Bird's Eye View

 

Some songs I write from a bird’s I view
but the good ones I live, and I live them with you
Some times I think that I thought life through
but I don’t know a thing until I live it with you

So let the light shine in
let the music sing inside your room
go and drop your defenses
let the music sing inside your room 

I know it’s your love, I know it’s your love
I know it’s your love, and I knew from the start
I know it’s your love, I know it’s you love that keeps this music in my heart

Still is the air on a harvest moon
let down your hair babe, Decemeber comes soon
beat down the street where the lane-lines glow
We got nothing to talk about nowhere to go

your hung up on make believe
write what your story speaks and slow down your tired mind
sleep when you want to sleep
god knows that talk is cheap so take your time
 

 

Young and Free

 

Well I’m shooting with the stars and I’m playing my guitar
I’m as happy as I ever could be
yeah I got a girl she’s as pretty as a pearl
her smile it could gravitate the sea

we’re living in a shoebox, burn through paychecks
best damn city in the world
yea you gotta meet her cause’ songs sound sweeter
when you’re in the company of my girl

ain’t one thing wrong
I’m young and free
I got my whole damn life still ahead of me

yeah I drink all night and I sleep all day
I’m as happy as I ever could be
yeah I got a chick and I love her cause’ she’s thick
in all the proper places she should be 

I’m old enough to know that my cup could overflow
but I’m young enough to throw it away
yeah I got a boo and you know our love is true
that’s all I’m gonna worry about today 

 

In Your Eyes

You could take a little less you could love a little more
you could stitch it on your dress you could hide it in a trap door
I don’t care if you don’t wanna be wrong, I don’t wanna be right
I’m sick of singing such a similar song I think I’m leaving tonight

You could think a little less you could love a little more
I know it ain’t the best but it’s better than you hoped for
I don’t care if you don’t wanna be wrong, I don’t wanna be right
I’m sick of singing such a similar song I think I’m leaving tonight

In your eyes, well you grow but you’re never getting old
never getting old, never getting old

You could keep a little less you could give a little more
It’s nothing but a mess but it’s something I can stand for
I don’t care if you don’t wanna be wrong, I don’t wanna be right
I’m sick of singing such a similar song I think I’m leaving tonight

So you don’t fit in with the people round here
yeah can’t find time just to make things right
It’s a grain of salt with the people round here
you can’t sit still so you run and hide
yea you run and hide

Mama in the Corner

there’s a girl in the corner of the smoking deck
I think she’s wearing my T-shirt
She’s smoking Bali-jai’s, red glaze on her eyes that her eyes
that her Ray Ban’s just can’t hide
and I only got two but if she keeps cool
I think I’ll give her a ticket
“Let me get a cold beer for the mama in the corner and me”

and I bet she’s got a dog with no collar
that’s the kind of dog I’d be
running around, just a big old hound
all the other dog’s wishing they were me
and when this bar turns on the lights
well the people are going to see
just a real good show from the mama in the corner and me

and it’s hot fun in the summer time
I think I’m changing my T-shirt
I’m going route 4 route 1 red sun
bumping Bertha out my car
and I only got two but if she keeps cool
I think I’ll giver her a ticket
“let me get a tall boy for the mama in the corner and me”

and you can bet your bottom dollar that mamas’ coming home with me
I’m a call cab I’m a pay the tab all the other boys wishing they were me
and when those passing cars go by well you bet they’re gonna see
just a real good show from the mama in the corner and me

I think there’s something in the air tonight
everybody stares and we just don’t care tonight
I’m feeling frisky, gonna lay her body down
on the sandy street with the reggaetone beat
and the college DJ sound

she’s still got sea salt in her hair
got my heart beating like a dub step snare
Ocean Mist you’re heaven sent
and the cover was the best five dollars that I ever spent 

and I bet she’s got a dog with no collar
that’s the kind of dog I’d be
running around, just a big old hound
all the other dog’s wishing they were me
and when this bar turns on the lights
well the people are going to see
just a real good show baby don’t you know
that the night goes quick when the day goes slow
just a real good show from the mama in the corner and me 

Stuck on You

Am I stuck, or am I just stuck on you?
Am I stuck, or am I just stuck on you?
My bags’ all packed, I got a good car
But when I get going never get too far
Am I stuck, or am I just stuck on you?

Am I high, or am I just high on you?
Am I high, or am I just high on you?
The rooms’ all dark, the wines’ all gone
and I can’t remember why I wrote this song
Am I high, or am I just high on you?

And when you go, go, go
Time move oh so slow
And leave your side? I’d rather not dear
I’d rather stay here

Am I lost, or am I just lost for you? 
Am I lost, or am I just lost for you? 
I can’t tell up from down and I can’t get home in my hometown
Am I lost, or am I just lost for you? 
 

 
 

Find What You’ve Been Looking For

 

I won’t sleep till you let me, I won’t rise till you fall
I won’t go till yo show me, don’t you know me at all?

I’ve been broke, I’ve been tired, I’ve been wrong.
But you’ve been betting on my all along
Take it from me, your situation could just fall to the floor
Go out and find what you’ve been looking for 

Sometimes I can’t stop from looking for the place I should be
but then the one and only thing I can find is the trouble in me

So slow down, close your eyes, let it go
and maybe baby then you’ll finally know
Take it from me, your situation could just fall to the floor
Go out and find what you’ve been looking for 

and I knot it might look like I’ve written the book
but I just found some bread no I aint’ up ahead
I’m right by your side knowing nothing at all

 

Keep Me Till the Morning

 

Spend my days spun in a haze, burning my body down
I need a little time to rest my mind so I need to get the hell out of town
back last June I was high as the moon when you were sleeping next to me
I’m gonna pack my car gonna drive real far to the place where your bedroom be

your gonna say, gone are the day that I’m gonna let you in
but I’m throwing away the model of the man I’ve been

So keep me till the morning, I won’t make a sound
go on and put your walls up girl but I’m gonna tear them down
keep me till the morning, I won’t make a sound
go on and put your walls up girl but I’m gonna tear them down down down 

All day long, I write these songs, try to make a melody new
it don’t really matter how hard I try cause’ it always comes back to you
time will tell if you fell fully out of love with me
but from the way we used to knock till the neighbors called the cops tell me baby how could it be

you said you’ve never seen a brighter sky
and I thought I’d never tell another lie
but I can’t smell your perfume anymore
honey please, won’t you open up your door? 

Bernadette

He calmed me down we drove around passing the days
Spend all our cash in a flash it’s better this way
Bernadette, can’t you see? This is the life for me
but if you need me call me I’ll come back for you
I’ll come back for you

Sat on a bench till 5:00 and made a pile of ash
snuck in the room again and took a pinch from the stash
Bernadette, can’t you see? This is the life for me
but if you need me call me I’ll come back for you

Call all around you can’t find me, I’m twisted up inside
some other town, you know I’ll be home before the rise of the tide
Call all around you can’t find me, I’m twisted up inside
I just lost the door to you, but there’s nothing more than you for me
sweet Bernadette 

And the girls down in West Virginia well they’re digging my scene
you shoulda seen their faces if you know what I mean
Bernadette, can’t you see? This is the life for me
but if you need me call me I’ll come back for you

Don’t let me leave another night, you know I lose my way
But if you could see the other side you’d know that I’m OK
So call off your dogs and don’t think twice, you were with me every day
I just lost the door but there’s nothing more than you for me

And as growing up goes it’s a little too late for me
so leave on the light and know that you don’t have to wait for me
 

 

Ain’t Done with Me

 

There are nights I look up at the lights I can’t tell if I’m dreaming
where I’m going, where I’ve been yea they’re all places I got to be
there’s a hole in my soul that I fill with a plan I’ve been scheming
yeah I’m done with this part of my life but it ain’t done with me 

no it ain’t done with me, no it ain’t done with me
yeah I’m done with this part of my life but it ain’t done with me 

There’s a road up ahead where the moon shines as bright as a Gibson
and the day never ends when you feel like you’ve run out of time
I’ll look and I’ll miss the cafes and the bars that we’ve lived in
but I’ll know when the time comes to go and I won’t change my mind 

no I won’t change my mind, no I won’t change my min
yeah I’m done with this part of my life and I won’t change my mind 

there’s a cloud in my sky and it’s moving so slow I could trace it
there’s a wind and it can’t seem to push any boat in my sea
and as hard as I try well I just can’t pretend to embrace it
yeah I’m done with this part of my life but it ain’t done with me

no it ain’t done with me, no it ain’t done with me
yeah I’m done with this part of my life but it ain’t done with me 

 

Best I Could

 

Packed last night so she could leave today
Rolled out the sweaters from the hide-a-way
Cold as corner as she starts to say
“Babe, I never had a chance”

Drove 5 miles past the reservoir
Hands out the window couldn’t stand for more
Footsteps laughing from the basement door
I’m tired of the song and dance 

And I have lingered and I have lied
But you couldn’t stop me if you tried

Slow cold walks on the Bowery alone
Long fake talks on the telephone
21 dollars just to get me home
I’m cooking up a night of sin

Foggy visions on the street below
Big decisions with the people we know
I see silver sides just starting to show
I’m wiser than the boy I’ve been

And I never loved you like I should
But I did the best i could