1. |
The Campfire
03:47
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This city is a wilderness, your apartment a cave.
It’s written in the hieroglyphs on the side of the train
There’s a reason to run
There’s a reason to stay
If you step up to the campfire baby
I hope you’ve got something to say
These building are tombstones, and the sky is a grave
A signal in the smoke stacks
Nothing much to say
There’s a reason to run.
Running out of reasons to stay
If you step up to the campfire baby
We’ll save you a place
There’s a bear in the alley way
And a wolf on the train
There’s snakes in the bar tonight
Looking for some prey
Meet me by the campfire light
The city is a wilderness
And wild is the way
If you step up to the campfire baby
You don’t need nothing to say
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2. |
Dolores
04:13
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I’ve never felt for another
The way I felt when I was with you
There was a sadness taking over
I had no way to get to you
In the photograph you look just like your mother
Couldn’t be any further from the truth
That skin you were born into
Is the only you have left to get over
Dolores… Dolores
And though theres a million miles between us
You were always on my mind
The scars and scrapes upon your canvas
Won’t really matter much in time
With a shoulder chip you left for California
Came home with your head sunk real low
And in no time at all California found you standing tall
Dolores… Dolores
Rocking in the chair upon the front porch
Summer sun never felt so good
Little pitchers with big ears learn from the wisdom of your years
Dolores… You made it… Dolores
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3. |
Tomorrow(Can Stay Away)
04:30
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Nothing like life to get in the way
All the plans go down the drain
Take my hand we’ll give em the slip out the door
I know, you know, what were aiming for
When you come back down tomorrow
Then tomorrow, becomes today
In the morning when we both wake up, we’ll make it last all day
Then tomorrow, can stay away
Going through motions, the same old routine
Give me a smile if you know what I mean
Ive got the keys, lets meet at the car, no need to fuss,
The highway has, a plan for us…yeah it does
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4. |
Waiting on a Friend
04:24
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We closed it down last night
The band played come together
I was all in at the time
The whisky had run dry
In a room full of travelers
Still waiting on a ride
We thought we had all night
But I guess the ghosts inside are having trouble telling time
I don’t need the proof
To tell me I can take a punch but I cannot take the truth
Wheels in my head they just keep turning,
Left me here, thumbing for a ride
Waiting on a friend
Her eyes caught first light
She’d been chasing down a feeling
But she didn’t have all night
Found herself in a foreign land
Far from understood
Where the morning sun don’t give a damn
And her money is no good
Wheels in her head they just keep turning
Left her here tired of the fight
Waiting on a friend
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5. |
A Wolf Inside
03:33
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You look at me like you think I’m crazy
I’ve been here a hundred times before
It don’t take too much to set it blazing
Always keep one good eye on the door
And that fist that was a hand
My head trying hard to understand
As I pick myself up off the floor
There ain’t no bite quite like the daylight
There ain’t no time quite like right now
I left myself down by the wayside
Just like a king without a crown
I tried I hope you see
But I got a wolf deep inside of me
Feeding on me a little bit everyday
That smile that was our love
Is the only thing I’m thinking of
And how I threw it all away.
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6. |
No Stars Left in the Sky
03:53
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It’s so easy when it’s not your fault
To take it all with a grain of salt
I’m riding fences and you just keep building walls
Even better when you’re coming down
Even better when you’re underground
Even better when there ain’t no one around
We lost the map and I’m in no shape to drive
You’re not wrong, you know I’m right
It’s too dark outside to follow you tonight
There ain’t no stars left in the sky
Tougher when you take the blame
I come running when you call my name
I keep thinking that it’s never gonna be the same
Getting high on the afterglow
Feel the pull of the undertow
Thinking raven but I just keep eating crow.
We lost the map and I’m in no shape to drive
You’re not wrong, you know I’m right
It’s too dark outside to follow you tonight
There ain’t no stars left in the sky
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7. |
The Drifter
04:07
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Light a candle from both ends
Making sense of where this paycheck ends and when this life begins
Saw it in the bar tonight.
We work so hard just to kill some time
We’re killing time.
Every dog will get a day.
They tell me all good things will somehow find their way to those who wait
A long lost friend checked out tonight.
Now they tell me it was long before his time
He’s ain’t waiting
And this world we’re born into
Is it real or just some kind of myth that we’re drifting through?
I don’t know, I sure am glad to drift with you
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8. |
When We Get Lost
04:21
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That heavy lump inside your throat, reminds me of that song we wrote
That took your breath and swept you off your feet
Now your heart is losing hope. You can’t recall a single note
And feeling lost has made it hard to sing
Let’s go and hit the road.
Search out all the music that these lovers used to know.
Fight to reclaim what it was we lost…
When we got lost.
Seems there’s nothing left that I can say, that doesn’t take your smile away
I’ve made my way up to the top of your last nerve
Changes could be good or bad. Ask the drunkard cause he understands
If you’re asking me I want to take a ride with you
So let’s go and hit the road
Search out all the music that these lovers used to know
Fight to reclaim what it was we lost
When we got lost
So let’s go and hit the road.
Search out all the music that these lovers used to know
Let’s go and lose control
Remind ourselves to love like kids when our bodies have grown old
fight to reclaim what it was we l
When we got lost.
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9. |
Whats a Boy to Do
04:23
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On the corner singing protest songs
You know what’s good, you’ll be moving along
These times they are so scary
A lot of weight for a kid to carry
What’s a body to do?
You’re never going to lose
Until they make you choose
They’ll point their guns at you
And pull the trigger too.
What’s a boy to do?
In the hills looking at this burned out town
They’ll be marching on this mountain now.
No time to feel any shame
Can’t sleep when there’s money to be made
What’s a boy to do…
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10. |
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Sometimes you say that you can’t feel
Other times you say that it’s for real
And you say that it’s way down deep
I got news for you
I can feel it too
Here we are in the city
That we’ll never know
Here we are in the city
And we can never go home
Some things are better left unsaid
Sometimes you feel like you are better off dead
When you scream that I’m out of my head
Don’t you see
You wont get an argument from me.
Here we are in the city…
You and me and the chemicals between
It’s the only thing that we’ve ever seen
Here we are in the city
That we’ll never know
Here we are in the city
And we can never go home
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The Exquisite Taste of Plain Water Vancouver, Washington
Songwriters Paul Bond (vox/gtr) and Jimi Evans (vox/gtr), with Eric French (drums/vox), John Christoffersen (bass) and Jeremy Knuth (keys) are the architects behind ETPW’s classic, yet fresh and inspiring sound, which combines aspects of Classic Country, Americana, Outlaw Country and Rock in a fundamental and honest approach to the art of song that focuses on the authenticity of the lyric. ... more
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