Lyrics
All lyrics by Lionel De Leon except "Down Where I Am"
1. BLUE
Where's your letter, the one that says goodbye?
You know if I had time to read it, I'm sure it'd make me cry.
But when these things go wrong, why should I worry why, Cause I'll just pick up my senses
And spread my wings and fly.
Well, I saw a movie, it made me think a lot of you,
Our time together and all the things we used to do.
But what is done is done, why can't I get that feeling through? And stop this hurting that makes me feel so blue.
Oh pretty baby, why did you do those things to me?
We had a good thing, but you could never let it be.
And now I'm all alone with just a memory of you.
And how you hurt me and left me feeling blue.
Oh yeah you hurt me and now I'm feeling blue.
Well babe, you hurt me, and now I'm feeling blue.
Where's your letter, the one that says goodbye?
You know if I had time to read it, I'm sure it'd make me cry.
But when these things go wrong, why should I worry why, Cause I'll just pick up my senses
And spread my wings and fly.
Well, I saw a movie, it made me think a lot of you,
Our time together and all the things we used to do.
But what is done is done, why can't I get that feeling through? And stop this hurting that makes me feel so blue.
Oh pretty baby, why did you do those things to me?
We had a good thing, but you could never let it be.
And now I'm all alone with just a memory of you.
And how you hurt me and left me feeling blue.
Oh yeah you hurt me and now I'm feeling blue.
Well babe, you hurt me, and now I'm feeling blue.
2. SOMETHING IN OUR LOVE
Mmmm, there's something in our love,
Through good and bad we made it,
When I was unkind you still forgave it, ooh.
Mmmm, I close my eyes to see,
The two of us together,
Holding to a love that lasts forever, ooh.
All those times you tried to let me know
How could I have been so blind?
Been so blind, been so blind.
Mmmm, though time may show our age,
You're still my little girl,
And you never know what we might find tomorrow.
All those times I almost let you go
How could I have been so blind?
Benn so blind, been so blind
Mmmm, there's something in our love,
Through good and bad we made it,
When I was unkind you still forgave it, ooh.
All those times you tried to let me know
How could I have been so blind?
Been so blind, been so blind.
Mmmm, there's something in our love,
Through good and bad we made it,
When I was unkind you still forgave it, ooh.
Mmmm, I close my eyes to see,
The two of us together,
Holding to a love that lasts forever, ooh.
All those times you tried to let me know
How could I have been so blind?
Been so blind, been so blind.
Mmmm, though time may show our age,
You're still my little girl,
And you never know what we might find tomorrow.
All those times I almost let you go
How could I have been so blind?
Benn so blind, been so blind
Mmmm, there's something in our love,
Through good and bad we made it,
When I was unkind you still forgave it, ooh.
All those times you tried to let me know
How could I have been so blind?
Been so blind, been so blind.
3. THE SEARCH
How you expect me to give
Under so many changes?
Look at the way that we live
If you can still face the truth.
I don't want your love, you can keep it,
Just don't look back when you leave me behind.
And after you've spent your whole life searching,
What do you think you will find?
When I was young they said if you're having problems,
Put your knees down and pray.
Keep your eyes to the skies
And soon we'll see the Judgement Day.
Well I don't mean to sound disbelieving,
But it has been such a long, long time.
Yet the prophets and poets still tell us,
In their words of wisdom and rhyme, what we want to hear.
If there's a fool that's born every moment,
Then I must be one.
To think my problems could end
With the help of a gun.
But something keeps me from pulling the trigger,
It's not the fear of blowing my mind.
But after I've taken my life as I know it,
What do I think I will find?
How you expect me to give
Under so many changes?
Look at the way that we live
If you can still face the truth.
I don't want your love, you can keep it,
Just don't look back when you leave me behind.
And after you've spent your whole life searching,
What do you think you will find?
When I was young they said if you're having problems,
Put your knees down and pray.
Keep your eyes to the skies
And soon we'll see the Judgement Day.
Well I don't mean to sound disbelieving,
But it has been such a long, long time.
Yet the prophets and poets still tell us,
In their words of wisdom and rhyme, what we want to hear.
If there's a fool that's born every moment,
Then I must be one.
To think my problems could end
With the help of a gun.
But something keeps me from pulling the trigger,
It's not the fear of blowing my mind.
But after I've taken my life as I know it,
What do I think I will find?
4. LOST IN THE FIRE
If not for a better word,
I'm forced to ask you why.
You've got a chance to change your life,
but you won't even try.
When the world that we know,
Burns down to just us two,
I get lost in the fire,
Spinning in circles around you.
If I were a stronger man,
I'd get up and walk away,
But you've got a grip on me
And I can't break away.
I feel the fire,
Drawing me closer to you.
I feel the fire, there's nothing I can do,
There's nothing I can do!
I drop down on my knees,
Begging to let me go,
But you just smile and look at me
Like you know something that I don't know.
If not for a better word,
I'm forced to ask you why.
You've got a chance to change your life,
but you won't even try.
When the world that we know,
Burns down to just us two,
I get lost in the fire,
Spinning in circles around you.
If I were a stronger man,
I'd get up and walk away,
But you've got a grip on me
And I can't break away.
I feel the fire,
Drawing me closer to you.
I feel the fire, there's nothing I can do,
There's nothing I can do!
I drop down on my knees,
Begging to let me go,
But you just smile and look at me
Like you know something that I don't know.
5. DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
I've got a girl, she's a little shy,
She don't mess around with any other guy.
She's the cutest girl I've ever seen,
I tell the world she's my rock-n-roll queen.
A hot potato if you know what I mean.
She's alright, and she plays it cool.
She's alright, she's nobody's fool.
She's a diamond in the rough
And I'm her cutting tool.
She likes riding with me four-on-the-floor,
Six in the cooler and money for more,
Turn on the radio, open the top,
Our hands together, the temperature's hot,
She's not stupid, she knows what she's got.
I got a girl, she's a little shy,
She don't mess around with any other guy.
She's the sweetest girl I've ever seen,
I tell the world she's my rock-n-roll queen.
A real tomato if you know what I mean.
I've got a girl, she's a little shy,
She don't mess around with any other guy.
She's the cutest girl I've ever seen,
I tell the world she's my rock-n-roll queen.
A hot potato if you know what I mean.
She's alright, and she plays it cool.
She's alright, she's nobody's fool.
She's a diamond in the rough
And I'm her cutting tool.
She likes riding with me four-on-the-floor,
Six in the cooler and money for more,
Turn on the radio, open the top,
Our hands together, the temperature's hot,
She's not stupid, she knows what she's got.
I got a girl, she's a little shy,
She don't mess around with any other guy.
She's the sweetest girl I've ever seen,
I tell the world she's my rock-n-roll queen.
A real tomato if you know what I mean.
6. MORE
I dreamt we were flesh to flesh,
Skin to skin,
Traveling a journey
Only lovers begin.
Touching, kissing,
Teasing our desire,
Finding each other
In a loving fire.
All though the morning
washed my dream to shore,
I almost swear
I kissed you last night... and more.
I know I was out of line,
But I can explain,
Love's a fleeting moment
We may never find again.
It's only a feeling,
It isn't right or wrong.
And no one can tell you
Where your heart belongs.
Though I was dreaming
And nothing more,
I almost swear
I kissed you last night and more.
I dreamt we were flesh to flesh,
Skin to skin,
Traveling a journey
Only lovers begin.
Touching, kissing,
Teasing our desire,
Finding each other
In a loving fire.
All though the morning
washed my dream to shore,
I almost swear
I kissed you last night... and more.
I know I was out of line,
But I can explain,
Love's a fleeting moment
We may never find again.
It's only a feeling,
It isn't right or wrong.
And no one can tell you
Where your heart belongs.
Though I was dreaming
And nothing more,
I almost swear
I kissed you last night and more.
7. THE GIRL FROM TEXAS
The bottle is somewhere on the floor beside me,
I don't know which damn bottle I'm on.
The Kentucky whiskey that flows inside me,
Still can't erase the fact that you're gone.
Trying to forget your picture, it's circling inside.
The girl from Texas is on my mind
(what did she take when she left you behind?)
When she took my love, she took it blind,
(how does it feel, have you made up your mind?)
Someday I'm going back there to find her, oooh.
If You're still out there, I hope that you're listening,
It's not my fault that it turned out this way.
Come the morning when the dew drops are glistening,
First train to Texas, I'm heading your way.
Trying to forget your picture, it's circling inside.
The girl from Texas is on my mind
(what did she take when she left you behind?)
When she took my love, she took it blind,
(how does it feel, have you made up your mind?)
Someday I'm going back there to find her, oooh.
The bottle is somewhere on the floor beside me,
I don't know which damn bottle I'm on.
The Kentucky whiskey that flows inside me,
Still can't erase the fact that you're gone.
Trying to forget your picture, it's circling inside.
The girl from Texas is on my mind
(what did she take when she left you behind?)
When she took my love, she took it blind,
(how does it feel, have you made up your mind?)
Someday I'm going back there to find her, oooh.
If You're still out there, I hope that you're listening,
It's not my fault that it turned out this way.
Come the morning when the dew drops are glistening,
First train to Texas, I'm heading your way.
Trying to forget your picture, it's circling inside.
The girl from Texas is on my mind
(what did she take when she left you behind?)
When she took my love, she took it blind,
(how does it feel, have you made up your mind?)
Someday I'm going back there to find her, oooh.
8. MAGIC
The movie at the end of the bed,
Putting images in my head,
A little wine, now I feel fine,
Isn't that what we said?
But it's a two-edged blade,
I'm cutting you cutting me.
We're taking it in trade, we agree.
And so you close your eyes,
I hold my breath inside.
I'm looking for some magic,
I'm looking for some magic or dreams.
Our tumble at the end of your bed,
Left images in my head,
Of drinking wine and feeling fine,
And the things that we did.
But it's a passioned game,
I'm touching you touching me.
The target is the same, we agree.
And so you close your eyes,
I hold my breath inside.
I'm looking for some magic,
I'm looking for some magic or dreams.
The movie at the end of the bed,
Putting images in my head,
A little wine, now I feel fine,
Isn't that what we said?
But it's a two-edged blade,
I'm cutting you cutting me.
We're taking it in trade, we agree.
And so you close your eyes,
I hold my breath inside.
I'm looking for some magic,
I'm looking for some magic or dreams.
Our tumble at the end of your bed,
Left images in my head,
Of drinking wine and feeling fine,
And the things that we did.
But it's a passioned game,
I'm touching you touching me.
The target is the same, we agree.
And so you close your eyes,
I hold my breath inside.
I'm looking for some magic,
I'm looking for some magic or dreams.
9. SUMMER
It's summer, you're on my mind again.
I thought I saw the last of you.
But you keep breaking into my life,
Like a light through a window
And the shadows on the floor
Remind me you won't be here anymore.
It's over almost as soon as it begins.
It's almost like it was a dream.
But morning found its way to my room,
It came to awake me, to break me with the news,
And show me I'm not dreaming anymore.
Yesterday was over yesterday,
I know there's never turning back,
But these feelings still come over me,
They keep taking me back...
To summer, the ocean wind runs through your hair,
There were so many moments there.
And how many times did I watch you undress?
Or whisper a promise that only we could hear.
It's summer, you're on my mind again.
I thought I saw the last of you.
But you keep breaking into my life,
Like a light through a window
And the shadows on the floor
Remind me you won't be here anymore.
It's over almost as soon as it begins.
It's almost like it was a dream.
But morning found its way to my room,
It came to awake me, to break me with the news,
And show me I'm not dreaming anymore.
Yesterday was over yesterday,
I know there's never turning back,
But these feelings still come over me,
They keep taking me back...
To summer, the ocean wind runs through your hair,
There were so many moments there.
And how many times did I watch you undress?
Or whisper a promise that only we could hear.
10. SOMEBODY NEW
Seventeen, pretty little girl,
All the boys cry when they're caught in the middle.
It doesn't matter how they see the situation,
Because they're lost inside of their imagination,
Falling in love on sight under the moonlight.
With her eyes, she puts you in a spell.
So close to heaven but you're living in hell.
The way she drags you like a magnet with her smile,
You think she loves you but she teases all the while,
YOu find out in the end, you're just a good friend.
She found somebody new,
She's just a girl, just like any other one,
So why don't you free the things that she's begun?
Yesterday, I saw her with him, too.
What else could you have expected her to do?
She found somebody who could steal her heart away,
It isn't pretty, but it happens everyday.
No promise spoken, a dream is broken.
Seventeen, broke you into tears.
You won't forget her as a week turns into years.
The way she held you with a love you thought was real,
The first to show you how a broken heart could feel.
She never said goodbye, or gave a reason why.
Seventeen, pretty little girl,
All the boys cry when they're caught in the middle.
It doesn't matter how they see the situation,
Because they're lost inside of their imagination,
Falling in love on sight under the moonlight.
With her eyes, she puts you in a spell.
So close to heaven but you're living in hell.
The way she drags you like a magnet with her smile,
You think she loves you but she teases all the while,
YOu find out in the end, you're just a good friend.
She found somebody new,
She's just a girl, just like any other one,
So why don't you free the things that she's begun?
Yesterday, I saw her with him, too.
What else could you have expected her to do?
She found somebody who could steal her heart away,
It isn't pretty, but it happens everyday.
No promise spoken, a dream is broken.
Seventeen, broke you into tears.
You won't forget her as a week turns into years.
The way she held you with a love you thought was real,
The first to show you how a broken heart could feel.
She never said goodbye, or gave a reason why.
11. DOWN WHERE I AM
(Lyrics by Langston Hughes)
Too many years beating at the door,
I done beat my both fists sore.
Too many years climbing that hill,
About out of breath, I got my fill.
I'm gonna plant my feet on solid ground,
If you want to see me, you'll have to come down.
I'm gonna plant these feet on solid ground,
If you want to see me...
Come down, down where I am,
Too many years beating at the door,
I done beat my both fists sore.
Too many years trying to get up there,
Done broke my ankles down, got nowhere.
(Lyrics by Langston Hughes)
Too many years beating at the door,
I done beat my both fists sore.
Too many years climbing that hill,
About out of breath, I got my fill.
I'm gonna plant my feet on solid ground,
If you want to see me, you'll have to come down.
I'm gonna plant these feet on solid ground,
If you want to see me...
Come down, down where I am,
Too many years beating at the door,
I done beat my both fists sore.
Too many years trying to get up there,
Done broke my ankles down, got nowhere.
12. REAL LOVE
I've been mistreated and left all alone
When I needed love most.
But you gave me reason to believe in love again,
Now you hurt me just like all the rest.
And baby, I'm crying for you now, do I have to beg?
All of my life I've been looking
For someone to love me like you,
Baby, won't you hold on to a real love?
You know it's not like me
To throw my words away,
Girl, I mean it when I beg you
Please don't leave me this way!
I'd give anything to get you to stay.
Here I am with my heart in my hand
Begging, baby, please don't go.
Give me one hope to cling to,
Cause you know that it's true
When you're down, love has no pride.
So won't you hold on to a real love?
Won't you hold on?
All our time together,
Was it something less for you?
You're my whole world,
Now you've thrown it all away.
I'd give anything, anything, to get you to stay.
I've been mistreated and left all alone
When I needed love most.
But you gave me reason to believe in love again,
Now you hurt me just like all the rest.
And baby, I'm crying for you now, do I have to beg?
All of my life I've been looking
For someone to love me like you,
Baby, won't you hold on to a real love?
You know it's not like me
To throw my words away,
Girl, I mean it when I beg you
Please don't leave me this way!
I'd give anything to get you to stay.
Here I am with my heart in my hand
Begging, baby, please don't go.
Give me one hope to cling to,
Cause you know that it's true
When you're down, love has no pride.
So won't you hold on to a real love?
Won't you hold on?
All our time together,
Was it something less for you?
You're my whole world,
Now you've thrown it all away.
I'd give anything, anything, to get you to stay.
13. IF YOU TURN AWAY
If you turn away,
When I have words to say,
How can I get through,
When love depends on you?
If there's another man,
I'll try to understand,
But losing you means more
Than anything before.
And I want you to love me,
When I call you to be there.
And I need you to hold me,
To show me you still care.
If you turn away,
When I have words to say,
How can I get through,
When love depends on you?
If there's another man,
I'll try to understand,
But losing you means more
Than anything before.
And I want you to love me,
When I call you to be there.
And I need you to hold me,
To show me you still care.
14. SHOUT IT
I was standing by the edge of the ocean,
I started writing a letter.
Is there a place to escape from a mad world?
Is there someplace that's better?
Cause I can't take another hour,
Of hungry people lusting for power.
Pushing their nose into everybody's business,
Starting the wheels that will take us to our last breath.
And I can't do anything about it,
When everything I say and do,
Only numbs the world when I shout it.
I rolled my note and I put it in a bottle,
I tossed it into the sea.
I drove my bike off a cliff full-throttle,
And found an answer for me.
But how long til the final hour?
When all the countries use their power?
And put an end to the world that we knew,
And the words of the prophets come true.
I was standing by the edge of the ocean,
I started writing a letter.
Is there a place to escape from a mad world?
Is there someplace that's better?
Cause I can't take another hour,
Of hungry people lusting for power.
Pushing their nose into everybody's business,
Starting the wheels that will take us to our last breath.
And I can't do anything about it,
When everything I say and do,
Only numbs the world when I shout it.
I rolled my note and I put it in a bottle,
I tossed it into the sea.
I drove my bike off a cliff full-throttle,
And found an answer for me.
But how long til the final hour?
When all the countries use their power?
And put an end to the world that we knew,
And the words of the prophets come true.
15. FIRE AND ICE
Someday you may need me
When I'm not there,
Someday you'll be sorry
When I don't care.
You don't know how much,
I need you to treat me nice.
Where's your gentle touch?
You only show me fire and ice.
You think I'll stay forever,
But that's not true,
I'll show you I have
Better things I can do.
Why won't you believe
These things I say?
Cause I don't wanna leave,
But I can't stay.
Someday you may need me
When I'm not there,
Someday you'll be sorry
When I don't care.
You don't know how much,
I need you to treat me nice.
Where's your gentle touch?
You only show me fire and ice.
You think I'll stay forever,
But that's not true,
I'll show you I have
Better things I can do.
Why won't you believe
These things I say?
Cause I don't wanna leave,
But I can't stay.
"Off The Grid"