IT'S ABOUT TIME
Lyrics written by Joe Scarpellino
YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW
I took a walk down by the stream and saw an angel there
surprising though she had no wings, no halo above her head
she motioned to me I stood still as stone, in-and-out quickly is how I breathe
I’m free beneath her gaze how those blue eyes shown, I asked her if she’d keep me company
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well you know what I know we both know it’s true
maybe I’ve gone crazy for you baby
there you are
I’ve been waiting for you
Come inside take off your coat and stay a little while
you come with me, I’ll follow you, she said boy I like your style
on hips, soft lips, touch taste poisonous love under the lamp light
feeling so good could be dangerous, keeping me up all night
WHERE I BELONG
I should start making the rounds. It’s time to say goodbye
The days we’ve shared have been, have been, the best of my life
But this can’t go on forever, and you know this to be so
and I’ll miss you more than you could, more than you could ever know
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So baby I am running, cause I told you I wouldn’t take long
and maybe I am running away, but to a place where I belong
Cause I got to dive in deeper, start making bigger waves
the best day to start anything will always be today
So I’m gonna leave this city, and I don’t plan to return
No there is a great big world to see and a lifetime to learn
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well my bags are packed and ready, my ducks are all in a row
But timing is everything and it’s okay to take it slow
one foot in front of the other just make it out the door
but I’m not going it alone, no we’re all in it together, what more could I ask for?
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THE PLACE WITH NO WALLS
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There are no walls surrounding me
in this moment I am free
we have arrived
if only in our minds
the place I’ve always dreamed
Now whether it’s a short walk or a two day drive we are driven by our will to survive
I wonder, will they remember me? Is there enough room to grow my seed?
Spending half my whole life in drive I forget on occasion to enjoy the ride
But now I know it doesn’t matter where I’m going, as long as I’m happy and it’s showing
But I find it’s easy to forget, the hustle and the bustle just breed contempt
So finding myself among the trees puts my worried mind at ease
and if we keep looking we’re never gonna find what we already have inside
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Now, I have been told I might to die today, but it’s hard to live your whole life that way
It’s hard to realize you’re not the first, you’re not the best, and you’re not the worst
It’s all part of relativity, of a world-wide human family tree, oh
We all come from the same place, and we all run in the same race
and I know the Earth it will be fine, but if we keep closing every eye
than what we hold so dear, it will disappear,
and if we keep fighting we’ll never realize that our true home is outside
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YOU’LL NEVER BE ALONE
I can hear just what you’d say,
“Baby, you know that I love you
I’m right by your side, I won’t ever stray”
But you had to go, and I have to stay
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Don’t tell me everything will be alright
Don’t tell me everything will be alright
Rest your weary head upon my shoulder
Don’t be afraid, it’s almost over
We did it, babe, we made it home
I’ll hold you close, you’ll never be alone
Her shadow is sheltered within me
Together we flow downstream
Slowly I’ve been sifting through
The life that I once had with you
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SO CLOSE
I want you to feel me. I want to wrap myself up in you.
(chorus) But we are so close, when we are so close x2
I have it all under control. I feel it, nothing I can do.
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I am more than a sacrifice
paying more than the price
wanting more than a kiss goodnight
needing more love without a fight X2
I will be waiting here for you. ‘cause I don’t know what else I can do
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TAKE YOUR TIME
(verse 1 and 2)
There are means no ends can justify. How long can we close our eyes?
Yes, we’re being taken for a ride. The enemy is on either side
and they are slowly closing in.
I know we could (should) fight, but do you think we could win?
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I need to take a step away, I want my mind to be clear
Fly to a place so far away no one will find me here, 2, 3, 4!
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Just stay strong keep moving on, you will find where you belong
And it can take a big mistake to find you were right all along
It will can (will) make you cry, and you may feel it’ll never be alright
But I can testify that nothing lasts forever just take your time
take your time, and put down that axe you have to grind
step outside and realize, it’s all in your mind
GETTING THROUGH IT:
There’s a young man that I know. Who loves to plant the seeds
and watch them ‘til they grow. He tends them til they know, ya know?
And this young man has a friend Who stands right beside him
to love him and guide him, delighted to go where he goes
But his friend got very sick, and no magic or medicine
would do the trick, she spending her whole life waiting
And this young man had to go, but only for the weekend
be back before you know, she said “each moment means everything”
(pre-chorus)
The girl looked him up and she looked him down
she said “you can’t get under, you can’t get over, you can’t get around”
the girl looked him up and down and said “there’s no way around
but I know there’s nothing to it, you just have to get through it”
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Have to get through it, am I getting through to you?
I know your going through it too, I said
You have to get through it, and it’s alright
Yes it’s alright
This young man has a dream, to make a living art
to be a bigger part of this world that he thinks needs saving
but his friend is stuck in bed, with florescent lights
burning so bright, but won’t satisfy her craving
he stays right by her side through doctors and nurses,
harsh words and curses, choosing to live this life
she’s strong and she fights, for her heart to keep pumping
to breathe the air again, she said “each breath means everything”
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He watches months go by, new faces new voices
got nothing but choices, and music to drive it all
and all she can do is try, to take all of her medicine
make changes to survive, life’s a balancing act
don’t let it fall
He’s loneliest and night, when the bar is closing
and everyone goes home, he thinks of her face and sighs
she wonders if it’s right, that she has to suffer
and watch the world go by, she thinks of his face and starts to cry
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GOIN’ UP
It’s nice to find a place that’s out of the rain
and every time I go I wish to be back there again
where we all beat on our drums, yes we all let our voices ring
on this late and rainy night life is worth enjoying
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it’s this moment with you, you holding me close, oh, so close to it
It’s you I’m feeling, you’re feeling, we’re feeling the pulse
I can see in your eyes, oh, straight back into your brain
I watch your body in motion as I lay it down plain
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Oh if we think it over than we could surely over think it
Let’s create and love, we’re goin up, goin up, goin up, goin up x2
It’s nice to find a spot to soak in the sun
I close my eyes into my mind bringing me the one
while my mind is moving fast, well my feet they been moving slow
I keep my cool, keep my cool, keep my cool, and glow
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It’s nice to find a place that’s out of the rain
and every time I go I wish to be back there again
where we all beat on our drums, yes we all let our voices ring
on this late and rainy night life is worth enjoying
GALAXY
I’ve been waking up early, and I’ve been staying up late
Just listening to the music, and accepting my fate
See I’ve been taking it slowly, I want to make it last
But things have a way of going, way way too fast
(chorus) But in a galaxy of mystery, nothing but stars ahead me
I’ll find a place where we’ll be free
and I’m sailing on, I’m sailing on
I’m laying with my eyes open, but in a darkness complete
not one word is spoken, but my heart still beats
I’m finding strength in the sadness, and wisdom thorugh the pain
Do you choose love or madness, cause this will happen again and again
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Well the road only goes as far as you will take it
And the Lord only knows how far we could go
So I’m setting sail again, I put my back against the wind
I’m sailing on, I’m sailing on
5 YEARS
It was 5 years when I woke up this morning and I don’t feel how I felt before
No I’ve given my love to another and these tears they aren’t sad anymore
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and I get this feeling that’s, well, it’s kinda strange.
This beautiful feeling that everything is going to go my way
It’s been 5 years since I moved to Minnesota, and there’s no place that I’d rather be
In the cold and the dark where you won my heart and we started our own family
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Maybe in 5 years we will have a daughter, or maybe we will have a son
All that I know is that there’s room to grow, our adventure it has just begun
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And when 5 years they turn into 20, we’ll look back on it now and then
We won’t regret a moment, and we’d do it all again
So I guess this feeling, it’s here to stay
this beautiful feeling that everything will go my way
THE ONLY THING THAT MEANS ANYTHING
My heart is open, but my heart’s been broken
It seems it’s time, it’s time for a change
So I try to look handsome, give a smile and then some
But my eyes, are what pull you in
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‘cause in the end the only thing that means anything
is love, love, love, so let’s make enough, enough, enough
love, to go, around
Your face gives me comfort, and we all need that comfort
Someone to keep us warm when it’s cold outside
My secret treasure with worth beyond measure
Is you, you know, darling it’s you
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Maybe it’s better to not think of forever
‘cause right now is all we’ll ever have
So let’s make it a good one, we all deserve to have some fun
and be happy with just being happy.
(chorus + tag)
WE WERE PIRATES
Well, there’s a big ol’ house on a little hill, with a big oak tree and a windowsill
where flowers grew, I hear they still do
And on the porch there’s a rocking chair where grandma used to sit and stare
drinking cold iced tea in her underwear
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I’ll be home for the summer, and I’ll be leaving in the fall
There’s not much left to say, run away train
and so all ends begin, God help us all
Well, when I was but 17 my wits were sharp and my piss was clean
thought only of tomorrow and took what I could borrow
So I set sail bearing due West with a folded map to a treasure chest
and we were pirates, we were pirates (ARRR-oohhh)
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Everyone knows “X marks the spot” but an empty dusty chest we got
they beat us to our treasure, our golden jeweled pleasure (arrr-ohhh)
now what are we to do? We pirates have turned into
a heap of sobbing men, just setting sail for home again
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Well now I’ve grown so grey and old, sittin’ on my porch no thought of gold
but vividly I remember, the time we spent together
and though those days are far away, I still feel the ocean spray
In my mind forever, we’re off on an adventure
(chorus + tag)