Almost Three (song #130)

Almost Three

Tomorrow may be to late, you said
Soon you'll be gone
Where are  you going to now?
You've been gone so long

So I'll hide my tears away
I don't know where to put them anymore
And I don't want to be alone
As you walk through that door

Almost three
Almost three now

You can't take back the past, you said
(Sometimes you get) lost in the cold
Love is such a dangerous word anyway
It can (mend your heart but ((and?)) tear apart your soul

Almost three
Almost three now

I know you're out there somewhere
I know you're watching me
I know somewhere you're smiling
I know somewhere your heart's are running free

Almost three
Almost three now

I still feel that pull
Caught between (my) head and (my) heart
But still (I) can't move
So we pull together and (as?) (we) get torn apart

Almost three
Almost three now


© 2000/2014 by Richard Maxwell
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Down From The Mountain (song #129)

Down From The Mountain

For so long

I’ve been climbing so high

Tryin’ to find a place

Where my hand can touch the sky

But the world keeps changing

It all looks so strange to me

I’m coming down from the mountain

(To) see what I can see

I’m coming down from the mountain

To where I’m meant to be

Looking out 

Across a barren plane

Hoping one more time

The sky might fill with rain

But the world keeps moving

It all looks so strange to me

I’m coming down from the mountain

(To) see what I can see

I’m coming down from the mountain

To where I’m meant to be

I can no longer pretend

That I know where this path might end

I can no longer defend

The idea that we have to end

I’m coming down from the mountain

(To) see what I can see

I’m coming down from the mountain

To where I’m meant to be

Deep inside of me 

Where I do not go

The only part that’s left of me

Is the one I never show

But the world keeps turning

It all looks so strange to me

 

I’m coming down from the mountain

(To) see what I can see

I’m coming down from the mountain

To where I’m meant to be

For so long

I’ve been climbing so high

Tryin’ to find a place

Where my hand can touch the sky

© 2009/2014 by Richard Maxwell
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Gone (song #128)

Gone

(You) Said you were leaving

But I just wouldn’t believe

Now you’re gone

And the joke’s on me

But the hurt’s on you

You make a stand

And you’re gone

If this is all - if this is it

Tell my why would I forget

If this is you - if this is me

Tell me why’s this have to be gone

Burning me up inside

Held hostage by desire

And still your gone

Can chemistry expire?

Every word comes out wrong

And every moment takes too long

And you’re gone

If this is all - if this is it

Tell my why would I forget

If this is you - if this is me

Tell me why’s this have to be gone

Im not trying to make you cry

I just get so scared when I look into your eyes

I just wanna be the one to blame

I didn’t know that I was pushing you away

I didn’t know

If this is all - if this is it

Tell my why would I forget

If this is you - if this is me

Tell me why’s this have to be gone

You said you were leaving

And I just would believe

© 2009/2014 by Richard Maxwell
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Show Me (song #127)

 Show Me

You eat me up alive when you’re starving for attention

Sometimes the mirror lies showing your reflection

There are no excuses as you tear yourself apart

You tie yourself in knots with the strings that tug at your heart

(But) Show me when you turn away

That everything you feel floats on all the words we say

‘Cuz in the end we only see what we believe

Oh, Oh, you gotta show me

You pull the curtains closed when you need (see?) the light

Sometimes you lose sight when looking for sign

There no looking back when you can’t move on

You tell yourself it’s not you - it’s everyone

(But) Show me when you turn away

That everything you feel floats on all the words we say

‘Cuz in the end we only see what we believe

Oh, Oh, you gotta show me

Break the chains

Break the ties

Break the truth inside the lies

Hold on tight

Hold on now

Hold on even when you don’t know how

You eat me up alive when you’re starving for attention

Sometimes the mirror lies showing your reflection

There are no excuses as you tear yourself apart

You tie yourself in knots with the strings that tug at your heart

(But) Show me when you turn away

That everything you feel floats on all the words we say

‘Cuz in the end we only see what we believe

Oh, Oh, you gotta show me

© 1998/1999/2014 by Richard Maxwell
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