DODGE
(MUSIC/LYRICS:D. SMITH)
5/09
HEARD A STORY I DON’T WANNA BELIEVE
MY HEAD IS TELLING ME IT’S RIGHT
I’M JUST PLAYIN’ ALONG
I USED TO WEAR A BUSTED HEART ON MY SLEEVE
YOU KNOW IT’S STILL RIGHT HERE
STILL RIGHT HERE
IT’S NEVER OVER, BUT IT’S UNDER THE WHEELS
WHEELS ARE DRIVIN’ ME CRAZY
STARIN’ HOURS STRAIGHT INTO THE SUN
I’M GOIN’ NOWHERE BUT I’M DYIN’ TO LEAVE
YOU KNOW I’M STILL RIGHT HERE
STILL RIGHT HERE
I’M NOT ANGRY
AT ALL THIS TIME
I’M JUST LOST
I THOUGHT WE’D BE FINE IN THE MIDDLE
IF WE LIED JUST A LITTLE, RIGHT ON
I THOUGHT WE COULD STAND ON THE BRAKES
(DODGE) OUR MISTAKES, I WAS WRONG
I THOUGHT WE COULD DIM ALL THE LIGHTS
SWEAT OUT THE NIGHTS
CHANGE OUR WAYS WHEN THE MOMENT WAS RIGHT
BUT WE’RE DAMNED IF WE DO, DAMNED IF WE DON’T TONIGHT
DAYLIGHT ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME RUNNIN’
WHEN YOU’RE DAMAGED
I’VE GOT BLOOD ON THESE HANDS
SO I’M GUARDING THIS CONFESSION
LIKE I’M DOWN TO MY LAST POSSESSION
I’M NOT ANGRY
I’M OUT OF TIME
I GOT LOST
DEAR JOHN,
(MUSIC/LYRICS: D. SMITH)
HERE, STARING HOLES INTO THE GLOOM
STILL REELING IN THE AFTERMATH
AND CHOKING ON THE FUMES
CAN’T SHAKE, THE NEWS
OLD NEWS TO YOU
TO ME A FLASH, A CUE I MUST’VE MISSED I GUESS
AN UGLY TRUTH, A BLOODY MESS
IN YOUR STONE-COLD KILLIN’ DEAR JOHN LETTER
NOTHING COULD’VE SAID IT BETTER
IN YOUR ARMS
I NEVER SAW IT COMIN’
AND NOW YOU’RE TELLING ME
YOU WERE ALWAYS GONE
IN YOUR LIES
I NEVER STOPPED BELIEVIN’
JUST HAPPY BREAKIN’ EVEN
BARELY HANGIN’ ON
WHILE YOU WERE ALWAYS GONE
NOW, YOU’RE THE VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD
THE EYES WHEN I SEE RED
AND EVERY BREATH I TAKE
IS ONE MORE HEART YOU’RE SURE TO BREAK
LIKE YOU BROKE ME WITH YOUR DEAR JOHN LETTER
NOTHING COULD’VE HURT ME BETTER
THE GHOST
(MUSIC/LYRICS:D. SMITH)
08/09
MAYBE THERE’S NO MEDICINE
IF IT WAS, YOU WOULDA BEEN
TOUGH ENOUGH TO FACE IT ALONE
NOW YOU’RE TALKIN’ MORTAL SIN
KNOWIN’ ONCE YOU PULL THE PIN
IT’S NOTHIN’ BUT THE SKIN AND THE BONE
WHEN YOU GET LOST INSIDE YOUR HEAD
WHO’S GONNA FIND YOU THERE
YOU DRAG YOUR FEET, THE WALKING DEAD
LIKE NOBODY CARES
BUT YOU STILL GET LOOSE, I KNOW
I’VE SEEN YOU HIGH
AND YOUR HANDS KEEP JESUS CLOSE
‘CAUSE HE GETS YOU BY
WHEN YOU JUST CAN’T LOSE THE GHOST
IN THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE
ALWAYS ON THE LOSIN’ END
SOMEONE MUSTA HAD IT IN FOR YOU
AND YOU’VE BEEN DIGGIN’ IN TO HIDE
NEVER FIRE, ONLY SMOKE
DONE WITH MIRRORS, NOW THEY’RE BROKE
SEVEN YEARS OF LOW LIFE INSIDE
WHAT YOU’VE GOT RUNNIN’ THROUGH YOUR HEAD
WHO PUT THE NOTIONS THERE
THEY’VE GOT YOU BRINGIN’ OUT YOUR DEAD
AND SAVIN’ A PRAYER
(CHORUS)
THERE’S NO RHYME
NO REASON TO RUN FOR COVER
THERE’S NO TIME
AIN’T A SEASON THAT CAN’T BE COLD
BULLETS IN THE GUN AGAIN
PRESSURE’S ON THE SON
(CHORUS)
BREAK ME DOWN
(MUSIC/LYRICS:D. SMITH)
I'M COLD, CORED AND OUT OF LIGHT
I'M GONE, FADED OUT OF SIGHT
I'VE SEEN, SEEN JUST WHO YOU ARE TONIGHT
I'VE BEEN BIDING MY TIME
STEALING FROM THE SCENE OF YOUR CRIME
EVERYBODY STARES
MY HANDS CAN'T TURN BACK THE CLOCK
I STAND, BRACED FOR AFTERSHOCK
I HAVE NO MORE TIME
I'VE BEEN SPARING MY MIND
TELLING MYSELF THERE'S BEEN NO CRIME
SO I DON'T HAVE TO CARE
OR WATCH YOU BREAK, BREAK ME DOWN
'CAUSE I'M NOT FEELING YELLOW
I'M NOT FEELING YELLOW
I'M NOT FEELING NOW
I'LL TAKE SOMETHING FOR MY HEAD
IT ACHES, EVERY SHADE OF RED
I NEED SOMETHING JUST TO FEEL LESS THAN DEAD
I'VE BEEN OUT OF MY MIND
TALKING TO MYSELF ALL THE TIME
EVERYBODY STARES
TO WATCH YOU BREAK, BREAK ME DOWN
'CAUSE I'M NOT FEELING YELLOW
I'M NOT FEELING YELLOW
I'M NOT FEELING NOW
WHAT IT IS TO FALL
(MUSIC/LYRICS: D. SMITH) 9/09
LAY ME DOWN, HEART ATTACKS
LIGHTS SHINE FROM NOWHERE, BLACK
OFF WITH THE CLOTHES, YOU LAUGH
ONCE WE GET GONE, THERE’S NO GOING BACK
IT’S DEEP INTO THIS UNKNOWN
WHERE THE CHILL’S CHASED FROM EVERY BONE
YOUR WILL’S GOT A MIND OF IT’S OWN
YOU’RE NERVOUS, I’M SO NERVOUS
‘CAUSE EVERYBODY TOLD ME, OR MAYBE I SUPPOSED
THAT I’D KNOW HOW THIS GOES
THEN YOU CAME
AND SUDDENLY THAT SUMMER
I WAS MADE
A MAN WHO’D SEEN IT ALL
BUT IN YOUR WAKE
YOU LEFT ME TO DISCOVER
JUST WHAT IT IS TO FALL
CAREFUL, THE WORLD MIGHT SEE
WE’RE NOT WHO WE USED TO BE
IT’S ONLY SAFE WHEN IT’S YOU AND ME
TANGLED AND TIED TO THIS OLD MYSTERY
DOWN IN MY GUT, I GUESS
SOME KIND OF RESTLESSNESS
THINKIN’ YOU’D RATHER LIE THAN CONFESS
I’M NERVOUS, YOU’RE NERVOUS
‘CAUSE SOMEBODY’S BEEN TALKING
EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT’S JUST HOW THIS GOES
BUT WHEN YOU CAME
SUDDENLY THAT SUMMER
I WAS MADE
THE MAN WHO’D SEEN IT ALL
NOW IN YOUR WAKE
HOW QUICKLY I DISCOVERED
JUST WHAT IT IS TO FALL
(FALL) I TOOK THINGS FOR GRANTED
I DID, I DID
I CRAWLED
I FUMBLED AND I PANICKED
I WAS JUST A LOVESICK KID
(LEAD)
(CHORUS OUT)
UNSPOKEN
6/02/09
(MUSIC/LYRICS: D. SMITH)
YOU’RE SO CLOSE, NO, MAYBE, NOT YET
YOU BREAK DOWN, WITH NOONE THERE TO HOLD YOU
LIGHTS OUT, YOU’RE BEGGIN’ ON YOUR KNEES
THERE’S SO MUCH THAT SOMEONE SHOULD’VE TOLD YOU
LIKE THIS IS WHERE YOU LAND WHEN YOU’RE TOO HIGH
THIS IS WHERE YOU RUN FROM THE BAD GUYS
THIS IS WHERE YOU HIDE YOUR FACE AND CRY
WHEN YOUR HEART, IT’S BROKEN AND YOU’LL DIE
IF THE WORDS, THEY GO UNSPOKEN
YOUR BIG NEWS IS SINKIN’ LIKE A STONE
A LITTLE WHITE LIE, YOU’LL PUT IT ALL BEHIND YOU
OUTSIDE, THE COLD IS CREEPIN’ IN
THERE’S NO TIME TO LOSE BEFORE IT FINDS YOU
WHEN THIS IS HOW YOU COPE, WITH A CHEAP HIGH
IF THIS IS HOW YOU RUN WITH THE BAD GUYS
YOU MIGHT WANNA HIDE YOUR FACE AND CRY
WHEN YOUR HEART GETS BROKEN
AND YOU’LL DIE
WHEN THE WORDS, THEY GO UNSPOKEN
AS FAR AS I RECALL, YOU MADE NO ENEMIES
YOU WERE THE BELLE OF THE BALL, EVERY BOY’S DREAM
AND NOW AND THEN I FALL INTO A REVERIE
POST SCRIPT, WHEN I WAKE IT, OCCURS TO ME
YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS TOO HIGH
NOW YOU HAVE TO RUN TO THE BAD GUYS
YOU DON’T WANNA HIDE YOUR FACE AND CRY
BUT YOUR HEART IS BROKEN
AND YOU DIE
AS THE WORDS, THEY GO UNSPOKEN
HAPPY HERE
(MUSIC:LEE CORAM/DENNY SMITH LYRICS:DENNY SMITH)
THEY SAY WE WERE HAPPY HERE
THEY SAY LOTS OF THINGS
THEY SMILE ‘TIL THE COAST IS CLEAR
THEN THEY WHISPER UGLY THINGS
THEY’D TAKE ALL YOUR LIBERTIES
THEY ENVY WHAT YOU HAVE
THEY SHIVER IN THE WAKE OF THIS
THEY PRAY FOR IT TO PASS
(CHORUS)
THEY BURN DOWN THE WILDERNESS
THAT SURROUNDS YOUR ACHING HEART
THEY STRIP ALL BUT HOPE AWAY
LET YOU LANGUISH IN THE DARK
(CHORUS)
WEAR THIS SHADOW
KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE SHUT
THEY’LL TELL YOU WHAT TO BELIEVE
THEY SAY WE WERE HAPPY HERE
ISN'T SHE GOLD
(MUSIC/LYRICS: D. SMITH)
I GET SO TIRED
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU’RE DOIN’ TO ME
I FEEL SO WIRED
LIKE I’M STARRIN’ IN MY OWN “B”’ MOVIE
BUT IT’S ONLY IN MY HEAD
SUPERNOVA, CHERRY RED
ISN’T SHE GOLD
ISN’T SHE GOLD
I FEEL SO STRANGE
LIKE SOMEONE PUT MY HEART IN A BRAIN BOX
I FEEL SO LAME
LIKE DANCING WITH BOTH FEET IN ONE SOCK
BUT IT’S ONLY IN MY HEAD
BOY GENIUS, SIMON SAID
ISN’T SHE GOLD
ISN’T SHE GOLD
ISN’T SHE GOLD
NOW EVERY THOUGHT’S A MYSTERY
AND THE TV DON’T MAKE SENSE TO ME
‘CAUSE I’M COLORBLIND AND ALL I SEE
IS THE THING THAT SHE APPEARS TO BE
ISN’T SHE GOLD
(PIANO SOLO)
BUT IT’S ONLY IN MY HEAD
MINUS ZERO, COUNT ME DEAD
ISN’T SHE GOLD
ISN’T SHE GOLD
UNDERTOW
(MUSIC/LYRICS: D. SMITH)
08/09
THIS I KNOW
THIS I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW
THIS I SAY, THIS I PRAY I’LL GET AWAY
WITH ALL THESE HOLES
UNBELIEVEABLES
THEY’RE SO, THEY’RE SO
SO TRANSPARENT, I SUPPOSE
I KEEP WONDERING WHEN THIS NOSE GROWS
THAT’S ENOUGH FOR ME
TO FEEL SO HEAVY
I CAN’T ROLL
I’VE GOTTEN IN TOO DEEP
THE CURRENT’S HEADY
IT’S UNDERTOW
TAKE IT SLOW, TAKE IT EASY AS YOU GO
DOWN BELOW
THERE’S A PLACE SHE LETS ME KNOW
MY EYES ARE CLOSED
CAN’T SEE THE THREATS SHE POSED, NO
YOU DEVIL, MRS. JONES
I’M FEELIN’ RIGHT AT HOME
AND THAT’S ENOUGH FOR YOU
TO GET ME READY
TO STEAL MY SOUL
I’M DIGGIN’ IN MY HEELS
BUT I’M UNSTEADY
IT’S UNDERTOW
(LEAD)
THIS I KNOW
THIS I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW
THIS I SAY, THIS I PRAY I GET AWAY
WITH ALL THESE HOLES
UNBELIEVEABLES
DANCE ALONE
(MUSIC/LYRICS: D. SMITH)
WE COULD BE SHOT RIGHT HERE
EVERYTHING BLOWN
HE’LL MAKE YOU FAMOUS DEAR
AN’ I’LL BE DEAD AND GONE
HE’LL GET YOU HIGH
AN’ HE’LL KEEP YOU HIGH
I’LL BE SIX FEET UNDER ASKING MYSELF WHY
I’M LEAVIN’ IT UP TO FATE
WE WERE ALREADY HALFWAY HOME
IF THIS IS WHERE WE GO DOWN
I’M NOT READY TO ROLL THE BONES
MAYBE YOU’RE OVER ME
MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
THAT THIS IS HOW WE DANCE ALONE
IT DOESN’T SEEM REAL ENOUGH
BUT THERE’S NO DOUBT
IT SHOULDN’T BE SO EASY FOR YOU
LIKE BREATHIN’ IN, BREATHIN’ OUT
IT GETS YOU HIGH
AND IT KEEPS YOU HIGH
I’M JUST A NOTE IN THE MARGIN, SCRIBBLED TO PASS THE TIME
(CHORUS)
YOU CALL THEM YOUR SECRETS
BUT EVERYONE KNOWS
THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS
IS STARTING TO SHOW
(CHORUS)
EVERYTHING YOU KNEW
(MUSIC/LYRICS:DENNIS SMITH) 05/09
WHAT THEY SAY
HONEY DON’T BELIEVE IT
THEY’RE JUST BODIES DIGGIN’ AT YOUR FLESH AND BONE
‘TIL IT BREAKS
AND THEY BURY YOU BENEATH IT
AIN’T NO LIFE IN LIVIN’ WITH THE DEAD AND GONE
WHEN IT ACHES
LIKE EVERYTHING YOU KNEW WAS WRONG
YOU CRY TOO SOON
EXISTENTIAL MYSTERIES, SOME CRISIS IN BLOOM
YOU HANG TOO LONG
A STILL-LIFE STUDY OR A FUNERAL SONG
IF YOU’RE STONED
DON’T BOTHER SIGNALLING ‘TIL SHE COMES
IF YOU DON’T
I’LL KEEP REMEMBERING
YOU WERE ONCE, YOU WERE ONCE
(CHORUS)
YOU STAND TOO CLOSE
MESSIN’ IN THE MISERY THAT CURSES THE MOST
AND YOU DREAM TOO LOUD
BUT YOU’RE SO DAMN PRETTY WITH YOUR HEAD IN A CLOUD
LIKE A SAINT
I KEEP REMEMBERING
YOU WERE ONCE, YOU WERE ONCE
FINDING GRACE
(MUSIC/LYRICS:D. SMITH)
09/09
TAKE YOUR TIME, DEAR
BURN IT SLOW
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, LISTEN
WHAT YOUR MIND HEARS
I DON’T KNOW
ALL YOUR WORST FEARS
STOP, GO
LEAVE THIS HOUSE, CHILD
LOSE YOUR NAME
IN THE GARDEN, HEARTS
FIND THEIR VOICES
AT THE GATE
MAKE YOUR CHOICES
RUN, WAIT
I CAN’T BE THE ONE
I CAN’T FILL THE SPACE
I CAN’T SAVE YOU NOW
IN THIS PLACE
BUT YOU’LL FIND YOURS
GRACE
IN THESE DARK HOURS
KEEP HIM CLOSE
TINY VOICES, SAY
LAY YOUR ARMS DOWN
LEAVE YOUR THINGS
THE COACH IS WAITING
ANGELS SING
I CAN’T FOLLOW NOW
I CAN’T LEAVE THE RACE
BUT I CAN SET YOU FREE
FROM THIS PLACE
TO GO FIND YOURS
GRACE
THERE’S NO TIME, DEAR
YOU MUST GO
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS
I KNOW
