Lyrics
"(Reasonably) Honest" - 2008, BMI
1) Let's Get Alone
We might never go if noone else is watching us and
we might never act if everything's just left up to trust
we might never try if noone else is judging us
(we'll just) wait for tomorrow to break
Sometimes someones tell you they know what is best for you,
somehow everything they say is wasted, well it's wasted on you
something everybody thinks of when they're tired, lonely
(they'll just) wait for tomorrow to break
i'm thinking hell, hello
well, let's go
let's get alone, we might never know what went wrong
with ourselves, let's get alone
living long enough to know you never learned your lesson/
everyday stressing / forever second guessing /
thinking that the time passed by with no reply/
another day another grown old/
always on your own but never been alone/
life got ya locked in a choke hold/
oh no the ova flow sold yo an old folk poem/
ask Bo he don't know /
so ya keep a low pro until tomorrow /
and ya live life like ya got the answer /
moving faster / as the day flies by / and the sun don't shine/
now ya drinking fine wine/ just to keep your mind blind /
and ya third eye got ya tell a lie / my my mm ya a hell of a guy ya that's right /
ya wana fly like a bird but your wings didn't buy /
making everyday first for the rest of your life /
now you look to the sky, but you can't see the light /
you gotta let go to let the love in your life, on your own, let's get alone /
There are many many ways to try and fight it baby
there are many ways to it up and still be ok
there are many things I hoped to tell you, not today
(i'll just) wait for tomorrow to break
wait for tomorrow to break
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2) Worst Kind of Perfect
Give me reasons, reasons why I should leave
the hardest thing's forgetting, what you don't wanna believe
seem's like a someone's always crying
crying out to a somebody
you know I'd be lying
if I told you, it wasn't what i need
you're the worst kind of perfect
perfect for someone like me
you're the worst kind of perfect
(you) fit perfectly, but not with me not quite yet
even when I'm dreaming,
I'm lucid but your signal comes through
when I could choose anything
don't you know, I still choose you
Go ahead and call me crazy
crazy cause im crazy 'bout you
crazy cause i'm leaving
crazy cause, i'm staying with you
you're the worst kind of perfect
perfect for someone like me
you're the worst kind of perfect
(you) fit perfectly, but not with me not quite
not quite yet
chorus
not with me not quite yet
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3) It's OK
It's ok to be in love, it's ok
it's ok to be in love, it's ok
this is someplace I can be
this is somewhere I can see
this is something I can believe in
don't you ever go and leave me
it's ok to be alone, it's ok
it's ok to be alone, it's ok
you tell me you need to feel needed
and I know I can be conceited
but go ahead and make me feel
something I don't know how to feel
don't you ever go and drop me
now (that) I've got no way of stopping
don't you ever try and change things
it's ok, just rearranging,
rearranging
it's ok to be in love, it's ok
it's ok to be in love, it's ok
gimme a light, gimme tonight, gimme something warm
gimme a light, gimme tonight, gimme something warm
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4) Lemme Know
if you want me to go, baby lemme lemme know
before i say something stupid
if you want me to stay, baby tell me tell me so
i'll save you some of your precious time
we could take forever baby
and just say nothing at all
we could take a long time
if you think we should leave, baby tell me tell me so
i am good at forgetting, you know I'm good at forgetting you
we could take forever baby
and just say nothing at all
we could take a long long time
just you... and me.
baby it's just you... and me.
baby it's just you... and me.
i don't want you right now
i don't need you around
i'm in love with the sound of your tears from far away
i don't want you right now [i don't want you]
i don't need you around [i don't need you]
i'm in love with the sound of your tears from far away
i don't want you right now
i don't need you around
i'm in love with the sound of your tears from far away
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5) [interlude]
"oops i broke it"
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6) Touch
Baby touch, baby hold my hand
baby touch me, make me feel like I'm happy
baby touch, give it away
I can't recall where this left off
Baby hold, hold me down
baby hold me, make me sing
baby hold, give it away
I can't recall where this left off
If i touch your lips with these fingertips, maybe
somehow i'll get you to stay
if I brush your face, maybe take his place, but then those
Drums got in the way, when I was trying to say...
baby tell, tell me off
baby tell me, tell me just about anything
baby tell, give it away
I can't recall where this left off
If I touch your lips with these fingertips maybe
somehow i'll get you to stay
if I brush your face, maybe take his place, but then those
Drums got in the way, when I was trying to say...
all that I need
is your hands on my face
all that i need...
baby touch, baby touch me
all that i need is your hands,
all that i need is your hands,
all that i need is you.
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7) Start Breathing
if you had just told me
i think it'd be different now
i think it'd be different now but it'll all work out somehow you say
if you had just told me
but i never gave you a chance
if i could just hold you
i think it'd feel different now
i think it'd feel different now but it'll all work out somehow you say
if i could just hold you
but you never gave me a chance
gimme a chance
oh don't get dragged down
don't get dragged down with me
sometimes i wonder what i'm thinking with you
sometimes i'm thinking about what you're doing with me
sometimes i notice, you're not breathing,
you stopped breathing
you stopped
if you had just told me
i think it'd be different now
i think it'd be different now but it'll all work out somehow you say
but i never gave you a chance
gimme a chance
don't get dragged down
don't get dragged down with me
don't get dragged down with me
just start breathing
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8) When I'm Supposed To
all this rock 'n roll
supposed to soothe my soul
all it does is confuse me
all these games we play
supposed to make you feel ok
all they do is abuse me
all those things you said
what you did instead
baby it's not working
guess it's up to me
to help you see
but honey i'm way too good at flirting
I only think of you
when I'm supposed to
only feel for you
when I feel like I have to
But I only (ever) think of you.
When will you think of me too?
da da da da da...
this game is tired and i don't want to play anymore
the game is tired and I dont want to play anymore
if I come over don't you know I'm bound to sleep on your floor
Don't wanna cry anymore
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9) Even Though
even though, even though it's cold outside
i can't see your breath
even though, even though you paint your eyes
i can tell when you've been crying
even though, even though
even though, even though i never heard you sing
i know what you're thinking
even though, even though i never heard you sing
I'm still listening, i'm still listening
even though, even though
i didn't lie, i didn't lie, i didn't lie
no i didn't lie to you
even though, even though i tried
even though, even though you cried, every night
even though, even though i cried too
you know i never lied to you
no i never lied to you
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10) Another Friend
looking up at green stone queen
you turned, we cried and left
crying never feels as good when you're alone
if there's something you've been hiding
something you've been hiding
you were probably talking at me
you used to act so happy
and then those gray clouds came up under your eyes
is there something you've been hiding
something you've been hiding
just another friend i didn't know i didn't have
it's just another friend i didn't know
if these walls could talk
if we had ears to listen
they'd probably tell you why you feel alone
cause there's something you've been hiding
something you've been hiding
chorus
why didn't i go?
why didn't i go?
why'd we have to cry alone?
it's just another friend
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12) No History
a little advice for you, just between friends, that's what you want us to be now, isn't it?
next time you decide that you made a mistake, 6 months might be a little long to wait
to say you still got some feelings for me, you're not sure if its love
oooh i've got some feelings for you too, just not the same one's you're thinking of
call me up again last night, ask what's been up, like you didn't already know
tell you about this new girl i met, after my show, (baby uh-oh)
you get angry and you asked me, what she's got over you, couple things, don't wanna get into it right now
but you insist just like you always do, so here goes
1st of all, she there for me, which is more than i can say for you
2nd of all she's telling me the truth
3rd thing on this list, that you're asking me to give you
she ain't got no history, (of making me cry)
she ain't got no history, (of going off with some other guy)
and every time i'm gonna see you standing all along
i'll just look away and say, "you got what you wanted"
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13) Doctor Girl
dating (hiding) a doctor girl, and it feels so good, to know
whenever i'm hurting whenever i'm broken that baby you'll come back and fix me
dating (hiding) a doctor girl, baby don't you know it feels so good, feels good to me
something that was sweet might now turn sour
if you let it wait too long
something that was bitter and forgotten,
might be what you were looking for all along
baby you make me feel, so much better than brand new, and you,
you know whenever you want me whenever you need me that baby you can come and catch me
baby you give me chills, like an old song on the radio
something i haven't heard for years
(dating) hiding a doctor girl
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14) Except For You
know what i was thinking? thinking how nice it'd be
to wake up every morning with your eyes on me
you know what i was thinking? it could be a while
you know what i was hoping? hoping that right now
could last a little bit longer maybe stay just a little while
you know what i just noticed? how much i miss your smile
i wanna run with you down to the water
take our (clothes) shoes off and race across the sand
i wanna kiss you underwater
come up for air but there's nothing there except for you
you know what, i don't care. i don't care what people say
why should it matter what they say that we should be
but you know it'd be nice, if we knew ourselves
baby i don't know any better way, to tell you that i love you
except for maybe to tell you that i'm sorry for all the times i've hurt you
it's crazy, this feeling that i get inside, when i'm not around you
baby you're always in my heart, always in my thoughts, always in my mind.
know what i was thinking? thinking how nice it'd be
to wake up every morning with you eyes on me
you know what i was thinking? it could be forever baby.
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15) Something New
i gotta feel i gotta work to hold you
i gotta feel i wait to let you know
i gotta feel i gotta work to own you
i gotta feel like, we're waiting for
something new, boy
something new
i hate to say it but you drive me crazy
the kinda thing i think i'd like to let you know
i hate to say it but i need you baby
i gotta feel like, (i'm) waiting for
something new, boy
something new
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gotta feel it, gotta want it
gotta hold it, gotta flaunt it
gotta taste it, gotta give it
gotta love it gotta leave it
gotta hold it, gotta want it
gotta feel it, gotta flaunt it
gotta feel like, something new
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i really really wanna make you happy
really really wanna wind up next to you
i really really wanna make it someday
i really feel like we can make this feel brand new
i really really wanna make this happen
really really wanna wind up next to you
i really really wanna feel you want me
i really feel like we can make this feel brand new
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"Solo at Stone Mt Arts Center - 2011, BMI
3) Can't Dream Without You
can't eat, can't sleep
i can't hold you like i want to
no i can't slip into your heart
(you) don't smile, you don't breath
you won't hold me like you used to
i can't wait until it's dark
woah, i can't dream without you baby (by my side)
woah, i can't dream without you yet. but i'll try
so many ways, so many days,
so many pointless details
so much wasted, what went wrong?
some of them stay, some of them say
'there's way too much of a good thing'
but i never stick around that long
take me, take me somewhere
going nowhere is the way i feel when you
hold me, underwater, and i'm drowning
with your 'not quite yet's
take me... take me somewhere... take me... take me away...
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4) The Collector
if i had everyone i know in my own little box
if they were laid out before me like so many precious rocks
if the lonely wind started to'blow colder,
i'd put one on my shoulder
but if they ever started lying or they're fighting or just cryin'
i could toss 'em in that box of mine and they'd be gone
gone, gone, gone (they'd be gone, gonegonegone)
if i'd my own little darkroom with all my thoughts
in black and white in the basement, hung up beneath the clocks
i'd always know what it was i was thinking
even if i'd been drinking
if i ever felt enveloped by a thought that i 'd developed
i'd just crop it up and sell it and then fella's well it'd be gone
i tell ya gone, gone, gone
if i could just hold on, to everything
i could just hold on, and nothing would go missing
if i can just hold on
i will have everything
if i had all of our words reeled below me on tape
i could just stop and eject if i needed to escape
and if i ever just needed some company
it'd be spinning in front of me
but if there ever was a word that you had said i don't deserve
then i could take it and then splice out what i heard and then it'd be gone - gone, gone, gone
i will collect you
bit by bit, one by one
i will collect you
piece by piece, stone by stone
i will collect you.... bone by bone
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10) Just Like Me
she eats captain crunch, right after lunch
well you know that she's, she so sweet
she rides her bike to work, gives her a lil' more time to flirt
you know that she's, sweet like me
we go to meet her folks, she laughs at all my jokes
well you know that she's, just like me
i'll never ever make her sad, (not on purpose)
not in front of her dad, well she's sensitive, just like me
me... me... me...
just like me... hmmm ..
a lil' bit bittier round the waist
a lil' bit prettier in the face
i'm a lil' bit simpler but i suit her taste (she's just like me)
a lil' bit bittier round the waist
ok a whole lot prettier in the face
i'm a bit grittier but i suit her taste (she's just like me)
just like me... hmmm ..
just like me, just like me
even with the lights off it's not hard to see that she
just likes me just likes me you see, she just likes
me... me.. me despite everything she's seen
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Unreleased / Unrecorded Songs
Home
is this home?
or just a place i go, to rest my head
is this home?
i don't think so
god i hope not
but if it is, i got lot left to learn
is this it?
is this what we've been working so hard to get to
is this it?
i hope so
god i want it
and if it is, i got so much left to give you
if we could only see what we want
give what we got
live for what is not
how can so many people feel so lonely
when they're only
just around the corner from me
is this love?
is this what we've been dreaming of
is this love?
Perspective
they say the moon is the same size whether it's up or down
if it takes up half your outstretched finger
it'll be the same 6 hours later, when you're still there, measuring
but i, i, need perspective on this
lying here, where we used to lay
it sure doesn't look the same, up there all alone
when you don't have nothing left to compare it to
it's just me and you
but i, i, need perspective on you
i, i... you know i do.
i need to be alone, i need to be without you
there's all kinds of alone, i need to be without you
i need to be without you
the moon doesn't grow, i'll tell you how i know
i stayed up all night, with me eyes held tight
didn't go inside until it got light
and i watched it die
but i, i, need perspective on us
i, i... you know i do.
i need to be alone, i need to be without you
there's all kinds of alone, i need to be without you
i need to be without you