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(From Discontent)
All lyrics and music © John David Schrader, ASCAP
All songs Published 2004 by Mahmnic Music Publishing
LOVE SONG # 9
My Time to steal it .. It's my time to feel it
'Cause it may never come this way again
Six months in the making .. It's all mine for the taking
But I'll never feel that way again
I stood and bled on the sidewalk .. for you it seemed like a cakewalk
Now the salt from your tears just gets in my way
LIFT:
Now you want me to feel it
You're hoping that I can heal it just once more
CHORUS:
Roll it around in your mouth and tell me what it tastes like
Stick your foot inside and tell if it fits right
Tell me how does it feel to swim where I was sinking
Now you feel just what I was thinking
So there you sit feeling badly .. you even cry so sadly
Why don't you cry for the shit that you put me through
Now sit in the life you created .. Stare at the world you decorated
If it tastes bitter, it's because of you
BRIDGE:
You just stood there with a blank stare
I said I wish you well but I meant go to hell
REAL LIFE
The sidewalks rolled up but Billy stayed around
Violet wants to be a singer....a dead ringer for the Pearl
Now she works at the corner store to feed her bouncing baby girl
Some tie their laces and they break and they think they've got it bad
They'd spit on a starving dog and I pray to christ ‘cause it makes me peel back
Chorus:So let me tell you about my home townAs if you cared what it's like..Still let me tell you about my home town....It's real lifeDon't get me wrong about my home townIt's where I learned wrong from rightBut nothing's left in this home town....It's real life....It's real life
I see the smiles fade....sometimes it takes quite a while
One more child....just toss it on the pile
She walks the streets at night....she don't feel the biting cold
5 dollars here and there....she's 17 years old
I buy a rose for a buck just to throw it to the ground
Sometimes we scream so loud but you'll never hear a sound
Repeat Chorus
Break:
You and me...we've got a lot in common...stop and see....
Don't you agree?
FAR FROM THE RHYME
Stand before me .. Far from from the light
Take my hand and hold it tight
Walk beside me with all your might
It burns like a fire in a distant sky
The flames burn through me .. still I can't cry
Life falls from me but it won't die
Feel my thoughts from black to white
raining down all through the night
Fear keeps growing .. it's hold grows tight
Whisper through me one more time
Then stand in silence far from the rhyme .. far from the rhyme
HEY NAZARE'
She has a way .. She'll do it with her smile
Just for today, Stay for a while
Yes I know .. You say there's no guarantee
Does it show how critical my need
Somehow she'll know just how much you've bled
She won't cry when the past and present wed
Lift:
Does she need me .. Does she know she bleeds me this way
Does she feel me .. Does she know she steals me this way
Chorus:
Hey Nazare' .. Hey Nazare' .. Your story's hear to stay .. Your story's hear to stay
She'll light up a room .. and do it in style
I see the eyes stand in line just to be for a while
She's a puzzle piece but I don't search alone
My story's hers and hers is mine but it ain't carved in stone
Lift:
Chorus:
AMANDA RANDLE
Your baby's crying, 2am .. Amanda Randle
You're crying to the moon again .. you can't handle
You broke your glued up heel again .. Amanda Randle
You're standing in the pouring rain again .. what a scandal
The rent is due but whatcha got .. Amanda Randle
Ain't even got the dime it takes to light the candle
Oooh, it's a long way to happiness .. Cliche's like this piss you off
LIFE IN THE GRIND
See it bottle up and bubble to the top .. everybody wants to flag a ride
First time, first line, last rhyme .. she won't let it slide
Sweatin' on the rent check .. holes in the raincoat .. I'll have to take a rain check
Stealin' holy water lookin' for a sin .. born with a beat up frown
Wasted mind and tasteless time .. take a good look around
Bleed my blood and tell me what you're thinking .. barkeep, what am I drinking
You don't look 'cause you'll find life in the grind
Set it free and promise me that I won't be what they wanted me to be
Once around the block .. twice around the ride .. Duck down the alley with a smile
She made change and you rearranged your life for a while
Never dreamed it would come to this .. did you like the taste of the kiss
Should I want more than this .. stay the hell away from my dream
Stood up .. choked up .. beat down .. smile while you drink in my scream
Whisper what she told you .. tell me how she'll scold you
What a bitter taste .. smeared all over your face
Set it free and promise me that I won't be what they wanted me to be
STICKS -N- STONES
Call it elitist, Ironically as you will
But from where I'm standing, your life is standing still
Habitually and moaned bitched about the things you could not get
Now you lost your messiah in the middle of the alphabet
You never missed a chance to run off at the mouth
While a lover loved your lady and fell just a little south
You boldly sang the praises of your self-inflicted rules
You found your congregation but in fact, they're only fools
Lift:
I feel a spark within me so keep your distance please
I see the mark you leave like an acidic old disease
Chorus:
Sticks and stones will build a fire
Sticks and stones will raise a spire....left alone the words will fade
Sticks and stones will feed a dream
Sticks and stones ain't what they seem....breathe it in and pull the shade
Some will tongue kiss the prophet and spit out what they taste
Some will suck it down while he rubs it in their face
Some will come back for more like a sugary little treat
Some will even smile while they cry between the sheets
Your life is just a host for your viral angry ways
It's a shame I'm unaffected .. what a shame she didn't stay
What goes around, you know the rest so keep me up to date
Rest assured, you set the stage and it's only second rate
Lift:
Chorus:
Bridge:
You fight me .. While you sightsee .. But my light's free
WISH
I tried my best .. It bled me dry
You fell from grace .. I fell and cried
You like to think that you wear it well
You know how you feel but you'll never tell
You cry in sunshine .. I laughed in rain
You tried to make me feel all your pain
Do you think about me when you swallow him up
Do you wash it down from my old cup
Lift:
You left me somewhere between love and hate
I watched a rat go through your garden gate
Chorus:
Still I won't wish this on you
I'll never wish this on you
Still I won't wish this on you
I'll never wish this on you
A wounded soul but your the last to see
No love in your bed .. Just blasphemy
Any man would die to see you crying in pain, except for me
I don't wish ill .. I don't wish you a thing
It's not for me to make you feel the sting
Lift:
Chorus:
97th Need
(Think)
Don't need their money .. Don't need their fame
Don't the power that comes with the name
Some peace of mind and time .. time to find the rhyme
Chorus:
All I really need .. All I really need is your love
I don't need a big car or a slap upon my back
You're just a number .. you slip right through the cracks
I walk the line .. It's mine .. That only I define
Chorus:
All I really need .. All I really need is your love
I don't need no phony smile that shines your diamond rings
I don't need no fat-assed failure telling me how to sing
Just a little space to race .. race at my own pace
Chorus:
All I really need .. All I really need is your love
I don't need your politics or politician's lies
I don't need a river of salt welling up in my eyes
It's all unknown .. alone .. but solid as a stone
Bridge:
Ooooh.....nothing keeps me going like your love
Ooooh.....never wanted anything like your love
Chorus:
All I really need .. All I really need is your love
I don't need that little pill so I can feel on top
I don't need that credit card where the numbers just don't stop
I just don't care .. don't stare .. don't you dare ask where
Chorus:
All I really need .. All I really need is your love
Don't need the telephone .. that's not how I get off
I don't need Kandinski hanging in a loft
Just need some sweet release .. just a little peace, please
Chorus:
All I really need .. All I really need is your love
Spoken: "Time to breathe......"
SUN UP / SUN DOWN
She's waiting for the sun .. She's sick of living in the rain
She swears that I'm "the one" .. but I can't recall her name
On the other side of town I live my side of life
I may sleep safe and sound .. but inside it don't feel right
I'm comfortable with crime as weird as it may seem
Swimming in a garbage can is all that they will ever need
Lift:
Listen Mr. while I try to set the record straight for you
Glisten sister while a fool will sit below and wait for you .. what's going on
Chorus:
Sun up .. Sun down.. just another day of mine standing at the end of line
One up .. one down.. looking for some breathing room .. will it all be over soon
I'm loving you from here and getting off from over there
Sweating through the fear just to pull that hair
Sponging up the words that came before my time
Scared as hell to leave it .. so I hide it in a rhyme ...what's going on
Chorus:
Bridge:
Ooooh..I feel it
Ooooh..I need it
Ooooh..I use it
Ooooh..I hate it
Chorus:
Falling Down
You say I've always had the same old smile
It's the kind that lasts for just a little while....you ask me why
What brings a smile today is gone tomorow
I can taste the lead but I'm too afraid to follow....nothing to show
Build:
It's always the same thing....You'll never see
I put on my best face....But it's not for me
Chorus :
I'm not falling down....though my world is standing still
I'm coming apart without a sound....come get your fill
I need to feel your arms around me from a distance
Always the same old wish after my resistance....what did I do
She knows fate by heart....still she tries to trick it....what can I do
Build:
It's always the same place....I look to see
Put on your best face....just for me
Chorus
Bridge :
I jingle coins in my pocket
This breeze is strong near the edge
I feel a change coming on now
But I can't remember what she said
The Coast
Got a friend out on the coast..says I can come out anytime
3,000 miles away there's a star .. from here I can't see it shine
31 going on 19 , now's the time
Caught a lot of shit in New York for missing the flight
Cpt. Kirk got Ronnie home .. hopping fences that night
Finally made it back to LA .. New York is quiet tonight
Something's gotta be done .. you gotta go .. when ya comming back
Chorus:
Thinking 'bout the coast 'cause I'm bored here in the east
One month of fun then I'm living here alone in this crease
Thinking 'bout the coast 'cause I can see our names up in lights
15 calls a day .. sure that one will be 'the break'
Well I'm no Morgan Freeman but I know that I'll be ok
We'll work on infomercials for rent..we'll ok
I'm gonna catch a plane and try a different couch in Glendale
I'm done writtin' songs about 'cause they're getting kinda stale
California dreaming .. all those pennies in the wishing well
Something's gotta be done .. you gotta go .. when ya comming back
Chorus:
Thinking 'bout the coast 'cause I'm bored here in the east
One month of fun then I'm living here alone in this crease
Thinking 'bout the coast 'cause I can see our names up in lights
"go on !!!"
Dancing With Mary
10 minutes alone with you for some verbal intercourse
I wanna shove it down your throat until you see the light of course .. fat chance of that
Just you and I .. I'll lock your world outside
I'll kick your ass around the room and watch your morals hide .. fat chance of that
Lift
I don't need you .. I won't heed you .. you don't exist
I won't feed you .. I'll try to bleed you .. this won't be fixed
Chorus
I'm not yours to play with .. I'm not yours to stick with pins
But she's yours play with .. she's yours to trick with sins
I want to tear that painted smile from that holier-than-thou facade
And you burn and bury it in your own back yard .. fat chance of that
The plague you drip upon my nerves is not a contract
Where the hell did you come from and when are you going back .. fat chance of that
Lift
I don't need you .. I won't heed you .. you don't exist
I won't feed you .. I'll try to bleed you .. this won't be fixed
Chorus
I'm not yours to play with .. I'm not yours to stick with pins
But she's yours play with .. she's yours to trick with sins
Everybody Cries
Jimmy had a birthday .. 32 to be exact
No one noticed , no one cared .. not a smile was cracked
Now he picks up pennies .. other people's dreams
Tries to speak the lagnuge and wonders what it means .. all he could say
Chorus
Everybody cries .. everybody lies .. everybody needs some time .. to wonder why
Why it ever went so wrong .. what doesn't kill ya makes ya strong
Then she went away .. nothing more to say .. except everybody cries
The old man above me hardly says a word
But I won't condemn cause I don't know his world
He could have lost his daughter .. he could have lost a wife
He might have missed his calling .. he might have missed his life .. sometimes he'll say
Chorus
Everybody cries .. everybody lies .. everybody needs some time .. to wonder why
Why it ever went so wrong .. what doesn't kill ya makes ya strong
Then she went away .. nothing more to say .. except everybody cries
How can he hear a whisper when he can't hear a scream
He's just his father's son .. not the one he hoped to be
He used to call him bullets .. he can here it in the hall
He walked him through the thunder and lost him in the fall .. I can hear him saying...
Chorus
Everybody cries .. everybody lies .. everybody needs some time .. to wonder why
Why it ever went so wrong .. what doesn't kill ya makes ya strong
Then she went away .. nothing more to say .. except everybody cries
TESTIFY
I want forgiveness .. you want forgiveness .. testify
I want peace .. you want peace .. testify
Funny Man
I could pick him out of a crowd of a million me's
This time around, I swear to god I won't cry
Just sit beside me for a little while
Rolls down my back but it gets stuck somehow
Build :
Give ‘em all a little hell they told me
Never said it would be this way
Now I'm begging for someone to hold me
Waiting for it to fade away
I've already lost yesterday
CHORUS :
Hey, Hey funny man...what happened to you
You were the life when you wanted to
Hey, hey funny man...where did you hide
they fed me the truth but it tastes like a lie....
Hey Hey Funny Man
I can't turn this off right now and it's killing me
Healed with a sea of faces, it's the pill in me
Sometimes I hate you ‘cause you left me here
I bear your name and a legacy of tears
I dreamed I was the hero of the day
Then daylight smashed the dream but the hero's OK
Bridge:
I won't lie.....I can't find the reasons