Ron Sexsmith

I can't understand this sadness here
Sorrow's rolling in, from where's unclear
But I know there's a reason for all these blues
So I'm off to find the words we never use

Yes I know you've been hurt by words I've said
But more by the times I turned my head
For the willow of your smile is showing through
You're aching for the words we never use

How long must we bury all we feel?
Yes, and turn in the face of what is real
Well now, love has made an offer we can't refuse
So let's try for the words we never use
The words we never use

I know it doesn't seem that way
But maybe it's the perfect day
Even though the bills are piling
Maybe Lady Luck ain't smiling

But if we only open our eyes
We'd see the blessings in disguise
That all the rain clouds are fountains
Though our troubles seem like mountains

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

Every now and then life says:
Where do you think you're going so fast?
We're apt to think it's cruel, but sometimes
It's a case of cruel to be kind

And if we get up off our knees
Why then we'd see the forest for the trees
and we'd see the new sun rising
Over the hills and horizon

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose faith
Give the world a chance to say:

A word or two, my friend
There's no telling how the day might end
We'll never know until we see

That there's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills

Thinking out loud
Is all I'm doing
Trying to raise my love
Above the ruins

With each song
I kick it around,
Thinking...
My love I can tell

There's a load on your mind
If we poured ourselves
Like this bottle of wine
And let it flow,

We'll figure it out
Thinking out loud
But it's hard to think with all the racket
Going on inside our heads

All this worrying is getting us nowhere
Let's go somewhere instead
Just thinking out loud
Is it all we're good for?

Trying to raise our love
But always falling short
Heaven knows
What it's all about

Thinking out loud
With each song
I kick it around
Thinking out loud

She was not the girl next door
But the girl from 'round the corner
It was at the tail end of grade four
When she came to school one morning

And all eyes were upon her as she took her seat
Her name was Amanda with pretty eyes of green
And hair of blonde, strawberry blonde
Springtime and dandelions

And summer 'round the corner
Was at the tail end of age nine
With a million dreams before her
She lived with her mother in an old decrepit house

If there was trouble she kept it to herself
All summer long, the strawberry blonde
And by her face there was no way to tell
It seemed like all was well in her world

But the neighbours said
Her mother had lost her will
To gin and sleeping pills
It was no life for a little girl

Still I see her face framed in blue sky
At the top of a slide coming down
And when the sirens wailed
(her mother had failed to rise)

All the neighbors stood outside
As Amanda just stared at the ground
Time flies and years are piled
I'd forgotten all about her

When I saw her down the aisle
Of a streetcar with her daughter
Then I heard Amanda say as she got up
"See'mon Samantha, girl, this is our stop"

And they were gone
Two strawberry blondes

Tour bus rolling down Broadway
Says "nobody you would know"
In all the store front windows I see my face
And the lame expression of this average Joe

Lord, a fool and his money parted ways
To a con artist at the bus depot
Oh now who would've thought such an honest face
Would make a monkey of this average Joe

I'm a walking disaster
I'm an accident waiting to happen
I can't walk any faster, no
If I could I'd be tap dancing, yeah

Oh I see the porch light of my home
Where my love lies waiting for me
No we don't have much but this I know
You've made a king out of this average Joe

Under every sky of baby blue
Is an undercurrent of rain
Under every trial life puts you through
Is an undercurrent of change
Though the sun now is shrouded in grey
It's pulling the wool over my eyes
When it looks like hell I tell myself
It's a thinly veiled disguise

I feel a dark wind blowing through my hair
Blowing through my dreams at night
It's tearing me from all that I hold dear
As I hold on for dear life
Through the dark hours we stumble and fall
And fumble around for the light
As far as I can tell, the dark as well
Wears a thinly veiled disguise

Under every sky of baby blue
Is an undercurrent of rain
Under every trial life puts you through
Is an undercurrent of change
Through the noise and the poisonous words
That lead us to believe otherwise
I can hear the bells, they're ringing out
Through a thinly veiled disguise

He sees it coming from a mile away
He knows all the rules by heart and so the game is played
He's trading love for this sordid night of bliss
Though nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
Nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this

You've seen how people rise in times of need
Forget all their pettiness, forget all their greed
But he can't rise above this warm and reckless kiss
Though nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this

From this only sorrow
From this no future, only tomorrows

And when the morning comes tumbling down
No trace of the night before, it's still the same old town
But deep inside now hides a stranger in his midst
And nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
Nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this

Pretty little cemetery on a summer's day
Walking with my family, stopping on the way
To read the epitaphs and wonder at the graves
Pretty little cemetery on a summer's day

Pretty little monument beneath a shady tree
For a little boy who died in 1943
But still in the air this lingering grief
Pretty little monument beneath a shady tree

There's an old couple on the bus
Sitting next to us, my boy and I
And pointing to the graveyard
My boy turns to the old man
And says "this is where you go to when you die
My papa told me so"
The old man said "yes, we know"

Pretty little cemetery, hear the bells ring
When the night falls it's a very different thing
Outside the gate there's a woman looking in
Pretty little cemetery, hear the bells ring

Oh it never fails, anytime I start
To speak my mind I break her heart
Oh it never fails
Every time I feel my faith is strong

This doubt appears and steers me wrong
Oh it never fails
This world is not the one we used to know and love
Can't help wondering if it ever was

This world is not the one we used to know and love
Can't help wondering if it ever was
Oh it never fails, in times like these
I hold you and my soul's at ease

Oh it never fails
Oh it never fails

Standing on the side of the road near the overpass
With a sign around his neck that says
"Car wash, free balloons", he's a clown in broad daylight

He's waving at the people in cars who do a double-take
And goad him on with their horns outside the car wash
Ike a cartoon, he's a clown in broad daylight

Raising eyebrows and emotions
He don't phase some people at all
For everyday the circus is open
Everything is alright
It's just a clown in broad daylight

Everything is alright
For against the backdrop of ordinary life it's the easy laugh
That gets you through your working day and the hogwash
Sad but true, he's a clown in broad daylight

Yeah he's waving at you
He's a clown, a clown in broad daylight

In the midst of all this welcome change
I can hardly wait
Oh, to welcome all that was estranged
To my life again

I thought I was on my own
At different times
Just a voice on a cold pay phone
At different times

Now I'm taken by these thoughts of how
We found you and I
In the midst of it all, in a northern town
Between the earth and sky

These thoughts of you come around
At different times
We watch as the sun goes down
At different times

At different times
I've been tempted by these open doors
You turned and I was gone
Now I pray that I was spoken for

In my absence, in my song
I thought I was on my own
At different times
Like a stranger in my own home

At different times
At different times

Child star, child star
You've reached the end of the road
They only wanted you
When you were good as gold

Child star, child star
You've had a pretty long run
Go back to the real world
While you're still young

Did you think this love would last
Did you think this love was true
It came and went so fast
They loved somebody but it wasn't you

Child star, child star
This is where we get off
Stay on and ride awhile
Till the road gets rough
They loved somebody but it wasn't you

Child star, child star
Live and learn and move on
Go back to the real world
While you're still young

Sometimes in anger we seem to forget
All the wrongs that have been done to us
We've done to others and regret
Pull back

You'll see the picture that much clearer
Anyone
Anyone can make an honest mistake
Anyone

Anyone can make an honest mistake
To err is human and all you can do
Is to tell it to your wounded heart
Forgiveness is human too

Go back
Accept each other for who we are
Anyone
Anyone can make an honest mistake

Anyone
Anyone can make an honest mistake
Few can admit it when they're wrong, I know
Few can forgive and then move on, I know it's hard

An honest mistake
Anyone
Anyone can make an honest mistake
Sometimes in anger we seem to forget

All the wrongs that have been to us
We've done to others and regret

So young
So young at the start
So strong that it left its mark
Upon our hearts
So young

So strong
So strong we had no choice
We're pulled along by the ancient voice
Of girls and boys
So young

So young
So young at the end
Of a long day that was spent
Just being friends
So young

It's really coming down
Raining cats and hounds
It's falling on parades
And on the plans we made

But there'll be other days
And things will turn our way
The rain has got to fall
It's April after all

Even the longest night
Will lead you to daylight
It's the way May leads to June
And it's how I've come to you

The world goes spinning round
Life goes up and down
And rain is bound to fall
It's April after all

They'll be other days
Darling come what may
The rain has got to fall
It's April after all

Tears are bound to fall
It's April after all

secret heart
what are you made of
what are you, so afraid of
could it be, three simple words
or the fear of being overheard
whats wrong?
let her in on your secret heart

secret heart
why so mysterious
why so secret, why so serious
maybe your, just acting tough
maybe your just, not man enough
whats wrong?
let her in on your secret heart.

the very secret, your trying to conceal,
is the very same one, your dying, to reveal,
go tell her how you feel

secret heart,
come out and share it
this loneliness, few can bear it
could it have, something to do with
admitting that you, just cant go through it alone,
let her in on your secret heart

There's a rhythm under the song
And it beats for the old and the young
And it pounds in the back of the sun
It's the sound of one drummer, one drum

There's a rhythm, it's subtle yet strong
And it moves all the wallflowers on
To the dance floor that holds everyone
To the sound of one drummer, one drum

Dance, for the time marches on
Off to a war that can never be won
To the heartbeat of drums

There's a rhythm not cruel or kind
Though you feel that it's left you behind
Is it justice or you that is blind
When you don't see it coming, how come?

There's a rhythm under the song
And it beats for the old and the young
And it pounds in the back of the sun
It's the sound of one drummer, one drum

I can't understand this sadness here
Sorrow's rolling in, from where's unclear
But I know there's a reason for all these blues
So I'm off to find the words we never use

Yes I know you've been hurt by words I've said
But more by the times I turned my head
For the willow of your smile is showing through
You're aching for the words we never use

How long must we bury all we feel?
Yes, and turn in the face of what is real
Well now, love has made an offer we can't refuse
So let's try for the words we never use
The words we never use

More than once around
More than once so near
Left standing here to witness
Summer blowing town

But it all works out
In it's own sweet time
What comes to mind is forgiveness
Summer blowing town

With no wounds left unhealed
No hard feelings and no scars to reveal
As we go 'round life's ferris wheel
What comes to mind is forgiveness
Summer blowing town

With no wounds left unhealed
No hard feelings and no scars to reveal
As we go 'round life's ferris wheel

Let the birds fly south
Let the first snow fall
Doesn't hurt at all to witness
Summer blowing town

No it doesn't hurt at all to witness
Summer blowing town

I'm going down to Lebanon, Tennessee
From where I stand
It's as good a place as any
I don't know anybody there and
Nobody knows me

There'll be a job in Lebanon, Tennessee
I'll work on a farm
I'll work in some factory
And I'll buy myself a home down there
You can get one pretty cheap

Get off the bus on the border of town
Head in from the East
Walk into a bar, take a seat in the corner
Be a man of mystery

Folks don't treat you mean in Lebanon, Tennessee
But like a human being
They'll take you in off the street
They'll bring you in their home down there
And give you something to eat

I'm going down to Lebanon, Tennessee

He don't know how to lie or undermine you
He don't know how to steal, how to deal or deceive
So leave him alone, set him free
'Cause he's speaking with the angel
Speaking with the angel that only he can see

You'd say he's so helpless, but what about you?
You don't pull the string, don't you know anything?
Leave him alone, let him be
'Cause he's speaking with the angel
Speaking with the angel that only he can see

Would you teach him 'bout heaven?
Would you show him how to love the earth?
Would you poison him with prejudice from
the moment of his birth?

He in the name of love, he in the blood of lamb
He that never lays blame, he don't even know his name
So leave him alone, set him free
'Cause he's speaking with the angel
Speaking with the angel (the very one)
that spoke to you and me
Oh do you remember?

In place of a brick wall you made a window
In place of a dark hall you painted a mural
Where there was only weeds you raised a garden
And if I've failed to notice I'm sorry darling

If you were gone what would I do?
Cause no one could ever take the place of you
If you should go where would I be?
In place of you, an empty space for me

In place of wandering blind you put direction
In place of squandering my love and affection
You built a place for me, where I could store it
And I'm eternally grateful for it

If you were gone what would I do?
Cause no one could ever take the place of you
If you should go where would I be?
In place of you, an empty space for me

There is so much from what I've gathered
To put in place of these things you think you need

In place of emptiness you put fulfilment
In place of bitterness you put endearment
Where there was only weeds you raised a garden
And if I've failed to notice I'm sorry darling

If you were gone what would I do?
Cause no one could ever take the place of you
If you should go where would I be?
In place of you, an empty space for me

And I greet you from the other side
Of sorrow and despair
With that love so vast and shattered
It will reach you everywhere

And I sing this for the captain
Whose ship has not been built
For the mother in confusion
Her cradle still unfilled
For the heart with no companion
For the soul without a king
For the prima ballerina
Who cannot dance to anything

Through the days of shame that are coming
Through the night of wild distress
Though your promise counts for nothing
You must keep it nonetheless

You must keep it for the captain
Whose ship has not been built
For the mother in confusion
Her cradle still unfilled
For the heart with no companion
For the soul without a king
For the prima ballerina
Who cannot dance to anything

And I greet you from the other side
Of sorrow and despair
With that love so vast and shattered
It will reach you everywhere

Several miles have come between
All for the best it seems
And just in case you're listening
To this song, I will make it clear
That I still love you

Whatever happened, it don't need to be second guessed
We move from one home to a new address
Oh, it's just miles, miles behind us
Miles to go, miles behind us

Several miles have come to pass
The smoke is cleared at last
Into our lives we disappear
It's just a song that you sometimes hear
As you're passing through

Whatever happened, it don't need to be second guessed
We move from one home to a new address
Oh, it's just miles, miles behind us
Miles to go, miles behind us

I'm listening too
Oh, it's just miles, miles behind us
Miles to go, miles behind us
Oh, it's just miles

Several miles have come between
All for the best it seems
Just in case you're listening
I'm listening too

First chance I get, I'm gonna write you a letter
Tell you everything I'm feeling
First chance I get, I'm going to make it better
Then we can both start healing

But right now, there's blood everywhere
Tears and despair
And the mirror is cracking

First chance I get, I'm gonna send my blues packing

First chance I get, I'm gonna take you somewhere
Somewhere safe and secluded
First chance I get, I'm gonna take you up where
Pure love ain't diluted

But right now the roads are bad
World's going mad
But I swear, we're gonna get there someday
(Someday)

First chance I get, I'm gonna plan out the big getaway

But right now I'm occupied, my hands are tied
But I swear I'm gonna get 'round to it
(To it)

First chance I get, I'm gonna say, ?I love you? and prove it
First chance I get, I'm gonna say, ?I love you? and prove it
Oh, first chance I get, I'm gonna say, ?I love you? and prove it

A day is long, many hours to fill
But it's alright if we let a few minutes spill
Where's the crime in wasting time with you?

Don't have to run when the pistol's fired
It's alright if we let the meter expire
Where's the crime in wasting time with you?

People love to talk about
Big things they're gonna do
Or they've been through it all
We can just remove ourselves
We don't have to prove ourselves
Worthy of their approval

"You're only young once"
Well that's one point of view
And it's alright if we've nothing better to do
Where's the crime in wasting time
Where's the crime in wasting time
Where's the crime in wasting time with you?

I woke up on Galbraith Street
Where the houses stood like twins
Oh, and even though the door's been closed
I can find a way to get back in

For in daydreams my mind returns
Like a ghost upon the hill
As I knock upon old doors again
And find my friends all live there still

So many good times to speak of in a life
But none compared to the good times I had there

The world looks so much brighter when
You believe in every word
Now, I'm holding on to all those years
Like a tear before it falls unheard

So many goodbyes to speak of in a life
But none compared to the goodbyes I said there

The sun went down on Galbraith street
Saw it from my childhood bed
As the red and gold brick houses stood
Underneath a crimson sky that bled

There's a rhythm under the song
And it beats for the old and the young
And it pounds in the back of the sun
It's the sound of one drummer, one drum

There's a rhythm, it's subtle yet strong
And it moves all the wallflowers on
To the dance floor that holds everyone
To the sound of one drummer, one drum

Dance, for the time marches on
Off to a war that can never be won
To the heartbeat of drums

There's a rhythm not cruel or kind
Though you feel that it's left you behind
Is it justice or you that is blind
When you don't see it coming, how come?

There's a rhythm under the song
And it beats for the old and the young
And it pounds in the back of the sun
It's the sound of one drummer, one drum

My love for you
could it be deja vu
Cause I've never felt like
this before
When I see you smile
I can hear my inner child
whisper to me look no more
I hold my head up high
and I look in to your eyes
Oh I don't wanna hide
this feeling inside
I'll never let you down
I'll always be around
See I always knew that I was
meant to be with you
This is it
You're the one
I knew it
All along
Can't believe it
I can feel it in my soul
This is it
You and me
We were just
meant to be
You're the one that I've been
waiting for

My love for you
is something new something new
But you don't believe a word I say
But I know it's true
every time I look at you
and everytime you look at me that way
What proof can I miss
You feel it when we kiss
So baby don't deny
this feeling inside
It's more than just a crush
It's more than just a rush
Like it never have before
this night more I love
This is it
You're the one
I knew it
All along
Can't believe it
I can feel it in my soul
This is it
You and me
We were just
meant to be
You're the one that I've been
waiting for
I think the first time that you
held my hand you knew it
I think the first time that you
kissed me you felt the
way that I did
Admit it
This is it
You're the one
I knew it
All along
Can't believe it
I can feel it in my soul
This is it
You and me
We were just
meant to be
You're the one that I've been
waiting for
Yes you're it
You're the one
You know it's
just begun
I know you feel it like
I feel it in my soul
This is it
You and me
We were just
meant to be
You're the one that I've been
waiting for
Yes you're it
You know it's just begun
You're the one telling me
look no more
This is it
Look no more
I've been waiting for you and me
meant to be
be as one

Whenever I try to tell you everything I feel inside,
the words get in the way and all my heart is dried.
I wish I could sing it to you now,
언제나 내가 너에게 내 마음속에서 느끼는 모든걸 얘기할라고 그레도,
말들이 꼬이고 내 마음은 말라져,
너에게 노래 부를수 있으면 좋겠어,

My love song, like the one I hear before the morning comes,
in my dreams it always sounds so clear and strong RURURURURU
I wish you could hear it too, somehow.
내 연가, 아침이 오기전 들리는 그것처럼,
내 꿈에서는 선명하고 강하게 들려,
어떻게 해서라도 너도 들었으면 좋겠어.

Whenever I try to show all the love I feel inside,
it never seems enough and tears just fill my eyes RURURURURURU
I wish I could say it better now.
언제나 내가 너에게 내 마음속에서 느끼는 사랑을 다 보일라고 해도,
너무 약해보이고 눈물이 내 눈을 채워,
지금 더 잘 얘기했으면 바래

I guess I want to say that love remains, no matter how time fades away
I love you, oh, I love you RURURURURU RURURUU
I wish that I could sing it to you now.
I wish I could say it better now.
내가 하고 싶은말은 사랑은 남아 있을꺼야, 아무리 시간이 지나도,
사랑해, 사랑해.
너에게 노래를 했으면 바래
지금 더 잘 얘기했으면 바래

Love, love, love, I'm saying to you,
Love, I bring to you.

사랑, 사랑, 사랑, 난 너에게 얘기하고 있어,
사랑, 너에게 갖고가고 있어.
Love, love, love, I'm saying to you,
Love, I bring to you.

사랑, 사랑, 사랑, 난 너에게 얘기하고 있어,
사랑, 너에게 갖고가고 있어.
Love, love, love, I'm saying to you,
Love, I bring to you.

사랑, 사랑, 사랑, 난 너에게 얘기하고 있어,
사랑, 너에게 갖고가고 있어.
Love, love, love, I'm saying to you,
Love, I bring to you.

사랑, 사랑, 사랑, 난 너에게 얘기하고 있어,
사랑, 너에게 갖고가고 있어.
Love, love, love, I'm saying to you,
Love, I bring to you.

사랑, 사랑, 사랑, 난 너에게 얘기하고 있어,
사랑, 너에게 갖고가고 있어.
Love, love, love, I'm saying to you,
Love, I bring to you.

사랑, 사랑, 사랑, 난 너에게 얘기하고 있어,
사랑, 너에게 갖고가고 있어.
Love, love, love, I'm saying to you,
Love, I bring to you.

사랑, 사랑, 사랑, 난 너에게 얘기하고 있어,
사랑, 너에게 갖고가고 있어.
Love, love, love, I'm saying to you,
Love, I bring to you.

사랑, 사랑, 사랑, 난 너에게 얘기하고 있어,
사랑, 너에게 갖고가고 있어.
Love, love, love, I'm saying to you,
Love, I bring to you.

사랑, 사랑, 사랑, 난 너에게 얘기하고 있어,
사랑, 너에게 갖고가고 있어.

나 어쩌죠 너무나 너무나 그대 좋아요
내 이 맘 그냥 전해주고 싶은데 루루루루루~
한 마디 말도 할수없죠 랄랄랄~랄랄랄~

나 어쩌죠 꿈속에 그대를 불러 달라고
매일밤 간절한 기도 하지만 루루루루루~
그대는 내게 오질 않네요

나 어쩌죠 너무나 그대를 사랑하는데
사랑한단 말하는것 만으로 루루루루루~
왜 자꾸 눈물나는거죠

함께한 그 많은 날이
조금씩 잊혀질 추억이 되어도
그댈 사랑해 그댈 사랑해 루루루루루~
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Whenever I try to tell you everything I feel inside,
the words get in the way and all my heart is dried
I wish that I could sing it to you now,
My love song,
like the one I hear before the morning comes,
in my dreams it always sounds so clear and strong
I wish that you could hear it too, somehow
Whenever I try to show all the love I feel inside,
it never seems enough and tears just fill my eyes
I wish that I could say it better now
I guess I want to say that love remains,
no matter how time fades away
I love you,
oh, I love you
I wish that I could sing it to you now
I wish I could say it better now
Love, love, love, I`m saying to you,
Love, I bring to you
Love, love, love, I`m saying to you,
Love, I bring to you
Love, love, love, I`m saying to you,
Love, I bring to you,
Love, love, love, I`m saying to you,
Love, I bring to you,
Love, love, love, I`m saying to you,
Love, I bring to you,
Love, love, love, I`m saying to you,
Love, I bring to you,
Love, love, love, I`m saying to you,
Love, I bring to you,
Love, love, love, I`m saying to you,
Love, I bring to you,
Love, love, love, I`m saying to you,
Love, I bring to you...

Staring down these days ahead
And the days gone by
All these regrets
Best make room for love

Seems we're always racing
With trouble too close behind
We may never win
But where there's still hope

There's still time

Why blame ourselves at all
For promises we never made
Though I'd blame myself
If I should lose your love

Always some bridge to cross
Or some mountain to climb
But all is not lost
Sure as the stars above

There's still time

Still time to find what
We've been looking for
Still time to find out
There's no need to search anymore
For love

Staring down these days ahead
And the days gone by
All these regrets
Best make room for love

There's still time

When the world is wearing me down
And the wind is throwing its weight around
So cold, it blows right through me

I need your love
I sure could use your love
Right about now

They say every soul needs searching
But I just don't know where to begin
Give me something to go on

I need your love
I sure could use your love
Right about now

Now that it's late and I see things so clearly
Must be something I can do
I feel like calling but it's much too early for you

So I'm up here writing this song
But tonight the words have come out wrong
Think I'll just let my heart speak

I sure could use your love
Right about now
I need your love
Wish I could feel your love

High above it all
These words have lingered on
"I won't let you fall"
Though I must have heard it wrong

Cos I've been lying here
Seems all these broken songs
Have fallen on deaf ears
Oh, I must have heard it wrong

It's time I got used to it
We've all been left behind
But I can't make the pieces fit
Hard as I try

Oh, when will I learn
Believing for so long
As if I had faith to burn
Though I must have heard you wrong

I can't make the pieces fir
Hard as I try

Behind this starry wall
I turned and then walked on
Thought I heard a star fall
Though I must have heard it wrong

Thought I heard a star fall
Though I must have heard it wrong

Riverbed, I'll lay my head upon your pillow
And watch the waves go flowing by
Riverbed, underneath the weeping willow
I'll sleep until the sunlight fills the sky

Never said, "I would be your super hero"
I never said, "That I was strong"
Riverbed, I'll lay my head upon your pillow
If you'd just let this night go on and on

'Cos everything I felt before
Don't make much sense to me anymore
And everything I'm feeling now
I can only dream about

Riverbed, I'll lay my head upon your pillow
And watch the waves go flowing by
Riverbed, underneath the weeping willow
I'll sleep until the sunlight fills the sky

River runs so cold and clear
You'd think it must be heaven's mirror
And like the leaves I'm on the ground
Old Jack is back in town

Riverbed, I'll lay my head upon your pillow
And watch the waves go flowing by
Riverbed, underneath the weeping willow
I'll sleep until the sunlight fills the sky
I'll sleep until the sunlight fills the sky

How I hate to see you this way I feel for you, Love
Is there nothing, I can say to cheer you up?
For I see your face is filled with so much sorrow
Wish I could make it disappear
Before this night is through with us
I feel for you, Love
I feel for you, Love

How I've tried to see the good side I feel for you, Love
You see all the years going by and you can't get off
But it's not that way, time is all we're taking
For our own sake just let it go
Before it makes a fool of us

Before its too late in the game to change anything
Is it too late in the game to change anything?

How I hate to see you this way I feel for you, Love
Is there nothing, I can say to cheer you up?
For I see your face is filled with so much sorrow
Wish I could make it disappear
Before this night is through with us
I feel for you, Love

Is it too late in the game to change anything?
Is it too late in the game to change anything?
Is it too late in the game to change anything?
Is it too late in the game to change anything?

The end must come for some good reason
I've heard it said before
To everything a time and season
What was this season for?

In a flash, in a flash
There one moment and gone in a flash

Think of all the strangers you've encountered
In cafes or subway trains
Or lined up at this water fountain
One drink and on your way

In a flash, in a flash
There one moment and gone in a flash

When hopes are rising like a rocket
When cups are overflowing
When hearts were filled like children's pockets
It's then I'll hear your song

In a flash, in a flash
There one moment and gone in a flash

Our eyes can't help but disbelieve this
Bad news and even though
The end must come for some good reason
Right now I just don't know

In a flash, in a flash
There one moment and gone in a flash

There one moment
Gone in a flash

God so loved the idiot boy
He gave him a pair of eyes to explore
Gave him a pair of hands to destroy
Any good thing that he found

Put this kid in a candy store
Let him run around until he drops
Then just like a bull in a China shop
Everything came crashing down

God so loved the idiot boy
That he filled the nights with dreams
Till dusty sunlight beams
Danced upon the floor

Gave him a solo in the choir
Where songs of wild desire
Were all his voice was for
Lo lo lo lo lo lo

God so loved the idiot world
He gave it his only son to kick around
That was long ago in another town
It could use a good laugh now
God so loved the idiot world

Gave him a solo in the choir
Where songs of wild desire
Were all his voice was for
Lo lo lo lo lo

God so loved the idiot boy
He gave him coffee grounds in a paper cup
And a reason everyday to keep getting up
In a world that drags you down

God so loved the idiot boy
God so loved the idiot boy
God so loved the idiot boy

If I had all this time on my hands
Well I would love to share it with you
And though our days have made other plans
But there is nothing I'd rather do
Than sit and talk with you
My beautiful view

The squinting of her eyes when she smiles
The glinting of sun in her hair
She wets her lips and takes a sip of
Her tea as I try not to stare
And though I try not to
It's such beautiful view

Oh my heart
What's all the commotion about?
For so long
I guess you've been going without

With all these numbers staring me down
And all this stormy weather so gray
So many grim reminders
Of how much I have lost along the way
But you remind me, it's true
Of a beautiful view

Well there is nothing I'd rather do
Than sit and talk with you
My beautiful view

All I wanna do
Is take a walk, girl, with you
My beautiful view

You can count on many things to let you down
You can take you plans
And stick 'em six feet underground

Wouldn't your time be better spent on days to come?
Not the ones that went
And left you on a doorstep one grey morning

But there's a rumour and everybody's so convinced
But you don't believe
Your eyes have seen no evidence

Of any good left in this town
Of any need to be hanging around
But you'll leave the sun behind you one grey morning

One grey morning
One of many grey mornings
Always turning up without warning

One grey morning
One of many dream orphans
Always turning up on your doorstep

You follow up on all the leads that lead nowhere
Trying to recognize
The need inside that led you there

You'll either listen to your heart
Or go drown it out in a noisy bar
'Til you're overcome by the silence one grey morning

One grey morning
One of many grey mornings
Always turning up without warning

One grey morning
One of many dream orphans
Always turning up on your doorstep

One grey morning
Like today

Wouldn't your time be better spent on days to come?
Not the ones that went
And left you on a doorstep one grey morning

One grey morning
One of many dream orphans
Always turning up on your doorstep

One grey morning
Like today

Can't believe our luck sometimes
Anyway things will fall apart
And somedays it seems as though
We were doomed from the start

But I can't believe that fate
Would have such a cruel heart
Though somedays it seems I know
We were doomed from the start

When all the world's asleep
And the night is quiet and still
Your love returns to me
As if sent from above to my window sill

So, we'll take the good times then
We'll take on its counterpart
If this love was meant to be
Not doomed from the start

Your love returns to me
As if sent from above to my window sill

So, we'll take the good times then
We'll take on its counterpart
If this love was meant to be
Not doomed from the start

If this love was meant to be
Not doomed from the start

And up above me its the same old sky
Be it blue or be it grey
And more do I wonder
What goes on behind
Every passing day

The voice of reason is seldom heard
But fear and ignorance have their say
I need more than ever
To hear a kind word
With every passing day
Every passing day

But the more I see
The more I feel
The more I need
To know for sure what is real

Every passing day

And the more I see
The more I feel
The more I need
To know for sure what is real

What is real?

And from the pavement flowers grow
From the shadows children play
I'm feeling stronger
In my heart I know
With every passing day,

Every passing day

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And up above me its the same old sky
Be it blue or be it grey
And more do I wonder
What goes on behind
Every passing day

The voice of reason is seldom heard
But fear and ignorance have their say
I need more than ever
To hear a kind word
With every passing day
Every passing day

But the more I see
The more I feel
The more I need
To know for sure what is real

Every passing day

And the more I see
The more I feel
The more I need
To know for sure what is real

What is real?

And from the pavement flowers grow
From the shadows children play
I'm feeling stronger
In my heart I know
With every passing day,

Every passing day

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Written By SEXSMITH
<i>Lyrics &copy; Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC</i>

Like a fool I'm reaching out, Lord
To the hands of time
For if he knew how you were drowning
He'd never toss you a line

If all we have is here and now
Honey, I won't change a thing
If all I know is how I feel
When you move your snow white hand in mine
I'll never hold the hands of time

From the moment we are born
We're in the hands of time
As drunk on life as death is sober
When we say goodbye

Though it hurts to lose a friend
May it help remembering
For every door that closes in
One'll open to the other side
Opened by the hands of time

Heaven knows
There are days when it flies on by
Heaven knows
There are days when it drags
Though it may seem to be on your side
Turn around, it?s left you high and dry

And that is why
It's a fool who reaches out
To the hands of time

If all we have is here and now
Honey, I won?t change a thing
If all I know is how I feel
When you move your snow white hand in mine
I'll never hold the hands of time

Feel it hands upon the strings
As the music starts to ring
In my soul, in my dreams
For to help these melodies and rhymes
Become this song 'Hands Of Time'
Hands of time

Strange how their love bloomed in the winter
Only to vanish in the spring
It never fails to make him shiver
To see the outline of her wings

Where she made her last snow angel
Little did they know
That it'd make a lasting impression
Deeper than the snow
In his soul, snow angel never faded

And when love calls to make that promise
One to be faithful and be true
It's then temptation falls upon us
The world turns awkward and aloof

And with this betrayal
An angel descended from on high
Oh, but this was not a manger
And as he came inside to his fright
T'was no angel hanging naked

Strange how each year 'round late November
When the first snow is on the ground
She reappears so he'll remember
How a love so young can be cut down'

When she made her last snow angel
Little did they know
That it'd make a lasting impression
Deeper than the snow
In his soul, snow angel never faded

In his soul snow angel never faded

It all seems so obvious now
When I look back over my life
There were times that I really felt down
To think it passed me by

But in these hours of serious doubt
Through the coal black lonely night
Something told me, It'll work out
Something deep inside
Was comforting me

All in good time
All in good time
It said "All in good time"
The bad times will be gone

Hold your horses, a willow tree cried
While the sun called to me, Where's the fire?
Run your course my feverish child,
Came a voice from even higher
Inspiring me

All in good time
All in good time
It said All in good time

We rise and fall
We try and fail
And people may judge us
But angels know us darling
All in good time

It all seems so obvious now
When I look back over my life
There's a need for sorrow and doubt
For darkness and for light
It's how it must be

All in good time
All in good time
It said All in good time?
All in good time
The bad time will be gone

Of foolish dreams
I'm done with these
Of childish things
I've set them free

Filed them away in the past
Gave up on all that don't last
Save for just one thing
There's something that I'd never do

I'd never give up on you
Though they try to break us in two
Never give up on you
Whatever I do

Come early spring
I bailed on that
From apron strings
I freed my hands

And woke from the spell that cast
I kicked that habit at last
Oh, but I would stick by you
Wherever you lead me to

Never give up on you
The world may try to break us I two
I'd never give up on you, darlin'
Whatever they do

I'd never give up on you
Because I know you'd do the same for me
Never give up on you
Because you take me as I am
How I'll always be

When times are bad
When things go wrong
What makes you sad
Will make me strong

I'm keeping an eye on your tears
Sweeping up all this broken mirror
Our luck may not come through
But that's something that I'd never do

I'd never give up on you
Though they try to break us in two
Never give up on you, darlin'
Whatever I do
Never give up on you

Hate to be the bearer of bad news
But lately even the sun seems confused then now
Think we're lost, think we're lost

Then sun don't shine the way it used to
And the rain falls harder then it's supposed to
All the world looks cold and gray, think we're lost

Dark shadows keep swarming 'round us nowadays
On the road home I feel surrounded in harm's way, my love
Think we're lost, think we're lost

And the night seems darker than it used to
I fear we've gone much farther than we're supposed to
Hate to be the world just say
Think we're lost, think we're lost

Think we're lost, think we're lost
Then sun don't shine the way it used to
And the rain falls harder then it's supposed to
All the world just turns away

And I keep worrying about it, baby
I keep waiting for your love to save me
Tell me that we'll find our way
Think we're lost, think we're lost

Now it only seems to make me sad
When I think of what we had and what we've lost

Caught in the middle
Of a daydream of you
We're lost in this riddle
Where they keep the answers up above

There's a reason for our love
There's a reason for our love

Thought life held nothing
Now I'm holding your hand
My heart, always wondering
When all at once, it understands

There's a reason for our love
There's a reason for our love

Everybody seems so surprised
Though it has been right before our eyes
All the time

And while we were talking
Time has flown, so it seems
That you were sleepwalking
Through that very same dream and back to us

There's a reason for our love
There's a reason for our love
Though the answer lies above
There's a reason for our love

Leadbelly's in the background
Being drowned out by the grind
He's singing about "Rock Island Line"
Nobody seems to pay him any mind

Bestsellers and bookshelves
Full of self-help printed word
Some faint elegance is heard
Now was that Ellington or Bird?

And has it really come to this?
Can ignorance be bliss?
I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop
Jazz at the bookstore
And blues in the coffee shop
Jazz at the bookstore
And blues in the coffee shop

There's a man standing at the crossroads
With a dark roast in his hand
Livin' in white yuppy hand
Over by the milk and sugar stand

And have I really come to this
Cup of caffeinated bliss?

So we browse around
All over town
Sipping coffees that we can't pronounce
And meanwhile in the blues cemetery
All the coffins commence to bounce

Leadbelly's in the cold ground
Rolling over in his grave
The hard road where so many slaved
Is now so smooth and Paved

And Has it really come to this?
Can Ignorance be bliss?
I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop
Jazz at the bookstore
And blues in the coffee shop
Jazz at the bookstore
And blues in the coffee shop

Famous disappearing act
Kills 'em every time
The willing subject sneaks out back
And leaves her space behind

Life is not a parlor trick
There's no slight of hand
Just tryin' to save the sinking ship
And there's no sight of land

We are all in the same boat, darlin'
On the same rough sea
We are all in the same boat, darlin'
The ship of fools it seems

there's no good news in the news
Only bad news papers
As black humor stands amused
At the plight of human nature

Still a lot of good in the world
No matter what they say
And when the darkness comes unfurled
There's a light that was built to stay

We are all in the same boat, darlin'
On the same rough sea
We are all in the same boat, darlin'
The ship of fools it seems

Optimists and realists
And cynics all agree
That we are all in this
Together whatever will be

Oh, we are all in the same boat, darlin'
On the same rough sea
We are all in the same boat, darlin'
The ship of fools it seems

We are all in the same boat, darlin'
On the same rough sea
We are all in the same boat, darlin'
The ship of fools it seems
The ship of fools it seems

When the moon is only a shadow
When the world is wiping her eyes
The grim trucker darkens the meadow
To the market he never drives

All the pigs go down the hill
Past the police station, across the tracks
They turn right at the next light
And they never come back

See the sleepy-eyed little children
As we bus 'em off to school
To a greasy grimy ol' building
With a rusty golden rule

All the pigs go down the hill
Past the police station, across the tracks
They turn right at the next light
And they never come back
Never come back

Fill our face with eggs and bacon
While this question weighs on our minds
Will we wake to wings up in heaven
Or to hooves and snout in our next life?

Some say if we get it right in this life
Than we never come back
We never come back
We never come back
Never come back

We never come back
Never come back
Never come back
Never come back