Saturday, August 27, 2011

River Rise Above



river run
river hide
river never did decide
river deep
river wide
come on baby
it's not about us
sink into the wanderlust
come on baby
it's not about love
the river rise above
river bed
river ride
crashed into the riverside
sinking water
hold the tide
come on baby
it's not about us
sink into the wanderlust
come on baby
it's not about love
the river rise above
river come
river go
all our lives we never know
heads above
hearts below
come on baby
roll with me
find a place we'd rather be
come on sugar
flow with me
river is eternity
© Chris LeRoy 2011 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

Peace Breaks Out



Janie had a gun
Now she don't have one
When she woke up she just didn't need it
Frankie had a knife
Used it all his life
But he tossed it and did not retrieve it
Larry used his fist
But he turned his wrist
He hails a waitress at the coffee counter
Suzie's in a gang
But she turned and ran
Now she's a model to the friends around her
Peace breaks out on the Saturday sun
And now it's three o'clock in the morning
Thousands in the street
Beat a soft retreat
They left their cars and they just started walking
Nothing is real
Cross to Strawberry Fields
They sat down and they started talking
Peace breaks out in the Saturday sun
And now it's three o'clock in the morning
Janie had a gun
But she don't need one...
Frankie had a knife
Used it all his life…
Glaze in his eye
Catcher in The Rye
Goes from Central Park to The Dakota
No one says why, but he walks on by
John Lennon smiles from his Toyota, yeah!
Peace breaks out all over the world
© Chris LeRoy 2011 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

CRAWL



Ever since I fell in love
A feeling that I don't belong
Ever since that push came shove
A feeling that I can't hold on
You said, "It's no big deal
To beg and borrow and steal," for real!
You said I'd never crawl again
Someday I'm walking out on you
You said I'd never crawl again
Ever since I fell away
I close the door on everything
Ever since the break of day
I don't care what tomorrow brings
You said that "Time and tide
Just took me for a ride," Why?
You said I'd never crawl again
Someday I'm walking out on you
You said I'd never crawl again
Rise up almost good as new
You said I'd never crawl again
Underneath the watchful moon
Underneath the stars that shine
Kept a careful watch on you
And carefully you slipped my mind
You said a once blue moon
Will always leave the room, and soon!
You said I'd never crawl again
Someday I'm walking out on you
You said I'd never crawl again
Rise up almost good as new
You said I'd never crawl again
Promises are meant forever
You said I'd never crawl again
Never, never, never
Crawl again
I'll never crawl again
I'll never crawl again
© Chris LeRoy 2011 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

COME TO ME



I was just a young thing
Had no understanding
Used to lose my head and heart but…
Got up on the wrong day
Right up in the wrong way
Lose my way from the very start but…
I’ve grown up enough to tear that picture apart
Come To Me
Whatever you have heard
I’ve never used that word before, oh I
Come To Me
Whatever kind of lie
I never used to try before, oh I
Come to Me
Come into the right line
Move in the direction
Maybe you can be that someone but..
I could never hold you
Fast to your affections
Maybe I could hold you one day
I’ve grown up enough to feel the sun, but why?
Come To Me
Don’t ever breathe a word
I’ve never been what you have heard, oh I…
Come To Me
Before you think I lie
I’d never try make you cry, oh my
Come to Me
Come into the right line
Move in the direction
Maybe you can be that someone but.
I could never hold you
Fast to your affections
Maybe I could hold you one day
I’ve grown up enough to feel the sun, but why?
Come To Me
Before I breathe a word
Before I get what you deserve, oh I…
Come To Me
Before you think I lie
You know I ain’t that kind of guy, oh oh I.
Come to Me
(Don't you ever say a word)
© Chris LeRoy 2011 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

YEARS



Lost my spirit and the friends who came to see me
Lost a good song when the spirit left me here
And I can’t imagine what went right
The voice that was calling me near
“You’ve been lost for years and years.”
Take no questions, talk to no one when the night falls
Shut your eyes out, and you pray, day appears
And I can’t imagine what went right
And who made the night disappear
“You’ve been lost for years and years.”
In the midnight hour a spirit came softly
Crossed our music for a while
And we would smile
I’ve been waiting for a long time just to tell you
I’m a new song
May this new song
Ring so clear, clear, clear
And I dare not wonder what goes right
The spirit can bring us here
I’ve been lost for years and years
You’ve been lost for years and years
We’ve been lost for years and years
We’ve been lost
We’ve been lost
We’ve been lost
For years and years
© Chris LeRoy 2011 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

STAND DOWN



Five o'clock in the morning
Looking like I'm half past bed
I worry and I wonder
Verses running through my head
I work for money
I work for bread
Been working for the in between
I should be in the headlines, baby
(They say) Stand-down
You don't want to start a war
Stand-down
Be quiet like you were before
Stand-down
You should stay between the lines
Six o'clock in the morning
All the night I tossed and turned
Climbed right out of the wishing well
Now I swear that I've been burned
Think I see those city lights
Something that I must confide
I should be in the headlines, baby
(They say) Stand-down
You don't want to start a war
Stand-down
Be quiet like you were before
Stand-down
You should stay between the lines
And I should be in the headlines, baby
Now we're back in the evening
Crying through The Midnight Hour
Crying In The Chapel
& All Along The Watchtower
I worked for money
I worked for bread
Somehow my plans fell through
And I woke up in the headlights, baby
(They say) Stand-down
You don't want to start a war
Stand-down
Be quiet like you were before
Stand-down
You should stay between the lines
Stand-down
You should apologize
© Chris LeRoy 2011 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

SO GOOD



You're so good
You're so bad
Worse manifestation
That I ever had
I want it now
See justice done
Under the yellow eye
Of the pouring sun
Out in the desert
For a grain of sand
I need a place to land
You're so good
You're so bad
Worse manifestation
That I ever had...
You're so good
You're so bad
Can't remember if I ever had
A love like fire
That made me run
Beneath the yellow eye
Of the pouring sun
Out in the tinderbox
Head in hand
I need a place to land...
Down in the heat
Where the creek used to rise
I got to cover my eyes…
You're so bad
You're so good
Can't explain
I never understood
I want you bad
See justice done
Under the bloodshot moon
Then the pouring sun
You're so good
You're so bad
The worst excuse that I ever had
© Chris LeRoy 2011 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

THE OTHER SIDE



She was on the other side
There was nowhere else to hide away
Quiet in the bunker lights
Smoke was curling in her eyes, they say
There was no sun there was no moon
The faintest trace of stale perfume
A heavy glow, the hours slow
You ask the Lord, you never know
A grain of sand is love to you
And through my hands
You're passing through
This might be the day we die
Oh my darling' don't you cry
She was in a summer fair
Then the brightest wind blew through her hair
Quiet in the bunker lair
Smoke was curling in her eyes, they swear
Was no sun there was no moon
The faintest trace of stale perfume
The heavy glow, the hours slow
You ask the Lord, you never know
This grain of sand is love to you
And through my hands
You're passing through
And this might be the day we die
Oh my darling' don't you cry
Silence on the other side
There was nowhere else to hide away
Silent in the bunker lights
Smoke was curling in her eyes, they say
© Chris LeRoy 2011 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP