1. |
Talk About It
04:12
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Well I'd like to talk about it
to get it off of my chest
It's easier to forget the whole thing, that's what I guess
And no one even questions what it is that I am
The hardest part is knowing that I'm
I'm doin all I can
and i'm trying to be
stronger than i am
well nothing has changed around here
everyone they're just the same
except maybe you call me by a
a different name
and the days of old they have past us by
a thousand years a thousand tears in the blink
the blink of an eye
and I'm tring to be
stronger than i am
if it's strength that you need i can pick you up
and if it's time you want from me
we can watch the clock
but if it's patience you need
you'll have to take that from me
cause i'm too busy being something i am
i am not
and i'd like to talk about it
to get it off of my chest
it's easier to forget the whole thing
that's what i guess
and this may indeed this may
this may be the end
but after this is over we get to start over again.
jf
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2. |
Before The Reckoning
03:00
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There's too much on my mind to
get it all into words
my rambling about hopeless dreams
you've already heard
there's a thousand chapters and verses
but none of it makes sense
all trying to prove my gratitude..
and the way things should've been
before the burden, before the dream
before you gave me a voice to sing
before 'I love you' became obscene
before the reckoning
It's a waste of time i'm certain
our investment in these dreams
none of it returns a profit
and cold is all it brings
but you can't take it with you
and you won't seem to give it away
so when you go I guess they'll go too
all of the beautiful things you say
before the burden, before the dream
before you gave me a voice to sing
before 'I love you' became obscene
before the reckoning
before the reckoning, before I go
before we till under all we grow
before the sun is consumed by snow
I need to know I'm not alone
that I didn't waste my words
I didn't miss my mark
I didn't lose my way
into your heart
before I go, I need to know
before the reckoning
There's too much on my mind
to get it all into words
my rambling about hopeless dreams
you've already heard
there's a thousand chapters and verses
but none of it makes sense
all trying to prove my gratitude..to you
jf
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3. |
Complacently Yours
04:37
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Well you've got a lot of nerve
and I knew that long before now
and i'm not quite what you'd heard
and I guess that's my fault somehow
Well if it get's better when you're farther away
drop me a line and let me know
i know it's not the right thing
it's the polite thing I wanna say
I know this isn't how you wanted things to go
It was always understood
we never spoke those words, of course
we were young and we did the best that we could
and I signed the letter 'Complacently Yours'
Down the road don't you think
this'll make us stronger
and that makes the whole thing all worth while
and honestly when i look back, back on the parts that i can remember
you always made me smile
And it was always understood
we never spoke those words, of course
we were young and we did ...we did
the best that we could
and I signed the letter ' Complacently Yours'
I brought you flowers to celebrate
us being apart
two days before you were to go away
i crossed my fingers i could break
i could break your heart
but you got the last laugh cause
you had a two day headstart
and it was always understood
we never spoke those words of course
we were young and we did the best we could
and i sign the letter...'Complacently Yours'
jf
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4. |
Butterfly
02:29
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I've bee trying
to find a way to say that we
dismember the laughter when we
argue and deceive
everything so quietly
guarded by
a butterfly
Ushered by and then into
the relic of the morning dew
better those who left as new
guarded by
a butterfly
So let's try not to
try not to mess things up this time
a little piece of reason tucked away inside the rhyme
we cannot go to sleep and my
mouth is getting dry
pray for the strength of
a butterfly
Dirt turns into doves and then
two may become three
I've been everything that I know...
I know how to be
I'm clever enough to know better than to try
and by the look of things ...anyway...
it seems like you and I
we are guarded by
a butterfly
jf
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5. |
Laura's Song (Enough)
04:17
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I wait for words that I don't have
little straws that I grasp at
dream a dream that I can't see
you make look easy
and it's days like this...it's hard to rest
I dream of wake I am confused at best
and I wait for you to sort out the mess
you make it look easy
And I can't find my way out of here
and I don't know where I'm going
I'm not sure if there is anything
in my mind that is worth knowing
but I have a lot of love
I'm just not sure that is enough
What you've done is overshadow
A life's work is suddenly shallow
How do you keep up ...how do
you make it look so easy
you make it look easy
and I can't find my way out of here
and I don't know where I'm going
I'm not sure if there is anything
in my mind that is worth knowing
but I have a lot of love
I'm just not sure that is enough
I can't find my way out of here
and I don't know where I'm going
I'm not sure if there is anything
in my mind that is worth knowing
I can't find my way out of here
I was born the wrong day it's suddenly clear
and the answers won't seem to appear
but I want so badly for you to hear
that I have a lot of love
I'm just not sure that is enough
jf
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6. |
Smoke
03:03
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Trying to say the same old thing
in some kind of a new way
and although defeating
I am still repeating
the words I heard that day
a friend of mine said it first
but I'll say it again
if you were smoke
then i would breathe you in
I'd fill myself up with the poison that I desire
and I'd throw my body to the fire, to the fire
I could talk all day about your skin and your eyes
be exactly the kind of lines that I despise
so I'll save us the trouble and the breathe
that I would have wasted
save it for those lips that I
might have never tasted
a friend of mine said it first
but I'll say it again
if you were smoke then
I would breathe you in
I'd fill myself up with
the poison that I desire
and throw my body
to the fire, to the fire
If you were smoke I would breathe you in
If you are the devil I forgive your sins
and in case you ever forget I'll say it again
If you were smoke then I'd breathe you in
If you were smoke
If you were smoke then
If you were smoke then I'd breathe you in
jf
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7. |
Obvious
03:21
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So you tried to disguise yourself as less conspicuous
some kind of mystery, with all sorts of history
turns out you're obvious
And now you find yourself alone inside yourself
that's just like yourself
Alone with that lonely book you've written
and you'll never be Socrates
you are not he
why would you ever want to be
So now you turn the test on me
Me, your only friend
on what you said when you knew
that I wasn't listening
I wasn't listening
and you'll never be Socrates
you are not he
i agree
why would you ever want to be
why would you want to be
So I tried to disguise myrself as less conspicuous
but that's ridiculous
cause I am just
so obvious
jf
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8. |
Last Word
03:17
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It's not for me to say if you are wasting your time
it's obvious your intentions... they are different than mine
But it's hard, hard to look away from a fire
that burns like fate
and I've been biting my tongue for so long now
I can no longer taste
Taste the defense
the determination
we all have our reservations
about the things we know we never heard
fighting for the last word
Over time our memories fail
Some say it's sad, I'd say a blessing
forget the blackness, we fill it up with white lies
but no one is confessing
and innocence it escapes us the same way
we escape justice
if only for a moment in her eyes then it's back to
the defense
determination
we all have our
reservations
about the things we know we never heard
fighting for the last word
save me from the fire that I started
bath me in the blood of the broken-hearted
forgive me for all the truths I have disregarded
deafened by...the last word
the last word
this is the last word
jf
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9. |
Back to the Laughter
04:46
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the complicated live of my simple people
make me wish wish i could slow down
for my friends
and I don't know if i will ever get
back to my beginnings
and I wish I could get back by your side again
back to the laughter
back by your side
back to the ones in whom i confide
back to the place where
i know your eyes
are waiting to see me
back by your side
i'm tired of the money
making up my mind
while life falls farther and farther behind
and i wish i could see you
with both of my eyes
can't wait to be
back by your side
back to the laughter
back to your side
back to the ones in whom
in whom i confide
back to the place where
the door is open wide
back to ...back to your side
there's nothing to prove
nothing to win
the game is over
before we begin
and i hope you see through
disappointment i find
away from you, waiting to, get back to your side
jf
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10. |
Lovin' Is Easy
03:22
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The question, it arises time after time ... and again
roommates, classmates, cellmates, soulmates,
next door neighbors and the best of friends
they wanna know if love is dangerous
and how it ever comes to happen
we look to the stars for direction we are
we are prophets and we are sea captains
and lovin is easy
and everybody knows how
the hardest part's the waitin, the wishin, the wantin,
the wondering what to do till
one day when you figure out
loving is easy
historically speaking, you know love happens to everyone
it sneaks up behind you to knock you down
that's loves idea of fun
but love won't hurt you
it's not some stunt that you do
it's like breathing, just like bleeding
it's like your children they keep growing
without you even knowing
and lovin is easy
and everybody knows how
the hardest part's the waitin, the wishin, the wantin,
the wondering what to do till
one day when you figure out
loving is easy
loving is as loving does and loving happens
just because
loving is a part of us and love is one thing you can trust
and now that we have discussed it
i sure hope you can see
that lovin is easy
jf
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11. |
The Urge
04:10
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I've been resisting the urge
barely existing, choking to death on every word
hidin' behind my confidence
I wait until the time is right
and I almost let the cat out of the bag tonight
I almost messed up and told you
what I wanna do ....is
It's not my place to say and really
there's nothin' I can do
Should be on my way instead of fallin' apart
in front of you
You remember when I told you
that you looked nice....
what I wanted to say was
DAMN you're beautiful...in the moonlight
and I almost messed up and told you
what I wanna do is
hold you, kiss you
touch your face and tell you how I missed you
and I wish you wanted this too
but before it slips out
you cover my mouth
and when the silence it becomes awkward
and your eyes meet mine
you make your escape from me
every time
but what you don't know is that
long after you're gone
those eyes haunt me.....
like a sad song
and I can't believe I almost told you
what I wanna do
what I want from you
is to hold you..
jf
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12. |
Wait
04:00
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The road we travel winds and winds
sometimes dark, it's sometimes dirty
and sometimes I'm just blind
But you're so kind to light my way
and if it seems I fall behind
don't you worry about me
wait for me when you get there
i want to see that smile
i want to know that it's harder to fall down
than it is to walk the extra mile
wait for me when you get there
there is a time and there's a place
for everything we will ever face
and i may rest along the way
i will do what is required of me and
do it at my pace
wait for me when you get there
i want to see that smile
i want to know that it's harder to fall down
than it is to walk the extra mile
wait for me when you get there
I'm not sure what we're searching for
is anything that we will ever find
the distance between us,
the dreams that need us
but wherever you go
I won't be far behind
wait for me when you get there...
jf
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13. |
Truth Is
04:12
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Well everything about our lives is simple
every dream finds it's own song
and everyone that's in this life is little
and this is the storm before the calm
and everyone that i know they are fighting
with someone or something inside themselves
the truth is, oh the truth is, the truth is
what we're fighting above all else
the truth is we all keep lying
the truth is that we all know why
the truth hurts, there's no denying
and truth, oh truth will never die
and everything about our lives is simple
every dream we have finds a song
and everyone in this life is little
and this is the storm before the calm
and the truth is we all keep lying
the truth is that we all know why
the truth hurts, there's no denying
and truth...oh truth will never die
and everything in this life is simple
jf
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14. |
Thinking Of You
03:42
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well i don't have anything to say
nothing much happened today
the mail ran and the rain it came
i wonder how things are your way
and i don't have any stories to tell
everyone round here is well
tomorrow we're gonna work until
we hear the sweet sound of that bell
and tonight's like every other night
there's nothing here to do
so i write the letter again, the one says i've been
i've been thinking of you
tomorrow the suns gonna shine
i can feel it i guess
just like i can feel your smile
when the last of the light it dies out in the west
and you know in the end
we're gonna end up here again
the same stamp and same envelope
and the same old friend
tonight's like every other night
there ain't nothing here to do
so i write the letter again
the one says 'i've been'
thinking of you
and then the sun came crashing in
before i had a chance to begin
so i start where it always ends
i start with 'i have been thinking of you'
jf
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15. |
One Track Mind
03:41
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Jefferson Fox Jackson
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