********************************************************** * All copyrights are property of their respective owners * * For personal (educational) and non-commercial use only * ********************************************************** Jackson United - 2004 - Western Ballads www.jacksonunited.com 01. Lion's Roar 02. All The Way 03. A Better Life 04. Down To You 05. She's Giving In 06. Unchanged 07. Fell Into 08. Loose Ends 09. OK Alright 10. Here Comes Hollow 11. Pure 12. Long Shadow 13. Sharp Edges 14. That Curse 01. LION'S ROAR Left home and kept on leaving Walked off into this morning Sunrise cuts the darkness Steps and stares with well-worn warning Touch down, a perfect landing Missing, but he’s still standing, barely English, sunset, sun in your eyes Dusk sweeps over us tonight Rainy brixton holidays Red Brick Park and alleyways Lions roar silenced and still A test of strength, test of our will, waiting I'll aim right for you (repeat throughout) A waiting van a passing phase Phone calls from you to pass the days From caffeine highs to midnight blows Punch drunk heartache, blow by blow I'll wait for you in hotel rooms In rain soaked days we pass the gloom The northern star tonight will set the course English sunsets, sweet good-byes The wind in our sails tonight Rainy brixton memories I pull myself closer to me The lions roar in vain tonight A call a distant fight someday I'll aim right for you (repeat throughout) A waiting van a passing phase Phone calls from you to pass the days From caffeine highs to midnight blows Punch drunk heartache, blow by blow I'll wait for you in hotel rooms In rain soaked days we pass the gloom The northern star tonight will set the course I'll aim right for you (repeat throughout) A waiting van a passing phase Phone calls from you to pass the days From caffeine highs to midnight blows Punch drunk heartache, blow by blow I'll wait for you in hotel rooms In rain soaked days we pass the gloom The northern star tonight will set the course 02. ALL THE WAY Remember going all the way To Oakland just to see 'em play We've come such a long way today Got some drugs in the bathroom stall Sneaking beer into an empty unlit hall I sent you a postcard today Don't mind my message That was a good time we'll never have again (That) was a good time we'll never have Glad to see it end I've put some miles on these eyes I've put some scars on these broken hands of mine Punching walls and valentine's to you I missed another That was a good time we'll never have again (That) was a good time we'll never have Glad to see it end Gone for a year today Can't see you now I'm leaving anyway I'm at the bar for you waiting That was a good time we'll never have again (That) was a good time we'll never have That was a good time we'll never have again (That) was a good time we'll never have That was a good time we'll never have again (Glad to see it end) (That) was a good time we'll never have (Glad to see it end) That was a good time we'll never have again (Glad to see it end) (That) was a good time we'll never have (Glad to see it end) 03. A BETTER LIFE Stop, take a moment and sit down Right near next to me Did you ever imagine As good as this could be Breathe deeper than that now Let the ocean air fill your lungs Smell the flowers in the backyard Don't worry about getting stung 'Cause we're in the good times now Laugh like you don't know how 'Cause we're in the good times Stress to distress for nothing But the sake of a good complaint The drama of the instant Gets lost in some good restraint Dim your lights now, for a moment And try to bring it down a bit Be careful what you wish for 'Cause you can get lost in it 'Cause we're in the good times now Don't act like you don't know how 'Cause we're in the good times Hey going to a better life Hey going to a better life Hey going to a better life Hey going to a better life And we go 'Cause we're in the good times now Laugh like you won't allow 'Cause we're in the good times now Don't act like you don't know how 'Cause we're in the good times now We're in the good times now We're in the good times now 04. DOWN TO YOU No notice of the world around you Take for granted it revolves around you Now what you're shooting for Crashing back to the shore Smart mind, a little bit racist No respect even in your own self Instantly you're gratified Self-serve to satisfy All done to you All the same to you Got some pills to make you happy Hope I don't bore you Forever ill you know you might be I won't ignore you All done to you All the same to you All done for you Dying in your bed Lying in your head It's all the same to you Lying in your bed Dying here instead It's all been done to you Dying in your bed Lying in your head It's all the same to you Lying in your bed Dying here instead It's all been done to you No notice of the world around you Take for granted it revolves around you Instantly you're gratified Self-serve to satisfy All done to you (It's) All the same to you All done to you No different to you Dying in your bed Lying in your head It's all the same to you Lying in your bed Dying here instead It's all been done to you Dying in your bed Lying in your head It's all the same to you Lying in your bed Dying here instead It's all been done Dying in your bed Lying in your head It's all the same to you Lying in your bed Dying here instead It's all been done to you Dying in your bed Lying in your head It's all the same to you Lying in your bed Dying here instead It's all been done 05. SHE'S GIVING IN Why do you break Make me fix you again Driven deeper than anything Beyond the valley of the diamond ring What is the secret to a sure thing So happy to be back in good graces with you Bitterness isn't what you do Live between the black and blue Left with a question there's no answer to She's giving in now She's giving in She's giving in now She's giving in I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel Never meant to try and burst your bubble Don't want to leave you at the heart of the trouble Find your way from the wreck and rubble She's giving in now She's giving in She's giving in now She's giving in She's giving in now She's giving in She's giving in now She's giving in Giving in To what you've always wanted Giving in To what you've set upon us Giving in To what you think you need You need She's giving in now She's giving in She's giving in now She's giving in She's giving in now She's giving in She's giving in now She's giving in 06. UNCHANGED Who are you I'd love to get to know I doubt that I will Will ever get to know My hand wasn't bit It just went unnoticed We just lost a bit of the glow The sound that you hear Is bitter and fear Trying not to show To show All I can hope for is I remain unchanged All I give up for is drowning down the drain I'm so happy I wanna fake my smile I'll just hate you For a little while Don't ask much But they say it's too much It's all more than you should want In between the us and me It's the chosen in front, out front All I can hope for is I remain unchanged All I give up for is drowning down the drain All I can hope for is I remain unchanged All expectations fall shorter every day I can't give you more of me I can't give you more of me I can't give you more of me I can't give you more Feeling misleading You can't keep the world at bay You keep keep repeating Keep pushing me away My hand wasn't bit It just went unnoticed We just lost a bit of the glow The sound that you hear Is bitter and fear Trying not to show To show To show All I can hope for is I remain unchanged All I give up for is drowning down the drain All I can hope for is I remain unchanged All expectations fall shorter every day 07. FELL INTO Do what you want Do what you please Take everything Bleed with me Here, dry your eyes Let me pacify While you justify Bleach white the lies Fell into a better vision of you You used to be in love with your ego Lay where you fell A little slip of your will You think you do but you don't know Do what you want Do what you please Take everything Bleed with me Fell into a better vision of you You used to be in love with your ego Lay where you fell A little slip of your will You think you do but you don't know Fell into a better vision of you You used to be in love with your ego Lay where you fell A little slip of your will You think you do but you don't know You think you do but you don't know You think you do but you don't know You think you do but you don't know You think you do but you don't know 08. LOOSE ENDS You don't know who you are I don't know where I've been I went through hell To get this heaven We were up on a roll It's a long way down again Through thick and thin Begin again Slowly into sway On a sweet decay Slowly into sway On a sweet decay Neon light mirror An unsteady hand Unsteady error Knocked back again Cover me my friends Through my loose ends Cover me my friends I live this over and over again Over and over again Slowly into sway On a sweet decay Slowly into sway On a sweet decay Slowly into sway On a sweet decay Slowly into sway On a sweet decay 09. OK ALRIGHT Hey, remember me From a long time ago Haven't been this nervous in years But I'll try not to let it show I swam here through a thousand beers Just to be with you tonight Faked the courage for this kiss In the streetlight Hey, I'm the same You're the same I'm home tonight I just need a place to lie down We can talk all night about our common ground Ya, I was at that party too You didn't see me but I saw you And remember my bad hair You're still just as cool And remember my rock and roll band Back in high school Hey, I'm the same You're the same I'm home tonight Hey, remember me From a long time ago Waiting impatiently But I'm trying not to let it show Hey, I'm the same You're the same I'm home tonight 10. HERE COMES HOLLOW Hard enough sometimes You're missing the last step Bad to good reminds us Of when we first met In the hallway On the rooftop Sunset city lines Lost and walking Chain smoking Speeding through the night Here comes, hollow Hollow fills you up inside Broken, borrowed Follow insults all implied Here comes, hollow Hollow fills you up inside Broken, borrowed Follow insults all implied Try to bite my tongue Until it's bleeding Bond has come undone See that you're leaving Accusations Explanations Phone calls unreturned Implication Vindication Hundred lessons learned Here comes, hollow Hollow fills you up inside Broken, borrowed Follow insults all implied Here comes, hollow Hollow fills you up inside Broken, borrowed Follow insults all implied Cut to the bone Scar under gone Cut to the bone Scar overgrown Here comes, hollow Hollow fills you up inside Broken, borrowed Follow insults all implied Here comes, hollow Hollow fills you up inside Broken, borrowed Follow insults all implied Here comes, hollow (Here comes hollow) Hollow fills you up inside (Here comes hollow) Broken, borrowed (Here comes hollow) Follow insults all implied (Here comes hollow) Here comes, hollow (Here comes hollow) Hollow fills you up inside (Here comes hollow) Broken, borrowed (Here comes hollow) Follow insults all implied (Here comes hollow) 11. PURE Beginning to see The way you look at me The questions that frame your insecurity You're hiding from me You're missing, dismissing Clues left in your way I'm open, I'm hoping For a chance to prove Guilt exhumed, bury me You're insecure, nothing's pure Nothing's free 12. LONG SHADOWN Another song about you Swore I wouldn't do this again It takes some getting used to strangers Become fast friends Eye to eye we're disagreeing on everything Getting closer now to desperate So desperately Stuck in frustration Holdin on, to nothing, to no one Stuck in frustration Holding out, giving in, moving on It's a long, long shadow from which I crawled out of But I can't complain Whispers and riddles we stick to the middle It's harder every day Digging through old thoughts of you That never fit quite right Stained and burned and torn and bruised Now fight into fight Stuck in frustration Holdin on, to nothing, to no one Stuck in frustration Holding out, giving in, moving on Stuck in frustration (Nothing to no one) Holdin on, to nothing, to no one (Nothing to no one) Stuck in frustration (Nothing to no one) Holding out, giving in, moving on (Nothing to no one) I can't take this long I can't fake this strong I keep moving on I can't take this long Anger's my anchor I sink to the bottom Here come the vultures Circling closer Anger's my anchor I sink to the bottom Here come the vultures Circling closer Anger's my anchor I sink to the bottom Here come the vultures Circling closer Anger's my anchor I sink to the bottom Here come the vultures Circling closer 13. SHARP EDGES Well it should come as no surprise Like a flame in this dead forest Watch me burn before your eyes Remember where I was before us All shiny metal and sharper edges My core is rotten I'm broken pledges Well we were waiting So welcome home now We kept your seat warm While you were gone now A temporary honesty Truth is fleeting in most of me Sorry gets me nowhere today All shiny metal and sharper edges My core is rotten I'm broken pledges Well we were waiting So welcome home now We kept your seat warm While you were gone now I can't explain why I'm here alone again I can't contain unconcience yearnin' Night just turned to a new day Guilt it burns you away Tonight just turned you away from me All shiny metal and sharper edges My core is rotten I'm broken pledges Well we were waiting So welcome home now We kept your seat warm While you were gone now All shiny metal and sharper edges My core is rotten I'm broken pledges Well we were waiting So welcome home now We kept your seat warm While you were gone now 14. THAT CURSE Once the first Tear hits your face The dam breaks Drowns like a river Like a curse it sticks to you Slipping in Out of view Out of you Argue and argue again Test your friends Bitter ends Better than You thought that you'd got away Not today, not again Follows you every new place What's in you, not in them Thought I'd heard All these words Somewhere else Or someone else Like a curse that threatens you Holds your fear Draws you near They never listen Argue and argue again Test your friends Bitter ends Better than Fate that lost you long ago Better show Better ends Bitter then You thought that you'd got away Not today, not again Follows you every new place What's in you, not in them ___________________________ Provided by: www.fftabs.com