1. |
Gentle Like The Drugs
03:24
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Economy’s wild, but the sunsets in Phoenix never go out of style
I watch the colours get real, the pink and the teal
I see a dust devil, I see an elevator
I see a Flagstaff get-together
Surprise me, when I get home
For the first time I really don’t feel alone
Or anything sad, or anything profound
I just feel gentle like the drugs I do when you’re not around
In the parking lot looking at the sky
The heat is beating down but at least it’s dry
I see a white van and a blue van parked side by side
With the windows rolled down, and our friends arrive
While the headlining band is getting high
Take me out, when I get home
For the first time I really don’t feel alone
Or anything sad, or anything profound
I just feel gentle like the drugs I do when you’re not around
Gentle like the drugs I do when you’re not around
Gentle like the drugs I do when you’re not around
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2. |
You and Me
03:14
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I cannot believe it’s 2022
You’re sunkissed in your Subaru
Picking me up at terminal 3
If anyone can make it, it’s you and me
Silver bullet flying through the sun
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin
I heard a woodpecker in the tiniest tree say,
“If anyone can make it, it’s you and me.”
Turn the pages on our rocky stages
On our rocky mountain high
We’ll take the road less traveled, all dust and gravel
Where I’ve been burning my whole life
And I’m working on it
Fell apart in 2010
Did it once, won’t do it again
I take a deep breath and count to three
If anyone can make it, it’s you and me
Two bikes on a pavement path
Ice cream cones and epitaphs
Through the clouds and uncertainty
If anyone can make it it’s you and me
Turn the pages on our rocky stages
On our rocky mountain high
We’ll take the road less traveled, all dust and gravel
Where I’ve been burning my whole life
And I’m working on it
I cannot believe it’s 2022
You’re sunkissed in your Subaru
Picking me up at terminal 3
If anyone can make it, it’s you and me
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3. |
In From The Rain
03:52
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The sun sets on your new farmhouse out of town
I never saw this life for you
But we don’t really talk much anymore
I linger at the end of the line
Waiting for you to say something
But you don’t have much to say to me anymore
You came into my life like a gripping novel
And you brought me so much delight
And you brought me pain
You, you came in from the rain
With that dripping dark hair
Suddenly you were there
I used to wonder where I stood with you
You always had the upper hand
But I don’t worry about that anymore
You sang my song as if it was your own
In the voice of a twisted angel
But you don’t really sing much anymore
You came into my life like a gripping novel
And you brought me so much delight
And you brought me pain
You, you came in from the rain
With that dripping dark hair
Suddenly you were there
Everything I said last time was true
But that doesn’t change how I feel about you
Nothing will change how I feel about you
I don’t understand your point of view
But that doesn’t change how I feel about you
Nothing will change how I feel about you
How I feel about you
You still sign off every call with, “Love you.”
You are a mess
But I don’t question it anymore
Whatever it is you’re chasing, I hope you find it
You are just who you are
And I’m not disappointed anymore
You came into my life like a gripping novel
And you brought me so much delight
And you brought me pain
You, you came in from the rain
With that dripping dark hair
Suddenly you were there
Suddenly you were there
Suddenly you were there
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4. |
The Magnetic Fields
03:48
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We went to see the Magnetic Fields at Theatre Corona
I maybe had one too many drinks
But I was grateful to you for showing up
Tickets were sold out but I scored us two
And that gave me points with you
That gave me points with you
That I went on to use
The theatre was dark and the band was sitting down
You held my hand and got closer
I was so glad you were around
And they played with confidence and resolve
And I wasn’t nervous, no I wasn’t nervous at all
I wasn’t nervous at all
Don’t want to paint you in a harsh light
Don’t want to paint you on a dark night
I thought if I said you were evil
I would get over it easier
But I didn’t get over it at all
Not in the winter or the fall
Or the summer or the spring
Never got over anything
After the show you brought me home in a taxi
I was feeling a little sick
And you just wanted to relax with me
But I asked you to go
Guess I wanted to wake up all alone
Wake up all alone
Don’t want to paint you in a harsh light
Don’t want to paint you on a dark night
I thought if I said you were evil
I would get over it easier
But I didn’t get over it at all
Not in the winter or the fall
Or the summer or the spring
Never got over anything
Never got over anything
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5. |
Cut and Dry
03:24
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I gravitate to you like a moth to a flame
And I’m sorry that I ever dragged your name through the mud
Don’t know what possessed me to talk all that shit and run
Sometimes we think that we know everything but
Then get surprised when the whole world comes crashing down
It’s hard to picture the city without you around
Honestly, I tried to cut ties
But now I know not everything is cut and dry
And I know that I still need you in my life
I think I’m scared of you but that’s all in my head
Your messy hair, your day-old clothes, your unmade bed
I see myself in you and that’s the source of my dread
Even if sometimes I think that you’re overblown
I appreciate that you always pick up the phone
And you lift me up when I’m feeling alone
Honestly, I tried to cut ties
But now I know not everything is cut and dry
And I know that I still need you in my life
And I know that I still need you in my life
And I know that I still need you in my life
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6. |
Nowhere
03:14
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Should I get a piano, should I get a new phone?
Should I try to get you alone for a minute or two
Before the guests arrive?
You make me feel more alive, less dead
Like there’s energy in my head
Like there’s somebody in my bed
And it’s you, and the room is yours too
Nowhere to go, nothing to do
Except lie here with you
Nowhere, Nothing
Nowhere, Nothing
Nowhere to go, nothing to do
Except lie here with you
Nowhere, nothing
No one but you
Should I move this chair into the middle of the room?
Should I paint the walls white or Los Angeles blue?
Should I leave the door ever so slightly askew
For the light, for the breeze, for the cat to come through
Nowhere to go, nothing to do
Except lie here with you
Nowhere, nothing
Nowhere, nothing
Nowhere to go, nothing to do
Except lie here with you
Nowhere, Nothing
No one but you
On top of the wardrobe there’s a basket of sheets
And a sphere that’s a mirror that you found on the street
And a perfume bottle and a couple of keys
Should I turn on the lamp, should I cover it with a shirt
Should I put on a record, maybe Big Star’s “Third,”
Or some ESG? You just say the word
I’m alright with whatever, just say the word
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7. |
I Dream Of
02:02
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Didn’t think I would dream about you still
After the power went out
After your mail stopped coming to my house
Still, I dream of you
And I dream of the peeling kitchen walls too
And the seams of the drawers that came unglued
And all the things that we never had a chance to do
I dream of
And I dream of the hours I’ll never get back
Trying to discern fiction from fact
Trying to seduce you and wildly succeeding
I dream of
And I dream of the memory of you leaving
And the web of lies you were weaving
And the failure by design
Of the image of you I had in my mind
And the pedestal I put you on
And all the things that I would have done
To keep you
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8. |
Could Have Done Anything
03:04
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You said, “Let’s go swimming,”
On the far side of the island
That night no one was around
I locked my bike to the fence
A couple glasses of wine in
Threw my helmet on the ground
Far from the bustle we stood shivering
We could have done anything
The corrugated edges of a cardboard box
The flotsam and the jetsam strewn across the dock
The marina band playing some distant rock
The moonlight on your back when you took your shirt off
The ferry running late, we had to watch the clock
You reached out for my hand and said, “Come on in,”
We could have done anything
Every window you smashed
Every car that you crashed
Every friend who you stole from
Every sign you defaced
Every message you erased
Every street, every slogan
The rain falling gently, the glint of your rings
We could have done anything
We could have done anything
We could have done anything
We could have done anything
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9. |
Walking With Rachael
03:26
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Walking with Rachael, looking for a bathroom
I heard there’s one in Macgregor Park that’s open
Empty swingsets, colourful structures
Playground in winter undisrupted
Like our conversations, free flowing
We could talk about anything that’s going on
And I’m grateful
Coffee with Nigel, he picked the terrace
Below the apartment where we used to live
Glasses clinking in the morning sunshine
While the light hit his eyes like it always did
In our conversations, free flowing
We could talk about anything that’s going on
And I’m grateful
That I’m
Calmer than I was
Smarter than I was
Stronger than I was
Older than I was
Less angry than I was
Less anxious than I was
More grounded than I was
Happier than I was
Happier than I was
Happier than I was
Happier than I was
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