1. |
The Days are Coming
03:54
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THE DAYS ARE COMING
I was lost in the wilderness
Searching for what, I do not know
Something to fill me up, I guess
The seeds of fortune that I could sow
I prayed to false golden idols, baby
When you're the one I should have bowed before
I worshiped myself, yeah, but lately
You're the only one I adore
I was a fool, it's true
Now I'm a fool for you
Don't let me fade away
Forgive me, I pray
CHORUS:
The days are coming
I'm gonna fall right into you
The days are coming
I'm gonna be somebody new
The days are coming
When all our love we will restore
And you'll remember my sins no more
I lived in the valley, yeah, my lady
Between the mountains called Me and Mine
I stayed in the shadows, dark and shady
Hiding from the light you tried to shine
I turned my back on our sacred promise
My own happiness I did seek
But the sun has finally pierced my blindness
Will you please turn the other cheek?
I was a fool, it's true
Now I'm a fool for you
This promise I make today
I'll no longer stray
CHORUS
I was a fool, it's true
Now I'm a fool for you
Listen to me when I say
It's the forty-first day
CHORUS
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2. |
Timothy Wayne
04:01
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TIMOTHY WAYNE
I met my mom when I was twenty-five
She had to give me away when I was barely alive
No fault of her own, she was just too young
But she told me something, now this song is sung
She said, “When you were born, I wanted you so bad
But I was seventeen, Vietnam had your dad
So I let you go, you took another name
But in my mind you're always Timothy Wayne”
Timothy Wayne
Who would you be
If you were me?
Timothy Wayne
What would you perceive
If through these eyes you'd see?
Timothy Wayne
Would you be free
If I could restore your life to thee?
Timothy Wayne
You'd be me
She told me all about her family's shame
And the guilt that she felt from taking all the blame
So she moved to the city and made her own luck
Dad came home from the war, spent his days driving truck
They went their own separate ways, the past was the past
And in a bulrush basket to the world was I cast
“So you see,” she said with a voice full of pain,
“It was all for the best, my darling Timothy Wayne.”
CHORUS
The years have come and gone with the good and the bad
But I wonder about the life I never had
A doctor, a farmer, just what would I be?
I might look much the same, but would I still be me?
I've made my way, but I'm playing a role
The man that I am has someone else's soul
So when I look in the mirror, the thought that visits my brain
Is that I'm looking at the ghost of Timothy Wayne
CHORUS
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3. |
Long, Long Road
02:42
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LONG, LONG ROAD
Well it's a long, long road
Why don't you walk it with me?
There's many places to go
And many sights to see
We might make a few friends
Out along the way
But it's just me and you
At the end of the day
And when the road gets rough
You will hold on to my hand
And I will lift you up and we will walk on
Through this barren land
When the darkness comes
And we're cold and lost
We gotta keep pressing on
No matter what the cost
And if you don't hear my voice
And you think that I've fled
Well I'm just whispering to God,
“I'm glad it's her that I wed.”
And when the road gets rough
I will hold on to your hand
And you will lift me up and we will walk on
Through this barren land
And when the road gets rough
We will hold each other's hands
And He will lift us up and we will walk on
To that Promised Land
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4. |
Paper Crown
05:08
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PAPER CROWN
You were my queen, I was your fool
We had the world as our footstool
I made you smile when you were down
You made me a paper crown
We used to laugh until we'd cry
And then collapse with a happy sigh
In an easy chair with our limbs entwined
And talk of how our dreams aligned
I don't know where it came apart
“There's just an end to every start”
An aphorism made of shit
A clever way to say, “I quit”
I packed my bag, you held the door
I kept my eyes locked on the floor
I walked right out, never turned around
Your breaking heart the only sound
I came back the other day
Up to your house so I could say
“Let's give our love another go;
I'm sorry that I hurt you so.”
But through the window, I saw you there
Sitting in our easy chair
Another man holding your hand
And on your finger, a wedding band
I thought you were forever mine
But I was never good at telling time
You went and found somebody new
Well, what else were you supposed to do?
I guess I'll go wander 'round
Maybe in some other town
Go be someone else's clown...
...and wear my paper crown
Wear my paper crown
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5. |
Anymore
02:14
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ANYMORE
You talk, but I'm not listening
I don't care what I'm missing
Your words don't mean much
Anymore
I don't know the game you're playing
But the end of my rope has sure been fraying
And I don't wanna hold on
Anymore
CHORUS:
Less is more (or so they say)
Well, you're giving me less every single day
And I don't think I can take it
Anymore
Well the look in your eye don't mean nothing
Which means of course that there's something
But I don't wanna read your mind
Anymore
When I met you I never did figure
That the hole in my heart would keep getting bigger
Now the hole is all that's left
Anymore
CHORUS
You make the highs higher and the lows more frequent
What Nietzsche said, it ain't no secret
But I don't wanna do this
Anymore
I want a woman to love me for who I am
But I can tell you just don't give a damn
And I'm not gonna play these games
Anymore
CHORUS
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6. |
Wasting
02:41
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WASTING
I got rings dropping off of my fingers
I got jeans falling off of my hips
I got a feeling that no longer lingers
When I remember the taste of your lips
I'm wasting
I'm wasting
I'm wasting away in my sin
I had champagne cocktails for breakfast
I had a steak any time that I pleased
I had a woman like a seven-course repast
But the meat of our love was diseased
I'm wasting
I'm wasting
I'm wasting away in my sin
I got ribs like a bas-relief sculpture
I'm the mayor of the Valley of Bones
I'm a high E steel-string vulture
Starving for a love that atones
I'm wasting
I'm wasting
I'm wasting away in my sin
I'm wasting
I'm wasting
I'm wasting away in my sin
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7. |
Stranger in this Country
03:15
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STRANGER IN THIS COUNTRY
I’m a stranger in this country, Lord
Don’t know where I’m goin’
I’m a stranger in this country, Lord
Don’t know where I’m goin’
Gotta find that livin’ water
Let it take me where it’s flowin’
My faith’s a little shaky, Lord
There’s a struggle inside me
My faith’s a little shaky, Lord
There’s a struggle inside me
I’m not sure what I hope for
Uncertain of what I don’t see
Enoch was a righteous man
So God took him away
Enoch was a righteous man
So God took him away
I know I ain’t that holy
Guess I gotta stay
My home is in heaven, Lord
In that city in the sky
My home is in heaven, Lord
In that city in the sky
But I’m a stranger in this country
‘Til the day I die
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8. |
Man of Dust
02:20
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MAN OF DUST
A man of dust called out to me
As I was walking by
He had a smile upon his face
And a twinkle in his eye
“We shall not all sleep,” he said
“But we shall all be changed.”
Then he winked and blew away
My mind was rearranged
CHORUS:
O Death, where is your victory?
O Death, where is your sting?
This natural life will pass away
It just don't mean a thing
His words, they were a mystery
And froze me on that road
I saw myself as in a mirror
And the image, it did goad
I tried to look away, but I
Could not help turning back
To see the bad things I have done
And the good things that I lack
CHORUS
The mirror disappeared, and I,
Unfairest of them all,
Thought only of that man of dust
And to my knees I then did fall
“I'll be steadfast, immoveable;
In good work I'll abound.
Lord, change the image that I bear
At that last trumpet sound.”
CHORUS x2
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9. |
I Knew You'd Be
01:52
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I KNEW YOU'D BE
In my heart I plan my course
I’m master of my fate
Then things go bad and I get mad
And myself I start to hate
In the darkness of my night
I curse at God and man
I rant and I rave and I try to be brave
But I don’t believe I can
‘cause I know I’m made of tin
It’s then the dawn will come
To chase my sorrow and worry
And you’ll be there to stroke my hair
And I’ll tell you that I’m sorry
And you’ll look at me
And you’ll say with a grin,
“I knew you’d be.”
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10. |
Dreams All of Your Own
01:32
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DREAMS ALL OF YOUR OWN
You're Daddy's little girl
But someday you'll be grown
Lay down your weary head
And dream dreams all of your own
CHORUS:
Dreams all of your own
A wish upon a star
Whatever you may be
Remember who you are
You're Mommy's little girl
But one day you'll have flown
So close your sleepy eyes
And dream dreams all of your own
CHORUS
Your family loves you
You'll never be alone
But your life is yours to live
So dream dreams all of your own
Dreams all of your own
Dreams all of your own
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