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If I Only Knew
02:31
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If I only knew
how to love someone
I’d stop tearing myself apart
Stop tearing myself apart
if you only knew
how to keep it clean
how to keep it clean
you'd stop
tearing yourself apart
stop tearing yourself apart
time on the road is time in my mind
It's time i can live without
light overshadows the night in the sky
I'm back at the beginning again…
If I only knew
how to love someone
I’d stop tearing myself apart
stop tearing myself apart
and I’d love someone
If I only knew
If I only knew
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2. |
Feelings
03:35
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I slow down to tell you how I'm feeling
some will pull away before they’re healed
and i did it with my tongue
I did it with my words
well it doesn't mean feelings are right
but i ain't feeling alright anymore
voices raises up and now their screaming
the heart it tires and tumbles
It’s constantly leaning
If i could have waited for the road
now i'm just running from it all
scrapping my ceiling
it doesn't mean feelings are right
but i aint feeling alright anymore
world calls you out - do you stay or do you let go?
voices strain the crowd, do you stay, do you let go?
well it doesn't mean feelings are right
but i aint feeling alright anymore
son, say you will do my bidding, plain and still
distraction in my hands
distraction at my fingertips
distraction in my hands
our lives are simple now
our lives are simple now
our lives are over done
that's how it feels sometimes
well it doesn't mean feelings are right
but i aint feeling alright anymore
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Silence
04:09
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i saw you in my window
i saw you in my shade
& i said to my reflection
Is this boring you again?
i see my heart is black
burned like the wicker siding
watching out my window
as the red bird he flies by
silence is the mind
silence is the way
so high you never come down
and you won’t hear me sing
corazon, corazon
leave this child alone
corazon
a wash is the short you say to me
my honey don't bleed blood
In the walk and talk of the easy day
it don't mean that there's no rub
does it feel bad?
hot in the sun
you got stoned
Looking out your window as the robber he rolls on
so i blow through the wishes
And burn through the time
heartache on my shoulders
and you stuck on my mind
Silence is the way
Silence is the line
Too slow you never catch up
You won't hear me crying
corazon, corazon
leave this child alone
corazon
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4. |
Florida Sun
03:05
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I slide off the sofa and i know
my silhouette dances entirely
without my belonging and time to be me
So I submit to the blindness
see what has happened?
no cares here
we drive all night to the coast
it's just seconds in time and i don't want to stay
life is a fabulous game
la da dee
someone has taken to me
la da doe
watch as it all urolls
we were on paper and you were in line
some awful year that was darling
60 odd days no sun, no light
when it gets old - that’s when I gotta fly
no sense sold
no more stalling
those were the days
being happy in the florida sun
darling come early
it's sunday, i'm hungry
don't wait.
la da de my star has come
we can always afford to have fun
just roughing around, two kids acting dumb
getting wiley in the florida sun
summers come early
it's raining outside
i long for the sight
nowhere to be
nowhere to run
being happy in the florida sun
no pointless chatter
no wrestling glum
being happy in the florida sun
being happy in the florida sun
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5. |
Something Light
02:34
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Something light to life the mood
something soft, well get there soon
something light, a cautious blow
there's nothing wrong with an easy go
i was struggling to pick up the phone to tell you how i feel
when the words don't come out right
all i ever wanted was no pain in my heart
and an appropriate fear of the night
something funny. something dumb
something short, some old rerun
a classic tale that won't trigger a thing
i need something light, and that's all i need
something light to lift the mood
something soft, well get there soon
something light, a dainty bow
there's nothing wrong with letting love lie down
i was struggling to talk this out and tell you how i feel
when the words don't come out right
all i ever wanted was no lies on my tongue and appropriate fear of the night.
something funny. something dumb
something short, some old rerun
a classic tale that won't trigger a thing
i need something light, and that's all i need
that's all i need
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Backslide
02:59
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backslide into the darkness
backslide into the darkness
it's all ever see
it's all i ever see
Johnny Law was a broken man
tired off the poly, you know?
some are rolled so soft in the middle
some are made of steel and rope
brought up with a tough ideal
tougher than Italian chain
until then are roads are broken
rolling on home again
nothing want to see that friend
backslide into the darkness
backslide into the darkness
it's all ever see
it's all i ever see
until we know that silence grins
i caught myself again
and i told myself: enjoy myself
honey don't feel afraid
so we walk inside our hearts
hands in the pocket of change
some are rolled all tired and broken
makes a mouth hard to feed
lost all his money that night
lost his only friend
my god - we were so mistaken
With no room to celebrate
just to find out again
backslide into the darkness
backslide into the darkness
it's all ever see
backslide into the darkness
backslide into the dark-ness
it's all ever see
it's all ever see
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7. |
Dear Catalina
04:02
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If yesterday was so far away
If holding on was so easy to do
I will be true dear
just like the oceans ladders
as if your warmth has healed my wounds
I'm on the wire now
running the miles down
all i reap is all i've sown
won't you come to me
Dear Catalina
won't you sing that victory song
In the country there is a mother
with 18 children of young and old
with nothing but memories placed on her table
how is she gonna feed them all?
so long i waited to feel your warmth dear
so long i waited to let the caged bird go
won't you come to me
Dear Catalina
won't you sing that victory song
I'm on the wire now
running the miles down
all I reap is all i've sown
won't you come to me
Dear Catalina
won't you sing that victory song
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8. |
Blues
03:18
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Instead of living a lie I was just dying inside
i've been burdened by a promise and to realize
If life is your only ride you best get on it
until the it truth comes out in the simplest ways
tossing and your turning twisting night into day
each moment become undone like a simple warning
when the weight of the world seems to much to bare
and your engaging in style and physical care
If love was the road, cages are the destination
because honey it's the blues that gets you down in the end
you gotta hold your head up high and start over again
sometimes it feels lately i've been struggling not to drown
it's the blues bringing me down
I had reasons to get up, reasons to leave
dying to run forever you would never see me
there's a time for crying
there's a time for being lonely
They can put you in a box
keep you under wraps
get you in your head that's where I was at
classified to the tune of the one and only
now it's the blues that burns your bridges in the end
we got nothing but time
and no desire to lend a hand
It was hard for me to realize
the truth that i have found
It's the blues bringing me down
yeah it's the blues that gets you down in the end
you gotta hold your head up high and start over again
sometimes it seems lately i've been struggling not to drown
It's the bleus bringing me down.
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9. |
Naked To The World
03:44
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you died last October,
you were just driving In your car
you stopped at red-light and an old friend spoke
she just wanted to know how you are
we run lines and circles around this city
we see something strong & then we freak
I’ve got you and there’s no better balance
I feel lost again, but nothing Is incomplete
health is just an artificial silence
not sharing, not knowing where you are
I've been having trouble with my body
feeling as though it belongs to someone else
with clothing off
naked to the world
no one Can find the key
no one …..
my lovers cost was in the cryptic
my burden freed without no fault
your gaze was long
just silver dust
the line was strong - as it must
I’ve got freedom lost in my wishes
I’ve got seasons cost in my skin
I’ve got someone's dreams
and they won’t lay down
I got someone's heart to let me in
the body’s lost
you pay your sacrifice
but what's the price?
the cost is half your life
the only one you see
the only one you see
someones trying to get the best of me
health is just an artificial silence
not sharing, not knowing where you are
I've been having trouble with my body
feeling as though it belongs to someone else
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