All songs & lyrics written by Adam Drudge
Recorded by Atom East ©2016
BLUEBIRD
Little bluebird
sitting in your tree
sing a sweet song
sing a song for me
Flap your wings
and tweet your tune
don't go little song bird
when up comes the moon
CHORUS:
Fly away, fly away little bluebird
Gone goodbye, gone goodbye
Why can't you stay?
Get up my child
it's the dawn of day
the bees are buzzing
the trees dance and sway
Your my daily reminder
to always feel this way
when you go little song bird
my skies turn to grey
CHORUS:
Fly away, fly away little bluebird
Gone goodbye, gone goodbye
Why can't you stay?
THIS WAY
Maybe further down the line
our wounds would heal
with the hands of time
as sand falls through the hour glass
we'll see that this shall pass
We never laid our burdens down
Oh what a shame
CHORUS:
If you'd asked me to stay
Said our sorrys instead of goodbyes
If you'd asked me to stay
Said our sorrys instead of goodbyes
It wouldn't have ended this way
Ended this way
No, it wouldn't have ended this way
It wouldn't have ended this way
I'm still trying to let go
I was never enough for your show
I found another way
to spend my time
this time I won't walk your line
We never laid our burdens down
Oh what a shame
CHORUS:
If you'd asked me to stay
Said our sorrys instead of goodbyes
If you'd asked me to stay
Said our sorrys instead of goodbyes
It wouldn't have ended this way
Ended this way
No, it wouldn't have ended this way
It wouldn't have ended this way
LIVE IN MY DREAMS
Every night I lie alone
drifting away in my dreams
flooded by thoughts of you
things are seldom what they seem
I lie here missing you
while the night seems to creep
the world feels like it's too much
when all I want is sleep
CHORUS:
I can't take the loss of you
Please tell me what I'm to do
Send me down, send me down, send me down stream
Where you live, where you live, you live in my dreams
Leavings the last thing I want to do
I don't see any other way
I guess it wasn't meant to be
hard to accept that it's true
What's the reason for these memories
and why are we now enemies
don't you remember the days
when it was you and me
CHORUS:
I can't take the loss of you
Please tell me what I'm to do
Send me down, send me down, send me down stream
Where you live, where you live, you live in my dreams
Your heart has turned to stone
while mine is ripping at the seam
you may be far from here
but you live in my dreams
you live in my dreams
you live in my dreams
always in my dreams
BLIND MAN
The grass seems greener on the other side but I know its nothing but a lie
Tossing my coins down the wishing well
greed and envy cast by my own spell
Open my eyes and let life fill my cup
These blessings won't last long I need to soak em up
CHORUS:
I'm a blind man, just trying to see
I'm a blind man, I got what I need
it's right here in front of me
just gotta put my mind at ease
just gotta put my mind at ease
Joy and happiness is something you find
I'm looking in the wrong place, wasting time
In a constant battle with my own mind
Ignoring direction while flying blind
Can't take for granted all these gifts
Before its too late and they've gone adrift
CHORUS:
I'm a blind man, just trying to see
I'm a blind man, I got what I need
it's right here in front of me
just gotta put my mind at ease
just gotta put my mind at ease
MY HEART WILL TAKE THE LEAD
Sometimes I don't say the right things
my mouth speaks before my brain
I don't often mean what I say
I don't mean to cause you pain
CHORUS:
I'll give you all you need
Because my heart will take the lead
I'll give you all you need
Because my heart will take the lead
I can't reverse the words out of my mouth
I wish I could but I can't
The only thing I can do is apologize
Next time silence is the word to the wise
CHORUS:
I'll give you all you need
Because my heart will take the lead
I'll give you all you need
Because my heart will take the lead
My tongue comes with weight so you say
although at times its how I feel
sooner or later I'll be sure to pay
but please don't send me away
CHORUS:
I'll give you all you need
Because my heart will take the lead
I'll give you all you need
Because my heart will take the lead
Because my heart will take the lead
because my heart will take the lead
because my heart will take the lead
and I'll give you what you need
ALL THE SAME
Everyone's a critic
always got something to say
sometimes its good, sometimes its bad
I'm sorry you feel that way
Everyone always judges
you got this and I got that
can't take it with you
when your line turns flat
CHORUS:
We all have days, good and bad
We all have feelings, happy and sad
Everyone bleeds and everyone needs
Cause we're all the same
We're all the same
We're all the same
Everyone's kind of strange
this you might not admit
all shapes and sizes
puzzle pieces that seem to fit
What if people weren't colors
and only shades of grey
would it help you get through the days
and not persecute their ways
CHORUS:
We all have days, good and bad
We all have feelings, happy and sad
Everyone bleeds and everyone needs
Cause we're all the same
We're all the same
We're all the same
Everyone doesn't always agree
hell, you might not like me
but I hope this song
I hope it helps you see
CHORUS:
We all have days, good and bad
We all have feelings, happy and sad
Everyone bleeds and everyone needs
Cause we're all the same
We're all the same
We're all the same
PIRATES
I see a book of faces
different ages and races
life as we know it
quick to post and show it
Films friends forget
days and memories that came and went
time on a wall
filled with pictures of us all
CHORUS:
Oh we're pirates in the surf
Caught in the sea
We're pirates in the surf
Searching endlessly
Wake up and repeat
friend-ing voyeurs you'll never meet
reading modern day scriptures in forms of pictures
Waiting for that ad
fifteen seconds you once had
invading social spaces
on a daily basis
CHORUS:
Oh we're pirates in the surf
Caught in the sea
We're pirates in the surf
Searching endlessly
MR. HYDE
Whiskey bottle you ain't my friend
you're the maker of all my sin
sinister words straight off my lips
wreaking havoc and sinking ships
CHORUS:
These demons within me
Oh they want to rage
Screaming get me
Out of this cage
Do you shiver and feel that fear?
Cause Mr. Hyde
Mr. Hyde is here
First comes pleasure & then comes pain
changing colors I can't refrain
paths of destruction long and wide
consuming me and soaked in pride
CHORUS:
These demons within me
Oh they want to rage
Screaming get me
Out of this cage
Do you shiver and feel that fear?
Cause Mr. Hyde
Mr. Hyde is here
Whiskey bottle you ain't my friend
I think of you more like kin
why must I have you after all is lost
destroying lives at all cost
CHORUS:
These demons within me
Oh they want to rage
Screaming get me
Out of this cage
Do you shiver and feel that fear?
Cause Mr. Hyde
Mr. Hyde is here
FLOATING
Do you ever feel like your falling
but your feet never find the ground
I ask myself all these questions
but there's never an answer at my door
I don't know what the future will hold
but I won't, I won't let it come for me
I'm running from something I can't see
while searching for something to set me free
CHORUS:
Oh I feel like I'm floating
Bouncing around these halls up against these walls in me
Oh I feel like I'm floating
I feel like there's something in store for me
Oh I feel like I'm floating
Just you wait, just you wait and see
Do you ever feel like you've missed your calling or rather are you simply stalling
I ask myself all these questions
but there's never an answer at my door
I don't know what the future will hold
but I can't, I can't let it comfort me
I'm here trying to call my plea
while wanting to catch my destiny
CHORUS:
Oh I feel like I'm floating
Bouncing around these halls up against these walls in me
Oh I feel like I'm floating
I feel like there's something in store for me
Oh I feel like I'm floating
Just you wait, just you wait and see