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RIPARP
04:27
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Smoke in the morning
I watch the highway from the balcony
Rain on the pavement
for a moment, I'm relieved...
That I'm slowly dying, darlin'
RIPARP
I never did quite figure it out
This life just goes on and on and...
If I don't wake up
(Yeah even if I don't)
Please don't wait up
Because the truth is suffering
is as common as anything
& pretty soon the moon
will be smiling
So, if something's missing
there's no use wishing for a change
Change is always with us
Why do we act like it's so strange?
Well, I guess I'm changing, darlin'
RIPARP
I wonder what's taken so long, now
This life just goes on and on and...
If I don't wake up at first alarm
it's cuz I didn't get enough
.. of lovin' you
well, lucky me:
I hit the snooze
and go back to sleep
Not for you
but because of you, I'm me
If something comes between us...
Well I don't know what to say
this is who we are now,
you and me both, ok?
You lead the way
I guess that's what I'm sayin' darlin':
RIPARP -
This life is no longer my own
And I hope it goes on and on and...
If I don't wake up
I hope this song gets in
your head and stuck
and just becuase I'll never be "somebody"
it doesn't mean that this all
didn't all mean anything
but suddenly, this is all I need.
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TV Dinners
02:30
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TV dinners...
Man, this winter's gotta go
cuz now it's April and there's snow
I'm a sinner...
I'm just like that Steve Miller song:
"I sure don't wanna hurt no one"
But I do..
everytime I try to tell you all the truth,
I'm duped - everything I own is stolen
Oh man...
Oh well...Amen.
TV Dinners...
Think I'll travel, or take up French
I'll be your nice, rock n' roll boyfriend
Mom said: "you worry way too much"
When I'm dead, maybe I'll shut up
& stop beating myself up
Cuz' I can't get enough
God help me:
I'm old and holding on
God help me please:
I'm losing, moving on
God help me:
I'm old and holding on
God help me please:
make this my swan song!
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No Words
03:00
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Well I used to raise my eyebrows
but I'm used to it all by now
and maybe I want to change
but how...
Long will I wait around,
if the world's really burning down,
and say, "oops, i'm so stupid...wow...holy cow?"
And, "I would if I could"
even though we all know we should
even though we all know we should
If the world should fall apart,
well it just breaks my heart
where will I end up?
I don't know
But if I did,
wherever it is,
I think I'd rather jump
than fall down all these stairs
So please
(so politely, we tread lightly)
break my fall
cuz I'm done snapping my jaws,
and pointing out the flaws,
my claws in every clause
Causing me to stiffen up,
and I wish I'd listen up
when I say, "hey man wake up, and calm down!'
.. but I'm not there
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She's on the road
she's passing through every time zone
and when she comes through Chicago
I'll go meet her at a show
I'm staying home
even though I said I'd go
don't ask me why - I just don't know
I'm not cut out for rock n' roll anymore
They're on the road
they're passing into Mexico
and when they meet boarder patrol,
oh God, I hope a little mercy will be shown
This shit's outta control
(if I may be so bold)
Do these people have no soul?
I try to focus on my goals
and hold on
But how can I think
about the day to day of life
from week to week?
Maybe it's just how we deal
with how heartbroken we feel:
we're clinging to the pieces of the peace
we have left
When it snows,
I bet hell gets jealous of the cold
and all the folks there with their gold
all moan and groan, wishing they'd lightened their load
before they were taken down below
before they had eaten all that crow
but that seems so long ago
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Andrew Robert Palmer Chicago, Illinois
I'm a regular guy doing a very small thing.
Chicago-based. Sometimes rock, sometimes folk.
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