FIRST DAY YOU'VE BEEN GONE

I sat around the house, doing nothing all day long

Flippin' through the channels, hoping something good was on

Walked from room to room, stared at cobwebs in the hall

Trying to stay busy so I don't start climbing walls, and

( CHORUS )

This is just the first day you've been gone

I've got tonight, tomorrow and beyond

I'll tell myself a joke  'cause I really need a laugh

There's an art to being lonesome, and I'll perfect my craft, and

This is just the first day you've been gone

Looking out the window, I can see it looks like rain

That's just the way it ought to be, it goes so good with pain

Maybe later on I'll sit around some more 

Feeling sorry for myself to the rhythm of the pour, and

( CHORUS )

HORIZON AND MAIN

Standin' on the corner of Horizon and Main

A guy moochin' cigaretts and askin for change 

Across the street and beneath the light

Moses plays his saxaphone

The girls are walkin, but the traffic is slow

They're shootin' small talk but aimin' low

Nonchalantly the fog rolls in,

and wraps itself around the night

 ( CHORUS )

I watch it from my window, two stories high

Another world outside my window, goes passin' by

 As I watch the nights main attraction, on my window screen

The features of the night let themselves be seen

The last chance mission and the liquor store

A different spirit behind each door

Bob Hopeless has a need for both

At different times of the night

I don't know yet how I fit in

Not sure that I do, but here I am

Four eyes on the second floor

Observing the scene below

( CHORUS )

ROPED YOURSELF A STRAY

As the sun sank low into the west

I was plannin' on riden away

But my plans have changed, been rearranged

And it looks as 'thou this cowboy's gonna stay

These southwest skys, and your big green eyes

Got me parkin' my old Chevrolet

And I don't know how, but it looks like now

Darlin' you roped yourself a stray

( CHORUS )

I have been known to kick down a fence

Just 'cause it stood in the way

I've always counted on my uncommon sense

To tell me when to make my get away

But, as the moon rides high on this warm dessert night

My thoughts of runnin' just walked away

And I don't know how, but it looks like now

Darlin'  you've roped yourself a stray

FOREVER AND A DAY

No mountain too tall, or river too wide

'Cause that's what I've climbed and crossed,to be by you side

But nothing or no one, could stand in the way

When you wanted me, forever and a day

Like Dorothy and Toto, lookin for home

You'll miss the scarecrow, but it won't stop you from going

But nothing or no one, could stand in the way

When you wanted me, forever and a day

( CHORUS )

I've known lonesome, and I've known alone

And I know that feeling, of longing for home

Searching for answers, to what do I do

"Cause I never planned, on a life without you

The sun still comes up, the sun still goes down

So I know this old world, must be still spinnin' round 

But I feel the difference and see how it's changed

When you wanted me, forever and a day

When you wanted me, forever and a day 

BABY, PLEASE DON'T GO

Baby please don't go, Baby please don't go

You know I love you so, So baby please don't go

I'll get down on my knees, and I will beg you please

More love you'll never know, So baby please don't go

( CHORUS )

I know I've been one foolish man

But I can change, I swear I can

I'll make it up to you, For things I did'nt do

More love you'll never know, So baby please don't go 

I COULD WRITE YOU A LETTER

I could write you a letter, send it on it's way

All my pencils are sharpened, I just need something to say

I have to sort my emotions, see that nothing is missed

Go to my inner sanctum, make myself a list

( CHORUS )

All the words are there, trapped behind feelings

Hidden behind pieces of a broken heart

Afraid to show their sad little faces

Come out, come out wherever you are

I could write you a poem, a hundred  pages long

About love and lonesome, or maybe I'll write a song

ONE LONESOME COWBOY

In an old western painting, that hangs on a wall

There's sunset and cactus, and buttes standin' tall

And one lonesome cowboy, that time has'nt  changed

Forever and always, at home on the range

On the same wall beside it, are steer horns and spurs

A hex-barreled Winchester, some old Jack-rabbit furs

An old man remembers, what time has'nt changed

When his memories were painted, at home on the range

But wheelchairs don't roll, like the stage out of Dodge

There's no place to go, where it looks like it was

So for hours he'll stare, and say nothing at all

Now that home on the range, is in a frame on the wall

Day turns to night, as the world turns around

He closes his eyes, and lays his head down

In sleep comes the peace, that's all preordained

And one lonesome cowboy, is back home on the range

Where the coyotes howl, and the tumbleweeds roll

And the stars in the sky, can humble a soul

There's one lonesome cowboy, that time could'nt change

Forever and always, at home on the range

FEELIN' BLUE, BLUE, BLUE

I'm lookin' for my baby, thought she might be here

Lookin' for that gal of mine, she just up and disappeared 

( CHORUS )

Now she's gone, gone, gone, and I don't know what to do

I keep lookin' for my baby, feelin' blue, blue, blue

I don't know why she walked out, don't know where she is

Don't know what I'm up against, or why she's doin' this

( CHORUS )

( BRIDGE )

I tell myself don't worry, no need to be upset

I've been fifteen places, and nobody's seen her yet

Now I'm not the brightest guy, that's ever used a comb ( ever come along )

But i get the feelin', that there's something going on

( CHORUS )

SWEET LIAR

I've got my doubts about your being true

But is it looking for proof, or not that makes me a fool

You're such a sweet liar, I'm not sure I wanna know

It's the little things you do, that cause my doubt

Not sure what I'd do if I found out

You're such a sweet liar, I'm not sure I wanna know

( CHORUS )

I'm lost between the games you play, and the love you give

To tell the truth I'm not sure anymore, what the real truth is

I'm caught up in a web of love, that won't let me go

You're such a sweet liar, I'm not sure I wanna know

I've got a choice here, that's making me,

Do i turn my back, or do I try to see

You're such a sweet liar, I'm not sure I wanna know

The only thing certain anymore are my doubts

Do I just let it go, or try to figure it out

You're such a sweet liar, I'm not sure I wanna know

( CHORUS )

WALKIN' MIDNIGHT

Rain was falling, streets were shining

Neon signs were stretching 'till they broke

Clouds were rolling, lights hittin' on them

Made 'em look like melancholy ghosts

Tires hissing, towards unknown destinations

A rendezvous with somewhere in the night

Sad sax moanin', like a scene from some old movie

Where the guy has lost his girl and nothings right

Midnight happens,

I'm like a lonesome train, just passin' through

Don't know where I'm goin'

Walkin' midnight in the rain with the blues

I spend my time, wondering, why I waste my time

On the many things, I don't need or use

Maybe I'll stumble on the answer, in the rumble of the thunder

Walkin' midnight in the rain with the blues

THE FOOL IN YOUR EYES

I've been a fool, I can't deny

Between you and me, stands a big question why

I should walk away, and God knows I've tried

But I'd risk it all, to be the fool in your eyes

Sadness occurs, when doubt's in the way

It's just short of hell, but well on the way

I can't figure it out, believe me I've tried

But I'd risk it all, to be the fool in your eyes

Time passes slow, when it's measured by pain

A need fills the soul, to try and explain

Love can't be controlled, love can't be contained

Love takes a fool, and a fool takes the blame 

Maybe with time, an answer will come

But it's in my mind, to pack up and run

But I know I'll stay, and still don't know why

But I'd risk it all, to be the fool in your eyes

I'd risk it all, to be the fool in your eyes

TURNED LOOSE

Turned loose, out on the town

Ain't got a care nowhere around

Care free, ya that's me

Them blues that I had are history

( CHORUS )

I picked myself up, off the floor you left me on

Got it through my head, that , what is gone, is gone

Finally realized, just what a fool I'd been

I want to thank you for a lesson, I don't care to learn again

Look out, I'm comin' through

And I tell you man, I've long been overdue

I owe, myself tonight

And I'm payin' off, by doing it up right

LIVING PROOF

Well, it doesn't make sense, but that ain't nothing new

It's never been a big part of the picture with me and you

Be glad the gel here, that holds it togeather

Luckily enough was made to be living proof

And it amazes me what a gamble love can be

Such risky business to be a necessity 

We're not always flyin', but still we keep tryin'

Luckily enough it was made to be living proof

( CHORUS )

We've put it to the test a time of two, haven't we

Always on the quest for something new, that we can't see

It's been the best of times, an Everest to climb

But always there to find

SPILL A LITTLE

Well, you tried but you couldn't let go

And now you're turned facing things you don't know

It's the same on and off for me too, so you're not alone

You see there's more of us here than you think

And each with his own missing link

The trick is, to not stare too long, in just one direction 

( CHORUS )

I hear from sources who believe that,

You get, just what you deserve

Only, one way you can prove that

Hey, man you live and you learn

( BRIDGE )

It takes love, it takes understanding

It takes more than you want to give

It takes time, it makes life demanding 

It makes somedays hard to live

You're sorry, but sorry doesn't change things

You worry, but worry changes less

Sad notes, are played upon you're heart strings

Spill a little and save the rest

IF YOU'D COME BACK

I'd stand on one leg, holding my breath

'Til I'm blue in the face, and closing in on death

If I thought, it would bring you back

It's silly I know, childish at best

But these days it seems, I'm thinking from the chest

Hell, I'd even learn to dance, if you'd come back

( CHORUS )

I'm livin' the what if only, should have, where did I go wrong

Hangin' on to yesterday, and hopin' for a future

You've said is already gone

I'd go and read a book, on the art of making love

Get down on my knees, and pray to God above

I'd even buy a cat, if you'd come back

I'd quit wearin' jeans every day of the week

Shut up long enough, to listen while you speak

If you'd come back 

IN THIS HEART OF MINE

I close my eyes, and picture your face

I see you standing, in satin and lace

And I recall nights, that time can't erase, from this heart of mine

In a world of our own, with no one around

Radio playin', lights turned way down

We made love, that still can be found, in this heart of mine

( CHORUS )

In this heart of mine, memories live

In this heart of mine, there's more love to give

In this heart of mine, there's still a wish

In this heart of mine, dreams still exist

I close my eyes, and it all begins

I can recall, those feelings again

They're safe and warm, and treasured within, this heart of mine

All songs written by Mike Addington, all rights reserved