1. |
Oh, Isabella
02:55
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hum a tune.
why don't you calm the moon?
As long as it comes from you
it's good enough to last me
until morning light.
i still wonder if you sleep at night
i don't know your type
but i'll give you my time
i'll wear it right on my sleeve
oh, isabella
isabella call on me
second love
as gentle as she is tough
i hardly trust my luck
wIth anything that comes out of an easy tIme
the comfort doesn't fit the crime
so if you are worried
my head's in a hurry
i'll be as plain as can be
oh, isabella
isabella call on me
oh, isabella
isabella call on me
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2. |
Dirty Words
04:26
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up before sunrise
to hear my neighbors stir their coffee
laughing when their kid says dirty words
stick around for the goodbye
when their boy is pushing thirty
he'll have learned not to expect implied return
help me out, hang me out to dry
ask me how i am i feel alright
no really i'm feeling fine
shut my mouth, let me down this time
i miss your autumn stare, your hands running through my hair
like salt water
a grey car in the distance
i guess i've got about five seconds
to decide if i should wave or look away
from another total stranger
who i've probably never met but
i don't think i'm up for that much risk today
help me out, hang me out to dry
ask me how i am i feel alright
no really i'm feeling fine
shut my mouth, let me down this time
i miss your autumn stare, your hands running through my hair
like salt water
if one more person tells me
"hey listen, man, at least i bet you'll get some good songs
out of it"
i'll sell my things
& drive my car as far out west as it will go
& keep on going if i can
help me out, hang me out to dry
ask me how i am i feel alright
no really i'm doing fine
shut my mouth, let me down this time
i miss your autumn stare, your hands running through my hair
like salt water
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3. |
If You're A Ghost
02:25
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if you're A ghost
i hope you haunt me for at Least
another spooky Month or two
i'm not opposed
to white sheets, eyes cut out, see-through
shake my bookcase
pull the covers off my bed
i never found it easy to forget
why would you wanna?
right before winter
head down, eyes closed to hear your voice
through the speakers
some things just don't change
come play my pIano
when no one's around to play
shake my bookcase
pull the covers off my bed
i never found it easy to forget
why would you wanna?
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4. |
Married In The Morning
04:09
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i woke up late again and for the first time in a while
i don't feel wrong or lazy and it doesn't feel like standing trial
you were married in the morning, or at least that's what I heard.
another man in California to feel your touch and hear your words.
was it just a lesson, or was it in my mind?
i thought that I was the exception
and I thought you were the one
but I was just the first one waiting in line.
when we finally got settled I couldn't feel my toes.
we drove right up the middle and kissed until we froze.
you're still in every letter, yeah you're the box on my shelf.
lighter than a feather, heavier than hell.
was it just a lesson, or was it in my mind?
thought I was the exception
i though you were the one
but I was just the first one waiting in line
taking our time saying goodbye, any little reason to stay.
this is the last time.
it's not even that I still wish you were mine, I just don't know how to wish you away and it's about time.
was it just a lesson, or was it in my mind?
i thought I was the exception.
i thought you were the one
but I was just the first one waiting in line.
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5. |
I Hope It's You
03:57
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good morning, darling. we woke up much too late.
this job won't take me far and it don't make me feel afraid.
cause soon I'll make us money
by playin these old songs i wrote for you.
i love it when you're listening you always sing along
and how you hold my hand almost like you're reading my palm
so won't you come on over and tell me what my future holds
oh I hope it's you where every little path i'm takin leads
every back and forth and in between
i hope it's you who's lovin me
i'm not sure what it looks like when we both turn thirty-four
but i know this growin older doesn't scare me anymore
hey, i bet our sounds sound sweeter
with a little silver peeking through our hair
so if you wanna talk or if you just wanna be heard
i'll climb up all your thoughts and hang on every single word
not sure there's just one for everybody
but i'm certain there's only one i want.
I hope it's you where every little path i'm takin leads
every back and forth and in between
i hope it's you who's lovin me
and maybe there'll be days for us
I don't remember how to love
nights when I don't always feel like home.
there'll be times it's hard to breathe
when you put yourself ahead of me
and times when all i wanna do is go
but that's ok because in the bad days
i still hope it's you where every little path i'm takin leads
every back and forth and in between
i hope it's you who's lovin me
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6. |
Comfort
04:40
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i would watch you like a boat captain looks over the ocean
trying his best to guess where the wind will be blowing
i gladly tossed above your waves
i miss the things that kept me straight enough
now I'm straining my mind to remember the sound of your voice
so i’ll be alone until it feels like a friend
i’ll sing out my groans until they sound like hymns
why fall in love just to prove I still can
they offered comfort but comfort isn't you
buy new clothes and switch your rooms
we all know that's what you're supposed to do
and that's why we do it
like showing up for sunday church
body, blood, repeat the words
to hear myself singing about somebody other than you
i’ll be alone until it feels like a friend
i’ll sing out my groans until they sound like hymns
why fall in love just to prove I still can
they offered comfort but comfort isn't you
it’s not what i see, we do what we can
who said i need to hit bottom to change the way I am.
i’ll be alone until it feels like a friend
i’ll sing out my groans until they sound like hymns
why fall in love just to prove I still can
they offered comfort but comfort isn't you
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7. |
False Start
05:29
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pinch my arm & hope you're there
finger, thumb, & dIsappear
call it chaos call it right
it only hurts until it rhymes
until it rhymes
did you look down at my hands
try to read my callouses
did I see it melt away
remember when i loved LA
& didn't stay
what a shame
how incomplete
with more to say
than slides between our teeth
if it's a false start
we’re just doing our best
& what i thought when I saw you
i knew it when i left.
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