Griffin House

Well I was just a-thinkin' we could work it out
Maybe get around to take the trip down south
But she had had enough

So I stormed out of the bedroom to the mornin' light
I was missing Cincinnati so I booked me a flight
Yeah I had had enough

Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes
Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes

But I couldn't take the plane 'cause I wanted to stay
I was hopin' we could work it out some way
But she had had enough

So I took the diamond ring to the shop downtown
I left the ring in the glass, he left the money laid down
And I was left in the lost and found

Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes
Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes
And I fight the dream

I don't want to hear you say we've grown apart
I don't want to hear you say things have changed
No I just want things to be the same
They say if I, if I fight the dream
They say there'll be no wind for me

Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes
Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes
Ah ah me, ah me, ah me
Ah ah me, ah me, ah me, I fight the dream

I went to Amsterdam
I got so lost down the way
I took the crooked path
I wish that I'd never stayed
I cannot change the past
Can I change, change the past?

Ticket in hand to leave
I sit on the train and think of you
Your face in the photograph
I run my finger down your cheek
I cannot change the past
Can I change, change the past?

I cannot change the past
All of it's done in Amsterdam

I don’t think you know how much time I spend
As I wait on my own contemplating ends
I am torn in the middle of a world that won’t let loose
I hang here before you, though invisible the noose.
I love you if you drink; I love you if you smoke
I love you for the words you stuck inside my throat.
I love you for the sin, and the way you turned away
And I’ll heal you in the darkness
And I’ll hold you to the day.
All you are now is only just a dream
Can you fall down in following me?
All you are now is only just a dream
Can you fall down in following me?
And I walk up those steps
Where we used to go at night
And my fingers trace the stairwell
And I am back in time
I just need your warmth to lay with me and find
All you are now is only just a dream
Can you fall down in following me?
All you are now is only just a dream
Can you fall down in following me?
There are days that I go driving, Dad,
When the memory gets too strong
So I can go on living to the beauty of our song
I fall in to your rhythm, your beauty I do fly
I rush into your melody, I linger till I die
All you are now is only just a dream
Can you fall down in following me?
All you are now is only just a dream
Can you fall down in following me?
And I’ve been here with the pain
Since the very first day
I’ve been swearing in my rage
“Oh Holy Day!”
I sit around, you’re salvation waits
I’m just getting nervous, babe,
As I anticipate
All you are now is only just a dream
Can you fall down in following me?
All you are now is only just a dream
Can you fall down in following me?

Well, I ran into some trouble
And headed out toward Liberty Line
I heard voices going in my head
"You could be livin' more than you could be dyin'"

I remember when we fell in love
You were the one I thought I'd never meet
I taste your words on the tip of my tongue
They were soft and they were sweet

But we ran into some trouble
We knew our love was slowly dyin'
And when we said the words that ended us
I headed out toward Liberty Line

The night was some kind of quiet
I could almost here myself think
I felt my heart was like a heavy flood
I'm gonna float or I'm gonna sink

I was thinking we could settle down
Start a family and start a life
I was only two days short of asking you
If you would be my wife

But we ran into some trouble
We met that enemy that we call time
Threw my guitar in the back of my car
And headed out toward Liberty Line

I didn't know what would be waiting there
I didn't know what I would find
But I knew I had to make it, make it to Liberty Line

They say you can't see the forest
When you're there among the trees
They say it takes a separation
To find some kind of clarity

But I feel I'm gonna make it
To the line where freedom waits
And then this lonely prisoner
Can cross the border to a better state

Now, I'm on my last stretch of road
And I don't know what I'm gonna find
Maybe the sheriff will be waiting there
And stop me short of Liberty Line

Off in the distance
I'm coming closer with every breath
I see a woman staring back at me
I stop the car, she comes up on my left

She said, "I didn't know if you would make it
See, I got this enemy that I call time
But I was wondering could I hitch a ride
By the way my name is Liberty Line"

I didn't know what would be waiting there
I didn't know what I would find
But I knew I had to make it, make it to Liberty Line

Passed through main street yesterday
And, oh, this town just ain't the same
Looked in the window and it was gone
All those tables I'd written on

We're vanished as if I had never been there
Like the poets and prophets who can't find the words so they stare
And all that made sense has somehow turned askew
I missed my chance with you

There were seconds then minutes then years that I could not breathe
In the Pere Lachaise with the hammer the chisel and the stone
Now I've bartered and begged for what I believed
And I saw that the name engraved was my own

Now there's nothing so peaceful as when I met you
And there's nothing so lonely as when it was through
And the words, "I'm not here anymore", echo into
"I missed my chance with you"

Had love play so many tricks on me
I've always felt cheated that you'd make me leave
Like taking my sight after letting me see
But I found out love had something up it's sleeve

Leave me scattered like leaves by winds that never blew
When I captured the starts
In the palm of my hand it was true
I'd just give them back to you

I was seventeen, but just for one year
I always knew one day, I'd end up here
And the sands have now fallen to the evening of my afternoon
I'm was always so ready to stay and always leaving too soon

And I don't want to think about it now, but I do
And my spirit is restless
'Cause I know it's true
I missed my chance with you

A new, new day will come
When the children will run and laugh with the son
And you, you will be mine, in awhile

And honey that's all I need, honey that's all I need
Let me go now, if I shall be released
I've been here before, I've been deceased

That redemption may come like a wave over me
Run me still to the shore, pull me out of the sea
I will walk through my garden of roses

That fade and I wait for the day that is done
And I will do, I will do, whatever it takes
To believe a new day will come

I've been down
I've been broken by shame
I've been carving too shallow
A meaning out of my name

That redemption may come like a wave over me
Run me still to the shore, pull me out of the sea
I will walk through my garden of roses that fade

And I'll wait for the day that is done
I will do, I will do whatever it takes
To believe a new day will come

Oh where do we go to hide?
Oh where are we gonna hide?
Oh where are we gonna hide?

If I call out your name will you answer me
Now like you always have said that you would?
I will do, I will do, whatever it takes to believe

Oh, I'm making a new life for myself
Oh, I'm making a new life for myself
Oh, I'm making a new life for myself
Oh, I'm making a new life for myself

Get me into the higher love
Where are we gonna hide love?
Get me in, get me in to the higher love
New day, new day, new day, new day

Dressing my voice up on the phone
Underneath the envy rotting my bones
I'd do anything to get you alone, if just for awhile

Blame it on the way that I talk
You can blame it on the way that I look
You can blame it on the stuff that I drank
And the pills that I took

Tell me a lie, if it's true
Have you done all the things I never wanted you to?

Baby is he all that you dreamed?
I think about you every night when I go to sleep
You're laying there wrapped up in his arms
How we used to be

And are you seriously falling in love?
Or do you do it just to get back at me?
I deserve to take it I guess, I just wish we could be

Tell me a lie, if it's true
Have you done all the things I never wanted to do?

I know you hate it when I play you my songs
There ain't a one of 'em when you weren't involved
I bet you wish I'd take the issue at hand and just get it solved

Trippin' myself up on my words
Writin' checks that I couldn't cash
I rip 'em up and throw 'em away
Dig 'em out of the trash

You won't believe me if I promise again
Tellin' you that I can change
I'd scream it at the top of my lungs
But it's out of my range

Tell me a lie if it's true
Have you done all the things I never wanted you to?
Tell me a lie, it's true
Have you done all the things I never wanted you to?

I was born, and I was made
By the hands of marmalade
I've got legends in my blood
I've got Indians in my veins

And in the year of '44
Grandpaw went away to war
He went to Hitler's house and kicked in the door
There began the way I was made

And in the year of '47
That Rewey girl came down from Heaven
In '48 a bride and groom
In love on thier honeymoon

And they weren't doin' nothin' wrong
But it's how my mother came along
And here I am with words and song
Singin' 'bout the way I was made

Whoa, it feels so good
To have your blood in my veins
Whoa, it feels so good
To have your blood in my veins

My dad, he was a country kid
He loved to smoke and hunt and fish
Mom, she was a city babe
A pretty little girl who never ate

They met at school with broken hearts
And healed each-other from the start
Man and woman play your part
Now we're closer to the way, I was made

Whoa, it feels so good
To have your blood in my veins
Whoa, it feels so good
To have your blood in my veins, yeah

Legend says our family tree
Grows black and white and Indian leaves
And if the history books are right
None of us are really white
In fact, I think that means
That everybody's blood is just the same

Whoa, it feels so good
To have your blood in my veins
Whoa, it feels so good
To have your blood in my veins

It happens on the beach
When I'm drunk again and I don't want to be
It happens on the beach
When I'm drunk again and I don't want to be
You're the morning after we
The morning after you and I give in to our sin

And I'll stay with you my love
Until I waste away
Yes, I'll stay with you my love
Until I waste away

Waste another day
Waste another day with me my love
Waste another day
Waste another day with me my love
'Cause when I caught your glance
Well, I saw something in you that I longed to heal

And I'll stay with you my love
Until I waste away
Yes, I'll stay with you my love
Until I waste away

Battles on the gray
Her words are falling out like endless rain on the sea
Battles on the gray
Her words are falling out like endless rain on the sea
It happens on the beach
When I'm drunk again and I don't want to be

But I'll stay with you my love
Until I waste away
Yes, I'll stay with you my love
Until I waste away, away

It happens everyday
Is it said enough?

Baby, stay with me
You know I will never give up
Sometimes when the rains fall down
I wait there until it is done
Patiently I wait for thee, prayers for me ain’t enough
So many waterways leading out
Why’d we give it up?

And your boat goes by, down to the waterfall.
And the time goes by, like trees on the riverbanks.
And your time rushing by, down to the waterfall,
I hear your call, I know you’d sound amazed if you’d

Hold on to your love.
It might not be coming back.
Hold on to your love.
It might not be coming back.


Baby, I didn’t mean to come
Have I interrupted your fun?
Maybe, if I could have known
I would have waited until it was done
Impatiently, I wait for thee,
“pray for me” ain’t enough
So many waterways leading out
Why’d we give it up?

And your boat goes by, down to the waterfall.
And the time goes by, like trees on the riverbanks.
And your time rushing by, down to the waterfall,
I hear you call, I know you’d sound amazed if you’d

Hold on to your love,
It might not be coming back
Hold on to your love,
It might not be coming back.


Wipe off your tears.
Pick up your feet.
Cause you got miles and miles and miles
and miles to go yet.
If anyone makes you feel, you’ve been waiting too long.
Oh, I’ve been waiting for you, I been waiting for you.

If you hold on to your love, it might not be coming back.
Hold on to your love, it might not be coming back.

Well I've been out walking
I don't do that much talking
these days these days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things
that I forgot to do
And all the times
I had the chance to
And I had a lover
It's so hard to risk another
these days these days
Now if I seem to be afraid
To live the life
that I have made in song
Well it's just that I've been
losing so long
Well I'll keep on moving
moving on
Things are bound to be improving
these days one of these days
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in
quarter tones to ten, my friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them

Honey when you doubt my love for you
Look into my eyes what I’m going through
Even if we change and fall out of
You hold my hand and it’s better than love

You save me from myself
You got my back when I need help
There’s no one else in the world
You will always be my girl
You will always be, you will always be
You will always be my girl

Sometimes dreams they don’t come true
I was scared of that when I met you
But I stayed patient and I was kind
Telling you to take your time

You turned my life around,
you made it ok to let you down
There’s no one else in the world
You will always be my girl
You will always be, you will always be
You will always be my girl


So when I’m walking down the road feeling mad
Can’t understand the things you do
Nothing turns out the way we planned
You’re still my baby and I’m still your man

You save me from myself
You got my back when I need help
There’s no one else in the world
And you will always be my girl
You will always be, you will always be
You will always be my girl

I was six years old
When I heard the news that you
You had gone
Gone away and you’re never coming back
My mom sat me down and began to cry
And said, “boy, oh my boy, this is gonna hurt.”
This is gonna tear your little heart
And I said to her,
“If I can’t lift him up, I wont leave him hanging on to me.
If I can’t lift him up, I won’t leave him hanging on to me.”
You better believe.
Do you still dream of her as she dreams of you each night?
You hover over her bed and she reached to pull you in
She says that when we, when we go that we won’t change
We just float from time to town, well I have one thing left to say
If I can’t lift you up, I won’t leave you hanging on to me
If I can’t lift you up, I won’t leave you hanging on to me
You’re already moving on in your mind
So you can do the things you need to do
And even though you’re leaving me behind
I’ll still smile when I think of you
26 years old, your memory’s a melody that haunts me in my sleep
26 years old, and I have one thing left to keep, and that I give to you.
If I can’t lift you up I won’t leave you hanging on to me.
You better believe.

She's out of my league
And that's the kind of girl I need
I am the underdog
But I'm about to take the lead

You ain't gotta worry about the others
They could never turn my head
And every time I'm with another
I wish it was you instead

And I'm not trying to force it
But I've got one thing on my mind
I'm not going anywhere soon
I'm on a mission, baby, I've got the time

Let me in, might as well be with you
Let me in, I know how to make you miss me

I got what you need
No hesitation when I bring
I'm your man
It's a promise and a ring

I got a secret for you
If you promise not to tell
Sometimes you feel a little closer to heaven
When you raise a little hell

Never give up on desire
You know how long I've waited around
You're only adding fuel to the fire
I won't be leaving till I wear you out

Let me in, I have got your number
Let me in, we're not getting any younger

You ain't got worry about the others
They could never be this real
And even if you're with another
You'll remember how I feel

Let me in, knock it out with just one touch
Let me in, I'm not asking for too much

I know how to make you miss me
You'll feel it when you kiss me

You'll feel it with me
You'll feel it with me

Take your hesitation
you can throw it to the wind
the anticipation is killing me again

Here's the situation
there's no easy way around
whatever you don't know about me, kid!
You and i can figure out

How could i go the wrong way?
Taking the easy way out
oh! Baby! Don't wait for someday
we can live to be free

We can live to be free, yeah!

Well our style of conversation
shows there's something to reveal
giving clear communication
in an all or nothing deal

How could i go the wrong way?
Taking the easy way out
oh! Baby! Don't wait for someday
we can live to be free

We can live to be free, yeah!

Maybe you can trust me on a one way road
knowing there's no going back

Maybe you can bust out of your fear
taking me out of my own

How could i go the wrong way?
Taking the easy way out
oh! Baby! Don't wait for someday
we can live to be free

We can live to be free, yeah!

We can live to be free, yeah!

We can live to be free

(all right)

I was hanging with a girl I know
She was telling me a week ago
That I’m the only one she’s ever really loved
I was talking with a friend of hers
Telling her I know that what her friend deserves is
More than I can give
It’s more than I can give

You know that I would give it all away
If I knew I could get it back
No need to question all the things I say
It’s hard to take, but it’s a fact

I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.

People say it’s sad to think about
Someone giving more than they’re getting
But my taking made me figure out
That I’m the lonely one

I’m the one who’s always walking out
Your love has put me on the run
You know exactly what I’m talking ‘bout
You know that love is never done

I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.

Passing time all the lonely nights
when I think of you
You can make all the right moves
and sometimes still lose


You know that I would give it all away
If I knew that I could get it back
No need to question all the things I say
It’s hard to take but it’s a fact

I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.
I’m the lonely one.
(x2)

I’m the lonely one.

I don’t know why I keep coming here
We do the same thing every time
I admit, I kind of like it that way
I wouldn’t worry ‘bout it it’s alright
I don’t know why it would be one thing when it’s not
How could it be one thing?
I’m not selling lies
I am on a last chance, baby, one shot
We only go around the world one time
And if I wanted to I could do anything
Yeah, if I wanted to I could do…

But I, I thought we were fine
I thought you were mine
You caught me with my guard down
You took me by surprise


Hang around out of convenience and sooner or later
You’ll be on your way
I don’t why it would be one thing when it’s not
How could it be one thing?
I’m not selling short.
I am on a last chance, baby, one shot
We only go around the world one time
And if I wanted to I could do anything
How could it be one thing to keep us apart?

I, I thought we were fine
I thought you were mine
You caught me with my guard down
You took me by surprise
Were we doing time?
There’s no need to lie.

About something that’s really going on in your heart

I don’t know why it would be one thing when it’s not.
How could it be one thing?
I don’t know why it would be one thing when it’s not
How could it be one thing to keep us apart?

I thought we were fine
Were you doing time?
You caught me with my guard down
You took me by surprise.
There’s no need to lie.
I thought we were fine.
Although there’s something
that’s really going on in your heart.

Come on

You don't need to change
A thing about you, babe
I'm telling you from where I sit
You're one of a kind

Relationships I don't know why
They never work out and they make you cry
But the guy that says goodbye to you
Is out of his mind

Well, I've been down and I need your help
I've been feelin' sorry for myself
Don't hesitate to boost my confidence

Well, I've been lost and I need direction
I could use a little love protection
What do you say, honey? Come to my defense

I stand up for you if it's what you need
And I can take a punch, I don't mind to bleed
As long as afterwards you feel bad for me

And you give me all of your attention
I've got deep desire and it needs quenching
I think that's pretty lame for you to see

Well, enough about me and more about you
Because that'd be the gentlemanly thing to do
I hope you like your men sweet and polite

I thought I was done with telling you
But I ain't nearly halfway through
I've got a few more things
I'd like to say to you tonight
Get ready

You don't need to change
A thing about you, babe
I'm telling you from where I sit
You're one of a kind

Relationships I don't know why
They never work out and they make you cry
But the guy that says goodbye to you
Is out of his mind, mind

You always did kinda drive me crazy
And it pissed me off 'cause I let it phase me
But I never wanted my time with you to end

Now I'm back in town for a day or two
Well, mostly I came back just to see you
And even now but I don't want to go

You don't need to change
A thing about you, babe
I'm telling you from where I sit
You're one of a kind

Relationships I don't know why
They never work out, they make you cry
But the guy that says goodbye to you
Is out of his mind

Wash away my sins Lord
Cleanse me in the rain
Let your holy thunder
Take away my pain
Let me cry some tears Lord
Heal my sorry eyes
Dark and dry as deserts
Baking in the lies
Calm me with your breeze
Hold me in your arms
I've fallen in a sin filled world
And idolized it's charms
Waiting for the rain to come down

My heart is prone to wander Lord
Through a marketplace of greed
Free my mind from worry
And I'll follow if you lead
I'm like a child on the inside God
But guilty of the crime
Your innocence remains in me
When you strip away the grime
Devils crawl around my house and
Underneath my skin
I'm ashamed that when sin knocked
I chose, I chose to let it in

While I was waiting for the rain to come down
Waiting for the love to light
Waiting for the rain to come down and set me right
I'm waiting for the rain to come down.

Along the way
I fall behind
I wonder everyday
Am I still on your mind?
I don't have a reason to go on if we're apart.
I don't have the keys to open up your heart.

While I'm waiting on the rain to come down.
Waiting for the love to start
Waiting on the rain to come down and fill my heart
I'm waiting on the rain to come down
Waiting for the love to light
Waiting for the rain to come down and set me right
Waiting for the rain to come down

I've made you vows and promises
And I've meant to follow through
Do the things inside my heart
That I, I have failed to do
You're welcome in my life Lord
Welcome in my home
Welcome in my heart Lord
But still I feel alone
I'm in need of your direction
In need of tenderness
Shelf my pride forever God
And get me through the test

While I'm waiting on the rain to come down
Waiting for the love to rest
Waiting on the rain to come down
I'm doing my best
I'm waiting on the rain to come down
Waiting for the love to light
Waiting on the rain to come down and set me right
While I'm waiting for the rain to come down
While I'm waiting on the rain to come down
I'm waiting for the rain to come down

It can be a real long road
It can be a lonely night
When you're on your own
And you're running out of light

It can be a real long ride
When you're running out of time

So when the time is right
Don't hold back
When the time is right
Don't hold back

Doesn't matter who you are
Doesn't matter where you've been
Doesn't matter where you start
Only matters where you end

It can be a real long road
When I'm looking in your eyes
Give me just one more chance
Give me just one more try

When the time is right
Don't hold back
When the time is right
Don't hold back

Doesn't matter who you are
Doesn't matter where you've been
Doesn't matter where you start
Only matters where you end

When the time is right
Don't hold back
When the time is right
Don't hold back

When the time is right
Don't hold back
When the time is right
Don't hold back

When the time is right
Don't hold back