THINGS WORTH KEEPING - LYRICS
1. Swingset
Watching you watching me
in my sheets
Could you see my smile
hiding underneath
Seems like each moment
your eyes find mine
I lose a little less
of more reason to hide
from you
Swayin' so sweetly on a swingset so fine
the harder we'll fall the higher we climb
why waste time worryin' about playin it safe
when we could give into gravity
and get carried away
So no need to tell me it's complicated
the sun is coming up and talk is overrated
you can be free, and I can pretend
I won't be dreaming of
seeing you again
I won't ask a thing of you
just to be surprised
when you come through
ever so simple, ever so sweet
just to hear you say
good morning to me.
So no need to tell me it's complicated
the sun is nearly up now and talk is overrated
i will be free, and you can pretend
you won't be dreaming of
Swaying so sweetly on a swingset so fine
the harder we'll fall the higher we cimb
why waste time worryin' about playing it safe
when we could give into gravity
and get carried away.
2. Serendipities
These lazy bleed
like watercolors to me
Innocently left out in the rain
The little circles leap and meet so beautifully
Into serendipities
Into serendipity
But he's countin lovers like children collect rocks
They've all started lookin the same and they'll all be
forgotten and left in lots
but somethin' bout you
didn't mean to
didn’t mean to slip and fall
but I fell
and I fell for you
So call it crazy
or we'll call it happenstance
when the world wont stop cause we're not makin plans
but since i've trickled into you
there's nothin that I'd rather do
than marvel at the masterpiece
of our serendipities
To tell you the truth I'm terrified of you
I've been building walls standin’ far too tall for you
to reach me through
But you don't seem to mind
No, you don't even care
all you ever say is there's no reason to be scared..
Guess somethin bout me
Must'a set you free
No, you didnt mean to fall
but you fell for me
So call it crazy
or we'll call it happenstance
when the youve trickled into me
there's nowhere that I'd rather be
than singin this here melody
of our serendipities
....there's nowhere that I'd rather be
than singin this here melody
of our serendipities
3. Quiet Company
You know I dreamt we hopped a train
and headed to the sea
just to spend all my days
in your quiet company
we bought a little place out west
humble as the breeze
the kinda place you build a home
maybe start a family
and risking everything
if only for a moment we
packed our bags with these
foolish fantasies
you grabbed a hold my hand to make a change
to take a chance
on me
ain't but a single road
or market place for us to go
ain't no better way
to build our better days
we'd stay up late inventing our childrens' names
you'd promise me this feeling would never fade
we'd find our joy in simpler things
rest our dreams in what each day brings
and in the morning time we'd rise
to etch our memories in the skies
now risking everything if only for a moment we
could back our bags with these
foolish fantasies
come grab ahold my hand to make a change
to take a chance
on me
you know I dreamt we hopped a train
and headed to the sea
just to spend all my days
in your quiet company
4. Paper Mache
Even though I know you've come so far
Still I feel you holding back the shards
Left behind, from all of the ways that she broke you.
Crumbled up like paper mache,
I'm tryin' hard just to fold you through your days
Held you in my pockets from the start,
Prayin' she don't tear your world apart
Baby, don't you let her change you
Rearrange you like tape,
misshape you.
Fabricatin' all the debris
pieces of who you used to be.
And how i've feared it'll leave you impaired
Tattered and torn beyond all repair
A ragged, haggard patched-up piece of a war, war man's history.
Fade into her shade of grey again
Wager all you've had at stake
and guild it on her silver plate
Driftin' away like paper mache
I'm so sick of the sound of your
Shrouded, slow decay
But who am I to judge an ill-fated track,
not even I can throw this paper back. (x2)
Keep Up
Little girl, little girl
you wanna run with the bulls
your shoes are filled full
pebbles keep your cool
little girl, little girl
dontcha wanna really shine
insist it's your time
what's a little white lie
you'll never be more
than the little girl
sneaking lemon drops
from the candy store
cause their so sweet
you always complain of the growing pains
you always slip away to another plane but
can you...
Keep up
can you keep up
can you
Who you trying to fool
always gonna be the same
best to drop your cards and leave the game
you only got yourself to blame
don't you think that they know
behind the coat your stilts still show
don't you think they know
Keep up,
can you....
5. Linger
Hallucinatin' saving grace
he prayed she'd leave him alone
he was afraid to find that
she had haunted here all this time
so point the finger
god forbid you let this feeling linger
but given the chance
would you show me your song and dance
ba da ba, ba da ba
and you, and you
you let her push you through
and you, and you
just linger like you do
and you, and you
you can make me
you can make me bad
he came to compromise
but simply could not sympathize
he went and knocked me down
to scratch me up up off of the ground
so how low, how low
how low do you go
how low, how low
how low do you go
how low, how low
how low, how low
how low will you go?
6. But a Memory
Sick & tired of always sittin on the sidelines
always playin' nice
always been the one to pay the price
if I could build it up
if i could make it strong
i'd maybe make it to the end of this goddamn song
i would lose my shit
finally throw a fit
finally fine a way to finally be through with it
I wanna hate you.
wanna break you.
wanna make you see all the ways you've
broken me.
Can't help but want to defend you
when the wolves come sniffin' round
they use their dirty words to tear you apart
they bring you down
i know were better than that
i've been the first to stray from the pack
but after one, two, three, four times
I'm giving up on giving out
giving into your lies
Does she know bout the kiss that you stole
that night from me
on that lamp lit street, no
does she know bout the kiss that you stole
that night from me
does she know you cheat, oh
does she know
cause you know
you're nothing but a memory to me.
so you come crawling to me
aw shucks,
so sweet.
trying to pry one last night
from me
unless you came here tonight
to start a fight
best get movin it,
this time i'm losin it
been here before, now
baby i'm through with it
How dare you
try to be
any more than a
memory to me
how dare you
try to be
any more than a
bad, bad memory
a bad, bad memory (x )
....you'll be nothing but a memory to me.
7. One More Day
One more day
one more night
one more gig
before I might
find my way into your life
there I'll stay in your delight
Chorus
Just one more day
till I find my way
to you
one more call
before I leave this all
behind me
after this one last call
swear I, swear I'll leave this all behind me
but after this one last time will you, will you
still be mine
One more smile is all I need, please
one more kiss before I leave, just
one more joke to make you laugh,
one more road till you get back
8. Names we Forget
I know I'm bout to sound insane
but I'm thinkin' I could marry you someday
took you from the bar to my bed
should have left you at my door instead
So why'd you have to go and make me laugh
why'd you have to go and fit so perfectly inside of me
why'd you have to go so soon
why'd you have to go...
probably shouldn't have noticed you
but that smoky smile clouded my view
roll me a cigarette
and we'll joke bout' names we both forget
joke bout' names we both forget
beer or two down at the bar
you'll show me what a fool you are
lead me to the floor dance
and I'll make believe it's real romance
make believe it's real romance
Lying round my living room
Just sinkin in those timeless tunes
Spill to me your dying dreams
And I'll up and give you everything
Up and give you everything
watch you walk out to your car
And I'll scratch myself this brand new scar
Bite my lip and say we're free
But these flings don't fly,
they clip my wings.
flings don't fly
they clip my wings,
flings don't fly
they only clip my wings
months from now I'll make it big
and you'll write yourself your first big hit
find yourself along my path
and we'll look back to this day
and laugh...
I know I'm bout' to sound insane
but you know I thought maybe I would marry you someday