WORDS

A New Kind of Lonely (for Tom Petty)

Every time I get lost and can’t find my way home
and come apart at the seams
It might take me some days
might take me longer
but its always a song that rescues me

its new kind of lonely
and i cant fake it
something’s been lost to the wind
Feels like my heart aint
aint gonna make it
til i see Tom Petty again

When my man thinks he loves someone else
well my heart it burns like hell
no doctors can fix me
no pills eclipse what i see
its only a song can break the spell

its new kind of lonely
and i cant fake it
something been lost to the wind
Feels like my heart aint
aint gonna make it
til i see Tom Petty again

its new kind of lonely
and we cant fake it
something been lost to the wind
Feels like our hearts aint
aint gonna make it
til we see Tom Petty again

GreasyPhillyBoy Records

(music and words by givingTribe) ASCAP

As I Am
Hands
Ragdoll
The Company of Strangers
Head to Toe
Car Crash

7. QuickSilver
8. The Devil You Know
9. You Aint Gotta Love Me
10. Hudson
11. Rain

As I Am

Sometimes you’re softness
To the touch
Sometimes you’re angry
So what
We’ll put the lie to the things we were told
and teach ourselves that love aint control

we’re stabbing a vein just to feel something again
banging our heads in a war nobody can win
No matter what you throw me I’ll try to understand
So u want me for your man
Take me as I am

We’ve been our juries
We’ve been friends
Made some good targets
And we’ve ruined our blend
You say the timing
Damned us worst of all
But nothing good ever gets away
Once you tear down the wall

we’re jabbing a vein just to feel something again
Making the same mistakes that we love in our friends
No matter what you throw me I’ll find a way to understand
So u want me for your man
Take me

We keep running wild and it feels so long
Like our proudest days are behind us simply to haunt
And there is just one thing that matters anymore
That is how we love
That is how we love
That is who we are

No more jabbing a vein just to feel something again
Or running away from this heart when its letting you in
No matter what you throw me I’ll try to understand
So u want me for your man
Take me as I am

Hands

On some sunny sunny day
When you hide your heart away
Put it safely in the glow
Of all the things
That you think you know

Go on and hit me darling
Lay me right down
Go on and show me how its done
Go on and sink your teeth
Into the hand that feeds
Caressin every single hand
that holds you down

On some sunny sunny day
Like a smile you emerge
To revel safely in the glow
Of everything
That you think you know

Go on and hit me darling
Lay me right down
Go on and show me how its done
Go on and sink your teeth
Into the hand that feeds
Caressin every single hand
that holds you down

We never bite the hand that really hurts us
We let our loved ones bear it all
And i’m lashing out at you because I’ve forgotten how to care
But honey i been there
I’ve got the scars to share

ON that sunny sunny day

Ragdoll

I love it when you’re just a rag doll
I love it when you take charge
I love this little world that’s all your own
soon as the curtains are drawn

I love it when you’re sweet
I love it when you’re wild
I love it when you’re openin up
I need it once you start unfoldin in my arms
I love the way you move
how you get all monkey with me

you’re a mystery
you make a riddle of my fantasy
my little feather
don’t blow too far from me

I love it when you’re sweet
I love it when you’re wild
I love it when you’re openin up
I need it once your charms start cascading thru my arms
I love it how you move
how you get all monkey with me

my little feather
don’t blow too far from me

The Company of Strangers

she couldn’t wait to try
she looked up at the sky much too soon
what’s she gonna do?
she tell ya she’s all right
if she don’t know who you are or what you done
or where you’re coming from

says that she can breathe
only in the company of strangers
yes only when she’s dreaming is she free
only in the company of strangers
is she at peace

she never waves goodbye
when she’s looking for another place to hide
another face to keep
And I don’t know
who she thinks she’s hearing when I call
how can I break her fall

when she believes…
only in the company of strangers
only when she’s dreaming is she free
only in the company of strangers
is she at peace (is she complete)

Do I have to be a stranger to be seen?
Do we have to be in danger before you come to me?

Head to Toe

Stealth
Its not our style
And hell
It lasts a while
You’re hangin’ on
I’m holding tight
We’ll be ourselves
We’ll be all right

Head to toe
You’re all I want to know
Head to toe
You’re everything I want
Head to toe
Aint never let you go
Never…

When the truth grows up
We’ll see there were no lies
You’ll let me in
And you’ll make me wise
little can we know
what lies beyond today
so I guess we’ll let the stars have a say

Head to toe
You’re all I want to know
Head to toe
You’re everything I want
Head to toe
We’ll always share the soul
Forever…

yeah
you tell me to slow down
you ask me to bow now
but I cant stop
yeah i cant stop
no i cant stop
Feeling we’re one…

Car Crash

He’s seeing red and green
He’s not quite sure
He’s being schooled on what it is to feel
When its not so sweet
And there’s no one there to grab the wheel
But it must be better this way

I remember ivory towers
Happy hours
When she said he made her laugh
she even said her made her love
An artful dodger
As long as he could last

Car Crash

Just when he thinks he’s got it straight
He finds
Only out of sight was out of mind
And though he loves the pace so
He knows
That its probably better this way
Its quick and painful this way

I remember seein trouble
Where beauty was the beast
And luck was more than law
they never chanced to sleep
In case of frightful dreams
They tripped the light fantastic

Car Crash

But what could they, but what could they possibly do?

Because once a fire burns
It leaves a taste of truth
And the tears to pierce right through
Right through the veils of comfort
Where love is rarely more than luck
She is just so beautiful

Car Crash

Quicksilver

I see you everywhere I go
You’re in every loving face I know
And the more i try to hold you still
The more I lose the thrill

I’m reaching for u cause I’ve seen enough
and you know i know my mind
and u swear to me that you’re visible
right up here to find but

just like quicksilver
As I’m givin chase
I stretch my fingers
But you always get away

I know I know I know…I had my time
But you’re right there’s never any reason to say goodbye

You listened to me leaving
Our hearts breaking right in time
And feel it down to my bones
That in some way we’re tied but

just like quicksilver
As I’m givin chase
I stretch my fingers
But you always get away

We reveled in a moment and now I’m having trouble letting go
But it aint no surprise
You got the silver and the gold
Every precious thing that I’ll ever know
And it hurts like hell
But some hearts we gotta leave behind

just like quicksilver
As I’m givin chase
I stretch my fingers
But you always get away…

The Devil You Know

You’re all alone in a crowd
Your cup is overflowing
but you pour it out
I’ve seen the like
the hot and cold
tired of all this never knowing
but you only dip your toe
And the darkness is never gonna let you go
until you fill your soul

That’s why you dance with the devil
Dance with the devil you know
Don’t let some destiny shelve you
Find your heart in the devil you know
And every step we grow…

She speak her mind she get her way
Lights up the night laughs at the day
And you finally feel like home
And in a flash she disappear
You get to thinking “was she ever here?”
Why we’ll never know
And the hardness is never gonna let you go
so you chill your soul

That’s why you dance with the devil
Dance with the devil you know
Aint gonna let some destiny shelve you
Find your heart in the devil you know
And every step will show…

and if you can’t stand the mirror’s light
trust that she will show you why
on this sordid globe
she will guide you home

and let you dance with the devil, with the devil you know
Find your god in the devil, in the devil you know
Find your divine

You Aint Gotta Love Me

I, may never understand
you say you want me
but you still don’t take my hand
I always have believed
that I have a heart of glass
but it knows just what I need

you aint gotta love me now
but you must somehow
try to love someone
or you’ll come undone
you aint gotta love this place
or keep this pace
but your heart can’t be free
until you give it away

I think you, you’re tired of the chase
cause you’ve proven to yourself
that you aint just a pretty face
oh its you
I want to tear down all your walls
come into my arms
and trust me with it all

you aint gotta love me now
but you must somehow
try to love someone
or you’ll come undone
you aint gotta love this place
or keep this pace
but your heart can’t be free
until you give it away

Hudson

I sat on the Hudson
I went to meet oblivion
I sat on the Hudson
I went to be with no one
She said I got words for you
I said I am here to listen
You know times are getting challenging darling, why?
I wanna check out, check out, get out, get gone

I saw the young lovers strolling by
I saw the Circle Line flowing by
And I wanna cry

I sat on the Hudson
I went to meet oblivion
She said don’t you know nothing foolish
Don’t you do nothing stupid
You got a lot of life to live

I saw the young lovers strolling by
I saw the Circle Line flowing by
And I wanna die

Sometimes you gotta live in a world that you cant comprehend
Sometimes you need to let it go, gonna break it if you don’t bend
In this world we’re living in, its so easy to quit
But you gotta learn to go for it

I sat on the Hudson
I went to meet oblivion
I sat on the Hudson
Sat down on the Hudson

I saw the young lovers strolling by
I saw the Circle Line flowing by
And I wanna try

Rain

Calling out
Just a fool in the city
Making out
The best we knew how
Coming down
from love’s lost pity
feed the fire with a burning sundown

Don’t run away from the rain
Baby let it cool your brow
Don’t run away from the rain
Let it keep us both together somehow

The moon is up
But there is no rest
The things we said
Don’t have to be walls
Drink a toast and wish me the best
Reach the sky
Grab a drop then fall

Don’t run away from the rain
Baby let it cool your brow
Don’t run away from the rain
Let it keep us both together somehow

there were a million reasons why I could never tell you
but they just dont matter anymore
cause you know me now
and these lines of right and wrong
have all faded and gone
and the little scribblings
become their little songs
and I know you too
i know why you do what you do
yeah I know why you do what you do
and I understand it all

Don’t run away from the rain
Baby let it cool your brow
Don’t run away from the rain
Let it keep us both together somehow

Honey don’t run