Frame x frame

Pulling away, on a westbound train

World goin’ by, like a hurricane

Slippin’ away, frame by frame

They met by chance, in a small cafe

Happenstance, well it happened that day

He caught her eye, she looked away

The day by day, frame by frame

It’s an age-old story, written over and over again

Lovers bound for glory

Just like holding sand, love slips right through your hands

They talked of life, and all that it brings

Smiled just right, they said all the right things

Six days in Rome, it was put to the test

This was going to be different than all the rest

Under moonlit nights in that quaint hotel

Bathed in the light things were going so well

But then, he took her hand, she looked away

The day by day, frame by frame

It’s the same old story, written over and over again

Down in flames of glory

Just like holding sand, love slips right through your hands

The day by day, frame by frame, slippin’ away

Pullin’ away on a westbound train

World goin’ by like a hurricane

Under moonlit nights in that quaint hotel

Bathed in the light things were going so right, going so well

The day by day, frame by fame, slippin ’away

We stood up, we fell down

Lost our way, our ship aground

I know that water will rise some day

Lift our sorrow and drift away

You to the east, me to the west

Into the great sunset

We lived with hope, we lived in fear

Tried to coax, one more year

But like these waves rolling out to sea

The tide has drawn on you and me

Into the mist, into thin air

To anywhere but here

Just looking for something to believe in

One heavenly day, one heavenly day

Just looking for one good reason

To believe that love will come to stay

One heavenly day, one heavenly day

Time gets lost, I find on you

In rescued moments, I hang onto

You’re sweet kiss and your caress

The way you looked in and out of that dress

The way your hair fell across your breasts

Mmmm, my heart stood still

But a child with a wall up, no good love could tear down

Other side salvation cried but the boy couldn’t hear a sound

With an eye to the sky, and an ear to the ground

Running wild heartbroken child

Missing you so hard, kissing you so hard

Everything comes, and everything leaves

Tall trees grow, and go to seed

That gypsy woman said she knew

That I’d spend my life with you

One less love-line in my hand

One more change in plans

Holes in his soles, his clothing is worn

Hasn’t felt this alone since the day he was born

Like a hole in the road people walk around and by

Most look away when they look when they look in his eyes

He was living the dream with a wife he adored

He had no idea she was looking for more

Never saw it coming when she set out on her own

Never was the same, nothing ever felt like home

Every day, the difference becomes clearer

This could be me this could be you

It’s getting harder to look in the mirror

Our own window we’re looking through

Where’s the love they say keeps this world turning

So many speak of?

Where’s the love from the Sunday sermon

Gonna rain down from above-where is this love?

Shakes off the cold, an old blanket for warmth

Feels the eyes settle over his form

Holds to a photo, his wife by the sea

Closes his eyes and he dreams

Sky so blue, water so clear

Pictures are painted, and then they all disappear how do I find myself here

Where’s the love they say keeps this world turning,

So many speak of?

Where’s the love from the Sunday sermon,

Gonna rain down from above

Driving home on a warm summer night

Life so sweet, your girls by your side

Every black man knows it can turn on a dime

Mind your own business, is some kind of crime

Along come a cowboy in a badge and a vest

Thinks he’s living in the wild wild west

Got an outlaw loose, ain’t no, taillight in back

Run you in for driving while black

We’ve all heard the echoes that some kind of change is near

The king had a dream but it didn’t find us here

Philando, they took your life

Caught on the wrong side the thin blue line

They’d drawn on you like you’re just another

Kicked to the curb like all the others

We knew the end when the story began

A story sold only lawyers can

Another killer set free, same old lies being told

Justice for sale another soul is sold

Lines are drawn, lines in the sand

They don’t mean nothing, when you just cross them again

This is our child, this is our truth

This far as we’ve come, this the best we can do?

The sun is setting, getting low in the sky

This land is weary, another good man has died

Dust rising up from the trail, it’s justice leavin’ town

From selma on up that’s how it’s always gone down

We’ve all heard the echoes that some kind of change is near

The king had a dream but it didn’t find us here

How can we believe, there’s some kind of change

How can we believe, when things stay the same

How can we believe, the king had a dream

How can we believe, when things never change

How can we believe, when things stay the same

The king had a dream, not a damn thing has changed

Religion on the television, it’s three a.m.

Got a man down on his knees

Making love to the TV lens

Like girls gone wild, and girls just gone bad

Says he’s got just what I need, gotta get me some of that

This is the window to your soul

Everything in this blue light is all you need to know

Praise be to everyone in TV land

I hold salvation right here, can’t you feel the man?

Lift your hands up to the screen, if you need the cure

Send your money now, yeah, and let’s be sure

I stand before you, with sorrow in my heart

And shame for what I’ve done, temptation got the better part

And as these tears, roll from my eyes

I beg forgiveness, in every tear I cry

And god is watching, watching over you

Just send in what you’ve got, you can be forgiven too

Praise be to everyone in TV land

I hold salvation right here, can’t you feel the man?

Lift your hands up to the screen, if you need the cure

Send your money now… 800-the-lord

Yeah, and let’s be sure

Ahhhhhh ahhhhhhmen

Ahhhhhh ahhhhhhmen

I’ve been gone going on, long about several years

Been on a slow, slow ride

I’ve been too afraid, too afraid to face my fears

Been on a slow, slow ride, away from here

Here comes your ghost again, it always reappears I been

Sweeping your footprints out but they,

They’re still walkin’ round here

Everything has long been broken

All the pictures long been burned but the

Back door still blows open, and your footprints still return

I’ve been on a slow ride, driving places I just can’t find

I’ve been too, too long gone

I just want to turn it around, can’t keep driving this road I’m

On I’ve been, I’ve been too, too long gone, I need to get back home

Here comes that feeling again, I need to get somewhere

Another drink, another pill, another friend, and one less care

Been trying so hard to remember

All the things I should forget but I just

Keep driving forever, but i never quite there get

I’ve been on a slow ride, driving back roads anesthetized I been,

I been too, too long gone

I just want to turn it around, got to beat those demons down

I been, I been too, too long gone, I need to get back home

Here comes your ghost again it always, reappears I been

Sweeping your footprints out but they

They’re still walking round’ here

Thinking ‘bout the day, the kids’ grandpa died

The only way he’d leave this farm, he always said

And looking up, he had a twinkle in his eye

On his last day, up in Jonny’s bed

There were good years and bad, we had a few

Good or bad years with him, you never knew

He always worked, with a twinkle in his eye

Like the one I saw, the day he died

Well, the skies hadn’t opened up in nearly two years

The dust it blew, just like snow

Tried to keep the tables full, and dried a few tears

Life out here, you just never know

Paid a visit from the man, at the F&M

Shook my hand and pointed out, the trouble we’re in

He had to wonder though why I was smiling

It was all I could do…

As he climbed into that shiny car, with shit on his boots

I recall those years, so many boys went off to war

Some were never quite the same again

We hired Lucas to help us out, with all the chores

I’ll never forget Luke, like his country did

He pulled our Maggie from the lake, the day she slipped in

Never thought twice about the fact, he couldn’t swim,

How can one man be, so damn brave

How can one man give, all he gave

Well, the kids have grown now they got, kids of their own

Yeah when they when they come around, we’re quite a few

I mix up all their names, hell that’s what old guys do

Yesterday, I called Jonny, sue

All the memories, we’ve raised up on this old farm

They lift me up and wash me clean, like a summer storm

Sittin’ on this porch darling, it’s quite a view

But nothing’s quite as beautiful, as looking at you

Lookin’ at you darling, looking at you

Wake up, it’s summertime, summer light is in our eyes

Let’s you and I take a walk

I’ve been standing at this door, like I wonder what they’re for

Sometimes I wish that you could talk

Awww, what are we waitin’ for

I think I hear some kids, there must be five or six

They can’t wait for me much longer

Well I hate to ask again but, patience is wearing thin

Their need for me couldn’t be stronger

Right now I’ve got my, head out the window

Rolling through the countryside, so many tales in the wind

Spending my days chasing after butterflies

I wake up and do it all again

I miss you my friend

Well I think I’ll take a nap, I hope you put my blanket back

But first a quick sweep of the floor

I’ve got a paw to lend, I don’t even have to bend

That’s what these short legs are for

True love never ends

And i still lay, where I’d lie, I’m still the apple of your eye

There’s still that place just slip inside

Still brings a smile, every time

Right now, I’ve got my head out the window

Rolling through the countryside, so many tales in the wind

Spending my days chasing after butterflies

I wake up and do it all again

Look I can fly, it’s just like a dream, swim in the light, it’s just

Like a dream, just like a dream…true love never ends

She got a smile will light up a room

She got a walk you forget what you’re doin’

I always gotta see her in the middle of the day

I always gotta watch when she’s walking away

She’s a beautiful mother to a beautiful child

She find the places drive me wild

I’m crazy bout’ that woman want to spread it around

I feel it where it counts from, 4 doors down

She’s my baby, and every night my baby she come around

Well I think I love her, think I love that girl 4 doors down

Under the covers she moves like a cat

I’m always curious what she’ll do with that

If I have a worry she takes it away

I’m always amused by the things she’ll say

She sends me pictures of flowers in her legs

She likes to make love every time it rains

I’m crazy bout’ that woman want to spread it around

I feel it where it counts from, 4 doors down

She’s my baby, and every night my baby she come around

Well I think I love her, think I love that girl 4 doors down

Yeah!, she’s my baby, and every night my baby she come around

Well I think I love her, think I love that girl 4 doors down

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For sixteen days the rains came down

Each drop wrung from our love

The levees broke, it’s too late now

What’s done, is done, is done

Every drop wrung from our love

Fast as they rose the rivers fanned out

Nothing was left as before

Life sprung up from was long thought dead

You were standing there at my door nothing left as before

Last night my dear was heaven on earth

Could have held onto you ‘til daylight

Let me tell you love, for what it’s worth

There’s nothing I own I wouldn’t throw just to spend with you one more night

I’ve heard it said many times many ways

Love has got to find you

Like the rivers rise and the rivers fall

There’s nothing much you can do love has got to find you

Like a newborn child I give you myself

Forever, whatever will be

Like a bee in your flower, I’ve tasted your love

You’ve given so sweetly to me

Forever, whatever will be

Last night my dear was heaven on earth

Could have held onto you ‘til daylight

Let me tell you love, for what it’s worth

There’s nothing I own I wouldn’t throw just to spend with you one more night

Like a newborn child, I give you myself

Forever, whatever will be

Like a bee in your flower, I’ve tasted your love

You’ve given so sweetly to me

You’ve got beautiful lies,

Words on your lips wear the best disguise

I don’t care if they’re true

Just tell me lies I need to hear from you

Tell me things you’ll do you never intend to

Write me love letters you’ll never send to me

Just look into my eyes and

Tell me your, beautiful lies

I still recall that day we met

Good luck got just about as good as luck can get

For a boy like me with a girl like you

Just like make-believe this boy just needs

A few lies to hang onto

Tell me things you’ll do you never intend to

Write me love letters you’ll never send to me

Just look into my eyes and

Tell me your beautiful lies

These days have been, heaven sent

You took me places I never went

If it’s all a dream just leave me lay, here

If it’s all the same to you, I’ll play the fool

And believe everything you say, dear

Tell me things you’ll do you never intend to

Write me love letters you’ll never send to me

Just look into my eyes and

Tell me your, beautiful lies

Sometimes aloha’s hello, sometimes goodbye

You were the girl at the end of the block

All roller skates and sun-drenched locks, oh my

And i was the boy too shy to say hi

So, I wrote it on the sidewalk, for you passing by

Those were the days the good old days we find out too late

They all slip away, slip away

Now you’re sleeping so sweetly, in the dashboard lights

Breathing in rhythm, to the center white lines

I just close my eyes we’re together once more

You and me 4ever…24

They came and went those summers that we spent

Goofin’ on our big ideas and making bigger plans

Drivin’ round the lake with Dylan gettin’ high

Swimming’ under moonlit nights, drinking rose’ wine

Those were the days the good days we find out too late

They all slip away, slip away

Nowyou’re sleeping so sweetly, under starlit nights

Satellite streaking across northern lights

I just close my eyes we’re together once more

You and me 4ever…24

I thought you’d always be there—but you’re gone, you’re gone

You’re gone, you’re gone, I know—I’ve looked everywhere

Now you’re sleeping so sweetly, as the fire burns down

Sinatra is crooning, it’s my kind of town

I just close my eyes we’re together once more

You and me 4ever

You were the girl I thought would always be there

I took your love with us everywhere

Hold my hand as we drift back in time

Under moonlit nights, drinking rose’ wine

We’re 8x3 we’re 6x4, the age we will be, 4ever more

Waiting out the day, another one slips away

Your own breath the only sound

Fettered by the weight, looking for the strength

To get your feet on the ground

Sunlight crawling across your room

World turns outside your door

Waiting for the change baby it’s coming soon

Seems like miles across that floor

Sooner or later, it comes down to waiting

Till faces turn friendly again

Somehow or another we stumbled on each other

Baby it’s me now, with you till the end

And you can be sad, and I’ll, I’ll be there

To take your hand

Waiting out the night, another long, lonely ride

Watching shadows on the wall

Dusk or dawn, never really know how long

Time don’t mean nothing at all

Looking for a sign, maybe something in the light

Feeling like nobody’s child

Close your eyes baby, slip inside

The change will be along now, in a little while

Sooner or later, it comes down to waiting

Till faces turn friendly again

Somehow or another we stumbled on each other

Baby it’s me now, with you till the end

And you can be sad, and I’ll, I’ll be there

To take your hand