RADIO

& I want you
& I want you to want me too
& I won't go
& I won't leave until you know
that your picture sits there haunting me all night
but its alright
allright

'cause when I lay me down to sleep
my mind is like a radio
your picture comes and goes
& in the meanwhile…

if I could say
if I could wait until the sun
had crossed your face
to say we never have to run
cause your picture sits there smiling through the light
& its alright
allright

'cause when I lay me down to sleep
my mind is like a radio
your picture comes and goes
& in the meanwhile
everytime I try to sleep
my mind is just a radio
your station comes & goes
in the meanwhile

& I feel tired
but I'm still here and alive
& will try
to find us ways to survive
cause I picture you in my arms through the night
& were alright
allright

cause when I lay me down to sleep
my mind is like a radio
your picture comes and goes
& in the meanwhile
everytime I try to sleep
my mind is just a radio
your station comes & goes
in the meanwhile

© Chris LeRoy 5/10/96
New West Crash Music

WE'RE ALRIGHT

Two lovers went out walking
Into the moonless night
They wandered through the firmament
To hold each other tight
And though they saw the end was near
They never felt so right
And we’re alright

Two lovers round the circle
Against the rolling sea
They cannot break the motion
Or they will wake the dream
And though they saw the end was near
They couldn't leave that night
And we’re alright

If we had all the chances
The chances lovers hold
We'd fill our hearts with promises
Like mansions filled with gold
And when I look into your eyes
Against the dying light
I'm alright
You're alright
We’re alright

Two lovers went out walking...

Chris LeRoy 2/5/ 95
New West Crash Music ASCAP

RESCUE ME

Oh, won’t you rescue me
Oh, won’t you rescue me
I want you to
Hold me tight
Treat me right
Tell me what I’m doing wrong

Well I got lost on the way
When I was practically here
I lived on three cigarettes
And a perpetual fear
And a terrible dream
Where you whisper to me so sincere
Almost too clear

So won’t you rescue me
Oh, won’t you rescue me
I want you to
Hold me tight
Treat me right
Tell me what I’m doing wrong

Well there’s a vacancy sign
On your pillow tonight
If you could see my way
You’d probably turn out the light
And that terrible dream
Where you whisper to me so sincere
Almost too clear

Who put out the lights
I’m losing contact
You walk away
And you know that I can’t let go
No I can’t let go…

So won’t you rescue me
Oh, won’t you rescue me
I want you to
Hold me tight
Treat me right
Tell me what I’m doing wrong

© 1983 Chris LeRoy New West Crash Music

WANDERING AROUND

Up all night close to the brink
Closing my eyes and trying to think
Reaching to you I almost touch down
The moon won't stop wandering around

You look good asleep in that chair
Faint expectations rise in the air
When you awake I won't be found
The moon won't stop wandering around

Wandering around, wandering around
All through the evening and never a sound
Come here my child and lay your head down
We'll stop this wandering around

You were right/I can't be read
Close that book that rests by your head
You were the story/In you I was bound
The moon won't stop wandering around

Oh my friend your time has been true
Everything right goes straight back to you
Maybe in dreams we'll cover that ground
The moon won't stop wandering around

Wandering around, wandering around
All through the evening and never a sound
Come hungry child and lay your head down
We'll stop this wandering around

If I pray and when I die
You can have all these tears that I cry
A heart that was lost, one will be found
So much for wandering around

Wandering around, wandering around
All through the evening and never a sound
Come hungry child your head to the ground
I 'll stop your wandering around

Chris LeRoy
© May 22, 2005 NEW WEST CRASH MUSIC

RIGHT

When I was young I used to sing
And bang the drum and everything
And throw my cares on golden leaves
My first words rolled up my sleeve

From river deep to mountain high
Sweet soul music kissed the sky
I kept the station turned down low
Clouds came through my radio

Let’s sing, get high, love the sun, get it right

Ring dem bells up on a hill
Chimes of freedom chiming still
When words rise up against the wind
You may not hear those words again

If fire burns inside your soul
You take a chance to lose control
It pulls you up and let’s you go
Do you believe in rock and roll?

Let’s sing, get high, love the sun, get it right

Life can make you very small
And try to push you to the wall
But sometimes problem get reversed
There’s changes in the universe

A fire burning in your soul
Can take you if you want to go
A simple song can let you know
Do you believe in rock and roll?

Let’s sing, get high, love another, kiss the sky
Let’s sing, get high, love the sun, get it right

When I was young I used to sing
And bang the drum and everything
And throw my cares on golden leaves
One more song before we leave

Let’s sing, get high, love another, kiss the sky
Let’s sing, get high, love the Son, get it right

© Chris LeRoy March 16, 2008
New West Crash Music ASCAP

WOKE UP LIKE A CHILD

It was a beautiful morning
I got out with the sun
Put on a little Bob Dylan
Talking one to one

But I was tired of watching for signals
With just a ghost of a chance
I fought the cold man’s wars
And I danced the combat dance

But I woke up like a child
I woke up like a child
And I don’t let those nightmares bring me down
They don’t bring me down

And I dreamed we never grow up
Keep scratching hearts on the walls
And all the hearts that were touching
They hardly beat at all

But I woke up like a child
I woke up like a child
And I don’t let those nightmares bring me down
They don’t bring me down

It was a beautiful morning
I got out with the sun
Put on a little Bob Dylan
Watch the children run
There’s no protest singers
There’s no protest songs
Just the howling of the night hounds
When they don’t get along

There’s no protest singers
There’s no protest songs
Just the howling of the night hounds
When they don’t get along
But I woke up like a child
I woke up like a child
And I don’t let those nightmares bring me down
They don’t bring me down

© 1982 Chris LeRoy New West Crash Music/ASCAP

MISS FORTUNATE LIES

Everytime I look who put me down down down
Miss Fortunate Lies
Miss Fortunate Lies
Everytime I see you put me down down down
Miss Fortunate Lies

They say you’d never walk alone
Unless you wanted to
You’ll be stranded on your own
Soon my darling

Everytime I wake up in this underground
Miss Fortunate Lies
Miss Fortunate Lies
Everytime I hear you put me down down down
Miss Fortunate Lies...(solo)

I wish that I had words to say
Let me be someone
I wish that you would pull yourself away
Soon my darling

Everytime I see you put me down down down
Miss Fortunate Lies
Miss Fortunate Lies
Everytime I stop and think about you now
Miss Fortunate Lies (repeat)


© Chris LeRoy New West Crash Music
6/18/98