Big Head Todd and the Monsters Album

Fields are white in snowy spring and I can't remember
The last time that I've seen her
The highway is still cold and wet and I can't forget
The way I had to leave her
And every passing day, she flickers and she fades
Is someone to catch her when she falls from the heavens?

And I'll love her yet, though she has done me wrong
And I'll bring her back, though she has been long gone
And I'll always be her
Broken hearted savior

And every heavy night
Takes out the little life that's left within her
Every man she gives her love, he takes it
And leaves her with a dinner
Our love was once a flame, now I'm just a forgotten name
Am I the only one to blame for ever loving her?

And I'll love her yet, though she has done me wrong
And I'll bring her back, though she has been long gone
And I'll always be her
Broken hearted savior

Ain't no getting up again, she gonna bring you down.
Love gone up and jump again, turn it all around.
I'm goin' to the liquor store, to get some peace of mind.
Something I ain't done before, I can't seem to find.

Hold me please, Sister Sweetly
Give to me, a place in paradise.
Hold me please, Sister Sweetly
And never never never leave me.

Never never never leave me.

Sister I am suffering, a single desire.
Hell is the shadow cast from a soul on fire.

Hold me please, Sister Sweetly
Give to me, a place in paradise.
Hold me please, Sister Sweetly
Never never never leave me.
Never never never leave me.

Never never never leave me.
Never never never leave me.
Never never never leave me.

I closed the door.
She stole the key.
I gave her pearls.
I washed her feet.
I said "My love,"
She was asleep.
Dreaming of
Other things.

She's going to turn the light out.
Close your eyes, let it be.
She's going to turn the light out.
Time is out on me.

Carry on
In restless speech.
That we'd belong.
We long to be
Inside someone.
Inside of me.
And all my wrong
Be left at sea.

She's going to turn the light out.
Close your eyes, let it be.
She's going to turn the light out.
Time is out on me.

She's going to turn the light out.
Close your eyes, boy, let it be.
She's going to turn the light out.
Time is out on me.

He sits beside her in the evening.
She turns and asks him for a light.
He worked so hard so he'd be something.
Just what it was she never knew.
Just what it was she never knew.

He lays beside her as she's sleeping.
She asks if everything's alright.
Is there a secret he's been keeping?
She doesn't know anything he says.
He doesn't feel anything she says.

I've been waiting for too long for love like this
For love like this
To let it slip away.
I've been waiting for your tender kiss
Your tender kiss

She says "I just might leave tomorrow."
He says "Tomorrow never comes."
So we'll just learn to love our sorrow.
I'll love you tender as you're sleeping.
I'll love you bitter through the day.

You can turn back the tide
Of the cold tears from your eyes
The pangs of wounded pride you hold me

Did someone do you wrong, yeah
Good lovin's as good as gone, yeah
Maybe you ain't as strong as you wanna be

It's alright if you don't wanna go home
It's alright if you don't wanna be alone
It's alright if you don't wanna go home
I understand, I understand, I understand

Nothin' stays if it's gotta go now
You can't get water from a stone now
Sometimes you gotta think about the things you're gonna love
You can point the finger at him
You can say you're sufferin' for a sin
Somehow a never was never was yet enough

It's alright if you don't wanna go home
It's alright if you don't wanna be alone
It's alright if you don't wanna go home
I understand, I understand, I understand

When the morning comes you get yourself together
To face another day
When the day is done and you ain't feelin' good
You come walkin' my way

Now that you're doin' alright
You're pretty much outta sight
I don't hear you knockin' 'round my door anymore
I'm glad to hear you're doin' well
But I know that time will tell
Only when you're broken down, is that what friends are for?

It's alright if you just wanna go home
It's alright if you just wanna be alone
It's alright if you just wanna go home
I understand, I understand, I understand

This is the midnight radio one
As music in the moonlit starry night
Beneath this purple haze our common dark
The heavens obscure, starlight travels into infinity
Yet we only see it when the night is black.
This is the question the brothers and sisters fear;
What is the color of the soul?
Said Buddha, Jesus, Plato, and the poets of Old,
That evening is the color of the soul.
We hide ourselves in artificial light
We think ourselves safe and outta sight.
You have a million dollars still
Enough money to build a city on every hill.
Work hard brother,
Love alone will pay your bill.
Look good sister,
Love alone will pay your bill.
Die rich,
Love alone will pay your bill
And evening is still the color of the soul.

And a soul for every cowboy.
And a star to guide him home.
And an angel to bring him,
A song to sing when he's alone.

For the night is far from over
And the storm is coming on.
And the wind is blowing colder.
And he's very far from home.

When hell falls cold and wet.
His heart soon forgets.
That ever he was loved or wanted to be loved.

New York lady slips underneath the dim trumpet light.
Come from a land she's never known.
She sees in her future castles burning bright,
But she's got no place to go.
And if you should ever speak with her,
Keep your promises to a whisper.

She is listening, she is listening
She hears everything, she hears everything
Into the air, and disappears,
Into the evening, forgotten in her lonely soul.

She wonders why everything ain't right
For all the people down here below.
Hey, sister where's your life?
Brother, where's your home?
And if you should ever speak with her,
Keep your promises to a whisper.

She is listening, she is listening
She hears everything, she hears everything
Into the air, and disappears,
Into the evening, forgotten in her lonely soul.

There's a whisper inside every broken heart.
A frail, frail dream.
Which runs through the traffic and plays a part.
Sweet love through eternity.
And if you should ever speak with her,
Keep your promises to a whisper.

She is listening, she is listening
She hears everything, she hears everything
Into the air, and disappears,
Into the evening, forgotten in her lonely soul.
Into the evening, forgotten in her lonely soul.

A little light looks through her bedroom window.
She dances and I dream, she's not so far as she seems,
Of brighter meadows, melting sunsets,
Her hair blowing in the breeze.
And she can't see me watching.
And I'm thinking love...
Love...
Love...
Love...

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I'm older now.
I work in the city.
We live together.
But it's different than my dream.
Morning light fills the room. I rise.
She pretends she's sleeping.
Are we everything we wanted?
And I'm thinking love...
Love...
Love...
Love...

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I know we don't talk about it.
We don't tell each other.
All the little things that we need.
We work our way around each other.
As we tremble and we
As we tremble and we bleed.
As we tremble and we
As we tremble and we bleed.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It seems to me, you and me,
Are chasing something, yeah.
What it is does anybody here want to know?
It seems to you, you and me,
Are forgetting something, yeah,
When love is so easily forgotten.

And if I pick you up will you drag me down?
If I run to you will you turn around?
Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

It seems to me, you and me
Are being chased by something, yeah.
What it is has anybody here apprehended?
It seems to me, you and me
Are terrified of nothing,
When nothing is the reason we are here.
Oh, nothing at all.

And if I cry to you, will you laugh me down?
But I'm asking you to turn around.
Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

You are the only one I want
You are the only one I want
You are the only one I want
You are, you are, you are, you are, you are, you are

And if I cry to you, will you laugh me down?
But I'm asking you to turn around.
Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

Turn around for something better
Children give up don't you ever
Remember that the devil's clever

Brother John, where are you, why are you sleeping?
Brother John, why are you, where are you sleeping?

Take the light into your room
Cast a candle on your doom
Your master he is coming home soon

Brother John, how are you, why are you sleeping?
Brother John, why are you, why are you sleeping?

May your awakening be near
Heaven could be any place
Why not here?
Why not here?
Why not here?
Why not here?

Brother John, how are you, how are you sleeping?
Brother John, how are you, how are you sleeping?
Brother John, how are you, how are you sleeping?
Brother John, how are you, why are you sleeping?