You made a mess of this
You blew it with a kiss
I saw it all go down
I watched you play the clown
How did you miss it
How did he know
That he had you from hello
After the drama
After the rain
You forgot the lies and pain
The next goodbye
Leave it dark
A period
Not a question mark
Make sure he hears
What you say
Make sure he knows
When you walk away
There is no next goodbye
For 8 years I've loved you
And we're the best of friends
But like the stars above you
Must come to an end
So goodbye California
The treasures that I found
I'm headed to Carolina
For the second time around
I'm coming home
The sun is still beaming
No clouds in the sky
The streets are still screaming
As the hipsters stroll by
So goodbye California
The treasures that I found
I'm headed to Carolina
For the second time around
I'm coming home
I'll miss all the times before
Down by the Venice shore
I've still got the sand in my shoes
And you'll always be my muse
So goodbye California
The treasures that I found
I'm headed to Carolina
For the second time around
I'm coming home
Fair enough
guess its time to hang it up
past the point of no return
Oh Lord I always tried
Coming around a second time
But no one listens to a word I say so I'll just shut up again
Violence don't solve a thing
I am the king of wasted dreams
No you should never talk to me
For I am the king of wasted dreams
Slow to learn
Always just another crash and burn
guess I got no common sense
I'll take Whiskey for my memories instead
Believe me I've seen enough
yeah I'm sure that others have it just as tough
But I'd give anything for just a little light to shine on me
Success was never shone to me
I am the king of wasted dreams
I'll just surrender on my knees
For I am the king of wasted dreams
I don't mind anymore
that you don't mind anymore
You always talk about all your problems
I'm so glad that I'm not one anymore
You often dream about your freedom
well it's waiting on the other side of that door
Don't you know i was bound to get tired of
all of your bitter negativity
Your tongue is silver, but it's sharp and violent
and all your words are killing me
I don't mind anymore
that you don't mind anymore
I don't know why I thought that it'd be different
the second time around
but here we are, on the fourth or the fifth
and loneliness is all we have found
I can see that I was pulled into
the black hole of your heart
and now there is nowhere left to go but up
now that we're apart
I don't mind anymore
that you don't mind anymore
Not gonna waste my time anymore
hanging on the line anymore
Because I don't mind anymore
that you don't mind anymore
Run a little faster and play a little more
Take another bite make another score
And if at first you don't succeed
The mountains there to climb
You can try a little harder next time
Feel a little nervous starting something new
Easier to just play it safe
Cool here in this comfort zone
means that I'm here all alone
What the heck lets do it,
Probably nothing to it
People all around me sometimes I still need
Room to breathe and have a little space
Place to rest my weary bones
Turn off your 5s iPhones
Quiet time well needed
Then Austin songs repeated!!
My aim is true
Sometimes I don't know what to do
Blow it out, laugh and scream
Take me for some more ice cream
Push so hard and finally stop
It was early June
When you came strolling up the shore
I was seventeen
And you weren’t a senior anymore
Your golden skin and dark tattoos
Were just the kind that I would choose
For myself -I wanted nothing else
Your skin against my skin
Basking in the wind
As the ocean waves kept crashing down
Like a song without an end
Teenage summers when the world was new
No one ever felt like me and you
On a starry night
We’d be burning brighter than the sun
In those teenage summers
When vacation ended I went back to school and then
I guess we both pretended we could just be cool as friends
But I dreamed about that summer sun and the stories we had just begun
And I knew we’d do it all again
Your skin against my skin
Basking in the wind
As the ocean waves kept crashing down
Like a song without an end
Teenage summers when the world was new
No one ever felt like me and you
On a starry night
We’d be burning brighter than the sun
In those teenage summers
Growing up so fast -teenage summers
Never meant to last -teenage summers
When the days were long and fancy free
And every moment meant so much
When you were next to me
Teenage summers when the world was new
No one ever felt like me and you
Teenage summers when the world was new
No one ever felt like me and you
On a starry night
We’d be burning brighter than the sun
The next time that you come to town
I swear that I won't make a sound, it's true
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And we all watch the bottom line
But we are know when our time is through
And every heart that breaks in 2
Reminds me of me & you
Just because you're think you're right
Doesn't make it worth the fight today
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I know you're looking for the truth
But you don't want to see the proof, no matter what I say
And every soul that waits in vain
Reminds me why I came
To the conclusion that I'm stuck in the middle again
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This week's assignment comes from Jerry:
"Since we’re going another round, the song title should have some sort of reference to doing something a 2nd time. The song itself doesn’t necessarily have to be about that, though."
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