They say that I don't have enough affection
They seem to me products of protection
They think that I have been around the world
And say that I won't need another girl

Don't say that, no way that
That will come true
Hit me right between the eyes
Make me stop and realize

That it's all because of you
Just when I am set afloat
You come in and rock the boat
And it's all because of you 

They seem to think I have no emotion
They seem to be lost upon the ocean
She starts to cry for no apparent reason
The well ran dry with the changing of the seasons

"You don't share." Don't go there, you know I tried

Hit me right between the eyes
Make me stop and realize
That it's all because of you
All my efforts weren't enough
In the end it got too tough
And it's all because of you 

You take care. I've been there, that much is true.

I refuse to own the grief
You can watch in disbelief
I gave you the best of mine
All the efforts to be kind
It was all a waste of time 

Small Town Phase

I met her outside of the bar by the tracks
She walked him out and he didn't walk back
Jim at the Diner, he says that he knows
Nobody finer inside of her clothes 

I couldn't leave there without her
There was just something about her 

She came to me from out of the dark
Dinner at Jim's and a walk in the park
Why would she love me nobody could know
I'm just a singer performing my show

I couldn't leave here without her
I had no reason to doubt her

There comes a time in every boy's life
When he gets to thinking he'll take him a wife
I've got a band and we play at "The Shore"
But we don't play there too much anymore
I left to follow the stars in my eyes
She chose to stay and hear all my good-by's 

I shouldn't leave here without her
But I shouldn't need to surround her 

Will I see a ripe old age
I believe in modern days
You and me, a small town phase? 

Now in the City I play for a band
When I need something I reach out my hand
Sometimes I think of a girl that I knew
I loved her much more than she loved me it's true

I wouldn't be here without her
There was no reason to crowd her 

Will I see a ripe old age
I believe in modern days
You and me, a small town phase?

There was a time in my life when I knew
Where I was going and what I would do
Now that I've run out of ink in this pen
It seems that I've started all over again 

All For Me

I try to be the one who loves you
I try to be the one who cares
I try to be the one who carries all the burden
I'll be the one for me 

I save myself sometime to love you
I save myself some time alone
I try to save myself the right of first refusal
I save myself for me 

It's something I feel
It's out of my hands when I'm around you
If something is real
I don't know how long this will grow

If I have to be all about you
Just so you'll love me
That will be all for me

I tell myself that I am righteous
I tell myself that I'm okay
I tell myself that all the pain and hurt was worth it
I sell myself to me

It's something I feel
It's out of my hands when I'm around you
If something is real
I don't know how long this will grow

If I have to be all about you
Just so you'll love me
That will be all for me

I could cry, but why should I? 

Weary and Restless

Lately now I have been thinking It's not okay
To not really mean the things I say
You're asking me now to linger, I don't know why
I see my reflection when you cry

I've gone around with this so long
Just long enough to write this song

Tiresome lovers and heartache all from my past
Making it hard to make love last
Now that I'm here do you want me to go away
I'm thinking you want me to stay

I've had enough of what is right
Just let me stay with you tonight

I know you're not asking for favors
I know you won't believe a lie
But right now all I have to give you
Is a little bit of time 

When dark turns to light from a candle
Let down you're hair
Weary and restless I'll be there
I'll give you tender affection, hold you 'til dawn
But with the sunrise I'll be gone 

You know I told you I would be
Not as good for you as for me 

Now you keep asking me to linger
But you can't find me anywhere
You want me wrapped around you fingers
While they're running through my hair

I could have walked away forever
I should have run away and hide
And I would never have made you
Feel this way inside 

There was a time when a lover brought me great joy
She was my girl and I her boy
There came a time when she left me all by myself
Now my heart stays upon the shelf

You know I gave you all I had
After she left me there so sad

You're bringing me such pleasure
But I bring you such pain
How can you tell me this is real
And bring me back again 

Still Haven't Met You

I've been all around the world
Seems I've loved about a thousand girls
I still haven't met you

True I've been in love
But now you're the one I'm thinking of
I still haven't met you

It's about time we meet
Get each other off the street

I've been in love it's true
Still I haven't seen the likes of you
Still I am waiting

I've been in love before
But now you're the one I'm waiting for, anticipating

Now I've been running 'round
Still I feel the need to settle down

It seems like a million times
That I thought I heard those wedding chimes
Still I am searching

If you are close tome
Won't you tell me so that I can see
I've got a girl in mind she's just a little hard to find
Right now I'll be better off alone 

Now all the girls before
Seemed to walk right in then out the door
Still haven't met you

But I will wait my time
'Til I find the girl that I make mine
I won't regret to

Still haven't met you 

(I Won't Miss You) When You're Gone

Now I won't miss you when you're gone
I tell myself this all day long
I won't miss having you around
Or being out with you in town

My friends all tell me that I'm wrong
And say I need to move along
But I won't miss you when you're gone

When will you comeback for your things
All wrapped in boxes tied with strings
Will you leave part of you inside
Or will you run away and hide

Why do they tell me how to feel
As if they were the ones to deal
With the broken heart that come with
Shattered dreams
Well that's all over now it seems

But I won't miss you when you're gone
I've told myself this all night long 

Why do I feel the way I do
It's as if I really wasn't over you
Will I feel this way forever?

Please tell me that I'm not alone
And if you could you would come home
I wish I knew how to keep you satisfied
I did not but I guess I tried 

But I won't miss you when you're gone
I've told myself this all night long

Please tell me that I'll be okay
Even if it will not be today
Will I feel this way forever? 

Spend My Time

Well I know you're leaving baby
You've put me on the shelf
You know good as anybody
I'll be fine all by myself

But all this time you told me honey
That you wouldn't need a dime
Well now that you spend my money
I can spend my time

All the time I loved you darling
You told me where to go
And how you loved to tell everybody
All the things I didn't know
Now you don't have to tell me baby
Just how to find the door
You don't get to tell me nothing anymore

Well you needn't worry about me
Because I've got lots to do
I'm busy telling everybody
To stay away from you
And I've got lots of time alone now
And I get to spend what's mine

Now that you can spend my money
Now that you have all my money
Now that you can spend my money
I guess I'll spend my time

Dream So Far

There's mud on my face (go back in time)
Why in this place (no need to cry)
Been trying for days to understand why

I've been here before, It's been quite awhile
I can't see beyond your perfect smile
The pain of my past will give way to time 

Maybe it's time now, I have been waiting so long
When you've been lied to
It gets so hard to be strong

Big man on earth but you're so small
You choose to let your woman fall
Now there she goes out with the tide

Big game at stake, game number three
Why do you take this out on me
You run away and cross the divide 

Maybe I've lived life
Like I don't know my own name
Time now to be me
Time now to play my own game 

Yeah yeah...

High country streams only been twice
This "Christmas Day" surely was nice
Talking to you is like talking to me

Sugar and spice you play the part
One at this price take me to heart
You are the girl I've needed for me 

Well now I'd like to
But I can't stay here no more
Now my soul calls me back to where I was before

 Yeah yeah...

Woke up today now that I'm gone
I can't seem to stay in one place for long
I need to roam and play my guitar

Sometimes it seems it's all that I know
Music and dreams from head to toe
They seem so close and yet they're so far
So far

Yeah yeah...

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