Blues Traveler Lyrics

Suzie Cracks The Whip (2012)

You Don't Have To Love Me lyrics - Blues Traveler

The world is coming to an end; it's gonna fall into the sea

The ice caps are all melting but you're still mad at me

And all your reservations will be washed upon the sand

But you don't have to love me

Tonight I'll be your man

Yeah you don't have to love me

Cause tonight I'll be your man

Life in the Big Easy will probably never be that way

Sweet Lucinda Williams takes the glory over the fame

But you and I, we're dreamers; they're gonna catch us in the end

But you don't have to love me

Tonight I'll be your man

Yeah you don't have to love me

Cause tonight I'll be your man

If you don't love me

You don't have to explain

If you don't want me

We'll just play this little game

With everything that's going wrong

Each day could be our last

You don't have to love me

But tonight I'll be your man

But you don't have to love me

Tonight I'll be your man

Yeah you don't have to love me

Cause tonight I'll be your man

Yeah you don't have to love me

Tonight I'll be your man

Yeah you don't have to love me

Cause tonight I'll be your man

Tonight I'll be your man

Recognize My Friend lyrics - Blues Traveler

Look back on this life

And it doesn't seem right

That I'm standing here today

So many times

I thought I would die

But always something

Stood in my way

Save me again

From doing myself in

Give me another

Wake up call

The lessons we've learned

How soon we return

And so now I'm headed for another fall

From grace into danger

Mysterious stranger

Guardian angel above all

When we meet again

Right there and then

I hope you realize my friend

When my time is up

And my spirit ascends

I hope I recognize my friend

My friend

Does that even define

Though I know that you're mine

Somehow the words just seem so small

And you are so far

And I am so high

And now I'm ready for another fall

From grace into danger

Mysterious stranger

Guardian angel above all

When we meet again, right there and then

I hope you realize, my friend

When my time is up, and my spirit ascends

I hope I recognize my friend

When we meet again

Before it ends

I hope I recognize my friend

When we meet again, and the music comes in

I hope I recognize my friend

When we meet again, right there and then

I hope I recognize my friend

When we meet again, from now until then

I hope I recognize my friend

When we meet again, before it ends

I hope I recognize my friend

When we meet again, from now until then

I hope I recognize my friend

When we meet again, before it ends

I hope I recognize my friend

When we meet again, from now until then

I hope I recognize my friend

When we meet again, before it ends

I hope I recognize my friend

Devil In The Details lyrics - Blues Traveler

The sea is wide as the sky is blue

You're standing on the shoreline but all is lost on you

For your mind is heavy and it seems your ship has sailed

You try to see the big picture but the Devil's in the details

It starts with a knock at the door

And once more

Thriving within the mistake

He elaborates

Twisting the meaning he seems

To come clean

Devil in the details

Hope is like a house with the porch light on

Even the dark keeps moving towards the dawn

They'll try to tear a good man down just to watch him fail

And they'll do it with a smile cause the Devil's in the details

It starts with a knock at the door

And once more

Thriving within the mistake

He elaborates

Twisting the meaning he seems

To come clean

Devil in the details

It starts with a knock at the door

And once more

Thriving within the mistake

He elaborates

Twisting the meaning he seems

To come clean

Devil in the details

It starts with a knock at the door

And once more

Thriving within the mistake

He elaborates

Twisting the meaning he seems

To come clean

Devil in the details

It starts with a knock at the door

And once more

Thriving within the mistake

He elaborates

Twisting the meaning he seems

To come clean

Devil in the details

All Things Are Possible lyrics - Blues Traveler

Sunrise

And everything tries again

To muster up

The courage

All in

Once again

A simple fact

All I have to nourish

That

All things are possible

(Imaginations never end)

All worlds collide

(You don't know where and you can't say when)

All roads are crossable

(An itch to which you must attend)

Leave all your fear on the other side

And if you feel like you could use a friend

Then here's what I'd recommend

Dare we

To dream

Let alone live it

It can feel like quicksand

Take every ounce of strength you give it

But the only thing worse would be

To leave it just lying there

The simple fact leaves me

Only all too aware

That

All things are possible

(Imaginations never end)

All worlds collide

(You don't know where and you can't say when)

All roads are crossable

(An itch to which you must attend)

Leave all your fear on the other side

And if you feel like you could use a friend

Then here's what I'd precisely recommend

You have only your hand to extend

Reach out to me

Like the summer reaches out for the rain

I will not let go until you tell me so

And squeeze as tightly as you want through the pain

All things are possible

(Imaginations never end)

All worlds collide

(You don't know where and you can't say when)

All roads are crossable

(An itch to which you must attend)

Leave all your fear on the other side

And if you feel like you could use a friend

All things are possible

(Imaginations never end)

All worlds collide

(You don't know where and you can't say when)

All roads are crossable

(An itch to which you must attend)

Leave all your fear on the other side

And if you feel like you could use a friend

Then here is what I would precisely recommend

Reach out your hand out to me my friends

Hey, you have only your hand to extend

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Things Are Looking Up lyrics - Blues Traveler

I may be down

But things are looking up

All the grass is turning brown

But things are looking up

I don't have a white picket fence

But things are looking up

Happiness is a good league hence

But things are looking up

The sting reminding me

At least it seems to be

That I am fiery

And must be burning burning

Upon the wind

You take your medicine

Whether I lose or win

I hope I'm learning learning

Take all you want I don't care

And I'll look up if I am down a share

We never promised we'd play fair

It's a lonely town

But things are looking up

A hard old rain is falling down

But things are looking up

Im in a pile of leaves and I've got no rake

But things are looking up

So giveth unto me a break

Cause things are looking up

The sting reminding me

At least it seems to be

That I am fiery

And must be burning burning

Upon the wind

You take your medicine

Whether I lose or win

I hope I'm learning learning

Take all you want I don't care

And I'll look up if I am down a share

We never promised we'd play fair

Hands in my pocket eyes on the ground

Just like a storm cloud walking all over town

Dreams in the gutter spirits on the floor

Hope's in the dumpster but there's always room for more

I may be down

But things are looking up

All the grass is turning brown

But things are looking up

The sting reminding me

At least it seems to be

That I am fiery

And must be burning burning

Upon the wind

You take your medicine

Whether I lose or win

I hope I'm learning learning

Take all you want I don't care

And I'll look up if I am down a share

We never promised we'd play fair

Love Is Everything (That I Describe) lyrics - Blues Traveler

As simple as a kiss

So subtle and so missed

So ached for so doomed to be deprived

Love is everything that I've described

As lonesome as the sound

Of a memory leaving town

They say progress is a drink to be imbibed

But love is everything that I'd prescribe

As the shades of night come folding down

The moon and stars the only friends around

You can find me in the lost and found

The sunlight shines severe

And you are nowhere near

Of a heartache that cannot be denied

Love is everything that I've described

As the shades of night come folding down

The moon and stars the only friends around

You can find me in the lost and found

As simple as a kiss

So subtle and so missed

So ached for so doomed to be deprived

Love is everything that I've described

I Don't Wanna Go lyrics - Blues Traveler

Last night moonlight hands

Pulling me closer in

Back and forth and dance

Remember the way that you

Dare me, scare me chance

Fate clearly telling me

This one right here

Now

I don't wanna go, I wanna hold your hand

Let's skip the show and leave it up to the band

I don't wanna go til we're done with the dance

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go

Bus leaves tomorrow for a foreign land

Ain't nothing wrong with a one night stand

But I'll stay here forever if you say that I can

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go

Spotlight, flashlight, can

We make it happen

Forever be your man

Now is the moment I

Break my, make my stand

Promise you now that I

Sweetly, completely

I don't wanna go, I wanna hold your hand

Let's skip the show and leave it up to the band

I don't wanna go till we're done with the dance

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go

Bus leaves tomorrow for a foreign land

Ain't nothing wrong with a one night stand

But I'll stay here forever if you say that I can

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go

And I've

Come to know the moon

From every angle in every sky

As I

Want to come to know you

That climbs up into my every alibi

I don't wanna go, I wanna hold your hand

Let's skip the show and leave it up to the band

I don't wanna go until we're done with the dance

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go

I don't wanna go, I wanna hold your hand

Let's skip the show and leave it up to the band

I don't wanna go until we're done with the dance

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go

Bus leaves tomorrow for a foreign land

Ain't nothing wrong with a one night stand

But I'll stay here forever if you say that I can

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go

I don't wanna go, I wanna hold your hand

Let's skip the show and leave it up to the band

I don't wanna go until we're done with the dance

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go

Nobody Fall In Love With Me lyrics - Blues Traveler

Nobody fall in love with me

It ain't gonna end well

Just you wait and see

Nobody fall in love with me

Nobody take a word to heart

Nobody take my words to heart

Without a grain of salt

What I say falls apart

Don't take my tender words to heart

Because I've run for the cover and protection of the trees

Only to sneak away beneath the goddess moon is my disease

And I'll hold the line all summer before I freeze into next spring

Effortlessly busy 'til I just can't feel a thing

So don't you fall in love with me

And don't expect an answer when you call

You can't expect an answer when you call

Anticipation lingers before your hope begins to fall

Best not to call, in fact, at all

Because I've run for the cover and protection of the trees

Only to sneak away beneath the goddess moon is my disease

And I'll hold the line all summer before I freeze into next spring

Effortlessly busy 'til I just can't feel a thing

No don't you fall in love with me

Because I've run for the cover and protection of the trees

Only to sneak away beneath the goddess moon is my disease

And I'll hold the line all summer before I freeze into next spring

Effortlessly busy 'til I just can't feel a thing

So don't you fall in love with me

Cover Me lyrics - Blues Traveler

A question never dies

Please enlighten me

Sand upon your skin

It softens me

The sun is shining in your eyes

It frightens me

Always are clear

Will you cover me

Just cover me

And I just can't find

That puzzle piece

My picture's got a hole

Right next to me

Oh the taste it leaves

Can always change

Just keep your tongue in cheek

With all your friends

You spend your days

Don't you forget about me

Don't forget about me

And I just can't find

That puzzle piece

My picture's got a hole

Right next to me

There's a hole in my heart that is tattered and torn now

And if a question won't die it leaves an answer unborn now

And a question remains that I'm dying to see

Will you cover me

And I just can't find

That puzzle piece

My picture's got a hole

Right next to me

And I just can't find

That puzzle piece

My picture's got a hole

Right next to me

Saving Grace lyrics - Blues Traveler

When the scandal broke the handle

And the cradles have been switched

Norma Jean, well she came clean

So I guess that dog's been fixed

Her skirt's too tight

For a Monday night

Her sewing machine

I guess it works all right

To tie a bow in the lace

The lace that graces Grace

I'm tired of songs about angels

I could use a punch in the face

If I wasn't saying nay

I'd be saying grace

And it's hard to find your minders

And it's easy to lose faith

But I really never minded

Saving Grace

Well if home is where the heart lies

And my heart is in your hands

Then every place you try to pray

A dead canary lands

The love I lost

Was the love you lent

The cane you raised

While I raised the rent

Asking for grace

But grace didn't leave a trace

I'm tired of songs about angels

I could use a punch in the face

If I wasn't saying nay

I'd be saying grace

And it's hard to find your minders

And it's easy to lose faith

But I really never minded

Saving Grace

When the gypsy starts to jingle

Her bracelet full of charms

I'll be dreaming in the bedroom

With a Valkyrie in my arms

I'm tired of songs about angels

I could use a punch in the face

If I wasn't saying nay I'd be saying grace

And it's hard to find your minders

And it's easy to lose faith

But I really never minded

No I never really minded

Saving grace

Big City Girls lyrics - Blues Traveler

You got one boy

With your right hand

And the other one

You hail a taxi cab

Big city girls you make a mess out of me

Now I'm on my way back down to New Orleans

You got a nice car

From a rich man

With a gold watch

And a fake tan

Big city girls you make a mess out of me

Now I'm on my back down to Tennessee

Big city days

Seeing if it pays

Barely rescued by the hell you're going to raise

She's going to roll you

Through the wasteland

While she takes you

To see the latest band

Big city girls you make a mess out of me

But I'm on my way back down to the Florida Keys

She'll tip your last cash

Past a velvet rope

And you've got to crash

Cause it's your only hope

Big city girls you make a mess out of me

But I'm on my way back home to New Orleans

Big city days

Seeing if it pays

Barely rescued by the hell you're going to raise

Big city night

Hanging on too tight

But she takes my hand and I give up the fight

She's got one eye

On the next bar

And the other one

On exactly who you think you areâ€¦

Big Apple girls you make a mess out of me

South Jersey girls you make a mess out of me

Hill Country girls you make a mess out of me

Rocky Mountain Girls you make a mess out of me

Sweet Valley you make a mess out of me

Big Easy girls you make a mess out of me

Little easy girls you make a mess out of me

Any easy girls you make a mess out of me

But I always come back home to New York City

Cara Let The Moon lyrics - Blues Traveler

When Brooklyn breaks into Saturday

The club rats scurrying away

And closing out and closing in

It's rare that something then begins

With promises like shining lights

Amidst the dawn of dying night

Through ringing amps and flattened beer

And all my cues for getting out of here

But Cara let the moon come in

And windowsills again have room

Cara let the moon come in

And for a time I'm high as noon

Cara let the moon come in

And I was sad I had to run

But Cara let the moon come in

And past upon the evening sun

Now I'm an old and broken me

Too many rides upon the wind

That carries hawks across the sea

To hunt and shiver for their sins

Too many dreams are left to stand

Until the tide can knock them down

But remembering I reach my hand

In case a few are still around

Cause Cara let the moon come in

And windowsills again have room

Cara let the moon come in

And for a time I'm high as noon

Cara let the moon come in

And I was sad our set was done

But Cara let the moon come in

And past upon the evening sun

So pass the bottle, Pack the bowl

Let's swap our tales of rock n'roll

We have until the engine strums

And the Prevo sails to Kingdom Come

Cara let the moon come in

And windowsills again have room

Cara let the moon come in

And for a time I'm high as noon

Cara let the moon come in

And a profoundness had begun

But Cara let the moon come in

And past upon the evening's son

Didn't Mean To Wake Up lyrics - Blues Traveler

I came so close to paradise

The feelings were so true

You cried for me to come home

Now, I was crying too

We said so many things in anger

There seems little left to do

Than put the pen to paper

I can't write good-bye to you

I didn't mean to wake up

From the dream that was my life

I didn't mean to wake up

I can't stop the changes now

When you wake up in the morning

Don't look for me, I'll be gone

There's a letter on the table

With best regards from john

I didn't mean to wake up

From the dream that was my life

I didn't mean to wake up

I can't stop the changes now

I came so close to paradise

The feelings were so true

You cried for me to come home

Now I'm crying too

I didn't mean to wake up

From the dream that was my life

I didn't mean to wake up

I can't stop the changes now

"North Hollywood Shootout" (2008)

Forever Owed Lyrics – Blues Traveler

And when the mighty sea is heaving
And the mountain's gotten big
What anyone believes in
I never gave a fig

But I could never fully handle
The heart that bore the load
Something never spoken
Something forever owed

Till I can bring you home
Till I can bring you home
No I will never really be free
While you live in my memory

In awe and almost fearful
But I'll bet that you don't care
You're most likely thinking
About your brother still back there

Till I can bring him home
Till I can bring you home
I will never really be free
While you live in my memory

I can never have it taken
But I wanted you to know
That forever we're connected you and me
It doesn't matter where it goes
There are things we simply owe

Till I can bring you home
Till I can bring you home
Till I can bring you home
Till I can bring you home
Till I can bring you home
Till I can bring you home

Till I can bring you home
Till I can bring you home
No I will never really be free
While you live in my memory

No I will never really be free
While you...

You, Me And Everything Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Gonna get wild if it's ok
I don't need your blessing anyway
But I get crazy crazy sometimes
I just wanna warn you

So get out your camera, gather round
Gonna get to the rhythm gonna get on down
Bring your rock candy, bring Uncle Buck
Escape is in progress, care to try your luck?

Kick out the back door into whatever will drive
And cling to the shoulder till the night is alive
When you're lost in the wilderness you know you're there
And dust off your feet and put your hands in the air

And oh, it never rains
You and me and these two lanes
And oh, the endless skies
You and me and everything just flies

It don't mean much if it isn't fun
But since we're already on the run
It'd be crazy crazy even if we thought of stopping now

So settle your affairs and reap what you sow
Just reap it in the car cause we gots to go
Launching up the highway like a catapult
Don't you look back or you're a pillar of salt

So up jumped the devil got his hand to your ear
And he wants to say what you want to hear
With the pedal to the metal we're a kettle and pot
Running deep into the black ink given whatever we've got

And oh, it never rains
You and me and these two lanes
And oh, the endless skies
You and me and everything just flies

Now you can take it on faith from my boy bourgeois
Wild if it's ok
Don't you drive too fast cause it's against the law
Wild if it's ok

I get a little wild if it's ok
Because I can drive me one more day
Into this crazy crazy crazy crazy wide open world

And oh, it never rains
You and me and these two lanes
Oh, the open skies
You and me and everything just flies

You and me and everything
You and me and everything

Love Does Lyrics – Blues Traveler

She lies out on the grass
Her bellybutton fascinates me
If summer never came and went
I doubt that it would ever faze me

Broken in a moment of what once had been
I look within to see her face
My fingers start to reach to taste
But all they meet is my own lips

Time is fleeting
Time's a-wasting
And time is bleeding
Forever racing
And time is money
And money is time
But love does none of these
Love does none of these

She'll twirl and spin me 'round
And never let go of the hold she has
From heaven's rafter to the ground
And back and forth, and twice as fast

Transit in the blink of her big brown eyes
And all is right or wrong with the world
More the heart of me
Than as some would say "just some girl"

Time is fleeting
Time's a-wasting
Time is bleeding
Forever racing
And time is money
And money is time
But love does none of these
Love does none of these

But my heart beats as we say goodnight
Hoping for a kiss
And this feeling I get to keep
Love can most definitely let me do this

She's the only thing that shines
Among the murky gels of pink and blue
Club speakers make their noise
But they can't drown out what is true

Captured in the passion of an honest smile
And last call leaves us little else
I reach for her to make her turn
But all I meet is my own lips

Time is fleeting
Time's a-wasting
Time is bleeding
Forever racing
Time is money
And money is time
But love does none of these
Love does none of these

Love won't keep time
Love don't keep time

Feels like forever
I'm here whenever

Borrowed Time Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Oh precious life
How you loved to lie to me
So recklessly fragile
So beyond my power to see
And yet so demanding
By making me believe
That I am standing
In the way of my own reprieve

That all our days are numbered
No matter the amount
There's a first and then at last
There is finally the fact
That the numerals just don't count
And all our time is borrowed
No deposit, no return
And no promise of tomorrow or the next day
What was lent you can never earn

If I took care of you
And loved you all your days
I'd still have to let you go
Cause nothing ever stays
You taught me to stand
And then you left the job to me
Now as a man
I'm finally forced to see

That all our days are numbered
No matter the amount
There's a first and then at last
There is finally the fact
That the numerals just don't count
And all our time is borrowed
No deposit, no return
And no promise of tomorrow or the next day
What was lent you can never earn
What was lent you can never earn
What was lent you can never earn
What was lent you can never earn

The Beacons Lyrics – Blues Traveler

When our toasters finally come to kill us
A creator complex will fulfill us
Follow me down to the road ahead
Where we mean everything that we've ever said
Destination overload it can't be tamed
And nothing or no one is to blame

Sooner or later
We're all beacons of yesteryear
You've gotta love or hate us
We'll see you soon, baby, don't you fear

Put down your map son we're GPS'ing
The system don't know with who it's messing
Evolution crap shooter watch your scene
We're the proud parents of the big machine
Mutated strains like a frog to a toad
But ours comes with a bar code

Sooner or later
We're all beacons of yesteryear
You've gotta love or hate us
We'll see you soon, baby, don't you fear

Hickory, trickery, dickory dock
I need me a stronger faster clock
One that comes with wheels and a Bluetooth phone
God forbid I ever have to be alone

Sooner or later
We're all beacons of yesteryear
You've gotta love or hate us
We'll see you soon, baby, don't you fear

Sooner or later
We're all beacons of yesteryear
You've gotta love or hate us
We'll see you soon, baby, don't you fear

Orange In The Sun Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Never you mind at the storm, honey
Never you mind the lightning
Dawn gonna make the day warm, honey
Son gonna make the day bring

Hold you till it comes
Just water falling down
The orange in the sun
Never makes a sound

Never you mind at the noise, honey
The man in the moon and the stars
Are putting away all their toys, honey
The lightning back in their jars

Hold you till they're done
Just water falling down
The orange in the sun
Never makes a sound
As it shines
All around

Rise and awake in the morning, honey
Wash away sleep from your eye
Keep any dreams that you might have made, baby
Little one please don't you cry

Hold you till the dawn
Just water falling down
The orange in the sun
Never makes a sound
As it shines
All around

Take away all of the darkness, honey
Remove any nightmares power
Break any curse with me, won't you honey
By the light of the morning hour

Hold you till the dawn
Just water falling down
The orange in the sun
Never makes a sound

Every night has to end, honey
Every storm has to pass
You don't have to pretend, honey
That a tear in the rain has to last

Hold you till the dawn
Just water falling down
The orange in the sun
Never makes a sound

What Remains Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Sway with me for one more dance
And holding me closely meet my eyes
And I would ask for nothing more
I'm asking for another chance
To my own infinite surprise
I've never moved like this before

It only remains to say I love you
And I suppose I always will
And though I walk away
As I replay my better days
I'll not betray
What time can't heal or kill

A single instant of reprieve
I am no longer resembling
The man I was, I'm the man you see
Try to exhale in my relief
But I am also trembling
You brought the best hope out of me

It only remains to say I love you
And I suppose I always will
And though I walk away
As I replay my better days
I will not betray
What time can't heal or kill

Gently I stumble
To the music as it strums
The heavens all crumble
'Neath this moment we've become
My heart keeps calling me
Closer and stalling me
Catch me I'm falling
Though the dancing's long since done

If I'm in trouble; if I'm alone
If I'm a runaway, don't send me home
I want to be with you
If I saw you now would nothing change
Tell me to grow up or act my age
Like I always do
Maybe surrender another chance
Or only just give me one more dance

It only remains to say I love you
And I suppose I always will
And though I walk away
As I replay my better days
I will not betray
What time can't heal or kill

It only remains to say I love you
And I suppose I always will
And though I walk away
As I replay my better days
I will not betray
What time can't heal or kill

I will not betray
What time can't heal or kill

How You Remember It Lyrics – Blues Traveler

So I thought about my lifetime
How the days they are confused
As the moments they do roll by
Only some will follow you

They're the same every day
Think about what we do
If you take the time to look well
Any one of them could chase you

That's how you remember it
It'll find you soon
That's how you remember it
What will be the truth

From out behind the shadows
Every moment I have known
Like catching that first firefly
In a jar when I was back home

Summer rain on windowpane
The way she looked that night
And every second after
Going to radiate the light

That's how you remember it
It'll find you soon
That's how you remember it
What will be the truth

Looking at my photograph
Staring back 20 years ago
The man I am, the boy I was
The things I still don't know

That's how you remember it
It'll find you soon
That's how you remember it
What will be the truth

No matter how you remember it
It'll find you soon
No matter how you remember it
That will be the truth

The Queen Of Sarajevo Lyrics – Blues Traveler

In the international rumble
She takes a chance and comes to me
And falling through the cracks we tumble
Not far at all but enough to see
We've come to rest our backs against the rubble
Of a future in uncertainty

"And I'm so glad you're here" she said
"And I hate that you're here" she said
"I wish I didn't need you so much
To be here"

It's funny meeting anyone this way
But there she goes
Walking her last runway
The queen of Sarajevo

We communicate in broken English
And nervous sighs and apprehension
As fascinated we are standing witness
No alcohol could quell the tension
No kind of clever joke or small talk in this
No fate denies our soul connection

"And I'm so glad you're here" she said
"And I hate that you're here" she said
"I wish I didn't need you so much
To be here"

It's funny meeting anyone this way
But there she goes
Walking her last runway
The queen of Sarajevo

They say that in the west the blues comes easy
And the night belongs to the one who plays
But it's the ancient souls that breathe them deeply
For the bluest heart is the one who stays

It's funny meeting anyone this way
But there she goes
Watch her walk her last runway
The queen of Sarajevo

And it's so funny to be living this way
But it's time to go
Leave you standing on the runway
The queen of Sarajevo
The queen of Sarajevo

Free Willis (Ruminations From Behind Uncle Bob's Machine Shop) Lyrics – Blues Traveler

No, I think we got it
[laughter]

You got a '68 Chevy in the middle of a dirt pile
You see it come back because it's gonna be here for a while

Your mama needs some money too
So does her niece
Your cousin

You think you'd be open to sitting down with me and talking about it?
Would you like to sit down and talk about it?
A man does not like to be held down

Bubble!
And there's a guy right next to me, and he's all stressed out and texting
And something's wrong with him
And he's got a problem, and he's gotta do his job, okay?
And his wife's nagging him, because, you know
She can't get the coat this month
And they're going away this month, so why can't she have her coat?

Man down, they said
Got a man down
Man down

Please know that I am distraught
Over the conversations we have had these last few nights
I love you
I love my job
Always wanna give it back to you
And make a difference
And not hold you down
Why would you say that?

You think you'd be open to sitting down with me and talking about it?
Would you like to sit down and talk about it?
A man does not like to be held down

No criticizing
We don't want you to criticize

Brings out the dog in me
It brings out the dog in me

Father, we beseech thee
If you're out there, please listen

Now, come on, help me
Help a man when he's down

Please, can you do me a
Can you...can you help me?
Can you do me a kindness?
Could you do me a kindness?

The following information has been brought to you by the following companies

Regarding the things I said
While I was in the car with you
And I was on the way to work
And you know I was upset, and still

Hold my cell phone
It's a BlackBerry, hold it
My second BlackBerry is ringing
Tell 'em I'm...just ask 'em to hang on for a minute
I'd love to talk to you right now
But I'm late for a meeting
And...it's Thursday

"¡Bastardos!" (2005)

You Can't Stop Thinking About Me Lyrics – Blues Traveler

The kiddie ride just keeps turning round and round
At first never failing to amuse
We grow tired and dismount

Houses made of cards leave no debris when burning to the ground
But alas people leave slews of residues
Too residual to count

And there's no known preparation for this kind of a thing
And it don't much matter what kind of game you bring
You can take excursions around the world
From the mountains to the sea
You're coming back to the same dilemma
You can't stop thinking about me

When you wake in the morning for a second you'll wonder if I'm there
Issue your final warning by noon
Reassert that you don't care

And there's no known preparation for this kind of a thing
And it don't much matter what kind of game you bring
You can take excursions around the world
From the mountains to the sea
You're coming back to the same dilemma
You can't stop thinking about me

Don't think I don't believe you for I know that feeling all too well
But sometimes in our best desires come secrets
We may never tell

And there's no known preparation for this kind of a thing
And it don't much matter what kind of game you bring
You can take excursions around the world
From the mountains to the sea
You're coming back to the same dilemma
You can't stop thinking about me

Go ahead and try

Amber Awaits Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Well I guess it bothers me
Because I can't convince her of a thing
I can't talk my way
I can't even sing
And it builds into this quest
Until I come to rest at last
And admit I couldn't tell
I could only ask
And then I'm freshly daunted
By the prospects of her eyes
As she lets me down
With a gentle lie
Bad luck to force an angel's smile
They say it only hurts a while
But I've been falling
For a thousand miles

Amber danced upon a flame
Nothing could be made the same
Not so much broken as changed
Amber far above the moon
Smiling down and shining through
I hope that I could get there soon
I want to see
If Amber waits for me

Well I hope I can appreciate how lucky I could be
If she only would
Take a look at me
Cause I think I could deserve someone Who could be so kind
It's new to me
But I don't mind

Amber danced upon a flame
Nothing could be made the same
Not so much broken as changed
Amber far above the moon
Smiling down and shining through
I hope that I could get there soon

Amber danced upon a flame
Nothing could be made the same
Not so much broken as changed
Amber far above the moon
Smiling down and shining through
I hope that I could get there soon

Amber sails to Timbuktu
There's nothing more that I could do
But not so much hopeless as blue
Amber makes me feel alive
And something in me does revive
But it only works if she believes my eyes
I want to see
If Amber waits for me

After What Lyrics – Blues Traveler

And if I take a different tack
Well then forgive me if the long way round
Confuses up the point until you're numb enough to hear
That you're using the anointing oil like it's sacramental beer

And don't blame heaven or hell
You have to look to yourself
And nobody else will lift a light to make you see
Don't got to learn a damn thing
Part of being free

And I realize
When I buck my place
It's my feet but it's their race

And I don't run unless you try to chase me
And I don't leave unless you offer me a stay
And I won't fight unless I'm cornered or if I'm after what I want
What that is I wish that I could say

So forgive me or forget you
If you think you cannot bear
Believe me life won't let you
If you blink you shall not fare

But should you get the chance
Try to make for the fence

It's a subtle dance we do
To stay in from the cold
And the cleverest ones
Get to be real old

I may struggle
I may complain
But I'm just trying to grab at the reins

And I don't run unless you try to chase me
And I don't leave until you offer me a stay
And I don't fight unless I'm cornered or if I'm after what I want
What that is I wish that I could say

I don't run unless you try to chase me
And I don't leave until you offer me a stay
And I don't fight unless I'm cornered or if I'm after what I want
What that is I wish that I could say

And if I'm wondering where to go well then forgive me if I don't know

Money Back Guarantee Lyrics – Blues Traveler

It seemed so easy in daydreams past the playground
And schoolyard rules

When nothing's yours it's simple to plan your escape
From all of those fools

And suddenly you get your way
And you're kicking yourself
Cause you couldn't figure out how to stay

If wishes were money I'd still lose more than I keep
And that might just be me
But consequence would be interest and it would be steep
And nothing is free

It's a small cost to dream
But there's no refund for nightmares
It would seem

Careful what you've bought
Don't you look to no warranties
You own what you have wrought
Ain't no money back
Money back guarantee

Well I guess life ain't fair
But I know life don't care
And there's no one to blame
From on high to the lowly
For if you're loved or you're lonely
It's the one and only game

Careful what you've bought
And don't you look to no warranties
You own what you have wrought
Your money back guarantee
Or reprieves
So please
I'm down on my knees
Believe me

Don't you try
To deny
Any lie you might buy
Is deceiving
Ain't no leaving for free

So you've got all your ducks in a row
Have you figured out what you owe
Until you settle your bill
It won't let you go

Careful what you've bought
And don't you look to no warranties
You own what you have wrought
Ain't no money back
Money back guarantee

Can't Win True Love Lyrics – Blues Traveler

You can't tell me I'm crazy
And have me care
If I'm not I won't believe you
If I am then I'm not there

You can't win true love
No you can't win true love

You can't change what has happened
No matter how much better you could do
And while we're on it you know you can't change me
And you can't change you (you shouldn't have to)

No you can't win true love
No you can't win true love

There is no race to run
No evil curse needs to be undone
No hope of changing what cannot be changed
Some things are true and they will never fade away
Or up or down or out or in
No you just can't win

You can't forget about me
No matter what the sign says
False advertising everywhere
Trial and error more or less

And you can't win true love
No you can't win true love

There is no race to run
No evil curse needs to be undone
No hope of making what cannot be made
Some things are true and they will never fade away
Or out or down or up or in
No you can't win

I can't tell if you are listening
And I can't get to have a say
And I can't see you when you're sleeping
And I can't change it all the way
That I can't make someone feel something
That I can't tell when it's enough
That I can't lose as much to seem to learn
And I cannot win true love
Oh you can't win true love

There is no race to run
No evil curse needs to be undone
No hope of making what cannot be made
Some things are true and they will never fade away
Or up or down or out or through or below or above
No you just can't win true love
No you can't

Nail Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Reach out
Right in front of you

Sit tight
You're alright

Just breathe
The relief

Don't fear
I'm right here
I'm right here
I'm right here
I'm right

Here I am
To try to understand
The nail put through your hand

I need you
Simply to

See me
As easy

To read
What you need

Through me
So use me
Seduce me
I'm right here
I'm right

Here we plan
To try to understand
The nail put through your hand

Know you
You have to

Feel free
To teach me

Reach out
Without doubt

Crash land
I know you can
I'm right here
I'm right here
I'm right here
I'm right

Here you can
To try to understand
The nail put through your hand

Leaning In Lyrics – Blues Traveler

No longer care where I am
One smile remains to trace for the fingers on my hand
Search for your face in every crowd
Hope it springs internally until it runs over and out

If I could touch your lips to mine
Soft and sweet for about a half a million times
Pressing ever deeply as I take you in my arms
And hold on
Until we both forget where we are
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in

Wake up staring at a phone
And it is so messed up the cliches alone
But there I am dreaming clumsily
And love, it comes so difficult for a boy like me

If I could touch your lips to mine
Soft and sweet for about a half a million times
Pressing ever deeply as I take you in my arms
And hold on until we both forget where we are
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in

Smiling at your message today
I know I face uncertainty but still I am on my way
Once again those daydreams begin
I caress your cheek
Finally leaning in

Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in
Leaning in

She And I Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Tread upon me lightly
And take what you will
Cause it's yours anyway
You may have read up on me slightly
But if looks could kill
Then I died today
A challenge to you only
Can you remember my
Most honest face?
And I'd be less so lonely
Whenever I
Ordain to chase

The mystery
You bring from me
And I am persuaded
And from your eyes
Came a sweet reply
So utterly unmasqueraded

Morning rush hour I can see
She used her eyes but she saw me
Euphoric streaks upon the sky
They celebrate us she and I

Tread upon me deeply
And handle with care
Because I just might break
And if I put it less discreetly
Enter if you dare
But make no mistake
If I stop beneath your window
To ply my wares
And serenade
It wouldn't hardly dare begin to
Imply my prayers
I haven't prayed

In some time
I have been resigned
To have settled back and waited
But from your eyes
A sweet reply so beautifully paraded

Morning rush hour I can see
She used her eyes but she saw me
Euphoric streaks upon the sky
They celebrate she and I

Morning rush hour I can see
She used her eyes but she saw me
Euphoric streaks upon the sky
They celebrate she and I

Rubberneck Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Whenever there's smoke and fire
You'll find him handy to admire
Never learns the victims' names
Roasting snacks upon the flames
Always just to happen by
Blood-soaked steel, but he keeps dry
Without concern who's left alive
It's entertainment for his drive

Hey, here comes Rubberneck
He never helps but he loves a wreck
He should close his mouth and drive away
He'd seize a peek but not the day

Sideline living is so sweet
There's always something good to eat
Smug behind the safety glass
Committed not but to save his ass
With thoughts like "better you than me"
I guess that's why he wants to see
Appreciation only learned
By watching someone else get burned

Hey, here comes Rubberneck
He never helps but he loves a wreck
He should close his mouth and drive away
He'd seize a peek but not the day

Rubberneck, his luck ran out
Messed with a truck and lost the bout
Smolders in a twisted chunk
While we praise our own and curse his luck

Hey, here comes Rubberneck
He never helps but he loves a wreck
He should close his mouth and drive away
He'd seize a peek but not the day

Hey, here comes Rubberneck
He never helps but he loves a wreck
He should close his mouth and drive away
He'd seize a peek but not the day

Nefertiti Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Nefertiti claimed she needed no one at all
Majestic in her empire like so many I've seen rise and fall
Suitors by the dozen, even one who'd give her everything
Assuming the queen even needs a king
And what's so wrong with freedom?
Is there a cost too high?
But the slogans turn to mist in Nefertiti's eyes

And the heart of the lioness
Lay down gentle like a lamb
Her Majesty runs like a girl
No composure or command
And I know I should be glad for her
But I can't forget her fire
It just makes me lonely
One more goddess to retire

Now I have been brought down by less
That felled my mighty lioness
But what I see which makes me sad
Is when the loneliness gets bad
She has to run, she cannot take
That fragile fundamental ache

And the heart of the lioness
Lay down gentle like a lamb
Her Majesty runs like a girl
No composure or command
And I know I should be glad for her
But I can't forget her fire
It just makes me lonely
One more goddess to retire

Amazed she puts me in my place
A royal tear rolls down her face
But what for me may hurt worst of all
Is one less soldier on the wall
That much lonelier for me
As I salute my fallen queen

And the heart of the lioness
Lay down gentle like a lamb
Her Majesty runs like a girl
No composure or command
And I know I should be glad for her
But I can't forget her fire
It just makes me lonely
One more goddess to retire
No one should be glad for her
For I can't forget her fire
It just makes me lonely
One more goddess to retire

Nefertiti claimed she needed no one

What Could Possibly Go Wrong Lyrics – Blues Traveler

I turn around and suddenly there's a danger
Yet another close call that I couldn't quite see
And I will admit that I am no stranger
To such a very similar controversy
It seems that I lack a sense of self-preservation
Along with an abundance of a need for a thrill
And that could make the deadliest of combinations
If I don't keep totally and quietly still

But tonight I've got to move
Ain't got a thing to prove
Besides, when you've lasted this long
What could possibly go wrong

Bartender won't you pour me a gin or a vodka
Deal me up bump or some x or some tea
Bet it all on black so if it's red I get nada
And I'll buy the pleasure of her company

But tonight I've got to move
Ain't got a thing to prove
Besides, when you've lasted this long
What could possibly go wrong

So if you're crossing the street you be careful
If it's cold and flu season you run and you hide
Do what your mom or boss or doctor all tell you
And if you're in school or prison just open wide

But tonight I've got to move
Ain't got a thing to prove
Besides, when you've lasted this long
What could possibly go wrong

That Which Doesn't Kill You Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Crush me softly
Or cradle me hard
And the more I wanted
Was the scariest part
A measure of control
Well not this time
And I wanted to learn so
I claim the lesson as mine

The politics of lasting just a little bit longer
Is the art of living every day
That which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger
Until it finally kills you all the way

You take every action
And apply the math
You could reap the rapture
Or risk the wrath
And if you rate the reasons
Then the best ones lose
And all that means is
You got no excuse

The politics of lasting just a little bit longer
Is the art of living every day
That which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger
Until it finally kills you all the way

Harmonica powers reactivate!

Gonna pull up stakes
Gonna try again
Do whatever it takes
To draw you in
It's what I am
And it's all I know
Like the carnie man
You gotta work the show

The politics of lasting just a little bit longer
Is the art of living every day
That which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger
Until it finally kills you all the way

She Isn't Mine Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Been busted in Texas
Seen my share of Colorado rain
I've seen the anxiety every high school kid feels
Growing up on the Kansas plain
I've looked to the East coast
Still idling in rush hour hell
And the west coast keeps dreaming things are tough over
But for me it's just as well

She isn't mine
She isn't mine
She isn't mine
She isn't mine

I promised myself I was done, and I could walk away
But now I am just on the run and with nowhere to stay
I think of her often and dream of how different I'd be
Because it can hurt so much that I panic in the pain
So changeless I want to change me

Cause she isn't mine
She isn't mine
She isn't mine
She isn't mine

Every mention of you
Yeah it splits me in two
Cause it feels so good
But I promised I would
Keep it easy and fun
But when you're on the run
You scavenge to live
And what I just wouldn't give
I tell myself forget her
That it's only for the better
But I can't help devise
Some added surprise
To keep her in contact
To feel her react to me
Feel her attract to me
But it's so abstract to me

She isn't mine
She isn't mine
She isn't mine
She isn't mine

The Children Of The Night Lyrics – Blues Traveler

We climb slowly out from under the rock We were hiding
To greet the sun as it leaves the sky
On the cycle it was riding
And we stand new
Beneath the blanket of stars
So vast it sways our stance
And swaying
We continue to rise
Until it becomes one outright dance

And the moon keeps watch as the howling grows
Into one single petal
From a very different rose
And when we all get lost in
The throbbing throng's exhaustion
We actually touch those flickering lights
And give them something back
We are in fact the children of the night

A spark of smoke in the air
Commands the revelries as I attend
It says "be not afraid beneath
The heavens for the evening is your friend"

And the moon keeps watch as the howling grows
Into one single petal
From a very different rose
And when we all get lost in
The throbbing throng's exhaustion
We actually touch those flickering lights
And give them something back
We are in fact the children of the night

"Truth Be Told" (2003)

Unable To Get Free Lyrics – Blues Traveler

You asked me if I live without her
I choke on my reply
Let the blind man at the mirror spin his lie

And I'm damned if I don't try
Damned if I don't try
But no matter what I say
It doesn't go
Away at all and I'm still unable to get free

And I've been afraid
Of a convenience that I could have made
But having to admit this one has me
And so the tiger's got his toe
And the only way to holler is by letting go
Still unable to get free

With cork and wax I try my best
To spackle in the hole
The inevitable aging of my soul

And my heart it gets so tired
It's my heart and it gets so tired
It's just a trace to track the pain
The beat that I
Sustain for hoping and I am still unable to get free

And I've never been afraid
Of a consequence that I could have made
But having to admit this one has me
And so the tiger's got his toe
And the only way to holler is by letting go
Still unable to get free

...I see connections
...In my contention
...That I could see redemption
Through the bars
Of this cage...

And I don't know what to do
I don't know what to do
For accepting sight unseen
So desperately I
Dream of some day when I won't be unable to get free

And I've never been afraid
Of a consequence that I could have made
But having to accept this one has me
And so the tiger's got his toe
And the only way to holler is by letting go
Still unable to get free

And I've never been afraid
Of a consequence that I could have made
But having to admit this one has me
And so the tiger's got his toe
And the only way to holler is by letting go
Still unable to get free

Eventually (I'll Come Around) Lyrics – Blues Traveler

I'm not the kind who hurrys
As sometimes I wish I could
In fact I tried
I almost died
Life wouldn't be any good

And like the best mollassas
I like to stay up late
And sweeter is the slower torture
And i can barely wait

Eventually
Eventually
Eventually
I'll come around

Eventually
If you wait for me
Eventually
Ill come around

Want to taste the moment
I open up my eyes
Couldn't linger here forever
Although thats not from lack of tryin'

But you and me we know for real
That moments come and go
And theres more to that in how you feel
So you should too you know

Eventually
Eventually
Eventually
I'll come around

Eventually
Eventually
Eventually
I'll come

Eventually
Eventually
Eventually
I'll come around

Eventually
Just you wait and see
Eventually
I'll come

Let Her & Let Go Lyrics – Blues Traveler

In all that I do and in all that I say
I used to have a dream that love didn't have to be this way
Immaculate the promise of that pristine paradise
And as I come up from its ashes, I can only offer weak advice

Well you can tremble at love's altar, but don't you try to run
Because it's faster than you'll ever be, and you'll have to see to be someone
Whose prey to the real thing who prays to the moon
By howling at her shining face and clutching at his bitter wound
Just...

One of the millions who've paid respect
To the goddess through the eyes of the girl you love
Three little words from her lips can change
Forever if you let her in and let go
To what you've been afraid of
Oh, let her and let go

Well Q-R-S and T-U-V
Love can make you crazy, but it never really makes you free
And it's easy to remember, but it's better to forget
You never get that one you dreamed of, you get to dream with the one you get
Just...

One of the millions who's paid respect
To the goddess through the eyes of the girl you love
Three little words from her lips can change
Forever if you let her and let go
To what you've been afraid of
Oh, let her and let go
[3x, second time slower]
Let her and let go to what you've been afraid of
Let her and let go
Let her and, let her and, let her and, let her and, let her and, let her and
Ler her and let go

Sweet And Broken Lyrics – Blues Traveler

She smokes my last cigarette
She forgives me but I don't know it yet
And I don't ask but sometimes why is beautiful
She's a little cheap, but worth the wait
Of honeyed kisses, sleeping late
They steal my covers, but I'm just glad my bed is full

And if the words were spoken
They'd shatter on the floor
And once they'd broken open
Would it matter anymore
You've got to love her to see her
And in seeing there's hoping
Oh she's so sweet
She's sweet and broken

She'll never tell you everything
She's the fire the darkness brings
And I get lost but that's just where I'm supposed to be
She won't say why she cries
At marigolds and butterflies
And why her smile seems to hide a tragedy

And if the words were spoken
They'd shatter on the floor
And once they'd broken open
Would it matter anymore
You've got to love her to see her
And in seeing there's hoping
Oh she's so sweet
She's sweet and broken

I see her rising through the trees
She's like a wounded moon, gazing back at me

And if the words were spoken
They'd shatter on the floor
And once they'd broken open
Would it matter anymore

And if the words were spoken
They'd shatter on the floor
And once they'd broken open
Would it matter anymore

You've got to love her to see her
And in seeing there's hoping
She's so sweet
She's sweet and broken

You've got to love her to see her
And in seeing there's hoping
She's so sweet
She's sweet and broken

My Blessed Pain Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Tell you 'bout a man I borrowed twenty-six cents from
I wanted to ask what the extra penny is for
I needed a quarter for the next two minutes with you
He said "I was making a wish but I've been listening
I think you need it more"
And it's the same damn thing
The stuff you put me through
I walked across a bridge and almost right past a suicide
You could say I'm a hero depending on the light that you put me in
What changed her mind was when I took the time to tell her 'bout you and me
She heard my tale and climbed off the rail and then she tried to push me in

And it's the same damn thing
I hope I'm doing it to you

And it sounds like thunder
And it fills like rain
But I've been so thirsty
That I can't explain
How you feel me and grow me
And no one has known me
To complain
For you are my blessed pain
You are my blessed pain

Girls need candy and flowers and monogamy
From someone who makes them feel worthwhile
Boys need food and five minutes with his right hand free
But only the girl gonna make him smile
And it's the same damn thing
The stuff that you put me through

And it sounds like thunder
And it fills like rain
But I've been so thirsty
That I can't explain
How you feel me and grow me
And no one has known me
To complain
For you are my blessed pain
You are my blessed pain

Girls need shoes and attention and monogamy
From someone who makes them feel worthwhile
Boys need food and basically five minutes with his right hand free
But only the girl gonna make him smile
And it's the same damn thing
I hope I'm doing it to you

And it sounds like thunder
And it fills like rain
But I've been so thirsty
That I can't explain
How you feel me and grow me
And no one has known me
To complain
For you are my blessed pain
You are my blessed pain
You are my blessed pain

Thinnest Of Air Lyrics – Blues Traveler

How promising the start
Of the letter being read until the captain proclaimed
"Dying is my heart"
And then a hush befalls the crowd as the theater exclaimed
"Now our hero's part is played"
And they continue as the lights come on and they get up to go
"And we were all betrayed fo our champion he screams and cries like us"
Do they deserve to know that...

Yes
I'm unprepared
And in the face of it all
I guess I get just the littlest bit scared
Yeah me
I feel around
In the darkness of an empty house
And there's nothing there
Just a terrified chameleon hiding out
In the thinnest of air

Should the love inside me die
Come save me I'll be drowning just a few feet from the beach
Please give it your best try
Though I may do my best to distance you and keep your arms from reach
I'm really asking you to stay
But the only way that I know how is by riddle or by game
It seems no on wants to play
And as I float on out to sea I never really sink
I just drift and say that...

Yes
I'm unprepared
And in the face of it all
I guess I get just the littlest bit scared
Yeah me
I feel around
In the darkness of an empty house
And there's nothing there
Just a terrified chameleon hiding out
In the thinnest of air

If ever I can ease your pain
Well I don't think I'd release you I'd spin fairy tales instead
Or else you'd never need me again
And though I know that hold's pathetic it's letting go that I greater dread
Call it a joke to hide a dream
And it takes a good deal more than joking to make any dream come true
So rock & roll and kick & scream
For what it's worth I can't resist this flame and fire
To finally say to you that...

Yes
I'm unprepared
And in the face of it all
I guess I get just the littlest bit scared
Yeah me
I feel around
In the darkness of an empty house
And there's nothing there
Just a terrified chameleon hiding out
In the thinnest of air

Yes
I'm unprepared
And in the face of it all
I guess I get just the littlest bit scared
Yeah me
I feel around
In the darkness of an empty house
And there's nothing there
Just a terrified chameleon hiding out
In the thinnest of air

Can't See Why Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Kiss away the morning hours
In need of some restraint
While raised to think knowledge is power
I've come to learn it ain't
'Cause here I go when the hat drops
In the lions mouth for more
And this time there's no illusion
For what I got in store

And it comes
And it goes
And eventually slows
And we lie
And we trade
And I guess destiny is made

And I can't see why
But I do it anyway
You reap what you sew
Oh so the poets say

Well she knew my name and she came to me
And she wanted to spend some time
And she looked soft to touch so it's the same you see
I just wanted to make her mine
So there we are just standing there
Trying to figure out why we're there
Attempting some connection
While we're brave enough to care

And we try
And we fail
And oh the sirens how they wail
And it's bad
And it's good
Does it matter if we should

And I can't see why
But I do it anyway
You reap what you sew
Oh so the poets say

And I can't see why
But I do it anyway
You reap what you sew
Oh so the poets say
And I can't see why
But I do it anyway
You reap what you sew
Oh so the poets say

Stumble And Fall Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Breathe
It's better than nothing

Believe
Like I know you can fly
Straight through the light now
Hold on
I'm your man
And oh it's a strange world
But to you it still belongs
And I've got a plan
Should you stumble and fall

Keep your arms out
And I will swing for you
Take my hand
And feel free

Smile
You are surviving

C'mon
I'll help you up
And oh it's a strange world
Step up to see it all
And I've got a plan
Should you stumble and fall

Keep your arms out
And I will swing for you
Take my hand
And feel free
Take my hand
And feel free

I know it's not like you need me
Believe me I know
I'm not that tough

And oh since you have me
I'll be there should you call
And I've got a plan
Should you stumble and fall

Keep your arms out
And I will swing for you
Take my hand
And feel free
Keep your arms out
And I will swing for you
Take my hand
And feel free

This Ache Lyrics – Blues Traveler

This ache
That follows you down
from wherever you both came from
Well it won't leave
Quietly
It just waits here noisily with me

I turn to go but quite instead
It sinks it's fangs into my head
And gnaws upon me like a greedy bone
The fragrant scent of parts unknown
I try my best but it gets worse
And fearful of this blessed curse
The moon is full I feel my teeth
My instincts give no sympathy for me

All I want is to stay
Here with you
for at least a couple of minutes more
In your front seat
By any reason I can find
My right foot still dangling out your door

This ache
That follows you down
from wherever you both came from
Well it won't leave
Quietly
It just waits here noisily with me

The pots and pans and bareassed bones
Would have me feeling all alone
But never fear the ache is there
And calmly he pulls up a chair
And through the night we play some hands
While the ache he issues his demands
Yeah the ache he issues his demands
And I'm like Custer at his lemonade stand

And all I have is this ache
Just to see you again
Though I've got no pretext to
And hope
Won't quench my thirst this time
Can't you see that I'm aching for you

I go to sleep when I awake
In the kitchen is my ache
He cooks me breakfast ties my shoes
Puts in the time he pays my dues
He sticks a needle in my eye
And haunts me like some tragic lie
Reminds me 'till I bend to break
That I've been given the gift of...

This ache
That followed you down
from wherever you both came from
Well it won't leave
Quietly
It just waits here noisily with me

This ache
That followed you down
from wherever you both came from

This ache
That followed you down
from wherever you both came from
Well it won't leave
Quietly
It just waits here noisily with me

Mount Normal Lyrics – Blues Traveler

I propose to climb Mount Normal
My expidition needs supply
And fortune smiles upon the fool
Who gives at least a try
And in the quest to take Mount Normal
I've no Sherpa for a guide
It's the kind of trek that feels its way
As I sacrifice my pride
And deign to dare to risk rejection
From what I don't know how to fake
So much that I would give to this
And I don't know what to take

And I am scaling up Mount Normal
And I get higher every day
And I dream to be somebody else
And every night I pray
That I will stand atop Mount Normal
Proudly survey the land and sea
And have happy endings if I grasp
And cling to normalcy

Well I am halfway up Mount Normal
From here at least it looks that way
Because I notice in the newer eyes
A fear I lack today
And it occurred to me this summit
Is something everybody seeks
We're so aware the precipice
While we dream about the peaks

And I am scaling up Mount Normal
And I get higher every day
And I dream to be somebody else
And every night I pray
That I will stand atop Mount Normal
Proudly survey the land and sea
And have happy endings if I grasp
And cling to normalcy

And I'll chip at icy obstacles
Until this mountain is secure
Then I will realize and find my way
At least I'm reasonably sure
When I an high atop Mount Normal
I'll finally forgive the past
And feel at once that I belonged
To normalcy at last

And I'm high atop Mount Normal
And I get higher every day
And I dream to be somebody else
And every night I pray
That I will stand atop Mount Normal
Proudly survey the land and sea
And have happy endings if I grasp
And cling to normalcy

And we are scaling up Mount Normal
And we get higher every day
And we dream to be somebody else
And every night we pray
Someday we'll stand atop Mount Normal
Proudly survey the land and sea
And have happy endings if we grasp
And cling to normalcy

The One Lyrics – Blues Traveler

She charms me
And I am undermined
So silky
Do I want to run my fingers...
Or just run

She dances
And I can barely keep my seat
If I wait it's too late...
Then I rise

And it's begun
Simple as that matter of fact
It isn't really up to you and me
And if you're the one
I could think it again I could also pretend
I wouldn't bet yet but I definitely have to see

A traffic full of people all going home
But in the Jetta next to me
She's on some balcony in Rome
And that guy in the blue Datsun looking angry
Well he's never been anywhere
As for me I'm happy being right here
As long as you're there

And it's begun
Simple as that matter of fact
It isn't really up to you and me
And if you're the one
I could think it again I could also pretend
I wouldn't bet yet but I definitely have to see

If you're the one
Then it's begun
If you're the one
Then it's begun

If you're the one
Simple as that matter of fact
It isn't really up to you and me
And if you're the one
I could think it again I could also pretend
I wouldn't bet yet but I definitely have to see
And if you're the one
I could think it again I could also pretend
I wouldn't bet yet but I definitely have to see

"Bridge" (2001)

Back In The Day Lyrics – Blues Traveler

It's been a while since I've left home
But I'm coming on back today
Kinda funny but I picture it only exactly as it
was back in the day
Sure enough when the train pulls in
There's so little that I recognize
Is it the scenery or my selective memory
Or just a simple fact that I gotta realize
My friends have gone and their lives have
moved on and I guess that's just the way it is
If this town has grown beyond my home
I guess it all comes down to this

I close my eyes and feel like it was back in the day
But those times have long been through
The dying of the light is gone
But it's back in the day
Like a wish that comes half true

There was a time when it was easy to find a
hangout that you knew was yours by name
And mine or not I could find the same spot but
it's never gonna be the same
I've been away and I've seen too much
Looks like I've been moving on as well
And when I started to not really belong
I suppose I was unable to tell
But I ain't sad and no it isn't bad
It's just one more thing I'm coming to know
If you're alive you didn't finish the ride
No telling where it's going to go

I close my eyes and feel like it was back in the day
But those times have long been through
The dying of the light is gone
But it's back in the day
Like a wish that comes half true
It's been a while since I left home
But I'm coming on back today
Kinda funny but I picture it only exactly as it
was back in the day

I close my eyes and feel like it was back in the day
But those times have long been through
The dying of the light is gone
But it's back in the day
Like a wish that comes half true

Girl Inside My Head Lyrics – Blues Traveler

When all is said and done
I wish I needed no one
Never was up to me
Just something in her way that sets me free
It seems so easy
And yeah I try to pay attention
But there's only four things running through my mind

How hard will it be if she is nice to me?
How bad will it get if I let her get to know me?
Should she see the willing dog or should i be a jungle cat?
And most of all my god how does she make her eyes do that?
And i dont need another girl inside my head
Girl inside my head

Johnny be brave I say inside
As i won't take a bite from an apple that she gave me
But that's not what i'm after
Still all along my mother's voice singing "treat her like a lady"
And yeah i try to pay attention
But there's only four things running through my mind

[chorus repeats]

I'm not the only one to write her letters
It doesn't matter anyhow
The question isn't if, but...

[chorus repeats]

Rage Lyrics – Blues Traveler

When the fire
In your belly ain't been shrinking
And there's nothing
Laying around that you could be drinking
Take no mind
As that stranger tries to pass you
Is he blind?
Or couldn't he clearly see the train?
Couldn't he feel the bloody stain?
Not that I'm one to complain
Why do we chaw upon the pain?

It's just the rage
Just the rage
Just rage
Rage

Close my eyes
Pull me in and take my tongue
Taste the lies
That dance around us and we're among
Break your heart
Run out now and tear it up
Then you can start
To give that inner brat a hug
Till the dickhead pulls the rug
Take the fall from high above
No details to what you love

It's just the rage
Just the rage
Just rage
Rage

Calls a masterpiece
"Come and paint me, here I am"
And it's my disease
That I am raging all the time
Fought for reason, fought for rhyme
Then I'm walking up the line
The voice it calls
I must abide
Bound for glory on the other side

It's just the rage
Just rage
Just rage
Rage

Just rage
Just rage
Just rage
Just rage
Just rage
Rage
Rage
Rage

Just For Me Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Just another one, four, five about as cute as can be,
And danceable but I don't really care
I was just glad I'm alive and I had nothing else to do
And besides, the beat was already there

Oh, that's right, no it wasn't me, I didn't do it
Say what you will but you can't blame a thing on me
And really even if you could I said I couldn't care less
Not now, not today, this morning you got me feeling free

Yeah, just me
This one's, this one's just for me
Yeah, yeah, just me
Oh, some things, some things are just for me

I swear to God I took a walk and it occurred to me while I was outside
That if I was looking for a miracle I might do well to look up to the sky
The dawn bringing open the day you'd say that it was blinding me
But still I had to stop right there and wonder why
Now, I know for certain, cause I've been around
That the sun shines every day, even though you might not get to see
No matter who, no matter where, no matter weather permitting
The miracle is that sometimes it can burn just for you

Or just me
Oh, this one's burning just for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah me
Oh, some things, some things are just for me

I wrote the editor for some news print shots
But he just sent me some old forget-me-nots
And this ain't Vegas but I've played the slots
So I figure on dropping one coin in
And some old Seminole yelled look out below
You know long ago they wouldn't let him go
But now they're laying low in Idaho
And so Geronimo, finally he gets to win

Or lose, who cares about the news
We all live and schmooze, as we choose
The effort's always in the details
I've put in my time
I bump and grind and rise and shine
I whine and whine and pine and ache like everybody else

Yeah, me
Oh, this one's, this one's just for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah me
Oh, some things, some things are just for me

Yeah, yeah, yeah me
Oh, this one's, this one's just for me
Yeah, me
Oh, some things, some things are just for me

Just another one, four, five about as cute as can be
And danceable but I don't really care

You Reach Me Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Moonlight's in her eyes and I can't see three feet in front of me
And its the middle of the day

Herculean tasks they come and go so easily
When her rods and her cones play

White bluely bathed in Elysian fields they run
And I don't care what time it is
I'd throw my watch away if I could hold the lunar surface
With the flicker of light that she witnesses

And if I'm reaching you
Don't you feel guilty
And there's nothing to do
And you can only help me
And I may never learn
But you can only teach me
I'm not sure where you're trying to go
All I'm saying is that you reach me

Some see the forest for the trees to avoid the trouble
Trouble might be what I'm looking for
Or surely I'd about-face and on the double
But it just doesn't work anymore

No longer up to me a compass leads the way
Restless evening spirit unwilling to cease
Responsible for what the Ouija board might say
Although it's my finger that moves the piece

And if I'm reaching you
Don't you feel guilty
And there's nothing to do
And you could only help me
And I may never learn
But you can only teach me
I'm not sure where you're trying to go
All I'm saying is that you reach me

I lash myself at the helm as my ship sails her reef
A violent storm is all around me
But before me only calm and welcome waters
As if at last she finally found me
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
And if I'm reaching you
Now don't you feel guilty
And there's nothing to do
And you could only help me
And I may never learn
But you can only teach me
I'm not sure where you're trying to go
All I'm saying is that you reach me

And I may never learn
But you can only teach me
I'm not sure where you're trying to go
All I'm saying is that you reach me

The wind chimes and you're mine a thousand times
Until my rhymes and other crimes have aged like wine
You are sublime, so fine
You reach me
You reach me

All Hands Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Every time the water breaks and soaks me to the bone
I remember what I left behind by sailing off alone
Pitch and yaw through hurricane, my position is unknown
And the bell rings seven times

Salted brine, I drink it down and breathe it through my nose
No sign of land but I hang on and do my best to close
But the swirling tidal undertow keeps pulling me below
And the bell rings seven times

All hands left on deck

An icy rest is waiting at the bottom of the sea
She's tried her best to take me as I struggle to get free
But while I have a breath to breathe, she isn't taking me
And the bell rings seven times

All hands left on deck

No hope of rescue
No hope of dry ground
The siren calls all souls on board
To follow her down

Swirling silently beneath the noise and light up there
Push past the frozen arms and legs, ignore the lifeless stare
I grab a line that pulls me up for a precious gasp of air
And the bell rings seven times

All hands left on deck

Pretty Angry Lyrics – Blues Traveler

I wish I drank tequila
I wish I stayed up late
But lately when the Sandman comes
You know I just can wait
No, lately I can wait

And we packed up all your boxes
It's all been hauled away
I never stare at walls so bare
'Cause something always stays
Yeah something of you stays

And I wanna shout from my guitar
Come out, come out wherever you are
The joke is over, open your eyes
A heart like yours, it never dies
And I found your keys behind your chair
I still can see you sitting there
This isn't funny; don't fool around
You let me go... you let me down

And I guess I'm still pretty angry
And I don't want to be
I don't know which was the bigger waste of time
Missing you or wishing, instead, it was me

I wish I walked on water
Pulling rabbits from my sleeve
Guessing cards and saving everyone
I wish I still believed
Oh I wish that I believed

That I could also channel voices
That I've endured the burning blade
That I could make some of your choices
I wish I weren't afraid
Of those choices that you've made

Like I could give you what you need
So ollie ollie oxen free
The game is up and I give in
So show yourself so that you can win
Come claim your prize and I don't care
I still can see you standing there
How could you leave, how could you lie?
You cut me off in mid-reply

And I guess I'm still pretty angry
And I don't want to be
I don't know which was the bigger waste of time
Missing you or wishing instead it was me

The will to win, the urge to race
I still can see it on your face
Thought I'd keep up but only crashed
I wasn't built to move that fast
Thought I could match you stride for stride
But I was on the other side
And holding onto the safety rail
With knuckles white, complexion pale
A cloud of dust and you were gone
Thought I would catch you later on
I limped behind, your race was won
But were you racing or on the run?
How you enjoyed, you loved to drive
And I'm destroyed... 'cause I'm alive

And I guess I'm still pretty angry
And I don't want to be
I don't know which was the bigger waste of time
Missing you or wishing, instead, it was me

And I guess I'm still pretty angry
And I don't want to be
I don't know which was the bigger waste of time
Missing you...

The Way Lyrics – Blues Traveler

Nobody told me it would be good
But I still wanted it to be
Do your homework like you should
Hoping something sets you free (What'll it be)
Afraid of ultimate decay
Never stopping but to rust
Eager to get it underway
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust (If you must)

And if you want to worship truth
And be it medicine, meditation or God or the evening news
Or a fairy tale I sing to you
And there's an answer when you pray
The way of things, there is a way
The way of things, there is a way
There is a way
By it you learn you will increase
A million ways to hear its voice
And you will finally feel aware
That you're a part of everywhere

You tell me God is dead
Well I say God always was
Life, death, living and dying all at the same
You know, that's all it ever does
Could be God is our idea
And ideas never die
Created in its image
We seek its light from up on high (Give it a try)

And if you want to worship truth
And be it medicine, meditation or God or the evening news
Or a fairy tale I sing to you
And there's an answer when you pray
The way of things, there is a way
The way of things, there is a way
There is a way
The way of things, there is a way
By it you learn you will increase
A million ways to hear its voice
And you will finally feel aware
That you're a part of everywhere

I wanna try to play the way
That R2-D2 beeps and squeaks and tells you everything
You know there's so much else to say
The infinite eternal chase
The quenching of the thirst

And if you want to worship truth
Be it medicine, meditation or God or the evening news
Or a fairy tale I sing to you
There is an answer when you pray
The way of things, there is a way
The way of things, there is a way
There is a way
The way of things, there is a way

By it you learn you will increase
You will affect your own release
A million ways to hear its voice
And in the end you've got no choice
You will finally feel aware
That you're a part of everywhere
And there's an answer when you pray
The way of things, there is a way
There is a way
The way of things, there is a way...

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