If I Leave
(written by Ford Chastain)
If I leave will you follow me?
How do you want the world to be?
A sea of lonely? Ohh...
I don't think I can stay.
Nothin's been going my way today.
But I think I'm okay.
Everybody's Here
(written by Ford Chastain)
I dreamed that you were there
and there were places we both
would go to when the evening came.
I dreamed we fell in love
and you looked so pretty
when the lights were shining on you.
Come out before us, darling,
nobody’s laughing,
nobody’s laughing,
everybody’s here.
I dreamed the sky was blue
and the clouds wrapped around the sun
like nothing ever mattered.
I dreamed I was a happy boy
with a twinkle in my eye
and a sense for any trouble.
Come out before us, darling,
nobody’s laughing,
nobody’s laughing,
everybody’s here.
Everybody says to come home.
We don’t listen.
Everybody’s got to move on,
but they’re all here.
In Such Things
(written by Ford Chastain)
Why can't our lives turn into things
that vanish in the sky?
I once knew a guy who believed in such things.
Why can't our lives evolve into
what we always wanted them to?
I still know the guy who believe in such things.
Why can't out tries turn into things
that always achieve what they mean?
I once knew a lie that was true in some things.
Why can't our kites reach tremendous heights
where every person dead or alive could see them?
Such things as this can happen, yes it can. Ohhh.
In such things, you can't believe what everyone tells you.
In such things, you have to open your eyes
and use them the way that you're meant to.
Why can't our tears dry from our eyes
and evaporate into the skies?
I once knew a guy who believed in such things.
Why can't our nightmares fall from our heads
and suffocate beneath our beds?
I still know the guy who believes in such things.
Why can't our songs take all the fear from peoples' heads
when they all hear I'm the only guy who believes in such things.
Such things as this can happen, yes it can. Ohhh.
In such things, you can't believe what everyone tells you.
In such things, you have to open your eyes
and use them the way that you're meant to.
70 is Loneliness
(written by Ford Chastain)
Half known, half not,
my eyes bloodshot,
for fear of failing.
Breathe in, breathe out,
I'm dead, no doubt,
the fear of dreaming.
This is what I go through
to be like you.
Use me, oh darling.
Use me.
Use me, oh darling,
Use me.
Wake up in dread
of your own bed,
you're falling apart.
Do right, do wrong,
these days are so long,
for fear of fading.
This is what I go through
to be like you.
Use me, oh darling.
Use me.
Use me, oh darling,
Use me.
Differences
(written by Ford Chastain)
Take my picture off the wall,
because it doesn't talk at all for me.
Take my postcards off your desk.
It doesn't mean you tried your best for me.
I burned your letters in my back yard yesterday,
but I hope you didn't do the same for me,
'cause I've moved on to someone else
and I hope you did not notice
'cause I have my differences.
Take my kisses off your mind,
you never know what you can find for me.
Take my gifts throw them away,
school's on till the end of May for me.
I burned your letters in my back yard yesterday,
but I hope you didn't do the same for me,
'cause I've moved on to someone else
and I hope you did not notice
'cause I have my differences.
So What
(written by Ford Chastain)
So what if I knew what would happen?
So what if I cared?
So what if I played all along, now?
At least I still love you for who you are...
So what if I fell in love with you.
So what if I knew?
So what if I saw you with him?
I knew that you never loved me too.
I cannot speak,
I cannot seek,
I cannot tell you,
I cannot think,
I cannot blink,
I cannot see you.
So what if I never was with you?
So what if I'm gone?
So what if you're happy without me?
At least you'll still be in my heart forever.
I cannot speak,
I cannot seek,
I cannot tell you,
I cannot think,
I cannot blink,
I cannot see you.
So what if I never was with you?
So what if I'm gone?
So what if you're happy without me?
At least you'll still be in my heart forever.
