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)