Somedays
2001
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Somedays
Are so bright I wish that I could save
Half the sunlight for a rainy day
So when it rains I'd have some sun
Somedays
Are so green I wish that I could keep
Half that color stored in me down deep
So when it's brown I'd have some green
It's already getting better (You will never leave me)
It's already getting better (You will never leave me)
It's already getting better (You will never leave me)
Somedays
I'm so close to you that I can feel
That sweet song singing to me in my ears
Somedays I just don't want it to end
Somedays the rain comes pouring and the color fades
The music once so loud slips away
And I'm left standing all alone
It's already getting better (You will never leave me)
It's already getting better (You will never leave me)
It's already getting better (You will never leave me)
'Cause good things come easily and good things go
Fleeting are these feelings I'm feeling, so
I can't let the joy be depending on the sunrays
Oh, somedays
It's already getting better (You will never leave me)
It's already getting better (You will never leave me)
It's already getting better (You will never leave me)
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I'm waiting on faith and compromise
I'm staying glued, plastered to the floor tonight
As I'm waiting up on faith and compromise
You called me without warning
One Wednesday early morning
Now Wednesdays will never be the same again
Long distance call from Georgia
Sweet southern speak is what you gave to me
It was all I needed
'Cause I'm waiting on faith and compromise
I'm staying glued, plastered to the floor tonight
Just hoping it'll be alright
'Cause I'm trading all my hopes and fears
Praying that all my expectations die
As I'm waiting up on faith and compromise
Your face now burns in my head
And I can't shake this feeling
That you could be the first to be my last
Before you call I'll answer
Before you speak I'll hear you
Just promise me you'll listen as I dream
And you'll find me
Waiting on faith and compromise
I'm staying glued, plastered to the floor tonight
Just hoping it'll be alright
'Cause I'm trading all my hopes and fears
Praying that all my expectations die
As I'm waiting up on faith and compromise
You were the last thing on my mind
The first thing on my lips
Staying up all night just to hear from you
'Cause I'm waiting on faith and compromise
I'm staying glued, plastered to the floor tonight
Just hoping it'll be alright
'Cause I'm trading all my hopes and fears
Praying that all my expectations die
As I'm waiting up on faith and compromise
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I wish I could say what words won't amount to,
For now I can't speak your name
Send it in a letter
Wait for your reply
Because you were on my mind
I'm sorry Mary but it's over (you took the best out of me)
I'm sorry Mary but it's over (you took the best out of me)
I'm sorry Mary but it's over (you took the best out of me)
First star I see tonight hangs on my wall
Picture of you that's still there
I wouldn't change anything
Would you change me if I could
Would you want me to be?
I'm sorry Mary but it's over (you took the best out of me)
I'm sorry Mary but it's over (you took the best out of me)
I'm sorry Mary but it's over (you took the best out of me)
Illusions all but faded
Sunlight beams in your hair
Trying me
I'm sorry Mary but it's over (you took the best out of me)
I'm sorry Mary but it's over (you took the best out of me)
I'm sorry Mary but it's over (you took the best out of me)
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I flew in on a whim
These wings won't take me home
New eyes for my blind
I found a home and a place so far from my own
But all good things come to an end
Still I don't wanna leave this place yet
It's just so funny as I look back
on this year
Cuz I haven't even left here
Still I miss your face
Standing right beside me here
Pull me in with your embrace
How fast the time burns
When you're trying to hold on
And how slowly it slips away
When you're not
So tell me again
How this friendship has to be
I'll try to understand now
Some patience, and we'll see
'Cause I haven't even left here
Still I miss your face
Standing right beside me here
Pull me in with your embrace
Have you ever looked so good to me?
Have you ever loved this way to me?
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Yesterday morning every part of her just shut down
Getting out of bed never felt so difficult before
Every step she took led to the wrong direction
And she never made it out her door
Yesterday morning Jamie yielded to all she hates
But if she despises it so much why did she give in?
Seems like this battle just can't be won
And she's stuck here alone again.
She said
“I'm so tired of this stumble that I've been calling a walk
And I’m so I'm sick of this mumble that I've described as a talk
And now I guess its time I lose myself
To the one who has found me here”
Yesterday morning every part of her just shut down
All that she knew or thought she knew flew out that door
Things she loves so easily forgotten
Now Jamie can't love no more
She said
“I'm so tired of this stumble that I've been calling a walk
And I’m so I'm sick of this mumble that I've described as a talk
And now I guess its time I lose myself
To the one who has found me here”
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These weeds keep poppin up
I thought I killed them all last week
Cause I dowsed them with this poison
Whose label read extra strength
But sure enough they're still there
Just as green as they'd been before
Strangling all the flowers
I created this garden for
I’ve tried all the external fix-it remedies
And I've exhausted every ounce of my own strength
But until I dig deep enough to find the root
All I’m doin is, all I’m doin is yanking out the leaves
You say, your sin keeps poppin up
You thought you'd killed it all last week
Cause you told myself that you could stop it all
And you prayed you'd be released
But sure enough it's still there
Just as sure as it'd been before
Distracting you from righteousness
And rotting out your solid core
Cuz you’ve tried all the external fix-it remedies
And you've exhausted every ounce of your own strength
But until you dig deep enough to find the root
All you’re doin is, all you’re doin is yanking out the leaves
My garden was once my favorite part about this town
Its beauty overshadowed all others in this place
You see, I hired a man to care for it and keep it that way
He was the best gardener around
But soon my old pride got to thinkin’
About doin' this job on my own.
I fired the man that perfectly kept it
And that's when these weeds started a grow’n
Cuz I’ve tried all the external fix-it remedies
And I've exhausted every ounce of my own strength
But until I dig deep enough to find the root
All I’m doin is, all I’m doin is yanking out the leaves
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Wouldn't it be cool
If it was our job to
Write music for a living- you could come over every afternoon
We could record some songs
And have Eric sing along
Only stopping for dinner
Dinner with Mary Anne’s
But I never want to sell out
Sell out to you
Sell out to you
No, I never wanna sell out
Sell out to you
Sell out to you
We could invite our friends
Over for a jam, we could listen to Jimmy
Some Clarity for our lives
Our pride would wait outside
Maybe it waits all night
We've got no plans for tomorrow, except to do this all again
'Cause I never want to sell out
Sell out to you
Sell out to you
No, I never wanna sell out
Sell out to you
Sell out to you
And maybe then you'd see
Just what you mean to me
You know our lives would be so free, and nothing would get us down
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I tried leaving you at home
but every thought returns to you
My head, it seems to roam
No matter what I do
You know it's late right now
and every song sings of us
I guess these singers know somehow
and my life they must discuss...oh yeah
'Cause I left the pictures of you behind
'Cause I didn't want to dwell on you
But even the streets speak your name out here and
in last night's movie too, last night's movie too
Mountains now in the rear view
as the tired road creeps on and on and on and on and on
Perhaps I'll leave you in Colorado
with this Monday morning fog
But the pictures await me back home, yeah
and there the streets whisper, whisper your name, yeah
escape it seems impossible...sometimes
and I'm the one to blame, yeah I'm the one to blame
'Cause I left the pictures of you behind
'cause I didn't want to dwell on you
But even the streets speak your,
your sweet, your sweet name here
and last night's movie too, but last night's movie too
I tried, I tried leavin'
I tried, I tried leavin'
I tried, I tried leavin'
you behind, you behind
...but you wouldn't stay
...but you wouldn't stay
Thank God you didn’t
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Sixth and Green is a warm place in November
When the air is cold and the leaves blow on the ground
And I don't think that I can even remember
Why it was that I came to this town
'Cause I just wanna be lonely tonight
Just me and my maker in this cold moon light
This is me on the eve of an ending
To what i've known as constant for a year
And I'm so scared this pain that I will be sending
Sometimes I just wanna run away in fear
'Cause I just wanna be lonely tonight
Just me and my maker in this cold moon light
I haven't heard your voice in two weeks now
And Anticipation’s been wearing me thin
And I just can't help but wonderin maybe if somehow
We can tear these pages out and begin again
'Cause I just wanna be lonely tonight
Just me and my maker in this cold moon light
Yeah I just wanna be lonely tonight
With no one around to see this sight
Of me lying here
'Cause this is the hardest thing i've ever done before
I said this is the hardest thing i've ever done before
I said this is the hardest thing i've ever done before
And I don't wanna be lonely
No, I don't wanna be lonely no more
And I won't be lonely tonight
'Cause My Maker’s holding me…
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You say you want something rational
And you say you need cold hard facts
Do you realize how far you’ve strayed from truth
in your quest for your rational proof?
Song for the irrational
Song for the irrational
Song for the irrational
'Cause you say you want something rational
And you say you need miraculous signs
Excuse me if I'm the one, who's been mistaken here
But your logic seems to be a bit unclear
Song for the irrational
Song for the irrational
Song for the irrational
Song for the irrational
Has what I've shown slipped past your oh-so blurry eyes?
Has my soft touch not calmed those oh-so vicious lies?
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Happytimes are here again
And I've been gone a while
But you can still call me friend
We can play in the sun and laugh forever
I'm so glad that we're back together
'Cause the wait's been good while I was gone
And the air's been high and free
You've been out with other guys
But I want you, I want you to know
I want you to want me
I missed Wyoming and the cornerstone
But now I'm here and it's so good to be home
It seems like I've been gone forever
I'm so glad that we're back together
'Cause the wait's been good while I was gone
And the air's been high and free
You've been out with other guys
But I want you, I want you to know
I want you to want me
I wanna go back to The Nelson
Back out to the garden
I wanna drive with the top down and sing
That happytimes are here again
I've been gone a while but you can still call me friend
We can play in the sun and laugh forever
I'm so glad that we're back back together
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It's not that others aren't
but this one I know for sure
Your touch, too real, too warm
Your words, too loud to ignore
This moment is you (I'm on my knees again)
This moment is you (completely helpless)
This moment is you (can you restore me?)
This moment is you (bring peace and healing)
Too often I overlooked
these moments with you by my side
When absence leads to loss
it's me who's left the light
This moment is you
This moment is...you...you
(bring peace and healing)