Augustana Album

Remember back when seasons don't change
Late December winds bringin pain, back to me...
and I've been closing these doors for days
the sky is fallin down on my grave...

oh are we gonna make it?

South Pacific's whiskey and sin, now honey,
these angels got me talking again, jump slowly
gently as the breakin waves, I'm flying,

Come fly down, like a singing bird
Sings your name, I am still the same,
Black and white, no you're not to blame,
Holly sweet...put me down to shame...

Lights in the car in the park,
I'm falling on my face I know who we are...
and I ain't looking down for the rest of the night
a bullet in my head ended late last night...

Jack and coke, please take off your coat,
come and smile, please stay here a while,
come and dance, shuffle with a glance,
when you're gone, bring in for the dawn...

she's shaking in the car with the gun in her hands,
falling over love and a sweet romance,
and I ain't never thought it could come down to this,

Last call, for the moon tonight,
read all, rain on Friday night,
take back all the things I said,
lay down, rest your pretty head now...

Last call, no more drinks tonight,
and it's not your fault, its time to walk away from,
this velvet box, full of alcohol,
and TV talks, gone on far too long

take anything that's better for me...
take anything that's better for you...
take anything that's better for me...take it now...

shut up, I'm wrong, I know...but we can't talk about it,
all the wars we won, but we're still walking home,
don't give me your reasons, for all my bad intentions,
new york...LA..hey man, you know its all the same...

last call, everyone go home,
and take all the LA rain in,
because it won't fail too much more this year,

in the light of the sun, is there anyone? oh it has begun...
oh dear you look so lost, eyes are red and tears are shed,
this world you must've crossed...you said...

you don't know me, you don't even care,
you don't know me, you don't wear my chains...

essential and appealed, carry all your thoughts across
an open field,
when flowers gaze at you...they're not the only ones who cry
when they see you
you said...

you don't know me, you don't even care,
you don't know me, you don't wear my chains...

she said I think I'll go to Boston...
I think I'll start a new life,
I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name,
I'll get out of California, I'm tired of the weather,
I think I'll get a lover and fly em out to Spain...
I think I'll go to Boston,
I think that I'm just tired
I think I need a new tow, to leave this all behind...
I think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset,
I hear it's nice in the Summer, some snow would be nice...

Wait dear, a white horse is walking down my street here,
your words are creeping at my feet
I fear, sunrise will come to soon and you'll disappear
into the haze of this city and go south...

look out, they're coming after us with big guns,
they're only gonne tell you all the bad things I've done
even if they words they say aren't true they've won,
any I'm left here dyin in the sun

oh...seems like I'm always on my own,
seems like I'm never coming home
seems like I'm always on my own...

late nights, won't do me justice
cause when I drink...I just get so damn depressed,
and its not like, I ain't trying to get over you.
it's just hard to look at the seasons, pass me over too...

oh...seems like I'm always on my own,
seems like I'm never coming home
seems like I'm always on my own...
(all the stars and boulevards ain't close enough for you...)

one last phone call from you, it wouldn't hurt much,
just like to hear your voice and pretend to touch,
any inch of you that hasn't said it all or read it all or sung

I'm leaving today, so why don't you care...
I am afraid...I am afraid...
tonight...I'm running away tonight...tonight...I am..
So far away, say what you say,
I am afraid...I am afraid...
tonight...I'm running away tonight...tonight...I am..

Throwin all my calls away, you don't need me, you don't
need me...
Drink at night and sleep all day, well I don't need you, I don't
need you...
I drove on every interstate, but you don't need me, you don't
need me...

now I'm sitting on a plane, lonely flight back to LA...
don't come back with me
so I'll drink myself to sleep, cut my skin until I bleed
hold my breath all the night

hear the sound, she was naked on the ground,
till I whispered in her ear..
come away, watch the dawn break through the day,
till the sun, is underneath...

cause it's 5 o'clock, the hour stops the sunlight,
the buildings shade the masquerade and kill time,
here we're nothin more than fools and whores and sad highs,

I swear I never watched you sleeping,
well honey, I'm an honest man,
I guess it always gets me drinking, she makes me sad...

sweet, sweet and cold, clean up the mess and sleep the day away,
when you call, I might be here, I might be gone...
but here at the sound of the bells you cry, you've lost your mind

but dear, don't be sad, it's just a dream you dreamt you had...
But I ain't seen you look so good...
so honey,

I guess italways gets me drinking, well holly, she makes me sad...
forgive me if I look so lonely, it's not that bad...
sometimes it's just the sound of the TV that gets me always
wondering why,
sometimes it's just a conversation, that makes me cry...

hey, well I know, California might be warm this time of year,
I should go, turn the engine and the radio...
it's cold, always cold, this hotel room won't let me sleep,

When she's sleeping on the sofa,
When she's laying in her Sunday best,
when she's turning over Friday,
I could swear I'm sleeping less and less...
and the ocean's getting warmer,
and California's on her mind,
Los Angeles is tired, but we always seem to feel alright,

but I won't...
no I won't...

Cause she's already out the door,
she's already out of here
she's already gone away...already gone away...

When I'm coming over Sunday
and I think about you all the time,
I wonder what you're doin
I wonder why you never cry,
When Boston's always raining,
And we never ever seemed alive,
I sung about you once now, I guess I might as well

but I won't...
no I won't...

Cause she's already out the door,
she's already out of here

California's burning, burning, burning to the ground...
and my head is turning, turning, turning round and round...
alie's stomach's churning, churning, like a storm today...
and your mother's crying, crying, closing up the safe...

and I'm here, wondering where the sun has gone...
driving through a Midwest storm,
asking why there's no one home...

Encinitas likes to miss me, like nobody's child..
and my eyes like rainy Tuesdays, like to watch you smile...

and I'm here, wondering where the sun has gone...
driving through a Midwest storm,

Wake up, take your pills dear, I know this time of year ain't
right for you...
you came with a sickness, shot down back in Christmas,
Kamikaze rain...
and I'm sure you've lost that weight again,
I'm sure the pills keeping pouring in,
like smoke that falls, it's caving into you...
so put me on a plane, and fly me to anywhere...with you...

one night...when you woke up, you bled...till you spoke up,
oh this ain't pretty dear,
with clocks, watch the time go...till spring, when the sun can
finally be free...
and I'm sure you've lost that weight again,
I'm sure the pills keeping pouring in,
we'll scream at night, to make it go away...