1. Birthday
She said “Nothing’s going for me here anymore
I’m going to walk through the front door
Kiss my family goodbye,kiss my old life goodbye
And I know it’ll be a long time until I see her again
She’s getting a new life, hanging out with new friends
Of course I am happy for her,
But I am sad for me.
You’re twenty years old today
So how does it feel anyway?
Is it better than before?
Do you love your life more?
You’re older than me
By eight weeks.
The universe still spins around and around
I was sure it would stop with you not in town
But it’s turning,
And I’m learning.
Everyone moves onto something new
If I could change it I would but I cannot
It’s too big for my hands
You’re the only one who would understand.
There’s not much else that I can say,
Except I hope you have a really great day
I’m wishing you could come over and play guitar
But anyway,
Happy birthday
2. Just Though I’d Write
I know it’s been a while,
But I just thought that I’d write
To see if you’re still there, to see if you still care
And what’s happening to you,
In you’re part of the world
Is everything okay?
How do you occupy your days?
It’s been such a long time,
And I just thought that I’d write,
On this boring night.
I remember things I never would,
You and I in my neighbourhood
With guitars we used to strum
That seperated us from everyone
But we’re not like them
Is what we used to sing
Two seperate lives the same, and how close we came
Sitting in my room,
And I just thought that I’d write,
On such a boring night.
I cry over you every night,
I hope that is alright
A love that will never die,
But no longer can I try
Because the silence is killing me
It’s haunting me you see
It follows me around but it never makes a sound
It’s been such a long time,
And I just thought that I’d write,
On this boring night.
3. Painting
It started out just like anything starts out
Uncertainty is certain when you are dealing with me
Please take the long drive home,
So I can be with someone who won’t bring me down,
You never could bring me down
Piece by piece this painting will fall into place
I’m looking everywhere but I can only see you’re face
Been watching you,watching me too
I’ll take a step back so you can focus clearly
It gets so hot here,
I swear summer will bring a tear and burn our eyes,
It will burn our eyes
Piece by piece this painting will fall into place
I’m looking everywhere but I can only see you’re face
The best thing that I could do,
Is wait for you to find someone new.
.
I close my eyes and count to ten,
I see a painting of you leaving…
You are leaving…
4. Girl From Toledo
Met a girl from Toldeo
She showed me all there was to show
She took me to a park named after Jamie Farr
And we danced real slow, deep below
The starry sky in the autumn night
Pretty girl from Toledo
She asked me all there was to know
She asked me about my country and I told her what I know
She said “That beach sounds nice,that one down from you’re parents house”
We drove through her old school
On her every word a breath I drew
She was a beauty waiting for someone,
Anyone but this old clown I know
So I took a snapshot with my memory,
An imagined photograph of her and me
5. You’re Home, I’m Home
I’ve been down this road before
Where the streetlight shines upon your door
And it’s stranger than it’s ever been
I couldn’t begin to tell you what I’ve seen
And the cars drive on by
Their lights are kind of blinding my eyes
I forget where I am
And I’ll talk to you only when I can
Spare me your time,
And save me a ticket for the show
I wander through town
Where all my favourite shops are closing down
And I’ve got my head down
Staring at the ground
Two people walk on by
The isolation only makes me want to die
But I’ll make it on my own
To the one place I can call my own
Spare me your time,
And save me a ticket for the show
You’re home, I’m home
I’ll disconnect the phone
If you want to talk to me you know where I live
In the bottom of that little street
It’s a cul-de-sac where I hardly sleep
Come on over and I swear that’s where I’ll be
We’ll drink some wine
We’ll be together and who knows what we’ll find
Spare me your time,
And save me a ticket for the show
6. Hey, Broken Girl
hey, broken girl
singing on my radio
you’re singing soft and low
and i don’t want you to go
sing me to sleep
and hold me when i weep
hold me in my sleep
and don’t you ever leave
i thought of you today
twenty-seven times, i’d say
i dreamt about you on the train
i held you in a picture frame
eric’s all alone, you’re a broken girl
going it alone…
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