no shelter to hide us. It's already around and inside us.
A home that gets stronger with each breath, with each waking day. A home that can hear the future song of our children's play.
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