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If I Only Knew
03:06
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If I knew I wouldn’t be here
if I knew then you could ask
if I knew then I’d allow you
to dig into my past
but I’m mixed up in confusion
just waiting for the time of day
when you climb inside my head
and decide you want to stay
If I knew you’d drive the stake in
if I knew you’d turn around
to show off all the others
on the bad side of town
’cause being me ain’t easy
like being you must be
invisible in the hallways
staring right through me
If I knew what it meant to love you
if I knew what it meant to care
all the pain worth giving
if I knew I’d still be there
If I knew what parts were true
I’d take ’em all away from you
yea if I only knew
If I knew you would be gone
if I knew when you were bound
then I’d flow like lava
and burn down this town
’cause a head is still conncted
to a heart you give up on
I may have chopped it clean off
if I knew you’d take so long
If I knew what it meant to love you
If I knew what it mean to care
all the pain worth giving
if I knew you’d still be there
If I knew how this would end
I’d start it all over again
yea if I only knew
If I knew I’d have just one chance
to not make you cry
I’d catch the rain in buckets
just to keep you dry
if I had to steal a fortune
or live hand to fist
without you by my side
oh the fun we’d miss
If I knew what it meant to love you
If I knew what it mean to care
all the pain worth giving
if I knew you’d still be there
If I knew your tears were lazy
and your smile razor wires
I’d throw myself upon the fence
and wait for the guards to fire
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2. |
Cincinnati
04:52
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It’s cold outside with the wind blowing off the river
December ’round here’s for real
Ghosts in the snow even they can shiver
singing songs for Gods who steal
Cincinnati Cincinnati
gone dance it away
Wounds as raw as a name carved in stone
When love comes tumblin’ down
Before I get old there’s safes to be blown
I’ll dive in the river and drown
In Cincinnati Cincinnati
we’re gonna dance it away
In Cincinnati Cincinnati
here we gotta stay
Can you make your way home in the dark
Can you just materialize
like a musty photograph with a spark
hide behind the eyes
Cincinnati Cincinnati
we’re gonna dance it away
I don’t wanna go back
I don’t wanna stay here
I got feet of clay
I got a phantom tear
to all it seemed
just like a war
still we don’t know
what we’re fighting for
I’m still in love with a young girl’s face
the memories got a will
tonight I’ll bundle up in her place
to ward off the winter chill
Cincinnati in Cincinnati
we’re gonna dance it away
In Cincinnati Cincinnati
here we gotta stay
I don’t wanna go back
I don’t wanna stay here
I got feet of clay
I got a phantom tear
to all it seemed
just like a war
still we don’t know
what we were fighting for
Cincinnati in Cincinnati
we’re gonna dance it away
In Cincinnati Cincinnati
here we gotta stay
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She goes up she comes down
she backs up she turns around
floats high comes in low
tells all then don’t know
She ain’t mine but she should be
ain’t mine but she should be
good times well it would be
she’s alright
Eyes light then go black
hair up then tossed back
smiles pretty turns cold
too young then she’s too old
She ain’t mine but she should be
good times well it would be
fine wine well it could be
she’s alright
How can I know what moves her
when I see right through her
how can I make this all pay
when she’s giving it all away
Sees him as a tool
uses her like a fool
needs me can’t see
requires brains….desperately
She ain’t mine but she should be
good times well it would be
fine wine well it could be
she’s alright
How can I know what moves her
when I see right through her
how can I make this all pay
when she’s giving it all away
She goes up she comes down
she backs up she turns around
floats high comes in low
tells all then don’t know
She ain’t mine but she should be
good times well it would be
fine wine well it could be
she’s alright
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4. |
Sleeping In
03:07
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A fifth of something
a tumbler of gin
point your Saturday night towards
some badly needed sin
My name is Jimmy
we ain’t no kin
let’s celebrate by sleeping in
Save on breakfast and lunch
stay down till four
then a dinner date
and we’ll crawl on the floor
on our bellies like snakes
yang to my ying
well the world ain’t crooked
when you’re sleeping in
You may rise at the break of day
put on your shoes and run away
from the things that go bump in the night
fighting trim
from the stage fright
Face your fears
or sleep alone
throwing darts and the telephone
when it rains it pours
it’s the damnedest thing
you don’t gotta worry
’cause we’re sleeping in
You may rise at the break of day
put on your shoes and run away
from the things that go bump in the night
fighting trim
from the stage fright
A fifth of something
a tumbler of gin
point your Saturday night towards
some badly needed sin
My name is Jimmy
we ain’t no kin
let’s celebrate by sleeping in
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5. |
Does It Matter
03:05
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Sometimes my head gets lost in the crowd
sometimes my mouth it talks too loud
sometimes some people
they don’t understand
the things that I let
slip through my hands
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
Down in the alley
and up on the roofs
gotta have the look
you gotta have proof
look in the mirror
and give it the guy
and it’ll believe
that you never cry
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
How can I get past
If I can’t get through
Yea up on the stage
you stagger around
pumped up with pills
and shaky ground
I’m green with envy
and too much beer
ain’t gonna listen
if you can’t hear
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
Lay myself down to sleep
asking for nothing
that I can’t keep
If I knew then
what I know now
I’d turn the tables
and take a bow
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
How can I get past
if I can’t get through
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
Does it matter to me
If it don’t matter to you
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6. |
Didn’t Feel It Coming
02:45
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Doctor said “son it’s all in your head”
he gave me some pills and sent me to bed
so I dreamt of you all night and day
slept like a baby with no place to stay
it ain’t much fun being this way
didn’t feel it coming but that’s ok
This place hurts down to the bone
non-stop sticks and one big stone
your hide gets tough but your insides shake
end up giving what you should take
bending me until I break
I didn’t feel it coming for no one’s sake
Warning signs this heart of mine
keeps giving out all the time
first it beats right through my chest
then is disappears like all the rest
I’ll grow up when I get old
and buy the lies that you told
I’ll turn bitter I’ll turn mean
on the day that I turn 18
like nothing that you’ve ever seen
didn’t feel it coming this in between
Warning signs this heart of mine
keeps giving out all the time
first it beats right through my chest
then is disappears like all the rest
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Doesn’t feel like it should
I would if I could
something’s in the way
don’t know what to say
to the strangers on the street
fear mixed with conceit
welcome mat by the door
I don’t want to go home anymore
Water over the bridge
kept in by the ridge
surrounded on all sides
let the river decide
kids they come and go
just as she flows
debris lines the shore
I don’t want to go home anymore
I don’t want to go home
she might follow me there
heroin eyes and whispered lies
and the thousand yard stare
Ghosts in the wind
and those who have sinned
and could never forgive
forced to relive
the love that they lost
and just what it cost
for their own private war
I don’t want to go home anymore
I don’t want to go home
she might follow me there
heroin eyes and whispered lies
and the thousand yard stare
Doesn’t feel like it should
I would if I could
something’s in the way
don’t know what to say
to the strangers on the street
fear mixed with conceit
welcome mat by the door
I don’t want to go home anymore
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8. |
Now She's Gone
03:47
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Well her eyes didn’t look like eyes no more
didn’t trust the sky didn’t trust the floor
fear one day it wouldn’t let her by
at the end she didn’t recognize me
now she’s gone
gone gone gone
now she’s gone
now she’s gone
Was never the one to lead the way
was never the one out on display
was never the one who made the noise
she was never the one who scared the boys
now she’s gone
gone gone gone
now she’s gone
now she’s gone
Now she’s gone not much change
RIPs on the wall
an empty chair and flowers
grief counselors in the hall
Well her Mom and Dad couldn’t understand
but he room was like a no-man’s land
in the mirror she looked for someone else
on walls she read the lies about herself
now she’s gone
gone gone gone
now she’s gone
now she’s gone
Trying to make out how I feel but something’s in the way
maybe tomorrow I can understand what I can’t get today
Well the girls they wouldn’t leave her alone
took her down all on their own
what a way to pass the time
when you’re a kind in your prime
now she’s gone
gone gone gone
now she’s gone
now she’s gone
now she’s gone
gone gone gone
now she’s gone
now she’s gone
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Can’t even fan the flames no more
haunt the halls and pace the floor
post it notes on the freezer door
eyes long gone head gone sore
Prescription pills a reading light
pray for rain wait for night
different rooms no time to fight
means everything’s gonna be alright
I just want her off my mind
Am I gonna be like him
wondering what might have been
then confessing all my sins
so I can do it all over again
I just want her off my mind
Off my mind where she belongs
in his arms and in his songs
I’m too old to sleep on through
dreams that bring me back to you
I just want her off my mind
Remembering just ain’t no good
when faced with doing what you should
what my Daddy never could
like old newspapers and firewood
I just want her off my mind
Off my mind like melted snow
no particular place to go
set on up and set on fire
rank depression and desire
I just want her off my mind
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10. |
I Think About That Train
03:23
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Along the railroad tracks my Daddy lived he watched the trains go past
picking up coal in a burlap sack if it took the curve too fast
in the rattle of the lungs he saw the killing floor
in the eyes of old men behind the screen door
I think about that train
Well I think about that train
I think about that train
I don’t wanna be the same
tied up with that ball and chain
I think about that train
Met my Mom and knocked her up didn’t want to go to hell
married the stranger in the backseat everybody wished them well
found just enough work to feel real bad
for the things we wanted but could not have
I think about that train
I think about that train
I think about that train
no flattened pennies on the track
’cause I ain’t ever coming back
well I think about that train
Swing shifts post-it notes key left in the door
leftovers in the fridge dirty clothes on the floor
smiles for the neighbors
summer trips to the shore
six hours of silence
then home to some more
I think about that train
I think about that train
I don’t wanna be the same
tied up with that ball and chain
I think about that train
Pretty maids all in a row get shelter from the storm
I’ve been slowly dying since the day that I was born
come get a ticket take the ride
I’ll meet you on the other side
I think about that train
I think about that train
I think about that train
I don’t wanna be the same
tied up with that ball and chain
I think about that train
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11. |
Maybe It's True
04:12
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Dreams come true
just one day at a time
no tomorrow’s on the days that
you were mine
stepping out
with head held high
hidden gems and borrowed lies
said you never meant to make me cry
Well maybe it’s true
Found his name
carved in your bed
maybe I’m still 16
inside my head
close my eyes so I can’t see
the way you lie so easily
a fool for you….that’s what became of me
Maybe it’s true
People say they see you
doing what you ain’t supposed to do
laying in the shadows
oh what a view
maybe it’s true
Just can’t face it
I don’t want to know
the latest explanation
for why you did not show
I closed and bar
found my way home
knowing that you weren’t alone
late night whispers on the telephone
Maybe it’s true
You look so pretty
in your red summer dress
eager to please and oh so easy to impress
so say all the
corner boys
lots of wine but not much poise
used to making all that bloody noise
But maybe it’s true
People say they see you
doing what you ain’t supposed to do
laying in the shadows
oh what a view
maybe it’s true
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Tom Flannery Scranton, Pennsylvania
"One of the most gifted songwriters to emerge at the turn of the century"
-- The All Music Guide
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