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just a girl she was just a girl I knew in a town I was passing through serving drinks at the local bar I watched her work while I played my guitar and every night the same old thing we’d kill ourselves to support the dream of getting out before we’d die or kill ourselves if we didn’t try and after hours we’d lie and talk on the hood of her car in the parking lot and the stars looked down on us and seemed to understand we’d share a cigarette and hold each other’s hand she said her daddy died when she was young he caught a bullet from a stolen gun her momma cried for weeks on end she couldn’t live the with loss of the only man she’d ever loved she lost her faith to believe in God she found her strength in vodka and gin and as the years took their toll she lost so much more than her soul, when she left her only daughter, on her own uh-huh... that was just two years ago what’s kept her here she does not know but sometimes, the scariest thing in our lives can be to follow our dreams I knew that my time had come the east was calling me back home I caught a bus without saying goodbye, you know, I hated to watch her die hey I only came to play guitar uh-huh, yeah... uh-huh, yeah uh-huh, yeah she was just a girl I knew... words and music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
wear you I need to wear you You need to wear me down I need to know you I’ll show you what I’ve found I wanna see you Look in a little closer You’ll see what you missed when We cried alone Put your smile right here where is the smiling sun You want to hold me? Well I’ve fallen down Walk beside me Pick me up once more Say it’s alright you’ll be mine And not fade away yeah I need to wear you wear you wear You need to wear me down I need to wear you out. words and music: Meredith J. Roth (BMI) |
again and again I could live in this moment for the rest of my life alive in this moment, behind blue eyes speak and I’ll listen breathe and I’ll wait crush me with kindness, baby celebrate and I know, won’t you tell me my friend again and again and I know, won’t you tell me my friend again and again, and you say... and if I should stumble you’ve got to pick me up and if I should run away don’t give up and I know, won’t you tell me my friend again and again and I know, won’t you tell me my friend again and again, again and again, and you say... words and music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
why do you always bring me down? why do you always bring me down i’m home alone while you run around town you got me begging on my knees saying baby, please, please and i can’t take much more of this hey i like fun but i’m no masochist i call you up but you’re not there i guess it’s true what they say i gotta find another way with you ba-da, ba, ba, etc. and you’re always messing with my head sometimes i think i’d be better off dead but you got a smile that kills my soul i’m such a jerk but you’re in control and when i try to talk to you my tongue gets tangled and my face turns blue you keep me guessing most of the time i guess it’s true what they say i gotta find another way with you ba-da, ba, ba, etc. why do you always bring me down i’m home alone while you run around town you got me begging on my knees you say you love me but i think you tease because you, always bring me down why do you always, why do you always always bring me down words and music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
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close to me
What if all I know is how I feel tonight and you are far away What if all that I believe in was a lie What if all that I can hear is not so clear when you whisper in my ear Would you stay close to me? and would you say that you love me? Anyway... What if all I did was stop believing in what’s true And if I failed to see your loving open arms Would you walk away? And if you took my hand and said my name would I hear what you’ve been trying to say? That you would stay close to me and you would say that you love me - yeah Would you stay close to me? And would you say that you love me? Anyway... words and music: Meredith J. Roth (BMI) |
until we all fall down I see your spirit torn in two is this the thing I’ve done to you like a car crash in slow-mo I step on the gas and I watch it go and I will take you and I will break you until we all fall down pray for mercy / pray forgiveness pray to God to be a father to us all I see you spirit torn it two yeah, this is the thing I’ve done to you ride a rocket just jump on me taste the love the tragedy and I will take you and I will break you until we all fall down... until we all fall down pray for mercy / pray forgiveness pray to God to be a father to us all ain’t I the fuck up you’ve always dreamed of now your dreams are coming true damn your swollen eyes and all my alibis damn the things that tear us in two ‘cause I will take you and I will break you until we all fall down... until we all fall down pray for mercy / pray forgiveness pray to God to be a father to us all pray for mercy / pray forgiveness pray to God to be a father to us all words and music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
tie me to this wall
Tie me to this wall that I’m forced up against And dance around me, dance around me My beating heart plays to your song Dance for me, dance for me Am I falling too fast but not hard enough For my entire life to come crashing apart Am I running too quickly still getting nowhere Thinking I’m getting ahead somehow Tie me to this wall... I am losing control, cuz this wall’s here to stay Can’t ignore what’s been put right in my way So tie me please tie me to what I don’t know Though part of me still wants to be free Tie me to this wall... Am I falling too fast but not hard enough To learn from mistakes that I’ve made in my past Am I running too quickly away from today words and music: Meredith J. Roth (BMI)
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Tapped Out Ambushed at 7 o’clock, wet feet and the rain won’t stop I’ve been here twice before, burned twice I don’t want no more, no... You say you’re different you’re not the same a beautiful face with a common name not looking for trouble just the same and what am I supposed to see, you’re so hard to believe and what am i supposed to say, i’m all tapped out today on the other end of a static line the weather is great and your life is fine and i’m sitting here, frozen to the bone condescending words on a telephone and what am i supposed to hear when you’re screaming in my ear and what am i supposed to say, i’m all tapped out today you’re somewhere between a blessing and a curse yesterday i died, tomorrow could be worse and all this time i thought i was so strong and all this time i could be wrong and what am i supposed to be it’s gonna all fall down on me and what am i supposed to say, i’m all tapped out today and what am I supposed to see, you’re so hard to believe and what am i supposed to hear when you whisper in my ear and what am i supposed to be it’s gonna all fall down on me and what am i supposed to say what am i supposed to say, hey what am i supposed to say i’m all tapped out today words and music: Steve Roth (BMI) |
