My ship up here is sinkin’
but this is what I am
and I’d tell you what I’m thinkin’
if I thought you’d give a damn
and I don’t know a single one of you
but you feel like a winter’s rain
tell me would listen to the words I speak
if I knew you all by name
it’s niether here nor there
cause I still wake up in my hotel room
with this smokey barroom in my clothes and hair
every night is different
every night’s the same
ain’t if funny how each of us
has his own way to kill the pain
makes me think of my friend Jimmy
who never could behave
he bought a Gator skateboard
with the money that he saved
he rode that 4 wheeled surfin’ board around
till he was old enough to shave
then it was replaced by a ’69 LaSabre
he’d putter off to schol
as fast as that thing would get
and all the kids would say
here comes Jimmy in that beat up piece of shit
he used to take up 2 whole spaces
in the senior parking lot
yea now Jimmy’s doin’ seven years
for stickin’ up a subway sandwich shop
so crawl beneath your words
say what’s on your mind
tell it like it is
don’t get stuck behind
cause its the truth you know,
that gets you by
it’s not who or what you know,
it’s why
so straddle that old fencepost
and fade it down to nothing
and you’ll see
you might see
that my ship up here is sinkin’
but this is what I am
and I’d tell you waht I’m thinkin’
if I thought you gave a damn
so take this in or don’t
I don’t really care
you will or you won’t
2 choices in the air…
She grew up with the children of the stars in the Hollywood hills and the boulevard
Her parents threw big parties, everyone was there
They hung out with folks like Dennis Hopper, Bob Seger, Sonny and Cher
Now, she feels safe in the bar on Fairfax
And from the stage I can tell that
She can’t let go and she can’t relax
And just before she hangs her head to cry
I sing to her a lullaby, I sing everything’s gonna be all right
Rockabye, rockabye
She still lives with her mom outside the city
Down that street about a half a mile
And all her friends tell her she’s so pretty
But she’d be a whole lot prettier if she smiled once in a while
‘Cause even her smile looks like a frown
She’s seen her share of devils in this angel town
But, everything’s gonna be all right
Rockabye, rockabye
I told her I ain’t so sure about this place
It’s hard to play a gig in this town and keep a straight face
Seems like everyone here’s got a plan
It’s kind of like Nashville with a tan
But, everything’s gonna be all right
Rockabye, rockabye
Everything’s gonna be all right
Rockabye, rockabye
Sometimes it’s hard to stay sane
Dogtags like shackles on my brain
We’ve got a language of our own
You learn to talk bad
When you’re far from home.
Dusty books on my shelf
It’s kind of like running from yourself
Five years between the two extremes
I lived my life in books, or so it seems.
And all I could see was an older me
I had to reach down inside
Before life took me for a ride
I lie awake at night,
I don’t know wrong from right
And no one really knows who you are
But they’re all telling you that you’re gonna go far
And all I could hear was a ringing in my ear
Boxes of words locked in my room
But I never wrote the tune.
Words by Shawn Mullins
Lately I’ve felt deep inside myself maybe something ain’t right
I feel like I’ve been turned and put on the back burner
And there’s no rescue in sight maybe I have changed
But you know I feel the same still got this hunger in my bones
I feel like an all night drive all the way to the other side
There’s a place I used to call my home
Lately I’ve seen a different side of me I don’t know where I have gone
I’m killin’ friend and foe somebody tell me so I know
Whose side I am on like a cat stuck in a tree
I gotta jump before i’ll be free I guess the ground will break my fall
Lately I’ve been lost gotta find me an albatross
To lead me back into my port of call hey I hey I
Got something to tell you hey I hey I never meant to hurt you
Gotta get my stuff and go gotta leave to free my soul
Lately I’ve been out of my head again
I don’t know what I have found
I feel at home here I’m not alone here
Lot of messed up heads in this town
But I never drew one single word from you
You lay there hidden in the prone
I never proved to be anything but an oddity I guess I’m better of alone
Hey I hey I got something to tell you hey I hey I never meant to hurt you
Gotta get my stuff and go gotta leave to free my soul
She seemed almost demented
as she frantically repented
for the crime in which she filled her empty bowl,
it was empty like her soul
She kneeled inside the confession booth,
and she told that holy man the truth
but the booth was empty,
frozen black as coal,
it was damp and cold.
Where are you gonna run to now?
You lost what faith you had somehow
Your show is over,
it’s time to take a bow
Where are you gonna run to now?
She spends her nights with lonely men
and she goes too far every now and then.
But it’s her longest running show
and the oldest job around,
they say she’s the best in town.
Where are you gonna run to now?
You lost what pride you had somehow
Your show is over,
it’s time to take a bow
Where are you gonna run to now?
Now in 5 more years she’ll be 23
And in a lot of ways she’s just like me
She gives away her body,
I give away my soul.
We’re always searching for life’s treasures to unfold.
We give it all to you
yet we have no pot of gold.
So where are we gonna run to now?
We lost what love we had somehow,
we’re on this one way highway
until the bitter end
but where are we gonna run to then?