what it's like
alabaster, brick, concrete
these are the secrets that I keep ‘cause in my skin is all i know all these secret I can’t show why can’t I give you what you need lay all my sins down at your feet it never goes how it should be in conversations and in dreams this is what it’s like to see me and this is what it’s like to be me this is what it’s like to feel me, c’mon feel me words don’t come so easily my confidence striptease you got it good, I got it hard and pale white skin beneath the scars... so what if I run when the words don’t come it’s okay, I’ll be all right I do not need you to change me I only need one, to save me... this is what it’s like to see me and this is what it’s like to be me this is what it’s like to feel me, c’mon feel me words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
beautiful addiction
sweet like pain she calls my name sweet like sin she lets me in it’s 4 am she never asks me where I’ve been or where I am (I’m never home) the colors change from day to day along with the words I long to say you’re with me now but I don’t know how long much longer i can hold on (i’m letting go) this beautiful addiction it’s all I ever need this beauiful addiction has brought me to my knees the lines are drawn across her face across my heart to this love embrace shackled and cuffed it’s never enough enough ‘till it gets to be too much (it’s never enough) this beautiful addiction it’s all I ever need this beauiful addiction has brought me to my knees you give me hope when hope is gone you give me a voice to sing this song I sing this song words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
thinking of susan
they were words I never thought I’d forget it was a time and place I now regret she was the symbol of my destiny now lying in the mud of my misery she took my heart, my soul, my mind she left me standing naked in a check-out line she comes and goes like april snows she feeds me lines like I should know I got a cut that won’t be healed so she buried my heart in a stoney field and forgot it’s like feeling sad on a sunny day the beautiful friend that you sent away a smile and a shot in the dark all the same and I don’t know if I'll ever find a friend don’t know if I'll pass this way again I'm just thinking of susan so now I’ve got to find my way on my own she’s “you’re welcome” but I’m not going home alone and lost on this dead-end street broken glass and stones underneath my feet dogs cry out as the lights go on and I look for the signs that lead me out of this town it’s like feeling sad on a sunny day the beautiful friend that you sent away a smile and a shot in the dark all the same and I don’t know if I’ll ever find a friend don’t know if I’ll pass this way again I’m just thinking of susan words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
telegraph road
I hit the road I got no place to go think I’ll head to telegraph road beat the black top and concrete say goodbye to these swollen streets uh, uh, uh there’s something about the dirt dust and stones by myself but I’m not alone bleed my soul as dry as this land find salvation anyway I can uh, uh, uh but I know, yeah I know ‘cause you told me so send a message to my soul it’s coming on down the line it’s all right, it’s all right it’s down the line there’s a woman living in my house there’s a lot I don’t know about there’s some feelings that I can’t explain I know I shouldn’t sometimes I do I close my eyes and I think about you she feels like water in my hands the taste of salt on her snow white skin (let me in) but I know, yeah I know ‘cause you told me so send a message to my soul it’s coming on down the line it’s all right, it’s all right it’s down the line telegraph road don't you go... words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
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tattoo tattoo me to you make it all come true somewhere under my skin without and within tattoo you to me let the whole world see though I’m falling apart you’re in my heart and when I look in your eyes it comes as no surprise I’m ragged and worn my skin is tattered and torn let the colors bleed like my heart on my sleeve wipe this dirt from my hands help me make a stand and I don’t know where to go and I don’t know what to say I wanna take it all off I wanna give it away you make me hurt like I want somewhere under my skin just like a needle and ink without and within tattoo me to you tattoo you to me words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) save me save me, fix me up lord, set me free deliver me from the hands of my enemy I’ll be forever in your company ‘cause now I see your grace is all I need mercy me, resist the devil and he will flee scary, all my bad poetry I believe you’re right now right here in this place and I can see your grace is all I need I was dying ‘fore I knew ya I was crawlin’ could not walk I was locked up in the tower of babel I could not talk God damn the things that take me away from you I am, a better man because of you I’ll stand, right here if you want me too ‘cause now I see your grace is all I need words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
give it up do you believe in things you can’t see have you seen things you just don’t believe have you heard angels calling your name and are you scared that things are never gonna be the same give it up, while you can... what if I told you that love is not real it’s not something you can see taste, touch or feel would you just laugh and say I over simplified would you just shake your head and tell me goodbye give it up, while you can... this life is crazy so hard to understand for every step I take I fall down ten don’t ask me no questions about God ‘cause I’ll only tell you what I think it’s all about give it up, while you can... words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) wish that I could be with you I hear you live among the stars jupiter and mars how’d you get so high how’d you get so high they say you’re never home always on the road do you ever come this way I’d love to see you today wish that I could be with you wish that I could believe I’ve got no one to hold and planet earth is so cold there’s no one knocking on my door no one calling on my phone I’ve got a table set for one and lately I sleep alone my dreams don’t get me anywhere any more they keep me up at night but I’d give them all to you if you want me to wish that I coule be with you and I wish that I could believe but all my thoughts turned black I wish that I could have them back because I heard your voice once before it was like a stranger at my door did I turn my back on you words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
cry an ocean
sent my love down the river
cry an ocean for me today sent my love down the river cry an ocean for me today we all know how hard life can be it plays games with you and me so cry, cry me an ocean today sent my love down the river cry an ocean for me today make a promise then make it go away cry an ocean for me today was a time so dark in my life it was hell for my kids it was hell for my wife so cry, cry me an ocean today don’t know why we do what we do it runs off of me it runs onto you and these feelings, they’ll come and go so you best hold on to what you know and cry, cry me an ocean today... words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) what I want I never know just how to pray I never know what words to say but I want, what I want I want to know you I never know when the world fall down I’m never sure just where I’ll be found but I want, what I want I want to be found with you I never am who I want to be I’ll never see what you see in me but I want, what I want I want to be just like you and you never fade away though I sometimes do what’s it gonna take for me to really believe in you what’s it gonna take for me to really believe in you I’ll be true to you I’ll get through to you do anything you want me to... words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
here in my heart there is nothing I could offer nothing I could give that could make up for the lies I’ve told or for the life I’ve lived ‘cause I’ve tried to do it on my own undo some of what I’ve done but I always seem to fall down can’t finish what I’ve begun but I know, it’s gonna be okay I don’t have to be afraid, here in my heart I’m learning to pray there are times I go outside at night and wander from my home and I look up at the stars and I don’t feel so all alone it’s the spirit of this place we’re in the rhythm and the sound and I see that every step we take we step on holy ground but I know, it’s gonna be okay we don’t have to be afraid if we open our hearts and hear what you say you’re there in the shadows your breath is the breeze I see you more clearly when I’m down on my knees keeper of light, maker of music you’ve given us life help us to use it for you I am weak and I am foolish I stumble and fall down and I always try to reach the sky with my feet stuck on the ground but maybe there’s this chance I’ll see my life for what it’s worth not made up of the things I do for better or for worse but I know, it’s gonna be okay ‘cause I don’t have to me afraid ‘cause here in my heart it’s a brand new day... words & music: Steve Roth (BMI) |