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Somedays

2001

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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)

  • 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?

  • 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”

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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?

  • 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

  • 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)