Ron Sexsmith Album

i brought a song into this world
just a melody with words
it trembles here before my eyes
how can this song survive?

i brought it to the tower of gold
in my coat of many holes
i came unarmed they've all got knives
how can this song survive?

now i can't help wondering how it is
how someone like you exists
when all around you bullets fly
you don't seem to notice them go by
how can this song survive?

i'll never leave this song alone
i'm going to keep it safe and warm
for hate is strong and darkness thrives
how can this song survive?

now i see the game that i'm up against
no wonder i feel so afraid
for every song you ever heard
how many more have died at birth?
how how can this song survive?

i came unarmed they've all got knives
how can this song survive?
until we finally say goodbye
how how can this song survive?
i wonder how i wonder why

she made her getaway when he stepped out
she took the kids and drove far from their house
she told them this is our home for now
god bless this cheap hotel

first he'd be sweet to her and they'd talk for hours
then he'd lay right into her and buy her flowers
her nerves were shattered her dreams as well
god damn this cheap hotel

seems we never see it coming
until we hit the ground running
last night she hit the ground running
but now another day is dawning

behind the curtain there may be sun
one thing's for certain thy will be done
on earth as it is done in hell
god bless this cheap hotel

don't feel the need to get to the bottom of the love light in your eyes
as the leaves fall prey to autumn i don't ask why
don't give my feelings the third degree no need to think twice
as long as i've got you for me i don't ask why i don't ask why
what good would it do me knowing how it all works anyway?
my heart's got its own dream going i'm just happy to play
it's said in wisdom there's so much grief why try?
if the answer brings no relief it's better to laugh or cry
since worrying don't change a thing i don't ask why
what good would it do me knowing how it all looks from behind?
my soul's got its own dream going i'm just flowing blind
it's said in wisdom there's so much grief like a child
if the answer brings no relief it's better to laugh or cry
so if we chased the stars and caught them how would they still shine?
don't feel the need to get to the bottom of the love light in your eyes
no i don't ask why

foolproof that's what my heart's become
and i challenge anyone to break in
i challenge anyone to make me open up the door
'cause i've been fooled before
and now i'm foolproof
older and wiser now
and i'm never going to fall for that old
never going to fall for that old
fairytale any more
'cause i've been schooled before
and 'cause i'm foolproof
and i dare anyone to try
not a care in the world have i
as long as i am foolproof
oh no they can't fool me
'cause i've been around the block a few times
i've been around enough to know i'm
coming back for more
'cause i believe that your heart is pure
and 'cause i'm foolproof
foolproof that's what my heart's become

please tell me again i was somewhere else
lost walking in the rain looking for myself
for somehow i find myself missing
please tell me again

blue flowers on the hill where's my valentine?
i'm leaning on the sill waiting for a sign
and if i promise to listen
please tell me again

please tell me again i've forgotten all
the wind told us when you and i were small
for there must be something missing
please tell me again tell me again

you look into my eyes and the words you say
help me to realise love won't ever fade
but i can't believe what i'm hearing
please tell me again
no i can't believe what i'm feeling
please tell me again

my eyes are telling me leave well enough alone
these boots are telling me keep walking
another voice is saying please don't go
that's just my heart talking

it's always leading me where i do not belong
to doorways where i shouldn't be knocking
trying to pass itself off for a song
that's just my heart talking

it's talking and sometimes i don't know what to say
i turn to look the other way are you talking are you talking to me?

some people tell me eyes are windows to the soul
but eyes can be like empty sockets
maybe you'd be better off alone
but that's just my heart talking

i'm not too big on parties never know what to say
and everywhere i stand i seem to be in somebody's way
well i don't mind conversation or a friendly chat
but to stand alone in a crowded room i'm not too big on that
not too big on too big on that no

i'm not too big on dancing to somebody else's tune
they fill your head as if it was some hot air balloon
till you're too big for your britches too big for your hat
till your own mother won't recognise you i'm not too big on that
not too big on too big on that no

having a hard time sleeping sound believe it or not
having a hard time keeping it down all this food for thought

i'm not too big on talking if my mind ain't worked it out
it's the best to have people think you're dumb than to speak and remove all doubt
and i've no plans to be wearing out your welcome mat
for you know i'd never want to make you sorry i'm not too big on that
not too big on too big on that no

as the fields go hurrying by
in a blaze of earth and sky
my thoughts go racing too
to find their way back home to you

how do i make myself clear?
i don't speak the language here
don't know my way around
i'm a stranger in the town you know

"patience" says my heart and mind
but my soul knows it must leave in time

as the sun goes solemnly down
in the fields beyond this town

it holds me in its spell
it's a miracle in itself you know

something's brewing in this gloomy sky and i could use a lift
what with all this humid weather something's got to give
then the thunder breaks the silence like a blessing from above
as the rain falls on our thirsty love thirsty love

something's moving in these wounded eyes and now i feel a chill
rising through this moody silence when you say i love you still
composure now collapsing beneath the weight of all our sighs
as the tears fall from our thirsty eyes thirsty eyes

and there must be a reason for the dreams that come and go
maybe something bigger is pulling on the strings for all we know
and the thunder breaks this silence like a blessing from above
as the rain falls on our thirsty love thirsty love

when he was just a boy of five his dad sat him down and said "son
the light that i see in your eyes says you'll do what's never been done"
well the boy he grew the way they do underneath the moon and sun
then a voice beyond his paper route said go do what's never been done
and he tried so hard to be the best he could be
but in his father's eyes was always disappointed
though once he had so many dreams they were all wrapped up in one
this scruffy boy in grubby jeans who would do what's never been done
in school he moved on well enough to the rat race he did run
to prove that he had the stuff for to do what's never been done
and he worked so hard to be the model son
till he came to realise that it just couldn't be done
till he met a girl with golden hair and a heart as big as the sun
said if you will take me as i am then you'll do what's never been done
if you will take me as i am then you'll do what's never been done

farewell thumbelina your dream has come at last
it was all you ever wanted now it's all you'll ever have
many loved your beauty many loved your grace
i loved you for the courage that you showed in that lonely place
and the longing that was yours to bare you bore it oh so well
farewell thumbelina thumbelina farewell

farewell thumbelina standing half undressed
beneath that yellow circus spotlight before the hungry audience
you were surrounded by shadows each one battling for control
you fed upon their dark promises they fed upon your soul
and you loved them like you'd love a lover and they loved you like they'd love something to sell
farewell thumbelina thumbelina farewell

now the circus is deserted where once you thrilled the crowd
they've packed away the tents there is no audience the spotlight's been turned out
now many say you were a hero many say you were the victim of fame
nobody wants to say you were just another one on the losing end of a losing game
as for me i'll do my best to keep your secrets well
farewell thumbelina thumbelina farewell

here's the story of a poor loser from the wrong side of the street
yes he's a born loser it's the world he's trying to beat
and though he once tried to cross over all he met there was defeat
and it's the story of a bid winner who'll rub you out and rub it in
yes and he won't let you forget it he's going to get right under your skin
i bet you anything he don't come out the same door he went in
some people say it's not win or lose but how you play the game
it don't apply when stakes are high and when these two are playing
so let's go back now to this poor loser he's lying on his bed
he's got to big chip on his shoulder he's got a light bulb over his head
and he thinks what if that bad winner were to have a little accident?

throw my cast to the wind hang my tears out on the line
as for the love you gave me i'll keep it in mind

all our troubles i know are mostly of our own design
these are the words you told me i'll keep it in mind

all the love and all the days it wasn't enough
all the pain and all the faith it wouldn't rise above

i don't mind if i do let my burden fall behind
head for a new tomorrow i'll keep it in sight

thanks for the love that saved me i'll keep it in mind

the leaves have lost hold of the branches as always
which leaves us with gold and wine coloured pathways
in the same way i've in the same way i've fallen for you

you opened your arms like a school door to summer days
and opened my heart to the rumours of a higher place
now where was i? baby i've fallen for you

love is always on the go it never stays in one place
day by day it changes and it grows but you always recognise its face

like the star in the night baby i've fallen for you