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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

 

Billy had a job, but the job left town

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 town         
         As if you cared what it's like..Still let me tell you about my home town....
         It's real life
         Don't get me wrong about my home town
         It's where I learned wrong from right
         But 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

 

Everything's so crazy....I feel like I can't fix it

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

 

Give my regards to the man I used to be

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

 

I never knew fear like it knows me know

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

I won't cry....I can't stand the reasons