DON'T TURN BACK

There are some people in this world
They want to bring us down
And there’s some trouble in this world
That we cannot turn round
Say what you say about it
Or doubt the love we found

But don’t turn back
If you turn back you turn away
Hear me say
If you turn back you turn away

There are so many kinds of fools
And lies they tell about us
They’d like to tell us that we’re through
And swear it never was
Say what you say about me
But don’t you doubt my love

But don’t turn back
If you turn back you turn away
Hear me say
If you turn back you turn away

Say what you say about us
But don’t you doubt our love

But don’t turn back
If you turn back you turn away
Hear me say
If you turn back you turn away

Chris LeRoy
1998 © and Published New West Crash Music

BAD ENOUGH

On the day you changed they just walked by
One crazy thing got caught in your eye
And all your friends say you’re so hard to be with now
With friends like that
You really don’t need friends at all

You can have anything you want
If you want it for a very long time
Bad enough

Your friends they just walk by
They want you to apologize
And all your friends say you’re so hard to be with now
Friends like that
Are friends that you can do without

You can have anything you want
If you want it for a very long time
Bad enough

You can’t take no book of love
No book of poems
No book of rules
No book of the month
No book of the dead
To tell you what to do

In this great big house that you call home
You’re in a crowd but you are all alone
And all your friends say you’re so hard to be with now
Friends like that
Are friends that you can live without

You can have anything you want
If you want it for a very long time
Bad enough
Baby, you got to want it bad enough

© Chris LeRoy
1983 New West Crash Music

TIRED ANGEL

Out of the window and into the sky
She says a prayer
She says goodbye
Watches the city below
Through the tears in her eyes
And the lights seem so far
And the trees
And the cars
And the treacherous feeling she gets
When she thinks with her heart
We lit a fire
I was burned too
Now that I’ve faded away
I’ve got a message for you

Fall down
Fall Down
Come Down
Tired Angel

Out in the air your precarious perch
Girl assumed lost
Soon they will search
But they’ll never find you cause
They never knew who you are
You were soft
You were fine
Never cold
So refined
And no one can ever hold on to you
One at a time
We lit a fire
We were burned too
Now that I’m faded away
I’ve got a message for you

Fall down
Fall Down
Come Down
Tired Angel

Now you’ve stepped out on the blue moonlit wire
Watch your step easy
Wings of desire
Earth is below you but you can’t hear voices at all
And the lights seem so far
And the trees
And the cars
Like no one below you could possible care if you fall
We lit a fire
We were burned through
Now that I’m so far away
I try to hold on to you

Fall down
Fall Down
Come Down
Tired Angel

© 1987 Chris LeRoy
Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

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