lyrics

acoustic lyrics
a million places	stand	ashes	bad for you	nothing changed
from the breaking and entering cd
dancing out of time	angel in red		hangin' on by a thread
surrender your love	a lot to learn		long time	beverly
fair warning	turn your back		running from a dream
the ravyns
raised on the radio	second hand		don't leave me this way
no regular woman	give me one chance		ready for romance	cool boy
from the remnants cd
i'll be waitin' for you			cryin' 'bout it (don't do any good)
can't shake it			too hot to hold
miscellaneous
6:18

all songs written by Rob Fahey

I made my moves not looking back
I'd cross a bridge, they burn my tracks
Another stormy night
Another rainy day
Another road in sight

I must have looked in a million places
But i never looked at love like this before
Not before i found you
I must have dreamed of a million faces
But none of my dreams were real until i saw
Not until i saw you ('til i saw you)

Night after night, day into day
I set my sights, i lose my way
Another broken smile
Another empty glass
Another lonely mile

What if i could cry
Then maybe i could play your hand
What if i should die
Maybe you would understand
If love ain't all it's cracked up to be
Neither is a one night...

Stand where you want to be
Stand a little closer to me
Be where you want to stand

What if i should fall
Would you be there to rescue me
'Cause i've been climbing walls
But i've been doing it invisibly
In spite of all the pain and misery
In due time we all should get to

Be where you want to stand
Come a little closer to land
Stand where you want to be

Stand where you want to be
Stand a little closer to me
Be where you want to stand

Stand where you want to be
Stand a little closer to me
Stand where you want to be

I'll be the ocean when you weep
I'll guard secrets that you keep
I'll be there when it all goes down
And when your skies are turning gray
I'll chase the shades of blues away
Until your sun comes back around

When it all comes down to ashes
Where the fire and fury clashes
When it all comes down to bridges that we burn

And when that house you built so sound
It burns and crumbles to the ground
I'll be there when the embers fly

I'll curse the moment that you weep
I'll save the dreams you wanna keep
Until you open up your eyes

I'm alright on my own
I was used to bein' alone
I have everything I need
But then I start to bleed

Sometimes we need a little love
Sometimes we just stay blind
Sometimes we just stay numb

I didn't know that I was falling for someone
I didn't know what I was getting into
I didn't think that I would get it this
Bad for you

Your voice across the phone
A tender minute gone
Your whisper in my mind
Now I hear it all the time

Sometimes we get a little low
Somestimes we just give up
Sometimes it isn't enough

I didn't know that I was falling for someone
I didn't know what I was getting into
I didn't think that I would get it this
Bad for you

A father in strife
A mother in pain
A son of a gun
A ball and a chain
Maybe it's me

A glimmer of hope
A basket of dreams
A bucket of shit
And sometimes it seems
That's all it will be

I've held my breath at least a thousand times
I've closed my eyes until the world was blind
And i've found
Nothing had changed

An hour of war
A minute of peace
A mountain of lies
The secret we keep
That's all i can see

A father in strife
A mother in pain
A son of a gun
A ball and a chain
Maybe it's me

I've held my breath at least a thousand times
I've closed my eyes until the world was blind
And i've found
Nothing had changed
I've filled myself 'til i was tranquilized
I've fed my thirst until the well was dry
And i've found
Nothing had changed

You sweep across the floor
From an estranged position
A face I've seen in my mind at least a thousand times
You speak in 7/4 but you never listen
While step by step we engage in endless panamime
You run into the night
Without a destination
I trace your steps but you leave me on a broken wire
I fall into your sight with little reservation
We dance around the flame but never feed the fire
Slipping over the edge
Falling into the dark of night
Running fast as I can in a crooked line
Dancing out of time

I don't want to hurt you
I don't intend to try
Abandon or desert you
Or make you cry

Too many tears have fallen
Too many dreams have died
Too many words were stolen
Too many lies

And when you lay your head at night
I'll be a shoulder for you if you cry
And when you wake up from your fright
I'm gonna hold on to you, hold on to you

'Cause when you're lost in it all
I'm gonna find you
And when your back's to the wall
I'll be behind you
And when your stars start to fall
I won't let them blind you
Angel in red

Another night in heaven
Another day of hell
They play with your affection
Then bid you farewell

They take your love for token
Leave on a wing and a prayer
But when your wings are broken
I'll still be there

'Cause when you're lost in it all
I'm gonna find you
And when your back's to the wall
I'll be behind you
And when your stars start to fall
I won't let them blind you
Angel in red

I can't turn my mind off
To the things in my head
I can't make my ears numb
To little things that you've said
I can't make no sense of it all baby
But I'm holdin' on instead
I'm hangin' on by a thread
Hangin' on by a thread

I don't want to let you go, girl
I don't want to understand
It kills me just thinkin' of you
In the arms of another man
I'm clenchin' my fist a little tighter
'Til my arms feel like lead
I'm hangin' on by a thread
Hangin' on by a thread

Can't shake this feeling
I'm down on my knees again
But I'm hung up
I'm not strong enough
Tell me this love isn't dead
I'm hangin' on by a thread

I can't fight this feeling
I'm nearly goin' off the deep end
Well I've tried to
But I'm tied to you
Tell me this love isn't dead
Hangin' on by a thread
Hangin' on by a thread
(Hangin' on to you baby)

It wasn't long ago
I was thinkin' about
What you told me
Probably the last to know
And the first one to think
I was holding you in the game
I didn't feel any shame
But I ain't givin' up
I ain't givin' up
'Til I get you

I gotta have all your love
So surrender your love
I don't want any old love
I want you
(repeat)

There's been so many times
We said we wouldn't take passion for granted
If taking your love's a crime
The jury's decision was slanted
By jaded past
Questions that I'm never asked
But I ain't gonna lie
No I ain't gonna cry
I'm gonna get you

We never learn too much
From the rules never layed
Lonely and left untouched
From the love never made

We rock ourselves to sleep
Until our senses have gone numb
Incurring debts so deep
Repaying uequivalent sums

We've had our chance
We've had fair warning
Take us from the black of the night
Lead us to the morning

We hide behind a screen
Smoke and signals from the sky
We live beyond our means
Until we pray for a reply

We've had our chance
We've had fair warning
Take us from the black of the night
Lead us to the morning

Happy as a man
Living in the headlines
Without a trace of tears
On a sunny afternoon
The devil must have been there
Waiting for the night
To bait him
With his dark lies
Living on the top
Not about to stop
With nowhere left to go

He was out there
Running from a dream
Running from the scene
The scene's that they were planning

They were out there
Running from the night
Running for their lives
Straying to the warning

The night about to fade
He slipped into the red zone
A star out in the sky
That barely got to shine
An angel must have been there
Waiting for the light
To wake us from the dark sight

We've all been taking turns
But when are we gonna learn
There's so far yet to go

We were out there
Running from a dream
Running from the scene
The scenes that they were planning
We were out there
Running from the night
Running for our lives
With no where left to go

1956
When the dj broke to play us something new
Hearts broke
Hearts skipped
And we knew that this was made for me and you

When he told us he was lonely
He was speaking from the heart
I was much too young to know him
But I knew it was the start

I was rasied on the radio
Raised on the radio
Just an all American boy
Who found his favorite toy

Michelle
Lady Jane
Yeah, I fell in love with girls I never met
I learned to play guitar
While the other boys where busy learning math

But all the simplest equations
Never add up very far
When all my musical persuations kept me reaching for the stars

(chorus)
Remembering when times were bad
Love is all we need
And love was all we had

The room was close
With smoke pollution
Your first hello
Put me in revolution
Grew more intense
With every minute
Was no offense
But I liked your digits

Your girlfriend said
That I've got a head
Harder than a kitchen sink
Well my band is tough
But I'm so wound up
Don't leave me on the blink

I'm second hand
But that don't matter
I love your friend
But your the one I'm after
You put me down
But I can take a lickin'
I'm second hand
And I keep on tickin'

You couldn't believe that I was so insistant
You treated me cruel but I was shock resistant
You gave me the slip with no reservation
Now I'm slippin' it back with an explanation

Your friend and me shared a cup of tea
But that was merely just a fling
But if you think I'm harm
You better set your alarm
And keep a close watch on the thing

I watch her on the dance floor nearly every night
And all the other girls just dissapear
Caught up in a fantasy
I call for her to come to me
But she never hears

No regular woman
She no regular girl
That lady got something
Something put this boy in 'whirl
(repeat)

Her body move is graceful as the swallow fly
Her eyes they have the sparkle of the star
I want to take her back with me
Show her to my family and myshangri la

Last night I dreamed about her as a butterfly
She bring the gentle warm of the spring
She shared my humble offerings
She give me love then spread her wings
And fly away
Sure as spring comes summer
I must bring my love here
Sure as love surrounds her
I have found

When the sun drops
And the rush stops
I hear the traffic die
Through the hollow
Of my window
I hear the lovers' sigh
I think about you baby
Think of what we had
And it hurts so bad again, baby

Cryin 'bout it don't do any good
Baby you can cry all night, yeah
Cryin 'bout it don't do any good
It doesn't make one thing right, yeah
Cryin 'bout it don't do any good

In the darkness
Of what love's left
I let the tears go by
And the radio
It only echoes
A sleepless lullabye
I think about you, baby
Think of what you said
And it hurts so bad again, baby

Cryin 'bout it don't do any good
Baby you can cry all night, yeah
Cryin 'bout it don't do any good
It doesn't make one thing right, yeah
Cryin 'bout it don't do any good